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SILVER SPRING | TAKOMA PARK | WHEATON | BURTONSVILLENEWS: Manna Food Centerbrings nutritious food toColesville community. A-5
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RISING MINIMUM WAGEMontgomery County’s minimum wage is slated to rise to $11.50 by2017, faster than the state’s increase.
Minimum wage Oct. 2014 Oct. 2015 Oct. 2016 Oct. 2017
Montgomery $8.40 $9.55 $10.75 $11.50Prince George’s $8.40 $9.55 $10.75 $11.50Washington, D.C. $9.50 $10.50 $11.50 $11.50*Maryland $7.25 $8.25 $8.75 $9.25**
*increases indexed to inflation; **will rise to $10.10 on July 2018
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NEW LIFE INTHE DAYLIGHTWingless fairy makes newfriends in ImaginationStage’s production of“The Night Fairy.”
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n Award for mathematicswhiz comes on heelsof a $3M math prize
BY KEVIN JAMES SHAY
STAFFWRITER
Jacob Lurie deals with arealm foreign to many, one ofalgebraic geometry — the studyof complex polynomial equa-tions — and algebraic topol-ogy, which uses algebra to studyshapes.
But since graduating fromMontgomeryBlairHighSchool’sscience, mathematics and com-puter science magnet programin 1996, Lurie — now a math-ematics professor at HarvardUniversity — has been trying tomake such topics less foreign.His work has introduced newways of looking at geometry andother fields, along with how tomake such subjects more inter-esting to the average student.
The way mathematics istaught inmanyhigh schools andcolleges is like a music class inwhich an instructor makes stu-dents play scales over and over,Lurie said. That does notmake a
lot of students want to learn thesubject, he said.
“I think that it would bemuch better for a lot of peopleif theywanted to take onemath-ematics class in college, that
Blair alum winsa prestigious‘genius grant’
MACARTHUR FOUNDATION
Jacob Lurie, a 1996 graduate ofMontgomery Blair High School’s sci-ence, mathematics and computerscience magnet program, recentlywas awarded a MacArthur Founda-tion Fellowship, one of the mostprestigious academic honors.
n Most say they already payemployees above level;
some see impact on teen workers
BY KEVIN JAMES SHAY
STAFFWRITER
As the first phase ofMontgomery Coun-ty’s minimum-wage hike kicks in Wednes-day, some local businessownersdoubt there
will be much impact, while others see morecause for concern.
Under a law passed by the CountyCouncil late last year, the minimum wagefor most employers with at least two work-ers increases from$7.25perhour to $8.40onWednesday. It will rise incrementally eachOctober until reaching $11.50 in October2017. That’s larger than the state hike,whichis slated to increase to $8 per hour Jan. 1 andrisemore slowly to $10.10 bymid-2018.
“I don’t anticipate much impact, es-pecially at the beginning,” said MeaghanMurphy, co-owner of TakomaPark café andbakery Capital City Cheesecake, which has17 full- and part-time employees. “We’realready paying the largemajority of our em-ployees above $8.40 anhour. For the secondphase, we are working to get ahead of thecurve. We have to time to address it and be
Business owners differ on minimum wage
n City reviewing proposals to develop lot
BY KEVIN JAMES SHAY
STAFFWRITER
Numerous residents urged the Takoma ParkCity Council on Monday to consider an alterna-tive plan by the Takoma Park Silver Spring Co-opto redevelop some city-owned landnear the natu-ral foods grocery store.
Thecity is considering fourproposalsbydevel-opers for a lot that is zoned for mostly residentialuses at Takoma Junction around the intersectionof Carroll and Ethan Allen Avenues. The finalistsare The Ability Project, Community 3 Develop-
ment, Keystar and Eco Housing, and Neighbor-hoodDevelopment Co.
“This process has not been easy,” saidMarilynBerger, director of administration for the co-op,which is owned by area residents and shoppers.
The co-op, which wants to double its spaceto about 12,500 square feet, seeks to add a foodpreparation kitchen, community room and otherspace, as well as buildings for smaller businessessuch as a credit union or incubator around it, shesaid.
Ofutmost importance, nomatterwhichdevel-oper is chosen, is that the store needs to be ableto stay open during construction with access to
Takoma Park residents urgecouncil to rethink co-op needs
BY RAISA CAMARGOSTAFFWRITER
The Indonesian-AmericanMuslimcommunity congregated in Sil-ver Spring Friday to celebrate the
opening of their first IMAAMCenter forreligious worship and dispel stereotypesabout Islam.
The inauguration of the11,266-square-foot building was two de-cades in themaking.
Firdaus Kadir is one of the founderswho pioneered the efforts to open thecenter. Kadir envisioned a place wherethe IndonesianMuslim community canfind unity, with social services. He deliv-ered a sermon to a roomful ofmenwear-ing traditional black caps known as peciandwomen using jilbabs, or IndonesianIslamic head scarves.
Kadir reiterated the need to embraceIslam in amulticultural society. “Plural-ism does not require leaving our identi-
ties behind,” he told the crowd during thetraditional Juma’h prayer.
The IndonesianMuslim Associationin America, or IMAAM, is a nonprofit,religious, charitable organization basedin Rockville.
In June, IMAAMpurchased the va-cant building at 9100 Georgia Ave. in Sil-ver Spring for $2.7million, according to
Indonesian president joins celebration
Mayanti Farah(left) ofGermantownand InaNasution ofRockville talkin the prayerroom of thenew IMAAMCenter inSilver Springafter aninaugurationceremony onFriday.
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Muslim center opens in Silver Spring
n Some turn to lawyersbecause of wounds linkedto football equipment
BY LINDSAY A. POWERS
STAFFWRITER
A disinfectant improperlyused on football equipmentcaused rashes and burns onmultiple Springbrook HighSchool players who used hel-mets and shoulder pads during
a Sept. 16 practice.Some upset parents have
enlisted lawyers and are look-ing for answers that they saythe Silver Spring school is notproviding.
Rob Wendel, the highschool’s athletic director, saidhe thinks 15 to 20 players wereinjured to varying degrees.
A letter from Princi-pal Samuel Rivera posted toSpringbrook’s website said itappeared that a football playerhad a staph infection, so the
school’s boys’ football lockerrooms were disinfected onSept. 15. Football equipmentwas cleaned on Sept. 16 withthe same disinfectant used toclean the locker rooms.
He apologized in the letter,writing, “The actions in this in-stance, while done with goodintent, were unacceptable.”
Valorie Gillespie said thatwhen she saw her 17-year-oldson Jordan, on the evening of
Springbrook parents upsetover disinfectant injuries
See GENIUS, Page A-8
See INJURIES, Page A-8
See WAGE, Page A-6
See CELEBRATION, Page A-8
See CO-OP, Page A-8
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1Book Signing, 6:30 p.m., 5706Warwick
Place, Chevy Chase. Rescheduled fromSept. 17. Author David Sherer signs copiesof “TheHouse of Black andWhite” anddiscusses his newmemoir about growingup in theWashington suburbs. Free. www.thehouseofblackandwhitebook.com.
THURSDAY, OCT. 2Secondary School Fair, 6-8 p.m., Nor-
wood School, 8821 River Road, Bethesda.Open to anyone interested in learningabout independent high schools in theD.C. area and beyond. Free. 301-841-2101.
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. 3Agent’s Advice to Aspiring Writers, 7:30
p.m., TheWriter’s Center, 4508Walsh St.,Bethesda. Literary agent ShannonO’Neillwill share practical tips and advice for nav-igating the steps to finding an agent andgetting published. $6. 301-654-8664.
The Great Gatsby Party, 8-11 p.m.,Dance Bethesda, 8227Woodmont Ave.,Bethesda. Foxtrot and Swing lessons fol-lowed by a Roaring ’20s dance party. $18.301-951-3660.
SATURDAY, OCT. 4Linda Norgrove Foundation 5k Run/
Walk 2014, 9 a.m.,WheatonRegional Park,2000ShorefieldRoad, Silver Spring. TheLindaNorgroveFoundationwas establishedinOctober 2010 inmemoryof LindaNor-grove,whowasdevoted to ensuring thatthepeopleofAfghanistanwouldachieveprosperity and stability as their countrywasrebuilt. $40. [email protected].
Album Release Party for “Love,” D.C.artist Changamiré’s new jazz album, 3 to 5p.m., Republic, 6939 Laurel Ave., TakomaPark. Live performances, giveaways.
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.
Bilingual Spanish/English Storytime,10:30-11 a.m.,Wheaton Library, 11701
Georgia Ave., Wheaton. Stories, rhymes,songs andmore. Ages 3-6, with an adult.Free. 240-777-0678.
How to Draw Super Heroes, 1:30 p.m.,White Oak Library, 11701NewHampshireAve., Silver Spring. Join cartoonist PaulMerklein in a creative hands-on drawingworkshop. Ages 11 years and up. Free; reg-istration requested. 240-773-9555.
Apple Harvest and Wine Fest, 2-7 p.m.,Historic B&ORail Station, 8100 GeorgiaAve., Silver Spring. Food pairing, localvintners, chefs, bakers and artisan ven-dors. $35-$45. www.MilkLadyEvents.org.
SUNDAY, OCT. 5Takoma Park Street Festival, 10 a.m. to
5 p.m., Old Takoma: Carroll Avenue in TakomaPark, Md., to Carroll Street NW in Takoma,D.C. Music, artisans, community groups, chil-dren’s activities, food vendors, beer crawl.
JCADA 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].
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.
Al Petteway and Amy White in Concert,4 p.m., Church of the Resurrection, 3315Greencastle Road, Burtonsville. Perform-ing their unique blend of Celtic- andAppalachian-inspiredmusic for the LivingArts Concert Series. Free-will offering.
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.
MONDAY, OCT. 650+ Vital Living Through Volunteering,
2-3 p.m., Silver Spring Library, 8901 Coles-ville Road, Silver Spring.
ExploreMontgomery County VolunteerCenter’s resources. Free. 240-777-2612.
Community Dinner, 6-8 p.m., GoodHopeUnionUnitedMethodist Church,14680 GoodHope Road, Silver Spring. In-cludes beneficial information and fellow-ship from/with sponsoring parties. Free.301-879-8100.
Zumba Class, 7-8 p.m.,WheatonHighSchool, 12601DalewoodDrive, SilverSpring, everyMonday andWednesday.Latinmusic and a fun dance workout.Free for new participants; $10 for singlesession, $50 for 10-class punch card. www.puntafaya.com.
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.,Rockville Memorial Library, 21 MarylandAve., Rockville. Author and entertainerJudy Cook will share excerpts from theletters of her great-great-grandparents,songs and tunes of the time, and pro-jected images from 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.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8African-American Book Discussion,
3 p.m.,White Oak Library, 11701NewHampshire Ave., Silver Spring. Discussionof a wide range of titles fromAfrican-American authors or about the African-American experience. Books are availableupon request at the check-out desk. Free.240-773-9555.
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Books for Charity,10 a.m.-3 p.m., Cal-vary Lutheran Church,9545 Georgia Ave., Sil-ver Spring.Matchingfunds will be provided
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SPORTS Many Montgomery County football games are scheduledfor Thursday this week, including Clarksburg at Damascus.
Check online for coverage of this week’s games.
A Sept. 24 story about SarahManchester winning $1million on “Wheel of For-tune” incorrectly referred to her children. She has a daughter, Raina, and a son,Alden.
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Silver Spring airmanfinishes basic training
Air Force Airman KameronL. Clemons has graduatedfrom basic military training atJoint Base San Antonio-Lack-land in Texas, according to amilitary news release.
Clemons is the son of Ash-land and Garolyn Clemons ofSilver Spring.
He graduated from QuinceOrchard High School in Gaith-ersburg in 2010.
Basic training lasts eightweeks and includes militarydiscipline and studies, Air Forcecorevalues,physicalfitness,andbasic warfare principles andskills, the news release said.
Silver Spring chef tosign copies of cookbook
Silver Spring’s own celeb-rity chef, Carla Hall, co-hostof ABC’s “The Chew,” willintroduce her new cookbook,“Carla’s Comfort Foods: Fa-vorite Dishes From Aroundthe World,” and sign copiesfrom 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday atPotomac Grocer, 10107 RiverRoad.
The cookbook, released inApril by Atria Books, is Hall’ssecond. Copies of it and herfirst book, “Cooking with Love:Comfort Foods That Hug You,”will be sold.
For more information, call301-299-4200.
Five members joinSilver Spring boardThe Silver Spring Citizens
Advisory Board, which ad-vises the county executive andcouncil, has five new mem-bers:
• Stacey Brown, a SouthFour Corners resident.
• Philip Dittmer, a down-town Silver Spring resident.
• DeAndre Morrow, a SilverSpring resident.
• Sigurd (Siggy) Neubauer,a National Park Seminary resi-dent.
• Matt Losak, a downtownSilver Spring resident.
The 18-member boardholds public meetings the sec-ond Monday of each month at
7 p.m. at the Silver Spring CivicCenter.
Several from areain running for pageants
Thirteen women fromMontgomery County will com-pete for the title of Miss Mary-land USA when the pageantis held the weekend of Oct.31-Nov. 2 at the MontgomeryCounty Conference Center inNorth Bethesda.
The competition com-prises three components:interviews, and wearing swim-suits and evening gowns.Besides winning prizes, thewinner goes on to the MissUSA pageant.
Among the contestants are:• Tal Carmel, 22, of Silver
Spring.• Gabriel Gomes, 20, of Sil-
ver Spring.• Samantha Gordon, 20, of
Wheaton.• Grace Rhoads, 20, of Bur-
tonsville.• Rodneshia Rouse, 25, of
Silver Spring.Also that weekend, 18
teenagers from MontgomeryCounty will compete for thetitle of Miss Maryland TeenUSA, with the winner goingon to the Miss Teen USA pag-eant.
Among the county contes-tants are:
• Ayannah Brown, 16, ofSilver Spring.
• Azalia Hernandez, 18, ofSilver Spring.
• Maya Lewis, 17, of SilverSpring.
• Makayla Linger, 18, ofWheaton.
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n Officials cite workof community leader
in dedication ceremony
BY KEVIN JAMES SHAY
STAFF WRITER
To attract support for themore than $1 billion consolida-tion of the U.S. Food and DrugAdministration’s headquartersin White Oak, Betsy Bretz em-ployed a secret weapon: pie.
More than two decades ago,when Bretz was president of theHillandale Citizens Associationin Silver Spring, the Realtor or-ganized meetings in her homeand other places to help developa plan for a new major tenant ofthe site along New HampshireAvenue north of the Beltway.A naval center that developedand tested torpedoes, minesand other weapons there for de-cades was in the process of be-ing closed.
“We used the lemon-me-ringue pies to get our foot in thedoor,” said Bretz, now chair-woman of LabQuest, a coalitionof residents, federal organiza-tions and political leaders in-strumental in landing the FDAproject. One member of hergroup was an award-winningpie baker, she said.
On Friday, federal and localofficials cited Bretz’s work, ded-ication and lemon-meringuepies as they spoke in front ofseveral hundred officials andFDA employees at a dedicationof the agency’s latest piece of theproject, the $300 million Biode-fense Laboratory Complex.
Bretz toted a pie. Unlike thecelebration of the BaltimoreOrioles clinching the team’s di-vision, though, no one got a piein the face.
U.S. Rep. Christopher VanHollen Jr. (D-Dist. 8) of Kensing-ton called Bretz “the godmotherof the project.”
“This project is a great ex-ample of a partnership betweenthe community, local govern-ment, state government and thefederal government,” Van Hol-len said.
The FDA consolidation is akey piece of the updated WhiteOak master plan recently passedby the Montgomery CountyCouncil. The plan envisions atown center with life sciences
companies, at least one hotel,restaurants, retailers, offices andeven a comedy club on a 300-acre site around the FDA.
Adventist HealthCare hasapplied to move WashingtonAdventist Hospital there fromTakoma Park. There are otherareas that officials hope to seeemerge as development hubs,such as Hillandale near the Belt-way and New Hampshire.
“We cannot get the [privatedevelopment] we want withoutfirst getting what has happenedhere” at the FDA, said CountyExecutive Isiah Leggett (D), oneof numerous officials at the ded-ication.
More buildings plannedSince 2003, more than a
dozen buildings have croppedup at the FDA headquarters,with a few others for commu-nications, a fitness center andother functions in the planningstages. The biodefense complexis made up of several multistoryoffice and laboratory buildingstotaling more than one millionsquare feet.
The complex welcomesmore than 2,700 employees tothe campus, tied together with aspacious, window-filled atriumthat has shared conferencerooms, food service and otheruses. Almost 9,000 total FDA
employees are now at the WhiteOak campus. They once werehoused in several dozen mostlyleased offices throughout Mont-gomery County and the Wash-ington, D.C., region.
The transformation of thecampus from the home of thenaval weapons center “epito-mizes the biblical phrase ‘turn-ing swords into plowshares,’”FDA Commissioner Margaret A.Hamburg said.
“It has been exciting towatch the makeover of thiscampus, as additional buildingsand state-of-the-art laboratorieshave been added to become themodern home for nearly 9,000employees,” she said.
Previous FDA-used labs atthe National Institutes of Healthin Bethesda were crowded andoutdated, Hamburg said. Col-laboration between scientistsand others was difficult with somany employees spread out, shesaid.
A new lab will support theFDA’s medical countermeasureinitiative, including pandemicinfluenza preparedness, as wellas the development of productsto prevent HIV, tuberculosis,malaria and Ebola, Hamburgsaid. There are modern bio-safety suites to ensure safe stor-age and use of specimens.
Besides labs for investiga-tors working with vaccines, gene
therapies and other products,the newly consolidated Centerfor Tobacco Products, which re-searches and regulates therapiesto reduce tobacco use, is housedthere.
Back in the early 1990s, nu-merous agencies were inter-ested in this site, Bretz said. TheFDA was supported as the bestchoice to take over the area by“normal people like us,” shesaid.
Bretz said there were timeswhen she and others were toldthe government did not haveany money for the consolida-tion. She credited U.S. Rep.Steny Hoyer (D-Dist. 5) of Me-chanicsville and former U.S.Sen. Paul Sarbanes, among oth-ers, with working to find fundsfor the move. Hoyer was amongthe speakers on Friday, as wasSarbanes’ son, U.S. Rep. JohnP. Sarbanes (D-Dist. 3) of Balti-more County.
Navigating through themaze of federal processes andagencies was a challenge, Bretzsaid.
“Who would have thoughtthat a few people from Hillan-dale could take on the federalgovernment?” she said. “It’sbeen a labor of love. But we’renot finished, yet.”
FDA serves $300M slice of White Oak pie
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Betsy Bretz (left) of the LabQuest partnership laughs when Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett suggeststhat President Barack Obama should enlist her help in solving some of the world’s major problems. His remarks cameduring the dedication of building 71/75, the FDA biodefense laboratory complex on the White Oak campus in SilverSpring on Friday. Others on the dais (from left) are Daniel Tangherlini, administrator of the U.S. General ServicesAdministration; Sally Howard, FDA deputy commissioner; U.S. Rep. Christopher Van Hollen Jr. (D-Dist. 8) and U.S. Rep.Steny Hoyer (D-Dist. 5).
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BY JESSICA EGGERTSPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE
When life gives you a bunchof President Barack Obama T-shirts, make a king-sized T-shirtquilt. That’s what Silver Springresident SusanP.Maddendid.
Madden, who strongly sup-
ports Obama, was inspired tomake the quilt because of anObama T-shirt she owned. Sheasked her family and friends ifthey had Obama T-shirts shecoulduse.
After an influx of donations,whatMadden originally plannedto be a lap quilt turned into aking-sized quilt that took hermorethantwoyears tocomplete.
Madden, who enjoys sewingregularly, started the project inJuly2011andfinishedinSeptem-ber 2013. “It was supposed to be
something small and winded upbeing somethingbig,” she said.
Madden is the only one whoworked on the quilt, but she re-ceivedadvicefromasewingcircleshe attends once aweek inKens-ington.
In October 2013, the sewingcircle convinced Madden to en-ter the Bethesda Quilt Show inKensington. Her quilt won thirdplaceprize.
“It made my day and year,”she said.
Madden said 99 percent ofthe shirts, as well as the backingfabric for the quilt, were pur-chased at area thrift stores, suchas Value Village and The Salva-tionArmy.
Madden,whowasworkingasa media center assistant at JohnF. Kennedy High School in SilverSpringat the time,workedon theblanket duringher timeoff.
According to Madden, who
now works at Tilden MiddleSchool in North Bethesda, a T-shirt quilt is more challenging tomake.
First, shecuttheshirtssotheywere all the same size and shape,based on the T-shirt with thelargest decal. After she sewed theshirts together, sheneededtosta-bilize the shirts, so they wouldn’tstretch.
No T-shirt was the same.Madden said she received somany T-shirt donations, she hasenoughleftovertocreateanotherquilt the same size. “I chose theT-shirtswith themostuniquede-signs,”Madden said.
Oneshirtshowsthepresidentat Martha’s Vineyard. Another isof the president and Vice Presi-dent JoeBiden.
The shirt thatMadden chosefor the center of thequilt featuresthepresident andhis family.
Madden has one more goal
forherquilt: getObama to sign it.“A lot of folks suggested to
send it to theWhite House, but Isaid, ‘No, I’ll never see it again,”she said.
Madden wants to be there
whenthepresidentsigns it, toen-sure that it’s really his signature.
“Then my quilt will be trulycomplete,” she said.
Silver Spring woman makes a quilt out of Obama T-shirts
PHOTO FROM SUSAN P. MADDEN
Susan P. Madden’s Obama T-shirt quilt was on display at the 2013 BethesdaQuilt Show in Kensington.
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The following is a summary of incidentsin the Silver Spring area to whichMontgomery County police respondedrecently. The words “arrested” and“charged” do not imply guilt. This infor-mation was provided by the county.
Armed robbery•OnSept. 11 at 3:50 a.m. at
7-Eleven, 29Olney-SandySpringRoad,Ashton.The subject threatenedthe victimand tookproperty.•OnSept. 15 at 3:20p.m. atWayne
AvenueandSligoCreekParkway, SilverSpring.The subject threatened thevictimwithaweaponandfled.
Commercial armed robbery•OnSept. 14 at 9p.m. at Star-
bucks, 2800UniversityBlvd., SilverSpring.The subject threatened the vic-timwithaweaponand tookproperty.
Auto theft•OnSept. 9 or 10 in the13500
blockofParkfordManorDrive, SilverSpring.•OnSept. 9 or 10 in the3300
blockof ParkfordManorTerrace, SilverSpring.
Strong-arm robbery•OnSept. 10 at 9:19p.m. at 8661
ColesvilleRoad, Silver Spring.Thevictimwas ridingherbicyclenearCityPlaceMallwhen the subject grabbedher frombehindand threwher to theground.The subject pickedup thebicycle and rodeoff towardEastWestHighway.•OnSept. 12 at 9:26p.m. in the
900blockof FairlandRoad, SilverSpring.The subjects assaulted the vic-timand tookproperty.•OnSept. 13 at 1 a.m. in the3600
blockof PearTreeCourt, AspenHill.The subject is known to the victim.•OnSept. 14 at 4:30 a.m.outside
ofMcDonalds, 106UniversityBoule-vardWest, Silver Spring.The subjectassaulted thevictimand tookproperty.•OnSept. 15 at 8:37p.m. in the
11500blockof FebruaryCircle, SilverSpring.The subject forcefully tookproperty fromthevictim.•OnSept. 17 at 12:35 a.m. at Piney
BranchRoadandBarronStreet, SilverSpring.The subjects assaulted the vic-timand tookproperty.
Commercial burglary•OnSept. 15 atWExpressGas
Station, 9501GeorgiaAve., SilverSpring.Unknownentry, tooknothing.•OnSept. 16 at 1 a.m. at Falkland
ChaseApartments, 1521East FalklandLane, Silver Spring. Forcedentry, tooknothing.
Indecent exposure• On Sept. 15 at 7:51 a.m. in the
8000 block of Barron Street, SilverSpring. The subject exposed himselfto the victim andwas arrested.
Residential burglary• 13700blockofColgateWay, Sil-
ver Spring, between6a.m. and7p.m.Sept. 8.No forcedentry, tookproperty.• 500blockofBeaconRoad, Silver
Spring, at 12:56p.m. Sept. 8.• 9800blockofEast LightDrive,
Silver Spring, between11a.m. andnoonSept. 9. Forcedentry, tooknoth-ing.• 1100blockof LaGrandeRoad,
Silver Spring, between9a.m. and1p.m. Sept. 10.• 13600blockofColgateWay,
Silver Spring, betweenmidnight and6:30 a.m. Sept. 12. Forcedentry, tookproperty.• 12700blockof FlackStreet, Silver
Spring, between9a.m. and6:30p.m.Sept. 12. Forcedentry, tookproperty.• 2300blockofGlenmontCircle,
Silver Spring, between11a.m. and2:45p.m. Sept. 12.No forcedentry, tookproperty.• 4700blockofRennStreet,
Rockville, between5:45 and10:30p.m.Sept. 12. Attempted forcedentry, tooknothing.• 11600blockofGoodloeRoad,
Silver Spring, at 10:44p.m. Sept. 12.The subject is known to the victim.• 12300blockofTreetopDrive, Sil-
ver Spring, between7:30p.m. Sept. 12and6:59p.m. Sept. 15.No forcedentry,tookproperty.• 2300blockofGlenmontCircle,
Silver Spring, between7and10p.m.Sept. 13. Forcedentry, tookproperty.• 2200blockof ShorefieldRoad,
Silver Spring, at 8:24 a.m. Sept. 14.• 9400blockof FlowerAvenue, Sil-
ver Spring, at 11:23 a.m. Sept. 15.• 11500blockof Stewart Lane,
Silver Spring, between9:43 and11:19p.m. Sept. 15.No forcedentry, tooknothing.• 3300blockofTeagardenCircle,
Silver Spring, between11p.m. Sept. 15and7a.m. Sept. 16.No forcedentry,tookproperty.• 1100blockofEdnorRoad, Silver
Spring, between8:30 a.m. and3:05p.m. Sept. 16.No forcedentry, tookproperty.• 11400blockofCherryHill Road,
Silver Spring, between9and11a.m.Sept. 16.No forcedentry, tookprop-erty.
Vehicle larceny•Three incidents onOverlook
Drive, Silver Spring, onSept. 11. Forcedentry, tookassorted loose items.• ExxonGas Station, 8384 Coles-
ville Road, Silver Spring, at 1 p.m.Sept. 13.While the victimwas pump-ing gas, the subject exited his vehicle,crouched down next to the victim’sunlocked vehicle, removed her purseand fled.
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n Nearby families receiveboxes of nutritious food
BY RAISA CAMARGOSTAFFWRITER
As long as theManna FoodCenter distributes its healthydose of groceries every monthat the Colesville PresbyterianChurch, Maria Galea and herdaughter Adam Cruz will keepcoming.The Manna Food Center,
the main food bank in Mont-gomery County, has expandedits distribution services. InJune,Manna starteddeliveringto the Colesville church everyfourth Friday of each month.Manna delivers food servicesto several other locations inSilver Spring, Wheaton, Gaith-ersburg, andGermantown.On Friday, for the second
time, Galea, 60, and Cruz, 35,received a box of nutritiousfood, which they say will lastfor at least twoweeks.“You can see how chubby
I am,” Galea, a Salvadorangrandmother, said with achuckle.Manna distributed 41 or-
ders of shelf-stable food stapleitems like pastas, wheat, andfresh produce.Jackie DeCarlo, executive
director of Manna, said thecenter is seeing more demandfor food assistance, includingin the Silver Spring area.She said a potential indi-
cator is the number of Mont-gomery school kids who areregistered under the free or
reduced meals program. Thatfigure jumped to 35percent, or53,806kids, from31percent, or45,061 students, since2010, ac-cording to theKidsCountDataCenter. DeCarlo said other po-tential economic indicatorsinclude the percentage of per-sons living in poverty and thechallenge of finding full-timeemployment, coupledwith thehigh cost of living.From2008 to 2012 in Silver
Spring, an estimated 11.1 per-cent of the population was re-ported to be below the povertylevel, compared to 9.4 percentin Maryland, according to the
U.S. Census. As of 2010, therewere an estimated 71,452 peo-ple living in Silver Spring.DeCarlo said that since the
demandhas increased, severalagencies such as Manna havetried to keep up.“We have a site at the
Catholic Charities locationin Wheaton and that’s one ofour most popular sites andsometimes we have to put acap on the number of peoplewe can serve because ourtrucks aren’t large enough tohold the number of orders,”DeCarlo said.It’s part of the reason why
Mannadecided todistribute inColesville.On food pantry day, many
of the clients had smiles ontheir faces. They eagerly madetheir way around the room,filling box of groceries. Thedistribution center in Coles-ville offers a “choice pantry,”in which clients can pick froma variety of groceries.Tiffany, a single mother
of three, who declined to pro-vide her last name because ofprivacy concerns, lives in Bur-tonsville. On Tiffany’s secondvisit to Manna’s food pantryin Colesville, she received an
order of chicken, bread, fruitsand vegetables.“I like to come here be-
cause they do give you freshfruits and vegetables,” shesaid.Previously, Tiffany re-
ceived food stamps until sheobtained employment. Shesaid she is still living frompaycheck to paycheck, so shecame to Colesville.“I like coming to this site,”
she said, “so that I can choosemy food because we do havesomedietary restrictions inmyfamily and the other sites theyjust give youabox—youdon’teven know until you get homewhat’s in it.”To register and qualify to
order food from Manna, indi-viduals and families must re-port their household size andare entitled to only a certainamount of groceries depend-ing on the household size. Thefood pantry will be open everymonth at the Colesville Pres-byterian Church for a year.Galea said it’s a blessing.She takes pride in prepar-
ing wholesome meals, like thetraditional dish “Sopa de Res,”or beef bone and vegetablesoup, for a household of six.At times, she has resorted tocooking with the bare neces-sities. Sometimes that meansjust eggs, beans and tortillas.This time, Galea and Cruz
received a healthy portion ofmeat and veggies.“We don’t let it go to
waste,” she said.
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Students at Woodlin Ele-mentary School in Silver Springare gearing up for their first“Dash of the Runaway Wiz-ards” FunRun on Friday to raisemoney for their school.
“We’re really excited about
an event where we can encour-age the healthy lifestyle of kidsand get them excited,” saidLaura Stewart, Parent TeacherAssociation president.
At the start of each schoolyear, Woodlin Elementary hostsa fundraiser to support teach-ers, school events, after-schoolprogramsandother educationalresources. Insteadof having stu-dents sell something this year, agroup of parents brought theFun Run idea to the table.
The purpose is to get stu-dents’ families to donate for thePTA by sponsoring their chil-dren in the run, but it’s not justabout raisingmoney.
The fundraiser would en-courage the whole communityto get involved. Parents can cheeras students run for about 20min-utes on a track at the back of theschool. All 620 students fromkindergarten tofifth grade are ex-pected to participate, regardlessofwhether they raisemoney.
“(We’re) making this so thewhole community feels likethey’re supporting the school,”Stewart said. “So, were gettingtogether and having fun and thekids are celebrated.”
Donations for each stu-dent have started trickling in.So far, the students have got-ten $7,300 in pledges throughfundraiser pages they set up,Stewart said.
Every week, the teachers areoffering incentives to get more
students to create a fundrais-ing page, like awarding a classfish to the class with the mostonline participation or grantingextra recess for the student whoencourages themost number ofpeople to donate.
It’s thefirst timeWoodlinEl-ementary will participate in theFun Run. Several Montgomeryschools, including Rock CreekForest Elementary in ChevyChase, held the fundraiser lastyear. Based on data they gath-
ered from other schools, thebenchmark this year for Wood-lin is $24,000, Stewart said.
The PTA is hoping to makethis a signature fall event atWoodlin. Thedeadline fordona-tions closes in three weeks.
“I think we’ve had a greatstart and I anticipate we’ll beable to make what we need tomake,” Stewart said. “We won’tknow until the end.”
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proactive.”Seibel’s Restaurant in Bur-
tonsville alsopaysmost employ-ees above the new minimum,but the later increases prob-ably will cause some impact,co-owner Lynn Martins said.The wage hike also will likely af-fect the number of entry-levelstudentworkers the family busi-ness — which dates to 1939 —can hire, she said.
“The minimum wage needsto be viewed as a starting wageor a training wage, not a livablewage,” Martins said. “Most stu-dents have to be trained anddon’t alreadyhave the skills theyneed to work here.”
The law allows certain ex-emptions, suchas for employeesyounger than19whowork fewerthan 20 hours a week. Tippedemployees, like waitresses, haveto be paid a base equal to half ofthe state minimum; employersmust make up any shortfalls intips up to the countyminimum.
At Seibel’s, tipped employ-ees generally make more thanhourly ones, Martins said. “Ourtipped employees already makewell above the new minimumwage,” she said.
CouncilmanMarc Elrich (D-At Large) of Takoma Park, thelead sponsor of the minimum-wage bill, County ExecutiveIsiah Leggett and some otherofficials are scheduled to appearwith leaders of unions andadvo-cacy groups Wednesday morn-ing to mark the effective date atthe National Labor College inSilver Spring.
Supporters said the federaland state minimum wages havenotbeen fairly adjusted for infla-tion, and Montgomery’s higherlevel than the state is justifiedby the county’s higher cost ofliving. About 77,000 workersin the county earn less than$12 per hour, or about $25,000annually, according to a Uni-versity of Maryland study. Theamount needed for an adultand preschool-age child to beself-sufficient and not needpublic assistance in the countyis $64,606.
The state Department of La-bor, Licensing and Regulationwill enforce the county’s mini-mumwage law.
Prince George’s, D.C.also raise wages
Prince George’s County ap-proved a bill similar to Mont-gomery’s, while Washington,D.C., enacted a larger increase,to $9.50 per hour, in July. “I amproud to have played a key rolein this regional, grassroots ef-fort,” Elrich said in a statement.
Raising the minimum wagehelps businesses by makingworkers happier and feel morevalued, which aids in employeeretention, said Gina Schaefer,owner of several Ace Hardwarestores in the region, includ-ing one in Takoma Park. It alsolets people not have to resort topublic assistance as much andspendmoremoney in the econ-omy, she said.
“We have paid our employ-ees well above the minimum,”Schaefer said. “We have thehigher wages built into future
budgeting plans.”Schaefer and Murphy are
among local business ownerswho have advocated for thehigher wage in public hearings.
The issue is also beingdebated by Congress repre-sentatives and other federalofficials. Les Wilson, co-ownerof Two Men and a Truck mov-ing franchises, including one inRockville, has lobbied politicalleaders about making sure leg-islation does not lump all fran-chises into being a big businessthat would have to comply in aquicker time period.
Many company and restau-rant franchises are individuallyownedandnot largebusinesses,saidWilson, amemberof groupssuch as the International Fran-chise Association. “Individualfranchises are being lumped inwith the franchisor as one en-tity, as opposed to what theytruly should be — indepen-dently owned and operatedbusinesses,” he said.
Montgomery County’slegislation will not affect his22-employee Rockville opera-tion since his business alreadypays employees above the newminimum level, Wilson said.But certain franchises such asMcDonald’s likely will feel thechange, and there are impactsthat indirectly will affect allbusinesses and the economy,he said.
“Prices for food at these res-taurantswill rise. The extra costshave to come fromsomewhere,”Wilson said. “The cost of livingwill go up, and people’s dispos-able incomewill be cut.”
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Sept. 16 after the varsity team’spractice, he was in “a lot of apain.” He felt like his skin wasburningandhisbackhad turned“bright red,” she said.
“At this point, we did notknow anybody else was on theirway to the hospital,” she said. “Ididn’t know what I was dealingwith.”
The burns formed blistersand scabs by the next morning,she said.
Rivera provided parentswith information about thedisinfectant, called Virex II 256,used to clean the football equip-ment, Gillespie said.
She said that when Ri-vera was asked why the schooldidn’t tell parents about a pos-sible staph infection, he said theschool “made amistake.”
Rivera did not return mul-tiple calls to the school seekinghis comments.
“I met personally withmembers of the football teamsand reached out to all familiesof students who indicated theyfelt some burning or other reac-tion,”hewrote in the letter. “Theparents of all varsity players alsowere notified. ... Wewill take thenecessary steps to ensure thatour staff understands theproperway to clean school equipmentso that nothing like this everhappens again.”
Gillespie said a doctor told
her and her son a day after thepractice that Jordan had first-degree burns.
She and two other momshave retained the sameattorney,she said, and other parents havegone to other lawyers. She saidshe’s still looking for answers,including why the school didn’timmediately notify parentsabout the concern of staph,whoordered the disinfecting mea-sures and if anyone will be heldresponsible.
“I have four other childrenthat are coming up throughMCPS and I need to make surethis doesn’t happen again,” shesaid.
AfterMatthewRobinsonputon his equipment Sept. 16, heexperienced “a tingling feeling”
that got worse through practice,said hismother, Chimene Jules.
Jules said Matthew, 16, wasburned in twoplaces eachonhisback and his chest.
When his sister picked himup from practice that evening,Jules said, Matthew looked likehe had “really red” and “pur-plish” bruises. Matthew went toan urgent care center and wasprescribed antihistamines. Thenext morning, the burns startedto turn black.
A visit to his pediatrician onSept. 18 was followed later thatdaybya trip to thehospital, Julessaid.Matthewdeveloped a feverthat reached 104 degrees by thetime they reached the hospitaland hewas still in intense pain.
“He had even asked me ifhe was going to die,” she said.“That’s something a mothernever wants to hear her childask.”
He was released from thehospital after several days andit’s “a slow process” as he heals,said Jules, who also hired an at-torney.
“Someone needs to be heldaccountable for what happenedto these children,” she said. “It’sunacceptable.”
Jules said she was one of sixor sevenparentswhoattendedameeting the school held the Fri-day after the locker rooms andequipment were disinfected.She said Rivera’s apology is notenough.
Gillespie said she did notreceive notification that themeeting was going to occur andheard the same from other par-ents. Jules said she heard aboutthemeeting directly froman ad-ministrator who met her at thehospital.
School board Vice PresidentPatricia O’Neill said the inci-
dent is being investigated at theschool system level. The boardreceived a memo from Super-intendent Joshua P. Starr soonafter players started showingsymptoms.
“I hope that everyone inMCPS takes this as a lessonlearned and they get to the rootof the matter of why this hap-pened,” she said. “I feel terriblefor the kids.”
Wendel said there are plansformoremeetings with parents.
There was no intent to hurtthe students and the fact that ithappened, he said, “just makesme sick.”
“They’ve got a right to beupset, there’s no question aboutthat,” Wendel said of parents’reactions.
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property records.The completion of the
IMAAM Center was made pos-sible because of a $3million gov-ernment grant fromIndonesia.
Indonesia President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono, whoseterm expires Oct. 20, came to theinauguration to showsupport.
He said the center’s purposeis to promote “peace, love andcommunity”— to embrace otherfaiths and educate non-Muslimsabout the valuesof the religion.
“It was beyond our expecta-tions,” Kadir said. “We did notknow the president of Indonesiawould stopby andhelp tofire thespot.”
The opening of amosque be-came a focus for the nine found-ers when IMAAM became aregisterednonprofit in1993.Fourof theoriginal founders remain.
Kadir said it was difficult tounite the Indonesian Muslimcommunity. When he arrivedduring the 1980s as a new immi-grant, there were notmanyMus-limcommunity centers.
“We were less than 200 im-migrants. About a decade later,we saw a steady increase in thenumber of immigrants. We sawthe need for the necessity for thesocial services among ourselves,including religious services,” hesaid.
While itwasastruggle to raisefunds, the foundersheldcommu-nity activities by renting publicspace fromMontgomery CountyPublic Schools and at other gov-ernmentbuildings.
The challenge was find-ing a vacant property to build amosque. IMAAMwanted an ade-quate locationthatwouldaccom-modatealargeenoughnumberofpeople and that would be acces-sible to theD.C.metro area.
Then, the group worked toget donations to build the cen-ter, holding annual fundraisers.IMAAMreceived its grant inMay.
After listening to her fatherduring the afternoon prayer, Ka-dir’s daughter, Zahara, 23, feltinspired.
“Hetearedupat theend,”shesaid. “That moment just signi-fies how long it has taken for thiscommunity to come together.”
Many guests who attendedthe afternoon prayer traveledfromotherparts ofMaryland.
Wita Pradonggo, an Indone-sian Muslim, has lived in Rock-ville for thepast 20 years. She saidtheopeningof theIMAAMCentermakes it a lot easier to practiceIslam. It also helps her acquaintherself with the rest of the Indo-nesian-American Muslim com-munity.
“It makes us more knowl-edgeable with others, especiallyAmericans, thatwe are here,” shesaid.
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they could take one that focuseson the history of a lot of ideas inmathematics,” said Lurie, 36.“I think there are a number ofmathematical insights that arevery interesting that you reallycould teach to someone in afreshmancourse.”
In September, Lurie wona MacArthur Foundation Fel-lowship, one of the most pres-tigious honors in academicand creative fields, sometimesknown as “genius grants.” Hisideasandmethodsare“alteringa wide range of fields,” includ-ing geometry and topology, ac-cording to the foundation.
The $625,000, five-yeargrant—oneof21bestowedthisyear fromtheJohnD.andCath-erineT.MacArthurFoundation— allows Lurie to pursue re-searchwithoutanystipulations.
Fellowsarenominated throughan anonymous, rigorous pro-cess,with the foundation’s staffresearching candidates and anindependent committee rec-ommending honorees to theboard.
In June, Lurie won anotherprize that comes with an evenlarger $3million payout, as oneof five winners of the inauguralBreakthrough Prize in Math-ematics founded by billionaireentrepreneur Yuri Milner andFacebook co-founder MarkZuckerberg. Lurie will receivethe $3 million at a Californiaceremony inNovember.
At Blair, Lurie won the sci-ence talent search competitionsponsored by WestinghouseElectric Co., now sponsored byIntelCorp.
Jonetta Russell, who wasBlair’s magnet program re-search coordinator when Lurieattended and retired about adecade ago, remembers himas
a bright, sociable student whoquickly grasped complex con-cepts that confounded evenmanyadults.
“Even the judges of his sci-ence talent project had troubleunderstanding his project,”Russell said.
Lurie is not the first gradu-ate of the Silver Spring highschool towin aMacArthur “ge-niusgrant.”ManeeshAgrawala,a University of California,Berkeley, electrical engineeringand computer sciences profes-sor and 1990 Blair graduate,earned thehonor in2009.
After obtaining abachelor’sdegreefromHarvardandadoc-torate from the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology, Lurieheld a postdoctoral fellowshipat Harvard. He was affiliatedwith MIT for a couple moreyears before joining the facultyofHarvard.
Hisscientificworkhasbeenpublished in some books, in-
cluding “HigherToposTheory”and“HigherAlgebra,”aswellasnumerouspapers.
“Mathematics is a giantplayground filled with all kindsof toys the human mind canplay with,” Lurie said. “Manyof these toys have very long op-erating manuals, but some ofthemdon’t.”
Lurie said he was surprisedto hear that hewon theMacAr-thuraward,afterbeingsimilarlysurprised a couple months be-fore to hear about the Break-through Prize. He plans to usesome of the funds on a mathsummer camp for high schoolstudents and a new programsupporting graduate fellow-ships for young mathemati-cians in thedevelopingworld.
“I’ve heard of these fellow-ships, but I had no idea thatthey even gave them to math-ematicians,” Lurie said.
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the loading dock for 18-wheeltrucks and sufficient parking,Berger said.
The first co-op started as avegetarian storefront on SligoAvenue in 1981 and moved toits present Ethan Allen Avenuesite in 1998.
Emily Townsend, a board
member of the co-op, said shemoved to Takoma Park fromGaithersburg in large part tobe closer to the store. “Peoplemove here because of this as-set,” she said, adding that she’dlike to see the co-op’s proposalconsidered.
Mayor Bruce Williams saidthere were questions about theco-op’s project developmentexperience and some unrealis-
tic time elements. The co-op’splan didn’t address its ownconcerns such as continuityand access to the loading dockduring construction, he said.
Council members raisedquestions about the finalists’proposals, such as the height ofbuildings and how they wouldaccommodate the co-op’s needto remain open during con-struction. The questions will be
forwarded to developers, and re-sponsesareslatedtobereviewedonOct. 27. A developer is not ex-pectedtobechosenuntil latethisyear or earlynext year.
“We want to continue towork with [the co-op] to ad-dress [its] concerns,” Williamssaid. “We’re at the beginning ofthis process.”
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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
OUROPINION
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 thatdroveblacks to thepolls. Itwasn’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].
Can Larry Hogan win?
MY MARYLANDBLAIR LEE
OUROPINION
n “The Night Fairy” delves intothe world of wingless fairy Flory
BY KIRSTY GROFFSTAFFWRITER
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 abatmistakesherfor a moth and eats her wings, leavingher flightless.
Though her survival instincts kickin almost immediately, over time sheopens herself up, grows accustomed to
her 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 tothe adults as well.”
While making her way through theworld of daylight, she meets and be-friends Skuggle, a squirrel with a bit ofan ego at first, but like Flory, maturesover the course of the play.
The animals are all played by actors—no puppet stand-ins—and since theintended audience ranges from ages 4
to 10, it can be difficult to get the rightbalance of animal and human on stage.
“One of the things that can be trickyabout playing an animal is knowinghowmuch tobring in animal behavior,”said Erin Weaver, who plays Skuggle.
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 for my 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 andcovered with cheese and bacon.Which, of course, is never a badthing. They could use a little moreseasoning and the bacon could havebeen a little crispier, but other thanthat, it wasn’t a bad appetizer.
The Olney Ale House claims tohave 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 the
burgers in Olney, I can say this is onefine burger. A good char on the out-side and cooked perfectly mediumwell inside, the cheddar burger withbacon was 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 you were go-ing out somewhere.
The special on Saturdays, how-ever, is the rack of St. Louis-styleribs. For $18, you get a full rack, friesand a sweet slaw. During the week,you can get the same thing, but it’s$22.
I liked the fries, which werecrispy and hot. The slawwas tasty,although I needed to add a little salt.The belle of the ball here, though,was the ribs. I’m not sure exactlywhere they found the dinosaur to getthese ribs, but they weremassive.They’re also smoked in-house forfour to six hours, according to ourserver.
They give you a knife to use onthe ribs, and you do need it. Themeat is delicious and the smokygoodness comes through witheach bite, even though the ribs are
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;
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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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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 ARTS“You don’t want one person onall fours andeveryoneelse isn’t.It’s been a really interestingprocess of finding the 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 portrayal
of 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 notbe 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 by
severalmembers 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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covered in barbecue sauce. Iwas able to bring half a rackhomewithme because I justcouldn’t eat it all.
Finally, a treat for theevening. The Olney Ale Housemakes fresh, homemade keylime pie. Although the $6 pricetag seems a little much for theslice we got, the tastemade ittotally worth it. The pie wasright on the cusp of being tootart, but in a good way. 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 the
cramped quarters and loud,pub-style atmosphere, it mightbe tough if you have little ones.Plus, I was discouraged to seea sticker on themen’s bath-room door with a word on ityou probably don’t want yourchildren asking you about.
The only other thing thatshould be addressed is theparking lot. There are no lights
in 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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!Lookover there!Where did it go?!?Whocares? It’smagic!Oooooo!
Hey, every once in awhile, it’s niceto give your brain abreak and remem-berwhat itwas like to be a youngsterwhohad fallen in lovewithmagic.Heck,you still read “Harry Potter” novelstodayHOPINGmagicwas real! Don’tdeny it!
If youbelieve hard enough,magicwill be real this Saturday andSunday attheBlackRockCenter for theArtswhenthe Spencers bring their Theatre of Illu-sion toGermantown.
The Spencerswill also host twoworkshops Saturday, one at 9:30 a.m.and theother at 11 a.m., thatwill incor-poratemagic tricks into the learningprocess.
Kevin andCindy Spencer havebeendescribed asmoderndayHoudinis,withhigh-energymusic andBroadway-style productionbrought to eachof theirshows.
Kevin Spencer alsoworkswith spe-cial needs youth andadults as part oftheHocus Focusprogram, and is as as-sistant professor at theUniversity of Ala-
bamaBirmingham in theOccupationalTherapyDepartment.
Tickets are $26 for Saturday, $22for 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.
Now in its 32nd year, the Germantown Oktoberfest hasattracting thousands for a fun-filled day of live musicand performances, delicious food, children’s games
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n Blazers’ depth allows coachto make hockey-type line changes
BY ERIC GOLDWEIN
STAFFWRITER
Trailing 1-0 in the second half, theMontgomery BlairHigh School boys soccer team needed a change. Sowith about 10minutes remaining, all of itsmidfield-
ers and forwards came out, and six rested players enteredthe pitch.
It may have seemed like a desperation move, but forthe Blazers, it’s the norm. The Silver Spring school playstwo six-player groups—unit one and unit two— and ro-tates them in and out in 15-minute shifts; it’s like a linechange in hockey, coach JohnHaigh said.
The rationale, Haigh said, is that fresh bench playerscan contributemore than fatigued starters; that’s particu-larly true on a team such as Blair that’s deep at midfield/forward and has a steady defense, anchored by ArmelTuenoNguimfack, that plays the whole game.
“This is sort of a unique situation,”Haigh said. “We’retrying to play to that strength instead of leaving a numberof people on thebenchwhoare right in linewithwhat ourstarters would be.”
The late second-half substitutionpaidoff onSaturdayagainst host Winston Churchill in Potomac. Shortly afterre-entering the game, midfielder Miguel Lopez drew afoul that led to a free kick. From 30 yards out, Jordi Long
sent a ball toward the far post and defender Ashely Dur-ban— usually a full-game player— headed in the game-tying goal. After the two units split time in overtime, Blairheld on for a 1-1 tie.
“I think both lines have a lot of chemistry,”midfielderMax Scribner said. “While the other team is staying for afull 80minutes, we’re having fresh people come in.”
Players are still adjusting to the sub-heavy strategyand said that shorter shifts canmake it difficult to get intoa rhythm. But they’ve become more comfortable in thesystem as the season has progressed, and that’s showed,with the Blazers off to a 2-1-4 start as of Monday. Theyhave ties against four of the area’s top teams—DeMatha(Hyattsville), Walt Whitman (Bethesda), Walter Johnson(Bethesda) andChurchill—andwins against JohnF.Ken-nedy (Silver Spring) andRichardMontgomery (Rockville).Their lone loss came in overtime against Bethesda-ChevyChase.
“It’s helped endurance-wise and we have a lot ofdepth,” said junior midfielder Sean Munroe, part of thefirst unit. “There’snot reallymuchof adifferencebetweenunit one and unit two.”
Considering the strength of schedule and that severalkey players graduated — including All-Gazette forwardDonald Benamna (San Diego State) — from last year’s11-3 team, Haigh said he is content with how the teamhas played.
“Even theKennedy game (5-4OT) ...We spotted them
Blair keeping it fresh
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Armel Nguimfack (right) of host Montgomery Blair goes after a loose ball during a game against Northwood in Silver Spring on Sep-tember 29, 2014.
n Two girls from differentmilitary families find friendship
on court
BY ADAM GUTEKUNSTSTAFFWRITER
Northwood High School freshmanAli Mikaele said she remembered whatit felt like walking into the volleyballopen gym for the first time last sum-mer. The daughter of an Army medichad justmoved to the Silver Spring areafrom Tennessee, and although she hadplayed the sport since fourth grade, thethought of being the new girl on theteam caused Mikaele to feel a bit un-easy.
“I was a freshman walking into ateam with a whole bunch of seniors,”Mikaele said. “It was pretty intimidat-ing.”
It was during those open gym ses-sions that the freshman crossed pathswith sophomore Kalin Colbert, whowas walking around the gym with an-other volleyball player.
“I just figured, ‘Oh, she’s been herebefore,’”Mikaele said.
As it turned out, Colbert, like Mi-kaele, had been a number of places be-fore — Northwood not included. Thesophomore, whose father works as anArmy surgeon at Walter Reed NationalMilitary Medical Center in Bethesda,
At ease withNorthwoodvolleyball
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Northwood High School volleyball playerKalin Colbert returns a shot during a Sept.23 match against Thomas S. Wootton.
n Senior running back’soffseason work leads to five
touchdown day against Bulldogs
BY ERIC GOLDWEIN
STAFFWRITER
Paint Branch High School’s DarrylHill Jr. wasn’t satisfied after last season.His seven rushing touchdowns weren’tenough, and the football team’s trip tothe 4A state semifinals didn’t meet hischampionship expectations, he said.
So in preparation for his final sea-son at the Burtonsville school, the5-foot-9, 190-pound tailback got towork. He went through an offseasontrainingprogram—ledby strength andconditioning coach Myron Flowers —so he could add breakaway speed, andmake the plays he couldn’t in 2013.
Four games in, the results havebeen striking. The senior is strongerand faster than ever, and he showedthat off on Friday, rushing for 176 yardsand five touchdowns in a 39-29 victoryagainst host Winston Churchill (3-1) inPotomac.
“[Last season] left a bad taste in mymouth,” said Hill, whose Panthers im-proved to 4-0. “So this year I just madesure thatmyself and the rest of the teamcame back hard.”
Hill had three touchdowns in thesecondquarter—all on short runs—togive Paint Branch a 21-7 halftime lead.He broke free for long runs twice in thesecondhalf; once for 28 yards, and thenfor a 57-yard touchdown that put thePanthers ahead 33-14 going into the
Paint Branchadds speedto defeatChurchill
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Paint Branch High School senior runningback Darryl Hill Jr. carries the ball againsthost Winston Churchill during Friday’s foot-ball game in Potomac. See SOCCER, Page B-2
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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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fourth quarter. These were the types ofruns that Hill wouldn’t have made lastseason, coachMike Nesmith said,“Hewould have gotten tripped up.
They would have been one of those‘almost plays,’” Nesmith said. “Nowhe put in that extra work to finishthose types of plays and really be a le-gitimate top back in the county for us,which is really helping us out.”Hill is one of Paint Branch’s three
returning offensive starters, but theteam has gotten by just fine with itsinexperienced lineup. QuarterbackDanon Davis-Cray has performedadmirably under center, filling in forformer Panthers star Gaston Coo-per (Duquesne) and Week 1 starterArmani Ceballos (injured). Davis-
Cray, who returned to Paint Branchafter spending last season at JamesH. Blake, had 19 completions for 281yards while adding 35 yards on theground. Several Panthers stepped upat receiver, including Albert Einsteintransfer JD Guerrero (104 yards), se-nior Ryan Stango (56 yards) and FantaFanta, who caught a 25-yard touch-down from Davis-Cray in the thirdquarter.Hill, though, was the star of Fri-
day’s game. Churchill had severalcomeback attempts in the secondhalf, led by quarterback Colin Smythand the speedy Marquette Lewis (164yards receiving). But after cutting thedeficit to 33-21 in the fourth quarter,Hill responded with his fifth and fi-nal touchdown, a 10-yard rush, thatclinched the victory for the reigning4A North Region champions. Hill,the older brother of teammate Jordan
Hill, has now rushed for 411 yardsand seven touchdowns on the sea-son, matching his 2013 totals. He ranfor 154 yards on nine carries in lastweek’s 43-7 victory over John F. Ken-nedy (Silver Spring).“Since [junior varsity] he hasn’t
run this hard,” Davis-Cray said. “...His cuts are better and everything. Hesees the game way different than hedid.”Paint Branch is scheduled to
host Kensington’s Albert Einstein onThursday while the Bulldogs have ahome game against Quince Orchard(Gaithersburg).“Our goal is to win states, and
that’smy goal: to be a state champion.So that’s what we’re working for,” Hillsaid.
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two, and were a man down, and wewere still able to find a way to pullit out,” said Haigh, who last experi-mented with line changes a decadeagowith Blair’s junior varsity team.Scribner, a unit two player, said
he believes the strategy could help
Blair go deeper in the postseasonthan last year when the team lost toWalter Johnson 3-2 in the secondround.“We lost some really good play-
ers but I think with that came a hugechange of style in Blair soccer and Ithinkwe’re going to looka lot better,”Scribner said.
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had just moved to the area fromTexas.So,when the two started chatting
one summer afternoon in the gym,the connection was instantaneous.“Ali’s one ofmy best friends now
because we both know the samething in terms of being a militarykid and all the different places we’vebeen,” Colbert said after a Sept. 23game against Thomas S. Wootton.“We can relate.”Mikaele has called Washington,
Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippiand Hawaii home over 14 years,while Colbert’s trek has includednumerous stops between Texasand Oklahoma, with an extendedstay in Italy thrown in. So, when thetwo girls became close friends andstarted to make themselves at homeon the courts at Northwood, estab-lishing themselves as leaders by ex-ample with their noticeable talentand raw athleticism, coach Ray Trailcouldn’t have been happier.“To have two young talented
kids come in here at Northwood oreven here in the downcounty area,doesn’t happen,” Trail said. “We’vehad military families [before] andusually we’ll get one every other yeartransferring in as a junior or a senior.This is the first time I’ve had a fresh-man and sophomore come in, andthey’ve come in at the same time.”Trail, who expected to have an
upperclassmen-heavy lineup thisseason, said he immediately realizedthe skill the two brought to a largelyinexperienced team. Early on in thematch against Wootton, Mikaele’ssinking serve gave the Patriots fits,as the underdog Gladiators rushedout to a surprising 8-5 lead. Shortlythereafter, as a Wootton attack car-omed off an unsuspecting team-mate’s shoulder, Colbert rushedhead on at the gym’s white wall,turning away at the last possible sec-ond as she somehow directed theball back into play.“A lot of times with girls that
haven’t played a lot you constantlyhave to say, ‘Gohere, go there,’” Trailsaid. “With [Mikaele and Colbert]theywere already there or theymade
the movements to get where theyneed to be. They know what to dowhen I ask them to and sometimeseven before I ask them to do it.”Even as themomentumbegan to
swing fully in the favor of Wootton,the two newest members of North-wood could be seen encouragingtheir teammates, patting them onthe backs and wrapping a teammateor two up in a spontaneous grouphug.The on-court chemistry between
the two is remarkable, given theshort amount of time they’ve had to-gether. But even in that span of justover a month, the girls have beenable to foster a connection similarto that one would find in old friends.“We’re just together all the time,”
Colbert said with a laugh.Once volleyball season comes
to an end, the pair both plan to jointhe basketball team. In the spring,Mikaele has expressed interest inplaying co-ed volleyball, while thespeedy Colbert will opt for track, ac-cording to Trail.“We’re both in sports a lot so
we’re constantly together duringpractices, after school and workingout together,” Mikaele said.During an abnormally long
rally in the closing stages of North-wood’s loss to Wootton, the twofound themselves side-by-side inthe front row; their athleticism pro-viding a formidable obstacle for thePatriots’ hitters. And yet even inthe midst of the team’s sixth loss ofthe season, noticeable smiles werepainted across the friends’ faces asthey repeatedly sprang up and downin unison. By the end of the rally, thesmiles had turned into short fits ofgiggles and ultimately cheers as aWootton return connected with thenet. The two joined their teammatesfor a quick huddle beforemaking thetrip back to the net, rehashing theplay in between smiles.“They’re naturally going to have
to take on more leadership roles[next year],” said Trail, who willlikely lose seven girls to graduationin May. “But they have the person-alitieswhere I don’t think thatwill bea problem for them.”
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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.”GoodCounsel scored on the
opening 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 gameasGood
Counsel’s No. 1 running option,Lee proved he can work underbig-game pressure.Things won’t get easier
against 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 behind
three 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 secondquarter of the Aug. 29 football game against host Woodrow Wilson in Washington, D.C.
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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 Einstein
a 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.”
Quince Orchard bouncesback with big win
QuinceOrchardHigh Schoolbounced back from its first loss ofthe season in dominant fashion.
TheGaithersburg schooldefeatedDerwood’s Col. ZadokMagruder 49-0 last Friday to claimtheir largestmargin of victory thisseason.
KyleGreen led theway for arushing attack that totaledmorethan 250 yards.He ran for 106 yardson seven carries, which is an aver-age ofmore than 15 yards per carry.He also scored four touchdowns.
QuinceOrchard coach JohnKelley couldn’t give one player or
unitmore credit than the other.“It was a teameffort,” Kelley
said. “Each guy didwhat theyweresupposed to do for four [quarters].”
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 dosomethingwith themeach seasonof the year.”
Clarksburg, Damascusmeet in big match-upClarksburgHigh 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 103-6in 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.
Northwood takes it one week at a time
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
KentZakour
122-2964-10
LandonSherwoodDamascus
GaithersburgMagruderNorthwestQ. Orchard
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
TOM FEDOR/THE GAZETTE
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
B Y P R I N C E J . G R I M E S
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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.
When Montgomery Blair HighSchool dropped its first match ofthe season on Friday, 3-2 to JamesH. Blake, it just seemed to not betheir day, according to Blair coachChris Klein.
He said his team’s lack of speedon the offensive end gave the Ben-gals more than enough time to gettheir blockers set up. The Blazerswere dealt a blow earlier in theday when their libero suffered anunexpected illness and wasn’t ableto play.
Despite the loss, Klein saidhis young group will learn from amatch they expected to win. “Thiswill serve as a real source of moti-vation,” Klein said. “If we played toour capabilities and it were a differ-ent day, maybe we could’ve won.This will make them work harder.
Poolesville gets a scareSitting at 5-1 and heading into
a tough stretch of schedule, thePoolesville High School girls vol-leyball team got just what it neededin a 3-2 victory against Watkins Mill
on Sept. 19, Falcons coach FranDuVall said. After taking the firsttwo games from the Wolverines,Poolesville “let down [their] guard”,according to DuVall.
Watkins Mill jumped at the op-portunity, rallying to win the nexttwo games before falling to thevisiting team.
“It’s always in the middle of theseason that’s tough,” DuVall said.“If we have any kind of chancein the postseason, we need to bepushed around some. WatkinsMill did that to us.”
Magruder gets down timeWith homecoming last week,
Col. Zadok Magruder High Schoolcoach Scott Zanni took a look at histeam and decided a weekend offwas in order. The three days of restcould do wonders for a team that
has battled injuries since the startof the season.
Senior libero Caitlyn Trickeyis recovering from a number ofvarious nicks, while outside hitterHannah Barr, sidelined for the pastfew weeks after knee surgery, isworking her way back towards be-ing match ready. .
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 likethey’ll be at full strength by nextweek.
Both players practiced thisweek and Geiser is optimistic thatthey’ll be able to return early nextweek against Bishop O’Connell.The return of McTigue and Lap-cevich should allow the Tartans toreturn to their original lineup.
Blair learns a lot from its first loss
Kennedy gaining steamIt didn’t take long for John F. Kennedy High
School boys soccer’s Christopher Rivera to returnto form. The central midfielder missed the begin-ning of the season after dislocating his ankle in June,but is back on the pitch and giving the Silver Springprogram (2-4-1) “a boost,” Cavaliers coach JaimeRevelo said.
Rivera scored off a free kick in a 5-4 overtime lossto crosstown foe Montgomery Blair on Sept. 17 andhad a goal off a header in a 4-1 win over Paint Branch(Burtonsville) on Sept. 23, according to Revelo. “He’svery strong with the ball possession. [He’s] aggressive,technical, and has a strong shot,” Revelo said. “... He’sone of the more experienced guys we have.”
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 playersGianfranco Castillo (back) and Jojo Cann (ACL),
while midfielder Daniel Juresic (concussion) andgoalkeeper Jorge Galvez (hand) are back in thelineup. Juresic and Eli Kouemi scored in Monday’s2-1 victory over Rockville.
“We’re improving every day,” coach Jeff Heckertsaid “… We’re finally turning it around.”
Freshman leads DamascusHe’s 5-foot-4, and had never played a varsity
game before this season. But lack of height and ex-perience haven’t stopped freshman Carlos Guevarafrom making an immediate impact on the Damas-cus High School boys soccer team.
The outside midfielder has five goals — includingtwo in Monday’s 3-1 victory over Poolesville — tolead the Swarmin’ Hornets in 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 tosurpass its five-win total from 2013.
“We’re playing good soccer at this point andwe’re just looking to get better each week,” Wisesaid.
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.
Kennedy midfielder back from injury, playing well
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BY GAZETTE STAFFSTAFF WRITERS
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
After a promising freshman cam-paign, current Paint Branch junior de-fender Grace Padgett sat out most of hersophomore season a year ago with a tornanterior cruciate ligament. Cleared toplay this summer, the central defenderhas worked hard to get herself back intogame shape. And she has immediately
made known her presence on a backlinethat often finds 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 hasonly given up an average of two goals pergame. Scoring, however, has been an is-sue as the Panthers have only netted sixgoals. Padgett accounts for one of themout of the back.
Covenant Life pairlighting up scoreboard
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 strikernamed Tatiana Ortega picked the ball upand placed it on the designated spot. Her
first 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.”
Clarksburg gears upfor division play
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 Clarksburgneeded 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 itsschedule.
“I think we’ve taken care of businessand 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 Holly
Wilson, in the middle have helpedClarksburg dominate possession inmost of its games so far, Mann said.Gillian Donovan leads the team withthree goals.
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.
Paint Branch sophomore back on teamKEEPING 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.
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
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
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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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James H. Blake High School boys soccer players cel-ebrate a first period goal Monday against Magruder.
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n Senior’s ability to runand pass makes Falcons
difficult to defend
BY PRINCE J. GRIMES
STAFF WRITER
This fall, the PoolesvilleHigh School football team— ashas been the case in recent sea-sons — is off to a strong start.
The Falcons (3-1) defeatedWalter Johnson (0-4) 21-0 onFriday to bounce back fromtheir first loss of the season toSouth Hagerstown.
That loss aside, Poolesvillehas outscored its opponents100-6.
While the defense is un-doubtedly doing its part, so isthe offense behind senior quar-terback Steven Morningstar.
Poolesville coach Will Gantsaid Morningstar’s personalityis what makes him special. Onthe football field, his ability torun and pass has allowed theFalcons offense to flourish.
“He’s just a good hard-nosed kid — comes from areal good family. He’s a hardworker. He’s a good student inthe classroom,” Gant said. “Heplays three sports for us, whichI really like. He’s been in mul-tiple situations — played dif-ferent roles on different teams.I think just overall, he’s just agood, high-character kid.”
Simply put, Morningstar isan athlete. He also plays on thebasketball and baseball teamsfor Poolesville, but he said foot-ball is his top sport.
As a sophomore, he startedat safety for the Falcons, and hetook over as the starting quar-terback last year.
At quarterback, the 6-fooot-2Morningstar is a dual-threatwiththe speed not only avoid passrushers but to make an entiredefense pay if it doesn’t containhim within the pocket. In ad-dition, he has a strong arm andsaid he likes to go through hisreads prior to running becausehe has good wide receivers tothrow the ball to.
“I like to look over the wholefield pre-snap and during theplay, and if everything breaksdown I’ll take off because I canget a few yards running,”Morn-ingstar said. “I like to look ateverything first because we dohave good receivers and theyget open a lot.”
Like many other Class 2Aschools, Poolesville has a rela-tively smaller roster with just 28players, but Gant said a smallerteam makes it even more im-portant to have a senior leaderat quarterback.
“They all know he’s one ofour main guys, and he’s going
to kind of lead the charge onhow things go,” Gant said.
Morningstar, who is con-sistently a top 10 passer in thecounty from week-to-week,said a smaller team makesthem a tighter group.
Poolesville is set to playa pivotal game on Thursdayagainst Frederick County’s Ca-toctin.
Catoctin (0-4) defeated theFalcons 28-0 last year. A dif-ferent outcome may set thisPoolesville team apart from lastyear’s.
Morningstar said the firstfew games were about showing
everyone that Poolesville be-longed. But this week, the teamis thinking about payback.
“Everyone’s super excitedabout this game,” Morningstarsaid. “I think we owe them alittle something because wejust did not play good last yearagainst them. ... This year, weknow it’s going to be a reallyphysical game. It’s going to beback-and-forth and we’re goingto get prepared for it this weekand hopefully come out and getthe win.”
Dual-threat quarterback leads Poolesville
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Poolesville High School senior Steven Morningstar is one of the better quarterbacks in the county.
n Montgomery Collegesophomore overcomes
late start
BYKENTZAKOURSTAFFWRITER
Four years ago, BogdanSvitin said he had never reallyconsidered taking soccer seri-ously. Sure, theUkrainian na-tivehadkickedtheballaroundwith friends, but hewasmorefocusedon tennis andkarate.
But when he turned 15,Svitin became enamoredwith the world’s most popu-lar sport. And now at 19, thesophomore is the No. 1 goal-keeper for the MontgomeryCollegemen’s soccer team.
“When Iwasakid, I didn’treally care and it was justsomething to do,” Svitin saidwith a heavy Eastern Euro-pean accent during an inter-viewFridayafternoon.
“But, Idon’t know,when Iturned 15 or 16, taking soccerfor real reallybecameagoal.”
When Svitin was 16, he,along with his parents, de-cided to pursue better aca-demic and soccer-playingopportunities.
So, Svitin and his familymoved from the Ukraine toRockville and he enrolled as ajunior atWalter JohnsonHighSchool.
But for thenext yearandahalf, Svitin,whobrieflyplayedlow-level club soccer in theUkraine, did not play orga-nized soccer. He was able totrain, however, he said, withtheBethesdaSoccerClub.
“Starting at 15-years oldis kind of late,” Svitin said. “Itwas very difficult getting theskills because you have tocatchupwithplayersyouragethat have far more advancedskills.”
After graduating fromWJ,Svitin was determined to playcollege soccer. Following a
little research and discussionswith friends, he connectedwith Montgomery CollegecoachPedroBraz,whoofferedhima tryout.
“I told him nothing wasguaranteed, but we recog-nized very quickly his naturaltalent and attributes,” Brazsaid. “... We knew we couldwork with him and he’s apretty good goalie now. It isnight and day from this yearto last.”
Added Svitin: “I learnedabout MC and figured thiswould be a good place to de-velop before I go—hopefully—toa four-year school.”
The sixth-rankedRaptors,whowon the Region XX tour-nament last fall and finishedfourth at the National JuniorCollege Athletic AssociationDivision III national tourna-ment, are in the midst of astrong season (9-2-1) onceagain.
And the 6-foot-2 sopho-more is a key component.After splitting the goalkeep-ing duties in 2013, Svitin hasexcelled this fall (6-2-1 record,1.75 goals-against average,.833 save percentage) in 462minutesplayed.
Svitin is quick to deflectthe credit for his success, opt-ing to point to the play of thedefenders in front of him, in-cluding 5-foot-9 sophomoreBrandonMcKoy.
“Like 50 percent of mysuccess is due to playing ateam game,” said Svitin, whoplayed in thefieldbeforefind-inghisniche ingoal.
Svitin, who is planning tostudy physical therapy, hopesto transfer to a four-year col-legenext summer.
“All that matters is win-ning and playing our best inthe postseason,” Svitin said.“We have to work hard anddon’t do anything stupid tomess itup.”
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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
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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 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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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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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
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06 FORD EXPLORER EDDIE BAUER $8,000
UNDER $10,000 MORE VEHICLES02 Hyundai Accent CPE....................$1,588#KN45958A, “ECONOMY!”, 5SPD, AC, “HANDYMAN”
03 Dodge Grand Caravan..................$4,500#KP11171, PSEAT/QUAD SEATS, CASS/CD, CLEAN!
07 Toyota Yaris H/BK........................$6,500#CA75240A, “WELL KEPT!” 5SPD, AC, AIR BAGS
02 Lexus IS 300.................................$7,488#KP58841, “SUPER CLEAN!”, LTHR/HTD SEATS, MNRF, CD CHANGER
06 Chevy Monte Carlo LT................$7,688#KP64293, SHARP!, MNRF, PSEAT, P/OPTIONS, MD INSP’D
07 Isuzu Ascender S.......................$7,990#BD00235, NICE! 4WD, MNRF, PSEAT, P/OPTIONS, TOW
08 Lincoln Town Car Exec...............$8,488#KP46152, “LIVERY”, LTHR, P/OPTIONS, MD INSP’D
08 Suzuki XL-7 Luxury Edition...........$9,875#KR23283, AWD, 3RD SEAT, MNRF, LTHR, P/OPTIONS
11 Hyundai Sonata GLS................$14,988#AR55823, PAMPERED!, PSEAT, ALLOYS, CD, P/OPTIONS
13 Chrysler 200.............................$16,495#KX70931, SHOWROOM 8K!”, VOICE COMMAND, MNRF, P/OPTIONS
11 Ford Econoline..........................$17,988#KN75845, 12 PASSENGER, WGN, PARK SENSE, RAC, PW, CD, CLEAN
12 Dodge Durango SXT.................$24,900#KA97275, BEAUTY!, AWD, MNRF, PSEAT, UCONN, P/OPTIONS
07 Toyota Avalon XLS.....................$12,900#KP82223, LTHR/PWR/HTD SEATS, MNRF EASY TERMS!
06 Dodge Charger R/T....................$13,588#KP48683, “SUPER SHARP!”, LTHR/PSEAT, CD, PW ALLOY
11 KIA Soul......................................$13,945#KX23513, PW/PLC/PMR, CC, CD, “A REAL CUTIE!”
08 Cadillac STS...............................$14,788#KP18217,”PRISTINE!”, MNRF, LTHR/PWR SEAT, P/OPTIONS
#KP40091A, LTHR/MNRF SHARP! $2,695 OFF KBB
12 DODGE CHARGER SXT RALLY $22,988
#KA36020, CHROME 20’S, MNRF, $2,347 OFF KBB
03 KIA SEDONA EX $3,988
#KP77913, LTHR/MRF, “HANDYMAN” $422 OFF KBB
07 CADILLAC CTS $9,500
#KP80503, PAMPERED LUXURY!, NAV/LTHR/MNRF, $981 OFF KBB
09 LINCOLN MKS $15,745
#KP07346, AWD, GORGEOUS!, VOICE NAV, MNRF, $5114 OFF KBB
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