Inferno Heats Up Darnestown Road

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Gaithersburg’s Hometown Newspaper | Serving Kentlands, Lakelands, Quince Orchard Park and More
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Vol. 12, No. 19
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October 2, 2015
Beatty Portfolio to
Be Offered for Sale
By Pam Schipper
K
en Miller, Beatty chief
operating officer, told a
group assembled Sept. 29
at the Kentlands Starbucks that
the Beatty portfolio—seven
commercial strip centers and
Kentlands Market Square—
will soon be offered for sale,
according to Kentlands Town
Architect Marina Khoury. The
group, which included members of the Kentlands Community Foundation, was meeting
to discuss hosting a workshop
on how to revitalize the center
from both design and leasing
perspectives.
Miller declined to comment
for this publication.
Photo | Laurie Miller
Turnout was low for the first Kentlands Downtown Art Festival, which brought 50 talented artists to the neighborhood Sept. 26 and 27.
Trial Run: Residents, Business
Owners Hope Art Show Will Return
By Ellyn Wexler
T
Photo | Pam Schipper
The Beatty portfolio, which includes Kentlands Market Square, will soon be offered
for sale.
he consensus about the Kentlands Downtown
Art Festival’s debut is that proper planning
would have made it a lot more successful.
“We originally planned to run the show down
Main Street, but despite our efforts to market in a
very short amount of time due to City (of Gaithersburg) regulations and the severe lack of signage due
to the same reason, it wasn’t terrible,” said Shaun
Auxier of Blittzed! Media who brought festival promoter Howard Alan’s show to the Kentlands. He
admits that the turnout, “roughly 1,000 people that
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KCA Proposes Resolution
on Retaining Wall
By Pam Schipper
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Chef Tony Conte prepares to open Inferno Pizzeria Napoletana the first week in October. The
restaurant is on Darnestown Road across from Quince Orchard High School in the Safeway
shopping center.
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came to see the 50 vendors over the two days” of
the festival, held in the parking lot next to Potomac
Pizza, was disappointing.
“On the bright side,” Auxier pointed out, “this
was their first show here, and I believe many of the
artists will be happier if next year, we could make
the show bigger and run it down Main Street all
through the Kentlands.” He said he will apply for
permits in January, as “six months of marketing will
make a big difference versus three to four weeks.”
“This year was a trial run, and now we know what
needs to be tweaked for next year. A great learning
Inferno Heats Up
Darnestown Road
By Pam Schipper
C
hef Tony Conte strides into
his soon-to-be opened Inferno Pizzeria Napoletana
on Darnestown Road and brings
some groceries back to his openair kitchen. He’s demonstrating
authentic Neapolitan pizza-making in a Marana Forni wood-fired
oven tonight—Inferno will be
the first Associazione Verace Pizza Neapoletana (AVPN)-certified
restaurant in Maryland—and firn
new restaurant Continued on page 10
lmost three months ago,
the Kentlands Citizens
Assembly (KCA) asked
the City of Gaithersburg to fund
$900K of the Quince Orchard
retaining wall remediation, citing imminent public health and
safety risk. Avon Construction,
which recently completed emergency repair and remediation to
the upper wall adjacent to buildings, had expressed concern that
remaining areas of the upper
wall might fall during the 2016
spring thaw. KCA funds dictated that work on this area of the
upper wall would not begin until
mid-2016, following collection of
2016 assessments.
The city is considering the
KCA request and gathering infor-
mation from various departments
before bringing the matter before
the Mayor and City Council.
In the meantime, the KCA has
continued to look for a way to accelerate remediation to the rest of
the upper wall and complete this
by late winter 2016. The estimate
for this Phase 3 work is $400K.
The KCA believes it has a solution.
“We have been searching for
a way to accelerate the current
calendar,” said Chris Campbell,
KCA Board chair. “We are not
happy with completing Phase 3 in
2016 and Phase 4 (remediation of
the lower wall) in 2017. … The
original timeframe is not good for
us.”
KCA bylaws allow the governn
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Oktoberfest Celebrates Community AROUND TOWN
By Pam Schipper
Compiled by Pam Schipper
L
ast October, Condé Nast Traveler
included Oktoberfest at the Kentlands in its “10 Oktoberfests to
Visit If You Can’t Make It to Munich.”
This September, in the updated and
reprinted article, Kentlands’ Oktoberfest is highlighted for how it “stretches
across the picturesque Kentlands Village Green, Kentlands Mansion, Main
Street, and Market Square.”
CNTraveler picked up on the breadth
and beauty of Kentlands’ Oktoberfest.
As much as it is about the advent of fall
and celebrating this in Germanic fashion with a Beer Garden, horse-drawn
wagon rides and traditional performers
like the Alte Kameraden German Band
and Alt-Washingtonia Bavarian, it is
also about what makes the new urbanist
community great year-round.
Here are a few community highlights of the Oct. 11, noon to 5 p.m.
festival.
The Arts Barn plans community art
projects where festival-goers can add
Photo | Submitted
Markham Luke, Karen Norris, Mark Ludder, David Pier and John Vreeland
perform on stage at Wolf Trap Sept. 26.
Kentlands Acoustic Jam Moves to Music
Photo | City of Gaithersburg
The Alt-Washingtonia Bavarian dancers return again this year to Oktoberfest at the Kentlands on Sunday,
Oct. 11.
their own creative touches to a work
in progress. Jaree and Jack Donnelly,
Arts Barn resident artists in the Arts
Entwine Studio, will be working in
metal, including soldering and chasing,
and also painting in acrylics. Visitors
are invited to join them in their studio.
The Donnellys also organize this year’s
community painting project, “Home Is
Where the Heart Is ... .” Visitors can
add fingerprint hearts to this fun, annual community painting that will be
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oktoberfest Continued on page 12
Paladar Executive Chef in the Fray With Flay
By Sharon Allen Gilder
L
akelands resident Gregory Webb,
the executive chef at Paladar Latin Kitchen & Rum Bar in Downtown Crown, recently went head-tohead with master chef Bobby Flay on
the Food Network show “Beat Bobby
Flay.” A call from one of the show’s producers set all of the ingredients in motion for Webb to apply, be interviewed,
and ultimately be selected for the episode titled “Do or Die.”
“They said that they have talent
scouts out all the time and my name had
been kicked around for a season or two
so they reached out,” said Webb. The
lengthy application process, with the
risk of elimination at every round, began with an application that took him
four hours to complete. Next came a
Skype interview and then the request
for eight signature dishes to be considered for the competition. “That’s a very
difficult process for a working chef. You
have to give photos and recipes that
Photo | Submitted
Lakelands resident and Paladar Executive Chef
Gregory Webb recently competed on “Beat Bobby
Flay” with his Chiles Rellenos de Tinga a Pollo.
have been tested and done for six people down to the details, and you need
to have executed each of them under a
timed scenario to be sure you can do it.”
A pre-production, on-location interview in Gaithersburg, with camera shots
of Webb’s family and working shots in
Paladar’s kitchen, consumed half a day
for the resulting 20-second final cut of
his background information that aired.
When time for taping came, Webb arrived at the studio in New York at 5 a.m.
Filming, that concluded at 5 p.m., began
at 7 a.m. with pre- and post-interviews
for the clips inserted into the episode
along with the timed cooking challenge.
“You know, the actual time when you’re
in the kitchen has to be the time shown
on television. … Those clocks are real.
You don’t get to get into the kitchen until 15 minutes before you start cooking.
You don’t get to know where the meat
is or the vegetables are … that’s all real,”
noted Webb.
The show hailed him as “Tex-Mex
master Gregory Webb who has made a
great name for himself in five U.S. cities and Mexico.” His opponent, Peter
Morris, was introduced as “one of New
Jersey’s best new chefs.” Morris recently
won top chef of New Jersey. Webb said,
“I’m thinking to myself, why did you
give me this guy?”
“The premise of the show is, you
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Paladar Continued on page 13
Photo | Mac Kennedy
Bike Gaithersburg hosted
a Kidical MASSIVE Ride on
Sept. 19, bicycling from
the Main Street Pavilion
to the Crown development.
Towns and cities across the
United States and around
the globe hosted Kidical
MASSIVE Rides that day to
demonstrate that biking
with groups is safe, healthy
and fun.
On Saturday, Sept. 26, the Kentlands Acoustic Jam
played Wolf Trap for a second time. The group’s performance was part of the fourth annual “Let’s Move
with Music at Wolf Trap!” The free, annual event encourages children and families to be active and promotes a healthy lifestyle.
KCA Works to Address Traffic Issues
The Kentlands Citizens Assembly (KCA) Board
discussed traffic issues in the neighborhood, especially speeding and motorists not obeying stop signs, at
its Sept. 23 meeting. Areas of concern included Kent
Oaks Mews and Beckwith Street. Barney Gorin,
KCA president, said that the City of Gaithersburg told
him a speed survey would be done on Beckwith within the next few weeks. He cautioned, though, that the
city “must find a significant percentage of cars driving
15 miles per hour over the limit. Otherwise, they will
regard everything as OK.”
Unsafe driving on Kent Oaks Mews, which is especially problematic before and after school as parents
use Kent Oak Mews as a shortcut in their drive to
Rachel Carson Elementary and Lakelands Park Middle while other children are walking to school, is being addressed with a new stop sign. Gorin said Ollie
Mumpower, engineering services division chief in the
City of Gaithersburg Department of Public Works,
will have the sign installed, but he is not sure about
enforcement. Kent Oaks Mews is owned by the KCA,
not the city.
Blazing the Muddy Branch Trail
The Muddy Branch Alliance will mark the Muddy
Branch Trail along the Lakelands portion on Oct. 9.
Interns, employees from the Hilton, and Montgomery County personnel familiar with trailblazing will
assist. This is the first part of the extension that will
consistently mark paths from the Potomac to Great
Seneca Highway. On Oct. 11, volunteers from a
church will be marking the path and roadway from
Muddy Branch Road to the Lakelands. They will also
pick up trash along the stream and address invasive
plants along the marked path.
KCA Sponsors Oktoberfest Again This Year
Look for a Kentlands Citizens Assembly (KCA)
booth on Oct. 11 at the annual Oktoberfest celebration. Community groups like the Kentlands Garden
Club will share what they do. The KCA’s $3,000-level sponsorship brings booth space and promotion in
Oktoberfest marketing materials.
Meet the Candidates Oct. 14
It’s official. Candidates for the Nov. 3 Gaithersburg
municipal elections have been certified by the city’s
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By Gina Gallucci-White
Officer Helps Others Heal Through Her Art
W
hen a police officer or firefighter death occurs while in the line
of duty anywhere in the United
States, Montgomery County Police (MCP)
Officer Rose Borisow receives a notification.
She will spend hours searching the Internet
for pictures of the officer and settings from
their home district, as well as department
images of their logo and badges. She combines the images to create a print honoring
the fallen first responder.
For the past three years, she has sent a personalized print to every family who has lost
an officer while on duty, free of charge. “I
work on this every day,” she said. “It’s my
beginning and end day thing that I do for
at least two or three hours at each end and
sometimes more in the evening if I am off
duty. ... The whole purpose of (the prints) is
to honor our fallen brothers and sisters. I’ve
given my whole life to this career. It’s more
than a career. It’s in your soul. It’s my extreme honor to help remember their loved
ones who have given their lives.”
Borisow was first drawn to art as a teenager by neighbor and mentor Silver Spring
resident Dorothy Williams, who taught
her about graphic design. She began doing
black-and-white pen drawings and pointillism of wildlife.
Borisow chose a career in policing because
“I had many times as a child when I felt helpless, and if I can help prevent one child from
feeling that and having it affect them their
Photo | Submitted
Montgomery County Police Officer Rose Borisow creates art to honor fallen first responders from around the country
and abroad.
entire lives, then it is all worth it.” Joining
MCP in 1988, Borisow has worked patrol
her entire career and even has the distinction
of being the first and only woman to serve
on MCP’s SWAT team. She is currently stationed in Germantown, but she worked in
Gaithersburg from 2008 until this year.
Throughout her police career, she would
stop creating art and then start back up
again. About five to six years ago, she was
at the National Law Enforcement Officers
Memorial in Washington, D.C., when she
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By Gina Gallucci-White
Constitution Gardens at 112 Brookes Ave. re-opened on Sept. 19.
Constitution Gardens Re-Opens as
Natural Play Space
On Sept. 19, the City of Gaithersburg
re-opened Constitution Gardens. It has
grown into Maryland’s first natural play
space in a municipal setting. Set aside a
day, a morning or afternoon to explore this
lovely space. You’ll be greeted by a bubbling millstone fountain, gazebo, peony
and herb gardens, spiral walk and swinging wooden benches at the park entrance,
112 Brookes Ave. Some not-to-miss, guaranteed kid-pleasers are The Lost Library,
a story circle featuring log benches, an
over-sized storyteller’s chair, and a lending
library box that harken back to when the
Gaithersburg Library was located on this
site; Bird’s Nest Hill log posts for climbing
and pretending, as well as the garden’s insect hotel; Sliding Hill, full of embankment
slides, stepping stones and a stump scramble; and Log Town with log playhouses, a
sensory garden, a sand play area; and the
Great Seneca Creek featuring picnic tables,
a giant, sculptural fallen tree for climbing,
and a dry creek with a hand pump.
Voter Registration Ends Oct. 19
If you want to make your voice heard in
the Nov. 3 City of Gaithersburg election,
be sure you register to vote soon because
the deadline is Oct. 19.
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city scene Continued on page 14
Gaithersburg City Councilmember Mike Sesma and
Senior Recreation Program Supervisor Rachel Tailby
joined First Lady Michelle Obama for a celebration of
Let’s Move! achievements.
Gaithersburg Let’s Move!
Travels to White House
On Sept. 16, the City of Gaithersburg was recognized for its Let’s
Move! Achievements. Gaithersburg
City Councilmember Mike Sesma and
Senior Recreation Program Supervisor Rachel Tailby joined First Lady
Michelle Obama and representatives
from other communities at the White
House for a celebration. Gaithersburg
was one of 52 communities to achieve
gold medals in five categories that promote nutrition, physical activity, access to meals, healthy and sustainable
food service guidelines and more.
MEETING CALENDAR
10/5
10/12
School-Community United in Partnership
(SCUP) Conference, Consortium of
Universities at Shady Grove,
8 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Mayor and City Council Work Session, City
Hall Council Chambers, 7:30 p.m.
Senior Advisory Committee Meeting,
Benjamin Gaither Center, 10:30 a.m.
Mayor and City Council Meeting, City Hall
Council Chambers, 7:30 p.m.
10/7
10/13
Community Advisory Committee Meeting,
Activity Center at Bohrer Park, 6:30 p.m.
Transportation Committee Meeting, Public
Works Conference Room, 7 p.m.
10/14
Planning Commission Meeting, City Hall
Board of Appeals Meeting, City Hall
Multicultural Affairs Committee Meeting,
Activity Center at Bohrer Park – Large
Conference Room, 7:30 p.m.
10/8
10/16
Board of Supervisors of Elections Meeting,
City Hall Gallery, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Olde Towne Advisory Subcommittee
Meeting, City Hall Gallery, 7:30 p.m.
10/9
Educational Enrichment Committee
Meeting, Wells/Robertson House
Conference Room, 7:30 a.m.
Economic and Business Development
Committee meeting, City Hall Gallery,
7:30 a.m.
For the latest information on city meetings, visit
the City of Gaithersburg website at
www.gaithersburgmd.gov.
301-657-3332
301-299-5222
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assignmenteducation
Walk to School Day Planned
Rachel Carson Elementary School
staff, students and parents will participation in International Walk to School Day,
Wednesday, Oct. 7. Everyone is invited to
gather at the Kentlands pool/Tschiffely
Square Road intersection at 8:20 a.m. This
global event promotes pedestrian safety
and the health benefits of walking. Thousands of schools from all 50 states, D.C. and
Puerto Rico will be participating in Walk
to School Day.
Report Suggests More Resources
Needed to Close Achievement Gap
On Sept. 22, the Montgomery Coun-
ty Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO)
released a report, “Resources and Staffing Among Montgomery County Public
Schools.” The report studied the achievement gap by student income in Montgomery County, and questioned whether the
school system devotes enough resources to
effectively reduce this gap.
The report found “that MCPS allocates
more staffing to its highest poverty schools
yielding lower class sizes and higher personnel costs per student in high-FARMS
(Free and Reduced-Price Meals) schools.
The difference in per student compensation costs between high- and low-FARMS
schools, however, is dampened by three
trends: higher teacher salaries in lowFARMS schools, the allocation of a third
of state revenue for compensatory education programs to non-compensatory education programs, and the allocation of less
than a third of the total compensatory education budget to secondary schools. These
findings suggest that MCPS could provide
additional resources to its high-poverty
schools and its high-FARMs secondary
schools in particular to help narrow the
achievement gap.”
Technology Plan Slowed But
Still Rolling
Last school year, Chromebooks were
placed in all Grade 3, 5, and 6 classrooms,
as well as high school social studies classrooms. The plan was for the rollout to continue in Grades 2, 4, 7 and one more high
school subject this year; however, budget
reductions forced the Board of Education to remove that item from the operating budget in June. During the summer,
MCPS decided to put off replacing desktop
computers in offices and school labs and redirect that money to partially expand the
Chromebook initiative. The devices will
be placed in all Grade 4 classes and about
150 Grade 7 classes; however, the Grade 2
and high school expansions will be delayed
at least one year.
MCPS Facility Providing Food
for Thought
M
ontgomery County Public
Schools (MCPS) recently partnered with Maryland Hunger
Solutions to host a tour of its Central
Production Facility (CPF) and focus on
the nutritious and affordable meals prepared there. “In a perfect world, I would
like to be able to feed everybody,” said
Marla Caplon, director of MCPS Division
of Food & Nutrition Services.
The new, expansive CPF, located at 8401
Turkey Thicket Drive in Gaithersburg, began operation on Jan. 5, 2015. Members of
the Maryland State Department of Education, Montgomery County Board of Education, Manna Food Center, and legislators
were among those participating in the tour
led by Tom Davey, CPF warehouse specialist, and Mary Ann Gabriel, production
facility supervisor.
In a March 2014 USDA posting,
“Healthy Breakfast, Healthy Future,”
Kevin Concannon, undersecretary for
Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services,
wrote, “School breakfast fosters success in
the classroom and also plays a critical role
in helping children develop healthy habits
that last a lifetime … studies show that students who eat breakfast do better on standardized tests, pay attention, behave better
in class, and are less frequently tardy, absent
or sent to the nurse’s office.”
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Members of the Shaare Torah congregation donated tree stumps for the new, natural outdoor playscape at the
nursery school.
Playing Outside the Box
By Pam Schipper
O
n a recent morning, the twos and
threes at Shaare Torah Nursery
School in Lakelands were hard at
work playing together in a new, natural outdoor playscape sponsored by the
Goodman family. Little ones climbed
tire steps and went down a slide built
into the hill. Others took the serpentine
walk up the hill and gazed out at the
world through the white picket fence.
Some enjoyed sitting on tree stumps
and sharing rocks they had collected in
a pail. Many gravitated to the circular
sandbox area.
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Are you living
with foot pain?
Photo | Submitted
When 23-year-old Kristopher met Trinity, an affectionate feline at the Animal Welfare League of Montgomery County, the
cat adopted him.
A Poignant Animal
Welfare League Cat Tale
“‘This human is under my care now,’ the cat
says to the world.”
—Thomas Bennett on Jackson Galaxy’s
Facebook Page
A
poignant Animal Welfare League of
Montgomery County (AWLMC)
adoption story features a cat named
Trinity and Kristopher, a 23-year-old with
mild cerebral palsy, high-functioning autism,
and anxiety disorder who is an honor student
at Montgomery College majoring in video
game design and production. His mother,
Rhonda, who has now become a volunteer
with AWLMC, shared that for several years
they had tried to obtain a service dog with
no success. Kristopher’s doctor suggested
a cat. Online they learned about an adoption open house at the Kentlands PetSmart.
“My son was sort of disinterested because he
didn’t know what cats do. He’d never really
been exposed to one, and he also has autism
so it’s hard sometimes to engage him.”
One of the volunteers suggested Rhonda
and her son visit AWLMC’s shelter to get
a better sense of the kind of cat they might
want. “We went straight over there and it
was the most amazing experience, especially for my son who is sensitive to smells and
noises and new places, to essentially walk
into a home and that’s what it was. We went
from room to room and he sat on the chairs.
He has cerebral palsy so he can only walk a
few minutes at a time.”
Rhonda was impressed with the friendliness and knowledge of the volunteers who
shared the “kittiographies,” or background
information, including the personalities of
each cat, and they visited each room. They
were armed with a wealth of helpful information as they began to leave the shelter
when Kristopher needed to sit down. One
volunteer suggested he sit in a room with
two young cats. “I have a picture, because
he sat down and Trinity walked up to him,
jumped onto the arm of the chair, turned her
back to him and started to purr. Everybody
in there stopped and looked in that window
and said, ‘Oh my gosh, are you seeing this’
and if you could have seen the look on my
son’s face because he had been skeptical, but
Trinity sat down on the arm of the chair
with her sweet little face looking at him and
he fell in love instantly, and you could feel the
connection,” said Rhonda.
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Marilyn Balcombe, Henry Marraffa, and Pinky and Pepe Rodgers cut the ribbon on Sept. 25 to celebrate five years
in Kentlands.
Grape Escape Has a Cut Above
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
“We were completely overwhelmed
by the outpouring of support and love,”
said Pinky Rodgers about the over 250
well-wishing customers, family and friends
who embraced her and her husband, Pepe,
throughout the evening on Sept. 25 to celebrate the five-year anniversary of their
business, Pinky & Pepe’s Grape Escape, in
Kentlands. Marilyn Balcombe, president
and CEO of the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce, presented a
proclamation from Montgomery County,
signed by County Executive Isiah Leggett,
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arts& entertainment Main Street Farmers Market
Oct. 3 & 10, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Main Street Pavilion
Products available for purchase include
a vast assortment of fruits and vegetables,
jams and jellies, various herbs, cut flowers,
and potted plants, baked goods, dog treats,
meat, eggs, and honey. Seasonal arts and
craft vendors sell jewelry, photographs,
health and beauty products, knitted items,
quilts, purses, woodworking items, clothing, children’s accessories, yard art, and
more! www.gaithersburgmd.gov
Multimedia Exhibit by
Arts Barn Faculty
Through Oct. 4, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.,
1:30-5:30 p.m. Sat., Arts Barn
Gaithersburg’s Arts on the Green presents
a multimedia exhibit featuring the work of
Arts Barn faculty members, Vian Borchert,
Howard Cohen, Jaree Donnelly, Tony
Glander, Sue Kay, Natalya Parris, and Firouzeh Sadegh. This once-a-year exhibit of
personal works features an exciting mix of
mediums and styles that reflects the broad
talent of the educational staff. Free. www.
gaithersburgmd.gov
The Hot Sardines: Opening Night
Oct. 3, 8 p.m., BlackRock Center for the Arts
Take a blustery brass lineup, layer it over
a rhythm section led by a stride-piano
virtuoso in the Fats Waller vein, and tie
the whole thing together with a “oneof-the-boys” front-woman with a voice
from another era, and you have the Hot
Sardines. Tickets are $36-$50. www.
blackrockcenter.org
Kellylee Evans
The unstoppable singer/songwriter Kellylee Evans is a chameleon-like performer whose thriving career in Canada and
France over the last decade has recently
brought her into the spotlight in the U.S.
Her arresting combination of soul, pop,
hip-hop, and improvisational jazz vocal
style come together to create a simultaneously fresh and retro sound. Tickets are
$18-$30. www.blackrockcenter.org
Hispanic Heritage Month Reception
Oct. 5, 6-7:30 p.m., Activity Center at
Bohrer Park
An evening of Latin dancing and artwork
celebrates the vibrant history and cultures
of Latin America. Juntos, a Latin dance
group at Quince Orchard High School,
will perform different styles of Latin dancing, present historical background and provide a beginner dance lesson. Members of
The Latino Art League will be on hand
to answer questions and give insight into
their exhibition of multimedia artwork,
on display at the Activity Center through
Oct. 25. Light refreshments will be served.
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Kentlands Acoustic Jam
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‘An Evening with Frederick Forsyth’
Oct. 7, 7-9 p.m., Gaithersburg Library, 18330
Montgomery Village Ave.
Frederick Forsyth is the author of 15 internationally best-selling novels and two
short story collections. A former pilot and
print and television reporter for Reuters
and the BBC, in 2012 he won the Diamond Dagger award from the Crime Writers’ Association for a career of sustained
excellence. Five of his books, starting with
“The Day of the Jackal,” have already been
made into successful films, and a major
motion picture based on “The Kill List” is
currently in the works.
But what most people don’t know is that
some of Forsyth’s greatest stories of intrigue have been in his own life. During
this event, Forsyth will talk about his new
memoir, “The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue,” in which he reveals that his adventures and personal experiences have been as
gripping as any twisting plot line found in
his collection of blockbuster novels. Free.
‘Shades of Geometry’
Oct. 9-Nov. 15, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.,
1:30-5:30 p.m. Sat., Arts Barn; Opening ren
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Photo | Submitted
Birds of Chicago performs free at Oktoberfest on
Oct. 11, noon at the Main Street Stage.
Singer Songwriter Concert
Series – Birds of Chicago
Oct. 10, 3 p.m. singer songwriter workshop, Arts Barn; Oct. 11, noon-2 p.m.
concert, Oktoberfest Main Street Stage
Birds of Chicago is a collective
built around husband and wife duo
JT Nero and Allison Russell. Their
brand of rock and roll poetry centers
around Nero’s fractured country soul
croon wrapped in Russell’s silver-andgold tones for a harmony blend that
is like nothing else in music today.
Fired by the band, it’s a full tilt revival – streamlined poems, deep grooves,
sharp hooks and joyful singing straight
from the gut. Concert is free. Tickets
for songwriting workshop are $20.
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Photo | Philip Robertson
For the first time, Kosovo is represented at the Manhattan Short Film Festival. “Shok,” directed by Jamie Donoughue, is
about two boys fighting to survive during the Kosovo War.
Manhattan Short Returns
By Mike Cuthbert
E
xpanding this year to two days and four
showings, the popular Manhattan Short
Film Festival returns to the Paragon
Theaters in Kentlands. The program, showing on Sept. 27 and Oct. 1 at 4 and 7 p.m.,
consists of 10 short films under 20 minutes
in length from eight countries, including, for
the first time, Kosovo. The feature that distinguishes this festival from most others is that
the audience votes on their favorite films and
actors. The results are announced on the day
after the festival closes, Oct. 5.
This year’s entries sound like the usual
provocative films that make it to this festival.
From Finland comes “Listen.” A woman in a
burka brings her son to the police station to
file a domestic violence complaint in Copenhagen, but the interrogator doesn’t seem to
understand the nature of the complaint. “Dad
in Mum” (France) features two young sisters who investigate curious moaning behind
their parents’ door. “Bear Story” (Chile, animated) is a Chilean allegory about the politics of “disappearance” in the 1970s. “Forever
Over” (Germany) focuses on Mia and Tim,
who have been together forever (at least it
feels like that) and are seeking that which has
become lost over the years by fulfilling each
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manhattan short Continued on page 21
Rooted in Harmony: Shelley Sims’ MixedMedia Works Express Balance Within
By Pam Schipper
F
or Quince Orchard Park artist Shelley
Sims, the new Arts Barn group exhibit
opening Oct. 9, “Shades of Geometry,”
is all about balance. Sims strives for “harmony and balance” in her mixed media work,
and not just in the end result. “Each step, I
ask if this works,” she said. “It’s the interplay
of patterns, color, images.”
Sims finds inspiration in nature during
her walks in the neighborhood, especially around Inspiration Lake, an area that she
loves. “I’m excited to be there (in the group
exhibit) at the Arts Barn,” she said. “I love
that we have that in the neighborhood.”
As she walks, Sims takes all of the patterns
and colors in, and when she stops to create,
often in 30-minute increments, “ultimately, it’s coming from within oneself … it’s all
how you express it.”
Sims attended the Maryland Institute,
College of Art in Baltimore before studying
papermaking at the Corcoran Gallery School
in D.C. But she has always been an artist.
In kindergarten when the teacher passed out
stencils to help the children with their drawings, Sims remembers always putting these
aside and working freehand. “Art was always
a part of me intrinsically,” she said. “It’s who
I am.”
She was drawn to papermaking for its
tactile, irregular and organic properties.
“Working with handmade paper is a tactile,
sensory experience,” she explained. “I enjoy working with the fundamentals: color,
shape, texture, pattern. The richly dyed papers contain organic material, such as plant
fibers, bark scraps, grasses and tree debris.”
Making paper from scratch is laborious
and requires a lot of space, so these days Sims
works with papers that other people make.
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ing body to borrow 10 percent of its operating budget of $1.5 million each year.
This would mean the KCA could borrow
$150K in 2015 and another $150K in early 2016. Campbell said that the Board has
been working with a local lender to determine feasibility and terms of the loans.
The KCA also has consulted with its
attorney to determine if borrowing from
the Titleholders Initial Contribution (TIC)
Fund is permitted according to the bylaws.
Controlled by the KCA, the TIC Fund is
used for the social betterment of the community, explained Campbell. The KCA
makes annual contributions from this fund
to the Kentlands Community Foundation,
the Kentlands/Lakelands 5K and, recently,
Kentlands 25 events.
The KCA attorney advised that borrowing from the TIC Fund for retaining wall
remediation is permissible. Campbell said
■ new restaurant
Tickets:
A ghoulish twist on
theater—and on
halloween! Set in the
historic Kentlands
Mansion, the audience helps solve a
murder mystery.
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ing up excitement about what his kitchen
will do with it.
It’s sure to be something because Conte
is hot stuff. Recently executive chef at The
Oval Room near The White House, a 2010
James Beard Foundation finalist for “Best
Chef, Mid-Atlantic,” and a 2006 “Rising
Star” according to StarChefs.com, Conte’s
resume includes Jean-Georges’ New York
restaurants Vongerichten and Jojo.
He trained at the Culinary Institute of
America, but he came by his passion for
preparing and serving good food organically.
Growing up in New Haven, Connecticut, he learned old-world cooking traditions from his Italian grandparents. The
family grew their own vegetables and fruit,
and made their own tomato sauce, wine
and sausage. In high school, he worked at
an Italian restaurant there and learned how
to make really good New York-style pizza.
By the early ‘90s he had joined Sole e
Luna in Westport, Connecticut, where
Chef Gene Jerome turned him on to local
produce and only using the best of ingredients—careful sourcing that Conte continues to this day. In the late ‘90s, he and his
brother opened Pesce in Branford, Connecticut, which was ranked “Best New
Restaurant” by Connecticut Magazine.
But all of this is not why Conte is hot
stuff. Rather, it’s the intensity he brings to
his ingredients and his creativity in combining them.
“The dough is most important,” Conte
said. He experimented with a number of
flours, including the highly touted Caputo
00 Flour, before discovering a combination
of three that makes a dough that is “crispy,
light and airy” with the right amount of
chew. “I looked for flour for a long time,”
he said. His perfect dough turns on one
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the KCA plans to borrow $100K from this
fund, thereby raising the needed Phase 3
$400K in funds, when combined with the
two $150K loans.
A resolution concerning acceleration of
Phase 3 has been circulated to Kentlands
homeowners, giving them 30-days’ notice
of the pending KCA vote on pursuing two
loans and borrowing from the TIC Fund.
Residents are invited to provide comment
at the next Board meeting on Oct. 28, 7
p.m. A vote on the resolution will be taken
that evening.
Avon Construction has finished structural work on the upper retaining wall adjacent to buildings; decorative work—encasing steel beams in concrete—also should
be completed soon. President Mark Avon
said his company could continue work on
the rest of the upper wall without a break
in effort, Campbell relayed. This would
put completion of Phase 3 by February or
early March 2016.
secret ingredient flour that he is specially
importing in 50-pound bags for the restaurant.
When it comes to a great pizza, tomatoes and cheese are next. Conte said he will
source locally as much as possible, and he
is committed to using natural or organic
ingredients.
Meals at Inferno will feature traditional
dishes, but with a twist. “We will find our
identity within the rules (of AVPN-certified Neapolitan pizza),” Conte said. “I like
the authenticity and heritage of it.” For example, instead of the usual garden-variety
mushrooms that grace pizzas, Conte will
use Porcinis, cauliflower and burgundy
truffles.
Once the pizza menu is established—and
Conte is committed to cooking four pies
at a time to maintain quality even though
the wood-fired oven can hold eight—each
week will feature one meat and one fish
dish on the menu as well, cooked in the
wood-fired oven or the restaurant’s hightech combi-oven.
And for dessert? Inferno has a soft serve
ice cream machine and with it, Conte said,
the restaurant will go well beyond the usual flavors. He is thinking about chocolate
with mint and even corn.
The best spot in the 39-seat restaurant
may well be the marble-topped counter near the beautifully tiled and dragonfly-themed wood-fired oven. Snuggle up
with a glass of wine and watch your pizza
as it is being prepared. Each 11-inch pizza
cooks in 90 seconds when the Marana Forni oven is fired to between 800 and 900
degrees.
“I am circling back to where I began,”
Conte said of his new restaurant debut.
He’s also marrying authentic Neapolitan
pizza with culinary creativity and expertise, bringing it all home to Gaithersburg
where he lives, just a short two-mile ride
down the road.
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■ ART FESTIVAL
from page 1
experience, to say the least,” Auxier added.
He hopes Kentlands restaurateurs benefitted
from the fact that outside food vendors were
not admitted.
Howard Alan, whose Florida-based company produces 35 juried art fairs, including
the Alexandria King Street Art Festival and
the Arlington Festival of the Arts, rates the
outcome of the show as “OK, considering
the location.” Although “numbers were significantly lower than we had anticipated, we
believe it was due to the location. We hope to
grow the show and return to the downtown
Main Street as opposed to a back parking lot.”
Poor attendance may be attributed to location, but minimal advertising and signage are
also factors. Facebook posters include Nina
Gray: “It was a shame that so few people were
there. I know it was in The Town Courier,
but it wasn’t on any of the Kentlands pages”
and Coleen Huggin Hayback: “This event
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had all the ingredients to be something special
and new for the community. It’s a shame that
so few knew about this. These talented and
hard-working artists travel the country doing
this, and they were disheartened by the turnout.” Paula Kovacs Ross wrote, “It’s really too
bad that people didn’t seem to know about
this little arts festival. There were some great
vendors there, beautiful art.” And business
owner Andrew Ross “felt terrible for vendors
who had some really nice stuff, but were all
ticked off being in a hidden parking lot away
from the action with virtually no marketing.
… I want nice things like that for Kentlands,
and it’s a shame when it’s done poorly.”
Those who did attend were pleased with
the artwork. “Everyone I spoke with, and
myself, were very impressed with the quality
of the items on display,” Auxier said.
Kentlands resident Petrina Wolf had a
lovely experience. “I thought it was great,
different from most … a lot of original art;
the artists were so friendly and chatting about
their work. My friend bought her first original painting (by Roy Rodriguez) and is so
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delighted. We bought silver tortoises for fun.”
Lakelands resident Laurie Miller purchased
a great pair of contemporary earrings from
Pittsburgh-based Kim Evans’s Divergence
Design. And her friend bought a stunning
pair from Melissa Luoma of Serenity Jewels
of Minneapolis.
Some artist participants expressed hope
for the future of an art fair in the Kentlands.
Robin Markowitz of Rockville-based SDJ
Designs notes, “The show will be great if
they can get the permits for Main Street. The
area works for an arts buying patron. Howard
Alan was gracious and did right by offering
all the artists a credit toward the next show.”
Kim Evans concurred, “Other than the location, I thought the management did a great
job. The quality of the artists was top-notch
and the people who attended were very appre-
ciative of the art. I actually had pretty good
sales, considering this was a first-time show.
I would like to see Howard Allen Events do
this show again—just at a location with more
visibility.”
Washington Grove printmaker Joseph
Craig English said, “I had a very enjoyable and
successful show thanks, in large part, to the
mailing I did in advance of the show. I think
the Kentlands is a great audience and a wonderful community for an arts festival. I hope
that this show will make a repeat appearance
next year with a little more advance planning
and publicity to get it up to speed.”
“Let’s make sure to try and thank them for
coming out and promise to expand next year
if they give us the chance,” Auxier said. From
his mouth to the ears of Howard Alan Events
and its talented artists.
aroundtown
from page 3
Board of Supervisors of Elections. Jud
Ashman, Darline D.H. Bell-Zuccarelli and
Henry F. Marraffa Jr. will run for mayor.
Neil H. Harris, Laurie-Anne Sayles, Ryan
Spiegel and Robert T. Wu will compete
for three City Council seats. The mayoral
term will be two years (to fulfill the elected
mayoral term of Sidney Katz who joined
the Montgomery County Council), and
councilmembers serve the community at
large for a four-year term.
On Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m., the Kentlands
Citizens Assembly will hold a Town Meeting at the Kentlands Clubhouse. Each candidate will give a brief statement and then
audience members can ask questions. This
is not a debate.
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■ oktoberfest
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displayed after the festival in the city’s gallery.
In addition, Tony Glander, Arts Barn
resident artist who also maintains a glass
studio there, will offer “a cool community
project that involves big doors,” shared Ian
Brown-Gorrell, class and camp coordinator
who leads the Arts Barn Oktoberfest efforts.
“The Arts Barn wants to promote the
experience of art to the community,”
Brown-Gorrell said. Kids’ projects will be
offered indoors, and exhibiting artists like
Shelley Sims will be on hand to speak about
their work.
The Arts Barn also invites festival-goers to
have a bit of fun. Head to the indoor selfie
station and take your picture with the Arts
Barn ghost, Charlie. Brown-Gorrell declined
to elaborate on the form Charlie will take,
and instead encouraged people to come and
discover Charlie for themselves. Selfies with
Charlie can be posted to the Arts Barn Facebook page.
Grown-ups (just to get the creativity flowing) can stop by the wine tasting at Kentlands
Mansion. Local Maryland wineries Linganore Winecellars and The Winery at Olney, along with wine retailers Pinky & Pepe’s
Grape Escape and The Wine Harvest, will
pour a selection of 16 wines. Tasting packages are available for $10 (10 taste tickets) or
$15 (16 taste tickets); both options come with
a commemorative glass. Local restaurants
The Melting Pot, Ruth’s Chris Steak House,
Whole Foods Kentlands and Boulevard Tavern will offer free food tastings on the Wine
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Terrace. Of course, there’s a traditional Beer
Garden at Oktoberfest, too.
This Old Farm area, consisting of the
grounds of the Arts Barn and Kentlands
Mansion, supports live entertainment on two
stages, food, artists and crafters, free horsedrawn wagon rides, apple cider pressing,
Oktoberfest crafts for kids, nonprofit vendors
and more.
In the commercial area of Kentlands, along
Main Street, festival-goers will find four
more stages of live entertainment—don’t
miss the Singer Songwriter Concert Series
performance by Birds of Chicago on the
Main Street Stage at noon—a business expo,
restaurants and shops to explore, as well as
strolling entertainers, inflatables and kids’ activities.
Oktoberfest admission and parking are
free. Free wheelchair accessible shuttle service will run regularly during festival hours
to and from satellite parking at 200 Orchard
Ridge Drive, just off of Quince Orchard
Road.
Oktoberfest at the Kentlands is hosted in
partnership with Dogfish Head Ale House
and the Kentlands Community Foundation.
It is sponsored in part by Kentlands Square
by Saul, Kentlands Citizens Assembly, Pinky & Pepe’s Grape Escape, Rosenthal Acura,
Elaine Koch, iHeart Media, Mike Aubrey,
Washington Parent, Whole Foods Kentlands,
The Winery at Olney, The Wine Harvest,
Linganore Winecellars, Ruth’s Chris Steak
House, The Melting Pot and the Maryland
State Arts Council.
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want to compete against Bobby Flay with
your signature dish, but there are two of you,
and Bobby says you have to compete against
each other to get to me and I’m going to name
an item that you need to make the centerpiece
of your dish.” Pomegranate seeds were Flay’s
item of choice. Morris and Webb had two
minutes to envision a dish incorporating the
seeds and 20 minutes to execute it for judging
by chefs Scott Conant and Geoffrey Zakarian.
“I have very limited experience with pomegranates,” said Webb. All went well for him
in round one. He beat Morris and was selected to compete against Flay in round two with
his signature dish.
Webb’s Chiles Rellenos de Tinga a Pollo
was chosen by the show. Conant, watching
Webb’s skilled preparation, said, “He’s cooking like a native over there.” Webb spent the
past 15 years studying authentic interior Mexican cuisine that features slow cooking and
braising as opposed to “cocina de la frontera”
or border cuisine.
Flay self-critiqued, “Mine is a little bit of a
modern spin on the classic … a more contemporary, southwestern version.”
Webb maintained a confident repartee
when questioned about his preparation techniques as he held his own in the almost manic, beat-the-clock pace of the set. Three food
expert judges blind taste-tested the Webb
and Flay versions of the dish. Webb said, “By
split decision, Bobby won. It was very close. I
thought I won the whole time, I really did …
a lot of people did actually. If you look at the
two dishes, his is extremely simple and very
minimalist, and he got criticized for it by the
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judges. I was doing a full, traditional meal.”
Webb said a highlight for him was having
time to talk with Flay after the judging and
gain insight from him. “Talking with a guy
who’s really the face of Food Network and
how he approaches the whole thing was a good
education for me.” A number of years ago, he
worked with Flay for one week at Mesa Grill
in New York City. “He didn’t remember
me,” laughed Webb. “Bobby has a real TV
personality but you know, people forget, he’s
a master chef and he’s no joke. He’s really a
personable, normal, hard-driven guy, and so
I asked him, do you have like some system or
technique or a program that you use to get
yourself ready for these things, and he goes,
‘Chef, all I’m trying to do is finish the dish.’ I
asked him, are you nervous? ‘Oh, God yes. I
never know if I’m going to do it.’” Webb said
Flay added, “I have techniques, if you watch,
and I use them really regularly, and I stick to
those techniques because I know they work
and I try not to step out of it.”
Webb, who trained in 50 kitchens, said he
developed his skills by the “old school technique” of chasing down the best chefs in the
cities where he worked. He credits chef Robert Neroni as one of his early mentors who
told him he was “really raw and needed to be
exposed to better cooking and better chefs.”
Neroni wrote a letter of introduction for him
with a list of top chefs to contact. Webb said,
“I traveled the country working for those
chefs. The term ‘self-taught’ is not true …
you learn from others and that’s what I did.
For a long time, the expression has been, get
into the best kitchen that you can and when
you stop learning, leave.”
Learning and teaching are a large part of
Webb’s day. He said he enjoys instructing his
cooks and “providing them with a livelihood
by giving them better techniques and improving what they do. Being a chef is being
a teacher. The greatest satisfaction for me is
taking a dishwasher and seeing him turn into
a chef. I’ve done that many, many times in my
career and it’s great fun to do that.”
Webb’s inspiration came from his mother
who he said was a tremendous home chef who
had a love for good food from scratch. “You
know, with the family table … I learned after
30 years in the kitchen that what drives me
is that gratification … that doing something
nice for somebody else. Eating is about shared
experience, giving, providing pleasure, obtaining satisfaction … and I can bring that to
people and I still get a big charge out of it.
I found my expression in cooking. … It’s a
good place for me to be, it’s very hands on, it’s
very physical, and it’s got a lot of artistry.” He
mused that on the day before his day off, his
refrigerator miraculously becomes filled (by
his wife) with all of the raw material needed
for numerous preparations. “So, every day on
my day off, I just cook everything in the frig.”
Paladar celebrated its one-year anniversary
on Sept. 30 with an outdoor event featuring a
deejay, rum punch, and Webb grilling sample
menu items on little skewers. He said, “For
the first time in this area you can do sort of a
D.C. quality restaurant without having to go
to Bethesda. The Gaithersburg scene is really
picking up, and we’re right in the center of it.
It’s vibrant and exciting with lots of variety.”
Webb moved to Lakelands from New York
City six years ago. “We came down from
Manhattan just after our first child was born
and we just love it down here. … We found
a home for life.” For more information, visit
www.thejourneymanchef.com.
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Chef Webb’s Chiles
Rellenos de Tinga a Pollo
Chiles Rellenos are about as iconic a dish of Mexican Cuisine as there
can be. There are many, many types of
these stuffed chiles throughout Mexico.
This style is prepared in Mexico City
and elsewhere. Here's a stuffed, lightly battered poblano chile filled with a
spicy braised chicken in chipotle pepper
sauce, with rice and a salad. The chicken
filling, known as “Tinga de Pollo,” is
ubiquitous around all of Mexico, with
regional variations, and presented in a
multitude of ways—singularly as an entree, or on sopes, but most often perhaps
with tacos. The meal is completed with
traditional
accompaniments—Arroz
Mexicano Rojo, salsa jitomate casada
and a refreshing salad featuring a delicious citrusy vinaigrette. This is about
as typical and delicious a Mexican meal
as you can find. Serves Six.
Ingredients & Procedures:
Arroz Mexicano rojo: cook time 25 min
long grain rice, 2 c, toasted
white onion, 4 oz w
garlic, 3/4 oz w
avocado leaves, 3 ea
chile de arbol, 3 ea
tomato juice, 6 oz v
chicken stock, 8 oz v
butter, 2 oz w
Toast rice in oil for a light golden
brown, then add in the remaining listn
recipe Continued on page 22
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Voters will be deciding on who will fill
three council seats and the office of mayor.
City residents who are registered to cast a
ballot in Montgomery County are automatically registered to vote in city elections.
For those who will not be able to attend
Election Day, there will be three early vot-
ing days held at City Hall on South Summit
Ave.: Oct. 25 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Oct. 27
from 3 to 8 p.m. and Oct. 31 from noon to
5 p.m. Absentee ballots are also available
beginning Oct. 2; these can be downloaded
online, picked up at City Hall or requested
through the mail at 301.258.6310. All absentee ballots must be received by Nov. 3.
For more information, call the Elections
Clerk at 301.258.6310.
CHARACTER COUNTS!
The City of Gaithersburg will have a
month-long celebration honoring the
national ethics program CHARACTER
COUNTS!
Adopted by the City in 1996, this
month-long celebration’s theme is “In
Gaithersburg, We Live, Learn & Play
Together.” Local events include:
•Oct. 11 from noon to 5 p.m. Oktoberfest at the Kentlands celebration. Students will be hosting
a pumpkin painting activity with
a portion of the proceeds benefiting the CHARACTER COUNTS!
scholarship.
•Oct. 16 from 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. Youth and Law Enforcement Summit at Gaithersburg
High School. Students and law
enforcement officials will have dialogue circles.
•Oct. 17 from 9 a.m. to
1 p.m. Gaithersburg Shreds at
the Activity Center at Bohrer
Park. Nonperishable food items
will be collected to donate to the
Manna Food Center.
•Oct. 21 Members of the Benjamin Gaither Center will partake in
a diversity program “What the pillars of character mean to you and
how they have improved your life
in the United States or abroad?”
•Oct. 24 from noon to 3
p.m. Mall-o-ween at Lakeforest Mall and Oct. 28 at 10 a.m.
and Spooky Tots at RIO Washingtonian Center: CHARACTER
COUNTS! information will be distributed at both events.
•Oct. 27 beginning at 11 a.m. Character-themed books will be read
to toddlers at StoryTime Station
at the Community Museum.
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■ borisow
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saw the bronze adult lion statues watching
over the cubs and decided to incorporate
the profession she loves into her art.
Borisow does a variety of different prints
including retirement, custom, K-9, and
Fraternal Order of Police. She can create
pet tributes and make T-shirts and posters.
The money earned from these sales and
direct donations goes toward funding the
free line-of-duty pieces. “It’s more a labor
of love, but I have made so many meaningful relationships and connections through
this artwork that it more than makes up
for breaking even,” she said. “I mean, that’s
all I hope to do with my art work is break
even and honor our brothers and sisters.”
Sandoval County (New Mexico) Sheriff ’s Deputy Tanya Harden remembers
coming across Borisow’s art work while
looking at the Officer Down Memorial page. One of Harden’s colleagues, Sgt.
Robert Baron, died in the line of duty
in December 2013 and Borisow created
a print to honor the officer. Borisow and
Harden chatted over Facebook messenger and quickly formed a lasting friendship. “Rose has the soul of an angel and a
heart biger than the universe for anybody,”
Harden said. “She would do anything for
$289,900
Photo | Submitted
Montgomery County Police Officer Rose Borisow sends
a personalized print to every family who has lost an
officer while on duty, free of charge.
anybody in a heartbeat.”
The work is very draining and emotional. Just about every line-of-duty death will
have her shedding tears. “The evil in the
world will never know the love that (police officers) have for each other,” she said.
“They can never match that. They just
know how to hurt and cause pain, but we
would give our lives for another officer in
a heartbeat and a citizen. They wouldn’t
do that.”
Borisow’s work has been shipped all over
the United States and multiple countries,
including England, Germany and Canada. For more information, go to Borisow’s
website at www.roseborisowgrafx.com or
email her at [email protected].
■ ‘shades of geometry’
from page 9
“They’re stunningly beautiful in their own
right,” she said. “For me in my work, I am
always practicing restraint. I don’t want to
overdo it. … I want to enhance the paper,
not take away from it.”
As Sims’ art grew, so did her interest in
Tibetan Buddhism. “Both started small,
in a seed-like way, and they have grown
over time,” she said. She is part of Kunzang Palyul Choling in Poolesville, which
is led by the only American woman ever
recognized as tulku, or intentional reincarnation. Sims said that the teachings of
Jetsunma just made sense to her.
“Tibetan Buddhism and art has always
coexisted,” she said. “It’s completely complementary, completely integrated.”
Sims will exhibit 10 pieces in the show.
“The images I create are both abstract and
symbolic,” she explained. “My abstract
works are a play between form and color,
placement and movement. I strive for balance and relationship, and a subtle sense of
harmony that comes from integrating all
the elements in a cohesive, dynamic image. My symbolic work is inspired by elements found in the tradition of Tibetan
Buddhism, including the use of sacred seed
syllables and mandalas or sacred concentric
diagrams.”
One such piece is entitled, “Om-AhHung,” which is a powerful mantra made
up of three seed syllables in the Tibetan and Sanskrit language. “Each syllable
represents the condensed essence of the
enlightened body, speech and mind,” she
said. Layers of meaning are represented in
this work, and each syllable is also represented by a color—white for “om,” red for
“ah,” and blue for “hung.”
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Photo | Submitted
Artist Shelley Sims exhibits 10 mixed-media pieces, including “Gold Circle – Square,” in the “Shades of Geometry”
group exhibit opening Oct. 9 at the Arts Barn.
Sims’ past exhibitions have included the
Betty Mae Kramer Gallery in Silver Spring
and Strathmore Hall in North Bethesda.
“You don’t make these things to be exhibited,” she said. As an artist, she noted
that “the process is as important as the final
outcome.”
Still, she feels honored to be exhibiting
at the Arts Barn with fellow artists Lauren
Kingsland and Fran Abrams, along with
the artists of Vertical Glass—Steve Mockrin, Jane Charters, Karen Henderson,
Hilde Leone and Tony Glander. Lauren
Kingsland brings beautiful textile art, Fran
Abrams exhibits fluid works in polymer
clay, and the artists of Vertical Glass exhibit
their stained and fused glass art.
“Shades of Geometry” opens Friday,
Oct. 9 and runs through Sunday, Nov. 15.
An opening reception will be held on
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 7 to 8:30 p.m. For more
information, visit www.gaithersburgmd.
gov.
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News and Current Events for Quince Orchard Park
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Meeting Calendar
Oct. 13 — HOA Board Meeting, Clubhouse, 7 p.m.
Oct. 26 — Condo Board I, Clubhouse, 7 p.m.
Oct. 28 — Condo Board II, Clubhouse, 7 p.m.
E-mail your contributions to [email protected]
For Phipps Females, Community Service Is Key
A
proud military family has lived
in Quince Orchard Park since
2002. The Phipps—Andrea and
her daughters, Kara and Meghan—
honor the memory of U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Michael J. Phipps,
their late husband and father, respectively, via service to their community.
The spine surgeon passed away in 2004.
Meghan, a sophomore at the Stone
Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, is
enjoying her second year on the JV
volleyball team as a co-captain. She
recently took part in the first-ever
Travis Manion Foundation/Philadelphia Outward Bound seven-day canoe camping trip for grieving teens in
the Delaware Water Gap. “This trip
reached far beyond what I anticipated.
I challenged myself physically and honored my dad,” Meghan said.
Travis Manion Foundation Expeditions, Andrea explained, “are
service-based trips, developed and
organized for families of the fallen
and veterans to come together and
serve others in honor of their fallen heroes. Expedition participants
continue to heal and develop a community of support as they serve beside other veterans and survivors.
Fully funded by the foundation, the
Photo | Submitted
Quince Orchard Park resident Andrea Phipps participated in the first annual Travis Manion Foundation Teen
Expedition for children of fallen military service members.
trips are organized in locations across
the country and around the world.”
The Phipps volunteered at the foundation’s 9/11 Heroes Runs across the U.S.
and overseas, and Andrea will raise
money, running on Team Travis and
Brendan, at the Marine Corps Marathon 10K on Oct. 24. The trio also volunteer monthly at a local women’s shelter and are involved with the Yellow
Ribbon Fund and Navy Gold Star program for the Washington, D.C., area.
In the immediate community, Andrea serves on the QOP Homeowners Association Board of Directors,
currently as secretary-treasurer. The
family is active on the Diamond Farms
Swim Team. In addition to volunteering at Basic Concepts Camp for two
summers, Kara has been involved with
the swim team for five years and was
a junior coach during the 2015 season. At the pool, she has been an RSV
lifeguard and this year, was assistant
manager. She will be a co-captain on
the SR Swim and Dive Team.1 in the
winter, and will graduate from Stone
Ridge in June 2016. Kara plans to study
education, with a minor in mathematics and special education, in college.
throw away their pool passes, as these
will be reused next summer. If a barcode has worn off or the pass is damaged, it can be exchanged for free by
returning it to TMGA with a note requesting replacement. Lost passes will
be replaced next year for a $10 fee.
Volunteers are needed to coordinate a Halloween event. Please contact Ruchita Patel or Alex Deering for
further details.
The annual home inspection is underway. Any resident who gets a letter
should not ignore it as this may lead
to enforcement action for uncorrected
violations. Questions may be referred
to Alex Deering or Marylou Bono.
The 2016 draft budget will be sent
out shortly. Feedback should be submitted, in writing, by Oct. 31.
HOA News
MedImmune New
Construction Update
At the Sept. 8 Quince Orchard Park
Homeowners Association Board of Directors meeting, Liz Huntley, director of
Corporate Citizenship and Community
Relations at MedImmune, and four of
her colleagues made a presentation about
the status of the child care center and
parking structure the company will construct in the near future. Board members and residents who attended took the
opportunity to ask questions and express
concerns.
Eric Morrison, associate director,
master planning at MedImmune, said he
is working with the State of Maryland
and the City of Gaithersburg on parkland and parking issues. He said there
will be less development of the campus
adjacent to the QOP residential area.
The eight-tier, 1,400-car garage—
with one tier below ground—is in the
beginning planning stages, and will look
october 2015
MANAGEMENT MENTIONS
Trash and Recycling
Management Notes
The Management Group Associates (TMGA) says residents must stop
putting out their trash in bags or open
cans—rather than the mandated rigid, tightly closed, rodent-proof trash
cans. This is creating a litter problem
and a potential rodent issue. Enforcement of this policy will be stepped up,
including the imposition of fines.
TMGA reminds residents NOT to
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like the two other garages on the campus.
The Planning Commission approved the
schematic development plan on Sept. 16.
“Pending all necessary further approvals
by the Planning Commission, the Mayor
and the City Council, we would anticipate beginning construction of the garage in 2016, with completion possible
by Q1 2017,” Huntley said.
The city has approved the final site
plan for the two-story, 20,000-squarefoot child care center at 501 Orchard
Ridge Drive that will serve 140 children, ages 0 to 6, have about 20 employees, and be open 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
MedImmune will soon be filing building permits for this employee amenity.
The green building, which will be tiered
down because of the grading of the land,
will make use of solar and natural light,
and have an unobtrusive six-foot fence
around its perimeter along with a berm,
plantings and a new stop sign.
“We will begin site preparation in
October, and residents can expect to
see trucks and equipment on the site
sometime later this month. We expect
construction of the physical building beginning sometime after the first of the
year and hope to have it completed and
operational within a year of construction
start (Q1 2017),” Huntley said.
MedImmune Senior Project Engineer Patrick Miller said that work hours
will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and every
effort will be made to minimize dust,
noise and traffic issues.
Additional parallel parking spots will
be provided for QOP residents. “As part
of the 6th Amendment to the Annexation
Agreement signed between the City
of Gaithersburg and MedImmune in
March 2013, MedImmune provided
funds for the city to use to build additional parallel parking spaces,” Huntley
said. “The spaces were to be placed on
the residential side of Orchard Ridge
Drive as a continuation of the existing
parallel parking spaces heading toward
Great Seneca Highway.”
Trash, which is collected on Tuesday and Friday,
must be placed in lidded trash cans. Trash should not
be left for collection in bags; these may be ripped
open by dogs, birds and other pests, and trash is
strewn throughout the community. Continued use of
bags may result in fines.
Consider painting your house number on your
trash cans and lids so they may be returned on windy
days.
It is also helpful to label recycling bins with house
numbers, and to place bagged newspapers and magazines atop commingled materials in the bin.
Trash cans and recycle bins must be stored out of
sight on non-pickup days.
Recycling is picked up on Fridays. Containers,
with lids, are now available from the City of Gaithersburg. Please contact the city at 301.258.6370 to
have a lidded bin delivered and the old one picked up.
The new bins will diminish problems with trash in
the neighborhood. It is helpful to label recycling bins
with house numbers. Lids may be attached to bins by
drilling small holes and attaching with twine.
Bulk recycling pickups are the first Friday of each
month. Nov. 6 is the next bulk pickup day.
The City of Gaithersburg and Potomac Disposal
(301.294.9700) both offer collection services for bulk
items at no cost.
Dog Duty and Animal Services Information
Cleaning up after dogs is the legal responsibility of
every canine owner walking a dog in the community.
Dogs are not permitted off-leash on common property in the City of Gaithersburg.
Contact Information for
Gaithersburg Animal Control
To report after hours/emergency animal service
calls, City of Gaithersburg residents must now contact the Montgomery County Emergency Communication Center (MCECC) at 301.279.8000. MCECC will then notify and dispatch a Gaithersburg
Animal Control Officer for response.
To report non-emergency animal service calls and
for information on related animal matters during
regular business hours, residents may contact the
Gaithersburg Animal Control Office directly at
301.258.6343. Regular hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information, please visit www.
gaithersburgmd.gov/services/animal-control.
Website
Agendas for meetings, as well as many important
documents (minutes and meeting summaries), can be
found at the QOP website: www.quinceorchardpark.
com.
QOP Management Contact Information
Quince Orchard Park Community Manager
Ruchita Patel
QOP Assistant Community Manager Alex Deering
c/o The Management Group Associates, Inc.
20440 Century Boulevard, Suite 100
Germantown, MD 20874
Phone: 301.948.6666
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shoptalk
from page 7
land, signed by Governor Larry Hogan.
Mayoral candidate and Gaithersburg
City Councilmember Henry Marraffa was
on-hand with Pinky, Pepe, Balcombe and
a mega-sized pair of scissors to cut the ribbon suspended above the new beer bar designed, built, and donated by Marraffa. He
said, “That’s my job on the City Council
to help small businesses and I had the skills
to do it so I did.”
Tasty bites provided by Whole Foods,
free wine tasting from Nick Materese of
Siema Wines, free beer tasting from Mindy
Pitts of DuClaw Brewing Company, and
music by Harry Traynham added to the
high notes of the evening.
— Sharon Allen Gilder
Explore a Kitchen
Tune-Up at Oktoberfest
Gaithersburg residents Lisa and Patrick
Fisher grew up learning how to fix things.
“My father was very handy; as a child who
lived through World War II when people
could not buy new things, he naturally
learned how to fix what he had. He passed
that down to my two brothers and me,”
said Lisa. “Patrick also grew up learning
to be handy and resourceful with his three
brothers, so home remodeling is always
something that we enjoyed.”
They were pursuing careers in health
care and business management when they
decided to pursue their passion. The Fish-
ers chose a Kitchen Tune-Up franchise because it offered “terrific training and tremendous support,” said Lisa.
The Fishers opened their business in
December 2014, and currently serve clients throughout Montgomery County, lower Frederick County and parts of Howard
County. Kitchen Tune-Up will be under the
vendor tent at Oktoberfest on Oct. 11, and the
Fishers hope festival-goers will drop by with
all of their kitchen remodeling questions.
After 10 months in business, Lisa said, “The
best part has been watching and experiencing
reactions from our satisfied clients. We love
seeing the ‘wow’ expression that comes over
our clients’ faces when we finish a project.
Some of the biggest ‘wows’ come from our
signature one-day Tune-Up, a cabinet wood
reconditioning process.” kitchentuneup.com/
gaithersburg-md
Wine and Cheese Hosted
at JT Interiors
Nine cheeses will be paired with wine at
the Saturday, Oct. 3, 1 to 5 p.m. event hosted by JT Interiors at Potomac House, 9906
River Road. Local resident Larry Goldman,
certified food and beverage executive for
Quintessential Hospitality Service, will present soft cheeses buffalo mozzarella, queso
fresco and paneer with sauvignon blanc and
chenin blanc; hard cheeses dry aged gouda,
Parmesan and Pecorino Romano with cabernet sauvignon and Australian shiraz; and blue
cheeses Stilton, Roquefort and Gorgonzola
with Sauterne and port. www.facebook.com/
jtinteriorspotomac
SPAGnVOLA Supports Tropical
Storm Victims in Dominica
You can help. SPAGnVOLA is selling one
thousand chocolate bars made from cocoa
produced in Dominica. When you purchase
these bars for $25 each at SPAGnVOLA, 100
percent of sale proceeds will be donated to
help victims of tropical storms in Dominica.
SPAGnVOLA is earmarked to donate $25,000
to relief efforts there.
“Over the past couple of weeks, the plight
of Dominica has been weighing heavily on us
here at SPAGnVOLA,” said Eric Reid, SPAGnVOLA CEO. “As such, my wife Crisoire and
I have decided to move quickly to launch the
new Dominica chocolate bar as a fundraiser
to help in whatever way we can.”
Bridget Edell Appears on
‘Good Day Washington’
The founder and star of the “Lip Gloss and
A Sander” DIY home improvement show
appeared on the new WUSA 9 daily morning
lifestyle show, “Great Day Washington” Sept.
16. Host Chris Leary introduced Bridget Edell
as “a woman who is known for taking old
collectibles and bringing them back to life.”
Edell, who is a Kentlands resident, showed
Leary and co-host Markette Sheppard how to
refinish a table. www.lipglossandasander.com
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■ school meals
from page 6
The CPF serves the county’s 203 schools
and two adult feeding locations. Caplon said
the key is to provide nourishing meals that
students will accept. Toward that effort, she
said, “we are always open to suggestions”
and new items are periodically added to
the menus after testing among the division’s
leadership team, field-testing in a school for
student feedback, or sometimes establishing focus groups. Coming soon are gyros, a
hearty beef and vegetable soup, and a yogurt
parfait with fresh blueberries and crunchy,
whole grain granola topping. Nine warehouse-size refrigerators and freezers keep
foods at safe temperatures while awaiting
preparation and distribution. Made-fromscratch barbecue and marinara sauces, and
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popular taco meat are among items prepared
in the “Cook-Chill” room. In the “PrePlate” room, efficient food-packaging lines
are reminiscent of the famous “I Love Lucy”
assembly line episode.
Students from households meeting the
federal income guidelines may receive
FARMs or Free and Reduced-Price Meals.
Reduced-price meals are available to students in households that are 130 percent over
the federal poverty level. Students in households 180 percent over are eligible to receive
free meals.
Michael J. Wilson, director of Maryland
Hunger Solutions, said, “Our simple goal is
to end hunger in the State of Maryland.” He
noted, “The 130 percent are struggling as
much as the 180 percent, but because they
make a little bit more, they don’t get a free
meal. It’s like the poor and the near poor.”
Photo | Sharon Allen Gilder
State Delegate Charles Barkley observes food-packaging lines in the “Pre-Plate” room of MCPS’ new Central Production
Facility on Turkey Thicket Drive, Gaithersburg.
He added that the MCPS facility is the only
central kitchen in Maryland and is the largest
on the East Coast.
Tam Lynne Kelley, MSW and Anti-Hunger Program associate with Maryland Hunger Solutions, referenced the Maryland
Meals for Achievement program that has
been adopted by Baltimore City and Somerset County in which no one pays to eat,
regardless of family income. “The best practice is to offer the food free to everyone …
that levels the playing field.” Kelley said the
program makes it easier for teachers and
“with more quantity, you get better quality
and more variety. Attendance and behavior
is better.”
Approximately 156,000 students attend
MCPS. Of those numbers, 55,000 are eligible for FARMs. This year, 35.1 percent
are receiving FARMs, which is equivalent
to 45,000 students, nearly one-third of the
student population and up 1,000 from 2014.
Patricia O’Neill, president of the Montgomery County Board of Education, said,
“The obstacles to learning have to be removed.” She added, “Seventy-eight schools
are receiving universal free breakfast thanks
to support from the state.” She shared 2014
statistics that MCPS Food & Nutrition Services served 6 million breakfasts; 11 million
lunches; 300,000 dinners; and 200,000 after-school snacks.. She said the new facility
has provided “the ability to cook more meals
from scratch.”
MCPS’ menus meet and exceed the USDA
guidelines. Calorie, nutrition, and allergen
information is available on the MCPS website in several languages. Alternate menu
items are available daily to meet special dietary needs such as vegan or gluten-free.
Caplon said, “Twenty-five schools have salad
bars. They are a collaborative decision that
has to be made with the school administration … and a logistic decision if space accommodates.”
MCPS’ healthy eating focus comes down
to low sodium, low fat, and every cookie,
chip, bread, and dough that must be whole
grain. Since 2006, all food in the schools
was required to pass MCPS’ Wellness & Nutrition Initiative’s policy and guidelines. In
2014, the USDA proposed new regulations
that Caplon said, “were very much the same
as ours. … We were already there.”
A daily variety of fruits and vegetables add
to the abundant healthy choices to meet the
nutritional needs of students. “All produce
whenever available is locally grown,” said
Caplon, who noted that a 7,200-square-foot
“seeds of learning” garden space has been allocated on the property and will be included
on student tours to teach the “full circle of
the food.”
State Delegate Charles Barkley asked
Caplon, “If the State gave you a $200,000
grant, what would you do with it?”
She responded, “Use it to off-set the cost
of meals.”
Wilson asked, “What would happen if
we omitted reduced and made it free? What
would the cost impact be?”
Caplon said, “It might cost $500,000.” She
added, “We take advantage of any grant opportunity we can. If it’s going to benefit our
children, we’re all over it.”
The week of Sept. 28, Maryland Hunger
Solutions published its 2014-2015 Maryland
Report Card on reducing childhood hunger
with the school breakfast program. There are
three parts to the evaluation: MCPS received
a B plus for participation with 67.1 percent of
students getting breakfast; an A minus with
88 percent of schools using the state-funded
Maryland Meals for Achievement program;
and the grade of “Time to Act” for not enrolling any of the eight eligible schools in
the Community Eligibility Provision that
allows schools with high percentages of
low-income children to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students and essentially
becoming Hunger-Free Schools. Kelley explained, “The main thing we look at is what
percentage of low-income kids who participate in lunch, also participate in breakfast.
The statewide goal is to have 70 percent of
low-income children who have lunch, also
have breakfast. So, how well the school system is meeting that goal is the main grade.”
She added that the school systems should be
aware of new programs and taking advantage
of them.
MCPS Board member Christopher Barclay said, “If you’re hungry, you can’t be focused.”
Wilson, an advocate for free food for every
child added, “Whole grains, fruits, more nutritious meals to more kids is going to serve
dividends in the future. It’s a great way to
leverage federal funds, it’s an investment in
community, and a way to make sure every
kid gets fed.”
For more information visit, www.
montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/
foodserv/menus/cafemenus.aspx.
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■ new playground
from page 6
The playscape was dedicated on Aug. 28,
and a local musician adapted a song to dedicate the program. “It was about how this
was a holy space because what the children
do, it’s a holy thing and it’s a special thing,”
said Sharon Wolfson, director of early
childhood education. “It’s very important work that they’re doing, the children,
learning to play together, building a sense
of community …”
“Learning how to live in the world,” added
Connie Liss, congregation president.
Compared with the old, more traditional brightly colored play equipment, teacher
Barbara Winderlich said that she has noticed a difference in how children interact
in this natural play space. “They definitely
are playing more cooperatively with this
new playscape,” she said. “It gives them
more space to run around and to use their
imaginations, which is really nice. The
natural aspects of it are really tempting
for them to come up with things on their
own.”
“It’s really an outside classroom in almost every way,” explained Liss, “and
the philosophy of the school is for children to learn through play, to experience
things where they’re at—not to say, ‘Today is reading day … today is spelling day’
… that’s not what we believe in here as a
school.”
Wolfson echoed her thoughts: “If you
look around even in our hallways, it’s
a very natural environment rather than
boards with brightly colored paper and
teacher store printout things. We want the
children to do their work for the process,
to have that experience of touching and
feeling things versus the product.”
Wolfson came to Shaare Torah last year
as an interim director. When Liss and the
education vice president asked her what she
would do with the school if she could do
anything, Wolfson recalled saying, “Oh, I
would love to have an outdoor play space,
which also would be an outdoor classroom where children would be able to run
around and climb but in a different way, a
natural environment and also where they
would have to think, and it wouldn’t be
teacher-driven—it would be more driven
by individual children and groups of their
peers, creative and interactive and a place
where they can explore.”
Shaare Torah had a donor, congregation
members Bruce and Ann Goodman who
wanted to do something special in memory of their late daughter, Jodi, whose nickname was “Bumblebee.” “They live in the
neighborhood, so they walk by it (the play
space) all the time,” explained Liss, “and
with them and their extended family, they
funded this new vision.”
Wolfson worked with local landscape architect Jodie Hinman to design the space.
“I told her what my vision was, and she had
never done this, this was her maiden adventure,” said Wolfson. “She came back to
us with a vision, and we tweaked a little bit
here and there, and we partnered together
very well and this was like our dream come
true.”
arts& entertainment
from page 8
ception Oct. 13, 7-8:30 p.m., Arts Barn
This group exhibit presents the work of
Shelley Sims, Lauren Kingsland and Fran
Abrams, along with that of the artists of Vertical Glass—Steve Mockrin, Jane Charters,
Karen Henderson, Hilde Leone and Tony
Glander. Free. www.gaithersburgmd.gov
Beau Soleil avec Michael Doucet
Oktoberfest at the Kentlands
Oct. 11, noon to 5 p.m., Kentlands
Village Green, Kentlands Mansion,
Main Street and Market Square
Get your oompah on as you
listen to the music of the Alte
Kameraden German Band and
watch the Alt-Washingtonia Bavarian Dancers. You can also enjoy a wine tasting and traditional
Beer Garden, six stages of entertainment, a business expo, strolling entertainers and more. Free,
but some activities have a nominal fee. www.gaithersburgmd.gov
Since forming in 1975, Grammy winners
BeauSoleil have claimed their undisputed
role as the most esteemed Cajun group in
music. BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet
takes the rich Cajun traditions of Louisiana
and artfully blend elements of zydeco, New
Orleans jazz, Tex-Mex, country, blues and
more into a satisfying musical recipe. Tickets are $22-$36. www.blackrockcenter.org
‘How to Brew Beer at Home’
‘Disney’s Aladdin Jr.’
Oct. 17, 2-4 p.m., Quince Orchard Library,
15831 Quince Orchard Road
Oct. 16-25, 7:30 p.m. Fridays; 11 a.m. &
2 p.m. Saturdays & Sundays, Arts Barn
In partnership with Kensington Arts
Theatre-2nd Stage, Arts on the Green
presents “Disney’s Aladdin Jr.” A resourceful young hero and a wise-cracking genie
come to life in this special one-hour adaptation of one of the most popular animated
movies of all time. KAT-2nd Stage features
youth and adult performers. Recommended for ages 7 & up. Tickets are $15 for
adults, and $12 for children 14 and under.
Brewing beer is easy and fun! This program will show you what equipment and
ingredients are needed and review the process for brewing your own delicious beer
at home. Please register online at www.
montgomerycountymd.gov/library. Click
“Branches” and select “Quince Orchard
Library.” Call 240.777.0200 for more information. Registration is limited to ages
21 and up. No samples will be provided,
but light refreshments will be available. This free program is sponsored by Friends
of the Library, Quince Orchard Chapter.
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Hinman worked with the existing space,
which Wolfson said the architect likened
to a bowl. One element of the new space
that has special meaning for Wolfson is the
snake path leading down one side of the
bowl. “One of the things I remembered
when I went to Israel with other Jewish
early childhood educators in the area was
the snake path coming down from Masada,
which is a place on the Dead Sea, and it
was amazing to see people actually walking down it,” she recalled. “We have the
perfect hill, and to us this was like bringing
a bit of Israel back here when it (the playground) was designed.”
Allentuck Landscaping made their dream
into a reality. Most of the construction was
done in one month, and costs were kept
so low that there was money left over for
a pergola.
“One of our final big, big things is being completed outside,” said Wolfson, “a
pergola, which will be like a little shelter
for reading books, quiet book space and
meeting space. Ann Goodman is a retired
schoolteacher and her passion is reading.
She wanted a special place where the children could hang out and read books.”
Another member of the congregation is
building an outdoor play kitchen, Wolfson
said. This will join the outdoor art space
and exploration station.
The new playscape couldn’t have come
at a better time. Shaare Torah Nursery
School expects to be licensed for full day
very soon.
■ adoption
from page 7
Since Trinity’s adoption in 2012, she senses when Kristopher is anxious. Rhonda said,
“She seems to know when he’s anxious and
curls up around him or just sits and you see
him relax.” With Trinity’s documentation as
an emotional support animal (ESA) she is a
frequent flyer on airplane trips where she sits
on Kristopher’s lap to defray anxiety. Rhonda said that even though her son is highly
verbal, he was not highly social until Trinity
entered their lives. “She’s really expanded his
ability to be social because when we’re in airports or when people come to the house, he
wants to tell then about Trinity and answer
questions.”
Rhonda said her biggest fear was that
going to a shelter meant you are getting an
abandoned or neglected animal. “That’s the
stereotype that I had in my head, but when I
went in there and I heard the stories of these
cats, I realized that’s not it at all. … These are
cats that their families are military and they
have to move or elderly and they passed away.
These are not neglected and abandoned animals. ... These were under sad circumstances
and have lost their homes. … These are loved
animals that have been well cared for and for
me that was very important. I didn’t want
to take on another emotionally distressed
creature and Trinity is just, I wish you could
meet her … she’s the friendliest, sweetest …
she loves to be held … you can tell that this
is a cat that’s loved. I had no idea the impact
Trinity would have on both of our lives. …
She’s just made a tremendous difference,”
said Rhonda.
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KAUFMAN’sKITCHEN
Fare for Fall
I
t’s officially fall, and
time to think about
alternate dishes for
holiday feasts and family
meals.
Of course for me, it’s
great chicken dishes. Here
are two favorites.
Famous American
Cafe Chicken Salad
By Sheilah
Kaufman
Judy was a chef at the famous American
Café in Georgetown, a restaurant featured in
Gourmet Magazine.
Before California Chicken Salad with
White Noodles was the fashion, and everyone flocked to White Flint’s eatery to have it
for lunch, there was the fabulous American
Cafe in Washington, D.C., that served a marvelous Chicken Salad with Tarragon. Loving
chicken, I took a class called “Chicken Tout
de Suite” at the Judy Harris Cooking School
(www.judyharris.com) to learn to make that
salad and other great chicken recipes. Her
wonderful cooking school, to my delight, is
still going strong.
The most fabulous chicken recipes that I
learned at the Judy Harris Cooking School
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are the ones that I still use for special occasions and company dinners. This is Judy Harris’s version of that chicken salad.
Chicken:
2 lbs. boneless chicken breasts,
halved, skin on
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
freshly ground pepper
Salad:
1 cup good quality mayonnaise (Hellman’s Low Fat)
1/2 to 3/4 teaspoon salt, coarse and
kosher
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black
pepper
3 tablespoons chopped (1/4-inch long)
fresh tarragon leaves
1/2 cup blanched, sliced almonds
(toasting is optional)
Rinse chicken quickly under cold water,
drain, and pat dry with paper towels.
Season both sides with salt and pepper.
Preheat oven 375°F. Lightly oil a baking
pan and place chicken skin side up.
Place pan on the middle rack and bake until cooked, for 10 to 15 minutes to 160 degrees F. Do not overcook, as this will result
in tough, dry meat.
Remove the skin when cool enough to
handle, and refrigerate until chilled.
Dice chicken into 1/2-inch pieces.
In a large bowl, mix together the mayonnaise, salt and pepper. Add the diced chicken,
and gently toss until coated with the tarragon
and almonds.
It is best if salad is covered and refrigerated
overnight. This was always served on a split,
buttery croissant.
Serves 6 to 8.
Supremes of Chicken
in Raspberry Sauce (Filet de Poulet
au Vinaigre de Framboise)
For the Sauté
4 chicken breast halves, boneless, with
skin on, trimmed of fat and patted dry
with paper towels
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
salt, coarse and kosher
freshly ground black pepper
For the sauce:
1/3 cup raspberry vinegar
2-3 tablespoons sugar
green tops of 1 leek or 2-3 scallions,
thinly sliced crosswise
1 1/2 cups (preferably homemade)
chicken stock
4 tablespoons cold, unsalted butter,
cut into 4 pieces
fresh raspberries, if available
1 lb. snow peas strings removed, cook
at the last minute in boiling salted water for 20 seconds
Heat a heavy, 10-inch sauté pan with butter and oil. Season the chicken on both sides
with salt and pepper.
Sauté the chicken skin side first, on a medin
kaufman’s kitchen Continued on page 22
reader’schoice
‘Everything I Never Told You’
Written by Celeste Ng
R
arely does a book
leave me breathless,
but “Everything I
Never Told You” (2014)
did so throughout. Celeste
Ng (pronounced –ING)
didn’t wow me with fastpaced drama or snappy
By Betty
writing, but rather with
Hafner
a gentle narration of the
story of a family suffering
the loss of their teenage daughter and sister.
Ng doesn’t want to weigh readers down with
the grief. Instead she subtly but brilliantly allows us to discover the points in the complicated familial web that caught the sensitive
16-year-old Lydia. She also gives us a series of
small mysteries to follow within the greater
puzzle of Lydia’s death.
I was hooked in with Ng’s opening words:
“Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this
yet.” “They” are Lydia’s family: Marilyn, the
mother who is preparing breakfast; James, her
husband who is driving to the college where
he teaches; Nath, their son whose mind is
only on starting Harvard in fall; and Hannah,
the youngest, who is the only one to mention
that Lydia is late coming to breakfast.
From there on the story pulses with emotional energy—unfulfilled dreams, yearnings,
shame. James is a Chinese-American who un-
relentingly seeks acceptance for himself and
his children. Marilyn is a blue-eyed blonde
who hoped to be a doctor but resentfully
settled for homemaking and forced her plans
onto her daughter. Nath, the only son, readies himself for a final escape from his parents.
Hannah accepts her place in the home as the
overlooked extra. And Lydia, who “absorbed
her parents’ dreams” and was the center of
their universe, is gone.
Ng wants to paint a larger picture for us,
beyond the northwestern Ohio town in the
late ‘70s, where this mixed-race family lives.
We learn that Marilyn and James married just
days before the black and white Virginia couple—with the appropriate name, Loving—
married and were shortly arrested for that sin.
James’ father was a “paper son,” emigrating to
San Francisco from China by pretending to
be the son of a neighbor as did so many new
citizens. When Lydia is first declared missing,
Marilyn thinks quickly that luckily they don’t
live in New York where the terrifying “Son
of Sam” is murdering young women.
“Everything I Never Told You” is a book
that demands a discussion, so it’s a perfect
book club choice. Connecting all the dots
within the story of the Lee family that led
to Lydia’s death could fill an evening. It’s no
wonder that Amazon named it #1 Book of
2014.
The Town Courier
October 2, 2015
Page 21
MIKEAT THE MOVIES
The Intern (PG-13) *****
Everest (PG-13) ****
The magic of star power is felt full force in this
delightful modern comedy
starring Anne Hathaway as
web exec Jules and Robert
De Niro as Ben, a 70-yearold widower with time on
his hands. He applies for a
By Mike
new senior intern program
Cuthbert
with Hathaway’s company and is assigned to her.
The clash of generations is always congenial,
played gently and effectively by young and
old cast members alike.
Ben, after 40 years in the workforce in the
very building that Hathaway has adapted for
her online clothing outlet, knows a lot about
business. He doles out his pearls slowly and
effectively to his younger colleagues.
Adam Devine is perfect as Jules’ chief operating officer and advisor, and Zack Pearlman shines as the hapless Davis. Along with
Ben, the young interns have a classic scene as
misbegotten burglars, trying to steal a computer. The ever-youthful Rene Russo has a
star turn as a massage therapist destined to
massage a lot of Ben and look great doing it.
But this film is all Hathaway and De Niro,
and they make the most of it. Hathaway remains one of film’s most striking beauties and
De Niro is so under control that it almost
makes you cry. The pacing of the film seems
slow at first, but there is so much character
development that rushing the pace would
have destroyed the movie. Classic, sensitive, smart comedy with two top stars in full
flight—not to be missed.
This is a gut-stirring version of a trip up
and down Everest in 1996 that ended up leaving eight members of the teams on the mountain. With very little preparation for what is
to come, the story starts at base camp, run by
Helen (Emily Watson) and her medical associate Caroline (Elizabeth Debicki). Two teams
of climbers are combined to make the climb:
One, the more adventurous, is led by Scott
Fischer (Jake Gyllenhaal).
One of the contentious aspects of climbing
Everest is the increasing commercialization
of the climb and people who are not in shape
for it buying their way into expeditions. That
certainly happens here as several climbers turn
back early and several others clearly have their
survival chances negatively affected by a lack
of knowledge and physical conditioning.
One of the most remarkable stories to
come off the mountain is the story of Beck
Weathers (Josh Brolin). A practicing pathologist, Weathers lost his right arm, nose and
fingers on his left hand on the trip. Brolin’s
performance is remarkable, as are all the performances in this trial by ice.
The only drawbacks to the film are necessary technical ones: The high winds and bulky
gear and masks they wore to survive muddle
dialogue throughout. You can usually figure
out what is happening, but following specific
characters is not easy. Brilliance in the female
supporting roles by Watson, Keira Knightley
and Robin Wright is the rule. Altogether a
frightening, chilling experience in film.
■ manhattan short
time for anyone, not even his own family, and
how that changes when his car runs out of
gas on a desert highway in the middle of nowhere. “Bis Gleich” (Germany) features Albert and Marta, both in their late 70s, who
live across the street from one another in a
bustling section of Berlin’s Mitte and meet
each day at 9 a.m.—in their respective windows—to watch the world unfold.
The Manhattan Short Film Festival unwinds in such cities as Sydney, Mumbai, Moscow, Kathmandu, Vienna, Cape Town and
cinemas in all 50 states of the United States,
but Paragon in Kentlands is the sole Maryland
theatre to host the festival. Tickets are on sale
at the Paragon Theater box office, 629 Centre
Point Way in Kentlands.
from page 9
other’s dearest desires, no matter what that is.
“Shok” (Kosovo) shows how the friendship of
two boys is tested to its limits as they battle for
survival during the Kosovo War. “Grounded” (France) is about one astronaut’s journey
through space and life that ends on a hostile
extrasolar planet. “Patch” (Switzerland) is an
experimental, animated short film that uses
abstract painting to explore the tension field
between abstraction and recognizability.
“Sundown” (Turkey) is about a woman on
a beach who confronts a sudden, new reality
about her mother. “El Camino Solo” (U.S.) is
the story of a businessman who doesn’t have
Black Mass (R) ****
Johnny Depp is a great actor. In this film
he portrays Boston mobster Whitey Bulger to
a fare-thee-well with all the chills and inhumanity the character deserves. Nobody, including Bulger, knows how many people he
killed. He was eventually convicted of killing
11, but Bulger was a man of the shadows and
it is suspected the count is far too low.
We see Bulger from 1975 and his emergence as a hoodlum in South Boston to his
eventual arrest in 2011. Depp portrays Bulger
as the sociopath he was, but the rest of the
film indicates how depraved his associates
were as well. The film stresses the same apparent theme that Bulger used throughout his
criminal career: loyalty and honor, of which
he had neither.
The film almost becomes an ironic paean
to FBI agent John Connolly, who was Bulger’s partner in both crime and punishment.
Connolly started Bulger on his second career
as an informant but, as Bulger explains, “I do
not see this as ratting.” Ratting it was, the
most serious charge that could be brought
against a fellow mobster.
Depp is forever threatening, forever evil
and forever slippery in his role as Bulger even
with his mistress, Lindsey Cyr (Dakota Johnson). She bore a son with Bulger; the son died
at a young age and, some say, this sent Bulger
off the rails. Something certainly did. The
film offers a chilling portrayal of the results.
Leave the young kids at home. They can
learn this history later, when it may make
more sense to them.
Enjoy more of Mike’s reviews at www.
towncourier.com
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October 2, 2015
kaufman’skitchen
from page 20
um heat for about 10 minutes. Turn and sauté
about 3 minutes more. When the chicken is
medium rare, remove it and place it between
two plates to keep warm. Place in a warm
(150°F) oven, if necessary. The chicken will
continue to cook.
■ recipe
from page 13
ed ingredients; cover, and reduce heat after
it hits a boil, turning heat to absolute minimum. Cook 15 minutes, then take off heat,
wait 5 minutes, then open and fluff. Adjust
for flavor.
Chile para Relleno: cook time 6 min
poblano, 6 ea
Submerge in fry oil 3 minutes, then drop
in ice water 5 minutes. Slit, deseed, and skin.
Cool.
Tinga de Pollo: cook time 20 min
chicken thighs boneless, skinless, 6 ea
white onion, julienne, 12 oz w
peeled plum tomatoes, canned, 16 oz v
chipotles en adobo, 14 oz v
peeled roasted poblano, sliced, 1 ea
red fresnos, sliced, 6 ea
avocado leaves, 4 ea
Braise chicken thighs, then shred finely.
Separately, saute onion julienne and add pureed chipotles, tomato juice, julienned canned
Remove any fat from the sauté pan and deglaze (using a whisk) with the vinegar. Reduce vinegar by half. Remove the reduced
vinegar and set aside. Wash the pan to reuse.
In a second sauté pan, heat the sugar over
medium-high heat until it caramelizes to a
medium brown color. Immediately add the
leeks and stir well to stop the cooking and
tomatoes, fresnos, fried/skinned poblanos,
and chicken stock if needed. Add shredded
chicken thighs, adjust for taste. Use mixer
to shred. Now fold in 6 of the reserved yolks
into the mix. Adjust for flavor. Next, stuff the
poblano, coat with flour, then dip into soufflé
batter being sure to get some pepitas in there,
and fry, turning for a consistent color, maybe
4 minutes. Allow to drain a few minutes and
then pat dry with paper towels.
Souffle batter: cook time 8 min
egg whites, 14 ea
egg yolks, 2 ea
00 flour, 3 oz v
Pepitas, crushed, chopped, 1 Tbl
Whisk 14 whites to good and frothy, then
whisk in the flour, followed by the 2 yolks.
Use immediately.
Salsa Cocida Jitomate Roja: time 20 min.
peeled plum tomatoes, canned 18 oz v
onions, white, 4 oz w
garlic, 2 oz w
avocado leaves, 4 ea.
chile de arbol, 4 ea
prevent the caramel from burning. Add the
stock and the reserved vinegar; reduce by half
(you are reducing it again). Strain and press
down on the vegetables, through a fine strainer. Swirl in the cold butter, and correct the
seasoning. Don’t allow the sauce to get too
hot or the butter will break down, i.e., separate.
chicken stock
s/p
lard, 1 oz v
Sweat onions, the tomatoes, garlic, chiles
de arbol, avocado leaves and fresno chiles.
Add the tomato juice, cover and simmer 10
min, then puree and refry. Adding tomato
juice, chicken stock, salt and pepper to adjust
flavors.
Salad: cook time 5 min
young greens blend, 12 oz w
red & yellow grape tomatoes, 6 ea
red onion, slivers, 1/4 ea
cucumber, diced, ¼ ea
avocado, Mexican/Hass, diced, 1 ea
red fresnos, sliced, 3 ea
Pepitas, 2 Tbl
queso fresco, 2 oz w
mango, ripe, diced, 1/2 ea
Toss lettuces and half the toppings with a
bit of dressing. Top with remaining ingredients.
Lime - olive oil vinaigrette: cook time 5 min.
limes, zested + juiced, 1 ea
Serve the chicken sliced thin and fanned
out with the sauce drizzled over it, and garnish with a few fresh raspberries. Serve with
the snow peas. Serves 4.
Editor’s note: For more edible delights by Sheilah
Kaufman, go to www.cookingwithsheilah.com.
virgin olive oil, 2 oz v
shallot, 1 Tbl
cilantro, chopped, 2 Tbl
honey, 1 Tbl.
s/p.
Procedure: Crush garlic, shallot with salt
and lime juice, then blend in cilantro, honey,
and add cider vinegar, then blended olive oil.
s/p.
Crema Mexicana: cook time 20 min
buttermilk, 8 oz v
sour cream, 2 oz v
cider vinegar .5 oz
lime zest, a bit
Salt, kosher, pinch
Combine listed ingredients and whisk,
then set aside in warm area.
Plating
Using a coupe, spoon a ribbon of sauce
across. Next, place rice center, with salad just
off center back. Chile relleno is placed atop/
just off right center. Now add strikes of crema, plus queso fresca, a few leaves of mint,
cilantro and a sprinkle of pepitas.
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Sports
QO Runs Away From Clarksburg, 55-14
tle adversity for us and we responded to that
well. No one panicked. No one freaked out.
Everybody just stayed the course.”
So pleased was Kelley that he cancelled
practice on Saturday, much to the delight of
his players.
The victory raised QO’s record to 3-1,
following their 41-0 shutout the previous
week at Wootton. QO showed balance that
game, as Bonner threw for two touchdowns
and 187 yards to complement the team’s 212
yards rushing.
The Cougars face Gaithersburg (2-2) this
Friday night at the Cougardome. Gaithersburg is a big, physical team, and not to be
taken lightly. The Cougars can’t afford to
look past them toward their showdown with
arch-rival Northwest the following week at
QO.
By Syl Sobel
Q
uince Orchard broke open a close
contest at the Cougardome last Friday
night with four touchdowns over five
minutes in the third and fourth quarters and
blew out a good Clarksburg squad, 55-14.
QO gained over 350 yards rushing as running backs Marvin Beander, Shawn Barlow,
and Eisley Kim each had over 100. Beander ran for five touchdowns while Barlow
had three, two on the ground. All three gave
credit to their offensive line, which carved
holes in the Coyote defense all night.
“I have to thank the O-linemen,” said
Kim, primarily a blocking back but who on
this night carried seven times for 111 yards.
“They opened up the holes.”
Added Beander: “I was just running.”
Fans who witnessed the tight first half
would not have expected the game to end
with a running clock. Clarksburg picked
apart the Cougars’ porous pass coverage early, and QO hurt themselves with numerous
penalties. Clarksburg took a 7-0 lead on
a 21-yard pass play late in the first quarter.
QO came back on Beander touchdown runs
of five and 23 yards, but the Coyotes again
found a hole in QO’s pass defense and tied
the score at 14 on a 74-yard pass and run with
five minutes left. QO took a 21-14 lead into
halftime on a three-yard Barlow run set up
by a long pass and run by Kim.
But QO head coach John Kelley wasn’t
worried. He sensed that his team was winning the line of scrimmage on both sides of
the ball and that Clarksburg couldn’t stop
the Cougar running game. “We made some
mistakes defensively early on,” Kelley said. “I
really put it on me. It’s my fault. There were
some things they did that caught us a little off
guard. We made some adjustments at halftime to shore up a few things.”
“He was telling us to keep our foot on
the gas pedal,” said defensive lineman Khalil
Sewell-Fair of the coach.
Added Barlow: “He just said, ‘Don’t let up.’”
Photo | Mac Kennedy
QO fullback Eisley Kim busts loose (with a block from the official) for some of his 111 yards rushing against Clarksburg.
Thus, when QO faced fourth and one on
their own 35-yard line on their first possession of the second half, Kelley did not hesitate
to go for it. Barlow rewarded his gamble by
taking a handoff, bouncing left, getting the
edge, and breaking several tackles en route
to a 49-yard run. Two plays later, Beander
scored from the 13 to make it 28-14.
“Everyone got mad at me when I went for
it on fourth and one,” Kelley said. “But if we
can’t get one yard in that situation …”
Kelley’s confidence seemed to ignite his
team, and they heeded his admonition not to
let up. Over the next eight minutes QO’s offense, defense, and special teams contributed
one big play after another, and the Cougars
scored touchdowns almost too quickly to
tabulate.
QO stopped Clarksburg on the next possession, a fumbled snap led to a bad punt, and
QO took over on the Coyote 30. Barlow
took a bubble screen from QB Doc Bonner
on the first play and scooted untouched to the
end zone, and suddenly it was 34-14.
QO’s defense held again—they had shored
up the pass defense and the run defense was
stout all night—and forced another Clarksburg punt. Nick Moon caught the kick on
the fly and bolted down the right sideline to
the two. Beander scored on the next play and
it was 41-14.
Clarksburg desperately turned to the air on
their next possession, but Sewell-Fair’s first
career interception—he literally picked the
ball off the quarterback’s hand— gave the
Cougars possession again in Coyote territory.
“Once I realized (the quarterback) was
about to throw it, I kind of stepped back,
reached up, and the ball landed perfectly in
my hands,” said the still smiling defensive
lineman. “It was so surreal. I couldn’t believe
I even caught it.”
Barlow scored on a five-yard run on the
first play of the fourth quarter to make it
48-14. Beander scored on another short run
three minutes later for the final tally.
“I’m proud of how hard our guys played,”
said Kelley. “Our kids were really, really focused going into the game. When Clarksburg
went up on us at first, I think it showed a lit-
QO Basketball Players
Ranked Among Region’s Best
By Syl Sobel
T
wo juniors on the Quince Orchard
basketball team have been named
among the best players in their class
according to a local high school basketball website.
Capitol Hoops has ranked forward
Johnny Fierstein and guard Matthew
Kelly in their Top 80 in the class of 2017
in the DC/MD/VA area. Fierstein was
ranked number 50, making him the
top-ranked Montgomery County Public School junior according to Capitol
Hoops. Kelly was 79.
“Nice recognition,” said QO head
coach Paul Foringer. “Hardest part now
is living up to it night in and night out.”
Capitol Hoops bases its rankings on information it receives from about a dozen
local high school coaches, AAU coaches,
and various people in the media.
Northwest’s Young Players Find Consistency, Offense Gelling
By Jennifer Beekman
N
orthwest High School sophomore Juwon Farri received a rather unlikely
assignment from his principal, Lance
Dempsey, last week: Carry a football with
him to every class.
After two fumbles in the Jaguar football
team’s 58-23, Week 3 win over Blair on
Sept. 18, Dempsey decided—in good fun—
that the second-year varsity player needed to
spend a little more time holding on to the
ball. So, she sent Farri’s teachers an email to
inform them he would indeed be carrying a
football to class, at her request.
“Our principal, Ms. Dempsey, is very
supportive,” Northwest coach Mike Neu-
beiser said. “He had two fumbles (against
Blair) so our principal gave him a hard time
and had him carry a football to every class.
She emailed all of his teachers and told them
he would give it to them when he got to
class so it wasn’t a distraction. And she told
him, ‘You will not fumble it the entire day.’
Sometimes she sneaks up on him and tries
to knock it out, so he has to be careful even
when he’s walking to class.”
The extra practice worked. Farri had no
fumbles in a breakout performance during
Friday’s 42-7 win over Whitman in Germantown. Naturally, the assignment was
extended to this week, leading in to Friday’s
blockbuster of a game against undefeated
Sherwood.
“I would be talking to some friends in the
hallway and someone would come try and
bop the ball out (of my hands),” Farri said.
“So I have to pay attention at all times.”
Farri made the most of his opportunities
against Whitman, racking up 192 yards of
offense and two touchdowns on four plays.
He went 2 for 109 on the ground and also
caught two receptions for 83 yards. Northwest’s overall offensive performance was
symptomatic of the improved consistency
among its young players, in general, Neubeiser said.
The Jaguars (3-1) have put a disappointing
loss to historical rival Seneca Valley on Sept.
11 in the past with two consecutive wins and
have outscored their last two opponents by a
combined score of 50-30.
Senior quarterback Mark Pierce completed six of eight pass attempts Friday for 92
yards and a touchdown and also scored on a
one-yard run before sophomore Chris Craddock came in to complete four of five pass
attempts for 120 yards and a touchdown. He
also was 2 for 2 on the ground with a touchdown. Junior running back Khalil Owens
also scored on a 49-yard scamper.
While his contributions might not have
shown up in the box score, Neubeiser credited receiver Reggie Anderson with tremendous blocking on Farri’s runs. And all the little things, Farri said, make a big difference.
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October 2, 2015
Quince Orchard Senior Is ‘Unsung Hero’
By Jennifer Beekman
Q
uince Orchard High School midfielder
Noorvir Kaur’s senior field hockey season was almost over before it started.
Though the third-year varsity player said she
felt fine heading into the physical examination required by Montgomery County before
the start of tryouts in August, her doctor discovered an irregular heartbeat.
So, instead of participating in preseason
with her Cougar teammates, Kaur spent
weeks undergoing a series of diagnostic tests
to determine whether or not she was healthy
enough to compete. Fortunately for Kaur and
Quince Orchard, her condition is manageable
and she rejoined the team prior to the Cougars’ second game of the season.
“I was a little bit worried because they restricted me from playing and it was kind of
hard to adjust to that,” Kaur said. “I really
wanted to play. I don’t know if that helped,
but when I was exercising for the stress test
and going through all these tests I just kept
thinking about how I wanted to play. I wanted to play my last year of field hockey and
really wanted to do that for my team and my
coach and for myself. I just wanted to get back
on the field and go as far as possible.”
Kaur brings an invaluable level of experience and skill to the midfield as the defending Class 4A West Region champion Cougars
search for their identity early this fall, thirdyear Quince Orchard coach Alicia Vincenty
said.
Though only four players graduated from
last year’s state semifinal squad, one of them—
current Ithaca College freshman Brenna Lof-
Photo | Mac Kennedy
Most scoring plays start with senior Noorvir Kaur, whose position in midfield is designed to link Quince Orchard’s defense
to its attack.
gren—led the entire Washington Metropolitan area in scoring with a Quince Orchard
single season record 34 goals.
“We only lost four players, but they were
four really good players,” Vincenty said.
“Right now, we’re working out the kinks and
trying to fill in those spots. Figure out who is
going to be our goal scorer.”
While Quince Orchard might not have one
particular high scoring entity to rely on this
fall—though junior Skylar Saffer has surfaced
as a reliable finisher—Vincenty said there are
benefits to a more balanced effort. Everyone
has more responsibilities, she said.
And without one single superstar to shoulder most of the work, players seem to feel
more willing to step into more prominent
roles, Kaur said.
“We use everyone’s strengths to make us
better,” Vincenty said. “Everyone has a good
day and everyone has a bad day. This team is
good for making up for each other and compensating for what’s lacking. And really, that
is what a team is, when you think about it.”
Though Kaur’s contributions seem fairly
subtle, they are undeniable. She might not
pepper the statistics sheets with goals and assists but most scoring plays start with her. Her
position in the midfield itself is designed to
link Quince Orchard’s defense to its attack,
but Kaur also has had more exposure to field
hockey than the average high school player
and this is evident in her ability to see the
field and control the ball, keep it on her stick
and away from opposing defenses and set her
teammates up in scoring position with smart
passing.
Unlike most high school field hockey players in Montgomery County, Kaur’s introduction to the sport came long before her freshman year thanks to her father, who played
competitively in India.
“Most high school players do not start playing until their freshman year and a lot don’t
play year-round like in soccer,” Vincenty said.
“Their stick stills are not as skilled as Noorvir. She is amazing at dribbling and seeing the
field. She might not score a lot of goals, but
she’s going to make amazing plays. The little
things (that she does) are so important. She’s
kind of the unsung hero of our team.”
And Kaur said numbers don’t matter to her
as long as the team is doing well.
While Quince Orchard field hockey has a
rich history—nine state tournament appearances since 2000—last year’s region title was
its first since 2010. The Cougars defeated a
lot of teams for the first time in recent history
last fall, Vincenty said, and they are likely out
for revenge this fall. After opening the season
with a win over Paint Branch, the Cougars
(2-1) did fall, 2-1, to Springbrook, their opponent in last year’s region final.
The loss, Kaur said, was a learning experience. And Quince Orchard bounced back
with a 2-0 win over perennial postseason
contender Sherwood on Sept. 24.
The Cougars won the last of their two state
titles in 2006—Vincenty was on that team.
But Kaur said this year’s squad has the potential to change that. “I feel like her passion
becomes our passion,” Kaur said. “We haven’t won states since then and that’s always
been a driving force for us. We have states
anklets that remind us that we want to go to
states. And our goal this year is to go beyond
what we did last year. … I was worried that I
wasn’t going to be able to play this year. But
this being my last year, that was even more of
a driving force.”
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Quince Orchard Boys’ Soccer Making a Statement
By Jennifer Beekman
T
wo years ago, the Quince Orchard
High School boys’ soccer team struggled to win three games. Last year’s 104-2, Class 4A West Region Section II final
run, therefore, came as quite a surprise and
seemed to be written off by many as a fluke,
senior forward Peter Psallidas said.
But with their 5-0 start to 2015, which includes wins over perennial powers Sherwood
(3-2 in overtime) and defending state champion Whitman (2-1) as well as the Gaithersburg
team that ended their 2014 campaign (7-0),
the Cougars have made it very clear early this
fall that they are capable of competing with—
and beating—any team standing in their way.
“I think we’ve definitely made a statement;
we’ve sent a message to the county that we’re
here to play,” Psallidas said. “Coming back
(from 0-2 at halftime) against Sherwood gave
us the confidence to take on Whitman. We
are very confident at the moment.”
One main reason for the recent turnaround,
Psallidas said, was the arrival of current second-year coach Kevin Gnatiko last fall. He
brought a new level of intensity to workouts
and instilled a true sense of belief in a group
of players that went well below .500 the previous season.
“He’s changed this whole program in two
years,” Psallidas said. “He changed this program from the first day I met him. It’s the seriousness he has in training but he also wants
us to win. He pushes us and wants the best out
of all of us. He pushes us to the maximum of
our potential.”
Though the Cougars graduated six play-
ers who were important to last year’s success,
Quince Orchard is propelled this year by a
core of players who have been competing together for three or more years. Gnatiko said
his charges’ familiarity with each other’s playing styles and tendencies has been vital to the
strong start.
The Cougars are an attack-minded, yet
possession-oriented bunch, Gnatiko said. Junior forward Eli Holmstead (seven goals) and
Psallidas (five), who complement each other
well in the offensive third with a combination of speed and ball skills, lead the way in
scoring but Quince Orchard benefits from a
variety of potential scorers and playmakers all
over the field.
Aside from the main scoring tandem, five
players have tallied at least one goal, including senior midfielder Barak Anige and junior Isaac Zuniga, who have also contributed
three assists apiece.
The team’s versatility, Gnatiko said, is a
major strength. With no one particular player
carrying the weight of the entire team, everyone can play under less pressure and more
freely.
“That’s one of the best things to have,”
Psallidas said. “If the forwards are not doing
our job and are getting shut down, we have
someone else who can go score.”
The Cougars are also able to move forward with confidence knowing they have St.
Mary’s College of Maryland recruit Patrick
Paolini backing them up in goal and organizing the defense, Gnatiko said.
“In my opinion, he’s the best goalie in the
state,” Quince Orchard’s coach said. “The
stuff he does on the field, it’s unbelievable.
Photo | Mac Kennedy
Junior midfielder Isaac Zuniga, no. 11 shown here playing against Seneca Valley, has contributed three assists so far
this season.
Having him on the team is very important,
he’s the keeper of the team.”
Though the Cougars are playing like seasoned veterans this fall, Quince Orchard is
actually a fairly young team with only five
seniors. The rest are sophomores and juniors, which bodes well for the program’s
future. But the Cougars are not looking too
far ahead, just to the immediate tasks at hand.
Quince Orchard is scheduled to face 2012
state champion Wootton on Thursday with
upcoming games against postseason contenders Magruder and Richard Montgomery and
crosstown rival Northwest looming.
“Quince Orchard has had some fantastic
players in the past (few years) but just weren’t
able to click,” Psallidas said. “We’re proving
a point in the county that we’re here to play.
And it’s even changing and we’re getting
more respect in our school.”
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Photo | Arthur Cadeaux
Sophomore Juwan Farri had a breakout performance during Friday’s 42-7 win over Whitman. Here he scores an
85-yard touchdown.
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“With young players, they’re inconsistent,”
Neubeiser said. “There’s a lot of potential
there but sometimes they block the wrong
guy or lineup in the wrong spot or go the
wrong way. We’re still doing a lot of little
things wrong but hopefully the young guys
just continue to improve. We’re getting more
consistent, it’s a work in progress.”
Neubeiser and his staff also decided in recent weeks to switch to a more two-platoon
approach, which has given Northwest’s young
players more time to focus on doing one job
well rather than having to worry about both
offensive and defensive responsibilities. And
that, he said, has helped in players’ development. The offensive line, led by Cole Cheripko, also has begun to gel well and provide
better protection.
While Farri has done a good job of making
himself look like a seasoned receiver with his
athletic receptions and production, catching a
football is not something that came natural to
the dual threat player just a year ago.
“He’s a tough kid, explosive, and just also
a really good kid,” Neubeiser said. “He’s an
old school type kid, tough, hard-nosed and
trustworthy. You know he always gives you
his best effort. The biggest thing for him was
just his hands. He did not have good hands
initially, but he really worked on it.”
Farri has likely only scratched the surface
of his potential. But that is a running theme
at Northwest this year. The young Jaguars are
nowhere near where they were at this point
last season but there is excitement in a tremendous upside.
“Getting that win over Blair was big, that
helped our confidence and we needed that
boost in confidence,” Neubeiser said. “Turnovers for us have been big. We’ve gotten
down in the redzone so often but we’re not
capitalizing. This week (against Sherwood) is
going to be huge for us.”
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