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1932781 SPORTS: Poolesville High quarterback leads team into big game against Catoctin. B-1 GERMANTOWN | CLARKSBURG Wednesday, October 1, 2014 25 cents DAILY UPDATES AT GAZETTE.NET The Gazette HER VOICE Mexican American writer tells her story. A-5 Automotive B-11 Calendar A-2 Classified B-7 Entertainment A-11 Opinion A-9 Sports B-1 INDEX Please RECYCLE Volume 31, No. 39, Two sections, 28 Pages Copyright © 2014 The Gazette NEWS: Clarksburg High School rallies to support cheerleader with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. A-3 n Germantown toddler fights and defeats retinoblastoma BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER STAFF WRITER J ust a few days shy of their second birthday, Carter and Blake Furey, dressed in matching blue and white striped shirts and gray pants, ran energetically around the Germantown home where they live with their mom and grandparents. “You would never guess that’s a little boy who used to have cancer,” Kacy Furey, the twins’ grandmother said with a laugh, motioning toward Carter. Carter and Blake are identical twins and grandma always dresses them exactly alike. The only noticeable difference between the blonde-haired toddlers is that Carter wears glasses to protect his eyes, which have been through quite a lot in his short life. Carter’s long journey started at the twins’ six month check-up. “Everyone else might get red eye, he would get one eye that was white and [doctors] call it ‘cat eye reflex,’” Kacy Furey said, explaining that the family had noticed it in pic- tures, but never thought anything of it. “The pediatrician was concerned and wanted us to see a pediatric ophthalmologist. I honestly just didn’t follow-up and when we went back for their nine month, I said I didn’t get an appointment and the doctor said we need to get an appointment now.” When Carter and Blake’s mom, Jessica Furey, 26, brought him to an ophthalmologist in Rockville, she said the doctor came out and did what she calls the “boyfriend Mom urges eye cancer awareness BILL RYAN/THE GAZETTE Jessica Furey with her son Carter Furey, 2, who has been battling a very rare pediatric eye cancer, at home in Germantown. n More amenities proposed for Ovid Hazen Wells site BY VIRGINIA TERHUNE STAFF WRITER The county Planning Board is invit- ing residents to comment about plans to further develop the Ovid Hazen Wells Recreational Park in Clarksburg at a public hearing on Thursday. The 290-acre park west of Damas- cus Road (Md. 355) is partly bounded by Skylark Road and the Arora Hills community. It already has ball fields, picnic areas and trails along its western edge. Planners are recommending addi- tional development to include relocat- ing a carousel now housed in Wheaton near the existing ball fields off Skylark Road. Planners have also proposed a new looped trail system, teen play area, sled- ding hill and dog park, as well as uses, such as weddings or public events, for a Hearing on Clarksburg park set for Thursday A hearing to discuss the master plan update for the Ovid Hazen Wells Recreational Park will be held this week. n Project is part of Green Club at Roberto Clemente Middle School BY VIRGINIA TERHUNE STAFF WRITER Students in Germantown and Clarksburg working with other vol- unteers have started building the first “bottle bench” in Maryland made out of dirt, rocks and recycled materials. With a back shaped like a butterfly, the earth bench will overlook the wild- flower meadow at the Visitors Center in Black Hill Regional Park in Boyds when it is finished. On Saturday, students helped make “bricks” for the structure by packing 20-ounce soda bottles with plastic grocery bags using a long stick. “It’s kind of a smart idea,” said Suraj Modur, 11, a student at Kings- view Middle School in Germantown. Tightly packing the bottles with the plastic bags makes the bricks “re- ally strong,” he said. Working with Modur on Satur- day was Shabarish Nair, 12, a seventh grader at Roberto Clemente Middle School in Germantown. “It’s important; I came to help the earth,” Nair said. “I don’t want it to be dirty; I want a clean future.” Montgomery Parks is working with seventh graders at Roberto Clemente and other children under the guidance of the nonprofit The Harvest Collec- tive, based in Silver Spring. Also helping is the nonprofit So What Else, based in Rockville, which runs free after-school programs in the Washington, D.C., region. “It’s a way to get kids to serve their communities,” said David Silbert, ex- ecutive director for So What Else. “I didn’t realize how much of a kid- friendly project this is,” he said, as he helped his young children stuff soda bottles. The bottle bench project is modeled on those built by the Cal- ifornia-based nonprofit Peace on Earthbench Movement, which builds useful structures out of trash. Silver Spring residents David Rogner and Jayne Matt with the Har- vest Collective are leading the So What Else’s Green Club after-school program for seventh graders at Ro- berto Clemente Middle School. The seventh graders meet for two hours after school on Wednesdays to Germantown students help build bottle bench See PLAN, Page A-10 See CANCER, Page A-10 See BENCH, Page A-10 NEW LIFE IN THE DAYLIGHT A wingless fairy makes new friends in Imagination Stage’s production of “The Night Fairy.” A-11 ENTERTAINMENT n Parkway too fast to cross at Clarksburg’s Wilson Wims Elementary BY VIRGINIA TERHUNE STAFF WRITER Wilson Wims Elementary students in Clarksburg who could easily walk across the street to their new school are taking the bus instead. But there’s a good reason for that. The street they have to cross is the four-lane Snowden Farm Parkway with a speed limit of 40 mph and no other traffic controls. Some parents who live east of Snowden Farm Parkway near the school are pressing officials to install traffic calming measures on the four- lane road so they can safely walk their children to school. “I’m advocating for some kind of controlled intersection,” said parent Seenu Suvarna, who has a son in sec- ond grade. Suvarna has asked school, police and transportation officials for several years to consider installing a four-way stop, traffic circle, crosswalk, traffic light, crossing guard and/or speed camera at the inter- section of Snowden Parkway and Grand Elm Street, which runs in front of the school’s main entrance. So far he has met with little success. “I’ve hit roadblocks every single which way,” Suvarna said. The main reason is because Snowden Farm Parkway was designed and built as a four-lane arterial road to accommodate through traffic, accord- ing to county Department of Transpor- tation officials. The speed limit is set at 40 miles per hour, which is typical for such arterials Parents press for traffic controls See TRAFFIC, Page A-10 VIRGINIA TERHUNE/THE GAZETTE Shabarish Nair, 12, (left) a student at Roberto Clemente Middle School in Germantown, and Suraj Modur, 11, a student at Kingsview Middle School, also in Germantown, pack soda bottles with pieces of plastic on Sept. 27 to make “bottle bricks” for a bench being made from recycled materials at Black Hill Regional Park in Boyds.

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1932781

SPORTS: Poolesville Highquarterback leads team into biggame against Catoctin. B-1GERMANTOWN | CLARKSBURG

Wednesday, October 1, 2014 25 centsDA ILY UPDATES AT GAZETTE .NET

TheGazette

HER VOICEMexican American writer tells her story. A-5

Automotive B-11Calendar A-2Classified B-7Entertainment A-11Opinion A-9Sports B-1

INDEX

PleaseRECYCLE

Volume 31, No. 39,Two sections, 28 PagesCopyright © 2014The Gazette

NEWS: Clarksburg High Schoolrallies to support cheerleaderwith Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. A-3

n Germantown toddler fightsand defeats retinoblastoma

BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER

STAFFWRITER

Just a few days shy of their second birthday, Carterand Blake Furey, dressed in matching blue and whitestriped shirts and gray pants, ran energetically around

the Germantown home where they live with their momand grandparents.

“You would never guess that’s a little boy who usedto have cancer,” Kacy Furey, the twins’ grandmother saidwith a laugh,motioning toward Carter.

Carter and Blake are identical twins and grandmaalways dresses them exactly alike. The only noticeable

difference between the blonde-haired toddlers is thatCarter wears glasses to protect his eyes, which have beenthrough quite a lot in his short life. Carter’s long journeystarted at the twins’ sixmonth check-up.

“Everyone elsemight get red eye, he would get one eyethat was white and [doctors] call it ‘cat eye reflex,’” KacyFurey said, explaining that the family had noticed it in pic-tures,butneverthoughtanythingof it. “Thepediatricianwasconcernedandwantedustoseeapediatricophthalmologist.I honestly just didn’t follow-up andwhenwewent back fortheir ninemonth, I said I didn’t get an appointment and thedoctor saidweneed toget anappointmentnow.”

When Carter and Blake’s mom, Jessica Furey, 26,brought him to an ophthalmologist in Rockville, she saidthedoctor cameout anddidwhat she calls the “boyfriend

Mom urges eye cancer awarenessBILL RYAN/THE GAZETTE

Jessica Furey with her son Carter Furey, 2, who has been battling a very rare pediatric eye cancer, at home in Germantown.

n More amenities proposed forOvid Hazen Wells site

BY VIRGINIA TERHUNESTAFFWRITER

The county Planning Board is invit-ing residents to comment about plansto furtherdevelop theOvidHazenWellsRecreational Park in Clarksburg at apublic hearing on Thursday.

The 290-acre park west of Damas-cus Road (Md. 355) is partly boundedby Skylark Road and the Arora Hillscommunity. It already has ball fields,picnic areas and trails along its westernedge.

Planners are recommending addi-tional development to include relocat-ing a carousel now housed in Wheatonnear the existing ball fields off SkylarkRoad.

Planners have also proposed a newlooped trail system, teenplay area, sled-ding hill and dog park, as well as uses,such asweddings or public events, for a

Hearing onClarksburgpark set forThursday

A hearing to discuss the master plan updatefor the Ovid Hazen Wells Recreational Parkwill be held this week.

n Project is part of Green Clubat Roberto Clemente

Middle School

BY VIRGINIA TERHUNESTAFFWRITER

Students in Germantown andClarksburg working with other vol-unteers have started building the first“bottle bench” in Maryland made outof dirt, rocks and recycledmaterials.

With aback shaped like abutterfly,the earth benchwill overlook thewild-flower meadow at the Visitors Center

in Black Hill Regional Park in Boydswhen it is finished.

On Saturday, students helpedmake “bricks” for the structure bypacking 20-ounce soda bottles withplastic grocery bags using a long stick.

“It’s kind of a smart idea,” saidSuraj Modur, 11, a student at Kings-viewMiddle School in Germantown.

Tightly packing the bottles withthe plastic bags makes the bricks “re-ally strong,” he said.

Working with Modur on Satur-day was Shabarish Nair, 12, a seventhgrader at Roberto Clemente MiddleSchool in Germantown.

“It’s important; I came to help the

earth,” Nair said. “I don’t want it to bedirty; I want a clean future.”

MontgomeryParks isworkingwithseventh graders at Roberto Clementeandother childrenunder the guidanceof the nonprofit The Harvest Collec-tive, based in Silver Spring.

Also helping is the nonprofit SoWhat Else, based in Rockville, whichruns free after-school programs in theWashington, D.C., region.

“It’s a way to get kids to serve theircommunities,” said David Silbert, ex-ecutive director for SoWhat Else.

“I didn’t realizehowmuchof a kid-friendly project this is,” he said, as hehelped his young children stuff soda

bottles.The bottle bench project is

modeled on those built by the Cal-ifornia-based nonprofit Peace onEarthbenchMovement,whichbuildsuseful structures out of trash.

Silver Spring residents DavidRogner and JayneMatt with the Har-vest Collective are leading the SoWhat Else’s Green Club after-schoolprogram for seventh graders at Ro-berto ClementeMiddle School.

The seventh gradersmeet for twohours after school onWednesdays to

Germantown students help build bottle bench

See PLAN, Page A-10

See CANCER, Page A-10

See BENCH, Page A-10

NEW LIFE INTHE DAYLIGHTA wingless fairy makesnew friends in ImaginationStage’s production of“The Night Fairy.”

A-11

ENTERTAINMENT

n Parkway too fast to crossat Clarksburg’s Wilson Wims

Elementary

BY VIRGINIA TERHUNESTAFFWRITER

Wilson Wims Elementary studentsin Clarksburg who could easily walkacross the street to their new schoolare taking the bus instead. But there’sa good reason for that.

The street they have to cross is thefour-lane SnowdenFarmParkwaywitha speed limit of 40 mph and no othertraffic controls.

Some parents who live east ofSnowden Farm Parkway near theschool are pressing officials to installtraffic calming measures on the four-lane road so they can safely walk theirchildren to school.

“I’m advocating for some kind ofcontrolled intersection,” said parentSeenu Suvarna, who has a son in sec-ond grade.

Suvarnahasaskedschool, policeandtransportationofficialsforseveralyearstoconsider installinga four-waystop, trafficcircle, crosswalk, traffic light, crossingguard and/or speed camera at the inter-section of Snowden Parkway and GrandElm Street, which runs in front of theschool’smainentrance.

So far hehasmetwith little success.“I’ve hit roadblocks every single

whichway,” Suvarna said.The main reason is because

Snowden Farm Parkway was designedand built as a four-lane arterial road toaccommodate through traffic, accord-ing to countyDepartment of Transpor-tation officials.

The speed limit is set at 40miles perhour, which is typical for such arterials

Parentspress fortrafficcontrols

See TRAFFIC, Page A-10

VIRGINIA TERHUNE/THE GAZETTE

Shabarish Nair, 12, (left) a student at RobertoClemente Middle School in Germantown, and SurajModur, 11, a student at Kingsview Middle School,also in Germantown, pack soda bottles with piecesof plastic on Sept. 27 to make “bottle bricks” for abench being made from recycled materials at BlackHill Regional Park in Boyds.

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THURSDAY, OCT. 2Public Hearing: Ovid Hazen Wells Rec

Park Master Plan Update, 4:45 p.m.,M-NCPPCMain Regional Office Auditorium,8787 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. Parksstaff will answer questions about the [email protected].

Teen Writing Club, 6:15-7:45 p.m.,Kensington Park Library, 4201 KnowlesAve., Kensington. Learn how to revise,discover writing techniques and receiveconstructive feedback. Ages 11-18. Free.240-773-9515.

FRIDAY, OCT. 3The Hometown Get Down VII, 3 p.m.-2

a.m., 11820Hawkes Road, Clarksburg. Agrassrootsmusic and arts benefit event tohelp families in crisis through promotingthe arts. $15-$25. www.hometownget-down.org.

Open Mic at the Mansion, 8-11 p.m.,KentlandsMansion, 320 Kent SquareRoad, Gaithersburg. All styles ofmusic,poetry, performance, and comedy are wel-come. $10. 301-258-6394.

SATURDAY, OCT. 4Coffee in Italy, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Neels-

ville Presbyterian Church, 20701 FrederickRoad, Germantown. Sample Italian foodsand pastries like cannolis and tiramisu.There will also be devotion, entertainmentand door prizes. Free; RSVP requested,especially for use of free child care. www.neelsville.org.

Kensington Summer Concert, 10-11a.m., Howard Avenue Park, Kensington.Featuring rhythm and blues by Rita Clarkeand theNaturals. Presented by the Kens-ingtonHistorical Society. Free. www.kens-ingtonhistory.org.

St. Luke’s 54th Annual Fall Festival, 10a.m.-2 p.m., St Luke’s Episcopal Church,1001 BrightonDamRoad, Brookeville.Treats, yard sale, hand-sewn quilt raffle,children’s activities, music and [email protected].

Gaithersburg Antique and Collect-ible Show, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,MontgomeryCounty Fairgrounds, 16 Chestnut St.,Gaithersburg, also 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 5.Furniture, porcelains, silver, books, linens,advertising, jewelry, movie/TVmemora-bilia, coins, toys, paintings, autographs,dolls, civil war, sportsmemorabilia,decorative accessories andmore. $6. 301-649-1915.

Bilingual Spanish/English Storytime,10:30-11 a.m.,Wheaton Library, 11701Georgia Ave., Wheaton. Stories, rhymes,songs andmore. Ages 3-6, with an adult.Free. 240-777-0678.

Germantown Oktoberfest, noon-7:30p.m., High Point Farm, 23730 FrederickRoad, Clarksburg. A fun-filled day of live

music and performances, delicious food,children’s games and inflatables. Freeadmission. [email protected].

Knights of Columbus Soccer Shootout2014, 1-4 p.m., Damascus Regional Park,Kings Valley Drive, Damascus. A soccerevent consisting of three skill events, withcertificates given to all participants. Spon-sored by St. Paul’s Knights of Columbus.Ages 5-14. Free. 301-363-5678.

SUNDAY, OCT. 5JCADA 5K Event: A Run, A Walk,

AWARE, 8:30 a.m.,Melvin J. BermanHebrew Academy, 13300 Arctic Ave.,Rockville. Run or walk to promote healthyrelationships and help end domestic anddating abuse. $30. [email protected].

Every Moment a Song, 11 a.m. and7:30 p.m.,Wesley GroveUnitedMethodistChurch, 23640Woodfield Road, Gaithers-burg. The Chancel Choir and Players willpresent a tribute to CharlesWesley, co-founder ofMethodism. Free admission.301-253-2894.

King Farm Fall Festival, noon-4 p.m.,Saddle Ridge Community Center, 300Saddle Ridge Circle, Rockville. Hayrides,moon bounces, inflatables, face painting,scarecrowmaking, pumpkin painting,food vendors, business vendors andmu-sic. Free. www.kingfarmfallfestival.com.

Cabin John Fall Festival, 1-4 p.m.,Cabin JohnMall and Shopping Center,7825 Tuckerman Lane, Potomac. Trick-or-Treating, scarecrowmaking, keepsakeboxmaking,moon bounce, face painters,balloon sculptors, a haymaze and storecoupons. Free admission. 301-481-3503.

Poetry and Prose Open Mic, 2 p.m.,TheWriter’s Center, 4508Walsh St.,Bethesda. The reading will be followed bya reception. Free. 301-654-8664.

Say “I Do” Bridal and New Home BuyersOpen House, 2-5p.m., RockCreekMansion,5417WestCedarLane,Bethesda.Meetwed-dingplanners, beauty experts, view tabledécor, taste food&wedding cakes, viewbridal gowns,wedding invitations and tipsonbuyingahome together. Free admission.301-922-7888.

Whiffenpoofs of Yale University inConcert, 4 p.m., Landon School, MondzacAuditorium, 6101Wilson Lane, Bethesda.$10-$20. 425-208-9903.

Andrew McKnight, Folksinger andStoryteller, 4:30-6:30 p.m., St. Anne’s Epis-copal Church, 25100 Ridge Road, Damas-cus. A performance vibrant with shadesof Appalachia, slide and jazzy blues, feistyanthems and rustic folk. A receptionwillfollow. Free-will offering. [email protected].

Fall Campfire and Walk, 6:30-8 p.m.,Brookside Nature Center, 1400 GlenallanAve., Wheaton. Bring the hotdogs androlls; marshmallows are provided. $6. Reg-

ister at www.parkpass.org.

TUESDAY, OCT. 7Downsizing and Space Planning Work-

shop, 1-3 p.m., Ingleside at King Farm,701 King FarmBlvd., Rockville. Join SusieDanick of Transitional Assistance andDesign for an interactive session on down-sizing possessions and space planningfor a futuremove. Free, RSVP requested.240-499-9019.

Civil War Program, 7-8:30 p.m., Rock-villeMemorial Library, 21Maryland Ave.,Rockville. Author and entertainer JudyCookwill share excerpts from the letters ofher great-great-grandparents, songs andtunes of the time, and projected imagesfrom the past. Free. 301-452-0593.

District 19 Democratic Club AnnualGeneral Membership Meeting, 7-9:30 p.m.,AspenHill Library, 4407 AspenHill Road,Rockville. Congressman JohnDelaney willbe the featured speaker. Free. 301-871-1113.

Greater Olney Toastmasters Meeting,7:30 p.m.,MedstarMontgomery, DenitBoardroom, 18101 Prince Philip Drive,Olney, every first and third Tuesday. Im-prove presentation and speechwritingskills while growing leadership skills. Freefor first-time guests. [email protected].

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8Understanding the ISIS Threat to the

Homeland, 5-8 p.m., International CulturalCenter, 19650 ClubHouse Road,Mont-gomery Village. An international expertpanel will discuss the recruiting tactics ofISIS and other terrorist groups and exploreinnovative strategies for empowering thecommunity to intervene. 240-396-5350.

School Board Candidates Forum, 7:30-9:30 p.m., AspenHill Library, 4407 AspenHill Road, Rockville. Sponsored jointly bythe AspenHill Civic Association, Friends ofthe AspenHill Library, AspenHill LibraryAdvisory Committee and Strathmore-BelPre Civic Association. Free. [email protected].

Teaching Self-Regulation ThroughEmotion Coaching, 7:30-9:30 p.m., ParentEncouragement Program, 10100 Con-necticut Ave., Kensington. For parents ofchildren ages 1-7. $33. 301-929-8824.

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Germantown Com-munity Flea Market, 8a.m.-1 p.m., German-townMARC ParkingLot,Md. 118 and Bow-manMill Drive, Ger-

mantown.More than 100 vendorswith everything fromhouseholdgoods to jewelry and electronics.Sponsored by the GermantownHis-torical Society, TheMenare Foun-dation and Boy Scout Troop 1325.Free admission. 301-972-2707.

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

Aggravated assault•OnSept.16at5:15p.m. inthe

19800blockofCenturyBoulevard,Germantown.Thesubject isknowntothevictim.

Commercial burglary•OnSept.8between9:45p.m.

andmidnightatLittleFarEast IIRes-taurant,26043RidgeRoad,Damas-cus.Forcedentry, tookproperty.

Residential burglary•19300blockofCircleGate

Drive,Germantown,at2:30a.m.Sept.15.Thesubject isknowntothe

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Drive,Germantown,at12:30a.m.Sept.16.Thesubject isknowntothevictim.

Vehicle larceny•Four incidents inGermantown

betweenSept.8and16.Tookasparetire, startercables,adeadbattery,iPodsandchange.AffectedstreetsincludeWaringStationRoad,WymanWay,AlderleafTerraceandWatersideDrive.

•Sevenincidents inGerman-townbetweenSept.8and16.Tookcoins,cash,walletandpurses.Af-fectedstreets includeClimbingIvyDrive,LullabyRoad,MatenyRoad,PorterfieldWayandHarmonyWoods.

•QuailWoodsDrive,German-town,onSept.10or11.

n Community rallies toshow support for senior

with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER

STAFFWRITER

Clarksburg High Schoolsenior Andrea Rivas, 16, re-ceived a colorful surpriseat Friday’s, football gameagainst Blake High Schoolwhen the audience flew apurple banner and donnedtheir lilac-colored clothes insupport of her fight againstHodgkin’s Lymphoma.

Friday marked the lastgame of the season that Rivas,a varsity cheerleader at theschool, would be able to cheerbefore she starts chemother-apy to combat her cancer. Inorder to send her off in styleand with the knowledge thather community was behindher in the fight, a surprise wasplanned.

“The school and the stu-dents with the help of hercoach, sister and the cheer-leading squad got everyone to-gether to wear lilac, or purple,for the game,” Cindy Rivas,Andrea’s older sister, said.

While Andrea Rivas wasdiagnosed on Sept. 18, the Ri-vas didn’t tell the school or herclassmates until last week, al-

lowing only a few days to planeverything. That’s when An-drea’s other sister, GabriellaRivas, 18, a recent graduateand former Clarksburg HighSchool cheerleader, used herconnections with the teamand coach Ashley McCasland,to recruit the fans. The “bluebrigade,” or the diehardfootball fans at Clarksburg,stepped up by donning purpleinstead of their usual blue.

“She’s going throughsuch an adult thing at such ayoung age, we wanted to showher the community had herback,” said McCasland, whohas known the Rivas familysince the early 2000s whenshe cheered with Cindy Rivasat Clarksburg High School.

When Andrea Rivas wasup in the air about to finish offher routine in the beginningof the fourth quarter, the au-dience displayed their purple,by taking off or adding a shirt,and held up a huge bannerthat read “Our Team BeatsCancer; We love you Andrea.”

“I don’t think there was adry eye in the stands, it wasreally cool to be a part of”McCasland said. “I think thewhole community really em-braced Andrea and the Rivasand wanted them to see howmuch support they have.”

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Clarksburg High School beats cancer

Balcombe named‘distinguished leader’Marilyn Balcombe, presi-

dent of the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber ofCommerce based in Gaith-ersburg, was named the 2014Distinguished Leader byLeadership Montgomery onSept. 22.

Leadership Montgom-ery, based in Rockville, is anine-month program for ap-plicants fromdifferent profes-sional backgrounds that offershands-on study and in-depthdiscussion of current issuesfacing the county.

Since graduating from theprogram in 2000, Balcombehas served on the recruitmentand selection committees andspokenat sessions, and for thepast two years she has servedas the core facilitator.

“Marilyn exemplifiesLeadership Montgomery’smission ofmakingMontgom-ery County a better place tolive and work,” said ValeriaLassiter, membership chair ofLeadership Montgomery, in a

press release.“Her steadfast support

andenthusiastic participationin LM programs and eventsare just part of the reason wefeel she is so deserving of thisaward,” Lassiter said.

Rice hosting upcountymeeting on Oct. 8Montgomery County

Council President Craig Ricewill hold a community meet-ing for upcounty residents onWednesday in Clarksburg.

The meeting will begin at6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria atRocky Hill Middle School at22401 Brick Haven Way offFrederickRoad (Md. 355)nearClarksburg High School.

Rice,who representsmostof the upcounty area, includ-ing Clarksburg, Damascusand Germantown, wants tohear about issues that are ontheminds of residents.

Formore information, call240-777-7955 or email Rice’soffice at [email protected].

PHOTO BY KATIE SEAGER

Clarksburg High School students uncovered a banner showing their support for Andrea Rivas, 16, as she begins her fight against Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

PHOTOS BY KATIE SEAGER

Senior varsity cheerleader Andrea Rivas, 16, reacts to the surprise her familyand community planned for her during last Friday’s football game at Clarks-burg High School.

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n Annual festival bringsfireworks and fun

BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER

STAFFWRITER

The 33rd annual German-town Oktoberfest will take placeon Sunday at High Point Farmin Clarksburg, inviting the wholecommunity to come out to andcelebrate the beginning of fallwithmusic, food andfireworks.

This year, after a three-yearabsence, the festival, which runsfrom noon to 7:30 p.m., will end

the day with a firework displaysponsored byWegmans.

Susan Austin, the chair ofGermantown Oktoberfest, ex-plained that the fireworks wereon hiatus the last couple of yearsfor a coupleof reasons, includinga lack of funding. She explainedthat three years ago the festivalmoved from Ridge Road Park inGermantowntoHighPointFarminClarksburg.

“Peoplewerea littlebit downon us,” Austin said about mov-ing Germantown’s Oktoberfestout of Germantown, but she ex-plained that the move made the

festival even better than before.High Point Farm provides

attendees with 10 acres of freeparking, aswell asplentyof roomfor the actual festivities. Ratherthan needing shuttle buses be-tween parking lots and the site,everything is close by and con-venient and there is a lot morespace for the thousands of peo-ple that comeout.

“Depending on the weatherwe get probably around 7000 to10,000 people, it varies fromyearto year,” Austin said.

This year, attendees canenjoy live performances from

Organ Grinder Lola and Mas-ter Bob, The Heidi and HelmutEcho Band, Friends of the Edel-weiss Band and the TraxlerDancers. Therewill be children’sgames and activities such as apumpkin painting station anda make-your-own scarecrowbooth. While admission to theevent itself is free, there is a feefor activities suchas games, sou-venirs, food and drinks.

Rocklands Farm Wineryand Market will host a free winetasting and will have additionalglasses of wine and bottles avail-able for purchase. Food, such as

German bratwursts and barbe-cue, will be for sale from variousfood trucks and vendors and theAmerican Legion will be sellingbeer.

“What’s Oktoberfest withoutbeer?” Austin saidwith a laugh.

Each year the Oktoberfestcommittee chooses beneficia-ries to give back to in one way oranother and this year a local BoyScout troop and Hometown He-roeswill be receiving donations.

“This year, because of theJewish holiday of Yom Kippur,it’s on Sunday instead of Satur-day,” Austin said.

Inaddition tovendors sellingcrafts and products, there willalso be informational booths.

“The LionsClubwill be theretooffer freevision, glaucomaandhearing tests,” Austin said,

Each year Austin sees justhowmuch people of all ages en-joyOktoberfest.

“It’s one of the largest freeevents in upper MontgomeryCounty. It was a little grassrootsthing that gathers the commu-nity together,” Austin said.

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n Theatre of Illusionbrings tricks and treats to

Germantown

BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDERSTAFFWRITER

Prepare to be amazed thisweekend when “Spencers: The-atre of Illusion” comes to Ger-mantown’s BlackRock Centerfor theArts to entertain and trickthe audience.

“I saw a magician performwhen I was about 5 years oldon TV and remember tellingmy mom, ‘When I grow up I’mgoing to be a magician,’” KevinSpencer, half of the illusion duo,said explaining that while manychildren change their mindevery year, he hung on to the“magic thing.”

Kevin Spencer grew up in asmall town in Indiana and spenthis time learning magic frombookshe foundat the library.Heworked his way through collegedoing magic, graduating with adegree in psychology.

“I had to make a decision asto if I wanted to do this as a ca-reer or have it as ahobby,”KevinSpencer said.

He decided pretty quicklyto pursue magic as a full-timejob and when he met and mar-ried Cindy, the second half of

the Spencer duo, their careertook off. The Spencers have per-formed their illusions for audi-ences around the world in 19

countries onfive continents andhave accumulated multipleawards over the years.

“We play fairly equal rolesin the presentation of the illu-sions, but I’m the guy you’restuck looking at,” Kevin Spen-cer said, explaining that CindySpencer also does a lot backstage to make sure the showruns smoothly.

Ever since Kevin Spencer

started seriously performing,he combined magic with the-ater to create his own uniqueart.

“I knew the kind of magicI wanted to perform,” KevinSpencer said. “I wanted to di-rect it toward adults, but be ap-propriate for kids.”

While both shows thisweekendwill be family friendly,Sunday’s performance will be

geared specifically towardsspecial needs children. Theshow is a little shorter and sen-sory friendly for those who areon the autism spectrum.

In addition to being a per-former, Kevin Spencer has alsobeen researching the use ofmagic in occupational physi-cal therapy and psychologi-cal therapy. He explained thatwhen he was involved in a carcrash and had to work to re-gain the skills he had lost inthe aftermath, he realized howrepetitive and boring the mun-dane movements were.

“Every one of the movesused in the magic tricks are thesame basic moves in therapy.Patients will work the magictrick every day without think-ing about the fact that theyare rotating their wrist,” KevinSpencer said.

He explained that if a doc-tor tells a patient to do spe-cific movements with his orher hands a certain number of

times a day, the patient mayforget or just not want to. How-ever, with a magic trick, theyare going to practice over andover again without even real-izing.

For children with specialneeds, Kevin Spencer saidmagic tricks improve socialskills, self confidence and selfesteem.

“It’s only a magic trick ifyou show it to someone,” KevinSpencer said.

The Spencers will host afree workshop at 9:30 a.m. Sat-urday at BlackRock for peoplewith special needs ages 8 to 15,followed by another at 11 a.m.for ages 16 to adult.

At each show, Kevin andCindy Spencer present theaudience with one-of-a-kindtricks in addition to the well-known illusions that everyoneexpects to see, except the Spen-cers perform it in their ownunique way.

“We really try to comeup with illusions that peoplehaven’t seen before. Either re-designed just for us or createdfor us,” Kevin Spencer said.

This weekend the Spencerswill be performing his favor-ites and fan favorites all in oneshow.

“The show is all of my fa-vorite tricks,” Kevin Spencersaid. “If a magician could havea greatest hits album, thiswould be it.”

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n Reyna Grande to speakWednesday in Germantown

BY VIRGINIA TERHUNESTAFFWRITER

Pursuing the Americandream has turned out wellfor Mexican American authorReyna Grande, but her successwas not achieved without a costto herself and her siblings.

Shehopesby tellingher ownstory in her latest book, “TheDistance Between Us,” that shecanput ahuman faceon the sta-tistics about immigration.

“It’s a family issue,” Grandesaid during a speech at TowsonUniversity on Thursday.

“I hope that by having amore personal insight, peoplewill think about it in a differentway than what you hear on tele-vision or from the politicians.”

A California resident,Grande will be speakingWednesday at MontgomeryCollege Germantown as part ofher tourwith theOneMaryland,One Book program.

During her talk at TowsonUniversity, Grande said that shefeels her story is also timely be-cause of the recent wave of chil-dren coming fromMexico to theU.S. on their own.

“I’m not a journalist, and I’mnot an activist, but I still wantedto contribute to the [conversa-tion] thatweasacountryarehav-ingabout immigration,” she said.

“[The book] is about every-thing lost and everything gainedby coming to theU.S.,” she said.

Grande was born in a shackon theoutskirts of Iguala, a smallcity between Mexico City andAcapulco.

“It was made out of sticksand cardboard, and it had a dirtfloor, and no running water,”she said during her talk at Tow-sonUniversity.

When she was a young childin the mid-1970s, her fatherdreamedofbuildingabrickhousefor his family andwent to Califor-nia’s Central Valley to work as anundocumented farmworker.

Hermother later joinedhim,leaving the children in the careof a grandmother.

As a child, Grande said shefelt living in abrickhousewasn’tworth their absence, but sheun-derstood her father better afterhearing the story of the threelittle pigs on the radio inMexico.

The wolf in the story blowsdown two houses of straw andwoodbut fails todestroy ahousemade of brick.

“To him it was away to keepus safe from all the bad thingshappening outside,” Grandesaid.

“I can trace back to thatmo-ment formydecision to becomeawriter,” she said at Towson.

In 1985, Grande’s fatherbrought his children to Cali-fornia, where he was workingsteadily as a maintenance em-ployee at a retirement home. Bythen, her parents had separatedand so much time had gone bysince she and her siblings hadseen their parents.

“The family broke up, andthings never really got back tonormal,” Grande said. “Wewerenever quite able to recover fromthat separation.”

In 1990, when she was 15,Grande and her family got theirgreen cards, which enabledthem to legally live and work intheU.S.

“I took that green card andran with it,” said Grande, whoearned a bachelor’s degree increative writing and film andvideo from the University ofCalifornia, Santa Cruz.

“I was the first person in myfamily to graduate fromcollege,”said Grande, who later receiveda master in fine arts degree increative writing from AntiochUniversity.

Since then Grande has writ-ten twonovels—“Across aHun-dred Mountains” published in2006 and “Dancing with Butter-flies” published in 2009.

“TheDistance BetweenUs,”published in 2012, was a finalistfor aNationalBookCircleCriticsAward.

Now working on her fourthbook, Grande presently teachescreative writing in the UCLA Ex-tension program.

“Born in a little shack to be-coming a 2014 Maryland bookauthor – it’s a dream come trueforme,” she said at Towson.

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n When: 11 a.m. Wednesday,Oct. 1

n Where: Globe Hall, HighTech Building, 20200Observation Drive,Germantown

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n For information:montgomerycollege.edu/athenaeum

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n President of Indonesiais a guest at opening of

building his country funded

BY RAISA CAMARGOSTAFFWRITER

The Indonesian-AmericanMuslim community congre-gated in Silver Spring Friday tocelebrate the opening of theirfirst IMAAM Center for reli-gious worship and dispel ste-reotypes about Islam.

The inauguration of the11,266-square-foot buildingwas twodecades in themaking.

Firdaus Kadir is one of thefounderswhopioneered the ef-forts to open the center. Kadirenvisioned a place where theIndonesian Muslim commu-nity can find unity, with socialservices.Hedelivereda sermonto a roomful of men wearingtraditional black caps knownaspeci and women using jilbabs,or Indonesian Islamic headscarves.

Kadir reiterated the need toembrace Islam in a multicul-tural society. “Pluralism doesnot require leaving our identi-ties behind,” he told the crowdduring the traditional Juma’hprayer.

The Indonesian MuslimAssociation in America, orIMAAM, is a nonprofit, reli-gious, charitable organizationbased in Rockville.

In June, IMAAMpurchasedthe vacant building at 9100GeorgiaAve. in Silver Spring for$2.7 million, according to stateproperty records.

The completion of the

IMAAM Center was made pos-siblebecauseof a$3milliongov-ernmentgrant fromIndonesia.

Thepresident of Indonesia,Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono,whose term expires Oct. 20,came to the inauguration toshow support.

Referring to recent strifeinvolving the Middle East andtheUnitedStates, thepresidentsaid that such acts of “animos-ity” are inward looking.

He said the purpose of thecenter is to promote “peace,love andcommunity”—toem-brace other faiths and educatenon-Muslims about the valuesof the religion.

“It was beyond our expec-tations,” Kadir said. “We didnot know the president of In-donesiawould stopbyandhelpto fire the spot.”

The opening of a mosquebecame a focus for the nine

founders when IMAAM be-came a registered nonprofitin 1993. Four of the originalfounders remain.

Kadir said it was difficult tounite the Indonesian Muslimcommunity. When he arrivedduring the 1980s as a new im-migrant, there were not manyMuslim community centers.

“We were less than 200 im-migrants. About a decade later,we saw a steady increase in thenumber of immigrants. We sawtheneed for thenecessity for thesocial services amongourselves,including religious services,” hesaid.

While it was a struggleto raise funds, the founderscontinued to organize com-munity activities by rentingpublic space from Montgom-ery County Public Schools andat other government buildings.

The challenge was find-

ing a vacant property to builda mosque. IMAAM wanted anadequate location that wouldaccommodate a large enoughnumber of people and thatwould be accessible to the D.C.metro area.

Then, the group worked toget donations to build the cen-ter, holding annual fundrais-ers. IMAAM received its grantinMay.

After listening to her fatherduring the afternoon prayer,Kadir’s daughter, Zahara, 23,said she felt inspired by whatthey had accomplished.

“He teared up at the end,”she said. “That moment justsignifies how long it has takenfor this community to come to-gether.”

“For him personally,” shesaid, “what kept him goingis my brother and myself, sohis kids is what he wanted tomake this community for. If hewanted to leave behind some-thing, he wanted to leave be-hind the teachings of Islam.”

Many guests who attendedthe afternoon prayer traveledfrom other parts ofMaryland.

Wita Pradonggo, an Indo-nesian Muslim, has lived inRockville for the past 20 years.She said the opening of theIMAAM Center makes it a loteasier to practice Islam. It alsohelps her acquaint herself withthe rest of the Indonesian-AmericanMuslim community.

“It makes us more knowl-edgeable with others, espe-cially Americans, that we arehere,” she said.

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Mayanti Farah (left) of Germantown and Ina Nasution of Rockville talk inthe prayer room of the new IMAAM Center in Silver Spring after an inaugu-ration ceremony on Friday.

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n Temple Hills resident hitbranches in Germantown,

Silver Spring

BYDANIEL LEADERMAN

STAFFWRITER

A Temple Hills man wassentenced to six years in prisonFriday for robbing five banksbetweenMay and September of2013.

Pierre RamoneWashington,29, stole $3,109 from a CapitalOneBank branch at 11261 blockof New Hampshire Avenue inSilver Spring on May 22, ac-cording to his plea agreement.Also in Montgomery County,Washington stole $5,700 froma branch in the 21117 block ofFrederick Road in GermantownJuly 24.

Washington also robbedbanks in Glen Burnie on June 27and Crownsville on Sept. 17.

On Sept. 26, he robbed aSunTrust Bank at 4625 OldBranch Ave. in Temple Hills,stealing $430.

In each case, he presentedthe teller with a note demand-ingmoney, according to thepleaagreement.

Washington pleaded guiltyin May to one count of bankrobbery.

U.S. District Judge DeborahK. Chasanow gave Washingtonsix years in prison, followed bythree years of supervised re-lease, and ordered him to pay$13,861 in restitution, accordingto theU.S. Attorney’s Office.

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n But at new store inMontgomery County, sales

are on the rise

BYDANIEL LEADERMANSTAFFWRITER

When Cory Brown openedUnited Gun Shop in Rockvillein August 2013, Maryland’ssweeping gun-control law wasabout to go into effect, placingmajor restrictions on what hecould sell andwho could buy it.

But business has beengrowing steadily, Brown said inan interview. “It’s been on anupward trend since we began,”he said.

The law, which took effectOct. 1, 2013, requires thosepurchasing handguns to have alicense and bans certain semi-automatic rifles deemed to be“assault weapons” as well asmagazines that holdmore than10 rounds of ammunition.

Brown said he opened hisstore because he felt he couldcompete on prices. But hedidn’t have all of the necessarypermits to sell handguns untilJanuary.

Sales of handguns — in-cludingmodelsmade by Glock,and Smith andWesson— shot-guns and rifles are steady, hesaid.

There’s also a growingmar-ket for pistol-caliber carbines,essentially short rifles that usepistol ammunition, for use inhome defense.

The owners of other gunshops in the county say busi-ness has definitely taken a hitsince the law took effect.

“We’re selling very fewhandguns due to the licens-ing requirements,” said AndyRaymond, owner of EngageArmament in Rockville, which

manufactures guns as well assells them.

After a surge in sales beforethe law took effect in 2013, saleshave dropped about 20 percentcompared to 2012, Raymondsaid.

The Handgun QualificationLicense, issuedby theMarylandStatePolice, requires applicantsto submit fingerprints and getsafety training that includesboth classroom instruction andlive-fire practice with a gun.

But the license is “just an-other hoop to jump through”that will discourage peoplefrom legally buying guns, Ray-mond said.

Handgun sales at AtlanticGuns—with locations in Rock-ville and Silver Spring — also

are down, both from 2013 andfromprevious years, saidownerSteve Schneider, who cited theinconvenience of getting thelicense.

Most courses cost upwardof $100. With the cost of finger-printing and the license itself,buyers can find themselvesspending $200 just toqualify forownership, Schneider said. It’salso not always easy for peopleto find time to complete thetraining, and some older cus-tomers have had trouble navi-gating the state police website,he said.

“All [the law has] done isslow the sale of handguns in thestate. It won’t impact the mis-use of guns,” Schneider said.

But Brown said another ef-

fect of the law is that peoplemaking their first handgunpurchase tend to be better edu-cated about their first firearmsthan in the past.

And a substantial backlogof paperwork at the MarylandState Police that once facedthose wanting to purchase aregulated firearm — such asa handgun or a now-bannedassault weapon — no longerexists, Brown said. When thestore submits paperwork to thestate police regarding a hand-gun purchase, it usually getsan acknowledgement within 24hours, he said.

From the day the law tookeffect until early September,state police receivedmore than16,500 applications for Hand-gun Qualification Licenses andapproved 15,965 of them, saidSgt. Marc Black, a state policespokesman.

The average time between

the submission of an applica-tion and its verification overthe course of the first year is 14days, Black said.

Brown said there’s stillroom for improved efficiencyin the amount of paperworkhandgun purchasers need tofill out,which runs tofivepages.And both Brown and Raymondsaid state police haven’t alwaysbeen clear whether some fire-arms are banned according tothe new law.

Marylanders to PreventGunViolence,which advocatedfor the law’s passage in 2013,acknowledges that it’s too earlyto directlymeasure the law’s ef-fect on gun crime, but said ina statement that fingerprint li-censing measures have helpedreduce gun violence in otherstates where they have beenadopted.

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n Republican candidatewants to lower corporateincome tax, repeal rain tax

BY JENNDAVIS

STAFFWRITER

Al Phillips isn’t satisfiedwith the direction Maryland ismoving and the decisions beingmade by current state lawmak-ers, so he’s taking matters intohis own hands.

The Gaithersburg Repub-lican is running for a state del-egate seat in District 39, which

includes Clarksburg, German-town, Montgomery Village andparts of Gaithersburg.

“I have a laundry list of is-sues where I disagree with thesepeople,” Phillips said. “I believethat sometimes you need to bethe change youwant to see or atleastmake an attempt to be it.”

Since filing to run, Phillips,49, said he has participated inseveral regional events, such asthe Gaithersburg Labor Day Pa-rade and Montgomery VillageFourth of July Parade, to meetvoters. He plans to attend futurecommunity events, and hostmeet-and-greets to get to know

voters bet-ter.

“ I ’ v ebeen do-ing thingshere andthere but Ibelieve nowI’m in fullcampaignm o d e , ”

Phillips said, adding that he alsohadflyers andyard signs createdto give out to citizens.

Although there are many is-sues Phillips hopes to tackle inoffice, the largest one is chang-ing various tax rates.

Lowering the corporate in-come tax rate to make it morecompetitive with Virginia’s is amajorpriority forPhillips.Byhav-ingahighercorporate incometaxrate than Virginia, Maryland islosing businesses to its southernneighbor, Phillips said.

Other necessary changes in-clude reducing the tax rates ongasoline, alcohol and tobacco,Phillips said. Climbing tax rateson these items are pushing con-sumers to spend their moneyoutside of the state where taxesare lower, he added.

“If gas, alcohol and tobaccotaxes are more competitive with

Virginia’s taxes, then peoplewon’t have an excuse or reasonto leave the state and buy thingsand then the revenue would stayhere,” he said.

Phillips is also in favor of re-pealing the rain tax, calling it a“nuisance”taxthatjusttakesmoremoneyoutof citizens’pockets.

“Maryland is the only state inthe United States that taxes therain,” he said. “I’ve been told bypeople that in Texas people prayfor itandinMaryland, theytax it.”

Phillips has served on theMontgomeryCountyRepublicanCentral Committee representingDistrict 39 since being elected in

2010. He ismarried andworks asaplumber.

In 2010, Phillips unsuc-cessfully ran for the same del-egate seat, losing to current Dels.Charles Barkley (D) of German-town, Kirill Reznik (D) of Ger-mantown and Shane Robinson(D) of Montgomery Village. Allare running for re-election.

Republican challeng-ers include Xiangfei Cheng ofMontgomery Village and GloriaChang of Germantown.

The general election is Nov.4.

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n Former prosecutor alsofocusing on economy,

traffic

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If he’s elected MontgomeryCounty executive, RepublicanJim Shalleck says hismain focuswould be public safety, particu-larly school safety.

“I really believe we need apolice presence and a police carat every one of our 202 schools,”said Shalleck,who lives inMont-gomery Village. “Now they areonly at the high schools.”

He also would like the

county toget rid ofp o r t a b l eclassroomsnow usedat manys c h o o l s ,saying theyare vul-nerable toattack, un-

comfortable and not safe.Shalleck, 68, moved to the

county in 1989 to take a jobwiththeU.S. JusticeDepartment. Be-fore that heworked inNew YorkCity and was assistant districtattorney in the Bronx. Duringthat time, he said, heprosecutedDavid Berkowitz, the notorious“Son of Sam,” for threemurders

in the Bronx.“Most of my professional

cases dealt with murder and Ifirst saw what evil can do,” hesaid.

That is why he is adamantabout school safety, he said, sothat noparentswill have to go toa school wondering if their childwas alive or not.

“It’s my first priority by awide stretch,” Shalleck said. “[It]has to be the main concern ofthe county executive.”

To fund the extra police offi-cers—“at least 200morepolice,”he said — and equipment, hewould look fora3percentacross-the-boardspendingcut,except inthepublic safety budget.

Calling himself a fiscal con-

servative,hesaidhewould lookateliminating nonessential spend-ing from the county’s $5 billionbudget.

For one thing, the countyshould get out of the liquor busi-ness, he said.

“We are the only county intheUnitedStates thathas its ownliquor stores, warehouses andtrucks,” he said. “We can makeabout$50million fromthesaleofthe initial assets and more afterthat in taxes.”

Healsohasamoralobjectionto the county’s liquor business.

“The government shouldn’tbe selling liquor,” he said.

Shalleck said he also wouldrecruit businesses to the countyto expand its economy. Although

he would offer tax breaks andother incentives, he said, theeconomy would benefit fromthe new employees who wouldspendmoney andpay taxes.

“This expands the revenuebase,” he said. “My view is thatthe private sector is the enginefor economic growth. I think ifyou had a Republican county ex-ecutive, it would send the signalthat this is a business-friendlycounty.”

Shalleck also would like thecounty to establish a four-yearcollegeandattractanArenaFoot-ball League teamorminor leaguebaseball club.

Traffic congestion continuesasaproblem,onehewants toad-dress by looking at what he calls

the “car problem.”“Myviewis thatMontgomery

County is car driven,” he said. “Iwant to see the roads wider andsmarter use of the roads.”

One such “smarter use” is toreverse some lanes of Interstate270 during rush hours, therebyadding extra lanes for the maintrafficflow.Healso saidhe thinksbuses are the cheapest and bestway to alleviate congestion.

“It doesn’t take 10 years tobuild a bus line,” he said.

Shalleck is running againstDemocrat Isiah Leggett, who isseeking a third term.

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n Site became a registeredarchaeological spot

BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER

STAFFWRITER

On a normal summer day

in Clarksburg 57 years ago, aCapital Airlines training planecrashed mere feet away from ahouse located inwhat is nowLit-tle Bennett Regional Park killingall three passengers on board.

That tragedy was all but for-gotten until a local man brows-

ing a database of Marylandcrashes became intrigued bythe incident, leading him on ajourney to uncover as many de-tails about the crash as possiblebefore presenting it to state ar-chaeologists to be registered asan official archaeological site.

David Cohen, of Damascus,said he has always been a his-tory and aviation buff, so whenhe found stories about the 1957plane crash he started research-ingand interviewingpeoplecon-nected to the crash.

“What initially gotmestartedwas misinformation,” Cohensaid. “A retired Capital Airlinesperson online said these partswere still on the site in Clarks-burg.”

Cohen quickly found outthat the wreckage was removedwithin a week of the crash andif anything was left behind itwouldbe small andhard to iden-tify. When he realized the crashsitewasnowMontgomeryPark’sland he went to the archaeolo-gists there to see if he could “runwith the ball” researching.

“I don’t think they had anyidea Iwasgoing to take it as far asI did,” Cohen saidwith a laugh.

Cohen found out that thecounty was planning on demol-ishing the house that stood nearthe site and digging up a con-crete pad directly over where hethought the plane had crashed.He took that as an opportunityto look for evidence.

In January 2014, when thecrews were slated to dig, Cohenwas there with the president ofthe Mid-Potomac Chapter of theArchaeological Society of Mary-land,DonHousley,whotheParksDepartmentsentout tosupervisethe informal surface collection.

“David and I went in andwent through the dirt to see ifwe could find some evidence,”Housley said. “We collectedabout seven artifacts, three ofwhich David was convincedwere part of the aircraft.”

Afterwards, Housley wroteup a proposal and filled out the“daunting” forms to register the

exact location as an official ar-chaeological site.

“The Maryland HistoricalTrust, which is part of MarylandDepartment of Planning is re-sponsible for archaeological sitesin the state of Maryland. [Sites}are registered through them,”Housley said. “When they gavethis site a registerednumber theysaid it had some significance.”

Currently, Housley saidthat Montgomery County hasabout 730 registered archaeo-logical sites.

“A lot are on park land, a lotare obvious sites that go withhistoric buildings,” Housleysaid.

Because theHistorical Trustof Maryland wants to preservethe sites as best as they can, theregistered sites are not publiclypublished.

As for the crash site, Cohenhopes for there to be a plaque tomark the site and explain whathappened at that point.

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District 1During an interviewwithThe

Gazette’s editorial board, RepublicanJimKirkland framed the race like this:A vote for him is a call formore funinMontgomeryCounty’s nightlife. Avote for theDemocratic incumbent,RogerBerliner, is acceptance of a bor-ingbedroomcommunity.

Kirkland’smajor platformpoint isrestructuring the county governmentworkforce—andprivate employ-ment, if companieswill go for it— tocreate a family shift during thedayanda “partiers” shift that starts late inthemorning and ends in the evening.He says itwill rejuvenate the “coma-tose” social scene and lessen trafficcongestion.

Kirklanddoesn’t havemuchgravi-tas ormanydeep thoughts on sub-stantive issues.

On theother hand, Berliner hasaccomplishments and goals.Hehasideas forworkforce training.He is awatchdogonenergy issues andutil-ity regulation,which isn’t surprising,consideringhis background in energylaw.He is pushing to add reliabilityandperformance as conditions for thePepco-Exelonmerger.

Berliner should remain theDistrict1 councilman.

District 2RepublicanDick Jurgenawas one

of themorepleasant candidateswetalkedwith, but amiable shouldn’t beconfusedwith qualified.

Hewasdriven to run for publicofficebecause of howhe thought theschool system is failing—which thecouncil has little power to change.

Inmaking a standardpitch to cuttaxes and spending, Jurgena addedthat he’s against having aminimumwage.

He suggested funnelingmoney for

roadsprojects into ahigh-speed Inter-net infrastructure likeChattanooga,Tenn., has. Thenumber of peoplelured intoworking inMontgomeryCounty insteadof passing through toD.C. jobswould ease the transporta-tionproblems, he said.

Jurgenafloated anunusual anduntenable idea for campaignfinance:only let people living in adistrict do-nate to candidates running in thatdistrict.

Democratic incumbentCraig L.Rice speaks smartly andpassionatelyon a variety of issues.Hewas the onlycouncil candidatewho talked aboutkeeping agriculture a sustainable busi-ness,which is an economic and land-protection issue.

Rice’s campaignfinance idea ismore sensible— fundraising andspending caps in local races.

He’sworking on, amongotherthings, legislation to giveMontgomeryCounty businesses preferencewhenawarding contracts.

WebelieveRice, a former statedelegate, has good sensibilities andinitiative, andmerits another term.

District 4Democratic incumbentNancy

Navarrohas establishedherself as anadvocate onbusiness andminorityissues.

Shewasbehind the LatinoCivicProject that helps get Latino residentsmore connected to and informedabout their local government. She saidit has prompted residents to speakabout broader issues, not justminor-ity-focused concerns, like English as asecondary language instruction.

Navarrohas been involved inmany community projects and servedon the school board. She seems to

have a goodgraspof a broad survey ofissues.

Her opposition is not substantial.Republican JohnO’Malley describeshimself as a libertarian, concernedabout government abuses in a surveil-lance state. This is a healthy skepti-cism tohave, butO’Malley doesn’tmakemuchof a case that a county of-ficial canbe a significant safety valve.

His platform is equally general—cut unnecessary “nuisance” taxes,restrict government services to onlywhat’s necessary.He, too, says thegovernment shouldnot set amini-mumwage.

Navarrowoulddisagree, and sodowe.

Navarro is a sound choice for con-tinuing to representDistrict 4.

Districts 3 and 5GaithersburgMayor SidneyA.

Katz, aDemocrat running inDistrict3, andDel. TomHucker, aDemocratrunning inDistrict 5,won their prima-ries and are unopposed in the generalelection.

At largeWhenweaskedDemocratic

CouncilwomanNancyM. Floreenif a Republican could get elected tothe council, she didn’t hesitate longbefore replying “No.” The challengersare goodpeople, she said, butGOPcandidates showupevery four yearsanddo little in between.

We’re loath to only endorseDem-ocrats—even inMontgomery,whereDemocrats have a 3-to-1 advantageover Republicans. But Floreen’swordsring true.

We respect anyonewhocaresenough to run for public office. But,over andover,weheard this electionseason fromchallengers in county,state and federal raceswhoknow

littlemore thanhow to sayno.Manyweren’t versed inbudget issues anddidn’t have specific ideas ofwhat tochange.

In the council race, Republicansput up amixedbagof challengers forthe four at-large seats.

RobertDyer is against thebus-rapid transit plan and supports hav-ing aprivate companybuild anewcrossing over thePotomacRiver tojump-start economicdevelopment byreachingDulles International Airport.He said the incumbents have apoortrack recordonbringing inmajor in-dustry.

Adol T.Owen-Williams II is brash;his frustrationquickly reaches acrescendo.He is outraged about thehigh cost of housingpermits.He saysthe reasoningbehind thebag tax isbogus.Heblasts government leaderswho support services andbenefits forillegal immigrants.He is longon criti-cism, short on solutions.

Chris P. Fiotes Jr. canceled ascheduledmeetingwith our edito-rial board.Hehas ignored severalsubsequent invitations tomeetwiththeboardor speakwith a reporter fora candidate profile. Candidateswhodon’tmake themost basic attempt totalk to voters through their local news-paper can’t be seriously considered.

TheRepublicanwe likedbestwasShelly Skolnick.Whatever you think ofhis ideas, hehas plenty of them; somehavemerit.Whynot build centersfor bus riders atMetro stations,withseats, restroomsand food courts?Howabout offeringmore savings forMetroriders outside of thepeakperiods?FreeMontgomeryCollege tuition forfirst responders andpublic-school tu-tors? A “penny round-up” tax at storesto replace thebag tax? (OK, someofhis ideas are clunkers.)

GreenParty candidate TimWillardis concentrating on cutting depen-denceon fossil fuels andpromoting

renewable energy.His ideas on rentcontrol and retrofitting buildings tocreate affordable housing seemrea-sonable, butwe can’t support himover the incumbents.

That leaves the fourDemocratsseekingnewat-large terms. Eachof-fers particular accomplishments andexpertise.

Floreen, a formermayor ofGarrettPark, is a plain-talking skepticwhoun-derstands local government. She saidsheworked to create theMontgomeryBusinessDevelopmentCorp. to cutthroughbureaucracy andpolitics thatcanhamper business growth.

MarcElrich, a formerTakomaPark councilman, spearheadedoneofthemost significant updates inMont-gomeryCounty in years: a regional in-crease in theminimumwage, pushingthe county aheadof the state and thecountry on a crucial economic issue.He’s not afraid to be the lone voice ofdissent and is a leader on transporta-tion issues.

HansRiemerhas helped thecounty governmentmake good stridesonopenness, particularly in gettingpublic information anddata onto theweb.He toldus that thenext step isgetting allMarylandPublic Informa-tionAct requests to the county and theresults online, too, a transparency andinformationmeasurewe fully support.Riemerhasworkedon ideas to im-prove the county’s nightlife and saidhewants to ease the county out of theliquor business.

Finally, there’sGeorge L. Leven-thal, whohas been strongonhealth is-sues andaffordable housing.Heplansto introducebills on goodgovernanceinhomeowners associations andban-ning lawnchemicals andpesticides,except for agricultural land, andhasideas for streamlining government.

We recommend fourmore yearsfor the four at-large incumbents.

For County Council, keep the incumbents

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Today, The Gazette continues itsendorsements for contested races inthe Nov. 4 general election.

Twomenare asking for yourvote asMontgomeryCounty ex-ecutive, and they offer two starklydifferent pictures of the county.

County Executive Isiah Leggett,theDemocrat, believes hehasnavigated the county throughdif-ficult fiscal times over the last eightyears.Hewants a third term lead-ingMontgomerywhen times aren’tso tough.

JimShalleck, theRepublican,emphasizes public safety,wantingapolice presence in eachMont-gomeryCounty school and theeliminationof portable classroomsoutside county schools. ShallecktoldGazette editors the countycouldprivatize its liquor sales toraisemillions that could go toschool construction.Heoffers boldideas like a four-year university inthe county or a professional sportsteam.

Someof Shalleck’s ideas arerefreshing, even if they are abit un-realistic.We like his idea of privatiz-ing county liquor sales, an issuewe’ve supported.His other ideasare less excitingupon reflection.With the growth at theUniversi-ties at ShadyGrove, a newcollegecouldbeunnecessary. AAAAbase-ball teamcouldbe anice frill, butwewonder if voterswouldpreferan executivewhowould exert hisenergy onbasic issues like trans-portation andnot onbold ideasfor newamenities. Andwewonderwhether parentswould stomachanincreasedpolice presence at everyschool.

For theprimary, TheGazettechosenot to endorse Leggett.Webelieved, and still do, that hemustbeheld accountable for thedebacleof the Silver SpringTransit Center.

Itwas supposed to open in 2010 ata cost of $95million. Still not open,theprice taghas reached $120mil-lion. Theproject stains Leggett’srecord.

Inhismeetingwith our editors,Leggett said he couldhave ac-ceptedquickfixes thatwouldhaveallowed the center to open, leavingthebulk of the issues for his succes-sor.Wepraise Leggett for taking alonger viewandaccepting respon-sibility for theproblems.

Leggett offers fewer bold ideas,but his goals are realistic andhe’sin touchwith the county’s needs.Hewants to help growcertain sec-tors of thework force, focusingon the importance of training infields—such asplumbing—oftenoverlooked in thepursuit of col-lege degrees, even though they areimportant careers that canprovidegood incomes.He alsopoints to hissuccesses at streamlining countygovernment; a fire code inspectionthat once took six to eightweeksnowcanbe completed in threedays.He rightfully showspride indescribing foreign companies thathave located inMontgomery.

He also seemed to softenonone issue: the energy tax. In June,hepointedout theCountyCouncilreduced the energy tax, not him. Inourmore recentmeeting, Leggettsaid hebelieved the energy taxcouldhave “challenged” certainbusinesses and said it’sworth ex-aminingways tomake sure it’s notunfairly impacting sectors.He alsocalled for “lower costs,” a signalthat he couldbewilling to reduceMontgomery taxes further.

Althoughwedidn’t endorseLeggett in June’s primary election,webelieve Leggett’s executive ex-periencemakes himabetter choiceto lead the county andhedeservesa third term.

Leggett has earnedanother term

Just before Maryland’s June 24 pri-mary election, gubernatorial candidateAnthony Brown said he considered theprimary as “thebigger objective”and that the gen-eral election wasa “little bit of amolehill to takein November.”Yet, after cruis-ing to victory inJune, Brown ishaving difficultyconquering thatmolehill. Or, asMeet The Press’sChuck Todd putsit, “Brown is acting like a candidate whocan’t put (RepublicanLarry)Hoganaway,and inablue state likeMaryland, that tellsyouBrown is struggling.”

Can Larry Hogan win in the nation’sfourthmost liberal statewhichonly electsRepublicangovernorsevery36years?Fiveweeks before election day, here’s howthings stand:

The CampaignsIf Hogan gets every Republican and

every independent vote he still loses in astate where Dems are 55 percent of theregistered voters. That’s why Hogan iscampaigning against Maryland’s hightaxes and stagnant economy, a messagewith crossover appeal. Brown doesn’twant to fight on that battlefield, so he’spainting Hogan as a “right-wing extrem-ist” on social issues. Brown wants theelection to be a referendum on abor-tion, gun control and civil rights, not theO’Malley/Brown taxhikes.

Meanwhile, Brown is laying low let-ting his campaignmanager, Justin Schall,domost of the talking.Will it be BrownorSchall who shows up to debateHogan onTV?

MoneyIn the last four gubernatorial elec-

tions theDemnominees ranuncontestedin the primary allowing them to build biggeneral electionwar chests. This primary,Brown spent $11 million defeating a pairof contenders so now he’s forced to re-build his finances.

Meanwhile, Hogan took $2.6 millioninpublic campaignfinancing freeing himof fundraising but capping his spending.

The GOP can pitch in an additional $3.7million but, by election day, Brown willstill outspend Hogan 4 to 1. Advantage,Brown.

Lt. Governor CurseThanks to “administration fatigue”,

no lieutenant governor has ever suc-ceeded an incumbent Maryland gover-nor. But Brownwould also beMaryland’sfirst African-American governor, whichmayoffset thehex.

Voter TurnoutHogan is helped because it’s a mid-

term(non-presidential)electionwhentheturnout is traditionally older and whiter(nationally, black turnout slipped from61percent in2008 to44percent in2010) andbecause it’saRepublicanyear (it looks liketheGOPwillwin theU.S. senate).

Maryland’s primary turnoutwas a re-cord lowandNov. 4’smaybeasbadsincethere’s no U.S. Senate race here this yearand because most seats were decided inthe primary. The three remaining com-petitive county executive races (Freder-ick, Howard and Anne Arundel) are notin Brown’s strongest counties andno oneknowshowchangingMaryland’sprimaryfromSeptember to Junewill effect theNo-vember turnout.

Nationally, Republicans aremore en-ergized thanDems (79 percent of Repub-licans are “certain to vote” compared to66percent ofDems).Until he gothis “warbounce,” President Obama was pollingworse (41 percent favorable) thanGeorgeW.Bush at the samepoint in their secondterms.

What hurts Hogan is his lack of anelection base (he’s never held office) andMaryland’s enormous African-Americanvote, up to 25 percent of the electorate.Hogan has a black runningmate but thatdoesn’t offset the allure of electing Mary-land’s first black governor.

PollingBecause the newspapers are broke,

there’s a dearth of public polling so far.Post-primary polls showed Brown aheadby18to20points.Amid-AugustGOPpoll,discounted by most observers, showedHogan trailing by only 3 points. Then,a flawed CBS/New York Times poll putBrown 12 points ahead. But this poll’smethodology is suspect and it weighted

blacks as 28 percent of turnout, a highlyunlikely prospect.

So, lacking good polling data, we’resifting through tea leaves for clues. Ru-mors of a tightening race appear substan-tiated by some unusual Brown campaignmoves. Is goingwildlynegativeonHoganbefore LaborDay a tell?

Brown’s harsh TV attack ads takeextreme liberties with the truth. For in-stance, Brown is holding Hogan respon-sible for the high university tuition rateswhich occurred during the Ehrlich ad-ministration. Hogan is responsible, saysBrown, because he was Ehrlich’s patron-age chief at the time.

Likewise,Brown’sproof thatHogan isanti-abortion rests on a statementHoganmade 30 years ago when he was 28 yearsold. Are theDems using these wild smeartactics because they’re afraid of Hogan orsimply because the’ve always worked inthepast thanks toacomplicitpresscorps?

Also, the Democratic Governor’s As-sociation is now airing $750,000 of anti-Hogan attack ads, a real eyebrow-raisersince the DGA normally spends only inbattleground states, not in one-partyMaryland. And Gov. O’Malley, this week,announced he’s interrupting his presi-dential campaign to help Brown inMary-land.

Other tea leaves include a tighten-ing U.S. Senate race next door in Virginiawhere Republican Ed Gillespie closed a22-point gap to only nine points againstDemU.S. Sen. Mark Warner (Quinnipiacpoll). Is something going onout there?

But, forBrown,perhapsthemostwor-risome tea leafwas theprimary turnout inhis home county, Prince George’s, whichhe represented in the state legislature. InJunehewon77percentof theDemocraticvote there but turnout was only 19.5 per-cent,worst among thebigcounties. Whatdoes it mean when so few come out for afavorite son in ahotly contestedprimary?

The black vote is Brown’s ace-in-the-hole, a low black turnout could cost himthe election. So look for a repeat of 1998whenParrisGlendeningbeatEllenSauer-braywithhis last-minuterace-basedscareads that droveblacks to thepolls. Itwan’tpretty but itworked.

Blair Lee is chairman of the board ofLee Development Group in Silver Springand a regular commentator for WBALradio. His past columns are available atwww.gazette.net/blairlee. His email ad-dress is [email protected].

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OVID HAZEN WELLS RECREATIONAL PARKDRAFT MASTER PLAN UPDATEn What: public hearing

n When: About 4:55 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2 (Check Planning Boardagenda before the hearing for exact time)

n Where: Planning Board, 8787 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring

n For more information: montgomeryplanningboard.org/agenda.

n For maps, photos and background information: See planners’draft dated July 25, 2014, on the planning board’s web site atmontgomeryplanningboard.org/agenda.

talk about the project and learnmore about working toward asustainable environment.

Although all of them are notvolunteering time on Saturday,they have all have been askedto make a bottle brick as partof their environmental scienceclass, Rogner said.

Montgomery Parks tookthe first step of the construction

process by building a woodengazebo-like structure to protectthe bench from theweather, saidparknaturalist Lynette Lenz.

On Saturday, volunteersfrom The Harvest Collectiveworked on the foundation bycovering pieces of leftover con-crete from the park mainte-nance shedwith bags of dirt.

Bamboo growing alongLittle Seneca Lake will be usedto build the structure for theback of the bench, which will bemade out of the bottle bricks.

Roberto Clemente seventhgraders Amol Agrawal, 11; TejasGuha, 12; and Varun Gangad-haran, 12, all said they recycle athome, but building somethingout of usedmaterials was some-thing different.

“This is unique, making abenchoutof bottles, and it’s alsoservice learning hours,” Agrawalsaid.

Working with them wasDenish Pasupuleti, 13, an eighthgrader at Rocky Hill MiddleSchool in Clarksburg.

While the boys helped siftrocks out of dirt and load it intobags, David Waters with TheHarvest Collective showed an-other group of students how tomake cob, a natural buildingmaterial made from a mix ofsand, gravel, water and straw.

Christie Chan of German-town said her youngest daugh-ter Abby, 9, liked working withthe cob.

“She can’t wait to go back toBlackHill Park and seepeople us-ingthebench,”ChristieChansaid.

Elder daughter SydneyChan, 11, also liked workingwith the naturalmaterials.

“It’s interesting to dohands-on stuff, and to be outside anddoing community service,” saidSydney Chan. “It’ll be here fora long time, and people will beable to see it.”

The last step in the processwill be to plaster the bench andimbed pieces of broken dishesand other left-over ceramics toform a mosaic that will includeorangeandblack colors to evoke

Monarch butterflies, Lenz said.“Building this bench is a

win-win for everyone,” ChristieChan said.

“We [the volunteers] learnedhow to recycle plastic bottles,plastic bags and other eco-friendly materials to help createa bottle brick bench,” she said.“Once it is complete, peoplevisiting Black Hills will have theopportunity to use this benchfor years to come.”

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break-up sigh” before sayingthat Carter had a tumor and itwas probably cancer.

“They told me to immedi-ately go to Johns Hopkins, I wasreally scared,” JessicaFurey said,explaining that the doctor toldher she didn’t even have time togo grab her dad from home be-fore going to thehospital.

After running tests all after-noon, the official diagnosis cameon Aug. 27, 2013, as retinoblas-toma,ararecanceroftheeyemostcommon in children under theage of five. The Fureys were sentto Dr. Carol Shields, a renownedocular oncologist in Philadelphiatoproceedwith treatment.

Over the next nine months,Carter received six rounds of in-tra-arterial chemotherapy,whichKacy Furey described as a local-ized treatment using the femoralartery todirect thechemotherapyat the cancer in his eye withoutgoing through the whole bloodsystem.Afteradifficultyeargoingbackand forthbetweenGerman-town and Philadelphia, Carterhas been cancer free since May,although he will need regularcheckupsuntil he is 12.

“It was the hardest thing I’veever had to go through, also themost inspirational. I didn’t real-ize how a child could be a heroto someone,” Jessica Furey said.“He was never a down-in-the-dumps kid, always bright andhappy, very resilient.”

Kacy Furey explained thatCarter is now blind in his left eyeand, because he is so young andcan’t communicate, doctors areunsureaboutthevisioninhisrighteye. She said that they assume hewill need glasses eventually, so hewears them now to get used tothem.

Throughout the entire expe-rience, Jessica Furey said that shereally learneda lot about the twin

relationshipthatBlakeandCarterhave.BothKacyandJessicaFureysaid that every timeCarterwouldcome home after a treatment,Blake would curl up next to him,holdhis handand rubhis back.

“His brother definitely had asenseofwhatwasgoingon.Blakewould slip into a melancholywhen he was gone, he was verysubdued,” Kacy Furey said.

Now that Carter is healthy,Jessica Furey’smainobjectivehasbecome increasing awareness ofthecancer.

“When I was telling everyone[Carter had cancer] I wasn’t evensaying it right,” JessicaFureysaid,explaining that more pregnantwomen and moms with youngchildren should make sure theirchild is checked for retinoblas-tomaeven though it’s rare.

Linda Gray, who is in the XiBeta Eta chapter of the specialnon-academic, service sororityBeta SigmaPhi InternationalwithKacy Furey, is hosting a Carter’sCrusaders vendor fundraising ba-zaar to help spread awareness aswellas raisemoney for theFureys.

The event will take place atthe ReMax at 3300 Olney-SandySpring Road inOlney on Sunday,Oct. 26, from1 to 4p.m.

“All the money will go to de-fray Carter’s medical bills,” Graysaid, explaining that there willbe vendors like Pampered Chefand Mary-Kay present as well asraffles anda 50/50drawing.

Kacy Furey said that whileinsurance has been good, every-thing really piles up and she isgrateful for all the support andhelp they have received over thepastyearfromtheir family, friendsand the community. The Fureysjust want to make sure everyoneknowswhat retinoblastoma is.

“Don’t think that eye canceris just for other people’s infants,we don’t want any other familyto have to go through this,” KacyFurey said.

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vacant historic house in the cen-ter of the site.

The park includes 12 acresat its northwest corner at Pied-mont Road for acquisition andpossible use as a regional com-munity recreation and aquaticcenter.

Planners will incorporate

comments fromthehearing intoa report to the Planning Board,which will host a public worksession on the plan in Octoberor November.

People who want to testifyat the Thursday hearing shouldsign-up online at Montgom-eryPlanningBoard.org or call301-495-4605 before 4 p.m. onWednesday.

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based on years of traffic-flowexperience around the state, of-ficials said.

“DOT has the latitude to setand change the limits ... but itneeds to be evaluated using a fairamount of data,” said Fred Lees,chief of transportation manage-ment for thedepartment.

Speedcamerasalsoareanop-tion near schools, but in this casetheywouldbelinkedtothe40mileper hour speed limit currently inplace in the school zone, saidCapt. ThomasDidone, director ofthe Montgomery County PoliceDepartment’s trafficdivision.

In themeantime, the schoolsystem is transporting students

who live east of Snowden FarmParkway, which is standard pro-cedure for schools with walkersfacing awalk acrossheavily trav-eledmain roads.

“They are being busedacross the street,” Suvarna said.

Riding the bus is appreci-ated, but some parents say theride adds 20 to 30minutes to theend of their child’s school day,and they are walking or drivingtheir children to school instead.

Gary Buffenbarger has twochildren going to Wilson Wims,including a daughter in fourthgrade and a sonwho just startedkindergarten.

“He’s uncomfortable gettingon the bus; he still needs time toadjust to it,” said Buffenbarger,who walks his children to andfromschool.

“I don’t understand the 40mile-per-hour speed limit,” hesaid, also favoring trafficcontrols.

Saritha Jasti, who also liveseast of Snowden Farm Parkway,said she also takes her childrento and from school.

“They lose 30 minutes, andthat’s not good,” she said. “I’drather spend time together andget things done [at home].”

Jasti said that crossingSnowden Farm Parkway is haz-ardous for both children andadults.

Young children are unpre-dictable and easily distracted,and “everybody’s in a rush,” shesaid. “It’s highly dangerous. ...Anything can happen.”

The Wilson Wims school isoneof several sites inMontgom-ery County where parents areconcerned about their childrenwalking across busy roads.

A group of students atNorthwest High School in Ger-mantown are concerned aboutthe issue. The county also re-

cently launched a campaign tourge students to stay off theircell phones while walking.

For students who can safelywalk, the county’s Safe Routes toSchool program is encouragingstudents to walk or bike to schoolon Wednesday, Oct. 8 as part ofa global event to promote saferstreets,goodhealthandcleanerair.

Balancing speedand safety

Snowden Farm Parkway isone of the main roads that resi-dents of Clarksburg have beenclamoring for as the fast-grow-ing community continues tobuild out with townhouses andsingle-family homes.

Although not yet completed,Snowden farmParkwaywill even-tually connect Clarksburg Road(Md. 121) and Damascus Road(Md. 27). It also currently inter-sects with anothermain road, therecently completed Little SenecaParkwaythatlinksDamascusRoad

andFrederickRoad(Md.355).School zone signs are posted

on Snowden Farm Parkway onapproaches to Wilson Wims, butthey are there to alert drivers toexpect turning cars and pedestri-ans ahead, not to slow traffic, saidMarkTerry,areaengineerwiththedepartment’s Traffic EngineeringandStudies section.

Officials also say that install-ing suggested control measureswould actually create more of ahazard, because the number ofpeople crossing Snowden Farmparkway is low, and drivers donot routinely expect to see them.

Lowering the speed limitwould also require “draconian”police enforcement, becausethe road is designed for higherspeeds, Lees said.

“We’ll continue to monitorthat roadway [with input fromthe Wilson Wims community]and adapt to changing condi-tions whenwe feel it’s appropri-ate,” Lees said.

Meanwhile, Suvarna said he

plans to continue pressing forcontrols and may start a peti-tion to enlist support from otherWilson Wims parents who haveexpressed similar concerns onFacebook.

Frances Frost, president oftheMontgomery County Councilof Parent-Teacher Associationsbased in Germantown visited theSnowden Farm/Grand Elm inter-section inSeptember.

“I was surprised to hear thatsafetyprecautions suchas cross-walks or crossing guards are notin place there,” she wrote in anemail. “As we try to encouragechildren to exercise more intheir day and to build commu-nity in this new school, I hopethat the school system and/orthe appropriate county depart-ments can support the Wimscommunity in developing safewalking options for those fami-lies who live nearby and wouldlike to walk,” Frost wrote.

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John D. (“Jay”) JoyceOn September 21, 2014, John David Joyce ofLocust Grove, Virginia, passed away suddenlyat home. He was a 1968 graduate of RichardMontgomery High School, Rockville, MD.Devoted husband of Luraner Little Joyce;father of two sons, John Kevin and SeanMichael; grandfather of four, Madeline, Jane,Alaina and Jack; brother of Jacqueline JoyceCrum; and son of the late John W. and Jane M.Joyce. He will be missed dearly by everyonewho loved and knew him. Following theprivate burial, the family will host a receptionat the Knights of Columbus Hall, 17001Overhill Road, Derwood, MD on Saturday,November 15, 2014 from 4:30-7:30 pm.

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ObituaryJennifer Grey Eden, aged 62 andborn on September 16, 1952, aresident of Damascus, Maryland,passed away on September 21,2014. Jennifer was preceded indeath by her parents, Nita Grey andJennings Marshall Crider. She issurvived by her husband of 44years, Jan Erik Eden, her siblings,Angela Norton and ChristopherCrider, her children, Matthew Todd

Eden, Lisa Grey Eden, Adam Louis Eden, Jan Erik Eden, andAndrew Curtis Eden, and also by 6 grandchildren, 1 greatgrandchild, and a host of other dearly beloved familymembers and friends. Jennifer shared a passion and a gift formusic with her children. She was a music teacher and amusician herself. Jennifer held an AA degree in music, aswell as being a certified massage therapist. She maintained anindependent massage practice, providing multiple services inthe healing arts. Jennifer also found time for yoga instruction,knitting, sewing, journaling, piloting planes, and she was anavid reader as well as a natural philosopher. Her strength andcompassion were an inspiration to many. The family willreceive friends on Wednesday, October 1st at the DamascusUnited Methodist Church from 7 to 9 PM. A memorialservice will be held on Thursday, October 2nd at theDamascus United Methodist Church at 11 AM with reverendCindy Dyer officiating. In lieu of flowers a donation may bemade to http://www.midwife.org/ACNM-Foundation.

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n “The Night Fairy” delves intothe world of wingless fairy Flory

BY KIRSTY GROFF

STAFFWRITER

Imagination Stage celebrates themagic of the unknown in their season-opening production of “The NightFairy.”

Based on a book of the same nameby Baltimore author Laura Amy Schlitz,the tale follows Flory — a night fairy —as shefindsherself in theunfamiliar ter-ritoryof daytimeafter abatmistakesher

for a moth and eats her wings, leavingher flightless.

Though her survival instincts kick

in almost immediately, over time sheopens herself up, grows accustomed toher new life and learns to recognize theneeds of others around her in this newworld.

“It’s totally a growing up story, andthere are plenty of those out there,”said Tia Shearer, who plays Flory, “butit’s done in such a graceful way whereyou watch this little person be hugelyimperfect, and you watch her becomemore and more aware of other peopleexisting around her. That’s such a gor-geous thing to give to children—and to

Fairy in the daylightPHOTO BY MARGOT SCHULMAN

Flory the Fairy, played by Tia Shearer, discovers an unlikely friend in Peregrine, a bat, played by Ryan Sellers, in the Imagination Stage produc-tion of “The Night Fairy.”

n Tasty food at reasonableprices can be yours in Olney

There is a quaint, little house inOlney that has been serving a varietyof food since the 1920s. Although ithas changed a bit since it was theCorner Cupboard, the Francis LattieInn and The Anchorage, the OlneyAle House has established itself asone of the best little restaurants inMontgomery County.

Pulling into the parking lot on aSaturday night, the sheer number ofcars tells you all you need to knowabout how good the food is here.Once inside, all of your senses cometo life. The space looks verymuchlike someone turned their grand-mother’s home into a pub. Tables,chairs and stools are packed in alittle too close formy liking, but thehouse only seats 100 people inside.Although it was a busy Saturdaynight, we didn’t have to wait for atable.

One of the first things you’llnotice is the amount of decorationsadorning the walls. Bottles, signs,andmore are hanging around thebar area. Some restaurants put updecorations and forget about them,leaving them covered in dust anddirt. It is obvious the folks at theOlney Ale House take great care tomake sure everything is clean. Eventhe restrooms are spotless.

We started with an appetizerof loaded potato skins.What wedidn’t realize was we’d be gettingfull, Idaho-sized potatoes cut in half.These things were quite large andcoveredwith cheese and bacon.Which, of course, is never a badthing. They could use a littlemoreseasoning and the bacon could havebeen a little crispier, but other than

that, it wasn’t a bad appetizer.The Olney Ale House claims to

have the best burger in town. Con-sidering they use fresh ground chuckand hand-form the burgers everyday, there’s validity in their state-ment.While I haven’t tried all of theburgers in Olney, I can say this is onefine burger. A good char on the out-side and cooked perfectlymediumwell inside, the cheddar burger withbaconwas succulent, but not greasy.The 8 oz. patty gives you plenty to befilling, yet still allows for the possibil-ity of some dessert later. At $11.50, itruns typical of what you’d pay for abacon cheeseburger if youwere go-ing out somewhere.

The special on Saturdays, how-ever, is the rack of St. Louis-style ribs.For $18, you get a full rack, fries anda sweet slaw. During the week, youcan get the same thing, but it’s $22.

I liked the fries, whichwerecrispy and hot. The slawwas tasty,

Come for the ribs, stay forthe pie at Olney Ale House

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DINING REVIEWB Y W I L L C . F R A N K L I N

THE NIGHT FAIRYn When: Through Oct. 26;

check website for times

n Where: Imagination Stage’s AnnetteM. and Theodore N. Lerner FamilyTheatre, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda

n Tickets: $10+

n More information:ImaginationStage.org; 301-280-1660

OLNEY ALE HOUSEn Where: 2000 Olney Sandy Spring

Road, Olney

n Environment: 3 out of 5

n Service: 4 out of 5

n Taste: 4 out of 5

n Worth the cost: 4 out of 5

n Family friendly: 3 out of 5

n TOTAL: 18 out of 25

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HOT TIN ROOFFridays, October10 and 17 at 8 p.m.;Saturdays, October11 and 18 at 8 p.m.;Sundays, October12 and 19 at 2 p.m.Tickets: $22 ADULT;$20 SENIOR (62+) ANDSTUDENTWITH ID

F. ScottFitzgeraldTheatre

603 Edmonston Dr.Rockville, MD 20851

240-314-8690www.rockvillemd.gov/theatre

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For a free listing, please sub-mit complete information to

[email protected] at least10 days in advance of desiredpublication date. High-resolu-tion color images (500KB mini-mum) in jpg format should besubmitted when available.

DANCESWest Coast Swing Dancing with

Dance Jam Productions, 9 p.m.with drop-in lessons from7:30 to9 p.m. Oct. 3, $15; Social Ballroom,mambo lesson, 8 p.m., dance from9 to 12:30 a.m., light refreshments,Oct. 4, $16; Social BallroomDance,8 p.m., freewaltz lesson at 7 p.m.Oct. 5, $16; Social BallroomDance,8:30 p.m., ‘step of the evening’rumbamini-lesson at 8:15 p.m.Oct. 8, $16; TeaDance, 12:30 to3:30 p.m. Oct. 9, $6; 2126 IndustrialHighway, Silver Spring, 301-326-1181, hollywoodballroomdc.com.

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

Glen Echo Park is at 7300 Ma-cArthur Blvd.

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

Contra, Oct. 3.WillMentorcalls toNor’easter with CedarStanistreet on fiddle,MaxNew-man on guitar/mandolin and JulieValimont on piano/accordion/jaw harp, Glen Echo Park SpanishBallroom, 7:30 p.m., $10, friday-nightdance.org.

English Country, Oct. 1, DanGillespie caller, 8 p.m., Glen EchoTownHall (upstairs), fsgw.org.

Swing and Lindy, Oct. 17, Swing&Blues Crossover with Josh Fi-alkoff & the Fried Bananas, eveningstarts with beginning swing lessonfrom8 to 9 p.m., followed by danc-ing from9 p.m. tomidnight. $18,$12 17 and under. Glen Echo ParkSpanish Ballroom, flyingfeet.org.

Waltz, Oct. 5, Valse Impressionswith Katie Davis Henderson (fid-dle), Carrie Rose (flute), Liz Don-aldson (piano), and RalphGordon(bass); Oct. 19, RhapsodywithMarty Taylor (winds, concertina),AlexanderMitchell (fiddle,mando-

lin), DaveWiesler (piano, guitar),RalphGordon (bass), waltztimed-ances.org.

Irish Dancing, “Ring of KerryIrishDance class winter sessionbegan on Sept. 9. Dancersmeet onTuesday’s fromSeptember untilmid-December at RidgeviewMid-dle School. Beginning class startsat 7 p.m., followed by themoreexperienced class at 8:05 p.m. Costis $40.We do ceili and set dancesand no partner is required to enjoythe lessons. Formore information,email Jean at [email protected] visit ringofkerrydancers.org. Dancersmust be at least 8years old to senior. Anyone under16must be accompanied by anadult.

MUSICBethesda Blues & Jazz Supper

Club, ParthenonHuxley & Friends,Oct. 2, The Celtic Tenors, Oct. 3,call for prices, 7719Wisconsin Ave.,Bethesda. 240-330-4500, bethesd-abluesjazz.com.

BlackRock Center for the Arts,Salsa and BachataDance Party,Oct. 3; The Spencers’ Theatre ofIllusion, Oct. 4 and 5; An EveningwithGrouchoMarx, Oct. 17, 12901TownCommonsDrive, German-town. 301-528-2260, blackrockcen-ter.org.

Fillmore Silver Spring, The BYTBentzen Ball Comedy Festival, Oct.2; Concert for Ebola Relief, Oct.3; Baby LovesDisco, Oct. 4; RivalSonswithMonster Truck, Oct. 4;Ab-Soul, Oct. 5, 8656 ColesvilleRoad, Silver Spring. fillmoresilver-spring.com.

Strathmore, International Tea,1 p.m. Oct. 1; Bill Cosby, 8 p.m.Oct. 2, call for venue. Locations:Mansion, 10701 Rockville Pike,North Bethesda;Music Centerat Strathmore, 5301 TuckermanLane, North Bethesda, 301-581-5100, strathmore.org.

ON STAGEAdventure Theatre-MTC, “Stu-

art Little,” throughOct. 26, call forprices, times, Adventure TheatreMTC, 7300MacArthur Blvd., GlenEcho, 301-634-2270, adventurethe-atre-mtc.org.

Imagination Stage, “TheNightFairy,” throughOct. 26, call forprices, times, Imagination Stage,4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, imag-inationstage.org.

Olney Theatre Center, “Colos-sal,” throughOct. 5, call for prices,times, 2001Olney-Sandy Spring

Road, Olney, 301-924-3400, olney-theatre.org.

The Puppet Co., “Rapunzel,”throughOct. 12; Tiny Tots@ 10,selectWednesdays, Saturdays andSundays, call for shows and showtimes, Puppet Co. Playhouse, GlenEcho Park’s North Arcade Building,7300MacArthur Blvd., $5, 301-634-5380, thepuppetco.org.

Round House Theatre,Bethesda, “Fetch Clay,MakeMan,”OpeningOct. 10, call for showtimes, 4545 East-West Highway,Bethesda. $15 for general admis-sion, $10 for subscribers, patrons30 and younger and seniors. 240-644-1100, roundhousetheatre.org.

Silver Spring Black Box The-atre, 8641 Colesville Road, SilverSpring, 301-588-8277, [email protected].

Silver Spring Stage, “God ofCarnage,” throughOct. 11,Wood-moor Shopping Center, 10145Colesville Road, Silver Spring, seewebsite for show times, ssstage.org.

VISUAL ARTAdah Rose Gallery, Thework

of Alan Steele, Oct. 2 throughNov.9, 3766Howard Ave., Kensington,301-922-0162, adahrosegallery.com

Glenview Mansion, SusanaGarten, Elaine Cafritz,Meryl Silver,Oct. 5 through 24, Rockville CivicCenter Park, 503 EdmonstonDrive,Rockville. rockvillemd.gov.

Marin-Price Galleries, JosephHolston, throughOct. 15, 10:30a.m. to 7 p.m.Monday throughSaturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday,7022Wisconsin Ave., 301-718-0622,marin-price.com.

Montgomery Art Association,WestfieldWheatonMall, 11160 Vi-ers Hill Road,Wheaton,montgom-eryart.org.

VisArts, IntimateWaterscapes -TheWork of Julius Kassovic, to Oct.5; Fire from the Forge—ATributeto KomeliaHongjaOkim, toOct.5, Gibbs Street Gallery, 155GibbsSt., Rockville, 301-315-8200, visart-satrockville.org.

Washington Printmakers Gal-lery, RememberingNuong, Pyra-mid Atlantic Art Center, secondfloor, 8230Georgia Ave., SilverSpring, washingtonprintmakers.com.

ET CETERAThe Writer’s Center, 4508

Walsh Street, Bethesda, 301-654-8664, writer.org.

IN THE ARTSthe adults as well.”

While making her waythrough the world of day-light, she meets and befriendsSkuggle, a squirrel with a bit ofan ego at first, but like Flory,matures over the course of theplay.

The animals are all playedby actors — no puppet stand-ins — and since the intendedaudience ranges from ages 4 to10, it can be difficult to get theright balanceof animal andhu-man on stage.

“One of the things thatcan be tricky about playing ananimal is knowing how muchto bring in animal behavior,”said Erin Weaver, who playsSkuggle. “You don’t want oneperson on all fours and every-one else isn’t. It’s been a reallyinteresting process of findingthe correctmiddle ground.”

Despite being a mostlyfemale cast of mostly animalcharacters, young children ofall ages and genders — andthe adults accompanying them— should be able to relate toFlory’s experience surviving onher own and learning to forge anew path for herself.

“They represent a kaleido-scopic range of human expe-rience,” said director JeremySkidmore. “There’s threadsin each of them where if youtwined them together theywouldmake up you.”

“The Night Fairy” alsoaims to shatter preconceivednotions of what a fairy shouldbe. Compared to the typicaldepictions of the tiny wingedcreatures, the play’s portrayalof Flory is empowering and in-spiring to young girls.

“There are all of these ideasof what a fairy is supposed tolook like,” said Weaver. “Youhave Tinker Bell images, andyoung girls get to see this char-acter come to life who is notabout pretty in pink and tutusand things like that, but moreabout an actual young womanhaving to toughen up and let-tingdownher guardand lettingothers help her.”

“Fairies are usually beauti-ful, feminine, stylish, and I’mincombatbootswith very shortblue hair,” Shearer added. “Ilove that celebration of whoyou are and how you go aboutbeing the thing youare. It’s em-powering as aperson, it’s anicereminder that you canwear thepants and sweatshirt and not

be into make-up and still be awoman in the world.”

While the play is likelymost appreciated by youngerchildren, viewers of all ages aresure to be amazed by the stun-ning scenery— raved about byseveralmembers of the cast.

“If you walked into the the-ater right now youwould neverguess it was for a children’splay,” said Weaver, “there’s anelegance to it that’s breathtak-ing. It honors everyone, and Ithink will invite everyone in.”

Young or old, girl or boy,many who see “The NightFairy” are likely to leave thetheater reflecting on the newexperiences they’ve had in life,andappreciating the surround-ingarea,much likeFlorybeginsto embrace the daytime.

“I think it’s a charming re-minder ofwhat it’s like to expe-rience something for the firsttime, and the wonder of all thethings that are around you,”Skidmore said. “Even in D.C.,how beautiful the architectureis, you become immune. A lotof this piece is about beinggrateful and taking in all thewonderful crazy things aroundyou.”

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although I needed to add alittle salt. The belle of the ballhere, though, was the ribs.I’m not sure exactly wherethey found the dinosaur toget these ribs, but they weremassive. They’re also smokedin-house for four to six hours,according to our server.

They give you a knife to useon the ribs, and you do needit. Themeat is delicious andthe smoky goodness comesthroughwith each bite, eventhough the ribs are covered inbarbecue sauce. I was able tobring half a rack homewithmebecause I just couldn’t eat it all.

Finally, a treat for theevening. The Olney Ale Housemakes fresh, homemade keylime pie. Although the $6 pricetag seems a littlemuch for theslice we got, the tastemade it

totally worth it. The pie wasright on the cusp of being tootart, but in a goodway. The ic-ing drizzled on top helped tosweeten the experience. Thegraham cracker crust was de-lectable as well.

The servers were extremelynice, however, with it being abusy night, there were timeswe had to wait for refills. Also,with it being a busy Saturdaynight, it was incredibly noisy

— to the point where I felt likeI had to yell for people to hearme.

I’m not really sure if I’d saythe Olney Ale House is fam-ily friendly, though.With thecramped quarters and loud,pub-style atmosphere, it mightbe tough if you have little ones.Plus, I was discouraged to see asticker on themen’s bathroomdoor with a word on it youprobably don’t want your chil-dren asking you about.

The only other thing thatshould be addressed is theparking lot. There are no lightsin the parking lot and it goesback a little ways. I’m suresomemore lighting wouldmake everyone feel safer.

Overall, the Olney AleHouse should come highlyrecommended. It’s definitelyworth a drive to the little housewith the big flavors.

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PHOTO BY WILL C. FRANKLIN

The St. Louis style ribs are smokedfor four to six hours in house.

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Coming soon to the Fill-more Silver Spring near youis BettyWho, who is nomorethan 22.

OK, that’s all the Dr. Seussrhyming I’ll do, I promise.

Still, the talented singerfrom Australia is set to per-formwith Joywave and GreatGood Fine OK on Tuesday.

After releasing two EPs,Whowill unleash her firstfull-length studio album,“TakeMeWhen You Go,” onOct. 7 ... the same day she’sperforming at the FillmoreSilver Spring. How’s that forconvenient!

The pop star’s “SomebodyLoves You” single, hit No. 1on the Billboard Dance/ClubPlay Songs chart this pastMarch. Expect more songs tofollow.

Tickets for the show are$22.50. Formore information,visit fillmoresilverspring.comor call 301-960-9999.

Who goes there

PHOTO BY JOEL THERESE

Musician Betty Who will bring her High Society Tourto the Fillmore Silver Spring Tuesday.

Bill Cosbyhas spentmost of his life as a co-median, but since the 1980s, he’s also beenoneof America’s favorite TV fathers—sweater andall.

ThemanbehindFat Albert, CliffHuxtable,the “Jell-ooooopudding,” andmore,will be per-forming at theMusicCenter at Starthmore onThursday.

The 77-year-old got his start in standup inthe early 1960s, after spending time in theNavyas ahospital corpsman.Duringhis stint in theNavy, heworked at theBethesdaNavalHospital.

After years of successful standup, hemoved

onto television andfilm,wherehe starred in theTV show“I Spy,” andfilms such as “UptownSaturdayNight,” “Mother, Jugs&Speed,” and“LeonardPart 6.”

In 1984, Cosby starred in “TheCosby Show,”where theHuxtable family becameapart of ev-eryone’s family once aweek. Since then,Cosbyhas hadnumerous speaking engagements, tele-vision appearances and,whenhe can, standupspotlights.

Tickets for the showare $49.50 to $89.50. Formore information, visit strathmore.org or call301-581-5100.

Everyone’s favorite dad

ELITE ENTERTAINMENT

Legendary comedian Bill Cosby will entertain at the Music Center at Strath-more on Oct. 2.

Being small presents itsown challenges ... but greatimaginations come from folksbig and small alike.

Take the story of StuartLittle, which is now playing atAdventure TheatreMTC in GlenEcho, for example. Sure, Stuartmay just be amouse, but he hasa loving family and the entireworld is right there in front ofhim, ready to be explored.

Stuart’s adventure beginswhen his bird friend,Margalo,disappears. Stuart goes out intothe great, big world to try to findher. Though Stuart’s size hin-ders his path, he is determinedto succeed.

Tickets for the show are$19. Formore information, visitadventuretheatre-mtc.org orcall 301-634-2270.

Little, butdetermined

PHOTO BY BRUCE DOUGLAS

Chris Dinolfo as Stuart Little andAndrew Ferlo as Dr. Carey, owner ofthe Wasp sailboat, meet at the Cen-tral Park pond to beat a competitorin the Adventure Theatre MusicalTheater Center production of “StuartLittle.”

Magic! Oooooo! Illusion! Ahhhhh!Look over there!Where did it go?!?Who cares? It’smagic! Oooooo!

Hey, every once in awhile, it’s niceto give your brain a break and remem-ber what it was like to be a youngsterwho had fallen in love withmagic.Heck, you still read “Harry Potter”novels todayHOPINGmagic was real!Don’t deny it!

If you believe hard enough,magicwill be real this Saturday and Sundayat the BlackRock Center for the Artswhen the Spencers bring their Theatreof Illusion to Germantown.

The Spencers will also host twoworkshops Saturday, one at 9:30 a.m.and the other at 11 a.m., that will in-corporatemagic tricks into the learn-ing process.

Kevin and Cindy Spencer havebeen described asmodern dayHoudi-nis, with high-energymusic andBroadway-style production brought toeach of their shows.

Kevin Spencer also works withspecial needs youth and adults as partof theHocus Focus program, and is asassistant professor at the University ofAlabama Birmingham in the Occupa-

tional TherapyDepartment.Tickets are $26 for Saturday, $22

for Sunday. Formore information, visitblackrockcenter.org or call 301-528-2260.

Meaningful magic

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Kevin Spencer prepares to work with twoswords during the Spencers’ illusion show.The Spencers will perform Saturday and Sun-day at the BlackRock Center for the Arts.

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BY PRINCE J. GRIMESSTAFFWRITER

This fall, the PoolesvilleHigh School football team—as has been the case in recent seasons — is off to astrong start.

The Falcons (3-1) defeatedWalter Johnson (0-4) 21-0on Friday to bounce back from their first loss of the sea-son to SouthHagerstown.

That loss aside, Poolesville has outscored its oppo-nents 100-6.

While the defense is undoubtedly doing its part, sois the offense behind senior quarterback Steven Morn-ingstar.

Poolesville coach Will Gant said Morningstar’s per-sonality is what makes him special. On the football field,his ability to runandpasshas allowed theFalconsoffenseto flourish.

“He’s just a good hard-nosed kid — comes from areal good family.He’s a hardworker.He’s a good studentin the classroom,” Gant said. “He plays three sports forus, which I really like. He’s been in multiple situations— played different roles on different teams. I think justoverall, he’s just a good, high-character kid.”

Simply put, Morningstar is an athlete. He also playson the basketball and baseball teams for Poolesville, buthe said football is his top sport.

As a sophomore, he started at safety for the Falcons,and he took over as the starting quarterback last year.

At quarterback, the 6-fooot-2 Morningstar is a dual-threat with the speed not only avoid pass rushers butto make an entire defense pay if it doesn’t contain himwithin the pocket. In addition, he has a strong arm andsaid he likes to go through his reads prior to running be-cause he has goodwide receivers to throw the ball to.

“I like to look over the whole field pre-snap and dur-ing the play, and if everything breaks down I’ll take offbecause I canget a fewyards running,”Morningstar said.“I like to look at everything first becausewedohave goodreceivers and they get open a lot.”

Like many other Class 2A schools, Poolesville has arelatively smaller rosterwith just 28players, butGant saida smaller team makes it even more important to have asenior leader at quarterback.

“They all know he’s one of our main guys, and he’sgoing to kind of lead the charge on how things go,” Gantsaid.

Morningstar, who is consistently a top 10 passerin the county from week-to-week, said a smaller teammakes them a tighter group.

Poolesville is set to play a pivotal game on Thursdayagainst Frederick County’s Catoctin.

Catoctin (0-4) defeated the Falcons 28-0 last year. Adifferent outcome may set this Poolesville team apartfrom last year’s.

Morningstar said the first few games were about

Poolesville’s dual-threat quarterback

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Poolesville High School senior Steven Morningstar is one of the better quarterbacks in the county.

n Wildcats take better careof ball to show signs they’re

improving

BY JOHNHARRIS IIISPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE

Both host Poolesville and visitingWalter Johnson high schools improvedtheir respective overall performancesfrom the week before in yesterday’snon-league football clash.

Reeling from its first loss of theseason against South Hagerstown lastweek (34-14), Poolesville came backhome to ground out a 21-0 victoryagainst the Wildcats from Bethesda onFridaynight.While theWJoffense failedto score against theFalcons, themarginof its losswasnot lost on coachwinningcoach Will Gant, especially after beingswamped by Richard Montgomery onSept. 19, 45-7.

“We watched them on film lastweek and they turned the ball overthree or four times early,” Gant said.“You do that and all of a sudden youare down 21, 27 to nothing in the firstquarter. This week, I think they cleanedit up. They had some late turnovers butfor the most part they took care of theball and they were very competitive. Ithought [Walter Johnson] playedwell.”

In methodical fashion, Poolesville(3-1) ground a game Wildcat defenseinto submission in its first drive, with-out even scoring. An opening 15-play,66-yard drive came up empty whenkicker Kevin Rakov missed a 32-yardfield goal wide left. However, after aWJthree downs and out, the Falcons capi-talizedonaworndefense twoplays intotheir next drive on a 16-yard run by se-nior Nic Fisher, as Rakov’s first of threeextra point kicks gave the hosts a 7-0advantage.

In the second quarter, Poolesvillewent on 20-play 81-yard drive thatendedwith 1:15 left in the first half on a1-yard sneakby senior quarterback Ste-venMorningstar. Thedrive ateupmorethan 9 minutes of the second quarter.Morningstar finished the game com-pleting 10 of 11 passes for 123 yards,and a 10-yard touchdown to fellowsenior Sean Parker (four catches, 62yards) to give the Falcons a 21-0 advan-tage with 9:23 left in the third quarter.Joel Hessels also caught four passes for54 yards.

“Steven has had a good summerand a good first four games. He’s really

Poolesvillegrounds outwin vs.WJ

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SPORT: DeMatha at Good Counsel, 7 p.m. Friday.

The two rivals have won past 11 WCAC footballtitles. The Stags ended the Falcons’ four-year reignlast year. DeMatha won six straight before that.

FOOTBALL: C’burg at Damascus, 6:30 p.m. Friday.

FOOTBALL: Sherwood at Seneca, 6:30 p.m. Friday.

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CHAMPIONS COLLIDEDeMatha at Good Counsel

n When: 7 p.m. Friday

n Where: Olney

n DeMatha has won 7 of thepast 11 Washington CatholicAthletic Conference footballchampionships and 21 overall.

n Good Counsel has won 4 ofthe past 5 and 4 overall.

n Last school other thanDeMatha or Good Counselto win the WCAC: Gonzaga,2002.

n Junior more than doublesseason total with 161 rushing

yards against Gonzaga

BY JENNIFER BEEKMANSTAFF WRITER

On a play early in the fourth quar-ter of the Our Lady of Good Coun-sel High School football team’s 17-7victory against Gonzaga Saturday atCoolidge in Washington, D.C., Falconsjunior running back Jonathan Lee washit hard before he even got back to theline of scrimmage. One of his cleats waslost — it went flying into the backfield— but Lee was barely fazed. Instead,he quickly changed directions and with

just one shoe, produced a 9-yard runout of seemingly nothing.

“[Lee] never goes down on the firsthit, it seems,” Good Counsel juniorquarterback Andres Castillo said. “He’sso strong and resilient. He’s a powerfulrunner and of course has the speed.”

Against the No. 9-ranked team inthe country (MaxPreps), Lee more thandoubled his season total with 161 yardsrushing and scored his third touchdownof the year.

“[Lee] looked like a major back [Sat-urday],” Good Counsel coach Bob Mil-loy said.

The Falcons (4-1) relied more heav-ily on Lee and their ground game Satur-day, Milloy said, as Castillo only beganthrowing on Thursday for the first timein a week after straining his shoul-

der. But Lee’s production did open upseveral opportunities for Castillo toshowcase his arm and connect withhis receivers. He completed 10 of 13pass attempts for 115 yards; Keon Payecaught seven of them for 89 yards and atouchdown.

Milloy, Castillo and Lee werequick to credit the improved play of ayoung offensive line, led by 6-foot-0,245-pound junior Ike Schurman andsophomore Branden Johnson (6-0, 300),with Saturday’s scoring numbers. Andthat is just what the Falcons needed af-ter a 20-0 shutout loss to Gilman Sept.19, during which Good Counsel nevermade it across midfield.

“Last week we went up to Baltimoreand we got embarrassed, [Gilman] beatthe living tar out of us,” Milloy said. “We

really pushed the kids this week andthey responded. I told them before thegame, ‘Regardless of the outcome, I justwant to see if you guys are going to quitor you’re still with us.’ I got my answer.”

It was the Eagles who scored firstSaturday, less than six minutes into thegame, on Nick Johns’ 17-yard pass toReggie Corbin. Castillo’s 3-yard pass toPaye in the fifth minute of the secondquarter tied the contest and the youngFalcons’ offense seemed to glean muchconfidence from the score — knowingthe defense, led by Virginia Tech recruitDarius Fullwood, has been tough allseason.

“As an offensive group, we got ev-eryone on the sideline and said it was

GoodCounsel ready for DeMatha after back’s best game

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Seneca Valley High School goalie CarlySocha stops a ball during Monday’s practiceat Gunner Park.

n Six freshmen start fordeveloping Screaming Eagles

BY JENNIFER BEEKMANSTAFFWRITER

When current Seneca Valley HighSchool girls soccer co-captains CarlySocha and Amanda Singer first joinedthe varsity squad as freshmen threeyears ago, the upperclassmen had ahard time letting go of past success, thetwo said.

“It was kind of weird, all we wouldhear about was the past history andhow therewere [OlympicDevelopmentProgram] players coming through,”said Singer, amidfielder. “It was kind ofdiscouraging tohear about thepast andknow that we weren’t going to play upto that level.”

Five years removed from a timewhen Seneca Valley was making deeppostseason runs as a top 4 seed in theClass 3A West Region, the ScreamingEagles are no longer hung up on pre-vious accomplishments but hopefulabout a promising future, members ofthe program said.

In 2007, current ninth-year Sen-eca Valley coach Claude Sayag startednine freshmen. By 2010, the team thatwas led by former Trinidad and To-bago U-17 National Team midfielderJasmine Sampson, who started her col-lege career at SyracuseUniversity but isnow a senior on the RadfordUniversitywomen’s soccer team, was competitivewith Montgomery County’s traditionalpower.

Since, the Screaming Eagles (1-5)have not eclipsed the four-win markin any one campaign. But with eightfreshmenon varsity this fall, six of themstarters, Sayag said he excited about

Seneca Valleysoccer looksto the future

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become a leader,” Gant said. “Hethrows a really good ball and hekeeps taking another step eachweek in being a better quarter-back. He’s been running the balla lot thefirst coupleof gamesandnow he’s starting to throw a lot.He’s really become a threat [topass].”

Parker added, “[Morningstar]is an excellent quarterback. Weboth know each other well fromplaying basketball, so he knowshow to throw the ball to me. Ithink we have good chemistrytogether, and I think it translateson the [football] field because weknoweachother.Wehave a goodbond. “ Defensively, the Falconskept WJ quarterbacks Kedar Rol-lins and Ben Lake on the run, col-lecting four sacks, including twobyRutgersUniversityrecruit JohnBateky. The Falcons also rackedup three interceptions, as Parker,Fisher and Jonathan Garagiolapickedoff apass each.

“I think we did well defen-sively,” Parker said. “We stoppedthem on the 15-yard line and wedidn’t let them score a touch-down[all game].Weputupazeroon the scoreboard, so I think wedid really good.”

Walter Johnson coach GregKellner spoke glowingly of histeam’s effort despite the 0-4 re-cord.

“We had the best week ofpracticethusfarthisyear,”Kellnersaid.“Westillhavesomeoffensiveturnovers to overcome, but we’regetting there, one day at a time.We’ve got to work on our mentalmistakesbecausetheywillkillyou

in this game. And if one guy is offout of the 11, bad things can hap-pen. The scoreboard didn’t showit, but the kids played well. Theyplayedhard.”

The Wildcats also made foursacks, as seniors DeVonte Rueand James Rorie, along withsophomores Alexander BayoneandBrentHaineshadasackeach.WJ hopes to build off of its playin next week’s home matchupagainstMagruder.

“It’s another short week [ofpractice], but we’ll keep grindingand working hard, starting to-morrow,” Kellner said. “With thecoaching staff over at Magruder,I know that they are very wellcoached. We’ve got to go homeandstartwatchingfilm.”

Poolesville has a score to set-tle with Catoctin, after last year’s28-0 loss. This year, the Falconswill host the Cougars of FrederickCounty.

“They were up 14-0 in thethird quarter and we had theball on the goal line and almostscored, then theykindofbrokeuslate in thegame,”Gant said. “[Forthe] last three years we’ve playedCatoctin ithasbeenverycompet-itive. We beat them the first twoyears, one on a goal-line standand the other we scored withaboutaminute left in thegamesoit’s been very competitive. I thinkwe are two evenly matched [pro-grams].

“They are very physical, andthey tend to have some big kids.They’ve lost to some good teamsthis year. Andweknow that Fred-erick County players some verygood football. It’s a different ani-malwhenyougetupthatway. It’sreallygoodfootball sowe’regoingtohave tobe ready.”

showing everyone that Pool-esville belonged. But thisweek, the team is thinkingabout payback.

“Everyone’s super ex-cited about this game,”Morningstar said. “I think weowe them a little somethingbecause we just did not playgood last year against them.... This year, we know it’sgoing to be a really physicalgame. It’s going to be back-and-forth and we’re going toget prepared for it this weekand hopefully come out andget the win.”

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going to be the line that winsthe game for us,” Lee said.“We said if we want to win thegame we were going to have toturn it up right now and that’swhat we did. ... Everyone saidthat our offense and our linecouldn’t move the ball, but wedid [Saturday] and we got thewin because of it. I’m just soproud of my guys for gettingafter it and getting this win.”

Good Counsel scored on theopening series of the secondhalf on Lee’s 33-yard run. Witha 14-7 lead, the Falcons had theball on the 2-yard line minuteslater, but a fumble pushed theball back and Good Counselwent for a field goal instead —James Evans converted the 21-yard attempt.

Inonhis third gameasGoodCounsel’s No. 1 running option,Lee proved he can work underbig-game pressure.

Things won’t get easieragainst Washington CatholicAthletic Conference rival De-Matha Catholic Friday, but Sat-urday was a big step in the rightdirection for a young team, Mil-loy said.

“Last year I ran behindthree great running backs andthey taught me a lot,” Lee said.“I’m just grateful to be in theposition I am now. ... I workedreally hard this summer tomake sure no one person cantackle me.”

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Our Lady of Good Counsel High School running back Jonathan Lee runs for a touchdown in the second quarter ofthe Aug. 29 football game against host Woodrow Wilson in Washington, D.C.

opportunity to mold a new group. Andthis year’s senior class, Socha and Singersaid, is eager to do what it can to set theprogram up for success.

“I justwant to tell [theyoungerplayers]to work hard,” Singer said. “If you want tobe here, be here. I just want them to reallycare and be enthusiastic about the pro-gram. This is a rebuilding year, we’re juststarting to be a stronger program. I just,like next year when new players come in, Iwant them to show enthusiasm and care.”

If Sayag measured success in winsand losses alone, chances are, he said, hemight havewalkedaway several years ago.But he’s not fixated on win-loss records.His focus is on providing his players witha support system when needed and onkeeping grades up. At Monday’s practice,

he called over each player individually todiscuss their grades, good or bad. Hardwork intheclassroom,headded, translateson the field.

Singer said Sayag’s dedication to theteam does not go unnoticed and is some-thing that keeps theScreamingEaglesmo-tivated even through hard times.

While SenecaValleymightnotpossessthe same technical skill as teams ripe withyear-round club players, Sayag said hedoesn’t expect any less from his athleteson the field. The Screaming Eagles’ overallteamspeedandathleticismfit intohispre-ferred one-touch, attacking style of play.

Singer, whom Sayag said is a cerebralplayer with a lot of speed, controls themidfield. She’s missed the last two gameswith a concussion but has two goals andtwo assists. Four players account for theScreaming Eagles’ seven goals. In addi-tion toSinger, juniorAlissaNiedzielski and

freshman Alyssa Delgadillo have scoredtwo goals apiece.

While scoring hasn’t come easy forSeneca Valley, Socha’s range and fear-lessness while defending the net againsta barrage of shots has kept the ScreamingEagles ingames.Aside fromalopsided lossto Northwest, all of Seneca Valley’s losseshavebeenby threegoalsor less. Sayagsaidhe would consider Socha to be one of thecounty’s best keepers.

When Socha was a freshman, she said,she had to listen to older players reflect onbetter times.Thisyearshe’s focusedonthepotential of her younger teammates andthe program in general.

“People are definitely looking forwardandnot in thepast,” Socha said. “We lost alot of seniors but the freshmen have a lotofpotential. I’mexcited to seehowtheydoeven after we graduate. I think they havethe potential to go pretty far.”

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Seneca Valley High School’s Alissa Niedzielskimoves the ball during Monday’s practice.

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ClarksburgHigh School (3-1)faces its toughest challenge sincethe opening game againstQuinceOrchardwhen they travel toDa-mascus (4-0) onThursday.

Ever since a 22-19 loss toQO,Clarksburghas goneon to outscoreits opponents by a combined 103-6

in three games, including two shut-outs.Damascus edgedQuinceOr-chard 19-11 twoweeks ago, but hasonly allowed14points combinedin their other three games.Damas-cus defeatedClarksburg 13-12 lastseason.

B-CC bringsawareness to povertyBethesda-ChevyChaseHigh

School’s home football gameagainst Germantown’s Seneca Val-ley last Fridaywas aboutmore thanjust two football teamsplaying agame.

It also turned out to be an op-portunity for people to help thecause of community organization‘AWider Circle.’

AWider Circle is a groupbasedout of Silver Springwith a goal ofending poverty. It provides a bevyof services for people in need,including home furnishing andeducational programming in jobpreparedness.

Throughout last week, B-CCaccepted donations onbehalf of AWider Circle, and at the gameonFriday, the organization had a tableset-upwhere they shared informa-tion and accepted volunteers.

“Last spring, theCEO/founderof the organization,Mark Bergel,talked to the teamand they de-cided theywanted to partnerwiththe organization as a charitablegroup thatweworkwith through-out the year,” B-CC coach JoshSinger said. “Over the summer, theboyswent and spent about sevenhours in their warehousemovingfurniture around, helping themout. Andwe’re going towork to do

somethingwith themeach seasonof the year.”

Northwood is takinga 1-0 approach

NorthwoodHigh School’sfootball teamwon its first gameofthe season last Friday, 25-15, overKensington’s Albert Einstein.

In addition to being the SilverSpring school’s first win, the gameproved to be redemption for theGladiatorswho lost 41-0 to Einsteina year ago.

Northwood coachDennisHar-ris said thewin put the teambackon track.

“We kind of figured that thiswould be one thatwe could getback on track and try to do somethings the rightway,”Harris said.“The guys cameout fired up, readyto play, and they did a good jobearly—and theywere able to hangon.Wishwe could’ve finished alittle bit better butwe’ll take thewin for sure.”

Northwood faces Rockville next,a teamHarris said has areas thatcan be exploited.He saidNorth-wood is taking a 1-0 approach tothe remainder of the season.

“We kind of changed ourmind-set to, ‘Let’s just go 1-0 everyweek,’Harris said. “We think thiswill be abig game for us to kind of really getour foot in there andmove forward,starting onThursday night, withour second 1-0week in a row.”

RM looks for winsin tough stretch

In ameeting between twoClass 4AWest Region teams, Rich-ardMontgomery (1-3) plays hostto Bethesda’sWaltWhitman (2-2)on Thursday night.

The game is important becauseit’s the secondout of a stretchoffive games for RichardMontgomeryagainst teams that currently hold a.500 recordor better. In fact,Whit-man is the only teamout of thatstretchof games currently at .500.

If RichardMontgomery isable to pull out a win, they’ll pullto within one game of .500 in astretch of games that’ll likely de-cide their playoff fate. Then they’llplay Poolesville (3-1), WinstonChurchill (3-1), and Thomas S.Wootton (3-1).

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Clarksburg, Damascus face off

AdamGutekunst

114-3862-12

LandonSeneca Valley

DamascusGaithersburg

MagruderNorthwestQ. Orchard

BlairWhitman

Paint BranchRockville

SpringbrookKennedy

PoolesvilleGood Counsel

BullisGeo. Prep

KenSain

125-2660-14

EpiscopalSherwoodDamascusWootton

W. JohnsonNorthwestQ. Orchard

BlairWhitman

Paint BranchRockville

SpringbrookKennedy

PoolesvilleDeMatha

BullisGeo. Prep

EricGoldwein

116-3658-16

LandonSherwoodDamascus

GaithersburgW. JohnsonNorthwestQ. Orchard

BlairWhitman

Paint BranchRockville

SpringbrookKennedy

PoolesvilleGood Counsel

BullisGeo. Prep

JenniferBeekman

115-3758-16

LandonSherwoodDamascus

GaithersburgMagruderNorthwestQ. Orchard

BlairWhitman

Paint BranchRockville

SpringbrookWheaton

PoolesvilleDeMatha

BullisGeo. Prep

PrinceGrimes

116-3659-15

LandonSherwoodDamascusWootton

W. JohnsonNorthwestQ. Orchard

BlairWhitman

Paint BranchRockville

SpringbrookWheaton

PoolesvilleDeMatha

BullisGeo. Prep

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LandonSherwoodDamascus

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BlairWhitman

Paint BranchRockville

Watkins MillWheaton

PoolesvilleDeMatha

BullisGeo. Prep

FEARLESS FORECASTSThe Gazette sports staff picks the

winners of this week’s football gamesinvolving Montgomery County teams.All games record includes picks madein Prince George’s County. Here arethis week’s selections:

All gamesMontgomery County record

Landon at EpiscopalSherwood at Seneca ValleyClarksburg at DamascusGaithersburg at WoottonMagruder at Walter JohnsonNorthwest at BlakeQuince Orchard at ChurchillBethesda-Chevy Chase at BlairWhitman at Richard MontgomeryEinstein at Paint BranchNorthwood at RockvilleWatkins Mill at SpringbrookWheaton at KennedyCatoctin at PoolesvilleDeMatha at Good CounselAvalon at BullisGeorgetown Prep at St. Albans

HOW THEY RANK

Also receiving votes: Winston Churchill, 2.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

The Gazette sports staff ranks the top 10 high school footballteams in Montgomery County each week during the season.

Rank School Record Points

1. Northwest 4-0 59

2. Good Counsel 4-1 55

3. Damascus 4-0 48

4. Bullis 3-1 39

4. Quince Orchard 3-1 39

6. Sherwood 4-0 29

7. Clarksburg 3-1 23

8. Paint Branch 4-0 20

9. Montgomery Blair 3-1 11

10. Landon 3-1-1 5

STANDINGSMontgomery 3ADivision

Division OverallW-L GB W-L PF PA Strk

Damascus 3-0 — 4-0 159 17 W4Seneca Valley 2-0 .5 3-1 117 66 W1Rockville 2-1 1.0 3-1 139 82 W2WatkinsMill 1-1 1.5 1-3 40 113 L1Northwood 1-1 1.5 1-3 37 169 W1Einstein 0-3 3.0 0-4 28 115 L7Wheaton 0-3 3.0 0-4 31 131 L12

Montgomery 4AWestDivisionDivision OverallW-L GB W-L PF PA Strk

Northwest 2-0 — 4-0 187 6 W10QuinceOrchard 2-0 — 3-1 127 52 W1Clarksburg 1-1 1.0 3-1 122 28 W3Gaithersburg 0-2 2.0 1-3 52 108 L2Magruder 0-2 2.0 1-3 19 129 L2

Montgomery 4A SouthDivisionDivision OverallW-L GB W-L PF PA Strk

Churchill 3-0 — 3-1 144 53 L1Wootton 3-1 .5 3-1 75 65 W1Whitman 1-1 1.5 2-2 69 62 L1R.Montgomery 1-0 1.5 1-3 105 145 L1B.-Chevy Chase 0-3 3.0 0-4 19 130 L4Walter Johnson 0-3 3.0 0-4 21 133 L13

Montgomery 4AEastDivisionDivision OverallW-L GB W-L PF PA Strk

Paint Branch 3-0 — 4-0 123 50 W4Sherwood 2-0 1.0 4-0 146 46 W4Montgomery Blair 2-1 1.5 3-1 140 32 W2JamesH. Blake 0-1 2.0 1-3 50 93 L1John F. Kennedy 0-2 2.5 0-3 7 115 L5Springbrook 0-3 2.5 0-4 30 149 L5

Independent 2A schoolOverall

W-L PF PA StrkPoolesville 3-1 114 40 W1

Private schoolsOverallW-L-T PF PA Strk

GoodCounsel 4-1-0 98 46 W1Avalon 4-1-0 171 32 W3Landon 3-1-1 169 92 T1Bullis 3-1-0 115 89 W2Georgetown Prep 1-3-1 81 125 L3

LAST WEEK’S SCORESFriday’s gamesLandon 35, St. Paul’s 35 (darkness)Clarksburg 44, Blake 0Paint Branch 39, Churchill 29Blair 40, Springbrook 18Northwest 49, Gaithersburg 0QuinceOrchard 49,Magruder 0Sherwood 43, RichardMontgomery 27Poolesville 21,Walter Johnson 0Wootton 7,Whitman 6Damascus 42,WatkinsMill 0Northwood 25, Einstein 15Seneca Valley 42, Bethesda-Chevy Chase 6Rockville 44,Wheaton 7Avalon 35, St. John’s Catholic Prep 6Bullis 42, Friendship Collegiate 21

Saturday’s gameGoodCounsel 17, Gonzaga 7

RushingPlayer, school Rushes Yards Avg. TDsDevonteWilliams, Bullis 90 699 7.8 7JoshuaHunter, Landon 81 680 8.4 7Dominyck Sims,Wheaton 97 568 5.9 3E.J. Lee, Northwest 43 560 13.0 7Alex Fehlinger, R.Montgomery 80 525 6.6 4Kyle Green, QuinceOrchard 56 488 8.7 8GunnarMorton,Whitman 65 482 7.4 2Colton Rupp, Landon 67 455 6.8 5Darryl Hill Jr., Paint Branch 54 415 7.7 7Johari Johnson, Landon 30 366 12.2 6

PassingPlayer, school Att.-Cmp. Yards Int. TDsChuck Reese, Rockville 84-142 1,110 2 14SamEllis,Wootton 83-139 911 2 4Neven Sussman, Sherwood 53-71 852 0 10DwayneHaskins Jr., Bullis 74-120 746 2 9DanonDavis-Cray,P.Branch 48-83 705 1 4Mark Pierce, Northwest 44-74 643 0 9StevenMorningstar, P’ville 45-69 602 2 3Andres Castillo, G. Counsel 43-71 594 2 6DesmondColby, Blair 35-58 513 3 4Evan Smith,Whitman 42-78 498 3 5

ReceivingPlayer, school Catches Yards Avg. TDsMarcus Simms, Sherwood 21 518 24.7 5Keon Paye, GoodCounsel 17 401 23.6 5Ryan Stango, Paint Branch 23 358 15.6 2Anthony Albert, Rockville 21 320 15.2 2JamarWilson, Northwest 18 303 16.8 7Louison Biama, Rockville 12 287 23.9 3DamaniNeal, Bullis 32 278 8.7 4Spencer Brigman, Rockville 23 277 12.0 6Sean Parker Jr., Poolesville 18 260 14.4 5DaymonAnderson, Blair 19 250 13.2 4

Coaches and team statisticians may emailseason team statistics to [email protected] noon on Mondays to be included.

LEADERSHold on for the ride

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Paint Branch High School quarterback Danon Davis-Cray carriesthe ball in Friday’s football game against host Winston Churchillin Potomac. Paint Branch won to improve to 4-0 this year.

FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK

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Landon School running back Joshua Hunter breaks free to set the Bears’ sec-ond touchdown Friday against visiting St. Paul’s in Bethesda.

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Sitting at 5-1 and headinginto a tough stretch of schedule,the Poolesville High School girlsvolleyball team got just what itneeded in a 3-2 victory againstWatkins Mill on Sept. 19, Falconscoach Fran DuVall said. Aftertaking the first two games fromthe Wolverines, Poolesville “letdown [their] guard”, according toDuVall.

Watkins Mill jumped at the op-portunity, rallying to win the nexttwo games before falling to thevisiting team. “It’s always in themiddle of the season that’s tough,”DuVall said. “If we have any kindof chance in the postseason, weneed to be pushed around some.Watkins Mill did that to us.”

Magruder gets aweekend off

With homecoming last week,Col. Zadok Magruder High Schoolcoach Scott Zanni took a look athis team and decided a weekendoff was in order. The three days of

rest could do wonders for a teamthat has battled injuries since thestart of the season. Senior liberoCaitlyn Trickey is recovering from anumber of various nicks, while out-side hitter Hannah Barr, sidelinedfor the past few weeks after kneesurgery, is working her way backtowards being match ready. Thesenior has begun practicing andis eyeing a return this week after alengthy and irritating absence.

“She was pretty frustrated,”Zanni said of Barr. “But she’sstayed pretty positive throughoutthis. She’s been at practice helpingout and on the bench at games.She’ll give us some balance at thefront of the net when she returns.”

Holy Cross on the mendAfter two weeks without junior

opposite hitter Megan McTigue

(ankle) and senior outside hitterCassie Lapcevich, Academy of theHoly Cross coach Dave Geiser’sundefeated Tartans look like they’llbe at full strength by next week.Both players practiced this weekand Geiser is optimistic that they’llbe able to return early next weekagainst Bishop O’Connell. Thereturn of McTigue and Lapcevichshould allow the Tartans to returnto their original lineup just in timefor perhaps their biggest scheduledremaining regular season match,Thursday at Good Counsel.

“I think we always look forwardto playing these top teams,” Geisersaid.

Sylvie Rosenwald, a juniorfor Good Counsel, spent her firsttwo seasons at Holy Cross beforetransferring to the Olney-areaschool this summer. “It will bedifferent seeing Sylvie in a GoodCounsel uniform,” Geiser said witha laugh. “There’s absolutely nobad feelings there at all, it just addsanother twist to the matchup.”

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In its ninth year of existence,the Clarksburg High School golfteam won the program’s firstever division title by defeatingNorthwest in a tiebreak to clinchthe Kyle Division. The Coyotes,who finished the season 17-1,were lead by senior Nick Infanti,who finished 10th in the countywith 37.67 stroke average.

“At the beginning of the sea-

son we had two goals,” coachCliff Elgin said. “We wanted towin our division and qualify forstates as a team. We’ve doneone of those things. It was a neatthing for the kids to experience.”

— ADAM GUTEKUNST

B-CC senior runs fastBethesda-Chevy Chase High

School senior Nora McUmberwon the Varsity A Senior Girlsevent at Saturday’s DC XC In-vite by nearly a minute — shefinished in 17 minutes, 58 sec-onds. The meet featured someof the Washington, D.C. area’sstrongest teams and McUmberset herself apart as MontgomeryCounty athletes head into thefinal stretch of the regular seasonbefore the county championship.Winston Churchill’s Lucy Srour’sfourth-place finish (18:50) was

the county’s next best perfor-mance. McUmber’s teammate,Kat McNeill (19:35) finished 10th.

In the Varsity A Senior boysrace, Walt Whitman’s EvanWoods placed third, his time of15:20 was just .09 seconds out offirst place. Classmate Alex Roede-rer finished eighth.

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

Poolesville field hockeyundefeated in countyIt can’t get much better for

the Poolesville High School fieldhockey team, coach ReginaGrubb said. The Falcons are 7-1-1after Monday’s 4-1 win over Wal-ter Johnson of Bethesda, whichextended their undefeated streakto six games.

“I didn’t really know what toexpect at the beginning,” Grubbsaid. “They’re really comingtogether as a team and workingwell.”

— ERIC GOLDWEIN

Clarksburg wins first golf division title

He’s 5-foot-4, and had never played a varsitygame before this season. But lack of height and ex-perience haven’t stopped freshman Carlos Guevarafrom making an immediate impact on the DamascusHigh School boys soccer team. The outside midfielderhas five goals — including two in Monday’s 3-1 vic-tory over Poolesville — to lead the Swarmin’ Hornetsin scoring.

“Carlos just knows the game. He plays at a veryhigh level,” sixth-year coach Andre Wise said. “... Asmuch as I’m teaching him, he’s teaching me.”

Guevara, who plays for the Pachuca FC, has ledDamascus to a 3-4-1 start. The team is on pace to sur-pass its five-win total from 2013.

“We’re playing good soccer at this point and we’rejust looking to get better each week,” Wise said.

Watkins Mill gets healthyThe Watkins Mill High School boys soccer team

has had injuries to just about every position, whichcontributed to a slow start to the 2014 season.

But seven games in, the once decimated Wol-verines (4-3-1) are returning to form — and gettinghealthy — winning three of their past four games.

Center back Edem Yevoo, midfielder AlecVan Bronkhorst and defender Ross Campbellhave stepped up in the absence of injured players

Gianfranco Castillo (back) and Jojo Cann (ACL),while midfielder Daniel Juresic (concussion) andgoalkeeper Jorge Galvez (hand) are back in the lineup.Juresic and Eli Kouemi scored in Monday’s 2-1 victoryover Rockville.

“We’re improving every day,” coach Jeff Heckertsaid “… We’re finally turning it around.”

Churchill rights the shipOne game was enough to convince Winston

Churchill High School boys soccer coach ArnoldTarzy that the lineup wasn’t working. So after theseason opener — a 5-2 loss to Georgetown Prep —he had the center forward and center defensive mid-fielder swap positions. The result: four wins, two ties,one loss, and a lot of defense.

With junior Sepehr Hoghooghi moving to for-ward, and 6-foot-2 senior Joey Strawn now play-ing defensive midfield, the Bulldogs (4-2-2) have“righted the ship,” Tarzy said. The Potomac schoolhas four shut outs and allowed four goals in theseven games since shaking up the lineup.

“I feel very good about winning any game weplay in now,” Tarzy said.

Whitman gets hotWhitman High School boys soccer coach Dave

Greene was concerned about his team after an un-impressive preseason, he said. But a fast start (5-1-1as of Monday) has the 36th-year coach feeling goodabout the Vikings half way through the 2014 season.

The Bethesda school has fared well against a dif-

ficult schedule and defeated competitive Montgom-ery County schools including Gaithersburg, QuinceOrchard, Watkins Mill and Northwest. Their 4-1 lossto Albert Einstein (Kensington) on Saturday wastheir first of the season.

“They have a very good demeanor to them.They’re not too up, too down, one way or another,”Greene said. “[They] play hard and they play a veryattractive brand of soccer.”

Damascus midfielder keeps the Hornets in the game

The Coyotes are off to a 4-1 start andwhile those wins have come against me-diocre teams, a slightly easier scheduleearly could have been just what Clarks-burg needed to transition to a new systemunder first-year coach Christina Mann.The team seems to be finding its identityas it heads into the division portion of its

schedule.“I think we’ve taken care of business

and done what we need to do so far,”Mann said. “[Upcoming] challenges willshow us what we’re made of.”

While sticking to Clarksburg’s traditionof playing out of the back, Mann said theCoyotes are also employing a slightly moreaggressive approach than recent historythanks to a strong midfield. Leah Brown,Vanessa Taffo, who is currently sidelinedwith an injury, Stephanie Kim and HollyWilson, in the middle have helped Clarks-burg dominate possession in most of itsgames so far, Mann said. Gillian Donovanleads the team with three goals.

Covenant Life paircombine for 24 goals

Senior forward Claire Couturier andsophomore midfielder Olivia Bronsonhave scored 12 goals apiece in just eightgames for the Covenant Life girls soccerteam. That has helped the Cougars to a7-1 start, outscoring their opponents, 46-11. Bronson is also tied with Anne Jekelfor a team-high eight assists.

A total of 12 players have contributedat least one goal for the Gaithersburg pri-vate school, which is 5-0 in Potomac Val-ley Athletic Conference play, early this falland six of them have three goals or more.Francheska Risos and Abigail Rashfordare second on the team in scoring withfour goals each.

Stone Ridge freshman scoresfive goals in one game

Locked in a scoreless tie with Indepen-dent School League upper division powerGeorgetown Day School in its third gameof the season, the Stone Ridge School ofthe Sacred Heart (4-1-1) girls soccer teamwas awarded a penalty kick.

“Everyone was just standing aroundand I’m like, ‘Great, we’re not going to scorebecause no one is going to take this penaltykick,’” Gators coach Kati Jo Spisak said.

Then an unassuming freshman striker

named Tatiana Ortega picked the ball upand placed it on the designated spot. Herfirst high school varsity goal was the gamewinner. Her skill has added a new dimen-sion in the Bethesda school’s offensivethird; six games into the season Ortegapaces the team with seven goals. Five ofthem came in last week’s 6-2 win over ISL“A” Division foe St. Andrew’s — Ortega alsoforced the Gators’ sixth goal, Spisak said.

“She has the capability of taking overa game, of taking over the league,” Spisaksaid. “She’s just one of those players whois natural. She really knows how to readthe game and how to set herself up in posi-tions to get the ball and obviously to finish.But she’s also very humble and quiet.”

Paint Branch defender makesreturn from ACL injury

After a promising freshman campaign,current Paint Branch junior defenderGrace Padgett sat out most of her sopho-more season a year ago with a torn ante-rior cruciate ligament. Cleared to play thissummer, the central defender has workedhard to get herself back into game shape.And she has immediately made knownher presence on a backline that oftenfinds itself under pressure.

“[Padgett] has really been holding ourback line,” first-year Panthers coach Car-los Montalvan said. “She has a lot of soc-cer minutes under her belt. When it lookslike its about to break down, she steps inand distributes well.”

Though Paint Branch (2-5) has onlywon two games, the young backline has

only given up an average of two goalsper game. Scoring, however, has beenan issue as the Panthers have only net-ted six goals. Padgett accounts for oneof them out of the back.

Sherwood’s sisterhoodSherwood junior Ariella Amaguana

has been an integral part of the War-riors midfield for three years now butthe reserved athlete has found an en-tirely new level this fall. And Rosanovasaid she believes it has a lot to do withthe arrival of her younger sister Mi-chella, who has played a vital role onSherwood’s backline. The elder Ama-guana is tied with classmate DanielleRohrman as the team’s leading scorerwith three goals. Michella Amaguanahas also contributed a goal.

“Ariella has played almost everysingle minute of every game and shestarted every single game last year,”Rosanova said. “I think it’s helpedhaving her sister, it’s helped build herconfidence and comfort level on theteam. She’s really matured as a player,especially her decision making.”

The Amaguana’s are one of two setsof sisters on the team. The speed andathleticism of senior twin sisters Laurenand Tiffany Woods has been the cor-nerstone of the program for four years.Sherwood is currently 4-4 but in goodposition to compete for the Montgom-ery 4A North Division.

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Clarksburg gears up for division gamesKEEPING IT BRIEF HOW THEY RANKGirls soccer1. Good Counsel2. Winston Churchill3. Walt Whitman4. B-Chevy Chase5. Walter Johnson

n Best bet: WaltWhitman at Bethesda-Chevy Chase, 5 p.m.Thursday: Postseasonaccolades aside,it’s bound to be aninteresting outingwhen two of thecounty’s stingiestdefenses face off.

Boys soccer

1. Georgetown Prep2. Magruder3. Whitman4. Walter Johnson5. Blair

n Best bet: Whitmanat Walter Johnson, 7p.m. Monday; Wildcatshost Vikings inBethesda showdown.

Girls volleyball

1. Holy Cross2. Sherwood3. Gaithersburg4. Good Counsel5. Northwest

n Best bet: Holy Crossat Good Counsel, 6p.m. Thursday; TheFalcons are just oneof two teams to takea game from theTartans this season.Good Counsel will tryto ride the momentumof what’s sure to be alarge crowd.

Field hockey

1. Wootton2. Good Counsel3. Holy Cross4. Poolesville5. Bullis

n Best bet: Bethesda-Chevy Chase atQuince Orchard, 3:30p.m. Thursday

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Quince Orchard High School’s Beth Ellinport (right) goes up to head the ball with Walt Whit-man’s Clare Severe during a Sept. 17 girls soccer game.

Northwest football the new No. 1For the third time this fall, the Maryland High

School Football State Poll, voted on by members ofvarious media outlets, has a new top-ranked team.This week, defending 4A state champion NorthwestHigh School received 10 of 12 first-place votes tomove into the top spot following a loss by McDonogh.

Gemantown’s Jaguars are attempting to becomethe first Class 4A team to win back-to-back state titlessince Seneca Valley did in the 1997-98 seasons.

Gazette editors Ken Sain and Kent Zakour andfootball reporter Prince J. Grimes are voting membersin the poll.

— KENT ZAKOUR

Sherwood football spices up entranceEver since Sherwood High School football coach

Chris Grier arrived at the Sandy Spring school, hesaid, he wanted to do something special for the War-riors pre-game entrance, but he wasn’t sure exactlywhat. That is until he came across the inflatable Sher-wood helmet/tunnel the team is scheduled to run outof prior to its Oct. 31 homecoming game against PaintBranch.

“We gave it to the kids as an incentive to do theirfundraising and to keep working out hard,” Grier said.“They earned it.” Grier also noted that the tunnel por-tion of the inflatable detaches from the helmet, andcan potentially be used for other Sherwood athleticevents in the future.

— ADAM GUTEKUNST

Bethesda resident winscanoe world championship

With his gold medal in the men’s single canoeat the 2014 International Canoe Federation CanoeSlalom World Championships last week in McHenry,Bethesda resident Fabien Lefevre became a worldchampion for the seventh time in his career. TheFrench native’s first world title since joining the U.S.National Team in 2013 marked the first world cham-pionship for Team USA in 12 years.

Lefevre, who also finished 10th in the men’s singlekayak, has won two Olympic medals — silver in 2008,bronze in 2004 — under the French flag and has hissights set on gold in the upcoming 2016 Olympics inRio.

Last week’s competition at Deep Creek markedthe 25th Anniversary of the last world championshipheld in the U.S.

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

Kennedy running back out for seasonJohn F. Kennedy High School’s starting tailback,

Tavon Sanders, has officially been ruled out for theseason due to a broken bone in his foot, Kennedycoach Carlos Smith said. The senior injured the footin the team’s last scrimmage prior to the begining ofthe regular season, Smith said. The injury was initiallythought to be a high-ankle sprain, but has turned outto be much worse.

“He could have been a game-changer and hasbeen missed,” Smith said.

— PRINCE J. GRIMES

Silver Spring native debutswith German soccer club

Three weeks after debuting for the United Statesmen’s national soccer team, Joe Gyau of Silver Springplayed his first game for German club Borussia Dort-mund Bundesliga. The 5-foot-9 winger came off thebench in a 2-2 tie against VfB Stuttgart on Sept. 24.and while he didn’t score, he did get a shoutout onTwitter from USMNT coach Jurgen Klinsmann. Gyau,22, played for the Bethesda Roadrunners youth soccerclub.

— ERIC GOLDWEIN

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Northwest High School receiver Jamar Wilson and histeammates are the new No. 1-ranked team in Marylandin the state media poll. The defending Class 4A statechampions are 4-0.

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BY ERIC GOLDWEINSTAFFWRITER

Trailing 1-0 in the secondhalf, the Montgomery BlairHigh School boys soccer teamneeded a change. So withabout 10 minutes remaining,all of its midfielders and for-wards came out, and six restedplayers entered the pitch.

It may have seemed likea desperation move, but forthe Blazers, it’s the norm. TheSilver Spring school plays twosix-player groups — unit oneand unit two — and rotatesthem in and out in 15-minuteshifts; it’s like a line changein hockey, coach John Haighsaid.

The rationale, Haigh said,is that fresh bench players cancontribute more than fatiguedstarters; that’s particularly trueon a team such as Blair that’sdeep at midfield/forward andhas a steady defense, anchoredby Armel Tueno Nguimfack,that plays the whole game.

“This is sort of a uniquesituation,” Haigh said. “We’retrying to play to that strengthinstead of leaving a numberof people on the bench whoare right in line with what ourstarters would be.”

The late second-half sub-stitution paid off on Saturdayagainst hostWinston Churchillin Potomac. Shortly after re-entering the game, midfielderMiguel Lopez drew a foul thatled to a free kick. From 30 yardsout, Jordi Long sent a ball to-ward the far post and defenderAshely Durban — usually afull-game player — headed inthe game-tying goal. After thetwo units split time in over-time, Blair held on for a 1-1 tie.

“I think both lines have alot of chemistry,” midfielderMax Scribner said. “While theother team is staying for a full

80 minutes, we’re having freshpeople come in.”

Players are still adjustingto the sub-heavy strategy andsaid that shorter shifts canmake it difficult to get into arhythm. But they’ve becomemore comfortable in the sys-tem as the season has pro-gressed, and that’s showed,with the Blazers off to a 2-1-4start as of Monday. Theyhave ties against four of thearea’s top teams — DeMatha(Hyattsville), Walt Whitman(Bethesda), Walter Johnson(Bethesda) and Churchill— and wins against John F.Kennedy (Silver Spring) andRichard Montgomery (Rock-ville). Their lone loss came in

overtime against Bethesda-Chevy Chase.

“It’s helped endurance-wise and we have a lot ofdepth,” said junior midfielderSean Munroe, part of the firstunit. “There’s not really muchof a difference between unitone and unit two.”

Considering the strength ofschedule and that several keyplayers graduated— includingAll-Gazette forward DonaldBenamna (San Diego State)— from last year’s 11-3 team,Haigh said he is content withhow the team has played.

“Even the Kennedy game(5-4 OT) ... We spotted themtwo, and were a man down,and we were still able to find a

way to pull it out,” said Haigh,who last experimented withline changes a decade ago withBlair’s junior varsity team.

Scribner, a unit two player,said he believes the strategycould help Blair go deeper inthe postseason than last yearwhen the team lost to Wal-ter Johnson 3-2 in the secondround.

“We lost some really goodplayers but I think with thatcame a huge change of style inBlair soccer and I think we’regoing to look a lot better,”Scribner said.

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Blair finds fresh approach in substitutingn Montgomery Collegesophomore overcomes

late start

BY KENT ZAKOURSTAFFWRITER

Four years ago, BogdanSvitin said he had never reallyconsidered taking soccer seri-ously. Sure, the Ukrainian na-tive had kicked the ball aroundwith friends, but he was morefocused on tennis and karate.

Butwhenhe turned15,Svi-tin became enamored with theworld’s most popular sport.And now at 19, the sophomoreis the No. 1 goalkeeper for theMontgomery College men’ssoccer team.

“When I was a kid, I didn’treallycareand itwas just some-thing to do,” Svitin said with aheavyEasternEuropeanaccentduring an interview Friday af-ternoon. “But, I don’t know,when I turned 15 or 16, takingsoccer for real really became agoal.”

When Svitin was 16, he,alongwithhis parents, decidedto pursue better academic andsoccer-playing opportunities.So, Svitin andhis familymovedfrom the Ukraine to Rockvilleand he enrolled as a junior atWalter JohnsonHigh School.

But for the next year and ahalf, Svitin, who briefly playedlow-level club soccer in theUkraine, did not play orga-nized soccer. He was able totrain, however, he said, withthe Bethesda Soccer Club.

“Starting at 15-years old iskindof late,” Svitin said. “Itwasvery difficult getting the skillsbecause you have to catch upwith players your age that havefarmore advanced skills.”

After graduating from WJ,Svitin was determined to playcollege soccer. Following a

little research and discussionswith friends,heconnectedwithMontgomery College coachPedro Braz, who offered him a

tryout.“I told

himnothingwas guaran-teed, but werecognizedvery quicklyhis naturaltalent andattributes,”Braz said.

“He wasn’t really polished andhis technique was rough. Weknew we could work with himand he’s a pretty good goalienow. It is night and day fromthis year to last.

“He’s put a lot of work inand done a lot of it on his own.… It has all paid off and Bog-dan is the most improved guyon our team.”

Added Svitin: “I graduatedfrom high school and wasn’tsure about my future, but Ilearned about MC and figuredthis would be a good place todevelop before I go — hope-fully— to a four-year school.”

The sixth-ranked Raptors,who won the Region XX tour-nament last fall and finishedfourth at the National JuniorCollegeAthleticAssociationDi-vision III national tournament,are in themidst of a strong sea-son (9-2-1). The 6-foot-2 soph-omore is a key component,with a 6-2-1 record, 1.75 goals-against average, .833 save per-centage in 462minutes played.

Svitin is deflect the creditfor his success, pointing to-ward his defenders, including5-foot-9 sophomore BrandonMcKoy.

“BrandonMcKoy is a greatdefender,” said Svitin,who ini-tially played in the field beforefinding his niche in goal.”

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Montgomery Blair High School’s Armel Nguimfack (right) goes after a loose ball during Monday’s boys soccer gameagainst visiting Northwood in Silver Spring.

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OLNEY- TH 4bdrm,3.5 bths, deck, nearshops,restaurants,comm.pool, tennis crts$2,200 mo. +Utls. CallSam 301-237-3070

POOLESVILLE:3br 2.5ba RemodeldTH $1350 + utilsNS/NP Avail. Nov 1st.240-876-9627

SILVER SPRING:3Br, 2.5Ba, newly ren-ovated, 1st mo free for2 yr lease, $1700/moCall: 301-503-9262

MT AIRY: 4 B r ,3.5Ba, nr Rt 70, nrTwin Arch ShoppingCtr, 1350 sq ft, $1700+ util 240-426-7771

GAITHERSBURG-2bd/1 ba ground floorapt $900 + Utilitiesclose to metro & marctrain. 301-785-0242

SIL SPG: LongmeadCrossing, Newly renov2br 2ba. $1350 + utils.w/d in the unit. OR3bd 2ba. $1600. NrMetro & Bus. 301-526-3198

SILVER SPRING-HUGE 1 BR near ICC.Quiet, w/w, w/d, $1550util incl, fios+! Petsneg.N/S 301/924-5377

SILV SPRG smallroom w/ 1/2 bathroomin apt, females pref;resp, clean, quiet; secdep req $500 240-398-0291

GAITHERSBURG:1500sq ft warehousespace. Ideal for sto-rage or small businessIncludes office, shel-ving, loading dock,parking. $1650 permonth. 431 East Dia-mond Ave. 301-942-7160/240-447-0630

BELTSVILLE: 1BDCondo. Near UMD,Greenbe l t /Co l legePark Metro. $1100 inclutils. 240-441-2199

BELTSVILLE: 1br,1ba Condo. $1300utils incl. Close to Bus& Shops. HOC Ok.W/D in condo. Call240-506-1386

GERMANTOWN:2BR/2BA corner unit,garage, frplc porch,pool, Wash/dryer, nrWegmans & 1270,$1800/mo + util: Call301-717-0544

GERMANTOWN:Lge 2Br 2Ba, W/D,pool, exercise rmstorage, Avl Oct.$1400 301-972-2493

MV: Newly Reno 2br,2ba, W/D, w-w carpet.$1450 utils incl. Walkto Bus & Shops.NS/NP. 301-540-8177

ROCKVILLE: 2Br,1Ba, big balcony$1450 per mo + SD301-460-4004 or 301-525-3211

ASPEN HILL: privroom w/own bath,$750/month inc util,Wifi and W/D - NP/NSCall: 301-804-7350or 240-330-2330

BELPRE/S.S.: THRooms/ share BA, utilsincl. $500 N/S/ N/P, NrBus & Metro. Avail.Now. 301-915-7264

BOWIE: Bsmt inSFH, $850/mo inc util,Free Cable. NS/NPAvailable October 1stCall: 301-509-3050

BOYDS: walk outbasement w/2 bed.$1,200 incl utils. Busaccess. NS/NP. 301-717-6866/301-502-9706

DERWOOD: M/F. 1BR & den, pvt entry &ba, $925 (all utils.incl.), wifi/cable NP,NS. 240-620-5564

FREDERICK: Lrg1Br, TH, great for aquiet professional.$650 incl all util & int.$400 SD. Nr bus &FSK Mall. Free bed &TV if needed. Availnow! 240-506-2259

GAITH: 3 Rooms inTH: shr Ba $600 eachplus shared utliitiesPlease call: 240-305-6331

GAITHERSBURG:1bedroom in TH, nearbus line, $650 + util &Sec Dep. Avail immedCall: 301-440-4189

GAITHERSBURG:1Br in bsmnt full Ba,$495 util inc, nr bus &shops 240-848-4483or 301-977-6069

GAITHERSBURG:1Br, priv Ba in 2 Brapt, nr bus, W/D, sin-gle person, $600 incutils 301-377-3828

GAITHERSBURG:Bsmt for rent $600and 1BD $500 in THincl util. Deposit re-quired. 301-990-4932

GAITHERSBURG-Lrg RM w/bath $650 +utils/CATV incl nearMetro & Shops call240-386-9587

GAITH:Furn RM formale (se rentacuarto) . Nr metro,W/D, $475 incluutills. 301-785-0242

GAITH: M ale/Fem toshare 1 BR in TH.Near bus line. N/s,N/p. $450/m Util incl.301-675-0538

GAITH:M BRs $430+440+475+555+ MaidNs/Np, nr 270/370/Busshops, quiet, conv.SecDep 301-983-3210

GAITH: prvt ent., nrb u s / s h o p / m e t r o ,W/D/kit $550 utils incl,Wi-Fi & Direct TV op-tional 240-821-3039

G E R M : 2 BRs,shared BA $380 &$400, 1MB $500 +utils in TH NS/NDNear bus/shops. SecDep Req. 240-476-6224

GERMANTOWN:1Br in TH, shrd Bafemale, No smoking,No Pets $470/mo + utilCall: 240-401-3522

GERMANTOWN:Bsmt Apt, priv entr &full Ba, shrd kit, freepark, W/D $900 util inc301-793-8303 txt only

GERMANTOWN:Bsmt dwelling, priventr, lower patio, kitch-enette, $1300 per moCall: 240-780-6910

GERMANTOWN:IT’S A STEAL! FurnMaster bedroomw/private bath Only$398+ utils, Aval. ImmCall 301-651-1918

GERMANTOWN:Rm for rent in TH nrbus & shopping center$550/mo util includeNP/NS 240-715-5147

GERM: Furnished rmin TH w/ba, 6 month ormore,1 person $650.Cls to 270 & metro.Call 240-406-0210

LAYTONSVILLE-Bsmt Apt 1500 SFw/priv bath & entr,lower patio, sharedKitchen $1400 inclutils, & internet 240-216-9773

MONT VILLAGE:Bsmt w/2 Br, priv kit,Bathroom & entr, LR,$1,000/mo + 1/3 util,CATV & int. 301-222-7327 or 240-643-2343

MONT VILLAGE:Female to rent room inTH. Shared BA & kit,nr shops, $500/moCall: 240-750-8739

MONT.VILLAGE:MBR w/priv ba $700,Second RM $600.Utils not incl. Nr bus &shops 240-595-2127

MV: 2BD walk outbasement. No kit.Near Lakeforest Mall.Female. $800 inclutils. 301-466-4118

MV: TH, large BRnewly painted $550utils, Cable & I-netincl. near Bus/ShopsAvail. 240-848-4797

ROCKVILLE: 1Br +den, priv Ba, nr bus,shops, $600/monthinc util + SD PleaseCall: 240-380-5695

ROCK/ BETH: FurnApt in TH , Patio, PrivEntr off Montrose RdNr 270 & 495. Recroom, BD, BA, Kitch-enette, $975 util inc,N/S, N/P. Female On-ly! 301-984-8458

ROCK: WalkoutBsmtw/lg BR. Near AspenHill Shopping Center.Prv BA, ent. Female.$850. 240-701-2141

SIL SPRG: bsmt aptpvt entrance, full kit,bath, LR, BR, $875 utilincl; sec dep $500NS/NP 240-353-8746

Colesville Lions ClubFLEA MARKETFLEA MARKETColesville Lions Clubis sponsoring Octo-ber Flea Market toassist the Blind andother worthy charitableservices.It will beheld at the Turf Centerin Spencerville at 1409Spencerville Road(198), Spencerville, MD20868, each Saturdayin October (4th, 11th,28thand 25th) weatherpermitting. All are in-vited to participate andthe space charge will be$15 per day per vender,which will be open from8:00 AM to 2:00 PMeach Saturday. Tablesare available for use at$5.00 each. Pleasebring your crafts, artwork and garage salematerial tosellatthe Flea Market, orcome to the Flea Mar-ket as a consumerand get a good deal!Lions Club memberscan participate as ven-dors for no spacecharge.

SILVER SPRING:1BD, 1BA in basementw/priv entr. Close topublic transp. $535incl utils. 240-899-4256

SILVER SPRING:1Br, shrd Ba in SFH,nr bus/metro etc$600/mo inc utilsCall: 301-879-4848

SILVER SPRING:Clean & Nice BsmtRM. Off Rt 29 nearbus. NP/NS. $750 inclutils. 301-793-4665

ANTIQUE SHOWOctober 4th & 5th, 2014

Saturday & Sunday: 10am - 5pmMontgomery County Fairgrounds16 Chestnut St ** Gaithersburg, MD

- Dealers with Antiques & Collectibles for saleAdm: $6, $5 with ad, Free Parking

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WANTED TO PUR-CHASE Antiques &Fine Art, 1 item Or En-tire Estate Or Collec-tion, Gold, Silver,Coins, Jewelry, Toys,Oriental Glass, China,Lamps, Books, Tex-tiles, Paintings, Printsalmost anything oldEvergreen Auctions973-818-1100. [email protected]

SS/COLESVILLE:MBR w/priv Ba, LrgSFH, NS/NP, $800 incutils/int, nr ICC, 495 &Metro 301-861-9981

WHEATON: Malepref non-smoker, 1BR,shr BA, near metro,$525/mnth util incl+dep 301-933-6804

AUCTION -Construction Equip-ment & Trucks, Octo-ber 7th, 9 AM, Rich-mond, VA. Excavators,Dozers, Dumps &More. Accepting ItemsDaily thru 10/3. Mot-ley’s Asset DispositionGroup, 804-232-3300,www.motleys.com/industrial, VAAL #16.

MAJOR TOY AUC-TION Oct 10 11 & 12Cumberland Md VtgStar Wars Transform-ers Bronze Age Com-ics 1000s of boxed vtgand modern toys! An-tiques coins radio pre-miums ephemera etcwww.auctionzip.comEric S McDonald 301-707-8401

OLNEY HISTORICHOME: Oct 4th &5th, 10-4, furniture andhousehold items,17017 Georgia Ave

BROOKEVILLE:Furnished room avail /t r i d e l p h i ar e s e r v i o r / c h i l lplace/gym. $1100240-688-9318.

ESTATE SALE -M o v e d t oa Nursing HomeDon’t miss. Cash Only.Moved to a Nursinghome everything mustgo and is priced to sel.Car (1999 Merc Mar-quis), Antiques,K i t c h e nPictures, Glass, Nick-k-nacks, Furniture, Allkinds items too muchtolist 9808 VarusPlace, Upper Marlboro20772.

Seneca WhetstoneCommunity Yard SaleSaturday October 4th, 9am-1pm.

Rain Date Sunday October 5th, 9am-1pmGame Preserve Rd off Rte 355.

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SILVER SPRING!Storm Door, TotalGym, Dansk Dishes,house-hold items, kidsstuff, and MUCHm o r e . S a t -urday, 10/4 8am-1 2 p m ;620 Fieldstone Rd.20905

OCEAN CITY,MARYLANDBest selection ofaffordable rentals.Full/partial weeks.Call for FREE bro-chure. Open daily.Holiday Real Es-tate. 1-800-638-2102. Onlinereservations:www.holidayoc.com

ESTATE SALE An-tiques - 16031 RiffleFord Rd, Gaithersburg-Collectibles, Furni-ture, Jewelry & Watch-es, Glassware &China, Housewares,and Tools. JohnsvilleAuction House - l 410-775-0115.

OLNEY- Multi FamilyGarage & Yard Sale inOlney on SaturdayOctober 4 9AM - 1PM.Located on BlossomView Drive (off ofHinesRoad)

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGPiney Meetinghouse Road Bridge Project

(CIP #501522)

Pursuant to Section 49-53 of the Montgomery County Code (2004) as amended, a pub-lic hearing will be held before the Director of Transportation (or his designee) at 3:00p.m. on Wednesday, October 15, 2014, in the first floor auditorium of the Executive Of-fice Building at 101 Monroe Street, Rockville, Maryland 20850 to consider a proposal toreplace Piney Meetinghouse Road Bridge No. M-021 over Watts Branch, a public high-way bridge located in Potomac, Maryland in the 10th Election District.

Project files are available for examination in the offices of the Department of Transporta-tion, Division of Transportation Engineering (DTE), 4th Floor, 100 Edison Park Drive,Gaithersburg, Maryland. The phone number is 240-777-7220. Written comments forconsideration by the Public Hearing Officer may be submitted to Bruce E. Johnston,Chief, Division of Transportation Engineering, 100 Edison Park Drive, Gaithersburg,Maryland 20878. Interpreter services will be provided for the deaf or hearing impairedand Spanish-speaking citizens upon request. DEPT: DOT/Division of Transportation En-gineering FULL MAIL ADDRESS: 100 Edison Park Drive, 4th Floor, Gaithersburg,Maryland 20878; PHONE NUMBER: 240-777-7223.

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Assistant CustomerService Manager

Expanding Frederick firm is seeking a full time,experienced, customer service representative toassist the customer service department. MicrosoftOffice experience required, QuickBooks experiencedesirable. Minimum of 5- 10 years of experience inan office environment. Great benefits includinghealth insurance, vacation, etc. Hours are M-F,8:00-5:00. Salary $40K- $45K. Please emailresume to [email protected].

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ALTERNATE POLLING PLACES AVAILABLE

If you vote in the State of Maryland, you are assigned to a specificpolling place. This is important because there are different localcontests on the ballot. However, in some situations, you can re-quest a different polling place. You may request a change in poll-ing place for two reasons - accessibility concerns or religious prin-ciples.

Accessibility Concerns: For the 2014 Gubernatorial Elections, allMontgomery County polling places are compliant with MarylandState Board of Elections accessibility guidelines. Contact theBoard of Elections if you have concerns about a specific disability.

Religious Principles: If your assigned polling place is a religiousinstitution, and entering that site conflicts with your religious be-liefs and practices, you may request a nearby polling place. CallChristine Rzeszut at 240-777-8585, or by e-mail [email protected]. Deadline is 9 p.m.October 14, 2014, for the General Election.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGWapakoneta Road Improvements

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Pursuant to Section 49-53 of the Montgomery County Code (2004) as amended, a pub-lic hearing will be held before the Director of the Department of Transportation (or hisdesignee) at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 22, 2014, in Room A of Bethesda- Che-vy Chase Service Center at 4805 Edgemoore Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814 to consider aproposal to improve Wapakoneta Road located in Bethesda, Maryland. Specific Im-provements include partial partial reconstruction and resurfacing of the roadways, curband gutter, driveway aprons, storm drain inlets and pipes, bio-swales and environmental-ly sensitive parking pads.

Project files are available for examination in the offices of the Department of Transporta-tion, Division of Transportation Engineering (DTE), 4th Floor, 100 Edison Park Drive,Gaithersburg, Maryland. The phone number is 240-777-7220. Written comments forconsideration by the Public Hearing Officer may be submitted to Bruce E. Johnston,Chief, Division of Transportation Engineering, 100 Edison Park Drive, Gaithersburg,Maryland 20878. Interpreter services will be provided for the deaf or hearing impairedand Spanish-speaking citizens upon request. DEPT: DOT/Division of Transportation En-gineering FULL MAIL ADDRESS: 100 Edison Park Drive, 4th Floor, Gaithersburg,Maryland 20878; PHONE NUMBER: 240-777-7223.

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Front DeskMedical AssistantFull-Time position available.Fluent in English & Spanish. 3 yrsexperience in Medical Office.

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hiring Bell Ringers inMontgomery County for thisChristmas Season. $8.25 perhour. Apply in person October3rd, 7th and 9th from 10am -2pm at 20021 Aircraft Drive,Germantown, MD 20874

MEDICAL

LPN/RNFor busy pediatric practice inMontgomery County. Pediatricexperience preferred. Fax

resume to 301.933.5087 orEmail [email protected]

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MEDICAL RECEPTIONISTWe are looking for a medical receptionist who has more than 2years experience in a large medical practice. The ideal candidatemust have knowledge of Electronic Medical Record and must haveexcellent communication as well as customer service skill. Pleasesend your resume to [email protected]

Telemarketing/SalesInsurance agency seeks professional inside sales rep to callon businesses and set appointment for our sales staff.Interested applicants should include with their resumes acover letter that details why they are best suited for thisposition. Both resumes and cover letter can be faxed or e-mailed to:

Attn: [email protected] or 301-330-1270

MEDICAL BILLING POSITIONSLarge GI medical practice in Silver Spring is seeking full timecandidates for the following positions:

∂ Charge Entry Associate∂ Payment Recovery Specialist

No weekends. Excellent benefits package. Salary commensurablewith experience. Interested candidates please email yourresume to: [email protected] or to learn moreabout the positions, please visit our website at:capitaldigestivecare.com.

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ASSISTED/SENIOR LIVING

Emeritus at Potomac, a premier Assisted Living & Memory Care community, is proud tonow be a part of the Brookdale Senior Living family. We are actively seeking dedicated,compassionate & reliable Team Members who share our vision & expectations ofproviding exceptional quality of life & quality care for all of our wonderful residents.

We invite you to attend our “Meet & Greet” at our community on Monday, Sep 29thand Monday, Oct 6th, 2pm-4:30pm, where you will have an opportunity to speak withmembers of our Team and tour our community. Please bring your resume. If unable toattend, applications are available online or at our Concierge desk.

• Resident Care Associates (FT CNA/GNA-qualified all shifts)• LPNs (FT, per diem, all shifts)• Lead Housekeeper (Temp to FT)

• Activity Asst/Driver• Chef (PT)• Concierge (Weekends)

Emeritus at Potomac11215 Seven Locks Road, Rockville, MD 20854

Medical ReceptionistPT, Falls Grove, Experience Required.

Please send resume to:[email protected]

Part-Time

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Making calls. For more info pleasecall Weekdays between 9a-4pNo selling! Sal + bonus + benes.

Call 301-333-1900

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Ourisman VW of LaurelAll prices exclude tax, tags, title, freight and $300 processing fee. Cannot be combined with any previous advertised or internet special. Pictures are for illustrative purposes only.See dealer for details. 0% APR Up To 72 Months on all models. See dealer for details. Ourisman VW World Auto Certified Pre Owned financing for 72 months based on creditapproval thru VW. Excludes Title, Tax, Options & Dealer Fees. Special APR financing cannot be combined with sale prices. Ends 10/7/14.

OURISMAN VW WORLD AUTO CERTIFIED PRE OWNED21 Available...Rates Starting at 1.64% up to 72 months

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2015 GOLF 2DR HB MT

#3019574, MT, Power Windows, Power Locks,Keyless Entry

BUY FOR$16,599

MSRP $18,815

#7319655, Power Windows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry

2014 JETTA S

BUY FOR$13,995

MSRP $17,715

2014 BEETLE 1.8L

#1651997, Automatic, Power Windows/PowerLocks, Keyless Entry, Sunroof

BUY FOR$17,999

MSRP $22,685

2014 JETTA SEDAN TDI

#7327134, Automatic Power Windows,Power Locks, Bluetooth

BUY FOR$18,599

OR 0% for 72 MONTHS

MSRP $22,435

2014 PASSAT S

#9009449, Automatic, Power Windows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry

BUY FOR$17,999

OR 0% for 72 MONTHS

MSRP $22,765

2009 Chevrolet Impala.....#VP0082, Black, 89,012 Miles.......$11,995

2010 Golf HB.....#V018362A, Gray, 51,324 Miles......................$12,995

2009 Jetta TDI.....#VP0080, Black, 67,762 Miles......................$15,491

2013 Golf.....#VPR0087, Blue, 41,254 Miles..............................$15,991

2013 Passat S.....#VPR0086, Gray, 37,555 Miles.....................$15,995

2013 Jeep Patriot.....#V007888B, 35,976 Miles......................$16,495

2012 Beetle.....#VP0079, Red, 18,486 Miles............................$16,995

2012 Jetta SE.....#VL90088, Gray, 31,472 Miles......................$16,999

2012 Tiguan SE CPO.....#V577336A, Blacl, 24,990 Miles........$18,995

2012 Honda Civic.....#V537179C, Blue, 21,194 Miles.............$19,995

2014 Honda CR-V...#V508233A, Silver, 2,746 Miles.................$21,995

2011 Mercedes C-300...#V021472A, Black, 85,841 Miles......$21,995

2013 Jetta TDI...#VPR0083, Silver, 10,331 Miles......................$20,995

2012 Golf TDI HB....#V012299A, Black, 25,504 Miles..............$22,995

SAVE UP TO$7,000

2014 TIGUAN S 2WD

#EW625158, Automatic, Power Windows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry

BUY FOR$21,999

OR 0% for 72 MONTHS

MSRP $26,685

2014 PASSAT SE TDI

#9094730, Power Windows,Power Locks, Sunroof

BUY FOR$23,829

MSRP $27,730

2015 GTI 4DR HB S

#4019479, Automatic, Power Windows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry

BUY FOR$24,999

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

MSRP $26,810

2014 BEETLE CONVERTIBLE

#2804408, 2.5L Turbo, AutomaticPower Windows/Locks, Power Top

BUY FOR$22,999

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

MSRP $28,450

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