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The last time
In “Reflections” we take a
look at the last time the Confederate statue brought about
controversy in Rockville.
Page 2
Big Train still
rolls!
The Bethesda behemoth
seems unstoppable in the Cal
Ripken League.
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July 9, 2015 - July 15, 2015
ROCKVILLE – A statue of a
Confederate soldier situated outside
the historic Red Brick Courthouse is
once again the source of controversy.
The statue reads “To Our Heroes
of Montgomery Co., Maryland, that
we through life may not forget to love
the thin gray line.” It has been in the
city for more than 100 years. In the
past week, someone placed roses at
the statue’s base while someone else
placed a “Treason Slavery” sign on it.
Now the city and the county are wondering what to do with the statue itself.
City Council member Virginia
Onley, the only African-American
member of the council, said she at
least thinks the presence of the statue
is worthy of discussion. For her, it
evokes deeply personal memories.
“My ancestors were enslaved
and brought to this country against
their will, treated like property and
not human beings, whipped, hung,
castrated, my foremothers were raped
and the children of those rapes were
traded and/or sold,” she wrote to her
colleagues about the statue. “Whether
that statue stays or goes, we need to
talk about it. To view the real history
of our Country, we also need to see
symbols of Union soldiers as well as
the Confederate soldiers. I know
Maryland is the South; but please,
let's not be afraid to face our history or
our future.”
The county owns the land on
which the statue sits, and according to
Council President George Levanthal
by extension the statue itself. But,
Levanthal said the county cannot do
anything to the statue without consulting the Maryland Historical Trust
which maintains the monument.
Rockville Council member Tom
Moore is trying to organize a work
session for the council with ample
time for a community forum and a
hearing from experts.
“It has irritated a lot of people in
the community for quite a long time,
and we are at a national moment in
this country where we have the opportunity to reflect on these things and
make changes,” Moore said. “This
struck me as appropriate for the city to
at least have a discussion about it and
what we think we want.”
Mayor Bridget Donnell Newton
also said she is in favor of a conversation, but wants to give staff time to
gather the necessary information,
make sure all the council members
and staff are available and allow the
County Council time it has asked for
to coordinate the conversation. She
said she does not have an opinion yet
on what should be done with the statue.
Moore said one alternative
would be to move the statue to the
Beall-Dawson House so the city
could curate it and add context to it as
a historical statue. Leventhal said he
advocated moving the statue somewhere else, but he wants to have a discussion with as many stakeholders as
possible.
“It’s not really up to us; the decision rests with the Maryland Historical Trust,” Leventhal said. “We’re in
the midst of a dialogue, and other suggestions have been made. I’m hoping
the community can find some collaborative solution.”
Nancy Pickard, executive director of Peerless Rockville, said she
would opt for adding more context to
the statue rather than taking the statue
down or moving it. Pickard said the
See “Confederate” page 8
PHOTO BY WYATT KAREM
This statue near the Rockville Courthouse is courting controversy yet again.
See related stories on page 2.
Pepco crews trim trees with aid of security escorts
By Felicia Houston
Special to The Sentinel
BETHESDA - Pepco workers
resumed trimming trees here this
week after a company spokesman
said neighbors had interferred with
the process.
While cutting down trees that interfere with power lines, neighbors
who said Pepco is destroying the
neighborhood have been interrupting
the process, according to Pepco
spokesperson Sean Kelly.
“Pepco's state-mandated vegetation management work on property
where we have easement rights has
been disrupted numerous times in recent months by hostile and reckless
behavior including threats toward our
crews,” he said.
Pepco hired security escorts to
continue the vegetation management
process without being disrupted by
opposing neighbors.
“Pepco hired professional secu-
rity in order to protect the safety of
everyone in or around the designated
work zone … their presence has enabled us to continue required vegetation management which ultimately
increases the safety and reliability of
our service to tens of thousands of
customers,” Kelly said.
Birgit Stuart, whose mother lives
in the affected area, said she was unhappy with the way Pepco handled
the situation.
It was unwilling to listen to the
property owners’ point of view, Stuart said. Stuart said her mother asked
if Pepco could trim the trees instead
of cutting them, but Pepco cut them
anyway.
“They showed up at my mom’s
house at 7:30 a.m. with police officers and lawyers and said they’re cutting down the trees and there’s nothing [you] could do about it,” Stuart
said.
See “Pepco” page 8
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JULY 9, 2015
THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
R
EFLECTIONS
November 4, 1971
Old Civil War statue moved to new Rockville location
Each week The Sentinel visits
a memorable story from its
archives.
Two old County Seat friends,
both of whom have weathered controversy, got closer together this
week.
City officials moved the old
Confederate statue, a land mark
since 1913, to a new resting place
on the lawn beside the old County
Courthouse, which was built about
1890.
After considerable discussion,
and some argument, county officials have decided to preserve the
old Courthouse, although it is empty now.
Some say that due to rehabilitation costs and the value of the
land on which it sits the old Courthouse should have been knocked
down.
Some history conscious coun-
tians argued the county has never
saved a public building in its 195
years of existence and it’s about
time they did – for future generations. This county government administration, at least, has decided to
preserve it.
Under an agreement between
Rockville and county officials, the
old Confederate statue, with its inscription “To our heroes of Montgomery County, Maryland, that we
through life may not forget to love
the thin gray line,” now rests beside
the old Courthouse, and the two
look remarkably comfortable with
each other.
For 58 years the 4700 pound
bronze statue, facing south, stood in
a little square in front of the Courthouse, a building that once housed
the entire county government and
court operations.
Under the city’s ambitious ur-
ban renewal program it became
necessary to move the old statue,
erected with $3600 donated by citizens in the memory of 300 county
men who served in the Confederate
Army.
The Sentinel, in 1913, said of
the project: “There is nothing of
sectionalism, no revival of the spirit of hatred, in raising monuments
such as the one proposed.”
And another newspaper, the
Montgomery News, declared: “The
right and the wrong of the Civil War
are lost in the years which have intervened, and the monument to
Southern soldiers at Rockville will
be a shaft, not to commemorate
strife, not to a ‘lost cause,’ but an
enduring memorial to men who
were unafraid when duty called.”
Despite this earlier rhetoric,
some modern-day Rockville residents argued at a City Council
NEWS
Chronology of events for Confederate statue
Below, according to Peerless
Rockville and from The Sentinel
archives are a list of important
events concerning the Confederate
Civil War Statue in Rockville:
1906 – The placement of a
Confederate monument was suggested by Richard P. Hays (a Confederate veteran) while attending a
memorial service at Monocacy
Cemetery. He was appointed chair
of the monument committee. During the next five years funds were
raised in a campaign organized by
two chapters of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) and
Confederate veterans.
1910 – On November 11, E.L.
Stringer of the McNeel Marble
Company of Marietta, Georgia
wrote to E.L. Tschiffely of
Rockville to discuss a meeting to be
held in regard to the Confederate
statue.
1913 – The statue was unveiled and dedicated on June 3. It
was Jefferson Davis’ birthday and
50 years after the Battle of Gettysburg, at a time when reconciliation
and ceremonies were important to
surviving veterans on both sides of
the Civil War. It has been suggested, but not documented, that the soldier’s head was modeled after
Spencer C. Jones, Confederate veteran, Mayor of Rockville 18981901, and father-in-law of an offi-
cial in the foundry that cast the statue. The statue was located in a
prominent public space – the triangular park in Court House Square
that had been created when the main
street was extended to the east in the
1820s. Before and after the statue
was installed, the triangle was used
for important public items such as a
hay-weighing station, a weather station, and public water fountains (labeled as ‘white’ and ‘colored’).
1971 – As part of the mid1960s Mid-City Urban Renewal
Project undertaken by the City of
Rockville, the triangle was planned
to be obliterated for the construction
of Courthouse Square. Trond
Grenager of Geddes Brecher Qualls
Cunningham, the City’s urban design consultant, described the “Soldier” as “one of the very few items
of historical significance left in
downtown Rockville. Melvin
Brecher of that firm suggested relocation of the statue to the east lawn
of the Red Brick Courthouse. The
Mayor and Council of Rockville,
acting as the Local Public Agency
for Urban Renewal, decided to hold
a public hearing on the disposition
of the statue.
City staff recommended that
the City approach the County Executive for permission to relocate to
the east lawn. The public hearing,
held on May 11, was widely attended. On August 13, County Execu-
tive James Gleason wrote Mayor
Achilles Tuchtan that the County
had “no objections to the relocation
of the monument to a site adjoining
the old Courthouse.”
On November 2, the statue was
disassembled, then reassembled on
its original base (with a 1971 penny
between base and statue) five days
later on the Courthouse lawn in its
present location. The move was
part of a contract for construction of
Courthouse Square; the City paid
for the move, using Federal funds.
1975 – Montgomery County
planted numerous trees throughout
the Courthouse lawn.
1994 – On September 17, the
statue was rededicated in a ceremony sponsored by SCV. The audience at the well-attended event included a Kensington resident (Edith
Ray Saul) who was at the 1913 dedication. Numerous County officials, including Executive Doug
Duncan and Councilman Ike
Leggett, attended. The ceremonies
included a color guard, wreath-laying, music, and reenactments.
1995-97 – The City improved
Courthouse Square park to its appearance today. The County erected
a memorial in the oval park that includes a kiosk and benches.
2003 – The statue was again
cleaned under the auspices of the
MMNC. This was planned to be
done every few years.
meeting the old statue was a symbol
of bigotry. Rupert Curry, black city
councilman, called the statue a
monument to a “period of the most
inhumane treatment of man to
man,” adding: “anything you do to
remind that minority is wrong.”
One speaker called it a glorification of war, “a terrible war over a
terrible issue.”
Proponents of saving the statue
said it should be preserved as a part
of the history of the city, county and
state, but not as a glorification of
that history.
The two old relics of history
now standing side by side, almost
as if to comfort each other, now
look out at a public that for the most
part is hostile or, worse, indifferent.
But they’re there now, both
standing proud and tall, and what
happens in the future is, as always,
a question mark.
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NEWS
Takoma Park takes out styrofoam
By Carlos Alfaro
Special to The Sentinel
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TAKOMA PARK- No more
Styrofoam.
The comprehensive polystyrene
ban passed by the city last year went
into effect July 1, prohibiting the use
of the material in food service establishments and by the city itself.
The ban builds on the efforts of
the Takoma Park Young Activist
Club and the resolution banning the
use of city funds to purchase polystyrene food service ware that it
drafted.
The previous resolution passed
in 2010; however, it has been in effect since 2013 for food trucks and
city events.
Those affected by the ban include “Any restaurant, coffee shop,
bakery, retail market, cafeteria, takeout counter, food truck or stand, sidewalk or festival vendor or temporary
stand, commercial kitchen, grocery
store, convenience store, and catering operation” and “any food-service
facility in an institution, hospital,
club, school, church, park or public
building, meeting or convention facility, or camp,” according to the
city’s municipal code.
Styrofoam is derived from polystyrene, and while it has many industrial uses, it does not biodegrade
quickly and cannot be recycled.
Styrene, the compound from which
polystyrene is derived, is also a
known neurotoxin and is a possible
cancer-causing agent, according to
the Environmental Protection
Agency.
A concern is the cost that businesses in the city will have to incur to
adapt to the new regulations. Failure
to do so could result in fines, $200
for the first offense and $400 for any
subsequent offenses, according to
the city.
The city has surveyed the cost of
switching to alternatives by looking
at products found in a Costco, finding 4 cent increase in total unit cost.
There is also a county ban on the
material that will take effect in January, and Montgomery County estimates a 10 cent increase per unit
when the switch to different materials takes place.
Resistance from businesses in
the area seems to be nonexistent, according to Nima Upadhyay, the city’s
special projects coordinator in the
Public Works Department. She says
that she went to a nearby takeout
place after the ban was in effect and
found it was in full compliance.
She said she has not received
any negative feedback from businesses yet. The city has created resources to help businesses adapt to
the change, with an online fact sheet
that provides information on the ban.
There is an environmental component to this as well, as Takoma
Park has a sustainability goal it wants
to meet: to reduce energy and promote environmentally friendly products and items.
“I definitely think the polystyrene ban was the right step to help
us achieve the sustainability goal we
have in the city,” said Upadhyay.
Some businesses have been
ahead of the curve, implementing
green packaging beforehand.
Capital City Cheesecakes considers itself a green business, utilizing biodegradable materials and recycling.
Roscoe’s Pizzeria has also been
green since the start.
“We were very eco-friendly;
we’ve never used Styrofoam before.
Even at the opening, we never used
it,” said Daniel Villena, the general
manager.
The business also pays extra for
recycling and recyclable materials,
and Villena states that being ecofriendly is a smart business move because it attracts more customers.
Gina Mathias thinks highly of
the ban, considering it a step forward
for the city’s well-being.
“I think it helps with the overall
sustainability goals by eliminating
non-recyclable items,” said Mathias.
“Anything we can do to get those
materials out of the waste stream is
progress for sustainability for the
city.”
Gaithersburg honors cops and local Girl Scouts
By Peter Rouleau
Special to The Sentinel
GAITHERSBURG – Four police officers of were awarded promotions at the City Council meeting Monday.
“A career as a police officer is
more than a job; it is a calling to a
life of concern, service, and sacrifice,” said police Chief Mark Sroka.
“To become a successful police officer, one must possess a true desire to
help others. Nowhere is that desire
more evident than in the ranks of the
Gaithersburg Police Department.”
Newly hired officers progress
through three grades of the police
officer rank before they are eligible
for promotions. The department
uses an extensive process of interviewing, testing and performance
reviews to evaluate candidates for
promotion to the ranks of corporal,
sergeant and lieutenant.
Officers Shane Eastman and
Wade Caron were promoted to corporal, Cpl. Raul Delgado was promoted to sergeant, and Sgt. Christopher Vance was promoted to lieutenant, the department’s highest
rank below chief.
The officers were called to the
podium where they shook hands
with Sroka and Mayor Jud Ashman
and a friend or family member
pinned their new rank badges to
their chests.
“Half of my career I’ve spent
working weekends,” Vance said.
“That takes a toll on the family. My
wife’s been very patient as I’ve
missed a lot of our kids’ sports and
activities. You really need that support at home to be able to do this
job.”
Vance, who joined the department in 1997, will head the Administrative Bureau, which includes the
department’s civilian office staff.
In addition to his promotion,
Eastman received a commendation
for an incident that occurred on Jan.
27.
He was one of the first officers
who responded to a report of an unconscious man lying on the ground.
Eastman continuously performed
CPR and compression on the man
for roughly 10 minutes, refusing to
be relieved until Fire and Rescue
officers arrived and took him to a
hospital.
“Although the patient did not
survive, Officer Eastman is commended for his … efforts,” Sroka
said. “His quick reaction and physical endurance to continue effective
compressions for such an extended
period of time are commendable
and demonstrate a sincere commitment to the citizens of Gaithersburg.”
After the promotions were announced, Ashman and Sroka presented certificates of recognition to
Girl Scout Troop 724 for their efforts to promote pedestrian safety.
The troop’s members conducted research into pedestrian fatalities in
Maryland.
On June 7, St. Martin of Tours,
a Catholic church across from City
Hall, near the busy intersection of
Summit Avenue and Route 355,
held its annual field mass, a large
outdoor picnic.
During the event, members of
Troop 724, in partnership with the
police department, issued a public
safety announcement that directed
pedestrians to the crosswalk and
distributed educational brochures
on pedestrian safety.
Ashman and the council issued
a proclamation designating July as
Parks and Recreation Month in the
city.
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JULY 9, 2015
OPINIONS &VIEWS
Honor meeting Honor
and the Confederate
statue in Rockville
Nestled behind a large Holly
tree near the old Red Brick Courthouse in Rockville is a statue which
Editorʼs Notebook
by Brian J. Karem
faces south and commemorates those
soldiers from Montgomery County
who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War.
This week someone deposited
some roses at the foot of the statue
and someone also posted a sign denouncing the monument with the
words “Treason” and “Slavery.”
The county council, the
Rockville city council and at least
one state legislator have contacted
Peerless Rockville directly or indirectly about the monument and there
is now talk of moving and/or removing the monument.
While removing a confederate
battle flag that has become a rallying
point for hate groups is one issue, the
eradication of a historical monument
is entirely different.
Erected in 1913 on the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg,
history shows the statue was built to
show respect to those who fought
and died – and not necessarily for the
cause for which they fought. While
that is a hard concept for some to understand, it wasn’t so at the time.
One can detest slavery and still
recognize the “Thin Gray Line” of
men who, tested by battle showed the
resolve and character we all cherish
and appreciate. Transmuting their
misguided notions to those embracing liberty and justice for all was the
goal at the time – not the eradication
of the men who fought or the memory of their service.
If we are condemned to repeat
history should we refuse to remember its lessons, then we must ask the
question; how can we learn from the
past if we remove all references to it?
It is deceptively simple to consider moving or removing the statue.
It has encountered similar controversy in the past and we have detailed it
this week in The Sentinel.
How then do we frame the discussion and how do we consider
what should be removed or moved
when discussing one of the darkest
times in our history as a nation?
Perhaps the words of a Union
general will suffice. Joshua
Lawrence Chamberlain, the hero of
Little Round Top, a man who had
five horses shot out from under him
and a man who nearly died from
wounds received at Rives Salient
was the general chosen by Ulysses S.
Grant to receive the surrender of the
confederate infantry at Appomattox.
He stood, battle hardened and
among the most fervent supporters of
the Union cause and was history’s
eyewitness to the surrender of Lee’s
troops:
The momentous meaning of this
occasion impressed me deeply. I resolved to mark it by some token of
recognition, which could be no other
than a salute of arms. Well aware of
the responsibility assumed, and of
the criticisms that would follow, as
the sequel proved, nothing of that
kind could move me in the least. The
act could be defended, if needful, by
the suggestion that such a salute was
not to the cause for which the flag of
the Confederacy stood, but to its going down before the flag of the
Union. My main reason, however,
was one for which I sought no authority nor asked forgiveness. Before
us in proud humiliation stood the embodiment of manhood: men whom
neither toils and sufferings, nor the
fact of death, nor disaster, nor hopelessness could bend from their resolve; standing before us now, thin,
worn, and famished, but erect, and
with eyes looking level into ours,
waking memories that bound us together as no other bond;--was not
such manhood to be welcomed back
into a Union so tested and assured?
I don’t believe before that moment history ever recorded an insurrection or war ending with the enemies saluting each other. It happened
150 years ago in this country.
If the men who fought so bravely for what they thought was right
could salute and move on, then why
are we dwelling on this today?
When the southern army realized the meaning of that day, Chamberlain and his counterpart General
John Gordon remarked how the soldiers folded and put their flags away
sometimes “through burning tears.”
Gordon called Chamberlain
“Knightly” and Chamberlain said
each army met each other “honor answering honor.” And at the end of
that day in Appomattox, “Only the
flag of the Union greets the sky!”
Chamberlain remarked.
It is important to learn of these
events and to learn from them. The
monuments to the men who shed the
blood on the fields at Gettysburg and
other battlefields shouldn’t be forgotten nor should we forget the nature of
Rockville during the Civil War.
Rockville was a divided city and
like most of Maryland had stronger
Confederate leanings than Yankee.
The original owner of The Sentinel,
Matthew Fields, was a southern sympathizer who had to produce his
newspaper from his barn on a couple
of occasions after being rousted from
his office by the threat of federal incarceration.
Yet, Rockville, though divided
remained a strong community and
apparently cared more for its sons
and daughters than the maelstrom
surrounding them. Go on the walking tour, visit Peerless Rockville or
the historical society. Read the old issues of The Sentinel. Southern sympathizers did not want their northern
neighbors incarcerated when the
Confederate army came to town and
the Yankee supporters felt the same
away about their “Secesh” neighbors
when the Yankees came to town.
Today politicians will tell us
they grieve heavily for the sins of the
past and the call for eradication of
any reference to the confederacy is
growing stronger.
Some politicians take to this is-
sue for self-serving reasons and
some strongly feel the pull to right
the wrongs of the past. We encourage
everyone to explore the issues and
educate themselves on the motives
involved in this particular issue.
There is no doubt of the emotions behind the statue and the Civil
War. That is why it is still the center
of a political maelstrom 150 years
after the fighting of the last battle and
the cessation of the hostilities.
Racism exists. But one can argue moving or removing monuments
even those celebrating the darkest
hours of our national history doesn’t
help. Are we then any different than
ISIS or the Taliban when they destroy monuments to the past?
History is not sugar candy and
ice cream cones. It is messy and as
imperfect as the people who populate
the planet.
Should the Confederate statue
be moved or removed? That ultimately may not be for the Rockville
City Council or Montgomery County
Council to say. It certainly isn’t for us
to say.
But any talk of removing or
moving history to suit the tenor of the
times is a fallacious and insidious argument.
We should preserve history as
much as possible, teach its context
and learn from it.
Certain things in our history
should never occur again. Some-
times it takes painful reminders to
drive that lesson home.
Finally, there is Chamberlain
again, as he looked into the eyes of
the southern soldiers.
With what strange emotion I
look into these faces before which in
the mad assault on Rives Salient,
June 18, 1864, I was left for dead under their eyes! It is by miracles we
have lived to see this day,--any of us
standing here.
It remains remarkable to me few
people seem to know of the gallantry
that ended our Civil War.
Fewer still seem to know of the
specifics of that war. Symbols have
been transmuted and a mythology
has grown wide and far about the real
reasons behind the insurrection - as
President Lincoln referred to it.
The Civil War was about slavery. It was about using people as a
means to an end.
We have not advanced much beyond that today. Now comes some
who would prefer to wash away the
past without acknowledging or
learning from it.
The generation of American
politicians currently in power has
much for which it needs to answer.
This is my generation and we
have bungled things in a most horrid
fashion - from parenthood to statehood. I pray that we don’t wash away
the lessons of the past in our slovenly
zeal to be politically correct.
JULY 9, 2015
THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
LETTERS
About the Governor
To the editor;
It was nice to see The Sentinel putting aside political differences to
wish Governor Hogan well as he battles cancer. (About The Governor,
6/25/2051.) . I share your hope for his resilience. It is also important for
everyone to know that while we may differ in political opinions with each
other, at the end of the day it is important to recognize that we are all human beings and should treat each other humanely.
J. Shetler
Silver Spring
Issues of the Confederacy . . .
To the editor;
The recent issue of the Confederate battle flag in South Carolina exposes a hideous side to life in Maryland. There were riots in Baltimore
against the federal government and in Rockville, a hot bed for the southern cause, there are many examples of the confederacy available to study
today. All of these monuments, flags and even the historical society’s infatuation with all things about the Confederacy should be removed. There
is no honor in that cause and no reason to remember it.
S. Spaulding
Bethesda
... And the Confederate Statue examined
To the editor;
Many thanks, courageous editor and publisher of The Sentinel, for
your contribution to public discourse.
As a follow-up to your publication of my letter protesting the placement of the statue of the Confederate Soldier within the Rockville Judicial Center, I am happy to report there is some progress in relocation.
Contact with the offices of Council President Leventhal indicated
that efforts are underway to remove and relocate this statue. While there
are still barriers, as consultation with Peerless, the City of Rockville,
Daughters of the Confederacy, and others have not yet agreed to disposition, there does appear to be growing consensus that this statue does not
belong beside the Courthouse.
The Sentinel, by its willingness to engage in open and honest public
conversation, has helped to enhance public awareness of this issue.
A statue which "honors" the Confederacy does not belong on County property--let alone right beside our institutions of justice.
Thank you, again, for your assistance in this decades-long effort to
remove this powerful symbol of injustice from the courthouse lawn.
J. Snow
Damascus
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LEGAL MATTERS
The prostitute and the phone
There is much discussion
these days about telephone
records, including their collection
for alleged national security purposes, and whether the government or telephone companies
should be maintaining or produc-
THE
COURT
REPORT
by Tom Ryan
ing such records. It is routine in
criminal cases in State court for the
police to obtain such records, and
the prosecution to try to use them
during criminal trials. How the trial courts should handle such evidence was explored in a recent
case from Maryland’s intermediate
appellate Court called Michael Edward Baker v. State of Maryland.
The opinion indicates the vic-
tim, a self-professed prostitute,
met in a room with a man who
claimed to be a police officer, who
then raped her. He then called her
several days later, and she noted in
her cell phone the number. She
then gave this information to the
investigating police officer. The
State then got a Court order to a
cell phone provider to produce certified copies of subscriber information, call detail records, incoming and outgoing text message
phone numbers, and cell tower locations and records for that number. The provider then sent a regular letter attaching what appeared
to be computer generated information as to the cell number.
At trial, the State sought to introduce the records, relying upon
the investigating officer. When the
defense objected, the records were
ultimately allowed into evidence
and Baker was convicted and he
appealed.
The appellate Court first held
that computer generated records
did not meet the classic definition
of hearsay, which is an out of court
statement offered to prove the truth
of the matter asserted. The Court
found that purely computer generated records did not meet the definition of hearsay, but the State still
needed some evidence to prove
how the records were generated. To
the extent that the officer was allowed to testify that the records
showed a call from the defendant to
the victim, the Court noted that this
appeared to be data that was not
spit out by a computer but produced by the input of a person. The
State therefore needed a custodian
or records to authenticate the
records as business records or otherwise establish an exception to the
rule that hearsay is not admissible.
.
Thomas Patrick Ryan is a partner in the Rockville law firm of McCarthy Wilson, which specializes in
civil litigation.
Luck isn’t just for the lottery now folks
Luck is not an attribute that real
estate agents will talk about during
their listing interview. It’s true.
Agents are apt to discuss many
REAL
ESTATE
SOLUTIONS
By Dan Krell
things, such as their success, their
view of the market, and hopefully
what they will do for your listing; but
they won’t acknowledge that luck, or
serendipity, may have had something
to do with the success of some of
their transactions. Recent research
indicates that luck is actually an important characteristic in sales; and
some are “luckier” than others.
Joël Le Bon, Professor of Marketing at the University of Houston’s
Bauer College of Business, has been
studying the relationship between
sales and luck for some time. He recently discussed his research for the
Harvard Business Review (Why the
Best Salespeople Get So Lucky;
hbr.org; April 13, 2015) saying,
“…downplaying the power of luck,
you stand to fall behind competitors
who have learned how to manage it.”
That’s right – managing (or provoking) luck. Even though many
“de-emphasize luck” and focus on
tangible and measurable actions, Le
Bon’s studies show that the combination of the belief in luck and specific
sales behaviors have a mutual positive relationship. More precisely:
believing in luck has a positive effect
on sales behaviors; and exhibiting a
specific set of behaviors increases
the person’s luck in sales.
Le Bon gives an example how
managed or “provoked” luck effects
sales. A study of students selling golf
tournament sponsorships revealed
that those who believed in luck increased their sales 41% over those
who relied on “standard sales practices.” And that “76% to 88% of the
luck circumstances were incidences
of provoked luck.”
Among the luck boosting behaviors that Le Bon listed, includes:
competitive intelligence, mindfulness, and change circumstances are
relevant to home sales. Those who
are luckier tend to be: knowledgeable about the market, competitors,
customers and prospects; mindful
about their customers’ objectives and
open to unexpected opportunities;
and thinking outside the box by going outside their comfort zone and
seeking new opportunities outside
their sphere of influence.
Many successful listing agents
also have these traits. Although not
attributed to luck, their success could
be viewed as “provoked” serendipity. However, they are often able to
convert Le Bon’s list of actionable
behaviors into successful sales and
satisfied clients. Pricing homes accurately requires knowledge of local
neighborhood sales trends, not to
mention the overall market. Successfully negotiating transactions requires an understanding of buyers
and their agents, as well as communication skills. Servicing a listing
and being attentive to their clients requires being aware and addressing
their needs. And of course, going
outside their sphere of influence allows contacting and connecting with
more prospective home buyers to sell
their listing.
Even though luck, as such, is not
recognized as an asset for your listing agent to possess; belief in luck
seems to be part of a repertoire of beliefs typically described as a positive
attitude – which has been demonstrated time and again as having positive effects on sales outcomes.
However, it’s not just your
agent’s beliefs and actions that can
affect your home sale. Your attitudes
and beliefs can also facilitate or interfere with the sale. If you have a
strong emotional attachment to your
home, or have unrealistic expectations; your home may not sell, or you
may be unsatisfied if it does –regardless of your agent’s skills. But then
again, maybe all you need is a little
luck.
Dan Krell is a Realtor® with
RE/MAX All Pro in Rockville, MD.
You can access more information at
www.DanKrell.com.
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THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
JULY 9, 2015
FEDERATION
Testimony on child abuse
By Paula Bienenfeld
Montgomery County Civic Federation
Last month the Montgomery
County Board of Education considered and voted on a proposed policy,
Policy JHC Child Abuse and Neglect. The vote was unanimous to
adopt the policy. As parents pointed
out, the Policy was not ready for
prime time. Here is the testimony of
Jennifer Alvaro who has worked on
this issue for many years.
Comments on proposed policy
and protocols regarding child
abuse and neglect.
6/7/15 Submitted
to
Montgomery
County Board of Education
Thank you in advance for your time
and consideration in
this matter. For 3 years
I have been engaged
with
Montgomery
County schools and officials to improve their
prevention and response to child sexual
abuse of its students.
As a member of the
original MCPS Child
Abuse Work group
(formed due to my advocacy in April of 2014); and as a
member of the current Child Abuse
Advisory group I would urge you
NOT to implement the current policy as submitted to you by the
schools.
The current version of the draft
policy appears superficially to be a
comprehensive response to the astounding trail of abuse committed
over years by dozens of school system employees and contractors
against our children. In reality the
policy and regulations are so riddled
by errors, loopholes and conflicting
information they would be a step
backwards instead of forward.
I will not waste time here enumerating the legal flaws in the policy
or regulations, I would instead refer
you to the excellent submission by
Ellen Mugmon for that information.
Now is not the time to mince
words or spare feelings. Mincing
words, sparing feelings and ignoring
reality have landed MCPS in the national spotlight for failing in every
sense of the word to do what is right
to protect our children from those
who have roamed freely in our
schools and have been allowed to
harm them, their friends, their families, other staff and their communities.
This policy and these procedures, even if corrected regarding
the legal aspects, will still only be
words on paper unless you demand
other action be taken as well. This
plan is doomed to failure unless
there is an infrastructure to implement, maintain and continue its mission. Parceling aspects of the work
out among various departments and
people (who have no expertise in
this field) is planning for failure.
This plan is doomed to failure as
long as the system continues to operate in secrecy, not only from the public but from its own advisory group
members as well. This plan in
doomed unless other correlating
documents / policies / departments /
regulations are brought into line and
into compliance with these policies.
For example, how long will the
board continue to allow MCPS to
tell staff and students (regarding
sexual harassment):
"Prohibited conduct may include, but is not limited to, unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature.
For example: Grabbing, touching, or
patting / Sexual propositions / Sexually offensive pictures, magazines,
notes, calendars, cartoons, or jokes /
Unwanted flirtations or advances /
Verbal abuse / Repeated pressure or
requests for sexual activities / Rewards for granting sexual favors or
the withholding of rewards for refusing to grant sexual favors /Graphic
comments about an individual’s
body or dress / Sexually degrading
names / Such conduct may also constitute sexual harassment. In determining whether prohibited conduct
constitutes sexual harassment, consideration will be given to the totality of the circumstances, including
the context in which the conduct occurred. Dating or sexual relationships between employees/adult volunteers and students is prohibited.”
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/info/sexualharassment/
Shockingly, students and staff
are advised to report the aforementioned behaviors NOT to police or
Child Protective Services but rather
to school staff and parents. This
breach of duty has been brought repeatedly to the attention of your staff
over the past year and yet, to this
day, remains unedited on your website. When will an employee code of
conduct be published? Codes of conduct for staff and volunteers are a
critical piece of any response to addressing child abuse & neglect. Why
is participation in the drafting of the
code being hidden from Advisory
group members and limited to
“internal stakeholders” / “superintendent’s
cabinet”?
These are some of
many examples which
could be provided to
highlight the egregious
nature of what is acceptable, condoned and allowed to continue under
the guise of protecting
our children.
I ask you to demand
a full, impartial investigation be conducted
(with a public report and
accounting) regarding
the systemic failure of
the schools to protect our
children and staff from
these abuses over the
past decades.
I ask you to reject this policy as
currently written and if and when
corrected, continue to reject it without reviewing and approving the
procedures, regulations, MOUs and
other corresponding components
(specifically the secret database of
suspicious and inappropriate employees and those on restricted plans
/ instructions) related to this critical
work. I ask you to commit to the protection of our children and staff. I
ask you to reflect upon the words of
Augustine of Hippo, "Right is right
even if no one is doing it; wrong is
wrong even if everyone is doing it.”
Sincerely,
Jennifer Alvaro
MCPS Child Abuse Advisory
Group Member
Parent of 2 MCPS Students
Alumni of MCPS Schools
Licensed Clinical Social worker
(MD &VA)
Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider
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NEWS ANALYSIS
Slithering back from the far right
By Paul Schwartz
Sentinel Columnistl
Montgomery County, Maryland
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In last week's column, we provided some lessons to be learned for
the Democrats running for president
in 2016.
However, there are also some
lessons to be learned that Republican
candidates may wish to consider as
they try to make their way to the
White House. From the looks of the
current Republican crop of candidates, and there are many, there are
several important lessons from past
campaigns.
The most important lesson is
probably that the farther right you go
to curry favor with the right wing of
the party, the further you have to go
to slither your way back to the center
during the general election.
If these candidates learned one
thing from Mitt Romney's failed
presidential bid, it should have been
that it is extremely difficult to get
back to center after months of moving to the far right and still maintain
any semblance of credibility.
Certainly, in the age of cell
phone cameras, consistency of message is the only protection against the
flip-flopping accusations that haunted the Romney campaign.
Another very important lesson
from previous campaigns for Republican candidates to heed may very
well be to anticipate and prepare. We
can call this the Sarah Palin rule
since she is famous for doing neither.
Could she really not see a question
on foreign policy experience coming
and could "seeing Russia from my
window" really constitute preparation?
Jeb Bush may want to really focus on this lesson since he recently
and famously failed to anticipate a
question regarding the Iraq war as it
related to his brother's presidency.
How could he have missed that one
coming and fail to understand the implications of saying he would make
the same decision?
Another lesson from previous
campaigns that I hope Republicans
heed is to offer thought out solutions
in place of the rampant use of buzz
words, sound bites, labeling without
substance and fear tactics. Remember "death panels"?
In just about every announce-
ment of candidacy, each of the Republican candidates made it clear
that they would eliminate both the
Affordable Care Act and the executive order on immigration reform.
However, I am still waiting to hear
how each of them would fill the
voids they would be creating in each
case.
Rick Perry is now famous for
his "Oops" episode during the 2012
Republican presidential debates. His
real problem, however, was not that
he forgot the third federal agency to
close down; the real problem was
that he was not well enough informed about the justification for
closing down these agencies so that
he would have remembered which
ones to close.
Forgetting the name of an
agency he had in mind made it all too
clear that shutting down federal
agencies was just another good
sound bite for trimming big government even if he had no clue as to the
true impact of each individual action.
Marco Rubio, in announcing his
candidacy, emphasized the issue of
age as a way of pointing out that
Hillary is in her late sixties. I would
point out to Senator Rubio that it is
not the age of the candidates that is
important, but, rather, the age of their
ideas... and his go back to the 50's,
sometimes the 1950's and at other
times the 1850's - against both same
sex marriage and the lifting of Cuban
sanctions to name just two outdated
positions.
Senator Rubio may, actually,
wish to remember Ronald Reagan's
response to Walter Mondale when
the latter also chose to point out the
age factor regarding Reagan's advanced years.
Reagan, you may recall, advised
Senator Mondale that he, Reagan,
wouldn't hold his, Mondale's, youth
against him. Unless Senator Rubio
can demonstrate that he has real solutions to real problems, his lack of experience should, indeed, be held
against him.
As for Donald Trump, who is
the epitome of the old adage "people
don't see themselves as others see
them", the recommendation is the installation of a filter between what is
going on in his mind and what is
spewing from his mouth.
It may not help much, but it cer-
tainly can't hurt. His speech announcing his candidacy was wrong
on so many levels and insulting to so
many.
His claim that he would be the
"greatest job creating president" apparently did not factor in the jobs he
himself would lose as a result of his
insensitive remarks.
Similarly I found his pronouncement about his skill in wall
building particularly objectionable
not to mention unpatriotic. A wall
built in communist East Germany
has no place being built in America:
"Tear down that wall, Mr. Gorbachev, I mean, Mr. Trump."
The suggestion to all of the Republican candidates is to stop throwing around the key buzzwords regarding the middle class and income
inequality while still favoring
voucherization of Medicare, cutting
social security benefits while raising
the qualifying age, and preventing
the closing of any corporate tax loopholes.
With regard to social security,
how about simply raising the current
$113,000 salary cap at which the
payroll tax ceases? This will solve
any long term funding of social security and still provide for retirement of
our seniors who no longer can rely
on company provided pension programs since they are fairly extinct in
today's business model.
Oh, and one last suggestion.
Sixteen or so candidates is a bit unwieldy for a debate, so why not adopt
the NCAA format and place the candidates in brackets. Start with eight
pairings leading up to the final two to
duke it out on Super "Bull" Sunday.
Just a thought.
I truly do hope that each of these
candidates come to realize that rallying the base and coming up with real
solutions are two separate things and
doing one without the other does
very little to benefit the country.
I also hope and do believe that
the electorate has finally had enough
of the irresponsible use of words
without substance.
I am hopeful that today's electorate will demand a real discussion
of the issues and not tolerate the use
of labeling to avoid discussing ideas
and the laying out of a viable vision
by each of the candidates, both Democrat and Republican.
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COVER STORY
Confederate Statue once again center of controversy
“Confederate” from page 1
monument is also a Rockville historical monument and would also be
subject to review by the Rockville
Historic District Commission.
“We feel strongly that it is important history in its own right and
that it tells a story, and our organization will – often when we do tours –
stop at the Confederate soldier. And
it gives us an opportunity to talk
about Rockville’s role in the Civil
War,” Pickard said. “And, when you
have that there, people can visit it
and look at it much like other public
art and make their own determinations for how they feel. Removing
(the statue) takes that opportunity
away.”
She said the statue was put up
50 years after the Civil War to try to
create unity and reconcile the two
sides of the country with the losses of
all soldiers.
But Moore said viewing the
statue as a symbol of unity may not
be the case. He referenced a July 1
article in The Washington Post by
historian James Loewen that said
there were a lot of efforts to reframe
historical events. The article references the Rockville statue.
“(There was a) lot of politics
and lot of trying to rewrite history by
trying to put these monuments up.
Whether that was the case with this
monument I’m not sure, but it is possible enough that it concerns me,”
Moore said.
Pickard said that during the Civil War, the Rockville community was
mostly Confederate sympathizers,
but those on both sides were neighbors and lived next door to one another.
Mark Pierzchala, who previously served on the council from 2009 to
2013, said that he sees the statue has
a historical marker.
“It doesn’t advocate a political
point of view in my opinion. It honors one side in the Civil War. Regardless of whether I agree with the side
or not, I recognize it honors the people who fought in that war, and I
don’t really have a problem with
that,” Pierzchala said.
The statue, erected in 1913 with
funds from United Daughters of the
Confederacy and the Confederate
veterans, was located in a triangular
park in the Courthouse Square that
had been created when the main
street was extended to the east in the
1920s, according to a chronology
from Peerless Rockville.
The Sentinel reported on the day
of the statue’s unveiling that it was
“to the memory of the heroes who
wore the gray,” and that it came as a
“fitting climax to a fervor of patriotic
spirit rarely, if ever before, manifested in this county.”
The statue made its debut 50
years after the Battle of Gettysburg .
The statue stood unbothered until 1971, when a Mid-City Urban Renewal Project undertaken by the City
of Rockville planned to obliterate the
triangle in hopes of constructing a
Courthouse Square.
Trond Grenager, the city’s urban
design consultant, resisted the move
and described the statue as “one of
the very few items of historical significance left in downtown
Rockville.” A co-worker, Melvin
Brecher, suggested relocating the
statue to the east lawn of the Red
Brick Courthouse. The city then got
permission from the county to do so,
according to the chronology.
Sons of Confederate Veterans
sponsored a rededication of the statue in 1994, with an audience that included then-County Executive Doug
Duncan and Council member Ike
Leggett. Edward Smith, a black professor at American University, was
the keynote speaker, according to the
chronology.
SCV Maryland Division Commander Jay Barringer said the organization no longer helps with maintenance of the statue, but wants it to be
preserved. He said he does not believe it is a symbol of slavery or
racism and organizations like the
Klan, the skinheads and Nazis
“dragged our flag through the mud.”
Instead, he thinks the symbols foster
education of what the battles were
about.
“I would say go out and visit
battlefields, read first-person accounts of soldiers who fought in battle, read what they were fighting for,”
he said.
Moore and Leventhal have already talked about the issue, and
Moore said he hopes the city can at
least contribute ideas to make it easier for the county to decide what to do
with the statue.
“It’s important to get out in front
of this and figure out what we want
to offer before the county makes any
of its decisions,” Moore said.
Onley knows the city does not
control the land but said the issue is
worthy of discussion as such a
prominent symbol in the city.
“(Often) we don’t want to discuss certain things, and I don’t want
anybody to be afraid to speak up, to
say what’s on their minds,” Onley
said.
Pickard also said she understands the statue can evoke a strong
reaction in people, particularly because of its location.
“They don’t like it here standing
in the center of justice for the county,
being on county land, that that seems
to carry a level of importance for
people,” she said. “Part of the problem is that some people look to the
emblems and icons to maybe remember parts of the history in a more
idealized way than other people
would like to look at so that’s where
sometimes it becomes an issue which
is why I would say most historians
have tried to tell the entire story from
both sides.”
Pierzchala also said he knows
people can be offended by the statue
but that it’s the case with many symbols throughout the city and county.
But, for that reason, he thinks adding
more context to the statue would
PHOTO BY WYATT KAREM
The inscription on the front of the Confederate Soldier monument in
Rockville. The city of Rockville was a city of Southern sympathy during the
Civil War. J.E.B. Stuartʼs cavalary captured caissons in Rockville
immediately prior to the Battle of Gettysburg. The statue itself was unveiled
at “Confederate Triangle” in Rockville 50 years after Gettysburg. The
history of the statue has been widely reported in The Sentinel during the
last 100 years.
help.
“We have a history of a Civil
War, and Rockville was deep in it
one way or another,” he said. “I think
the problem is history is not accurately reflected, so ... the Confederate
monuments are extolling the virtues
of a side, but it’s not really in the context of how awful slavery was or
(how many people died). That, I
think, is a loss.”
State Delegate Cheryl Kagan,
who represents Rockville and
Gaithersburg, declined to comment
on the matter.
Natalie Koltun and Shawn McFarland contributed to this report.
Pepco crews forced to trim some county trees with escorts
“Pepco” from page 1
Stuart said Pepco said it had an
easement for her mother’s property,
but failed to provide proof. Kelly
could not be reached before press
time to comment on Stuart’s situation.
While objecting residents have
disrupted Pepco, some homeowners
comply with Pepco’s decision.
Todd Morris, president of
Copenhaver Homes where Pepco
worked on trees this week, said he
has no problem with Pepco’s actions.
“We’re not against Pepco cut-
ting down trees as necessary and
trust they would exercise good judgment as they do so,” Morris said.
“We have no plans to try to prevent
Pepco from their work …Trees grow
back anyway.”
Lyman Jordan, a resident, believes Pepco’s vegetation management work is beneficial for the area.
“I don’t think they’re overdoing
it; they’re creating a bit of noise and
commotion, but it’s a good thing because it prevents people’s power
from going out,” Jordan said. “I
think they’re quite within their right
to do it. It’s a good thing to do, and I
don’t understand why anybody
would object to it.”
Pepco’s vegetation management work is designed to protect the
service it provides to thousands of
customers in Potomac, Bethesda and
Rockville.
According to Pepco’s Potomac
Vegetation Management Fact Sheet,
trees and limbs that fall on power
lines cause most outages during inclement weather. The fact sheet also
states that the line Pepco is protecting by trimming and removing trees
in this area serves three substations.
In order to ease tension among
residents and Pepco, Donna Cooper,
president of Pepco, issued a letter to
the community.
An excerpt from the letter
reads:
“I want the community to know
we recognize the important aesthetics and environmental benefits of
trees, and we take efforts to mitigate
the effect of our work … Unfortunately, there are instances in which
the required clearance to ensure safe
and reliable service cannot be met
without tree removals. We’ve reviewed the concerns expressed by
the community and have considered
areas in which we can implement
immediate or short-term changes
and areas that would require longerterm review and additional stakeholder input.”
On June 19, Jack Strausman,
deputy general counsel, also issued a
formal notice to cease and desist obstruction of Pepco’s tree-trimming
and other vegetation work.
“The presence of unauthorized
individuals on Pepco’s easement
and/or interference with Pepco in the
performance of its activities on its
easement may also subject you and
any other person on your property
with your knowledge or consent to
immediate physical removal, as permitted by Maryland law. Physically
struggling to remain within the safety zone or resisting a lawful effort at
removal from the safety zone may
lead to arrest for any resulting criminal behavior,” Strausman wrote.
JULY 9, 2015
THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
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NEWS
Feinberg seeks second term
By Carlos Alfaro and Rebecca
Guterman
Staff Writer
REAL ESTATE AUCTION – ESTATE HOME
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SELLING TO THE HIGH BIDDER OVER $450,000
***Not a Foreclosure or Bank Owned Property***
August 3rd, 2015 at 4 pm
8404 Jeb Stuart Road, Potomac, MD 20854
OPEN HOUSE JULY 22 FROM 6PM–7PM AND AUGUST 3
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This home features an Eat-In Kitchen with New Appliances, Separate Dining
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This property backs to the Adjoining Wooded Lot and is in the Quiet, Serene
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ROCKVILLE -- Council member Beryl Feinberg announced
Wednesday that she plans to seek a
second term.
“I’ve thoroughly enjoyed serving this year, and I’d enjoy serving
another four years. And I look forward to hearing from residents and
business and hearing their concerns
and being able to represent them,”
said Feinberg.
During her first term, she served
on the Retirement Board and was the
liaison to the Human Services Advisory Commission, Recreation and
Park Advisory Board, and the Sign
Review Board, according to the city.
Feinberg would like to continue
where she left off with a successful
re-election campaign and keep working on some of the issues she has
faced in the last two years.
The Rockville Pike Plan, the
implementation of a minority, female
and disabled business procurement
program, and affordable housing will
be some of her priorities if she is reelected, she said.
Feinberg also wants to focus on
social issues, emphasizing inclusivity and the removal of barriers for residents and businesses. She also wants
to provide “adequate services for the
rising amount of seniors.”
This time around, Feinberg is
running as an independent. The
Team Rockville slate that helped her
win the election two years ago has
not met in 2015.
She is optimistic about her
chances of winning, but it is too early to decide as only one other candidate has been certified.
“If I had a crystal ball, I’d be a
Beryl Feinberg
very wealthy woman,” she said.
Feinberg is the first of her colleagues to be certified by the city as a
candidate. Current Council member
Virginia Onley has said she plans to
run for office. Julie Palakovich Carr
has picked up an election packet, and
Tom Moore said he is still deciding
whether to run. Current Mayor Bridget Newton is undecided at last
check and was not immediately
available to confirm.
Brigitta Mullican, who has run
in the past and currently heads
Rockville’s Sister Cities Corporation,
has already launched her campaign
for council and is certified by the city.
Ray Blankenship, a 28-year-old
radio show producer for ESPN, is
also considering a run for mayor.
He’s still deciding after picking up a
packet at the end of June, but
Blankenship said he’s wanted to get
more involved and this could be one
way to do it.
An area native, Blankenship
grew up near White Flint and has
lived within the city limits for almost
three years.
“My grandma and I, my family,
we grew up right around White Flint
Mall, so Rockville Pike and 355 is
woven into me, my whole life living
here,” he said.
Blankenship currently works as
a producer for the show Inside the
Locker Room with Doc Walker and
Brian Mitchell and said he loves it,
but between that and his family he
does not always have time for much
else. He has looked into volunteering
with the city, though, particularly in
helping the elderly and people with
disabilities. His grandparents raised
him, and his mother has disabilities
from a car accident, he said.
“Any time I can do anything
with that, it’s a very rewarding experience,” Blankenship said.
But he knows if he were to run
for mayor, it would be a huge time
commitment and he would have to
make a choice.
“I understand it’s not a timed job
per se ... it’s whatever you need to get
the job done,” Blankenship said.
As a candidate, he would want
to focus on spreading resources
equally throughout Rockville and
making sure as many people as possible participated in the Pike Plan
process. Blankenship lives in the east
end but said that should not make a
difference.
“The east end needs to be just
important as the west end. Rockville
has a lot of resources, but we need to
make sure they’re being used for all
parts of Rockville,” he said.
Richard Gottfried, currently
president of the Twinbrook Citizens
Association, also plans to throw his
name in. Leslie Francis and Zina
Pizano have also picked up packets.
Francis said he is putting together a
ticket to run that is focused on “fiscal
responsibility” and trying to fix
Rockville’s “bloated” budget compared with other municipalities of
similar size. Pizano did not respond
to requests for comment. It is possible to pick up packets on someone
else’s behalf or just out of interest.
Speed cam revenue down in Rockville
By Rebecca Guterman
Staff Writer
ROCKVILLE – Speed camera
revenues are down, although people
have been driving slightly faster in
Rockville, according to a 2015 report. The city’s 17 speed cameras
brought in $1.49 million in fiscal
year 2013 and $1.67 million in fiscal
year 2014, a decrease from about $4
million in revenues in the program’s
first full fiscal year, 2008.
According to Chief of Police
Terry Treschuk, the number of vehicles driving more than 12 mph went
down by about 50 percent since the
2011 evaluation.
The number of collisions also
decreased by about 35 percent since
the city began its speed camera program in 2007.
Treschuk said there are other
factors in reducing collisions – such
as weather conditions and seasons –
but it is at least a positive correlation.
“I wish I could say it was just
the speed cameras,” he said. “In
large part, the fact that people have
slowed down (and) with less speeding violations came less collisions –
I think there’s a good correlation
there.”
The department places the
speed cameras based on pedestrian
activity in the area, proximity to
crosswalks and school zones and
other factors, according to Treschuk
. He said the department is
about to start putting a movable
camera in the 500 block of North
Horners Lane after it got complaints
and found people were doing more
than 12 miles per hour over the
speed limit in that area.
Treschuk also said that the program is not motivated by revenues.
He said he would understand com-
plaints if the cameras caught people
1 mile over the speed limit, but more
than 12 miles over is too fast.
“If people slowed down and
stayed within 12 miles over, then no
one would get violations, and we
could declare a victory because all
we’re trying to do is make the streets
safer,” he said. “From a public-safety perspective, the best thing we
could ever see is that we never saw a
violation come through.”
Of the revenue generated by the
cameras, about half each year goes
to payments to the vendor.
Revenues also cover operating
expenses of the cameras, including
three civilian personnel who monitor the cameras and two police officers.
That left $305,068 in fiscal
year 2013 and $230,732 in 2014 as
profits to go toward capital projects
for pedestrian and traffic safety.
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THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
JULY 9, 2015
NEWS
Local leaders grapple with growing heroin problem
By Natalie Koltun
Special to The Sentinel
SILVER SPRING – As a mother
of five, Damascus’ Donna Evans has
“lost count” of how many kids in her
community have died from a heroin
or opioid overdose. Her daughter
personally knew 14.
Though a task force just formed
earlier this year to fight the rise in
heroin and opioid use around the
state, experts say this is a story some
counties have been experiencing for
years.
This crisis, which Gov. Larry
Hogan deemed “an epidemic,” killed
more Marylanders in 2013 than
homicides, government statistics
show. That year, there were 387 reported homicides, according to a report by the Governor’s Office of
Crime Control and Prevention, and
464 heroin-related deaths, according
to a report by the state’s Department
of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Maryland’s Heroin and Opioid
Emergency Task Force heard a variety of approaches to combating the
epidemic. Some of the speakers were
police officers, drug treatment professionals, former addicts and relatives whose loved ones died from
heroin and opioid addictions.
“There is no silver bullet, and
there’s not going to be a one-sizefits-all,” Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford
said about a range of strategies for reducing abuse of the drugs across the
state. “We are planning to take a
holistic approach to this.”
Led by Rutherford, the task
force met on July 2 for its final of six
summits to address the state’s growing crisis.
In 2014, 887 Marylanders died
from heroin- or opioid-related causes, the report states. The number of
deaths caused by heroin overdose
has more than doubled since 2010.
Thirty-three of these deaths were in
Montgomery County, the report
shows. At the summit, many people
called for refocusing the state’s approach to treatment and education
rather than “arresting our way out of
this,” according to Rutherford.
Uma Ahluwalia, Montgomery
County’s director of Health and Human Services, said she is working
with the county’s public schools to
implement anti-drug campaigns in
classrooms and on back-to-school
nights, including speakers and
videos, for students as young as the
elementary level.
Middle school is “where the
quiet revolution is occurring,” said
Pamela Creekmur, health officer for
Prince George’s County.
Five percent of middle school
students and 14 percent of high
school students in Montgomery
County have abused prescription
drugs, according to the county’s
WMATA takes first Metro safety steps
By Natalie Koltun
Special to The Sentinel
In the midst of the National
Transportation Safety Board’s investigation into January’s fatal smoke
incident in a Metrorail tunnel, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority began taking the first steps
to improve safety, officials say.
During a hearing on June 23 and
24, NTSB found that Metro has no
smoke detection system in its tunnels
to identify the source of smoke, according to Randall Grooman,
Metro’s acting assistant general manager for Transit Infrastructure and
Engineering Services. Although
Metro has not yet installed these
smoke detectors, officials said the
transit system completed a report
outlining details on installing smoke
detectors on February 27.
This report is one of ten recommendations Rob Troup, Metro
deputy general manager, ordered following the smoke incident that killed
one and injured more than 80 passengers.
"The ten items that we have
identified so far are actions Metro is
taking now based on our collaborative review with NTSB,” Troup said
in a news release.
NTSB recommendations are
typically released after the investigation is complete, which can often
take up to a full year, said Peter
Knudson, NTSB spokesman. However, four urgent safety recommendations were released in the middle
of the investigation.
“We can issue them at any point
we feel they’re absolutely urgent
during an investigation,” Knudson
said. “We certainly expect to have
more recommendations come out by
the end of, if not throughout, the rest
of the investigation.”
In April, Troup announced four
additional “early-action safety
items” in response to the smoke incident near L’Enfant Plaza, according
to a Metro news release.
Morgan Dye, Metro spokeswoman, said the transit system is “on
track” to complete the four additional safety improvements, but could
not identify their progress or an estimate for when they will be finished.
As outlined in the news release,
the four additional early-action items
Troup issued were “initiating a multiyear maintenance program to replace or rehabilitate all 88,044 lights
in Metro tunnels beginning next
month,” “creating a dedicated maintenance crew to continuously clear
tunnel passageways of debris, equipment or other potential obstructions
across Metro's 100 miles of tunnel
segments,” “beginning this summer,
review protocols of the alarms in the
ROCC with the goal of separating
critical alarms from non-critical notifications” and “establishing a quality
audit process for ventilation system
testing to ensure compliance with established maintenance and testing
practices.”
Of the 10 recommendations
Troup originally ordered, the first involved re-writing Metro’s standard
operating procedure for when trains
encounter smoke, a much-debated issue during the NTSB hearing following January’s death of a woman from
smoke inhalation. The new procedure calls for allowing train operators to determine whether it is necessary to turn off air intake systems
when encountering smoke in tunnels
or stations. Under the former procedure, the Rail Operations Control
Center would instruct train operators
on whether and when to turn them
off. This item was completed ontime by January 22, according to
Morgan Dye, Metro spokeswoman.
Another item was related to rewriting Metro’s standard operating
procedures. Troup recommended
that it be rewritten to increase discipline in the ROCC to avoid “unnecessary interactions” during emergencies. This recommendation was to
“ensure that ROCC employees stay
at their own desks and not engage
those managing the incident.” It was
completed on-time by January 26,
Dye said.
A schedule was made on January 26 for the three years following
January’s smoke incident that outlined system-wide emergency quarterly drills for Metro employees and
Metro Transit Police, Dye said.
Another item surrounding
emergency readiness that Troup suggested was for Metro to add better
signage to locate emergency exits,
according to a news release just days
after January’s incident. Metro completed this project by February 13, its
estimated completion date, Dye said.
Several items Troup ordered involved improving the third rail
jumper cables. These improvements
were completed in February, according to Dye.
However, there were several
third rail arcing incidents in recent
months, causing smoke and fire.
NTSB investigators identified several electrical pieces connecting the
third rail to a power supply that were
improperly installed, which can
cause short-circuiting when water
enter crevices in the third rail. As part
of NTSB’s ongoing investigation
into January’s incident, these cables
were also found to be missing “sealing sleeves,” which keep moisture
from entering these crevices.
2013 Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
As for heroin, 3 percent of middle
school students and 4 percent of high
school students in the county reported they have used it at least one time,
the survey shows.
“High school is too late,”
Rutherford said about educating students on the risks associated with
heroin and prescription drug use.
“We’ve talked about incorporating it
into more aspects of the curriculum
and starting earlier.”
John McCarthy, Montgomery
County state’s attorney, proposed a
multipronged approach that includes
changes on a legislative level.
“I know it begins with treatment
and education, but I think there is a
law enforcement component to it,”
he said.
McCarthy called for stricter
consequences against “reckless distributors” that result in someone’s
death. He suggested investigating
every heroin death as a homicide to
tackle part of the problem at a law
enforcement level. These distributors, he added, often combine heroin
with other substances as a cost-saving measure, but these combinations
can form deadly “cocktails of heroin.”
“I would say five years ago this
issue was confined to relatively isolated communities in Montgomery
County. Now, it is absolutely everywhere,” McCarthy said.
After 61 people died from heroin overdoses in the county within the
past two years, McCarthy called for
the expansion of immunity granted
to people who call an ambulance for
someone they see dying from an
overdose. He helped write a bill on
this issue last year. However, it did
not pass.
“This is not about locking people up. This is about saving lives,” he
said.
NTSB takes first steps in air crash
By Rebecca Guterman
Staff Writer
The National Transportation
Safety Board has taken the first steps
in investigating a plane crash June 25
that killed the pilot and all eight passengers, including two North Potomac residents.
Glenda Cambiaso, 31, and
Hugo Cambiaso, 65, were two of the
passengers aboard the sightseeing
plane that was on its way back to
Ketchikan as part of a combined
cruise/flight trip, according to the
NTSB preliminary report released
July 7.
Glenda Cambiaso was a social
worker in child welfare for the county and a wonderful person, according
to her supervisor, Dorne Hill.
“She went above and beyond
the call of duty to make sure her family had their basic needs met. She
gathered up toys, food, clothing, car
seats, strollers, any type of need that
a child may have from her relatives
and neighbors and friends and disseminated them across not just her
clients but the agency as a whole,”
Hill said. “She treated these children
and families like they were her own.”
Cambiaso had worked at the department for almost seven years, first
as an intern and then as a full-time
hire, and Hill worked with her the
whole time.
“She was the first person here
and the last person to leave,” Hill
said. “We’re shocked and saddened
... it’s a huge loss not just for us but
for her families. ... Her clients loved
her and appreciated her.”
Hill also said Glenda and her father sang in the church choir and
spent a lot of time together.
“They were extremely close,”
she said.
The investigation into the crash
is still ongoing, and NTSB cannot
yet determine a cause for the crash,
according to NTSB spokesperson
Keith Holloway.
Investigators said in the NTSB
report the single-engine de Havilland
DHC-3 (Otter) plane crashed into a
tree-covered mountain about 24
miles northeast of Ketchikan. The
Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad,
along with Alaska State Troopers and
others, conducted the rescue efforts,
according to trooper dispatch reports.
There are also a number of factors that could have caused the crash,
according to attorney Gary Robb,
and it is hard to know until the investigation is complete.
Robb, an attorney based in Missouri, has represented families of
victims in aviation crashes before,
including a different type of de Havilland Otter plane that crashed in
2006 in Missouri.
He said NTSB will look at the
aircraft itself, the experience of the
pilot and any evidence of intoxication, and visibility and weather conditions – what Robb said experts call
“the man, the machine and the environment.”
But, Robb said, the engine of
this aircraft has a good reputation, as
does the aircraft itself.
“If there’s a 500-piece puzzle,
we’ve got 10 pieces now,” Robb
said. “I would not even hazard a
guess (at the cause).”
NTSB also seemed to respond
as quickly as it could, and Robb said
the organization would likely make it
a priority given the number of fatalities. The next step is to find the cause
to prevent future crashes.
JULY 9, 2015
THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
Whatʼs happening this week in Montgomery County
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ALENDAR
Beltway on Sunday, July 12 at 10 a.m. Ride the Carl
Henn Millennium Trail, a shared-use path making a
10.6-mile loop around the center of Rockville. Rain
at the start cancels the ride; wet pavement does not.
Meet at Thomas Farm Community Center, 700
Fallsgrove Drive. Free Bike Safety Checks at Farmers Market in July
JUL 9
WORKSHOP: ABCS OF STARTING A
BUSINESS
Jul 9. 10:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M. Join us to find out
what it really takes to start your own business. Learn
more about the steps involved and discover the
many resources available to support you. Questions
about legal structures are answered by an attorney.
Fee: $35 Bowie Business Innovation Center, 14000
Jericho Park Rd, Bowie MD | Additional session
July 14 1:00pm-4:30pm Frederick | For more information on workshops by the Women’s Business
Center go to www.maryland
WORKSHOP: WHAT’S MISSING FROM
YOUR MARKETING?
Jul. 9. 1:00 – 3:00 P.M. What tools and systems
can you put into place to simplify your marketing in
2015? During this presentation we’ll show you how
to implement simple strategies that will have a significant effect on your entire marketing efforts. The
right tools can positively impact the growth of your
company. Fee: $20 Address: 118 North Market
Street, 3rd Floor, Frederick, MD 21701 | Sponsored
by the Women’s Business Center | For more information on workshops by the Women’s Business
Center go to www.maryland
CITY HOSTS 'ROCKVILLE 2040' LISTENING SESSIONS
Jul. 9. 8:30 A.M. What do you want Rockville to
be like in 2040? The city is updating its 2002 Comprehensive Master Plan, which describes the vision
for Rockville's future. The plan's goal is to preserve
and improve the quality of life in Rockville, by
guiding development and conservation, and ensuring the city's ability to provide high-quality community facilities. Community members, businesses and
others are invited to get involved in Rockville 2040
-- the process to update the master plan -- to express
their vision for the community's future. The city will
host listening sessions throughout Rockville over
the next few months, at which city staff will share
information about the master plan update and hear
views regarding the future of Rockville neighborhoods. Participate in a session to learn more about
Rockville 2040 and to share your thoughts on your
area of the city and Rockville as a whole. More information is at
www.rockvillemd.gov/rockville2040, where you
can also sign up to receive email updates on the
master plan update or call 240-314-8200. The listening session will be held at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday,
July 9 for the business areas along Research Boulevard and Piccard Drive as well as those areas in
King Farm and Fallsgrove - meet at the Best Western Hotel, 1251 West Montgomery Ave.
JUL 11
BLACKROCK FREE SUMMER CONCERT: MATUTO
Jul. 11. 7:00 P.M. It's Brazilian Carnival in the
Appalachian Mountains! We dare you to resist moving to the bubbling Brazilian backbeats, Appalachian melodies, and bluesy riffs of the high-energy
Brazilian groove band Matuto. All Summer Concerts will be performed on the BlackRock front
lawn, weather permitting. In the case of inclement
weather, the concert will move inside to the BlackRock Mainstage. Tickets are not required, but
RSVPs are recommended to be in-the-know about
updates and weather decisions.
PET BEREAVEMENT SEMINAR
Jul 11. 3:00 – 4:30 P.M. Have you lost a pet or
are anticipating a loss? In these monthly sessions,
you may convene with others who are experiencing
the same sense of loss in a discussion group led by
July 9, 2015 – July 15, 2015
JUL 14
COURTESY PHOTO
Carolyn Malachi, named by MTV as
an R&B artist "to obsess over," performs at Betheda Blues and Jazz on
July 16.
Dr. Mary Knipmeyer. During the sessions, participants can discuss their own particular loss, and hear
from others about their experiences, which can be
very beneficial in working through or preparing for
the grief of loss. Dr. Knipmeyer will share ideas for
learning to cope with the loss of the pet and what to
expect as time goes by, and she can assist with the
question of whether to get another pet, and when.
This is not a therapy group per se, but is rather,
focused on self-help. If you believe you could benefit from individual therapy, Dr. Knipmeyer can recommend local professionals who help with pet loss
as part of their practice. Pet bereavement seminars
are held at Montgomery County Humane Society
the first Saturday of every month. There is no cost to
attend, but reservations are required. Please call
(240) 252-2555 to reserve a spot in an upcoming
session. Address: 601 South Stonestreet Ave,
Rockville, MD 20850.
JULY EXHIBIT AT BLACKROCK: “RECOMPOSE”
Jul. 11. 5:00 – 7:00 P.M. followed by Free Summer Outdoor Concert by Matuto. BlackRock Center for the Arts is pleased to present “Recompose”
an exhibition featuring four Maryland artists: Elizabeth Burger, Eric Celarier, William Peirce, and
Karen Schulz on view in The Kay Gallery from
Wednesday, July 8 through Saturday, August 1,
2015. The public is invited to a reception to meet the
artists on Saturday, July 11 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm
followed by a free Summer Outdoor Concert by
Matuto immediately following the reception. The
reception, outdoor summer concert, and admission
to the exhibit are free and open to the public. Recomposing and constructing new forms by manipulating materials, Elizabeth Burger transforms found
natural materials into sculptures inspired by the repetition and patterning in nature, Eric Celarier sews
expired circuit boards and electronic waste into tapestries that highlight often invisible elements within machines we use every day, William Peirce assembles layers of contrasting wood using a band
saw to craft unique vessels and recycles the scraps
into sculptures that can be rearranged, and Karen
Schulz cuts hand-dyed cloth using improvisational
methods adding bold stitching patterns that activate
her fiber compositions with a new dimension. Location: The Kay Gallery (first floor) BlackRock Center for the Arts, 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown, MD 20874 | Free
JUL 12
ROCKVILLE BIKE RIDES
Jul. 12. 10:00 A.M. Ride the Rockville Bicycle
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION "UNDERSTANDING AND RESPONDING TO DEMENTIA RELATED BEHAVIOR"
Jul. 14. 10:30 A.M. Behavior is a powerful form
of communication and is one of the primary ways
for people with dementia to communicate their
needs and feelings as the ability to use language is
lost. However, some behaviors can present real
challenges for caregivers to manage. Join us for this
free workshop to learn to decode behavioral messages, identify common behavior triggers, and learn
strategies to help intervene with some of the most
common behavioral challenges of Alzheimer’s disease. Holy Cross Resource Center, 9805 Dameron
Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20902. Free. For more information and/or to register, call 800.272.3900.
GEORGETOWN’S SUNSET CINEMA SERIES
Jul. 14. 7:00 P.M. On Tuesday nights starting
July 7, the Georgetown Business Improvement District (BID) kicks off Georgetown Sunset Cinema,
Georgetown’s first-ever outdoor movie experience,
through August 4. The inaugural slate features
movies filmed in or inspired by Georgetown, Washington’s oldest and most iconic neighborhood.
Moviegoers are encouraged to bring a picnic and
blanket and enjoy the panoramic backdrop of the
sunset, Potomac River and Key Bridge. View the
list of films and additional information at
www.georgetowndc.com/sunsetcinema. Movies
begin at sunset; arrive at 7 p.m. for best seating and
giveaways. | July 14 State of Play (Rated PG-13) |
July 21 No Way Out (Rated R) | July 28 Burn After Reading (Rated R) | WHERE: Georgetown Waterfront Park at the intersection of K/Water Street
and Cecil Place, NW. | Admission to Georgetown
Sunset Cinema is FREE and open to the public.
Blankets only (no chairs, please); picnics welcome.
BEREAVEMENT WORKSHOPS FOR MEN
Jul. 14. 6:00 – 8:00 P.M. FOR MEN ONLY:
Getting a Handle on Your Grief, a three-session
workshop for men grieving the death of a loved one.
Led by male facilitators. Free and open to any
Montgomery County resident. Montgomery Hospice, 1355 Piccard Drive, Rockville. Registration required: 301-921-4400. (Additional workshop on
July 21, 2015)
JUL 15
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION WORKSHOP "HEALTHY HABITS FOR A
HEALTHIER YOU"
Jul. 15. 1:00 P.M. At any age, there are lifestyle
habits we can adopt to help maintain or even potentially improve our health. These habits may also
help to keep our brains healthy as we age and possibly delay the onset of cognitive decline. This free
workshop covers four areas of lifestyle habits that
are associated with heathy aging: cognitive activity,
physical health and exercise, diet and nutrition, and
social engagement. In each area, we will discuss
what we know, drawing on current research, as well
as what we can do - steps to take now to improve or
maintain overall health in each area. Friendship
Heights Village Center, 4433 S Park Ave, Chevy
Chase, MD 20815. Free. For more information and
to register, call 800.272.3900.
ART EXIHITS: KIM LLERENA: RUST SUN
BIBLE CORN AND D.B. STOVALL: PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE AMERICAN VERNACULAR
Jul.15 – Aug. 16. VisArts is pleased to present a
two person exhibition featuring the photography of
Kim Llerena and D.B. Stovall. The two artists examine the American landscape and built environment from distinct conceptual and physical vantage
points. The exhibition runs from July 15 to August
16 in the Gibbs Street Gallery. A reception and
artist talks are scheduled for July 24 from 7 to 9
p.m. Events are free and open to the public. VisArts
at Rockville is located three blocks from the
Rockville Metro station at 155 Gibbs Street,
Rockville, MD. For information, please visit
www.visartscenter.org or call 301-315-8200.
ART EXHIBIT: BOBBY COLEMAN:
RE:BUILD
Jul. 15 – Aug. 16. VisArts is pleased to present
“re-build” a solo exhibition of recent paintings by
Bobby Coleman in the Common Ground Gallery
from July 15 to August 16. A reception and artist
talk is scheduled for July 24 from 7 to 9 p.m. VisArts at Rockville is a nonprofit arts center dedicated
to engaging the community in the arts and providing
opportunities for artistic exploration through educational programming, gallery exhibitions and a resident artist program. For information, please visit
www.visartscenter.org or call 301-315-8200.
TALK - ORNAMENTAL INVASIVE
SPECIES: ASSESSING THE WORST OFFENDERS
Jul. 15. 7:30 – 9:00 P.M. The Takoma Hort Club
invites you to a talk on how invasive plants threaten
native plant health and biodiversity in both agricultural and natural systems in Maryland. How do we
determine which plants are a true threat and which
are mere benign garden interlopers? Maryland's Invasive Species Risk Assessment process was established by law to assist with that process. John Peter
Thompson will deliver a presentation on this
process. He is a founding member of the Maryland
Invasive Species Council, representing the Maryland Nursery, Landscape and Greenhouse Association. He is a member of the Maryland Invasive
Plant Advisory Committee, charged with implementing Maryland’s new Invasive Plant law, and of
the National Invasive Species Council Advisory
Committee. He was a founding member and the
third President of the Mid-Atlantic Invasive Plant
Council, and is currently a consultant to the Smithsonian and USDA Weeds of the Caribbean project,
as well as a contributing author to the CABI Invasive Species Compendium. Talk will be held at Historic Takoma, 7328 Carroll Avenue, Takoma Park,
MD.
JUL 16
ROMEO AND JULIET: LOVE KNOWS NO
AGE
Jul. 16. – Aug. 9. Unexpected Stage Company’s
production of Romeo and Juliet: Love Knows No
Age revisits Shakespeare's most famous play and
flips it on its head, as Romeo and Juliet are now septuagenarians and the Montagues and Capulets are
their adult children. Set in an adult living community, this contemporary interpretation of a classic
tragedy explores what happens when Romeo and
Juliet fall passionately in love later in life. The show
marks the first Shakespearean production for Unexpected Stage Company—known for staging
thought-provoking works such as last year’s critically acclaimed production of Kooman and Dimond's
Dani Girl (nominated for three Helen Hayes
Awards) and productions such as Alan Bennett's
The Lady in the Van (2013) and David Johnston’s
Candy and Dorothy (2011), both Helen Hayes
Awards recommended. Randolph Road Theater,
4010 Randolph Road, Silver Spring, MD 20902 |
Tickets are $16 - $27.50; a limited number of free
student tickets are available; Group, Senior, and
Military discounts. General Day and Time Info:
Doors open about 30 minutes before the performance. July 16 at 7:30, July 17 at 7:30, and July 18
at 2 pm are preview performances. | For more information call 1-800-838-3006.
FREE “THIRD THURSDAY” CONCERT
SERIES ON THE GREEN: THE WINSTONS
Jul. 16. 5:00 – 7:00 P.M. King Farm Village
Center will host free outdoor concerts on the village
green at the heart of the center on the Third Thursday of each month from July through September.
Featuring a variety of local artists from the metropolitan area, all shows are open to the public. The
July 16 show will feature Motown group The Winstons, performing hits by The Temptations, Marvin
Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and many more classics from
the Motown-era.
August 20 will bring
singer/guitarist Eric Ray to the center, performing a
soulful mix of covers ranging from James Taylor to
Sister Hazel, as well as original pieces. The September 17 performance will feature funk group Swagfunk with a wide array of genres, including funk,
rock and R&B. King Farm Village Center in
Rockville, Md. Is located less than a mile from I270’s Exit 8 and just west of MD Route
355/Rockville Pike.
((305)) FITNESS’ MIAMI ON THE MALL
Jul. 16. 7:00 – 8:15 P.M. It's been ((365)) badass
days since ((305)) set up shop in Washington, D.C.
So, to celebrate our one-year anniversary, we're
throwing down an outdoor pop-up celebration that's
sure to elevate your heart rate and engage your senses. Expect those favorite hip-thrusting moves complete with jaw-dropping views of The Washington
Monument. Our fierce crew of instructors will lead
a 45-minute workout under the summer sun and our
sizzlin’ sponsors will be givin’ out mad swag:
Reebok, Chix D.C., Lumi Juice, Health Warrior, and
Ian McCabe Studio. And you know it's gonna be a
big one baby, cuz nobody throws a party quite like
we do. Details below. Space is limited, please let
me know if you’d like to attend/cover! Where: Sylvan Theater Stage, south side of The Washington
Monument
Register @
https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/home?st
udioid=163293. Cost: Complimentary!
CAROLYN MALACHI AT THE BETHESDA
BLUES AND JAZZ SUPPER CLUB
Jul. 16. 8:00 P.M. From DMV area’s Blues,
Jazz, Spoken Word, GoGo and R&B culture
emerges CAROLYN MALACHI with a fresh blend
of music that garners international praise, including
MTV naming her an R&B artist “to obsess over”.
GOLD, the follow-up to Carolyn Malachi’s
GRAMMY-nominated single "Orion", includes
contemporary R&B radio hits “All Right” & “Fall
Winter Spring Summer” which NPR named to its
10 Songs Public Radio Can’t Stop Playing list.
Bethesda Blues and Jazz, 7719 Wisconsin Avenue,
Bethesda, Maryland 20814. For tickets and additional information call 240-330-4500.
SUMMER CONCERT SERIES : THE
CRIMESTOPPERS
Jul. 16. 6:00 – 8:00 P.M. Join us Thursday
evenings through July for live music that rocks
downtown Bethesda. Outdoor concerts will be held
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at Veterans Park located on the corner of Norfolk
and Woodmont Aves. The Crimestoppers perform
on Jul. 16. For additional performances check our
website at http://www.bethesda.org/bethesda/summer-concert-series
UPCOMING
BLACKROCK FREE SUMMER CONCERT:THE CRAWDADDIES
July 18, 7pm: The Crawdaddies infuse Cajun,
Zydeco, Blues, Ska, Roots, Rock and Reggae into
an incomparable, groove-laden sound that is unquestionably its own. All Summer Concerts will be
performed on the BlackRock front lawn, weather
permitting. In the case of inclement weather, the
concert will move inside to the BlackRock Mainstage. Tickets are not required, but RSVPs are recommended to be in-the-know about updates and
weather decisions.
ROCKVILLE BIKE RIDES
Jul. 18. 10:00 A.M. Kidical Mass Family Ride
on Saturday, July 18 at 10 a.m. Kidical Mass is a nationwide movement to get kids with their families
out on bikes in their communities. Rides are at the
pace of the slowest rider on a combination of
shared-use paths, bike lanes and low-traffic residen-
Contacts: Darnell Myers: Phone: 240-370-9968 |
Email: [email protected] and Rob
Harmon: Phone: 301-384-6848 Email: [email protected]
BETHESDA OUTDOOR MOVIES
Jul. 21 – 25. 9:00 P.M. Enjoy five nights of
blockbuster hits at downtown Bethesda's 10th annual outdoor movie series! Show times begin at 9pm
at the corner of Norfolk and Auburn Avenues. A
limited
number of chairs will be provided and attendees
are invited to bring their own lawn chairs.
Admission is FREE! Spend an enjoyable
evening in Woodmont Triangle and have dinner at
one of the
neighborhood's delicious and diverse restaurants
before the show! July 21: Sixteen Candles | July 22:
Chef, | July 23: The Hunger Games:Mockingjay,
Part I | July 24: Mrs. Doubtfire |July 25: Imitation
Game
A FEAST FOR THE EYES III, AN ARTWORK SHOWCASE
Jul. 22 – Jul. 24 Riderwood to host a three-day
event to feature 191 original pieces in museum setting
The celebration of art holds a special place for
residents of Riderwood, the Erickson Living community. Their creativity and professional-level quality will take center stage during A Feast for the Eyes
III, a showcase of original artistry. Thirty-eight resi-
July 9, 2015 – July 15, 2015
blues, classic rock, adult contemporary and pop as
well as original material. This elite group has engaged and excited audiences of all ages throughout
the US and abroad with world-class musicianship
and high energy, fun-filled performances. All Summer Concerts will be performed on the BlackRock
front lawn, weather permitting. In the case of inclement weather, the concert will move inside to the
BlackRock Mainstage. Tickets are not required, but
RSVPs are recommended to be in-the-know about
updates and weather decisions.
SANDY SPRING MUSEUM TO HOST EID
AL-FITR AL MUBARAK
Jul. 25. 2:00 – 5:00 P.M. The Sandy Spring Museum invites the community to celebrate Eid al-Fitr
Al Mubrak at the museum on Saturday, July 25.
This event is free and open to the public.
The event will feature traditional Middle Eastern
foods, folk music, original art and an interfaith celebration of the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
Representatives of area embassies of Egypt, Pakistan, India and other countries with large Muslim
populations will be in attendance to mark the occasion, as well as leaders who represent other faithbased communities in the region.
“We are hosting this event in partnership with
members of the Sandy Spring area Muslim community. As a secular organization, the museum is a perfect place to bring people of different faiths together
to foster mutual understanding and respect,” said Allison Weiss, the museum’s executive director.
The Sandy Spring Museum is a gathering place
where people can develop meaningful connections
by exploring community history through the visual,
literary and performing arts. The museum is located
at 17901 Bentley Road and is open Wednesdays –
Saturdays from 10 am – 5 pm and Sundays from
noon – 5 pm. WHERE: Sandy Spring Museum
(17901 Bentley Road, Sandy Spring, MD 20860) |
MORE INFO: visit
www.sandyspringmuseum.org/eid
MIXED MEDIA PAINTINGS BY LIETA
GERSON
Aug. 15 – Nov. 15. Thomas Farm Community
Center 700 Falls Grove Drive | Exhibit is free | For
more information call, Lieta Gerson 240-654-4736.
PHOTO BY GREGORY STALEY
William Peirce assembles layers of contrasting wood using a band saw to
craft unique vessels and recycles the scraps into sculptures that can be rearranged. His work is part of “Recompose” an exhibition featuring three additional Maryland artists: Elizabeth Burger, Eric Celarier, and Karen Schulz
on view at BlackRock Center for the Arts through Saturday, August 1, 2015.
tial streets. Meet at the Rockville Swim and Fitness
Center, 355 Martins Lane. Free Bike Safety Checks
at Farmers Market in July
FAMILY JAZZ DAY AT GLEN ECHO PARK
Jul. 19. 3:00 – 7:00 P.M. Glen Echo’s Family
Jazz Day features the U.S. Army Blues Band, the
Blues Alley Youth Ensemble and other youth jazz
bands. Family Jazz Day is presented in collaboration with Blues Alley. Glen Echo Park, located at
7300 MacArthur Blvd. in Glen Echo, Maryland, six
miles northwest of Georgetown along the scenic Potomac River palisades, is unique among National
Parks.
SUMMER BASKETBALL CAMP
July 20 - July 24. The camp, headed up by
Springbrook High School head basketball coach
Darnell Myers, is being held at Springbrook High
School. Boys ages 10-12. All sessions are $250 per
camper with discounts for additional family members and for campers attending multiple sessions.
dents and employees will display 191 pieces, including paintings, weavings, silk screens, ceramics,
sculpture, photography and digital art. Artists will
be available during the event to discuss the processes and stories behind their work with attendees.
Sponsored by the Riderwood Diversity & Inclusion
Committee, the three-day event will take place on
the following dates and times: Wednesday, July 22,
2pm-8pm, Thursday, July 23, 2pm-8pm, and Friday,
July 24, 10am-3pm. The event is open to the public
with free admission. A Feast for the Eyes III will be
held at the campus of Riderwood in Maryland Hall
(Montgomery Station Clubhouse). Riderwood is located at 3120 Gracefield Road in Silver Spring; the
main telephone number is 301-572-2300.
BLACKROCK FREE SUMMER CONCERT: U.S. NAVY CRUISERS, FREE
Jul. 25. 7:00 P.M. As the US Navy's premier
contemporary entertainment ensemble, the Cruisers
feature eight dynamic performers who play genres
of music ranging from jazz & standards, rhythm &
ONGOING
ART EXHIBIT RECEPTION: “THESE
MIRRORS ARE NOT BOXES”
Through Jul. 12. 7:00 – 9:00 P.M. Reception for
“These Mirrors are Not Boxes” the inaugural exhibition of VisArt’s new Emerging Curator Program.
The VisArts Emerging Curator Program offers a
unique opportunity for an emerging curator to work
with an experienced mentoring curator to develop
and present an exhibition and to assist in the presentation of the mentor’s exhibition in the Kaplan
Gallery at VisArts. Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell is
the 2015 VisArts Emerging Curator. Independent
curator and writer, Laura Roulet is serving as her
mentor. The VisArts Emerging Curator Program is
funded through a generous grant from the Windgate
Foundation. “These Mirrors are Not Boxes” examines the complexities of contemporary identity
through the work of six local female artists: Amy
Hughes Braden, Milana Braslavsky, Anna U. Davis,
Nora Howell, Annette Isham, and Lisa Noble. The
exhibition explores the surprising, alternative, even
subversive means and ways identity is formed, presented, confronted, and challenged when marginalized personas are brought out of the fringes. Kaplan
Gallery |Events are free and open to the public | VisArts at Rockville is located three blocks from the
Rockville Metro station at 155 Gibbs Street,
Rockville, MD. For information, please visit
www.visartscenter.org or call 301-315-8200.
COURTESY PHOTO
The Crimestoppers are set to rock downtown Bethesda on Thursday, July 16
as part of the free summer concert series sponsored by the Bethesda Urban
Partnership.
PHOTO EXHIBITION: HIDDEN DISTRICT
Through Jul. 12. Hidden District, by Steven
Marks, is an unbounded essay in metaphor that is a
lyrical and gritty vision of the District of Columbia
and surrounding locales. These are places and people we pass every day, yet fail to notice in any
meaningful or imaginative way. The pictures are not
meant to answer any questions; rather they show
that beauty exists and stories can be found, even in
the most quotidian of quarters.. His infrared and
black-and-white images of rural and urban life were
featured in solo and two-person shows at the Darkroom Gallery and Circle Center Gallery in Chicago,
in group shows at museums around the world, and
in the book Second Sight: An Aesthetic, Technical,
and Historical Exploration of Infrared Photography.
Photoworks Gallery @ Glen Echo Park | 7300
MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, MD
|www.glenechophotoworks.org
ART EXHIBIT: ROB HACKETT’S “PARABOLIC”
Through Jul. 12. VisArts is pleased to present
recent sculpture by Rob Hackett in the Common
Ground Gallery. A reception and artist talk is scheduled for June 12 from 7 to 9 p.m. With simple
everyday construction materials and a minimalist
sensitivity to craft and forms, Rob Hackett’s largescale sculptural installation navigates space with
subtle, tense, contradictory elegance. Hackett utilizes many of the elements that are paramount to architecture; hard angles, flat surfaces, and parallel
lines. These elements, paired with a sensitive understanding of the site, address the relationship and tension between the physical and the implied, finding a
balance between the two. Common Ground Gallery
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Events are free and open to the public. VisArts at
Rockville is located three blocks from the Rockville
Metro station at 155 Gibbs Street, Rockville, MD.
For information, please visit www.visartscenter.org
or call 301-315-8200.
IMPOSSIBLE! A HAPPENSTANCE CIRCUS
Through July 12. 2015 Round House Theatre
presents IMPOSSIBLE! A Happenstance Circus,
created by Happenstance Theater. Startling Leaps of
Imagination! Daring Feats of Hope! Ferocious Acts
of Wonder! IMPOSSIBLE! is a theatrical collage on
the theme of Circus set against a backdrop of hard
times. In a kaleidoscopic homage to classic circus
characters and images from the 1930s and 40s, Happenstance Theater applies virtuosic theatricality to a
circus of the imagination. This show is for people of
all ages and runs 80 minutes. Address: Round
House Theatre, 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda.
For more information go to
RoundHouseTheatre.org or call 240-644-1100
GROWN-UPS ART CAMP AT DEL RAY ARTISANS
Through Jul. 17. Grown-Ups Art Camp - 37
workshops & events at Del Ray Artisans - from
playing with resin to polymer clay; from creating a
monotype or paper masterpiece to learning how to
tango. Sign up for as many workshops as you want!
Come see the instructors’ art exhibit; and browse the
art supplies sale. Del Ray Artisans, 2704 Mount
Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, VA; the facility is handicap accessible. Details:
www.TheDelRayArtisans.org/GUAC
FREE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
BLACKROCK
Through July 25. 7:00 P.M. The BlackRock
Center for the Arts’ annual free summer concert series returns, every Saturday, to the outdoor stage this
season. This summer’s concert series will include
performances by Indian-inspired party band Red
Baraat, the No BS! Brass Band, the high-energy
Brazilian groove band Matuto, the Baltimore based
Cajun/Zydeco sensation The Crawdaddies, and the
US Navy Cruisers. In addition to the summer concerts, BlackRock will present performances of the
Swedish circus company Magmanus on Friday, July
17 at 5:00pm and Saturday, July 18 at 6:00pm on
the Center’s front lawn. Should inclement weather
occur, all performances will move indoors to the
BlackRock Main Stage. Tickets to the summer concerts and performances of Magmanus at BlackRock
are free of charge, and no reservations are required.
Audiences are encouraged to check the BlackRock
website, Facebook Page, and Twitter feed for the
most up-to-date performance information. More information can be found at blackrockcenter.org.
31ST ANNUAL SUMMER CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
Through Jul. 30. Internationally renowned performers will highlight a summer music festival
spanning June and July at Hood College in five concerts on Thursdays in Hood’s Brodbeck Music Hall.
On July 9 with a program by soprano Laura Strickling and pianist Liza Stepanova, who appear as the
annual Silverman Young Artists. They are the 2013
winners of the collaborative division of the Liszt
Garrison International Competition. The Gorden
string concert July 16 features cellist Katja Zakotnik
of Schifferstadt, Germany, and Lester on piano in a
program entitled “Back to the Future.” They will
play works from 1615, 1715, 1815, 1915 and a
piece from 2015, called “Postcards from America,”
arranged specially for them by Bruce Wolosoff. On
July 23 violinist José Cueto and pianist Nancy
Roldán head up an instrumental ensemble and will
be joined by a narrator and two dancers to comprise
an evening of tango. The series concludes July 30
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with the annual all-Baroque program directed by
Wayne L. Wold, chair of the music department at
Hood. In addition to Wold on the harpsichord, the
musicians will include Petr Skopek, violin; Barbara
Spicher, flute; Ed Stanley, oboe; and Anna Claire
Ayoub, bassoon performs.
ROCKVILLE'S SUMMER PLAYGROUNDS
PROGRAM
Through Jul. 31. The City of Rockville offers a
great opportunity for kids to enjoy sports, arts and
crafts, games, special events and nature activities
throughout the summer in an affordable program.
The Summer Playgrounds program runs from 9:30
a.m.-3:30 p.m. on weekdays from June 22-July 31.
Registration opens on Wednesday, April 1, and costs
$150 for Rockville residents and $230 for non-residents for the full six weeks. The supervised, drop-in
recreation program is open to kids age 6-12 at will
be held at 10 neighborhood locations throughout
Rockville. Two locations, Elwood Smith Community Center and Twinbrook Elementary School, have
an option of extended hours for children registered
for the program at those locations. The extended
hours are 8-9:30 a.m. and 3:30-6 p.m. Register online starting April 1 at rockenroll.rockvillemd.gov or
in person at any City of Rockville recreation facility.
Go to www.rockvillemd.gov/summerplaygrounds
or call 240-314-8620 for more information.
3RD NATIONAL JURIED BONSAI CONTAINER EXHIBITION
Through August 2. 10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. See
over 80 American-made works selected by an expert jury of professionals including the prize winners in five categories. This premier national juried
ceramics exhibition showcases the talent of potters
who specialize in bonsai containers. Location: National Bonsai & Penjing Museum. Cost: Free
GLEN ECHO CONCERT SERIES
Through Aug. 27. 7:30 P.M. The Glen Echo
concert season takes place every Thursday evening
at 7:30 p.m. in Bumper Car Pavilion through August
27. Free parking is available. Concerts are held rain
or shine. Visitors may enjoy an entire evening of
activities in the park on concert nights. The Glen
Echo Café on park grounds offers salads, wraps,
sandwiches and snacks to provide the perfect summer dinner in the park’s picnic grove. And the historic Dentzel carousel operates during these events
as well, giving visitors a rare chance for a night-time
ride on the carousel ($1.25 per ride). There is room
for dancing in the Pavilion, and dancers are welcome at all concerts. Glen Echo Park is located at
7300 MacArthur Blvd. in Glen Echo, Maryland.
VISARTS SUMMER CAMPS
Through Aug 28. 8:30 A.M. – 3:00 P.M. Visarts
has a variety of imaginative and fun camp sessions
this summer. More information on the one-week
and two-week sessions can be found at www.visartsatrockville.org or by calling 301-315-8200. Address: 155 Gibbs Street, Rockville.
42ND ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION
Through Sep. 4. 5:00 – 7:30 P.M. Montgomery
College’s Department of Visual and Performing
Arts presents the 42nd Annual Student Exhibition at
the Cafritz Foundation Arts Center. This show highlights the artwork produced by Visual Arts students
over the past year. It takes over the building, filling
the King Street Gallery, Open Gallery, and spaces
throughout the Cafritz Foundation Arts Center.
Sponsored by: Montgomery College | Cost: FREE
|Event Contact Info: [email protected] |
240-567-1461 |
cms.montgomerycollege.edu/arts-tpss/exhibitions/
SUMMER ART CAMP @ CREATE!
Through Sep. 4. Join us for Art Camp all summer long! Campers will explore pottery, drawing,
painting, sculpture, collage and more – each week is
a new art adventure! Sign up for 2 or more weeks at
one time and you'll get $25 off each week of camp
(discount will automatically be applied before you
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submit payment). Camps are filling quickly, so register today! CREATE Arts Center, 816 Thayer Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910. For more information call 301-588-2787.
SATURDAY FARMERS MARKET
Saturdays 9:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M. Every week,
on Saturday, the Farmers Market transforms itself as
different fruits and vegetables become available
throughout the season. Your pick of farm-fresh fruits
and vegetables, bedding plants, cut flowers, preserves, honey, herbs, baked goods, and more. All
items offered are picked fresh daily and available as
supplies last. The Market accepts EBT benefits. Location:
Jury parking lot located on the corner of Rt. 28
and Monroe Street | Address: Rockville, MD 20850
| Contact: 240-314-8620
TEEN WRITER'S CLUB
Thursdays 6:30 – 8:00 P.M. Join us at the Marilyn J. Praisner Library, at 14910 Old Columbia Pike,
Burtonsville, MD 20866, to meet other teens who
share your interest in writing. Learn to improve your
writing and try new approaches. Ages 12 and up are
welcome. For additional library events and information call 240-773-9460.
ART EXPLORERS OPEN STUDIO
Saturdays, 10:00 – 12:00 P.M. Join us on Saturday mornings, 10am to 12:30pm in the Candy Corner Studio for drop in art activities for parents and
children. Activities change weekly and there is no
pre-registration; $10 per child. This weekly event is
presented by Playgroup in the Park (PGiP) and Glen
Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture. Location: The Candy Corner Visit
www.glenechopark.org or call 301-634-2222
ART WALK IN THE PARK 2015
First Friday of every month, through September.
For the third year, the Glen Echo Park Partnership
for Arts and Culture and Glen Echo Park invites the
public to visit all the Park’s resident visual arts studios in one evening in order to learn about their programs, meet resident artists and instructors, view
artists at work in their studios, purchase unique artwork and gifts, and enjoy the beauty of the park. Location: 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo,
Maryland. For more info: Contact (301) 634-2222
or visit glenechopark.org/art-walk-park.
AFTERNOON GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP
Tuesdays 1:30 – 3:00 P.M. For anyone grieving
the death of a love one. Registration required at
(301) 921-4400. North Bethesda United Methodist
Church, 10100 Old Georgetown Rd., Bethesda, MD
20814.
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LEGAL
SERVICES
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SERVICES
HELP WANTED,
GENERAL
D RIVATE
3416100-1
P
RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES
3 X 2.51 i
Judge NANCY B. SHUGER served for 18 years as an Associate Judge on the
22095NAN
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Services
- CNG
District Court of Maryland
for Baltimore
City, handling various
civil and criminal
matters. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) offers a creative, positive alterna3416100-1
tive tot the cost and uncertainty of litigation for individuals, businesses, organiza004676NANCY
tions and families. As a former judge, she can assist disputing parties to achieve
reasonable results. ADR offers a way for her to help people discover common
SENTINEL
interests which can allow them to shape their own resolution to their disputes.
NANCY
As a mediator, she acts as a private neutral. She emphasizes that mediation can be
effective wether the parties desire to address differences in an ongoing relationship,
or to reach a mutually agreeable solution to a single dispute, without trial. She uses
mediation, arbitration and settlement conferences successfully for conflict involving
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THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
CEMETERY
LOTS & CRYPTS
CEMETERY
LOTS & CRYPTS
D The
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Sentinel Newspaper has an immediate
2 X 2.26 i
opening for
a sales representative
to sell- CN
37012CEM
Cemetery
Lots & Crypts
print and online advertising.
3416142-1
003508CEMTERY LOT
SENTINEL
The
successful candidate must have advertising
CEMTERY
LOT
sales
experience,
preferably in the newspaper
ISLANDand online. Applicant will conduct sales
industry
and service calls on existing accounts and new
accounts to grow revenue. The successful candidate
must have strong people skills, be self-motivated
with good organizational skills, computer skills and
have reliable transportation. A college degree is
preferred. Interested persons should send cover
letter, resume and references to:
Lynn Kapiloff - 5307 N. Charles St. Baltimore,
MD 21210 or email: [email protected]
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47135WEB Help Wanted, General - CNG
3416127-1
004011WEBMASTER
SENTINEL
WEBMASTER
HELP WANTED
The Sentinel Newspapers, a 160year-old general interest newspaper
in Montgomery County and a 90year-old general interest newspaper in
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talented and seasoned managers,
reporters, sales staff and photographers. If you have an interest, then
please forward your resume and
other relevant information to:
D 3416120-1
[email protected]
2 X 2.01 i
47135AD Help Wanted, General - CNG
3416120-1
003341AD REP
SENTINEL
AD REP
ISLAND
Webmaster
needed to manage website for two
CEMETERY For Sale
Merchandise
LOTS & CRYPTS
Sale
of foreclosure Items
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Mini37012CEM Cemetery Lo
Facility.
3416146-1
001670CEMTERY LOT
Date of sale
SENTINEL
CEMTERY
JulyLOT
11, 2015
Where, 19525 Waters Rd.
Germantown, MD.
Time, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
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The
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Montgomery Sentinel runs about 64 pages
weekly.
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004682ALEX COOPER
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Detailed Job Description
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3416131-1
•D
Designing/Placing
Ads online
2 X 1.51 i
• 47135INS
OverseeingHelp
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of the website)
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16 Family Burial Plots. Rare
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Also, 1 Burial RightINDUSTRIAL/
located in the
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WAREHOUSE
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D 3416139-1
$7.5K
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2 X 2.01 i
57047WAR Industrial & Warehouse - CN
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Parklawn
Double Lawn SPACE
003341WAREHOUSE
Cemetery,
Crypt Fort
SENTINEL
Rockville, MD
WAREHOUSE
SPACE
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Garden of
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Call: 202-550-0198.
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REAL ESTATE
16
SPORTS
THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
JULY 9, 2015
July 9, 2015
The Montgomery County Sentinel
17
PHOTO BY JACQUI SOUTH
Big Train catcher Justin Morris takes Mickey Scott of the Giants at the plate Monday evening in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Big Train stays on track and defeat Giants 2-1
By Bo Evans
Sentinel Sports
GAITHERSBURG -- Nick
Egli was all the offense the
Gaithersburg Giants needed as they
scored two runs in the bottom of the
eighth inning to beat the Bethesda
Big Train, 2-,1 on Monday night at
Criswell Automotive Field.
Egli entered the batters’ box as
a pinch hitter in the bottom of the
eighth and belted a double to left
field off relief pitcher Josh Thorne
to score the tying run for the Giants. Egli would then round home
on a sac fly by John Drexel after
Egli stole third base.
Phillip Morse would close out
the game for the Giants and earn
the save. After getting the first two
batters out, Morse walked Justin
Morris, which put the tying run on
base, but Morse got Brandon
Hundley to fly out to left field to
end the game.
Until the bottom of the eighth,
while the score remained 1-0, the
Big Train seemed to be in command the whole game. In fact,
Bethesda starting pitcher David
McKay had a perfect game through
5 2/3 innings until Mickey Scott hit
a double for the Giants.
McKay was able to get out of
the inning when Scott was thrown
out at the plate after the next batter,
Reid Leonard, hit a single to right
field. McKay left after the inning,
giving up only two hits over six.
Giants starter Chance Callihan
allowed five hits and three walks
over six frames, but allowed only
one run, which kept his team in the
game. Callihan was relieved by Issac Hutto, who pitched two scoreless innings, which allowed the Giants to take the lead in the eighth.
Hutto was followed by Morse in
the ninth.
18
THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
JULY 9, 2015
SPORTS
Thunderbolts crown Giants 5-3 to stay second
By Carlos Alfaro
Sentinel Sports
The Silver Spring-Takoma
Thunderbolts
defeated
the
Gaithersburg Giants, 5-3, on Tuesday night to remain second in the
Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball
League’s North division.
The game remained scoreless
until the third inning, when the Giants scored three runs. Chris Van
Meter, Mickey Scott and Reid
Leonard scored successively.
Tuesday’s victory marks two
wins in a row.
The Thunderbolts came back
strong and scored three runs at the
bottom of the fourth. Steven Paredes reached home on a single.
Victor Nazario hit a home run,
scoring for himself and teammate
Ben Kocher, who was on first base.
This play tied the game at 3 each,
edging the Thunderbolts to a tie at
the bottom of the fourth.
At the top of the fourth inning,
Conner Chasanov was substituted
for Alex Thoms and held the Giants
scoreless for the rest of the night.
The fifth and sixth innings had
no runs, but the momentary lull in
scoring changed in favor of the
Thunderbolts at the seventh inning.
With Kyle Conger on first base
and Paul Burmester on second, a
double by Zachary Racusin brought
them both home and shifted the
lead to the Thunderbolts, 5-3.
They would keep this lead for
the remainder of the match.
PHOTO BY JACQUI SOUTH
Gaithersburg shortstop Reid Leonard fields the ball for the Giants.
Local athletes help U.S. women dominate soccer
The talk around the office this
past Monday was all about the US
Women’s National Soccer Team. Did
you see that game on TV? USA vs.
Japan: The US Women dominated
the game with a final score of 5 - 2.
The
Corner
Kick
by
David Wolfe
Aside from a USA “own” goal, Japan
would have been limited to a single
goal.
This team of women looked
completely different than they did in
the previous matches of the World
Cup. They assembled one of the
most dramatic World Cup finals ever.
It all played out in the first 16 minutes with four goals scored by Team
USA. Think about it, four goals in 16
minutes is not something that occurs
very often. Scoring four goals and
the opposing team scoring nil, makes
it more unbelievable. If you are a
Team Japan player and your team has
not scored yet, you are down by four,
what sort of mental acrobatics do you
have to do in order to get back in the
game?
The first 16 minutes saw a new
record set by Carli Lloyd. She became the first person, male or female, to score a hat trick in a World
Cup final during the 90 minutes of
regular play. I nearly broke my chair
jumping up to celebrate Lloyd’s midfield strike for a goal just two minutes after Lauren Holiday scored
goal number three for Team USA.
Yes, it was chair thrashing amazing.Tobin Heath closed out the scoring for the US with a goal in the 54th
minute with the 5th and final goal for
Team USA. We may never see such a
dramatic record breaking World Cup
game again.
In Montgomery County we are
fortunate to have World Cup players
who are members of the Washington
Spirit. The Washington Spirit play
their home games at the Maryland
Soccerplex in Boyds. Starting in another week most World Cup team
players will return to their local club
teams for the remainder of the season. The season ends in September.
The Washington Spirit will see
the return of Ali Krieger and Ashlyn
Harris. Ali is a local girl to the
DMV area, graduating from Forest
Park High School. The road to the
World Cup took her to Penn State,
to German league play and back to
the USA for the restart of women’s
professional league play. Ali has
grown into a World Class athlete.
For the 2015 season, she is allocated to the Washington Spirit giving
us all the chance to see her play in
person at Washington Spirit Home
games.
Jill Ellis, the head coach of the
USWNT, has local roots too.She
moved to the USA with her British
parents in 1981. Her father coached
soccer at the Annandale Boys Club.
Jill was on the leading edge of
women’s organized soccer in the
USA during her career.She came up
through the Braddock Road Blue
Belles to join William and Mary college as a player for her undergrad
years.
The first coaching job for Jill
was at the University of Illinois. It
was the inaugural year for a women’s
soccer program at the University of
Illinois. From UI to UCLA two years
later. After UCLA she went on to a
full-time gig as USSF’s development
director for women’s programs. In
April of 2014, Jill was named as the
interim coach for the US Women’s
National Team. This was not the first
time she was named interim coach
for the team. In May, she was elevated past the interim assignment and
made the full-time coach.
She had many doubters about
her ability to coach the national team.
Those doubters should be rethinking
their opinions today. She has proven
she can coach the team to a worldclass championship.
If you include Washington Spirit players who are local for April
through March, you will notice more
World Cup players in the area.
Ashlyn Harris, the starting goalkeeper for the Washington Spirit.
She is every bit as athletic and goal
crushing to opposing teams as Hope
Solo. Diana Matheson, a Princeton
graduate and Washington Spirit mid-
fielder who plays on Canada’s National team. She is a pint sized jet
field package speed who can out run
and out maneuver most any other
player.
If all goes as planned with visas,
Ngozi Okobi from Nigeria’s National Team will be joining the Washington Spirit in July. Two additional international players have been announced by Spirit Coach Mark
Parsons for this season.They are Haley Raso of the Australian National
Team and Josephine Chukwunonye,
a teammate of Okobi’s from the
Nigerian National Team.
The Washington Spirit has several home games left in this season:
July 18th against the Seattle
Reign – Reserved Seating Sold Out.
General Admission is still available.
This game may see Hope Solo and
Megan Rapinoe playing along.
July 25th against Chicago Red
Stars
August 1st against the Houston
Dash
August 12th against the Western
New York Flash
September 5th against the Seattle Reign
JU.Y 9, 2015
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SPORTS
Staying true to his roots
Coach Butch McAdams uses all of his experience behind the mic
By Brandy L. Simms
Sentinel Sports Editor
SILVER SPRING – Radio One
talk show host James “Butch”
McAdams might boast the area’s
best-kept secret when it comes to
the Sunday morning airwaves.
For years, McAdams toiled as a
high school basketball coach at the
Maret School in the District of Columbia. However, nowadays the native Washingtonian can be heard
every Sunday morning on his local
radio show entitled “In and Out of
Sports with Coach Butch
McAdams.”
The show airs from 11am-1pm
on 1450 WOL-AM and has featured
interviews with many local sports
personalities including University
of Maryland basketball coaching
legend Charles “Lefty” Driesell and
Georgetown basketball coaching
icon John Thompson, Jr. along with
DeMatha’s Hall of Fame coach
Morgan Wootten. The two-hour radio program is also streamed live
online at www.woldcnews.com.
“I’ve had two professional passions in my life,” said McAdams,
who spent more than three decades
at Maret. “One was coaching basketball and the other was doing talk
radio.”
The radio guest list has also
featured a Who’s Who from the
world of politics and media. Former
Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich
has been on the air with McAdams
and the late former D.C. Mayor
Marion Barry was featured on the
show just weeks before his untimely
death last year.
McAdams has also had the
good fortune of booking various
media personalities, many with local ties including WJLA-TV news
anchor Leon Harris and sportscasters such as Johnny Holiday, David
Aldridge, James Brown and Rick
“Doc” Walker.
The D.C. area is a well-known
basketball hotbed and McAdams
has capitalized on the local scene
with on-air interviews from players
such as Lindsay Allen, Quinn Cook,
Kris Jenkins and Nate Britt.
Jenkins and Britt, who were
once high school teammates at Gonzaga, made their college announcements on-air, said McAdams.
Allen, a former McDonald’s
All-American who attended St.
John’s High School, is now the
starting point guard at Notre Dame
and Cook, a former DeMatha point
guard, led Duke to an NCAA title
earlier this year. Jenkins (Villanova)
and Britt (North Carolina) are both
rising juniors in college.
For McAdams, the main objec-
PHOTO BY DAVID WOLFE
Radio One talk show host James “Butch” McAdams.
tive for his show is to focus on local
teams, coaches and student-athletes,
he admits.
“I decided I wanted to do something different,” said McAdams. “I
wanted to put a tremendous emphasis on DMV sports and activity. Our
emphasis is on DMV.”
There’s certainly no shortage of
talent from which to pull from as the
show continues to attract local products such as Hall of Famer Adrian
Dantley along with top media professionals like boxing analyst Gary
Williams.
“I think what Coach has done
all these years has been wonderful,”
said Williams. “Many sports shows
claim to be about D.C. sports but
Coach has always stayed true to his
roots.”
Terp’s Trimble competes for roster spot on Pan American Games team
By Brandy L. Simms
Sentinel Sports Editor
University of Maryland rising
sophomore Melo Trimble is competing for a roster spot this week on the
Pan American Games Men’s Basketball Team. The training camp is being
held in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
A total of 22 players will compete for 12 roster spots to represent
the United States at the 2015 Pan
American Games in Toronto, Canada
later this month.
“I am very humbled to have this
opportunity,” said Trimble. “I am
looking forward to learning from an
outstanding coaching staff and playing with so many talented players.
This experience will be beneficial as I
continue to work on my overall
game.”
Mark Few of Gonzaga University will serve as head coach of the
2015 U.S. Pan American Games
Men’s Basketball Team and Maryland head coach Mark Turgeon is
among a trio of court coaches who
have been selected for the Colorado
training camp.
“It’s great to have Coach Turgeon out there with me,” said Trimble. “I am happy that he will have a
chance to watch me play as I have
put in a lot of hard work over the
summer.”
As a freshman, Trimble averaged 16.2 points, 3.9 rebounds and
3.0 assists per game during the 201415 campaign. He was a first team
All-Big Ten selection and earned
USBWA Freshman All-American
honors.
Trimble helped guide the Ter-
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rapins to a school-record 26 wins
during the regular season and led the
program to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in five years.
“This is a very well-deserving
honor for Melo,” said Turgeon. “I
know he will work very hard and this
will be a tremendous experience for
him. Melo will also have the opportunity to play with and compete against
an outstanding group of players.”
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