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SILVER SPRING— Metro officials are asking Montgomery County
for $15 million to conduct future
maintenance and repair of the Silver
Spring Transit Center, claiming that
recent repairs are already falling
apart.
The opening of the transit center,
which is over-budget by nearly $50
million, was delayed several times already because of design and construction problems. Before Metro requested the additional funds, county officials estimated an August 23 grand
opening, but this new disagreement
may further delay its opening, according to County Executive Ike Leggett.
Metro officials could not confirm this
projected opening date.
“I just think that this is an attempt
PHOTO BY JACQUI SOUTH
Farm Road
The Farm Road controversy continues to brew as the
county and community search
for answers.
Page 10
See “Silver Spring” page 8
This, apparently, (inset) represents some of the continuing problems WMATA wants the county to address in Silver
Spring at the yet-to-be opened Silver Spring Transit Center.
County Council proposes
$54 M in budget savings
Confederate
Statue
Vandalized
By Carlos Alfaro
By Carlos Alfaro
Big Train Rolls
The Big Train defeats the
Braves and advances to the finals of the Cal Ripken League.
Page 20
ROCKVILLE – Police say someone vandalized a controversial Confederate cavalry statue at the Old Redbrick Courthouse early Monday morning.
By Wednesday someone had apparently partially cleaned it as well.
Police say someone spray painted
“Black Lives Matter,” in black and red
spray paint across the front and side of
the statue.
As of Wednesday afternoon
Rockville police said they had some
videotape of the vandalism but according to police sources no one individual
could be identified.
The county attempted to clean the
statue Wednesday afternoon, but most
of the paint could still be seen on the
statue after the cleaning attempt.
“We’re happy to hear that Ike
Leggett was dedicated to having the
PHOTO BY WYATT KAREM
This Confederate Cavalary Statue,
the center of recent controversy was
vandalized Monday morning,
according to police.
statue cleaned and cared for despite his
intention to move it,” said Nancy
Pickard the executive director of Peerless Rockville.
The phrase painted on the statue
alludes to the motto of the social
movement that was created after the
controversial death of Trayvon Martin
See “County Cleans” page 8
ROCKVILLE – The county approved a plan to save $54 million in
the fiscal year 2016 budget, but the
County Council preserved funding
for some programs the county executive recommended for reductions.
Some items County Executive
Ike Leggett proposed to be reduced
are funds to provide support and
housing for homeless veterans, increase library hours and materials at
two branches, and expand the
Bethesda Circulator service.
The council preserved these programs as well as others, according to
a news release. Documents have also
shown the extent to which educational systems are adapting to the new
savings plan.
Leggett also recommended that
Montgomery College contribute $5
million, which represents 2 percent
of the college’s fiscal year 2016 operating budget.
This is steeper than in previous
years: In the fiscal year 2010 and fiscal year 2011 savings plan, the college was asked to contribute approximately $1 million.
In a memo to Council President
George Leventhal, Janet Wormack,
the senior vice president for administrative and fiscal services at Montgomery College, stated that an immediate plan of action would include a
hiring freeze, an evaluation of administrative and academic units, deference of major purchases, and deference of the Achieving Collegiate Excellence and Success Program.
A $10 million savings target, or
less than 1 percent of its budget, is
recommended for MCPS. MCPS has
“generally achieved significant savings through hiring freezes and expenditure restrictions,” according to
a memo from Senior Legislative Analyst Essie McGuire to the Education
Committee.
Although the council did not
adopt all of Leggett’s proposed
cuts, the total approved savings plan
exceeds his goal of $51 million.
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JULY 30, 2015
THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
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EFLECTIONS
May 15, 1863
The Army of the Potomac and the Rappahannock
Each week The Sentinel visits
a memorable story from its
archives.
Army of The Potomac, Thursday, 3 a.m. – The campaign of
Gen,. Hooker is over, and the operations of the Army of the Rappahannock, upon the result of which
many had looked with hope, and all
with anxiety, have ended in complete failure.
Commencing with the most
flattering promises of cheering and
decisive victory, it has terminated
in defeat – in disaster.
The difficulties of the position
in which the army was placed are
too well known to need much explanation. A wide river and forty
miles of earthworks were in front
of the enemy for their defense.
To carry this position by a
front attack, in face of such obstacles was simply impossible. And to
the throw the entire army across
the river above or below these
works would necessitate an abandonment of the present base of supplies at Aquia landing. A portion of
the army, about half of it, was to
cross the river near Fredericksburg
and pretend to renew the attempt in
which Burnside had been previously unsuccessful.
Thursday night there was
sharp work on both sides to outmaneuver the other. While leaving
Sedgwick’s front the enemy made
unusual demonstrations of camp
fires as if concentrating there.
But neither deceived the other,
for both were moving away and our
side a portion of the bridges were
taken up immediately and the
Third Corps moved all night toward the United States Ford to join
with General Hooker at Chancellorsville.
Friday Jackson was taking a
circuitous route to reach the rear of
General Hooker’s line between
Chancellorsville and the Rapidan.
Two divisions – Sykes’ of the Fifth
Corps and Williams’ of the Twelfth
pushed on, nearer to the rear of
Fredericksburg, skirmishing and
fighting with the enemy, who
showed slight resistance in that direction. On Saturday General
Hooker occupied the day in awaiting the attack of the enemy, which
was evidently expected in front.
The movements of the enemy
seemed to indicate that they were
retreating, and as the main line of
their retreat was occupied by our
forces an attack to recover that line
was confidently expected.
What was the surprise then to
find Stonewall Jackson, on Saturday afternoon, upon our extreme
right and rear, between Chancellorsville and Germania Mills. A
most furious and desperate attack
was made and the right of our lines,
which was held by the Elevenths
Corps, was almost broken, and the
panic-stricken men in utter confusion with and without muskets hats
and coats rushed headlong from
under the fire down the only road
which led to the bridges and no
power on earth could have stopped
or prevented the complete and disgraceful rout of the soldiers.
The assault of General Sedgwick upon the heights of Fredericksburg was commenced on Sunday
morning. A more determined and
desperate attack has not been made.
No men ever attacked the fortifications of an enemy with more
enthusiasm or vigor. To almost
certain death the men charged up
and carried the works, drove the artillerists from their guns, captured
twelve pieces of the best and heaviest artillery and many prisoners of
war in their trenches.
But this brilliant success came
too late for the enemy held the
plank road the rout of the Eleventh
Corps had yielded to them the previous night and the enemy was enabled to throw any sufficient force
against us to prevent the junction
with Hooker. This was speedily
done and soon Sedgwick’s fine
corps, the largest and perhaps the
best of the army was cut off from
communication with either Hooker
or with Fredericksburg and thus
isolated was compelled to fall back
upon the river at Banks ford.
But another repulse was sustained on Sunday morning by the
army near Chancellorsville. The
enemy renewed the attack and
again drove back our lines for half
a mile. From the large brick house
which gives the name to this vicinity the lines of the enemy could be
seen sweeping slowly but confidently determined and through the
clearings which extended in front.
Nothing could excite more admiration for the best qualities of the veteran soldier than the manner in
which the enemy swept out as they
moved steadily onward.
We say it reluctantly and for
the first time, that the enemy have
showed the finest qualities and we
acknowledge on this occasion their
superiority in the open field to our
own men.
They delivered their fire with
precision and were apparently inflexible and immovable under the
storm of bullets and shell which
they were constantly receiving.
Our own men fought well, there
was no lack of courage; but an evident feeling, apparently the result
of having been so whipped that
they were destined to be beaten and
the only thing for them to do was to
fire and retreat.
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Witnesses fail to come forward in MV murder
By Carlos Alfaro
None of at least 20 witnesses
have come forward since Montgomery Village police began investigating a homicide last month, the
department said.
Their latest effort has been
posting fliers in the victim’s neighborhood.
Bradley Colmes, 60, is thought
to have been assaulted by an unknown male around 10:40 p.m. on
June 12, according to the police’s
preliminary investigation. He had
injures to his head and face and was
taken to a trauma center; he died on
June 17 from a blood clot as a result
of his injuries.
He left his home and was walking when he was assaulted, but the
motive behind the assault is unknown. The police are unsure how
many assailants were involved, but
their preliminary investigation
points to one person.
Capt. Darren Francke, the director of the Montgomery County
Major Crimes Division, said that
there were at least 20 witnesses and
some who may have seen the assault from their homes. However,
the department has not spoken to
them.
“No one has come forward to
help us put the pieces together of
what actually occurred, what actually transpired to what led to Mr.
Colmes’ assault and subsequent
death,” said Francke.
Francke expressed surprise
that despite the abundance of witnesses, no one has provided information, even with a reward of up to
$10,000 for information that leads
to an arrest or indictment.
“The driving question is ‘Do
we as a community allow someone,
a neighbor, a friend, to be violently
assaulted and murdered in our
neighborhood and do nothing about
it?” said Cmdr. Willie Parker-Loan
of the 6th District.
Family and friends pleaded for
witnesses to come forward, with a
tearful message from his partner
and friend, Bobby Wilson.
“I know if Bradley was here
and this would have happened to
somebody else, he would not have
hesitated one-hundred percent to
call the police or even step in to try
to stop it, even if it meant him actually getting hurt doing it,” said Wilson.
His sister, Iris Colmes, said she
has forgiven the people who have
hurt her brother, but expressed a
need for closure.
“So we do forgive them, but
we also want to see justice served.
So, if there’s anyone out there that
knows any information, please
come forward,” said Colmes.
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Montgomery County, Maryland
Department of Environmental Protection
PUBLIC NOTICE
Applications for Temporary Noise Waivers
The Department of Environmental Protection is currently evaluating an application for a Temporary Noise Waiver as allowed under
the Montgomery County Noise Control Ordinance, Chapter 31B,
Section 11(a). The Temporary Noise Waiver is being requested by
the Montgomery County Department of Transportation, Division of
Highway Services, 100 Edison Park Dr., 4th floor, Gaithersburg,
Maryland, for the purpose of performing nighttime road construction consisting of road surface milling, patching and resurfacing,
and utility adjustments. The nighttime road construction will occur
on Bournefield Way, Broadbirch Dr., Industrial Parkway, and Tech
Rd., Silver Spring. The work is being performed at night to alleviate traffic congestion, and impacts to businesses and pedestrians.
The work is scheduled to begin in early August 2015, and the work
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OPINIONS &VIEWS
Once more into the breach
Nothing has filled our in-basket
during the last few weeks as much
as the story of the Confederate Cavalry statue in Rockville. Most of the
letters are respectful though some
Editorʼs Notebook
by Brian J. Karem
have accused us both of being
“Confederate sympathizers” and
“Union apologists,” for reasons
which quite frankly escape us.
Meanwhile, this week local
denizens found the statue defaced
with graffiti which in part reads
“Black Lives Matter.”
While many have argued for
the statue’s removal, no one – according to our mail so far - is supporting the defacement of public
property. So now there are folks up
in arms about the vandalism of a
statue they want removed from the
public square anyway.
Three council members from
Rockville have apparently signed a
letter in support of County Executive Ike Leggett’s intention to move
the statue and put it in storage.
This comes after a public hearing during which many of the area’s
local historians stated their opposition to such a move.
We are on the record supporting those historians who wish to
provide an explanatory plaque
which puts the history of the statue
into context and are opposed to defacing the statue or otherwise removing it. We’d even like to see a
Union statue placed next to the Confederate statue but know that’s
merely dreaming.
We find it curious the city and
the county have disregarded the advice of historians and those at Peerless Rockville who favor using the
statue as a teaching tool and we’ve
also called into question those who
say there is no historic need to keep
the statue at its current location.
Instead we find some local
politicians have hopped on the
bandwagon of those who do not
wish to offend anyone and those
who find the statue of the Confederate cavalry veteran an evil vestige of
a horrible and best forgotten time in
history.
Listening to those railing
against the statue – who appear to be
a majority if not of all people then
most local atavistic agitators – some
politicians have been more than
happy to jump up and support the
movement of the moment and shout
“The statue must go.”
If one were to employ logic,
then it is tantamount to polling your
friends about your medical condition and listening to their advice
while discounting what the doctor
tells you to do.
The historians have studied and
are vetted and have invested their
lives in teaching and preserving history. They are beyond the movement of the moment. So, while
everyone is entitled to their opinion,
it is only logical to listen to those
who are students of the subject at
hand and not merely listen to the cacophony of the crowd.
While we would expect someone to seek and listen to our advice
on news reporting, we certainly
wouldn’t expect someone to take
our advice on the matter of brain
surgery.
The same applies to the study
of history and historians.
However, this has not been the
case. And while some have
screamed there are far more important issues to discuss – like the Silver Spring Transit project or the
crumbling infrastructure or anything else of importance in the area
– noting the sheer numbers of people who came out to the Rockville
City Council chambers to discuss
this issue one cannot discount the
importance of this issue to local residents. In that we will applaud the
efforts of members of the Rockville
City Council to discuss this issue in
a forum that was civil and proper.
There are those who have expressed the opinion to us the city
should foot the cost of cleaning up
the defaced statue since the city
brought attention to the statue which
languished mostly unnoticed for
years next to the Old Brick Courthouse with little attention.
While there is a certain logic to
that argument ultimately it falls
short. People are responsible for
their own actions. While we consider some of the hoopla and antipathy
toward the statue over-the-top it
doesn’t forgive the actions of miscreants who acted anonymously and
dishonorably.
While it is our tax dollars
which will pay for the cleanup of the
statue, those who defaced it should
be found and prosecuted and if possible forced to pay for its restoration
to its former status.
Unfortunately, as at least one
local civic leader said earlier this
week, these issues tend to take on a
life of their own.
While this is true, it would be
nice if logic were employed in their
discussion – an admitted rarity in issues regarding affairs of religion,
race, sex or state – or anything else
involving humans.
JULY 30, 2015
JULY 30, 2015
LETTERS
Brad, Ike and the confederate statue
To the editor;
Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett wants to make yet another unilateral move, this time putting the Rockville based Confederate
Monument in storage away from public view. Same Leggett who attended the ribbon cutting ceremony for this very monument as a then County
Council Member when it was physically moved to its current location;
same Leggett who ignored the will of the people and implemented an ambulance fee despite citizens being overwhelmingly opposed to the fee per
a voter referendum; and the same Leggett who unilaterally installed an
overly costly private bathroom in his office during the depths of county
budget crisis some years ago.
Concerns over innocuous historical monuments? Not my idea of a
hard working elected official taking care of the needs of the local citizens.
I had a unique opportunity while on a recent business trip to Germany to visit the Dachau concentration camp outside of Munich. It was
quite a moving event for me (I'm Jewish). Destroying the camp and others like it across Europe would make sense to many Jews and others. It's
frankly a nightmare to see it and erasing that history would bring them
peace. I left the concentration camp numb with sadness and grief.
But it's "our" collective history and I applaud the German people for
allowing the site to remain open for all as a reminder of what can and did
happen. Hopefully we will learn from this dark spot in human history.
I feel the same about the monument in Rockville. Brave Marylanders died during the Civil war for both. To me this monument is not a
symbol of hate and slavery but rather a simple marker for the dead and reminder of where "we" have been, not where "we" are going as a state and
nation.
B. Botwin
Rockville
Water quality revisited
To the editor;
On July 22nd, a Circuit Court judge struck down Montgomery
County’s Water Quality Protection Charge at the request of the owners of
the Shady Grove Development Park, who felt that they had been treated
unfairly.
This little-noticed, little-understood action has significant, direct implications for the Anacostia River and the Potomac River, into which all
of Montgomery Council eventually drains. By extension, it may have implications for literally thousands of those backyard creeks and streams
that make Maryland such a great place to live.
Montgomery County has historically been one of the state’s most
progressive jurisdictions. Its County Executive and County Council recognized long ago that hard surfaces such as streets, alleys, parking lots
and even rooftops accumulate pollution and hold it until rain or snow
washes it off.
This kind of pollution certainly isn’t the street or parking lot’s fault,
nor is it the rain or snow’s fault. The pollution is produced by all of us,
just by living our daily lives. It is mostly caused by driving, although
some is related to power generation and other sources. Most of us have
never thought about it, but air pollution produced by internal combustion
engines doesn’t just stay up in the air: it goes up and then it comes back
down, where it eventually becomes water pollution.
If it wasn’t for the many hard surfaces of urban and suburban life,
such pollution would simply sink into the ground near where it was produced, and it would eventually break down. But in dense urban environments, it lands and rests on hard surfaces until it is washed off. Unless it is
treated somehow, it goes directly into a nearby stream or creek.
One of the undeniable facts about the environment is that we are all
in it together. Montgomery County deserves praise for its bold and early
implementation of a stormwater fee. Its Water Quality Protection Charge
is a necessary tool to achieve the long-term environmental goals for the
Anacostia and Potomac Rivers as well as the larger Chesapeake Bay Watershed into which they flow.
For everyone’s sake, I hope that the Executive and the County Council will revise and re-establish the Water Quality Protection Charge consistent with the judge’s order without delay.
Doug Siglin
Doug Siglin is the Executive Director of the Anacostia Waterfront
Trust, which is helping to clean the Anacostia River as part of its efforts to
create a great new Anacostia waterfront.
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LEGAL MATTERS
The effects of witness protection
Witness intimidation has become a major problem in many localities when the State seeks to get
witnesses to come forward and testify in criminal cases. On occasion
the prosecution may bear the cost
of keeping a witness in protective
THE
COURT
REPORT
by Tom Ryan
housing prior to trial. The effect of
this on the criminal trial was explored recently by Maryland’s
highest Court in the case of Dontae
Preston v. State.
The opinion indicates that the
Defendant and the victim went to a
party, and the victim ended up
dead on the front porch from seven
gun shots. Two witnesses testified
at trial, one of whom said she was
in her car and heard gunshots, then
saw the Defendant standing over
the victim with a gun. The second
witness who hosted the party was
the one at issue on the appeal. She
testified she heard gunshots,
looked out her window and saw the
victim on the porch, and saw then
saw the Defendant get in his car
and leave.
She initially did not tell this to
the police, but then called the detective and advised she was scared
because the Defendant had come
to her house a couple of days later
and knocked on the door. She
asked to be moved for her protection, then picked the Defendant out
of a photo array. The State moved
her along with her family to another location and paid for housing for
eight months before trial. The witness was cross-examined by the
defense lawyer about this, but she
said she did not know what it cost
the State for her housing and it did
not affect her testimony. The evidence at trial was that it cost the
government about $14,000, plus
$400 moving money. The Defendant was convicted of first degree
murder and gun charges.
The issue on appeal was
whether the trial judge should have
given a “particularized credibility
instruction” to the jury. That instruction would have told the jury
“you may consider the testimony
of a witness who testifies for the
State as a result of a benefit (financial benefit). However, you should
consider such testimony with caution” because the testimony may
have been influenced by the benefit. The Court noted that there were
no reported cases in the country
considering whether protective
housing alone was a “benefit” that
warranted giving the jury this instruction.
The Court of Appeals held
that reasonable protective housing,
which it described as “some rough
correlation between a witness’ ordinary living arrangements and
those provide to a witness while
they are in protective housing,”
was not the type of “benefit” that
would warrant giving the jury this
instruction. The Court said a “benefit” calling for this instruction
means something akin to an agreement not to prosecute the witness
or a monetary reward, not the disruption of moving one’s life to another home because of fear of
reprisal prior to testifying at trial.
.
Thomas Patrick Ryan is a partner in the Rockville law firm of McCarthy Wilson, which specializes in
civil litigation.
The problems of mortgage fraud
REAL
ESTATE
SOLUTIONS
By Dan Krell
Mortgage fraud may never go
away, and frankly it seems as if the
fraudsters are becoming increasingly
creative and brazen. The 2014 LexisNexis® 16th Annual Mortgage Fraud
Report (lexisnexis.com) seems to
agree with the sentiment, saying: “The
reduced volume of consumers who are
able to qualify for mortgage loans has
led to a fiercely competitive and, in
some ways, familiar Fraud for Profit
marketplace… Ultimately, fraud and
misrepresentation, especially in the
mortgage application process, is likely
to remain a serious and ongoing national problem.”
The LexisNexis® Mortgage
Fraud Report indicated that 74 percent
of reported loans in 2013 involved
some form of application fraud or misrepresentation. The increase included
the misrepresentation of credit information, including credit history and references. Appraisal fraud was reported to
be at a five year low; which is most likely due to the implementation of the ap-
praisal Home Valuation Code of Conduct that reformed the relationship between the lender and the appraiser. Although Florida and Nevada are ranked
number 1 and 2 respectively for mortgage fraud during 2013, don’t think that
our region is immune from scammers
and schemers. The LexisNexis® Mortgage Fraud Report ranked Maryland
9th in mortgage fraud with a Mortgage
Fraud Index of 110, which indicates
there was more fraud than would have
been expected from the number of
mortgages originated.
A July 21st news release from the
Maryland District of the U.S. Attorney’s Office (justice.gov/usao-md) reported that a Bethesda man pleaded
guilty to conspiracy, wire fraud, and
aggravated identity theft that stemmed
from a mortgage fraud scheme. The
scheme defrauded lenders to the tune
of $3.8 million by using the names of
immigrants and students, as well as
false financial information, to buy almost three dozen row houses in Baltimore – all are in default or foreclosure.
The scheme used “straw purchasers” to purchase the homes. The
defendant told them that he would prepare mortgage applications, manage
the property after purchase, and
promised 80% of proceeds of a future
sale. Besides paying the straw buyers
cash after buying homes, the defendant also paid them for referrals of other potential straw purchasers.
In another case, a former Maryland real estate agent was recently sen-
tenced to 57 months in prison and ordered to pay $2,482,856.05 in restitution for conspiracy to commit wire
fraud and aggravated identity theft that
stemmed from a mortgage fraud
scheme. According to a March 31st
news release from the Maryland District of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the
defendant and his co-conspirator help
straw buyers obtain mortgages by “using stolen or false identities, false documents – including W-2 forms, earnings statements, and bank statements –
and false credit information...” Straw
buyers’ credit worthiness was fraudulently enhanced by creating fictitious
lines of credit. The scheme also included inflated appraisals and false
contract addenda to direct payments
for repairs that were never made.
It’s not just the usual suspects
who are the perpetrators. The MERS
scandal that erupted in 2010 not only
let us see behind the wizard’s curtain
of mortgage lending, but it also
brought to light the notion that mortgage fraud can occur at any level. An
asset manager, of a commercial mortgage special servicer located in
Bethesda, pleaded guilty to wire fraud
“in connection with a scheme to steal
over $5 million from his company,”
according to the Maryland District of
the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Dan Krell is a Realtor® with
RE/MAX All Pro in Rockville, MD.
You can access more information at
www.DanKrell.com.
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JULY 30, 2015
FEDERATION
Legislative Oversight releases report
By Paula Bienenfeld
The Civic Federation
This past Tuesday, July 28th,
the Office of Legislative Oversight
released four reports. These are:
OLO Memorandum Report Excel
Beyond the Bell, Behavioral Health
in Montgomery County, MCPS Revitalization/Expansion Program,
and a memo report on Procurement
Performance Metrics.
Considering the grave economic state of the County it is helpful to
have at least a somewhat independent organization reviewing the status of how the county
government and elected officials spend our
hard-earned tax dollars. With the recent
revelations on the Silver Spring Transit Center, it is hard to see how
the current government
is practicing any kind
of measured thoughtful
infrastructure management at all.
The Procurement
Performance Metrics
memorandum, authored by Kristin Latham, Legislative Analyst, discusses best
practices in procurement performance
metrics and tracking in light of the
new County Office of Procurement.
The new office includes the
county’s procurement functions and
adds to it the duties that used to be
part of the Office of Business Relations and Compliance. According to
the report, the county council identified three area where they wanted
metrics followed: ‘process metrics,’
‘vendor metrics,’ and ‘procurement
staff metrics.’ In response OLO presented some best practices and offered a review of procurement metrics used in nearby areas such as
Prince George’s County and Fairfax
County. We were glad to see the first
sentence in Section A, ‘Procurement
Performance Metric Best Practices,’
focused on the need for transparency. As the author put it, “Transparency encourages the free and
open exchange of information, improves efficiency, and reduces potential for corruption and waste.”
Transparency International-USA is
following local government procurement transparency issues and
just completed studies of Arlington,
Prince George’s County, and Washington, D.C. They will focus on
Montgomery County in the future,
applying the metrics they have identified to see how local procurement
practices meet standards of transparency and work to avoid corruption.
The memo also stated that “One
of the key aspects of establishing
performance metrics is also establishing a plan for monitoring performance, particularly time frames for
reporting and analyzing data.
Progress should be consistently
monitored to ensure that goals and
objectives are being achieved in the
most efficient and effective manner.
Identifying opportunities for improvement is critical to enhancing
procurement performance over time.
Further, the collection and reporting
of data with customers and other
stakeholders is important for transparency in government.” And
there’s that word again, transparency.
The next section of the report,
‘Montgomery County Procurement
Performance Metrics,’ describes the
existing procurement performance
metrics that the county now tracks
and monitors. It seems though that
the tracking is out of date, given 21st
century opportunities for electronic
in-time tracking, possible apps, and
the like. The report lists CountyStat,
stating that it is updated once a year.
It states that the most recent Procurement Performance Report dates to
March 2011, over four years ago.
Other reports cited also appear annually, including the Record of Procurements, a report summarizing
performance metrics for the Local
Small Business Reserve Program
(LSBRP), and a report on Minority,
Female, and Disabled-Owned Businesses (MFD). Another annual report is the Recycled Report, which
provides the County’s efforts to purchase goods that contain recycled
material. The reports online are in
non-searchable pdf formats.
It’s 2015. These reports can be
issued in real time and in formats
that can be comparable and searchable. Why aren’t they? Montgomery County elected officials tout
the County as progressive and cutting edge. Yet the transparency and
procurement process and
metrics are lagging and
reports that are annual
rather than in real time
point to a broken system,
and one that is not transparent or responsive to
the residents and taxpayers of the county.
When asked by
OLO what metrics they
would like to see
tracked, councilmembers responded in part
that they are interested in
seeing how long it takes
to post a solicitations, or
finalize a contract once a
vendor is chosen. They
wanted to see measures
of competitiveness such
as the average number of bidders for
a contract, and they were also interested in tracking ‘piggyback’ contracts, and whether the county is taking enough advantage of these opportunities.
We would like to see metrics
applied to two additional issues: the
number and percent of no-bid contracts, which eliminate competition
altogether, and with it the possibility
of better value to the taxpayers; and
the number of contract renewals and
extensions where there are no bids,
but instead the same vendor’s contract is extended or renewed repeatedly. This last practice also decreases competitiveness and discourages
other businesses from bidding on
county work.
The views expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect formal
positions adopted by the Federation.
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I had the opportunity to interview Takoma Park Councilwoman
Kate Stewart recently. What drew
me to this particular interview was
that Ms. Stewart entered the political arena quite recently. She was
elected in April to fill the seat on the
Takoma Park City Council left vacant as a result of the passing of
Councilwoman Kay Daniels Cohen.
I was particularly interested in gaining the perspective of a rather new
player to local politics and to understand her motives for joining that
arena and the ideas she brings to it.
I was not disappointed.
Sentinel: What was your motivation for entering into the political
arena as a councilwoman?
Kate Stewart: Community
pride. I love Takoma Park and I am
committed to it. We moved here
from downtown D.C. because we
felt it would be an ideal place to raise
our two children and we were never
let down in that respect. However,
Takoma Park is a diverse community and, like many other communities
in our area, undergoes various
changes over time.
I wanted to have a voice in how
Takoma Park deals with its changing
environment to ensure that it maintains its character and values while
recognizing that, as a diverse community, we are comprised of individuals with varying backgrounds,
ages, ethnicities, incomes and so on
and that all of these variations must
be taken into account in our overall
community planning and development.
Sentinel: What would you say
is your primary approach to dealing
with the changing environment and
the associated planning it entails?
Kate Stewart: In two words I
would say "inclusion and engagement".
By inclusion I mean that our
planning always has to reflect the
needs of the various elements of our
community which is comprised of
longtime residents and recent residents, young people and the elderly,
American born and foreign born as
just three examples. One third of
residents in Montgomery County, by
the way, are foreign born.
Our planning, to truly be effective, must take all of these variations
and associated needs into account.
By engagement, I mean that the best
way to take these variations into account is to have the members of our
community engaged in the decision
making process. Who better to represent their best interests than the individual community members directly impacted by the decisions that
go into our community planning efforts?
Sentinel: That said, what are
some of the challenges and issues
you are facing in Takoma Park, or
for that matter, Montgomery County
and Maryland, and what are your
ideas for addressing them?
Kate Stewart:
There
are several, but let's start with community and police relations since
what happened in Baltimore can certainly happen anywhere if we don't
learn from those lessons.
I believe Takoma Park has. One
of the city's most important obligations to residents is to ensure their
safety and well being while also respecting their rights as citizens.
Communication and cooperation among police, members of the
community, and surrounding jurisdictions offer the best recipe for ensuring safety, but this can only be
achieved if each element gains a better understanding of the thinking and
challenges of the other entities.
To this end, I requested and the
request was approved that we put
$10,000 in the FY16 budget so the
city can hire an outside organization
or consultant to come into the city,
talk with both the police and community members, and identify areas
that are working and ways we can
improve.
I had the opportunity to do a
ride along with police officers and
see first-hand the work of our officers.
The department is doing a
great job in trying to build trust and
relationships in the community, but
there is still much more that can be
done. There is still a great deal of
mistrust, especially among young
people and people of color, so we
must continue our efforts.
These efforts should include 1)
moving toward a clear vision for our
police department which includes
being perceived as an approachable
department, one that is viewed as
guardians of our community rather
than as combatants, 2) creating opportunities for young people and
communities to come together with
officers to voice their experiences
and talk about what it feels like for
them to live in Takoma Park and
their interaction with police, and 3)
utilizing a consultant to develop a
plan which includes community
policing goals and identifies training to better equip officers with the
tools and skills needed to more effectively interact with members of
this diverse community.
The President's Task Force on
21st Century Policing put it best; let
me quote you the exact wording:
"The absence of crime is not the final goal of law enforcement.
Rather, it is the promotion and protection of public safety while respecting the dignity and rights of all.
And public safety and well-being cannot be attained without the
community's belief that their wellbeing is at the heart of all law-enforcement activities.
It is critical to help community
members see police as allies rather
than as an occupying force..." I truly believe that Takoma Park is well
on its way towards achieving this
vision.
Sentinel:You mentioned about
engagement of community members being a critical component of
your overall approach to move
Takoma Park forward. Can you
speak a little about planning efforts
underway in Takoma Park and the
involvement of citizens in the planning process?
Kate Stewart:
Having
spent more than 20 years doing public opinion research for non-profit
groups and then serving on the
board for Advocates for Youth, it
goes without saying that I feel
strongly about making sure that the
community is provided with notice
of meetings and given the opportunity to discuss redevelopment issues
and offer their input into the decision making process.
On any of the Takoma Park redevelopment projects, we incorporate government, non-profit and private entities to comprise a collaborative team that is prepared to move
forward and reflect the needs of our
citizens.
The Takoma Junction Redevelopment project is a good example in
which we sought and received a
great deal of community input and
made sure to include community
concerns dealing with such issues as
parking availability, expanded retail
with non-chain, locally owned businesses, and inclusion of community
amenities such as outdoor seating,
gardens, and some open space for
community gatherings.
Sentinel: Is there one issue in
particular you would like to mention
as we come to the close of the interview?
Kate Stewart:
Ye s ,
and that is voting, or, all too often,
the lack of voting.
We spoke about community engagement and probably the most
important mechanism to engage our
citizens is with their responsibility
to make their voices heard through
their vote.
I am aghast at the efforts across
the country to curtail voting and I
strongly believe that Maryland, as
progressive a state as it is, should be
at the forefront to increase voter
turnout.
I strongly support voter registration at high schools as just one
step in that direction.
Sentinel: One last question.
Mayor Bruce Williams recently announced that he will not be seeking
re-election in the fall. Are you considering the possibility of running
to fill that office?
Kate Stewart:
A b solutely. I am confident that the office of mayor will provide me with
an even greater opportunity to work
to improve the lives of the citizens
of Takoma Park.
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JULY 30, 2015
COVER STORY
Silver Spring Transit still suffering
“Metro,” from page 1
to better position themselves for negotiations and to get money from the
county that is not authorized,”
Leggett said about Metro’s requests.
“They don’t have the authority to go
and ask for additional terms and conditions, which they’re doing at this
point in time.”
Timothy Firestine, chief administrative officer for the county, responded in a letter to Jack Requa,
Metro’s interim general manager,
that the Washington Metropolitan
Area Transit Authority is holding
transfer of the center “hostage” until
its financial demands are met.
WMATA will take control of the
center once completed to integrate it
into its regional bus and train system,
according to a January 2008 report
by WMATA. Now, the transit agency
appears to be refusing the transfer of
operations from the county, Firestine
wrote in the letter.
“What WMATA is asking for
constitutes a massive windfall for
WMATA funded by County taxpayers,” Firestine wrote. “The County’s
answer to such a preposterous request is simply; no.”
Council President George Leventhal said he thinks “it is best if the
executive branch speaks for the
county on this issue at this time,” but
did not comment further.
As previously reported in The
Sentinel, the transit center was
scheduled to open in 2010 but was
delayed several times due to design
and construction flaws. In an April
2014 report, David Dise, director of
the county’s Department of General
Services, said the center was 95 percent complete as of late 2012 when
the county discovered cracks and inconsistent thickness of the concrete.
The project’s budget has also skyrocketed since construction began,
reaching about $141 million as of
earlier this year.
“We are surprised by the County’s position that the outstanding issues are anything less than legitimate
and substantive. We have been waiting for more than two weeks for the
County to set up a meeting so that we
can work through the remaining issues in a constructive and cooperative way, recognizing the importance
of this facility to the County and the
region,” Sherri Ly, Metro spokeswoman, said in a statement Wednesday.
However, Leggett said there is
no record of Metro’s attempts to contact the county.
“As the County is aware, the acceptance of the new facility into the
regional transit system requires approval by the WMATA Board, and
we look forward to resolving the remaining items as quickly as possible
to ensure that acceptance,” Ly said.
County cleans vandalized cavalry statue
“Confederate,” from page 1
Maj. Michael England of the
Rockville Police Department said
that there are no suspects known at
the time, and he is not sure whether
those who did it were young or old.
“We are currently under preliminary investigation, no suspects, no
leads,” said England.
Chief of Police for Rockville
T.N. Treschuk received an email
around 8:29 a.m. from Assistant
Chief of Police Betsy Davis of the
Montgomery County Police Depart-
ment that the statue was vandalized,
but the exact time that the statue was
vandalized is unknown.
Meanwhile, County Executive
Ike Leggett said Friday he is currently looking for bids to move the statue
to storage until a proper home for it
can be found.
Local student receives NIST scholarship
By Peter Rouleau
GAITHERSBURG – For many
college students, summer jobs involve working as a cashier or mowing lawns, but one local teen is
spending his summer working with
advanced robotics.
Omar Aboul-Enein, a 2014
graduate of Quince Orchard High
School, recently completed his
freshman year at Salisbury University. He was one of two Salisbury
students selected for a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
(SURF) funded by the National Science Foundation. He is working
with a mentor at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in
Gaithersburg to test the performance of mobile manipulator robots.
Aboul-Enein chose to attend
Salisbury after visiting the campus
and participating in an annual programming challenge held by the
school's computer science department.
“We had to code several sets of
unfamiliar data in a limited amount
of time,” said Aboul-Enein, who is
now a double major in computer
science and mathematics.
“I like how integrated the two
fields are at Salisbury,” AboulEnein said.
During his freshman year,
Aboul-Enein lived in the Science,
Technology and Mathematics
Learning and Living Community. In
this program, first-year science and
math majors live in the same dorm
and take required courses together.
“It's very helpful to be around
people who are interested in studying the same things you are,” AboulEnein said. “We learn from each
other and help each other out.”
“Omar is a fabulous participant
and a first-rate scholar,” said Mike
Bardzell, faculty coordinator for
STEM LLC. “He had a really deep
understanding of his fields for a
freshman, and I look forward to
hearing from him about his fellowship in the fall.”
Aboul-Enein's older sister
graduated from Salisbury this year
with a nursing degree.
At NIST, Aboul-Enein's work
has involved integrating an industrial personal computer to allow a robot arm and an automatically guided
vehicle to better communicate with
each other.
“It's been really eye-opening
and rewarding,” Aboul-Enein said.
"I have a better understanding of
how computer science and mathematics are applied in the working
world.
After graduating, Aboul-Enein
plans to earn a master's degree in
computer science.
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Dredging equipment at Lake Whetstone.
Lake Whetstone to be dredged
Kathleen Stubbs
Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection
officials said that the elevated levels
of contaminants in the sediment being dredged in Lake Whetstone do
not present health risks to residents.
Montgomery County chose to
dredge the lake because a significant
amount of silt or sediments built up
and caused a little island to form at
the mouth where the stream comes
in, Scott Gole, staff liaison for Montgomery Village Foundation Committee on the Environment, said.
The Montgomery Village Foundation owns Lake Whetstone.
Sediment buildup naturally occurs, Gole said. When it storms and
rains, water moves at a velocity that
erodes the side of the streams, picking up sediment, Gole said.
Biological, chemical and physical analyses were performed on the
sediment before the dredging project
was finalized, Kapenko said.
Elevated levels of polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons, chemicals
dangerous to animals that often appear in groups of two or more, were
found in the sediment tested,
Kapenko said.
Kapenko said the PAH are
bound to the sediment chemically,
and therefore it should not be of any
risk to humans.
Even if humans, such as the laborers, did encounter the sediment,
the PAH bound to it would be harmful only if digested in large quantities, Kapenko said.
Tests performed on the sediment revealed the presence of PAH,
but Kapenko said they were bound to
the sediment and is therefore not
harmful to humans. Tests were not
performed on the sediment when the
lake was last dredged in 1986,
Kapenko said.
According to the Environmental
Protection Agency, PAH caused reproductive problems and birth defects in mice whose food contained a
large amount of PAH. According to
EPA, these effects have not been
seen in humans. Damage to body fluids, skin and the immune system was
also found in mice that consumed a
large amount of PAH, according to
EPA.
The contractors were aware of
the levels of PAH in the sediment because the test results were included
with the contract, Kapenko said.
Amy Stevens, manager of
Stormwater Facilities Maintenance
Program for the county, said it was
residents who originally requested
the dredging. Stevens said meetings
were held prior to finalize the dredging design and to reveal the testing
results.
Stevens said elevated levels of
PAH were present in the sediment
that was tested. The department determined after consulting with the
Maryland Department of the Environment that the sediment could not
be placed in a residential setting and
that the sediment would have to be
taken offsite, Stevens said.
According to the EPA, PAH can
be transmitted through breathing,
eating or drinking something contaminated with the group of chemicals.
Kapenko said neither the air nor
the water in Lake Whetstone is contaminated with PAH and that only the
sediment being dredged is contaminated.
Stevens said department members do not think that enough PAH
would be released into the air to be a
health concern for the residents.
Stevens said that since the project
should not increase the amount of
PAH that may be in the air already,
the dredging does not pose a risk to
residents.
PAH comes from burning wood
and coal products, Stevens said.
Stevens said the project was approved by the Maryland Department
of Natural Resources. The project
meets all noise ordinance requirements for the county, Stevens said.
The total cost for the project is
$2.84 million, Kapenko said.
JULY 30, 2015
Montgomery County, Maryland
Department of Environmental Protection
PUBLIC NOTICE
Applications for Temporary Noise Waivers
NEWS
Circuit Court searches for new judge
By Rebecca Guterman
Staff Writer
The Department of Environmental Protection is currently evaluating an application for a Temporary Noise Waiver as allowed under
the Montgomery County Noise Control Ordinance, Chapter 31B,
Section 11(a). The Temporary Noise Waiver is being requested by
the Montgomery County Department of Transportation, Division of
Highway Services, 100 Edison Park Dr., 4th floor, Gaithersburg,
Maryland, for the purpose of performing nighttime road construction consisting of micro-resurfacing of the road surface. The nighttime road construction will occur on Riffle Ford Rd. between
Darnestown Rd (Rt. 28) and Germantown Rd. (Rt. 118), Gaithersburg. The work is being performed at night to alleviate traffic congestion, and impacts to businesses and pedestrians. The work is
scheduled to begin in early August 2015, and the work hours will be
from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
The application and related documents are available for public inspection. The Department will receive comments on the application
for ten (10) days after publication of this notice.
Comments, questions or requests to examine documents may be directed to Steve Martin, DEP/DEPC, 255 Rockville Pike, Suite 120
Rockville, MD, 20850. Telephone 240-777-7746, Fax 240-7777752 or email [email protected].
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The Administrative Office of
the Courts is currently accepting applications for the vacancy left by Circuit Court Audrey Creighton when
she resigned June 18 after sources
confirmed disciplinary charges
against her.
Creighton came into the spotlight when police charged her former
lover with kidnapping her shortly after then-Governor Martin O’Malley
appointed her to the Circuit Court.
Rickley Senning, 25, pleaded guilty
to false imprisonment and assault in
January. Creighton was elected to her
position in November, along with
three other sitting judges. Creighton
announced her retirement after
sources confirmed the Commission
on Judicial Disabilities had filed disciplinary charges against her.
Applicants have to be a U.S. citizen, be registered to vote, be a
Maryland resident for at least five
years, be a Montgomery County resident for at least six months, be at
least 30 years old and be a member of
the Maryland Bar, according to the
application materials. The Maryland
Constitution also says the lawyer selected should be “most distinguished
for integrity, wisdom and sound legal
knowledge.”
Those interested can apply by
filling out a questionnaire on the
Maryland Courts website by Aug. 5.
Once the applications are in, the
Nominating Commission has 85
days to submit recommendations to
the governor. In the meantime, bar
associations can also interview candidates and submit their recommendations to the commission as additional information, according to administrative officials.
The commission currently has a
meeting scheduled for Sept. 24 for
interviews and could extend them to
Sept. 25 depending on the number of
applicants. Administrative officials
said they cannot reveal how many
have applied until the due date has
passed.
The commission also automatically considers a pool of applicants
nominated for the same court within
the past two years. For Creighton’s
position, that pool includes James
Alfred Bonifant, Theresa Michelle
Chernosky, Debra Lynn Dwyer, Gerald William Heller, Clark Emanuel
Wisor III and District Court Judges
Patricia Lynn Mitchell, James
Bernard Sarsfield and Margaret
Marie Schweitzer.
The position opened for applications on July 15. Creighton’s retirement took effect on July 3.
Harris runs for full Gaithersburg council term
By Peter Rouleau
GAITHERSBURG – When
longtime Gaithersburg Mayor Sidney Katz resigned from his position
after being elected to the Montgomery County Council, the
Gaithersburg City Council chose
Council Member Jud Ashman to
serve as mayor until the next municipal election. Out of 12 applicants, the
council selected Neil Harris to serve
the remainder of Ashman’s term.
This fall, he is running for a full term
on the council.
Harris grew up in Philadelphia
and earned a master of business administration from the University of
Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. He
has had a long career in the technology industry, and in 1984 he moved to
California’s Silicon Valley to work
for the now-defunct Commodore International computer and electronics
company. A longtime fan of the “Star
Trek” franchise, Harris counts
among his prized possessions an autographed picture of actor William
Shatner, who appeared in several
Commodore commercials.
In 1988, Harris returned to the
East Coast to work for GEnie, an online service operated by General
Electric and based in Rockville. He
left in 1993 to work for the online
video game company Simutronics,
where he worked until 2010. He is
currently the owner of Omega Lead-
COURTESY PHOTO
Neil Harris
ership Consulting in Gaithersburg.
“I’ve always been interested in
politics, but I didn’t like how things
were done in Philadelphia with the
big-city political machines,” Harris
said. “Since coming to Gaithersburg
and meeting Sidney, I’ve been impressed with how much more collegial it is here.”
At the urging of several friends,
Harris became involved with the
Kentlands Citizens Assembly, the
homeowners association for the
Kentlands. With several hundred
members and an annual budget of
over $2 million, the KCA is larger
than most homeowners associations.
Harris served as the KCA’s president
from 2006 to 2008 and chairman of
the board from 2012 to 2014.
“The KCA was a good training
ground for municipal government,”
Harris said. Prior to his appointment
to the council, Harris served on
Gaithersburg’s Economic and Business Development Committee, and
he considers his leadership on economic and financial issues to be one
of his greatest contributions to the
city.
“I provided input and guidance,
and got someone on board as the new
financial manager,” Harris said.
“Gaithersburg publishes an annual
city strategy, which I think is very
generic: nice schools, nice parks,
clean and safe streets, things that
every city wants. I think our strategy
should involve making harder decisions than that. We should think
about what we can do in the long
term and use citizens’ input to decide
what we want to see and don’t want
to see in the future of Gaithersburg.”
Harris said that, if elected to a
full term, he would continue to explore economic opportunities for the
city.
“We have a biotech sector
poised for great growth, office buildings that can be developed, the CCT
is a potential catalyst for development,” Harris said. “Gaithersburg
has nothing but opportunities.”
Harris lives in the Kentlands
with his wife, Michelle, a child psychologist, and their, son Sam. He
also has two grown daughters, Elizabeth and Jessica, from a previous
marriage.
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JULY 30, 2015
NEWS
Farm Road controversy continues as community battles county
By Rebecca Guterman
Staff Writer
The controversy surrounding
historic Farm Road continues.
Email chains about the placement and existence of historic Farm
Road show a contentious situation of
“mistrust” between county officials
and community advocates.
The road, which currently is a
mix of dirt and gravel that runs
through Sandy Spring, near the new
Dellabrooke development, is at the
heart of a lawsuit against the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission and community
efforts to get the county to recognize
the road. Many residents allege Park
and Planning erased the road from
surveys in the creation of the
Dellabrooke subdivisions, which
means they cannot build on or make
improvements to their properties.
The community, represented by
Steve Kanstoroom, has been trying
to get the county executive to recognize the road as a public unmaintained road.
After more than a year of backand-forth with the county about a
survey of the road, the Department of
Transportation is awaiting consent
from homeowners to walk the land
and confirm an independent surveyor’s work, according to Assistant
Chief Administrative Officer Ramona Bell-Pearson. But getting to
this point has taken months of talks
among Bell-Pearson, Kanstoroom,
surveyor Joel Leininger and Department of Transportation officials.
”It started off on, I guess, shaky
footing because we were trying very
hard, I guess you’d say, to earn the
trust of the property owners, and it
wasn’t because of anything the county had specifically done … but concern about how long it had taken to
get attention and get someone working on their issues,” Bell-Pearson
said.
Council member Marc Elrich
said the discrepancy over what the
survey should show is complicated,
but at this point it would not affect
the Dellabrooke subdivision if the
county just said it did not need that
portion of the road. And, he said, it
all would have been easier if Park
and Planning acknowledged a mistake when this first started.
“To say oops (and fix it) would
have been really easy,” he said.
In an effort to move the process
of the road’s designation forward,
Kanstoroom worked with the county
to find Leininger, someone Kanstoroom said the community could trust
who did not have a vested interest in
the county. Leininger had also testified at a July 2013 Park and Planning
meeting, questioning the board’s decision not to recognize the road as a
legal right-of-way.
Bell-Pearson said in an interview that the labeling of the road
matters because it comes with different levels of responsibility for the
county, such as making sure emergency vehicles can get through.
“The property owners are interested in having the county make a
determination that will be you know,
that will have consequences, consequences it could be any number of
things depending on how they classify the road,” she said.
In June 2014, Bell-Pearson said
she hoped to hear from DOT soon
about using Leininger as the surveyor. On Sept. 5, 2014, Kanstoroom
also suggested the possibility of declaring Farm Road a private road and
granting residents waivers to live
along it. On Oct. 22, Kanstoroom
contacted Bell-Pearson again asking
for progress on Farm Road.
Elrich’s chief of staff, Dale Tibbitts, also wrote Bell-Pearson.“This
is dragging on for a long time to respond to their request to do nothing
and just recognize the road.”
Bell-Pearson agreed “it has
been too long” and asked DOT to get
back to her.
In November, the county and
Leininger agreed to terms of the
work. But when Leininger sent his
preliminary survey to the county and
Kanstoroom and the press obtained
copies, relations got tenser.
On Feb. 17, Chief of the Montgomery County Division of Transportation Engineering Bruce Johnston, who had been coordinating the
survey, said he felt the situation was
“out of control.” As county officials
discussed how to react, Johnston also
sent an email the morning of Feb. 18
laying out his concerns about sharing
the survey as well as Leininger’s going beyond the scope of services in
drawing the road.
“Okay, call me a conspiracy theorist, but here’s my thinking: Steve
Kanstoroom manipulated this
arrangement all along. He led us to
Joel in the first place. Joel will say
that the revised contract language
permits him to share the information,
even though that was not the reason
for changing the language in the first
place. He said he shared it with
Kanstoroom and Rounds to see if
they had any additional information,
but all we had asked for the location
of Farm Road,” Johnston wrote.
Johnston said he was not going
to comment on the “conspiracy theory” but said his main concerns with
the survey were resolved since
Leininger addressed the comments
they had sent him after the preliminary draft.
“It is a very controversial topic,
and we wanted, we were concerned
that the draft plat had been shared
with before we even had a chance to
review and comment on it. It was
shared with people outside the county, outside of the surveyor’s client
before we had even seen or had time
to comment on it,” he said.
PHOTO BY DAVID WOLFE
The Farm Road community remains frustrated with county efforts.
Bell-Pearson also said in an interview she understood why he was
upset.
“I can’t speak for Mr. Johnston,
but I do recall the emails you’re talking about, and my recollection and
understanding was that Bruce was
very upset that once he had contracted with the surveyor and had a legal
binding relationship with him, the
surveyor’s intent should have been
to work with the county,” Bell-Pearson said. “(The survey) should only
have been communicated between
the county and the surveyor.”
Johnston also said he had heard
only good words about Leininger
from his staff and that he is wellknown in the surveyor community.
Leininger said there was no
conspiracy between him and
Kanstoroom, particularly because he
does not usually work in the county
and has no “horse in this race.” He
said in his March letter to Johnston
that Kanstoroom is considered a
“subject matter expert” in the Farm
Road situation.
Elrich also said in an interview
Kanstoroom has helped with the issue all along.
“Steve has given an unbelievable number of hours of his time for,
what is it, eight years now to correct
an enormous injustice that the county may have inadvertently done to
this community, and these residents
are lucky that Steve was there to
help them and support them. Without that the issues would have never
risen to the level that they have been
raised to,” Elrich said.
On Feb. 27, Johnston sent a formal letter to Leininger with his concerns over sharing the survey as well
as Leininger’s going beyond what
the county had asked him to do.
“You mentioned that you had
dug through some earth in several
places beyond the apparent end of
Farm Road to locate gravel which
you assumed indicated an old gravel
lane. Given the relatively simple and
straight-forward Scope of Services,
this activity is clearly beyond our
contractual scope,” Johnston wrote.
But Leininger replied in a
March 9 letter that the confusion in
the scope came from two things.
“It was not apparent to us on the
ground ...where the southern limits
of Dellabrooke were,” Leininger
wrote. “Second, the Thomas Chambers parcel depicted on the survey
had actually been subsumed into the
Dellabrooke aggregation, but for a
couple of reasons we did not realize
that when the worksheet was prepared. (The subdivision recorded
plat includes this area, but has other
errors pertinent to Farm Road, and
we elected to use other sources for
primary guidance as a result).”
He also said in an interview
context is important on surveys of
the surrounding area.
“There’s no rule of thumb on
that. Every location has its own history. Every road is different,” he
said.
Ultimately, Leininger agreed to
remove the part of the road that appeared to go into the southern
Dellabrooke subdivision in the survey, but said in his March 9 letter it
could play into the community’s
mistrust to remove the road.
Farm Road is also shown in that
area on MCPS and fire and rescue
maps as the community said it exists, Kanstoroom said.
But Bell-Pearson said going beyond the scope of services mattered
because they needed to know what
the road looked like now, not what it
looked like in the past.
“Decades ago it may have gone
beyond that point, so if you dug up
grass you might find where there
might one time had been a road, but
now that’s what there and (what
could support cars, etc.),” Bell-Pearson said in an interview.
But now that the survey is as the
county requested, Kanstoroom said
he does not see why the county
needs to walk the area again.
“It shows what the community
has contended since this problem began and the county has failed to act
positively on it as they pledged to
do,” he said. “They’ve walked
through numerous times ... they’ve
seen it, the survey confirms it and
the community members that I’ve
spoken to feel the county’s not acting in good faith.”
Bell-Pearson said that for her
part, she never spoke directly with
the surveyor but has tried throughout
the process to work with Kanstoroom.
“Mr. Leggett and his executive
staff have tried to be as accommodating as possible and to try to understand the concerns and hesitancy,” she said. “Some people believe
because of minority status, they’re
treated a certain way, and we’ve
been working really hard not to fall
into those concerns, not to meet
those stereotypes.”
Johnston also said the county
does not typically walk the land to
verify boundary surveys but wanted
to in this case so it can confidently
answer questions about it, in addition to the discrepancy over where
the road ends.
“One specific thing the original
survey, draft survey that was submitted indicated was the road continuing
on further than we recollected, and I
wanted to make sure the road hasn’t
been somehow extended since then
and at the point where we recall it
ending is shown accurately,” he said.
JULY30, 2015
11
NEWS
Remembering a Montgomery County Vietnam Veteran
By Carlos Alfaro and Kathleen
Stubbs
Among the 58,220 U.S. servicemen who died in Vietnam, a little more than 100 were from Montgomery County. James Ward was
only one of them.
Around July 11, 1969, Ward, of
the 82nd Airborne, died in Vietnam
when his basecamp was overrun.
He was 22.
His family members tell stories
of a man who grew up in different
cultures and never settled down in
one place during his childhood.
His sisters described him as
someone who went to fight because
he felt he was doing the right thing,
influenced by years of living in
communist countries.
He lived in various countries
throughout his childhood and later
years, but he was born in Massa-
chusetts. He moved around with his
family, as his father was in the nowdefunct Office of Strategic Services
(which was replaced by the CIA),
living in short stints in places like
Japan, Myanmar, Germany and
Austria, as well as the District and
Maryland.
One of his sisters, Sara Ward,
described him as an entrepreneurial
person who ironed shirts for $1 and
organized a ski trip while he was in
high school.
“He was really smart. He
struggled with English, but when it
came to math and entrepreneurial
things he was very talented,” said
Sara.
Mary Ann Burrows, James’
older sister, last saw her brother on
a five-hour flight to San Francisco
when she was headed to meet her fiancé and he was headed to Vietnam.
A passenger approached her
and switched seats so that Burrows
Sugarloaf dedicates
new Native American
Heritage Trail
By Peter Rouleau
MONOACACY AQUADUCT
– Sugarloaf Regional Trails invited
members of the Piscataway Conoy
Tribe to attend the dedication of its
new Native American Heritage Trail
on July 25.
The 25-mile trail begins at
Heaters Island near Point of Rocks in
Frederick County.
“People in the area don’t seem
to know much about the Indians who
lived here,” said Peg Coleman, president of Sugarloaf Regional Trails.
“We hope the new trail will inspire
more awareness and interest in their
history.”
The area above the Potomac
River was once densely populated by
several Native American tribes, including the Piscataway Tribe, which
lived on Conoy Island (now Heaters
Island) until 1722. The area was
called “Cohongorooto,” which
means “the land above the falls.”
At the dedication, Piscataway
Conoy members discussed the tribe’s
history and answered questions from
the attendees. The Tribe’s Drum and
Dance Corps also performed a traditional Native American dance.
“It was a wonderful event, and
we’re honored that the Piscataway
Conoy tribe attended our dedication,” Coleman said. Coleman said
that 222 people attended the dedication.
could sit beside her brother.
James Ward even went to Vietnam with his arm in a cast.
Her father, who at one point
saw James in Vietnam, learned of
James’ death before military officers had time to arrive at the Wards’
home, Burrows said.
“My father received a telegram
from the American Embassy in
Saigon at work,” Burrows said. “He
confirmed the information, and a
few hours later an Army Officer and
an Army Chaplain arrived at their
home in Bethesda.”
Burrows said she remembers
the Rev. James A. Caulfield led
family members and friends in saying the rosary during the viewing
on the afternoon before the funeral.
“He was one of those cousins
you didn’t see so often, but when
you got together with him he was a
terrific kid,” said one of his cousins,
Ted Ward.
COURTESY PHOTO
James Ward
Heyser farms celebrates its place in history
By Peter Rouleau
COLESVILLE – Montgomery
County held its 26th Farm Tour over
the weekend. The annual event invites county residents to visit area
farms to learn about life on a modern
farm as well as to purchase freshly
grown produce and other products.
Among the participating farms
was Heyser Farms, one of the few
farms remaining in the southern part
of the county and the only farm remaining in Colesville. Heyser Farms
grows and sells peaches, blueberries,
flowers and a distinctive, patented
type of apple known as Spencerville
Red, which is also used to make a
popular cider.
“We’ve been part of the farm
tour since it started,” said owner
Mike Heyser, whose family has
owned the farm for three generations. Heyser said his favorite part of
the tour is seeing his seasonal employees demonstrate what they have
learned.
“We have a lot of students who
come in for the summer,” Heyser
said. “They start in the spring and we
get them geared up for the farm tour.
By the time farm tour gets here, they
know what they’re doing and they’re
good with the customers, and it’s always a pleasure to see that.”
Heyser’s sons Daniel, 15, and
Garrett, 7, conducted hayride tours
of the farm grounds during the weekend. Daniel drove a tractor while
Garrett rode in the trailer with visitors and described the various crops
grown on the farm.
“It’s nice to have people visit the
farm, and we enjoy planning activities and giving the hayrides,” said
Daniel, who works on the farm “doing whatever needs to be done.”
Professional beekeeper Marc
Hoffman hosted a demonstration of
his craft.
“I always participate when I can
because it’s a way for people to learn
where their food comes from,” Hoff-
man said. “We have a high demand
for honeybees because of our intensive agriculture, and we have a limited supply of them, which is decreasing rather than increasing, so it’s not
a good situation.” Hoffman said he
has lost track of how many times he
has been stung over the nearly 30
years he has been a beekeeper.
“You can’t be a carpenter and be
afraid of splinters, and you can’t be a
beekeeper if you’re worried about
stings,” Hoffman said. Hoffman said
that he tries to avoid getting stung
more for the bees’ sake than his own,
as bees die after stinging. The farm
also featured an observation hive,
where visitors could watch bees at
work.
“We live nearby, and it seemed
like an interesting event,” said firsttime Farm Tour attendee Larry
Levine, who visited Heyser farms on
Sunday with his wife. “We like fresh
fruit, and it’s always good to find
sources in the area other than grocery
stores.”
Takoma Park approves upgrade of PD cars
PHOTO BY PETER ROULEAU
A Native American dancer at the
dedication in Sugarloaf.
By Carlos Alfaro
The Piscataway Conoy tribe is
based in Southern Maryland and has
3,500 members. Gov. Martin O’Malley issued an executive order formally recognizing them as a Native
American tribe in 2012, after the
Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs stated that they had provided
sufficient evidence that they were descendants of the historical Piscataway tribe.
The dedication was originally
scheduled to be part of Heritage
Montgomery’s annual Heritage Days
at the end of June, but was rescheduled due to inclement weather.
TAKOMA PARK — The City
Council approved a request for replacement police cars Monday, although some members were hesitant.
Council member Kate Stewart
questioned whether the purchase of
seven replacement vehicles from
Apple Ford was necessary and
whether the cars would be durable
and raised concerns about the time it
takes to equip the cars to meet police specifications.
The cost of the cars, covered by
funding in the budget, is expected to
be $192,132.
“We are short cars now. We
have cars ready to be deadlined that
are actually falling apart, and we are
having to keep them on the road until these cars aren’t on the road,”
said Chief of Police for Takoma
Park Alan Goldberg.
Goldberg says it takes about a
month to receive the cars and another month to outfit them, with the
possibility of another month due to
competition from other police
forces.
He cited Anne Arundel and
Prince George’s counties as competition for the outfitter, as they all use
the same one and those counties buy
hundreds of vehicles at a time.
The police department current-
ly has 41 cars.
The department is also considering darkening the cars, following
trends in other departments. Goldberg said the department has been
considering other methods to
change the color such as markings
and wraps, which are less expensive
than painting.
“I think that there would really
need to be a public process about if
people like the cars or don’t like the
cars or what you want to go to, and I
just see that taking a while,” said
City Manager Suzanne Ludlow.”
“And so for this particular purchase
I think we should move forward,
even knowing that there would be
interest in looking at the subject.”
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JULY 30, 2015
NEWS
County’s Janitors to receive substantial raise
By Natalie Koltun
The Washington Service Contractors Association approved a new
contract Monday that will lead to
wage increases and other benefits for
local office cleaners.
WSCA, which represents commercial cleaning companies in
Montgomery County, Baltimore,
Northern Virginia and Washington,
D.C., agreed to a $2 hourly pay increase over four years beginning Oct.
15, said Julie Karant, spokeswoman
for 32BJ, an affiliate of the Service
Employees International Union. Valued at $68 million, the boost will
help to improve the livelihoods of
nearly 10,500 janitors in the area, including 1,500 in Montgomery County, she said.
Wages will reach $16.10 per
hour over four years for some parttime workers, Karant said, and
$16.60 per hour for some full-time
cleaners. Currently, hourly wages
range from $10.60 to $14.60 per
hour.
Negotiations for this new con-
Local company pioneers
efforts to solve infertility
By Alexis Brown
A Montgomery County-based
organization has developed two new
procedures to help with infertility
and other gynecological conditions.
The Center for Innovative GYN
Care has created two innovative minimally invasive surgeries, Laparoscopic Assisted Abdominal Myomectomy-Bilateral Uterine Artery Ligation and DualPortGYN, to help with
conditions including uterine fibroids,
endometriosis and ovarian cysts.
Surgical specialists Dr. Paul
MacKoul and Dr. Natalya
Danilyants perform both procedures.
Danilyants said both procedures
include faster recovery times, shorter
surgery times, smaller incisions, and
fewer complications than the other
methods.
She also said the two procedures
address some of these limitations
presented by robotic and conventional surgery as well as other procedures, such as the ability to get fibroids deep within the uterus that the
other methods are unable to get.
According to Danilyants,
LAAM-BUAL is a procedure that is
used to remove fibroids, which are
tumors that impact fertility, from the
uterus.
“We’ve had actually quite a few
patients that had large fibroids within
the uterus and been trying to conceive for many years, sometimes
even using fertility treatments and
who were able to conceive once the
fibroids were removed, “ said
Danilyants.
One of these patients was Ljubica Sredojevic, a patient who underwent the LAAM-BUAL procedure
with MacKoul who had three failed
attempts at trying to conceive a child
using in vitro fertilization before the
surgery.
She said that both an OB/GYN
and fertility specialist suggested that
she get the fibroids in her uterus removed, which she said she did not
have prior to the IVF treatments.
“Me and my husband were go-
ing to fertility treatments, IVF. These
treatments were not successful, and I
(sought) an opinion of another
OB/GYN,” said Sredojevic.
Sredojevic said that after she
underwent the LAAM-BUAL procedure in October 2013 to get the fibroids removed and a follow-up procedure in January 2014, she had
planned to undergo another IVF procedure that spring before finding out
she was already pregnant.
“I was already pregnant beginning of April, so that was a huge surprise. I was super happy that by basically removing fibroids I got pregnant the old-fashioned way,” said
Sredojevic.
Danilyants said that the DualPortGYN procedure is used for a variety of conditions.
“With that procedure we can remove endometriosis, we can take
down scar tissue, which can be an issue in fertility. We can take out ovarian cysts, which can also impact fertility and cause pain. In patients who
are done with having children and
want their uterus out, we can even remove a uterus just using those two
tiny incisions,” said Danilyants.
Christy Moore, a patient who
underwent the DualPortGYN hysterectomy with Danilyants, said she
had been experiencing extreme pain
for 2.5 years from a fibroid in her
uterus before receiving the surgery.
“I was in extreme pain with my
monthly periods. When I say extreme pain, unable to stand at some
point throughout the five- to sevenday cycle,” said Moore.
Moore said that she was scheduled to have surgery in Georgia;
however, she said could not wait because the pain was unbearable. So
she began to do research on procedures that could be done in Maryland
and decided to undergo the DualPortGYN procedure after seeing several good reviews and meeting with
Danilyants. The Center for Innovative GYN Care has two locations in
Maryland, in Bethesda and Annapolis, and a location in Reston, Virginia.
tract began last month, when janitors
and several D.C. officials marched
downtown in honor of the 25th annual Justice for Janitors Day, calling for
more full-time opportunities and
health benefits, according to a news
release issued Monday.
Ysvelia Guedez worked at CRS
Facility Services in Silver Spring’s
Discovery Communications building for 12 years before she joined the
team that negotiated this contract.
Her team received a lot of pushback
from employers that did not initially
approve of the wage increases, she
said through a translator. But overall
she feels respected despite initial disagreements and proud that she was
able to fight for herself and the rights
of her co-workers, she added.
One part of the agreement includes providing workers free legal
services for family, immigration and
discrimination matters as of July
2018. According to a Montgomery
County law passed unanimously by
the County Council June 23, all
cleaners in the area will receive seven paid sick days.
“Our members are very happy
(and) very excited. We got a deal that
everybody can live with,” said Jaime
Contreras, vice president of 32BJ’s
Capital Area District. “It’s going to
really benefit the workers and even
the companies when they have happier workers who feel like they are
being paid enough and treated fairly.”
32BJ SEIU is a service workers
union that represents more than
17,000 workers in the Washington
area, including security officers,
window and commercial cleaners,
according to Contreras.
B.O.E examines needs of specialty teaching
Kathleen Stubbs
Board members and the chief
academic officer said at the board of
education business meeting Monday
more information is needed in determining a return of investment for
adding a special type of teacher to reduce class sizes and boost individual
attention.
Chief Academic Officer Maria
Navarro said that although return of
investment can be complicated for
so-called focus teachers, the strategy
is generating the right kind of discussion regarding Montgomery County
Public Schools.
“I think if anything else the ROI
process pushes people’s conversations at a deeper level than before, so
I think at a minimum it is guiding
people’s questions based on data or
… guiding next steps based on data,
and so we always to kind of continue
that sort of data-driven decision
making in our schools,” Navarro
said.
Navarro presented academic
data on students in schools that received focus teachers for select math
and English courses two years ago.
Navarro and Kimberly Statham,
deputy superintendent of teaching,
learning and programs, said some of
the secondary schools that were selected to receive new focus teachers
in English and in mathematics
showed improvement.
With regard to return on investment, board member Rebecca
Smondrowski said it is important to
consider focus teachers in this case
as well as other elements that may
have led to improvement in student
academic performance.
“I just think the information is
important in how we evaluate what
we’re doing and how we evaluate
what other outside forces may be
contributing to our kids,”
Smondrowski said.
Smondrowski said there is not a
definitive way to find out the student
perspective on what influenced their
improvement in a math or English
class.
“As I think we’ve kind of all expressed, that’s one of those things
about this particular area of discussion; it’s not an exact science,”
Smondrowski said. “When it comes
to student learning, there are so many
distinct variables that have an impact
on kids’ failures or successes.”
Smondrowski said she would
like to hear from students about
what may have contributed to their
grade improvement following the
addition of focus teachers.
Smondrowski said students
could be asked about whether they
are taking their math course for the
first time, if they are making use of
supports either within MCPS or outside the system, such as a tutoring
program offered by MCPS or Saturday school.
“Those are all really important
factors, and those are all great things
we have available to our students,
and so just trying to incorporate that
into the equation, I think, is really
important,” Smondrowski said.
Navarro said that currently utilization of student answers on that
information is a matter of making
connections between information
from different sources.
“We have that information,”
Navarro said. “The question is making all the links for a sort of, ask of a
specific student versus a group of
students.”
Navarro said executive staff
need to do more analysis on data
from the two years of adding focus
teachers, fiscal years 2014 and
2015.
County conducts forum on cybersecurity
By Alexis Brown
Special to the Sentinel
The Montgomery County Department of Economic Development
and the Federal Business Council are
hosting the second annual CyberMontgomery Forum on Thursday at
the Universities at Shady Grove Conference Center.
The all-day event will include
sessions, networking, and various
speakers from multiple organizations.
Ira Hoffman, co-Chair of CyberMontgomery, said that CyberMontgomery was modeled after CyberMaryland, a two-day conference that
is devoted to cyber around the state.
CyberMaryland focuses more on the
federal government and state government cyber.
“CyberMontgomery was intend-
ed to complement CyberMaryland
but on a smaller scale and with a
greater focus on civilian and commercial cyber,” said Hoffman.
Hoffman said that event will focus on three major categories, including educating people and companies
about the latest news in cybersecurity,
networking for small businesses, and
educating people about the cyber
workforce.
Joseph Roundy, cybersecurity
program manager at Montgomery
College, said the forum is a way to educate people about cybersecurity.
The CyberMontgomery Forum
is “a forum for cybersecurity educators and companies and businesses
that provide that service to come together and talk about, among other
things, meeting the challenges and
meeting the need of cybersecurity
professionals as well as cybersecurity
in general,” according to Roundy.
Bernadette Goovaerts, Montgomery County Department of Economic Development senior business
development specialist, said the purpose of CyberMontgomery is to bring
the businesses together to learn and
network.
“We started CyberMontgomery
last year at the first conference to
bring together the community here.
The community consists of a very solid private sector of companies that are
growing a lot,” said Goovaerts.
Roundy said cybersecurity affects everyone.
“It affects everybody in that you
can lose personally identifiable information, which can lead to identity
theft, not to mention loss of money in
the bank account,” said Roundy.
JULY 30, 2015
Whatʼs happening this week in Montgomery County
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13
ALENDAR
July 30, 2015 – August 5, 2015
ture Todd Johnson, who has been performing stand
up for well over 14 years. Carl Strong, who has
been seen on HBO, will perform at Bonkerz on
Thursday, September 10. Each show will seat approximately 350 people and start at 8 p.m., with
doors opening at 7:30 p.m. Guests must be 21 yearsold to attend. There will be one headliner and one
opening act per show. General admission tickets for
each performance are $20 and drinks will be available for purchase. Tickets are available by calling
the box office at (301)784-8573 or online at
http://rockygapcasino.com/tickets.
JUL 30
SHAZAM MAGIC SHOW AT TWINBROOK COMMUNITY RECREATION
CENTER
Jul. 30. 6:30 – 8:30 P.M. Peter is one of the
youngest working magicians in the area, and began
his professional magic career in 1994. He has the
energy needed to connect with a younger crowd,
while still possessing a level of polish and showmanship that can only come from years of experience. This is a live, audience inclusive show! Because of the interactive nature of the program, ending times will vary.
Location: Twinbrook Community Recreation
Center and Annex located at 12920 Twinbrook
Parkway
Rockville, MD 20851 | Contact: 240-314-8830 |
Free
THURSDAY NIGHT SUMMER CONCERT
SERIES
July. 30. 6:30 – 8:30 P.M. Relax and unwind after work at Rockville Town Square on Thursday
Nights. Listen to live acoustic music and wine &
dine at Rockville Town Square restaurants. Cost:
Free | Location: Rockville Town Square, 200 East
Middle Lane, Rockville, MD 20850 | Event Contact
Info: [email protected] | This event occurs
every Thursday through August 31st.
POLLIWOG ADVENTURES: LITTLE
GARDENERS
Jul. 30. 10:00 – 11:00 A.M. Each week, explore
a new topic in natural history. Through stories, short
hikes, game and activities, little ones will learn
about nature in a hands-on environment .Dress for
the weather. Adult participation is required. Pre-registration strongly recommended as spaces are limited. Register for course #51953. Croydon Creek Nature Center located at 852 Avery Rd, Rockville, MD
20851 | Contact: 240-314-8770 | Cost: $7R/$8NR
BAROQUE CONCERT - SUMMER CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
Jul. 30. 7:30 P.M. Wayne L. Wold, DMA, associate professor of music at Hood and chair of the department, will direct the annual all-Baroque program July 30 to conclude the 31st Annual Summer
Chamber Music Festival at Hood College. The performers will include Wold, harpsichord; Barbara
Spicher, flute; Ed Stanley, oboe; Anna Claire Ayoub,
bassoon; and Petr Skopek, violin. Spicher, Stanley
and Ayoub are also members of the applied music
faculty at Hood; Skopek is a guest artist. The musicians will play works by J.S. Bach, Telemann, Vivaldi, Reidel and Leclair. This free concert is in
Brodbeck Music Hall, which is fully handicappedaccessible and air-conditioned. For further information contact Noel Lester, concert manager, at
[email protected] 301-696-3429.
JUL 31
PUPPET SHOW: WHITE & THE 7
DWARVES
Jul. 31. 11:30 – 11:45 A.M. When Snow White
meets seven vertically challenged bachelors, she
discovers that everyone has their own strengths and
weaknesses, and that friendship and teamwork
make any challenge smaller. Based on the Grimm
fairytale, this production takes the Puppet Co.’s usual sideways view of the popular story, giving it timeliness and humor for adults as well as kids. This
event occurs every week on Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday through Aug. 9. Cost: $10 online,
phone, at the door. Group rates available. Sponsored
by: the Puppet Co. | Location: the Puppet Co. Playhouse, Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD 20812 |
COURTESY PHOTO
Wayne L. Wold directs the annual all-Baroque program July 30 to conclude
the 31st Annual Summer Chamber Music Festival at Hood College
Event Contact Info: (301) 634-5380 | http://thepuppetco.org
THE SKIP CASTRO BAND
Jul. 31. 8:00 P.M. The Skip Castro Band perform
at the Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club.
Known for their love of rhythm 'n blues, swing,
boogie woogie and rock 'n roll, Skip Castro became
a staple on the East Coast between Boston and Atlanta playing every bar, club, music hall, and college
in between. All the while having a great time. Called
one of the best party bands ever, Skip Castro brings
the party every time they take the stage. Bethesda
Blues and Jazz is located at 7719 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20814 | for more information call 240-330-4500
AUG 2
WATERMEDIA, PHOTOGRAPHY AND
PAINTINGS AT GLENVIEW MANSION
ART GALLERY
Aug. 2. The Glenview Mansion Art Gallery
opens its free monthly art exhibition on Sunday,
Aug. 2, with a public reception where visitors can
meet the artists, enjoy the art and listen to live music
as part of the event. The opening reception is from
1:30-3:30 p.m., with music by "The Piano Man,"
Jerry Roman, from 2-3 p.m. During the reception,
meet the artists, including: April Rimpo - watermedia "Modes of Transportation"| Shelley Marie mixed media "(Un)Natural Abstracts" | Caroly Johnson - photography "Illuminations" | Kallin &
Thweatt - paintings and sculpture | Glenview
Gallery is located in the mansion in Rockville Civic
Center Park, 603 Edmonston Drive, is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.;
Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. It is
closed on weekends and holidays. No tickets or
reservations are required for the opening receptions /
concerts or for visiting the gallery during its normal
hours. Learn more at www.rockvillemd.gov/glenviewgallery or by calling the gallery director at 240314-8682.
WALTZ WORKSHOP AND DANCE AT
GLEN ECHO PARK
Aug. 2. 2:45 - 3:30 pm: Introductory Waltz
Workshop and 3:30 to 6 pm: Dance - Join us for a
Waltz Dance in the Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo
Park on Sunday, August 2, 2015 featuring the ensemble Mountain Air playing a lively mix of folk
waltzes with a few other couple dances, including
Hambo, Schottische, Swing, Tango, and Polka. The
45-minute waltz lesson begins at 2:45 p.m. with a
half-hour introductory Waltz workshop and a more
advanced move presented the last 15 minutes. Social dancing follows until 6 pm. Admission is $10.
No partner required. For more information, call Joan
Koury at 202-238-0230 or Glen Echo Park at 301634-2222, go to www.WaltzTimeDances.org or email [email protected]. The Glen Echo
National Park is located at 7300 MacArthur Blvd.,
Glen Echo, MD 20812.
AUG 6
SENIOR CONNECTION: NEW VOLUNTEER OPEN HOUSE
Aug. 6. 9:30 – 11:00 A.M. Learn about the flexible volunteer opportunities with the Senior Connection at the New Volunteer Open House on Thursday,
August 6 from 9:30-11:00am at the Holiday Park
Senior Center located at 3950 Ferrara Drive in Silver Spring. Two new volunteer trainings are scheduled in August: Thursday, August 13 at 10am at the
Jewish Council for the Aging, 12320 Parklawn Drive in Rockville and Thursday, August 20 at 7pm at
the Holiday Park Senior Center, 3950 Ferrara Drive,
Silver Spring. For more information contact [email protected] or call 301-9620820.
UPCOMING
DEMYSTIFYING MEDICARE
Wed., Aug. 12. 7:00 – 9:00 P.M. Get answers to
important questions about Medicare now: When
should I sign up? Can I work and get Medicare?
What is the Medicare alphabet—A, B, C and D?
Speaker, Leta Blank, Program Coordinator of the
Montgomery County State Health Insurance Assistance Program will answer these questions and
more.Call 240-777-0200 for more information.
Place: Quince Orchard Library / 15831 Quince Orchard Road / Gaithersburg | Free
BONKERZ COMEDY CLUB AT ROCKY
GAP CASINO RESORT
Aug. 13, 27 and Sep. 10. Rocky Gap Casino Resort is pleased to announce Bonkerz Comedy Club
headliners for August and September including
Sonya White, Todd Johnson, Carl Strong, and Billy
Ray Bauer. Sonya White, co-star of CMT's “Country Fried Chicks,” will perform at Bonkerz on
Thursday, August 13. Thursday, August 27 will fea-
NIKKI HILL AT BETHESDA BLUES AND
JAZZ
Aug. 13. 8:00 P.M. If you haven’t heard of Nikki Hill yet, you soon will, & once you see her perform, you won’t forget her. Hill & her band have
been touring extensively following the independent
release of debut album ‘Here’s Nikki Hill’ in 2013
leaving jaws on the floor along the way. With a nofilter energy, & explosive live show, they deliver a
sound that will make you believe in rock ‘n’ roll
again! With an unstoppable force of a band, Nikki’s
unique voice with raw rock & soul dynamics mixed
with the strength, passion, & honesty of blues
shouters of the past, creates a breath of fresh air with
their authentic approach to American roots music.
Bethesda Blues and Jazz is located at 7719 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20814 | for more
information call 240-330-4500
MIXED MEDIA PAINTINGS BY LIETA
GERSON
Aug. 15 – Nov. 15. Thomas Farm Community
Center 700 Falls Grove Drive | Exhibit is free | For
more information call, Lieta Gerson 240-654-4736.
INTRODUCTORY WALTZ WORKSHOP
AND DANCE
Aug. 16. 2:45 P.M. workshop 3:30 – 6:00 P.M.
dance - Join us for a Waltz Dance in the Spanish
Ballroom at Glen Echo Park on Sunday, August 16,
2015 featuring the ensemble Ivory Boys playing a
lively mix of folk waltzes with a few other couple
dances, including Hambo, Schottische, Swing, Tango, and Polka. The 45-minute waltz lesson begins at
2:45 p.m. with a half-hour introductory Waltz workshop and a more advanced move presented the last
15 minutes. Social dancing follows until 6 pm. Admission is $10. No partner required. For more information, call Joan Koury at 202-238-0230 or Glen
Echo Park at 301-634-2222, go to www.WaltzTimeDances.org or e-mail [email protected]. The Glen Echo National Park is
located at 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, MD
20812.
FREE INFORMATION SESSIONS ON
MEDICARE
Aug. 12. 7:00 – 9:00 P.M. You have Choices and
Medicare Is One of Them! Important Questions
You Need To Think About Now: Do you need to
sign up for Medicare now? Can I work and get
Medicare?
Do you know the Medicare alphabet – A, B, C
and D? Where do I begin? Who can help me? State
Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP). Join
Montgomery County’s Senior Information Sessions:
Quince Orchard Library, 15831 Quince Orchard
Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20878 (registration not required).
FREE INFORMATION SESSIONS ON
MEDICARE
Aug. 18. 7:00 – 9:00 P.M. You have Choices and
Medicare Is One of Them! Important Questions
You Need To Think About Now: Do you need to
sign up for Medicare now? Can I work and get
Medicare?
Do you know the Medicare alphabet – A, B, C
and D? Where do I begin? Who can help me? State
Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP). Join
Montgomery County’s Senior Information Sessions:
Wheaton Library, 11701 Georgia Avenue,
Wheaton, MD 20902 (registration not required).
FREE “THIRD THURSDAY” CONCERT
SERIES ON THE GREEN: THE WINSTONS
Aug. 20. 5:00 – 7:00 P.M. King Farm Village
Center will host free outdoor concerts on the village
green at the heart of the center on the Third Thursday of each month from July through September.
Featuring a variety of local artists from the metropolitan area, all shows are open to the public. August 20 will bring singer/guitarist Eric Ray to the
center, performing a soulful mix of covers ranging
from James Taylor to Sister Hazel, as well as original pieces. The September 17 performance will feature funk group Swagfunk with a wide array of genres, including funk, rock and R&B. King Farm Village Center in Rockville, Md. Is located less than a
mile from I-270’s Exit 8 and just west of MD Route
355/Rockville Pike.
2015 OPEN HOUSE AT BLACKROCK
Aug. 22. 10:00 A.M. Come discover all BlackRock has to offer and get a taste of BlackRock’s
artistic and educational programs throughout the
year including high quality performances, arts classes, works of art in the gallery and more. Join us for
a day of free fun for the whole family including
sample arts classes, scavenger hunt with the chance
to win prizes, art exhibits in our galleries and on the
lawn, arts and crafts for the kids, tours of BlackRock’s two performing venues and galleries, a family friendly performance, and much more.
“WEAVING COMMUNITY” ON A LARGER-THAN-LIFE LOOM
Sep. 5. 11:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M. The Sandy
Spring Museum creates a one-of-a-kind work of
community-generated art when it opens its “Weaving Community” project on September 5. All visitors to the museum are invited to come and weave
on a giant loom that will be constructed from the 11
foot tall oak beams that frame the exhibit hall. Fabric artist Suzanne Herbert Forton will facilitate the
weaving of a community tapestry, using the oak
beams of Bentley Memorial Exhibition Hall at the
Sandy Spring Museum as the frame of a giant loom.
The larger-than-life loom will be created first by
stringing warp between the floor and the 11 foot
high horizontal oak beams that are a permanent part
of the exhibition hall architecture. Next, the supporting vertical oak beams will mark off different
sections of warp, with each section containing distinct thematic content woven into its weft and created from a wide variety of materials: yarn, fabric
strips with personal messages and statements, ribbon, recycled clothing, plastics, photos and found
objects. Sandy Spring Museum is located at 17901
Bentley Rd, Sandy Spring, MD. The exhibit runs
through December 31, 2015. For more information
call 301-774-0022 or visit www.sandyspringmuseum.org
SKINNY ON FATS
Sep. 10. 1:00 – 2:00 P.M. Join the Suburban
Hospital HeartWell Nurse in a discussion on the different fats in the foods we eat and how they affect
our heart. Learn the most recent recommendations
for values on our lipid profiles and strategies to reduce the fat in our diets. Call 240-777-0200 for
more information. Program sponsored by Suburban
Hospital. Place: Quince Orchard Library / 15831
Quince Orchard Road / Gaithersburg | Free
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AND SQUARE DANCING LESSONS
Sep. 17 – 24. 7:00 – 9:00 P.M. Every Thursday
dance and make new friends. The Village Swing
Swingers Square Dance Club request the pleasure
of your company at a square dance open house party. Have fun, smile, laugh out loud and exercise a
bit too. No experience and no partner required.
Couples, singles, and families are all well. Bring
your two left feet and your friends, come as you are,
it’s casual. Dances held in the Rockville Nursing
Home Conservatory Hall, 303 Adclare Road,
Rockville, MD 20850. Thursdays Sep. 17 and 24
from 7:00 – 9:00 P.M. An 8-week lesson series begins Oct. 1. For more information contact Eva Murray (caller/Instructor) at 301-761-4108 or [email protected] or Lou & Betty Mastrobattista at
301-946-8753.
ALZHEIMER’S--KNOW THE 10 SIGNS:
EARLY DETECTION MATTERS
Sep. 23. 1:00 – 2:00 P.M. The warning signs of
Alzheimer’s disease are often dismissed as side effects of normal aging. If you or someone you know
is experiencing memory loss or behavioral changes,
it’s time to learn the facts and find out how to recognize the signs in yourself and others. Call 240-7770200 for more information. Program sponsored by
the Alzheimer’s Association. Place: Quince Orchard Library / 15831 Quince Orchard Road /
Gaithersburg | Free
AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Sep. 30. 1:00 – 2:00 P.M. If you or someone
you know is affected by Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, it’s time to learn the facts. This program provides information on detection, causes and risk factors, stages of the disease, treatment, and much
more. Call 240-777-0200 for more information.
Program sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association.
Place: Quince Orchard Library / 15831 Quince Orchard Road / Gaithersburg |Free
ROUND HOUSE THEATRE LONDON
TOUR
Nov. 3 –Nov. 8. Organized by Insider Cultural
Tours, our tour includes the best seats available to
London shows; roundtable discussions with London
theater artists and arts professionals; a private tour of
the best exhibition London has to offer; a private
coach to events; hotel accommodations; and daily
breakfast. The cost of this tour is $4,599, based upon
double occupancy, which includes a $500 contribution to Round House Theatre. The additional fee for
individuals requiring a single room is $1,236. Included in the package: 5 nights accommodation,
Waldorf Hilton Guest Room (upgrades to a Deluxe
or an Executive Room, or a Suite are available upon
request); Daily English breakfast; Best seats available to 4 shows at exceptional venues; 3 roundtable
discussions with UK theater artists and arts professionals; 1 farewell group discussion with Producing
Artistic Director Ryan Rilette; 1 private tour of an
exceptional London exhibition; Private car to shows
and exhibitions; Farewell Dinner. Please contact
Laura Blackwelder, Director of Development, with
questions and interest at [email protected].
ONGOING
COURTESY PHOTO
A never-before-seen collection of
works by Michael Godard, the Rockstar of the Art World, will be on exhibition and available for acquisition
in a dual-exhibition presentation at
two Wentworth Gallery locations in
Bethesda, Maryland and McLean
Virginia on Saturday, August 15,
2015.
GAITHERSBURG–THE KENTLANDS
DOWNTOWN ART FESTIVAL
Sep. 26 – 27. 10:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. The Kentlands Downtown Art Festival. 150 artists from
throughout the U.S. will transform Center Point
Way and Market Street at The Kentlands Market
Square into an outdoor street art fair with original
artwork, including decorative and functional pieces
as well as unique and affordable gift items. Explore
the eclectic art on display and for sale, enjoy the live
music, and register to win the free art giveaway. Saturday & Sunday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, www.ArtFestival.com - 561-746-6615. Free.
THE BASICS: MEMORY LOSS, DEMENTIA
31ST ANNUAL SUMMER CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
Through Jul. 30. Internationally renowned performers will highlight a summer music festival
spanning June and July at Hood College in five concerts on Thursdays in Hood’s Brodbeck Music Hall.
On July 9 with a program by soprano Laura Strickling and pianist Liza Stepanova, who appear as the
annual Silverman Young Artists. They are the 2013
winners of the collaborative division of the Liszt
Garrison International Competition. The Gorden
string concert July 16 features cellist Katja Zakotnik
of Schifferstadt, Germany, and Lester on piano in a
program entitled “Back to the Future.” They will
play works from 1615, 1715, 1815, 1915 and a
piece from 2015, called “Postcards from America,”
arranged specially for them by Bruce Wolosoff. On
July 23 violinist José Cueto and pianist Nancy
Roldán head up an instrumental ensemble and will
be joined by a narrator and two dancers to comprise
an evening of tango. The series concludes July 30
with the annual all-Baroque program directed by
Wayne L. Wold, chair of the music department at
Hood. In addition to Wold on the harpsichord, the
musicians will include Petr Skopek, violin; Barbara
Spicher, flute; Ed Stanley, oboe; and Anna Claire
Ayoub, bassoon performs.
ROCKVILLE'S SUMMER PLAYGROUNDS
PROGRAM
Through Jul. 31. The City of Rockville offers a
great opportunity for kids to enjoy sports, arts and
crafts, games, special events and nature activities
throughout the summer in an affordable program.
The Summer Playgrounds program runs from 9:30
a.m.-3:30 p.m. on weekdays from June 22-July 31.
Registration opens on Wednesday, April 1, and costs
$150 for Rockville residents and $230 for non-residents for the full six weeks. The supervised, drop-in
recreation program is open to kids age 6-12 at will
be held at 10 neighborhood locations throughout
Rockville. Two locations, Elwood Smith Communi-
July 30, 2015 – August 5, 2015
ty Center and Twinbrook Elementary School, have
an option of extended hours for children registered
for the program at those locations. The extended
hours are 8-9:30 a.m. and 3:30-6 p.m. Register online starting April 1 at rockenroll.rockvillemd.gov or
in person at any City of Rockville recreation facility.
Go to www.rockvillemd.gov/summerplaygrounds
or call 240-314-8620 for more information.
JULY EXHIBIT AT BLACKROCK: “RECOMPOSE”
Through Aug 1. BlackRock Center for the Arts
is pleased to present “Recompose” an exhibition
featuring four Maryland artists: Elizabeth Burger,
Eric Celarier, William Peirce, and Karen Schulz on
view in The Kay Gallery from Wednesday, July 8
through Saturday, August 1, 2015. The public is invited to a reception to meet the artists on Saturday,
July 11 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm followed by a free
Summer Outdoor Concert by Matuto immediately
following the reception. The reception, outdoor
summer concert, and admission to the exhibit are
free and open to the public. Recomposing and constructing new forms by manipulating materials,
Elizabeth Burger transforms found natural materials
into sculptures inspired by the repetition and patterning in nature, Eric Celarier sews expired circuit
boards and electronic waste into tapestries that highlight often invisible elements within machines we
use every day, William Peirce assembles layers of
contrasting wood using a band saw to craft unique
vessels and recycles the scraps into sculptures that
can be rearranged, and Karen Schulz cuts handdyed cloth using improvisational methods adding
bold stitching patterns that activate her fiber compositions with a new dimension. Location: The Kay
Gallery (first floor) BlackRock Center for the Arts,
12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown, MD
20874 | Free
3RD NATIONAL JURIED BONSAI CONTAINER EXHIBITION
Through August 2. 10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. See
over 80 American-made works selected by an expert jury of professionals including the prize winners in five categories. This premier national juried
ceramics exhibition showcases the talent of potters
who specialize in bonsai containers. Location: National Bonsai & Penjing Museum. Cost: Free
GEORGETOWN’S SUNSET CINEMA SERIES
Through Aug. 4. Tuesday nights the Georgetown
Business Improvement District (BID) kicks off
Georgetown Sunset Cinema, Georgetown’s firstever outdoor movie experience. Moviegoers are encouraged to bring a picnic and blanket and enjoy the
panoramic backdrop of the sunset, Potomac River
and Key Bridge. View the list of films and additional information at www.georgetowndc.com/sunsetcinema. Movies begin at sunset; arrive at 7 p.m.
for best seating and giveaways. | WHERE: Georgetown Waterfront Park at the intersection of K/Water
Street and Cecil Place, NW. | Admission to Georgetown Sunset Cinema is FREE and open to the public. Blankets only (no chairs, please); picnics welcome.
ROMEO AND JULIET: LOVE KNOWS NO
AGE
Through Aug. 9. Unexpected Stage Company’s
production of Romeo and Juliet: Love Knows No
Age revisits Shakespeare's most famous play and
flips it on its head, as Romeo and Juliet are now septuagenarians and the Montagues and Capulets are
their adult children. Set in an adult living community, this contemporary interpretation of a classic
tragedy explores what happens when Romeo and
Juliet fall passionately in love later in life. The show
marks the first Shakespearean production for Unex-
COURTESY PHOTO
Nikki Hill brings her unique voice to the Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper
Club on August 13.
pected Stage Company—known for staging
thought-provoking works such as last year’s critically acclaimed production of Kooman and Dimond's
Dani Girl (nominated for three Helen Hayes
Awards) and productions such as Alan Bennett's
The Lady in the Van (2013) and David Johnston’s
Candy and Dorothy (2011), both Helen Hayes
Awards recommended. Randolph Road Theater,
4010 Randolph Road, Silver Spring, MD 20902 |
Tickets are $16 - $27.50; a limited number of free
student tickets are available; Group, Senior, and
Military discounts. General Day and Time Info:
Doors open about 30 minutes before the performance. July 16 at 7:30, July 17 at 7:30, and July 18
at 2 pm are preview performances. | For more information call 1-800-838-3006
MICHAEL GODARD - ‘THE ROCKSTAR
OF THE ART WORLD’ COMES TO THE
DC METRO
Aug. 15. 1:00 – 4:00 P.M and 6:00 – 9:00 P.M.
A never-before-seen collection of works by Michael
Godard, the Rockstar of the Art World, will be on
exhibition and available for acquisition in a dual-exhibition presentation at two Wentworth Gallery locations in Bethesda, Maryland and McLean Virginia
on Saturday, August 15, 2015. Godard’s signature
use of olives and martini glasses have become some
of the most instantly recognizable modern works to
date and adorn the walls of both fine art collectors
and celebrities including Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, Criss Angel and the cast of A&E’s Inked.
Michael Godard will be making a very special appearance at two Wentworth Gallery locations in
both Bethesda and McLean on Saturday, August
15th, 2015. Artwork is available for acquisition and
all appearances are open to the public. First appearance - 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm at Westfield Montgomery
Mall, 7101 Democracy Blvd., Bethesda, Maryland.
For more information about this event, contact
Maneta Siegel via e-mail at [email protected]. To reach the gallery directly, or
to RSVP, call 301.365.3270 Second appearance 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm at the Wentworth Gallery @
Tysons Galleria, 1807 U. International Drive,
McLean, Virginia 22102. For more information
about this event, contact Ms. Anne Dorman via email at [email protected]. To reach
the gallery directly, or to RSVP, call 703.833.0111.
ART EXIHITS: KIM LLERENA: RUST SUN
BIBLE CORN AND D.B. STOVALL: PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE AMERICAN VERNACULAR
Through Aug. 16 VisArts is pleased to present a
two person exhibition featuring the photography of
Kim Llerena and D.B. Stovall. The two artists ex-
amine the American landscape and built environment from distinct conceptual and physical vantage
points. The exhibition runs from July 15 to August
16 in the Gibbs Street Gallery. Events are free and
open to the public. VisArts at Rockville is located
three blocks from the Rockville Metro station at 155
Gibbs Street, Rockville, MD. For information,
please visit www.visartscenter.org or call 301-3158200.
ART EXHIBIT: BOBBY COLEMAN: RE:
BUILD
Through Aug. 16. VisArts is pleased to present
“re-build”- a solo exhibition of recent paintings by
Bobby Coleman in the Common Ground Gallery
from July 15 to August 16. VisArts at Rockville is a
nonprofit arts center dedicated to engaging the community in the arts and providing opportunities for
artistic exploration through educational programming, gallery exhibitions and a resident artist program. For information, please visit www.visartscenter.org or call 301-315-8200.
GLEN ECHO CONCERT SERIES
Through Aug. 27. 7:30 P.M. The Glen Echo
concert season takes place every Thursday evening
at 7:30 p.m. in Bumper Car Pavilion through August
27. Free parking is available. Concerts are held rain
or shine. Visitors may enjoy an entire evening of
activities in the park on concert nights. The Glen
Echo Café on park grounds offers salads, wraps,
sandwiches and snacks to provide the perfect summer dinner in the park’s picnic grove. And the historic Dentzel carousel operates during these events
as well, giving visitors a rare chance for a night-time
ride on the carousel ($1.25 per ride). There is room
for dancing in the Pavilion, and dancers are welcome at all concerts. Glen Echo Park is located at
7300 MacArthur Blvd. in Glen Echo, Maryland.
VISARTS SUMMER CAMPS
Through Aug 28. 8:30 A.M. – 3:00 P.M. Visarts
has a variety of imaginative and fun camp sessions
this summer. More information on the one-week
and two-week sessions can be found at www.visartsatrockville.org or by calling 301-315-8200. Address: 155 Gibbs Street, Rockville.
ASPEN HILL LIBRARY TEEN SUMMER
READING PROGRAM (AGES 13-17)
Through Aug. 31. 10:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M. REGISTER for Summer Reading between June 1st &
August 9th. Register online or, at your local library
and receive a FREE voucher to ‘select’ baseball
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games.
EARN a clip-on light (while supplies last) by
reading 3 books and be entered to win tickets to a
Baltimore Orioles baseball game. READ 5 books,
and get a voucher for a book-FREE from the
FOLMC Bookstore, and be entered to win tickets to
the Maryland Science Center. ATTEND Robotics
Demonstration with UMD Robotics Center, July 18,
1:30-3 pm. Cost: Free Location: Aspen Hill Library, 4407 Aspen Hill road
Rockville, MD 20853 | Event Contact Info:
[email protected] | 240773-9410
http://montgomerycountymd.libguides.com/teen
site
42ND ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION
Through Sep. 4. 5:00 – 7:30 P.M. Montgomery
College’s Department of Visual and Performing
Arts presents the 42nd Annual Student Exhibition at
the Cafritz Foundation Arts Center. This show highlights the artwork produced by Visual Arts students
over the past year. It takes over the building, filling
the King Street Gallery, Open Gallery, and spaces
throughout the Cafritz Foundation Arts Center.
Sponsored by: Montgomery College | Cost: FREE
|Event Contact Info: [email protected] |
240-567-1461 |
cms.montgomerycollege.edu/arts-tpss/exhibitions/
SUMMER ART CAMP @ CREATE!
Through Sep. 4. Join us for Art Camp all summer long! Campers will explore pottery, drawing,
painting, sculpture, collage and more – each week is
a new art adventure! Sign up for 2 or more weeks at
one time and you'll get $25 off each week of camp
(discount will automatically be applied before you
submit payment). Camps are filling quickly, so register today! CREATE Arts Center, 816 Thayer Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910. For more information call 301-588-2787.
SATURDAY FARMERS MARKET
Saturdays 9:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M. Every week,
on Saturday, the Farmers Market transforms itself as
different fruits and vegetables become available
throughout the season. Your pick of farm-fresh fruits
and vegetables, bedding plants, cut flowers, preserves, honey, herbs, baked goods, and more. All
items offered are picked fresh daily and available as
supplies last. The Market accepts EBT benefits. Location:
Jury parking lot located on the corner of Rt. 28
and Monroe Street | Address: Rockville, MD 20850
| Contact: 240-314-8620
TEEN WRITER'S CLUB
Thursdays 6:30 – 8:00 P.M. Join us at the Marilyn J. Praisner Library, at 14910 Old Columbia Pike,
Burtonsville, MD 20866, to meet other teens who
share your interest in writing. Learn to improve your
writing and try new approaches. Ages 12 and up are
welcome. For additional library events and information call 240-773-9460.
ART EXPLORERS OPEN STUDIO
Saturdays, 10:00 – 12:00 P.M. Join us on Saturday mornings, 10am to 12:30pm in the Candy Corner Studio for drop in art activities for parents and
children. Activities change weekly and there is no
pre-registration; $10 per child. This weekly event is
presented by Playgroup in the Park (PGiP) and Glen
Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture. Location: The Candy Corner Visit
www.glenechopark.org or call 301-634-2222
ART WALK IN THE PARK 2015
First Friday of every month, through September.
For the third year, the Glen Echo Park Partnership
for Arts and Culture and Glen Echo Park invites the
public to visit all the Park’s resident visual arts studios in one evening in order to learn about their programs, meet resident artists and instructors, view
artists at work in their studios, purchase unique artwork and gifts, and enjoy the beauty of the park. Location: 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo,
Maryland. For more info: Contact (301) 634-2222
or visit glenechopark.org/art-walk-park.
FARM WOMEN'S MARKET- FOOD
TRUCK FRIDAY!
Fridays 11:30 – 2:30 P.M. Food Truck Friday returns to the Farm Women's Market for its second
season! Local favorites Go Fish Seafood, LA Taco,
La Strada Panini, Hardy's BBQ and Balkanik Taste
Food Trucks set-up from 11:30am to 2:30pm along
Willow Lane. Food vendors Holy Crepe's, El Tenedor De Nacho and DT Sugarcane return to offer
something sweet and savory. Don't forget Spice
Grill Indian cuisine inside the Market building. Location: Bethesda- Farm Women's Market, 7155
Wisconsin Ave | Next to Panera's Bethesda, MD
AFTERNOON GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP
Tuesdays 1:30 – 3:00 P.M. For anyone grieving
the death of a love one. Registration required at
(301) 921-4400. North Bethesda United Methodist
Church, 10100 Old Georgetown Rd., Bethesda, MD
20814.
LOSS OF A CHILD SUPPORT GROUP
Wednesdays, 6:30 – 8:00 P.M. For parents grieving the death of a child of any age. Registration required at (301) 921-4400. Montgomery Hospice,
1355 Piccard Dr., Suite 100, Rockville, MD 20850.
EVENING GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP
Thursdays 6:30 – 8:00 P.M. For anyone grieving
the death of a loved one. Registration required at
(301) 921-4400. Hughes United Methodist Church,
10700 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20918.
PARENT LOSS SUPPORT GROUP
Thursdays 6:30 – 8:00 P.M. For adults who have
experienced the death of one or both parents. Registration required at (301) 921-4400. Mt. Calvary
Baptist church, 608 North Horner’s Lane,
Rockville, MD 20850.
BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
Tuesdays. 6:30 – 10:30 P.M. Local backgammon
tournament on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each
month starting March 11. More information at
MeetUp.com-DC Metro Backgammon Club. Ruby
Tuesday Westfield Wheaton Mall 11160 Veirs Mill
Rd, Wheaton-Glenmont, MD 20902
[email protected]
– Compiled by Tazeen Ahmad
The Montgomery County
Sentinel
regrets to inform
organizations that only
Montgomery County
groups or events located
within the county will be
published on a space-available basis.
Send news of your group’s
event AT LEAST two
weeks in advance to:
22 W Jefferson St. Suite 309
Rockville, MD. 20850
or email [email protected]
or call 301.838.0788
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5036 - Musical Instruments
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Medical
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Adventist Development & Relief Agency International
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19
NEWS
Moore sees continued Rockville progress
Note: This profile includes excerpts from an interview conducted
on June 18, 2015, and so does not
take into account events after that
date. It is the fourth in a series that
has profiled Rockville City Council
members and the mayor. The fifth
member of the council, Julie
Palakovich Carr, declined to take
part in the series.
ROCKVILLE -- As the current
city council session starts to wrap
up, Council member Tom Moore
said he is proud of what the council
has accomplished so far.
Two recent and contentious issues – Adequate Public Facilities
Standards and the animal control ordinance – both are successes, he
said. Moore initially proposed APFS
changes to the council, which passed
and aligned the requirements for
school capacity for developers with
the county’s requirements. He also
supported changes to the animal
control ordinance, which will allow
chickens in the city limits and requires licensing of cats.
Those discussions spanned
months prior to the council votes,
but Moore said that is because of the
importance of both issues.
“The APFS is probably the single most important regulatory
change that this council is going to
make,” Moore said. “I think, for my
blood pressure’s sake and family’s
sake, faster would have been better,
but for the sake of the community
and the city I think the amount of
time we spent, the amount of process
we had was justified.”
And part of what he loves about
being on the City Council is the ability to make actual change in the lives
of residents much more quickly than
other governing bodies.
“You look at what Congress
does and things take years to happen. You look at even the Maryland
State General Assembly, and you
know it takes several sessions for
things to happen. County Council
gets things done pretty quickly, but
even then there is a lot of apprehension. Here you know we take a vote
and things happen,” he said.
Although Moore felt the APFS
and animal control discussions took
an appropriate amount of time, he
said the classification and compensation study discussions have taken
too long because other council members did not ask for information early enough. At a meeting where
Moore said they were close to taking
a vote, Mayor Bridget Donnell Newton and Council member Virginia
Onley wanted to reconsider the cost
of a stepped pay system for some
employees because they had asked
for that information earlier in the
process and not gotten it.
In interviews, Newton and
Council member Beryl Feinberg
said they sometimes feel they are not
receiving all information they need
from staff. Moore said he has not
had that problem.
“(For the comp and class
study), the staff bent over backwards
to ask us over and over again if we
needed any more information from
them, and frequently there was no
response. It doesn’t work as legislating body to later in the process go
back and to say we didn’t get x, y,
and z. Well you didn’t ask for x, y,
and z, or maybe you didn’t like the
answer you got, but that doesn’t
mean you didn’t get the answer,”
Moore said. “In my experience
when I ask for information, I get that
information when it is sometimes
maybe even frequently not the answer I would like, but I don’t then go
around and pretend I didn’t get an
answer…. And one of the things that
I admire most about the city manager and the city staff is that they are
absolutely unafraid to tell us what
we don’t want to hear.”
He said he has been surprised
when his colleagues did not ask for
information a couple of weeks before the relevant meeting and encourages them to do so. He said
even when he thinks he has not gotten information, he usually has and
just forgot.
“I do need to ask for it, and I do
need to be clear about what I’m asking for. But I keep every email I
send and every email I receive. And
when I go back and look at those
things, if I ever think that I haven’t
gotten the information I need – and,
you know, I can invariably go back
and check my emails and be like
‘Oh, ,no I did’ – I actually had forgotten I received it or, you know, I
blocked it out because I didn’t like
it, but I get it,” Moore said.
He also said that tension on the
council does not lead to dysfunction
and cited the major measures passed
this term. Moore said that because
he and the other members take the
Open Meetings Act seriously, a lot
of the tension during Monday meetings shows the public what other
councils may have worked out behind closed doors.
“I think it is great for transparency. What it does though is it
takes a lot of disagreements that
used to be settled behind closed
FILE PHOTO
Rockville Council member Tom
Moore
doors and brings them out in public
on TV, and what it is that the public
is seeing the sausage being made,
and that was exactly the intent of the
law,” Moore said. “That is the law
working great, and I would suggest
that if you see a mayor and council
or a governing body that is not …
that has no tension, is not disagreeing on anything, that they are perhaps not taking the Open Meetings
Act as seriously as the Rockville
mayor and council are.”
Moore also said he believes
Newton runs the meetings well.
“I have my differences with the
mayor on lots and lots of policy issues, but I think she runs a pretty
good meeting and the level of discussion that she encourages and enforces has been much higher than it
was last term,” Moore said. “So,
I’ve actually been very pleased with
it.”
In past interviews, Newton said
she has had conversations with the
city manager about staff providing
the necessary information. She also
said it requires a different relationship between her and the city manager because she treats it more or
less as a full-time job. But Moore
said Newton can overstep in how
much she tries to oversee the dayto-day operations.
“This city runs best when all
members of the mayor and council
understand their roles and responsibilities and act accordingly. The city
manager is well aware of her responsibilities and is doing a terrific
job fulfilling those,” Moore said.
“My main concern is not whether
the city manager is doing her job.
My main concern is that the mayor
and council make sure it is doing its
job. I’m not doing anybody else’s
job.”
Moore said he has not yet decided whether he wants to run for
re-election, but looking to the future
of Rockville, he said the APFS vote
will lead the city in the right direction and allow the city to advocate at
the county level for what the standards should be.
He also said he hopes the future
councils can take advantage of the
city’s sometimes “conservative”
budgeting practices to invest in infrastructure.
Whether he runs or not, Moore
said he now appreciates the city
even more and how much work
goes into it.
“Rockville is a terrific city, and
serving it for four years has given
me greater insight to how great a
city it is, how many different pieces
there are and making that so,” he
said. “It was a great city when I arrived and hopefully be even a little
better when I leave.”
Ashman confident he’ll remain as Gaithersburg mayor
By Peter Rouleau
GAITHERSBURG – Last
year, Jud Ashman was selected by
his colleagues on the Gaithersburg
City Council to serve as the city's
mayor following longtime Mayor
Sidney Katz's election to the District 3 seat of the County Council.
This fall, city voters will decide if
he will serve the remaining two
years of Katz's term.
Ashman grew up in Miami and
received degrees in political science and journalism from the University of Miami. In 1995, he
moved to Washington, D.C., where
he met his wife, Lee. They later
moved to Gaithersburg, where they
raised Lee's two children from a
previous marriage.
Ashman said that school capacity was the issue that first inspired him to become involved with
local government.
“My kids were going to
schools that were very overcrowded, and the city was considering a
development plan that would have
made it even worse,” Ashman said.
"I helped organize a group of people to campaign against it." Ashman
has held positions on the parentteacher associations of several
Gaithersburg schools.
In 2005, Ashman ran for City
Council for the first time. He lost by
44 votes to Council member Henry
Marraffa Jr., who is now running
against him for mayor. Two years
later, he ran again and was elected.
An avid reader, Ashman cites
as his greatest individual accomplishment the founding of the
Gaithersburg Book Festival, an annual gathering held in May in
which numerous authors are invited
to the City Hall grounds to present
and read from their works. The
sixth festival was held this year. He
is also proud of championing ethics
reform during his first term and said
that Gaithersburg now has one of
the strongest ethics codes in the
state.
Ashman said that the council's
accomplishments during his time in
office were the result of cooperation and consensus building among
the members of the council.
"We've been incredibly successful at fiscal management and
keeping the lowest tax rate among
Maryland's 20 largest cities," Ashman said. "We've attracted employers and created hundreds of new
jobs."
Shortly after Ashman was appointed mayor, Gaithersburg was
thrust into the national news after a
plane crash on Dec. 8 killed three
members of the Gemmell family.
"It meant a lot to me to honor
the victims and to praise Jenifer
Miller, the server at Dogfish Head
Alehouse who did so much for the
family," Ashman said.
Ashman said that one of his favorite memories from his time thus
far as mayor has been speaking
about local government to the
fourth grade at Rachel Carson Elementary School.
"We had a great Q-and-A session, and one month later, I received a thick envelope full of
thank-you notes from the students,"
Ashman said. "Whenever I'm having a bad day, I go into my office
and read them."
Ashman said he feels confident
about the fall's election.
"I feel like I've got a good
chance. I think that people know me
and feel really good about me,"
Ashman said.
If re-elected, Ashman said that
he will work to build on the city's
gains and continue to grow the
city's economic development and
cultural scene.
Ashman is the owner of Web
Image LLC, a Gaithersburg-based
Web design and development firm.
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20
July 30, 2015
Big Train Advances To Cal Ripken Finals
By Carlos Alfaro
Sentinel Sports
The Big Train won, 8-6, over
the FCA Herndon Braves, eliminating the Braves and advancing to the
championship round, where the Baltimore Redbirds await them.
The Braves gave the Big Train
some trouble early on, but pitching
issues gave the Big Train an easy victory in the later stages of the game.
Logan Farrar hit a single to
bring him to first, and then Cody
Brown hit a double. But Farrar managed to reach home.
A single from Chris Lewis
brought Brown home, and a subsequent walk caused the bases to be
loaded in need of a well-placed hit by
Brandon Hunley.
However, Hunley hit it up and
made it an easy catch for a Braves infielder, leaving the score at 2-0 at the
bottom of the first.
Farrar kept the Braves’ long
shots at bay in outfield, outing three
Braves players by the second inning.
The third inning brought a stumble for the Big Train, as sloppy
throws allowed Jackson Martin of
the Braves home.
Then Michael Smith of the
Braves hit a double, but Big Train
catching stumbled once again, allowing two more runs.
A single by the Braves then
brought Martin home, giving the
Braves a comeback and a lead of 4-2
against the Big Train at the top of the
third.
The Big Train failed to capitalize with the bases loaded when
Lewis struck out in the fourth inning.
They cut down the lead to one
after the Braves’ catcher couldn’t
hold onto the ball and out Andrew
Bechtold, leaving the score at 4-3 in
the fifth inning.
Daniel DiMatteo and Nick
Atkinson then scored at the top of the
seventh, raising the score to 6-3 and
cutting the game close for the Big
Train.
A Justin Morris single brought
Matt Toscano home, and then pitching errors by the Braves walked four
Big Train players and brought the
lead back to the Big Train, at 8-6.
The first game of the championship best-of-three series will be
played at Calvert Hall High School
in Baltimore this Friday at 4:30 p.m.
PHOTO BY DAVID WOLFE
A scramble at the plate ended in favor of the Big Train as they defeated the Braves 8-6 to advance to the Cal Ripken playoff championship.
JULY 30, 2015
21
SPORTS
Bullis trio helps claim title
By Brandy L. Simms
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The Bullis boys basketball team
captured the 2015 MPA Summer
League junior varsity championship
in Rockville last week with a 68-56
win over Spencerville Adventist
Academy at Jewish Day School’s
Daniel Pearl Memorial Gymnasium.
During the summer league, the
Bulldogs were led by the trio of rising sophomores Lewis Wilson,
Shawn Slade and Justin Kelly who
combined for 20 points in the win
over Spencerville.
Meanwhile, Tanner Forde (19
points) and Andrew Retz (12 points)
combined to score more than half of
Spencerville’s points in the championship game loss to Bullis.
Wilson and Slade both stand
over 6-feet tall and therefore provide
matchup problems for smaller teams.
“When I’m [on the court] with
him we try to feed off each other and
play with each other,” said Wilson,
who scored six points in the championship game.
Slade, who resides in Accokeek,
finished with a team-high 14 points
in the win over Spencerville Adventist Academy. He said he enjoys
playing with another 6-footer in Wil-
son.
“Lewis is great,” said Slade.
“We’ve known each other for like a
year and a half now. We have great
chemistry together. We pretty much
know what each other is going to do
before it even happens.”
Kelly, a guard who resides in
Northern Virginia, said he enjoys
playing with Slade and Wilson.
“I have a lot of fun,” said Kelly.
“Me, Shawn, Lewis have been playing jayvee last year [and] since the
beginning of the summer. We have
great chemistry. We know each other
very well.”
Last season, the Bullis trio were
an integral part of the Bulldogs junior varsity squad and all three hope
to move up to varsity during the
2015-16 campaign.
“I really look forward to it,” said
Wilson, “because I know a lot of other IAC people from other schools
like Landon and Georgetown Prep.”
The three Bullis players helped
lead the Bulldogs’ junior varsity
squad to a 10-14 record last season
but look to improve during the upcoming season.
“I hope we just have a winning
season,” said Slade. “We just grow as
players, we just get better individually and together.”
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A pair of All-Sentinel football standouts from Bullis have verbally committed to Big Ten Conference schools.
Patrick Johnson, a rising senior defensive back who earned first team AllSentinel honors last season, announced his pledge last week via Twitter.
“I’m proud to announce that I’m committed to the UNIVERSITY OF
WISCONSIN,” Johnson tweeted on July 22.
Johnson said he chose Wisconsin over Georgia, North Carolina and Pittsburgh among others.
“I love the campus,” said Johnson. “It’s a very peaceful and calm environment.”
Johnson, a D.C. native who transferred to Bullis last year from McKinley
Tech, said he developed a good relationship with members of the Wisconsin
coaching staff including defensive backs coach Daronte Jones.
Wisconsin, Johnson added, has a “great academic program, a great football program, a great defense.”
Meanwhile, Cameron Brown, a second team All-Sentinel linebacker,
also announced his pledge via Twitter.
“IVE OFFICIALLY COMMITTED TO PENN STATE UNIVERSITY,”
Brown tweeted on July 18.
In May, Bullis quarterback Dwayne Haskins, who earned second team
All-Sentinel honors as a junior last season, announced his pledge to Maryland
during a ceremony at the Potomac private school.
In June, Good Counsel rising senior defensive lineman Izon Pulley, who
earned second team All-Sentinel honors as a junior, verbally committed to
play college football at the University of Miami, commonly known as “The
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SPORTS
Jordan Anthony to leave Good Counsel football
By Brandy L. Simms
Former Good Counsel outside
linebacker Jordan Anthony has left
the Olney private school and will
spend the 2015 campaign at IMG
Academy in Florida.
“This decision was made with a
very heavy heart as the move away
from my teammates and coaches will
no doubt be difficult for me,” Anthony said in a statement via Twitter.
“Good Counsel is an outstanding
school, providing great opportunity
and they will easily have a great upcoming season this year based on the
level of talent the football program
has. Many thanks and gratitude for
what they have done for me.”
Anthony, a rising junior, earned
honorable mention All-Sentinel last
season and helped lead Good Counsel to a 10-2 record including an appearance in the 2014 Washington
Catholic Athletic Conference championship game.
Anthony, a four-star prospect,
already holds offers from various Division I college programs including
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