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AVERAGE PRICE PER GALLON OF Raskin (D-8th District) said on Sat- and the reasons it will benefit GOP UNLEADED REGULAR GAS IN urday while speaking with House MARYLAND/D.C. METRO AREA special interests while harming the ACCORDING TO AAA Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D- middle class. Calif) during a boisterous rally “We need to tell the people,” he INSIDE against the GOP plan, which he said. called “an assault on the middle Specific examples of the bill fa- class.” voring Republican interests at the Speaking before more than 300 expense of the middle class, Raskin people in Bethesda Saturday morn- said, are how the bill would encour- Editor’s ing, Raskin was adamant about the age the export of American jobs (de- challenges he said the Democrats spite GOP claims to the contrary) by Notebook face in stopping the tax plan. canceling taxation of profits from “We’ve gotta get into the weeds be- foreign factories and other opera- by Brian J. Karem cause that’s where the snakes are,” tions by American companies Raskin said. He also told his con- abroad, or how it would repeal the stituents the 426 page bill is “of, by, prohibition on political activity by PHOTO BY MARK POETKER House minority leader Nancy Pelosi and Congressman Jamie Raskin speak and for the billionaires,” compared tax-exempt religious institutions before 350 people in Bethesda Saturday morning against the president’s tax with Abraham Lincoln – who known as the “Johnson Amend- Enough prayer plan. Raskin called “the last great Repub- ment,” named after former Presi- already lican President” – and his idea of dent Lyndon Johnson (D), who au- strong support from religious con- lation repealing the Johnson government “of, by, and for the peo- thored the legislation while he was servatives who claim it is an in- Amendment during his 2016 cam- More mass shootings, ple.” Senate Majority Leader. fringement on their First Amend- paign - signed an Executive Order more prayers and nothing Because Republicans are push- Lifting prohibitions on political ment rights. done to make a real differ- ing to fast-track the tax bill, which activity for churches has long been a Earlier this year President See “Raskin” ence. can be passed through the Senate goal of Republicans, who enjoy Trump - who promised to sign legis- page 8 Page 4 Elrich spearheads county’s Affordable healthcare minimum wage increase enrollment up through Maryland conditions I laid down for my support By Neal Earley time. The number does not count the that I will sign the measure into law,” By Neal Earley @neal_earley 120,000 people participating in the ex- Leggett said. @neal_earley ROCKVILLE – The minimum change who automatically had their Incremental change is the center- New enrollment in the state wage in Montgomery County Council plans renewed. piece of the bill, which will require healthcare exchange is up 15 percent will soon begin a slow rise from its “It’s been a very good first week of employers to incrementally increase according to numbers from state offi- current level of $11.50 per hour to an enrollment both at the state and nation- their minimum wage to $15 per hour cials. Making eventual $15 an hour, ending a year ally,” said Andrew Ratner, chief mar- over the course of the next six years. On Nov.1, the Maryland Health filled with debate, endless amend- keting officer for the Maryland Health history Employers with 51 or more em- Benefit Exchange, the state healthcare ments and compromise upon compro- Benefit Exchange. ployees will have to pay the new min- exchange that started after Congress mise among members of the Mont- The increased enrollment is con- Former Sentinel re- imum wage by 2021, but non-profits passed the Affordable Care Act and al- gomery County Council, which voted trasted against the national debate over porter makes history as and “mid-sized” businesses who em- lows residents to buy a subsided health unanimously on Tuesday to approve the ACA, otherwise known as Oba- country’s first openly-trans- ploy between 11 and 50 workers will insurance plan, opened for enrollment. Bill 28-17. macare. Congressional Republicans, at gender legislator. be allowed to wait until 2023 to make 5,122 new people enrolled in the state The bill now head to the desk of the urging of President Donald J. the change, while those “small busi- exchange from Nov. 1 to Nov. 6, com- County Executive Isiah Leggett (D), Trump, have attempted multiple times Page 3 nesses” having 10 or fewer employees pared to last year’s number of 3,478 – a who in January vetoed a prior attempt to repeal the ACA, failing to provide a will not have to do so until 2024. 15 percent increase. by the Council to pass a minimum repeal bill that has passed both the U.S. The minimum wage will also be Total enrollment, which combines wage bill, but said in a statement House of Representatives and the U.S. tied to inflation and revised annually the number of new enrollees with those Tuesday that he plans on signing the Senate. beginning in 2022. who manually renewed their plans, is revised legislation. In addition, during the past few Despite the slow pace of the up 100 percent with 10, 420 people en- “Based on the changes from the months the state exchange has also had rolling or reenrolling Nov.1 to Nov. 6 original bill, what the County Council compared to 5,212 last year at the same approved today is close enough to the See “Minimum wage”. page 8 See “Healthcare”. page 8 2THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL NOVEMBER 9, 2017 EFLECTIONS The Montgomery County Sentinel, R published weekly by Berlyn Inc. Publish- ing, is a community newspaper covering Montgomery County, Maryland. Our of- February 22, 1934 fices are located at 22 W. Jefferson Street, Suite 309, Rockville, MD 20850. Founded in 1855 by Matthew Fields. All mail to: P.O. Box 1272, Rockville, MD Rockville looks to widen roads and search for industry 20849-1272. 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He said approximately tion that there was a need for a tem- [email protected] pate in the program. tracks in the western section of the $200,000 worth of taxable property porary sanitary inspector to make a Three resolutions of prime im- town is continually in need of re- would be affected. He pointed out survey of greater Rockville under EDITORIAL portance were introduced and re- pairs. The resolution would support that a three-foot shoulder on both the direction of the County Health Brian J. Karem ferred to the proper committees. the Bethesda Chamber of Com- sides of the road is necessary to alle- Department. EXECUTIVE EDITOR [email protected]

Brandy L. Simms SPORTS EDITOR NEWS [email protected] MARK ROBINSON Write us [email protected] Parents express concern to police about man CITY EDITOR charged with conducting illegal surveillance of kids KATHLEEN STUBBS The Montgomery County COPY EDITOR had known Oldale was under investi- By Glynis Kazanjian NEAL EARLEY @Glyniskazanjian gation, then they could have kept Sentinel welcomes letters. their children away from him for the [email protected] REPORTER CHEVY CHASE — Parents of last five-and-a-half months. All letters must be original, children from Somerset Elementary According to a 2016 Somerset Jacqui South, David Wolfe, School questioned Montgomery Elementary PTA newsletter, Oldale signed by the author Mark Poetker County Police officials Wednesday was a contact for the New & Interna- PHOTOGRAPHERS evening for not informing them of a tional Families Committee and the months-long investigation which and must include the author’s TAZEEN AHMAD Somerset Cub Scouts. CALENDAR EDITOR culminated in the arrest of a man Parents said at the meeting [email protected] with deep community ties for al- Oldale was also a class parent as well daytime telephone number legedly hiding a camera in a bath- as the school photographer and he of- CALL 301-838-0788 FAX 301- 838 - 3458 room at a local children's gymnastics ten hosted camp events at his house for verification. NEWSROOM AND LEGAL ADVERTISING center. during the summer months. "These are our children," a par- "He was constantly around chil- Send letters to: ADVERTISING ent yelled out at a meeting with po- dren," another parent said. "He creat- Lee Gladney lice Wednesday. "We found out in ed the graduation video in June!" The Montgomery County Sentinel ADVERTISING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE October. That's totally unaccept- Oldale hasn’t been convicted of POLICE COURTESY PHOTO 240-426-5743 able!" any of the charges and in response to Jonathan Oldale 22 W. Jefferson St. Suite 309 EMAIL: [email protected] More than 60 people attended queries by concerned parents, the community meeting in the Na- Liquorie said investigating digital know his intent. Nothing we had Rockville, MD 20850 Sherry Sanderson tional 4-H Conference Center on data that includes photographs, showed us this was a contact crime." LEGAL ADVERTISING MANAGER Connecticut Avenue in response to emails and contact lists is a time-con- Police said since Oldale's arrest, Fax: 301-838-3458 CALL 301-838-0788 the arrest of Chevy Chase resident suming process and other cases, in- a no trespass order has been issued; FAX 301-838-3458 [email protected] Jonathan Oldale. Police arrested cluding homicides, get priority. Oldale is no longer allowed on Mont- Email: editor- Oldale Oct. 18. He is charged with "Often, there is a back log," gomery County Public Schools prop- PRODUCTION one count of “conducting visual sur- Liquorie said. "Once we collect evi- erties. 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Another parent asked why po- how much access he had to our chil- SENTINEL (USPS 361-100) is CIRCULATION The investigation began in May lice didn't alert the school system in dren," another parent said. published every Thursday by [email protected] when a Silver Star Gymnastics em- May when they first learned of the Police encouraged parents to Montgomery Sentinel Publishing, ployee alerted police after finding a bathroom incident. send photos of their children to an Inc., 22 W. Jefferson St., Suite CALL 301-306-9500 backpack underneath a "wet floor" Liquorie said serving a search 309, Rockville, MD 20850. FAX 301-306-0134 email address set up solely for the Subscriptions by mail are $40.00 sign that contained a camera con- warrant to Oldale's house in May Jonathan Oldale case: oldaleinvesti- per year; by mail (out of MD, VA, ACCOUNTING cealed in an automobile key fob. should have put Oldale on notice. [email protected]. & D.C.) additional $ 5.25; on Ada Satterfield Oldale claimed the backpack as his, "We were confident that person If parents feel their children newsstands 50 cents. Periodicals CREDIT / COLLECTIONS/RECEPTIONIST postage paid at Rockville, MD according to an Oct. 27 police press wouldn't cause anymore problems," may have been a victim of abuse, THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL IS A 20849-1272. release. Liquorie said. they can go online to http://tree- WOMAN OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN Police detectives have not locat- MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND Sgt. Sheila Sugrue of the Spe- housemd.org/contact-us for assis- POSTMASTER: Send address IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND. ed any videos, they say, that include cial Investigations Unit said there tance. Oldale turned himself into de- changes to THE MONTGOMERY Montgomery County Publishing, Inc. victims from the gymnastics studio. was also a legal burden to consider. tectives on October 18 and later re- COUNTY was absobed into Berlyn Inc. on Parents told District 2 Police "These are very sensitive accu- SENTINEL, P.O. BOX 1272 January 1, 2015 leased on bond. He is scheduled to go Rockville, MD 20849-1272 Commander Paul Liquorie if they sations," Sugrue said. "We didn't trial on December 12, 2017. NOVEMBER 2, 2017 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL 3 NEWS Former Sentinel reporter makes history With election win, Danica Roem becomes first openly Transgender legislator to serve anywhere in the Country years – by focusing on local infra- the hard work of meeting voters and himself as Virginia’s “chief homo- By Andrew Feinberg @AGFHome structure issues, particularly the re- talking about the issues most impor- phobe” – authored an anti-transgen- gion’s notorious traffic problems, in tant to them, she said, pointing to der “bathroom bill” and ran ads that The experience and knowledge addition to acknowledging her sta- Democratic Socialist Lee Carter’s referred to Roem – who began liv- Virginia Delegate-Elect (and former tus as one of the first openly trans- “incredible” victory as proof that ing as a woman years ago – as “he,” Montgomery County Sentinel News gender candidates to run for office candidates can win by going door- while suggesting that she wanted Editor) Danica Roem (D) gained in the United States. to-door and talking about the issues “transgenderism” (which is widely while covering local politics in One of her strongest Mont- important to voters. considered a derogatory term in and Montgomery County proved in- gomery County-based supporters “Lee Carter’s victory was the of itself) taught to kindergarteners valuable to her winning effort in was Takoma Park Mayor Kate most surprising thing of the night,” after she said that she’d support Tuesday’s election, Roem told the Stewart, who said Roem’s infra- she said, because he was extremely teaching children of all ages about Sentinel during an interview the structure-focused campaign im- outspoken about his support for sin- gender identity in an age-appropri- morning after her historic victory, pressed her enough that she donated gle payer health care and opposition ate manner. which will make her the first openly $200 to the campaign. to right-to-work legislation, and still “When you’re an elected offi- transgender individual to serve in “Being the mayor of a city, I beat the sitting House of Delegates cial and you’re making your con- Virginia’s House of Delegates. very much appreciated what she Majority Whip. stituents feel bad about themselves “When I was news editor of the was prioritizing and what she was FILE PHOTO “He was outgunned by hun- that’s not helping anyone,” Roem Montgomery County Sentinel, I looking at,” Stewart said. “She Danica Roem after winning three dreds of thousands of dollars and said. “I’m not here to do that, I’m was part of a team that did a five- knows these issues well, she knows MDDC awards for the Sentinel still won as a Democratic Socialist,” out to be a good delegate…and part series on water infrastructure, the challenges we face in our region she said. “That’s incredible.” make sure we get rid of the corro- said. “Focus on improving your in- and I talked a lot about that series,” with increased growth and with Roem also told the Sentinel she sive atmosphere of hostility and frastructure, on traffic, jobs, schools Roem said. “I talked about water in- making sure communities hold onto wanted to be an example of how to hate.” or health care -- whatever the real frastructure a lot on this campaign.” their values as change takes place.” win graciously, and was reaching Such an atmosphere of racism important bread and butter issues Such issues might be boring – Stewart’s support for Roem out to her Republican soon-to-be and xenophobia -- which was en- are -- and make sure that while “the kind of stuff that makes re- also had a personal component, as colleagues to see how they can work demic to Virginia’s elections at all you’re doing it, you’re doing it in an porters zone out” – but are extreme- she told the Sentinel that her oldest together to solve Virginia’s infra- levels -- resulted in defeat for Re- inclusive fashion so you’re not dis- ly important, she said. “You’ve got- child is also transgender. structure problems. She also ex- publicans across the Common- criminating against the constituents ta take care of your infrastructure.” “My oldest is trans, and so to pressed compassion for her defeat- wealth, she added. “There was a lot you’re running to serve,” she said. Roem’s experience as a re- have Danica as a role model for ed opponent, and acknowledged of race-baiting and dog whistles on The journalist-turned-politi- porter in Montgomery County also young people is so important,” she that come January, he will be one of the Republican side, and they got cian also rejected the notion that allowed her to recruit volunteers said, adding that she wished that her her constituents. their asses kicked.” running a campaign centered who traveled to her district to can- own election hadn’t been at the “That defeat is probably monu- Roem also offered a warning around such lunch pail issues means vass, with volunteers coming from same time so that she could’ve done mentally difficult for him, his fami- for the next Virginia politician who candidates can’t run an inclusive Takoma Park, Silver Spring, and more to help Roem’s campaign. ly, and his supporters, and I have to might think such a strategy will be a campaign or have to stop talking Germantown. Looking forward to next year’s represent them too,” she said. winning one in 2018 or beyond. about social issues. “We certainly had a lot of help midterm elections, Roem suggested But as much as the workaday “The way that I see it, if you’re “Democrats need to start talk- from Montgomery County residents that her winning strategy can be a infrastructure and “bread-and-but- running with dog whistles or a bull- ing about infrastructure but that and we’re really thankful for them model for Democrats looking to re- ter” issues were important to her horn on racism, xenophobia, homo- doesn’t mean we stop defending putting in time, donations, and take more seats at all levels of gov- victory, Roem said that the cam- phobia, transphobia, or anything people who are being discriminated everything else to be part of the ernment. paign’s outcome is also an indica- that singles out and stigmatizes your against or stop the pursuit of social campaign,” she said. “If you are a Democratic candi- tion that voters are fed up with the constituents, if you’re in Northern justice and for equality and equity,” Roem, 33, defeated Republican date, whether you are running for kind of negativity fearmongering Virginia, your days are numbered in she said. “We can do all of that.” Robert Marshall (R) -- the Prince county council, congress, state dele- that characterized Marshall’s cam- terms of being in office,” she said. But Roem wasn’t the only win- William County incumbent who’d gate, or whatever it is, always run paign against her. “No one has any time to put up with ning Democrat who won by doing held the seat for the previous 26 like you are running for mayor,” she Marshall – who referred to that bullshit.” Extremely light turnout in Gaithersburg as Monroe is unseated Yvette D. Monroe. After longtime Citizen Award and a past chairper- have a new Council and I look for- we’re all interested in the same By Peter Rouleau @PeterSRouleau Council member Henry F. Marraffa son of the Education Enrichment ward to bringing everyone together things, making Gaithersburg an died Oct. 19 last year, Sayles was a Committee, ran for a full term this into the effective, collegial govern- even better place than it is.” GAITHERSBURG Shortly af- finalist to serve the balance of his year, but fell short with 1,253 votes. ing body that we’ve enjoyed for The final Council candidate, ter 9:30 on Tuesday Night, Gaithers- term, but the City Council appointed The Council had chosen her out of a many years.” Jim McNulty, chair of the Say- burg’s Board of Supervisors of Elec- Monroe to the seat in January. dozen applicants and five finalists to In 2015, he won a special elec- brooke Homeowner’s Association tions announced the winners of the Sayles ran for City Council in serve the remainder of Marraffa’s tion to serve the remaining two and a member of the City’s Olde City’s election for Mayor and two 2015 and received more than 2,000 term. “I’ll still be around,” Monroe years of Katz's final term, defeating Towne Advisory and Transportation members of the five-person City votes but fell short to incumbents said. “I enjoyed my time on the Marraffa and community activist Committees, received 1,259 votes, Council. Ryan Spiegel and Neil Harris and Council immensely. They’re a great Darline Bell-Zuccarelli. He was but that was not enough. He was an- 3,282 voters, or 9.29 percent of new Council Member Robert Wu. group of people and they were great originally appointed as a Council other finalist for the balance of Mar- the city’s registered voters, cast bal- “It was an educational experience mentors. I learned a lot.” During member by his colleagues on the raffa’s term. “Obviously I’m disap- lots in the election, a slight decrease going door to door,” Sayles said. “I her tenure, Monroe served as the City Council to serve as Mayor, fol- pointed,” McNulty said. “I thought from the 2015 election, when voter got more immersed in the issues that Council liaison to the Senior Advi- lowing longtime City Mayor Sidney we ran a really good race and I was turnout was 11.09 percent. people were concerned about. I had sory Committee and said she might Katz's election to the County Coun- glad to see that my neighborhood Mayor Jud Ashman and Coun- an awesome team behind me. My continue to be involved with them cil in 2014. came out in force. Anytime you’re cil members Laurie-Anne Sayles priorities are really just to get to after leaving the Council. Council Member Michael A. running for the first time, you have a and Michael A. Sesma will be work for the residents of Gaithers- Incumbent Mayor Jud Ashman Sesma, the City’s senior elected of- higher bar of entry, you have to get sworn in at City Hall next Monday. burg and implement what I chose to ran unopposed this year and re- ficial, won a fourth term on the your name out there. I still serve on Sayles, a longtime community do, which is to have more oversight ceived 2,895 votes. Council with 1,730 votes. two city committees and as presi- activist who has served on the City’s over our economic development “I’m really delighted and “I’m very happy for my per- dent of Saybrooke, so I still have the Education Enrichment and Econom- and balance our economic develop- grateful for the trust that the voters sonal result and disappointed for my opportunity to serve our community ic Development Committees, this ment with sustaining our green of Gaithersburg have put in me,” colleague Yvette,” said Sesma, who and I’ll continue to do that. I wish year received 1,953 votes, the most spaces.” Ashman said. “I think it’s always an frequently campaigned alongside the winning candidates all the best of the four candidates for City Coun- Monroe, the recipient of amazing and awe-inspiring thing Monroe. “I look forward to working and look forward to working with cil. She unseated Council Member Gaithersburg’s 2016 Distinguished when the voters get to speak. We with our new colleague. I think them.” 4THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL NOVEMBER 9, 2017 OPINIONS &VIEWS Enough with all the prayers Somewhere in the United States Walking into a grocery store is- right now, as you read this, the latest n’t safe. Going to a movie isn’t safe. victims of a mass murder are going Playing baseball with friends isn’t about their business of life and have safe and going to church isn’t safe. no idea what’s in store for them. Nowhere and no one is safe. They don’t know they’ll soon be We are a violent society. Gun vi- a victim – perhaps before the ink olence and lawlessness are all part of dries on our newspaper. our immediate past. They have no way of knowing We glorify violence in our litera- how they’ll die, or when, whether ture, in our movies, songs and in real they’ll die next to their loved ones or life. die running for safety. We are an interesting dichotomy They will just be dead and the too. Gandhi, Lennon, Martin Luther dead can’t do anything about it. King and others all spoke about non- violence and giving peace a chance. We sigh, smile and think of how good it could be and then we go Editor’s Notebook about killing ourselves all over again. by Brian J. Karem We allow people who have no business owning guns to stockpile them. We allow people to purchase As a nation and a people we semi-automatic assault rifles that can could do something about preventing be easily converted to fully automat- these needless deaths, but we don’t. ic assault rifles. We cheer about how Here is what will happen: many guns we collect and those who A gunman will open fire at a make and sell the guns donate huge public venue killing some and injur- amounts of money to those who ing others. First responders, upon make the laws to keep things the way reaching the mass shooting will find they’ve always been. a heavily armed gunman dressed Same as it ever was. Kevlar armor with an AR 15 semi- At this point it might incite a riot automatic assault rifle, some hand- to say I agree with the president on guns, and toting hundreds of rounds one important issue, but it is true: of ammunition. This is a mental health issue. The gunman, very probably a Of course he cut funding to men- white male with parental/spousal is- tal health and that’s another issue, but sues will either be taken into custody, we have to educate people. shot and killed by the police or will All of the laws in the world can- take his own life after a short/long not stop people from killing each oth- chase by police (or a bystander if it’s er – while it is also obvious we might in Texas). at the very least be able to cut down Local residents will express on the number of mass shootings like grief. Friends and family of the vic- those in Las Vegas, Texas and seem- tims will hold a candle-light vigil. ingly countless other locations in the The President, speaking from the last 20 years with legislation– our South Lawn will express grief, tell us true goal should be to build a better how he was horrified, deeply human being. shocked and offer prayers for the We should teach our children families and friends of the victims about the sanctity of life – unfortu- while urging us all to stay strong. nately it appears too many of us don’t The NRA will say the event in recognize it ourselves. We go straight no way means there should be to “An Eye for an Eye” and then arm tougher gun laws, and some will sug- those with whom we agree. gest arming everyone possible to cut We find bullets sexy. We find vi- down on the gun violence. olence admirable. We teach it. We Congress will fuss about but preach it and we enjoy it. make no move – after all even when It is a very ancient act of man, one of their own was gunned down left over as a survival instinct from on a baseball diamond one early the first time we crawled out of a cave morning this year it didn’t prompt to try and dominate our world. any legislation. We should retain our survival In the end there will be much instinct, but temper it with keeping rending of hair, wailing and gnashing guns from those with mental prob- of teeth and nothing will be done. lems. Then a week or so later another But we continue to do nothing. shooting will go down and we’ll start Not one damn thing - but pray. the seemingly endless cycle all over I’ve had it with prayers. They’re again. fine things for temporary solace, but We are frozen, fearful of taking within a week or two at the outside the bull by the horns, knowing full we’ll be praying again and the names well we have done nothing to stop our of the dead will be forgotten to all but escalating gun violence but too their families and friends. stunned, soft-headed and corrupt to We need to act. One definition of do anything about it. insanity is doing the same thing re- Look around folks. You, me, peatedly and expecting different re- anyone could be next. sults. By that definition our society is NOVEMBER 9, 2017 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL 5 LETTERS Statements made by accused abusers in court Sometimes late isn’t better than ever lice found evidence that the defen- The appellate court reversed THE dant had been planning to kill her- the conviction, holding that the trial To the editor COURT self the day before the shooting. judge improperly sustained objec- "I think it is disgusting and absurd to suggest anyone in this building EPORT She was convicted of first degree tions to statements of the boyfriend would support slavery." R murder in her first trial, but was as hearsay. The court found that Thus said Sarah Sanders to April Ryan during a press briefing. granted a new trial because original these statements were not offered Although it may be amusing to some to see the editor contort himself into defense counsel did not raise bat- for the truth of the matters asserted, tered spouse syndrome as part of but that statements such as com- a pretzel of partisanship to yet again be steamed by Sanders, it is a sad com- by Tom Ryan mentary on the state of current civic relations. the defense. mands to the defendant were not The statute defines “battered even hearsay statements. The court The editor went into long and elaborate demonstrations of outrage, sound In 1991 Maryland enacted a spouse syndrome” as a “psycholog- noted that the words of the alleged and fury, only to wind up in the same position as when he started. These pas de statute providing that evidence of ical condition of a victim of repeat- abuser were important to evaluate deux border upon obsession. “battered spouse syndrome” may ed physical and psychological the defendant’s perception that he His self-designated role as a Socratic gadfly, the proverbial bee on the be admissible to prove the defen- abuse,” which may affect the men- was going to rape her again before posterior of Sanders, is only effective when it has sound basis. This type of dant’s motive or state of mind at the tal state of the abused person. At the she shot him. Testimony about bias, however, is more suitable for one who is auditioning for a role as part- time of the alleged crime. Battered second trial, the defendant testified words spoken by the abuser could time commentator for MS-NBC. It is not representative of a local newspaper spouse syndrome may form the ba- to the history of her relationship be particularly probative to the jury where readership depends upon facts and accuracy. sis for self-defense. Whether state- with the decedent, that he had raped deciding whether battered spouse In addition, as he rails against ancient statuary, he should have equally ments made by the alleged abuser her on various occasions and syndrome had been established, and distinct recollections on his ruminations on local Confederate monuments. should be admitted in evidence was abused her including the day of the it was up to the jury whether to be- Unfortunately, these inconsistencies call into question the entire content explored by Maryland’s Court of shooting. However, the trial judge lieve the defendant. of the presentation. Special Appeals in an opinion that sustained every objection when the The Court noted that not allow- And that, dear reader is "the rest of the story," or, as James Cameron was delivered last week in a case defendant, and her expert psycholo- ing the defense expert to testify to would say, it is "The Plain Truth." called Tania Wallace-Bey v. State of gist who testified, attempted to tes- the words of the abuser prevented a J. Snow Maryland. tify to words the deceased much fuller picture of the expert’s The Court’s opinion indicates Damascus boyfriend said such as commands opinion, and a new trial was again that Wallace-Bey called 911, and to her during a rape. The expert tes- ordered. reported that her boyfriend had tified that the defendant did suffer raped her and she shot him. The po- from the syndrome and that but for And on gun control lice found his body on the floor the abuse the events of the shooting To the editor; where he had been dead several would not have happened, but the Thomas Patrick Ryan is a part- We have thousands of "gun control laws" on the books. The cities with hours, and she told the paramedics prosecutor’s expert denied she had ner in the Rockville law firm of Mc- she tried to kill herself by ingesting the strictest controls have the highest crime rates because the lawful citizens the syndrome. The jury again con- Carthy Wilson, which specializes in sleeping pills and alcohol. They po- victed her of first degree murder. civil litigation. are unable to protect themselves. Sadly, many of those numbers Paul sites are suicides. We cannot eradicate evil or predict evil, but we can be prepared to counter it when it does arise. The more lawfully armed and trained citizens Make your home a “Winter Wonderland” we have the better it will be for society. Large public gatherings will always a safety issue. Wood burning fire- tact a licensed plumber. Attempt- present a problem for law enforcement. places should be cleaned, inspect- ing to operate pipe valves that have We need to address some things that are preventable and fixable like de- ed, and repaired if necessary. Gas been idle or not operated in a while porting illegal gang members (and their families as a deterrent), filing wrong- REAL fireplaces require a licensed tech- can create or exacerbate an unde- ful death lawsuits against open borders politicians, and judges for deaths ESTATE nician to inspect the pilot and elec- tected leak. caused by illegals, and stopping cases like this massive failure of the justice SOLUTIONS tronics in the firebox. Both wood Have a licensed professional system. and gas fireplaces require flue and inspect your home’s roof. If shin- chimney maintenance. Creosote gles are not secure, melting and It is ironic that there is a desire to regulate firearms out of existence, yet buildup can combust and cause a freezing snow can create ice dams. we are told in Maryland that having to have an ID to vote is unconstitutional chimney fire. Birds and other ani- Ice dams can lift and dislodge because we have a "right" to vote. By Dan Krell mals or debris can lodge in the shingles allowing water to pene- There seems to be some disingenuous standards here when comparing chimney and prevent proper vent- trate your home. Water penetra- the US to Japan. It makes no sense to compare our large country to Japan. After several years of brutal ing. Defective fireplaces or im- tion from ice dams can cause dam- Japan is around the same size as California, which is approximately 403,882 winter weather, we were given a properly vented fireplaces can pro- age to your home’s interior. Be- reprieve mild weather last year. sq. km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq. km. Meanwhile, the popu- duce excess carbon monoxide in sides damaging ceilings, water The warm weather trend has lation of California is around 37 million people (89 million more people live your home, which can be deadly. penetration can also damage walls moved into the fall with some Test the smoke and carbon and windows. in Japan). We are a country of 50 states with a constitution that gives us the balmy days. But you shouldn’t be- right to bear arms. Our countries’ form of governments is not similar. monoxide detectors in your home, While your roof is being come complacent, thinking winter replace them if necessary. If your checked out, inspect the roof flash- weather is a long way off. Yes, it’s heating system and/or fireplace ing, gutters and downspouts. Roof B. Mullican the time of year to take stock in burns liquid, solid, or gas fuel, flashing is often ignored, however Rockville your home and prepare for winter. then you need to have carbon is as important as shingles. Roof Of course, at the center of monoxide detectors installed. flashing is used to transition from your winter comfort is your heat- Carbon monoxide is invisible, shingles (or other roofing) to other ing system. Regardless of the type odorless and tasteless and pro- materials (such as brick, metal or of heating system you have, have a longed exposure can result in brain PVC). The flashing prevents water licensed a licensed professional in- damage and death. Experts recom- to leak between the roof and chim- spect your home’s furnace. The in- mend installing carbon monoxide ney or vent pipes. Write us spection can identify any issues detectors throughout the home, Clean and repair clogged gut- that can cause your furnace to be primarily near bedrooms. ters and blocked downspouts. The Montgomery County Sentinel inefficient and/or fail. Hose bibs are often ignored Poorly maintained gutters and The inspection can also root because many people don’t use downspouts won’t allow for proper welcomes letters. out potential safety issues, such as them, or are not aware of how to drainage of water from snow and We reserve the right to edit all submissionsfor content, grammar and style. carbon monoxide buildup. If the maintain them. rain. Improper drainage can allow system does not need to be re- Anonymous letters may or may not be published at our discretion. 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sports • news • opinion • arts • community www.thesentinel.com 8THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL NOVEMBER 9, 2017 COVER STORY Raskin and Pelosi speak against president’s tax plan in Bethesda “Assault,” both served as Mayor - contrasted contended. little democracy?” tendees “are people who are tuned From page one Republican proposals to eliminate Raskin contrasted the haste But Raskin said he hasn’t got- in [to county elections.]”. the deduction teachers can take for with which House Republicans are ten any answers from his Republi- “They’re probably voting in directing the Justice Department to the costs of teaching materials they moving their tax bill—it was intro- can colleagues, who are attempting [the] June [2018 Democratic pri- refrain from enforcement of the purchase with their own funds, duced Nov. 2 and will be voted on to rush the bill through after draft- mary], and I want them to get to Johnson Amendment. with major new breaks, such as re- within a week or two, probably ing it in secrecy. know me,” he said. Raskin also argued a GOP pro- pealing the AMT and slashing cor- without a single hearing—with the The Rockville rally – which Both Pelosi and Raskin posal to repeal the Alternative Min- porate tax rates, worth multi-mil- process in 1986, the last time the drew a crowd of roughly 350 peo- thanked the 8th District residents imum Tax would be a multimillion- lions for the corporations and per- federal tax system was overhauled. ple -- served as a staging point for who planned to spend the day vol- dollar benefit to President Trump sonal taxes of Education Secretary The 1986 law had more than 40 volunteers headed to canvass on unteering in Virginia. himself and to the billionaire and Betsy DeVos. House and Senate hearings over behalf of Virginia Lieutenant Gov- A Democratic victory in Vir- multimillionaire members of his “Shame on them, how petty” nearly three years, he noted, and ernor Ralph Northam (D), the De- ginia would send an important Cabinet, as portions of his 1995 tax Pelosi said. “They give with one passed a Democratic House and mocratic candidate in Virginia’s message nationally about the return which were leaked to re- hand, and take away with the other. Republican Senate with strong bi- hotly contested gubernatorial elec- strength of opposition to President porters showed that the majority of [Their plan] is an insult to the intel- partisan majorities. tion, and was also attended by De- Trump’s initiatives, they said, and taxes Trump paid that year - $30 ligence” of the voters. “I’ve asked some of my Re- mocratic activist groups and local would buttress efforts to defeat the million out of total payments of The GOP tax bill is a prime ex- publican colleagues in the House,” candidates, including county exec- Republican tax bill. $35 million - were due to the AMT. ample of the “corruption, incompe- said Raskin, “why don’t we have a utive candidate George Leventhal. “We’re not going to let [the Pelosi – who grew up in Balti- tence, and cronyism” of the Trump proper process [with input from af- Leventhal, who greeted voters bill’s many adverse impacts] hap- more, where her father and brother Cabinet and administration, Pelosi fected people]? Why don’t we try a and handed out flyers, said rally at- pen,” they said. Minimum wage passes in Healthcare enrollment rises throughout the state “Affordable,” money on advertising or change its macare did not hurt enrollment in the County Council vote From page one marketing outreach program because state exchange, it left officials in the of potential repeal of the ACA, and County uncertain about the future. So “Elrich,”. issues. First, three of the original five also said increased attention on far about 100,000 people in the Coun- From page one insurance providers dropped out of healthcare brought awareness to the ty have gotten healthcare coverage ei- the state exchange, leaving only Care- state exchange. ther through the expansion of Medic- wage increases, lead sponsor Coun- First BlueCross BlueShield and “There was a lot of talk about it aid, a federal program that provides cilman Mark Elrich (D-At Large) Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-At- so people were aware...that probably healthcare coverage to poor and dis- was pleased by the outcome of the lantic States. State regulators also ap- created some awareness in of itself,” abled people, or in the state exchange. vote. proved rate increases for insurance Ratner said. Council member George Leven- “I think this is one of the most plans in the exchange at the request of Ratner also created improve- thal (D-at large), who chairs the important pieces of legislation that the last two remaining insurance ments to the state exchange’s website Council Health and Human Services we passed on my time on the Coun- providers. However, the state agreed and smartphone application for the in- Committee, said decreased coverage cil,” he said. to give additional subsidies to some of creased numbers. in the state exchange or by Medicaid Four council members who vot- the people who will see a rise in their “It’s a more mature program and would put more pressure on the Coun- ed against the original version of the healthcare premiums. it’s operating at a higher level,” Rat- ty’s healthcare program, Montgomery PHOTO BY NEAL EARLEY Ratner said the Maryland Health bill -- Roger Berliner (D-1), Craig Mark Elrich. ner said. Cares, which provides some health- Rice (D-2), Sidney Katz (D-3) and Benefit Exchange did not spend more While talk about repealing Oba- care services to uninsured residents. Nancy Floreen (D-at large) – had itics is the art of the compromise, it is said they worried what the impacts an art that regrettably has been lost in would be on small business and em- too many jurisdictions, it is an art that ployment. The four advocated that is critical to governing well.” Schools investigate fliers with racist tone the County study the economic im- gomery Blair is a very smart, diverse Native Studies, and Harvard Univer- Labor advocates who had long By Suzanne Pollak pact of a minimum wage increase be- and inclusive community and we sity as well as colleges in Ohio and pushed for the bill’s passage were ju- @SuzannePollak fore they could be convinced to in fa- bilant, erupting in chants of “Si, se will not fall victim to attempts to di- Louisiana, the Canadian local news vor of the bill. puede” (yes, we can) after the final Administrators at Montgomery vide us,” Johnson said. “We are com- website BlogTO reported, and ap- The results of that study were vote before convening an impromptu Blair High School are investigating mitted to providing a safe and wel- peared to be inspired by an Oct. 31 released in August, when Philadel- press conference in the lobby of the how fliers reading “It’s okay to be coming environment for every stu- posting on the 4chan Internet mes- phia-based PFM Consulting claimed Council building. white” came to be around the Silver dent.” sage board. the County would lose 47,000 jobs if “I think that it wouldn’t be nec- Spring school. While a Montgomery County The 4chan posting suggested it were to increase the minimum essarily strategic for it just to be here Security cameras captured an Police public information office that readers print the fliers and post wage to $15 per hour by 2020. in Montgomery County,” said Maria unknown person whose face was ob- staffer acknowledged that the MCPD them at campuses around the world But after a review of the study, Naranjo, a Service Employees Inter- scured by a hooded sweatshirt post- is aware of the incident, the incident while in costume in order to make the firm’s executive director Dean national Union District Director. ing one of the inflammatory fliers -- is not being investigated by the po- “the media” go “completely Kaplan admitted that there was a “This is a great first step, we’re going which appeared at numerous schools lice. berserk.” mathematical mistake in the study to celebrate today but we know the across the United States and Canada Montgomery County Public The 4chan message board is discrediting the results. Leggett later reality is that we have to look at other – before they were discovered by Schools spokesperson Derek Turner popular among the so-called “alt- agreed to not pay the $149,600 the counties we have to look at the state- staff members early Wednesday noted that the fliers had only ap- right” and is often a source of inspi- County originally planned to pay wide.” morning. peared at Blair and not any other ration for hoaxes meant to trick re- PFM Consulting for the study. Still, business owners and In a letter sent to parents of schools, while downplaying any po- porters into printing false informa- Berliner, one of the council spokespeople for the several cham- Montgomery Blair students, Blair lice involvement. tion, as well as bias incidents meant members who opposed the original bers of commerce located within the Principal Renay Johnson explained “My understanding is this is not to inflame racial tensions. The web- bill, seemed pleased by the final out- County said increasing the minimum that the fliers were found when staff an arrestable crime, just putting up a site is also a gathering place for come. wage will cause business to cut pay arrived at the school at 5:45 am that flier,” Turner said. some of President Trump’s most ar- “From day one I thought the roll and lay off employees, even as morning, but were immediately re- Turner added that hate-related dent supporters. measures before us did not strike the labor advocates said the County moved before students arrived for incidents were at an all-time high On the “alt-right” linked crowd right balance, and with the support of needed to mandate employers pay school that day. during the 2016-2017 school year, funding site Hatreon, a fundraiser the County Executive we gained the their employees “living wage.” Johnson assured parents that she but said that at eight weeks into this created by a user called “It’s Okay to time we needed to get this right to Montgomery County joins other and her staff – whose research has year’s school year, “it’s been quieter be White” asked donors to pay $60 reconcile these competing truths,” jurisdictions such as Washington found the fliers to be part of a nation- this term, I think.” per month to support the campaign, Berliner said. “No legislation is per- D.C., San Francisco, Seattle and Los al campaign to foment racial tensions In addition to appearing at noting “Hey guys! We are the origi- fect and I’m sure there will be those Angeles who have passed bill to in- – are taking the threat seriously and Blair, the same fliers were also nal anons behind the ‘It’s okay to be who find fault in this measure as crease their minimum wage to $15 are continuing to investigate. found at the University of Toronto, white’ campaign, isn’t it going amended. But it is often said that pol- per hour. “I want you to know that Mont- the University of Alberta’s School of great!?” NOVEMBER 9, 2017 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL 9 NEWS ANALYSIS Reasons for activism Life is very much like a box; common sense gun laws, cam- you can keep taking from it but paign finance reform and climate there comes a time when you have change, to name just a few, that I to start putting things back into it had the opportunity to come to or else be faced with an empty know and work with such relent- box or, to extend the analogy, a less fighters for the issues I so possibly less-fulfilled life. strongly believe in as then-State That is where activism and Senator and now Congressman advocacy come into play. Advoca- Jamie Raskin, then-State Senator and Judiciary Committee Chair and now Attorney General Brian Frosh, then-Congressman and Paul’s view now Senator Chris Van Hollen and my own Congressman John by Sarbanes. My activism led to the need Paul K. Schwartz to obtain a platform and that plat- form came in the form of the Montgomery County Sentinel and the political columns I write for it cy is a means of putting some- each and every week. I hope not thing back into that box of life by so much to change your political doing something that benefits the beliefs or positions as it is to pro- many and not just the individual, vide you with an understanding as contrary to the Ayn Rand teach- to how I arrived at my own politi- ings. cal beliefs and positions. My road to becoming an ac- (Just as an aside, more than tivist came rather late in life. Dur- two years of those columns have ing my rather lengthy federal ca- been compiled in the recently re- reer I focused on the many chal- leased book, “A Citizen's Per- lenging issues I was involved in. spective, Society, Hypocrisy and These included such issues as ad- the 2016 Election Season” avail- dressing the security threat creat- able at www.paulkschwartz.com ed by moving cargo under bond as well as on Amazon and Barnes across the nation, especially in the & Noble websites. Hey, if I don't post 9/11 environment, during my market this book, who will?) time at U.S. Customs. In the present political envi- It included implementing ronment and the many challenges programs designed to more fully we face, it is now more important unify the more than 22 disparate than ever for citizens to raise their entities comprising the newly-cre- voices and not take a back seat to ated umbrella known as the De- anyone or any politician. Whether partment of Homeland Security the issue is health care, gun safe- while serving in that department. ty, climate change, voting rights, It included, while at FEMA post civil rights, income inequality/the Katrina, estimating the needs and shrinking middle class, the econo- identifying the capabilities and my as a whole, tax revenue, or the resources at the local, state and attacks on the First or any other federal levels prior to the advent Amendment to the Constitution, Space of the next great disaster to, there- and many other issues too numer- by, ensure a more effective re- ous to list here that affect you in sponse and recovery to avoid some way, shape or form. For what is currently happening in If you don't care enough to, at Puerto Rico. the very least, vote, then you real- It wasn't until I left federal ly can't justify complaining when Rent service that I became much more the government protections and interested in public policy and services you have come to rely on community service leading to my are no longer there for you. becoming much more active in We are facing some very try- raising my voice to influence that ing times under the Trump admin- public policy. This, to me, is the istration, a Republican House and very definition of the word ac- Senate, and a Supreme Court with tivism. a majority of conservative jus- The horrific tragedy at New- tices. Donald Trump may be an town, Connecticut and the mas- embarrassment to every American sacre of some 20 young children whether they realize it or not, and may be the single event that had a great deal of damage can be the deepest impact on me as a citi- done in just a few years if not a Advertise Your zen and as a human being. The few months. Supreme Court ruling in Citizens We all have to look deep United vs. the FEC was also sig- within ourselves and ask what is it nificant in that it changed the I really want, what do I want this Business Here course of elections from that point country to stand for, what values forward, and not for the better as do I want my country to reflect, Your ad could be here. Contact Lonnie at 301-306-9500 it exacerbated the problem of the what can I do to help my country voice of money outshouting the reclaim its standing in the world to find out how to book this space voice of citizens. community? If not you, then who? It was through issues such as If not now, then when? 10 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL NOVEMBER 9, 2017 NEWS Georgetown Prep graduate nominated as next Fed Chair strongly believes in,” Trump said replace outgoing Fed chair Janet prayers and best wishes to him and league” at the BPC, said the Center’s By Glynis Kazanjian @Glyniskazanjian while speaking at a Rose Garden Yellen, he will join other celebrated his family." Director of Economic Policy, Shai ceremony to unveil the long-awaited Prep alumni who have served at the Powell, who was first nominat- Akabas, “because his consensus-dri- President Donald Trump has announcement. “Based on his top echelons of the U.S. govern- ed to the Federal Reserve Board of ven approach meant that he was al- nominated Chevy Chase resident record, I am confident that Jay has ment, including Supreme Court Jus- Governors by President Barack ways eager to hear what others and Georgetown Prep alumnus the wisdom and leadership to guide tice Neil Gorsuch, former Senator Obama to fill a vacant seat in 2011, thought before making a decision." Jerome "Jay" Powell to be the next our economy through any chal- Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), who chaired was re-nominated for a full 14-year Currently, Powell lives in Chairman of the Federal Reserve’s lenges that our great economy may the Senate Banking Committee, term of his own in 2014 and was Chevy Chase Village with his wife, Board of Governors, the White face." Reps. Laurence Francis Rooney II confirmed by the Senate by a vote of Rockville High School graduate House announced last week. Trump noted that Powell has (R-Fla.) and Frank LoBiondo (R- 67-24. Elissa Leonard. The couple’s three The 64-year-old lawyer and in- twice been confirmed by the Senate N.J.), as well as former Rep. John Before joining the Federal Re- children, ages 30, 28 and 19, all at- vestment banker – who has served with strong bipartisan support, and Dingell (D-Mich.), who was the serve Board of Governors, Powell tended Sidwell Friends School in on the Federal Reserve board since expressed hope that the Senate longest-ever serving member of the served in the Treasury Department Washington, D.C. 2012 – is a Washington, D.C. native, would quickly do so a third time. House before his retirement in 2014. during the administration of Presi- After Trump introduced him to having graduated from Georgetown A member of Georgetown In a statement, Georgetown dent George H.W. Bush, where he the reporters assembled in the Rose Preparatory School before returning Prep’s class of 1971, Powell has sig- Prep President Rev. Scott Pilarz ap- rose to become Undersecretary of Garden, Powell took the opportunity to the area to attend law school at nificant family ties to the Little plauded Powell’s nomination. the Treasury for Domestic Finance. to thank his wife “for her love, sup- Georgetown University, where he Hoyas community, as his father and “We are proud to have a son of He later worked at a number of in- port and wise counsel." was editor of the Georgetown Law brother, as well as three of his uncles Georgetown Prep lead our nation's vestment banks and private equity "Without her, quite honestly, I Journal. and three of his cousins also graduat- central banking system,” he said. firms until 2010, when he joined the would not be standing here,” Powell Powell “has proven to be a con- ed from the North Bethesda-based “On behalf of all of us at George- Bipartisan Policy Center as a visit- said. “We're thinking today of our sensus builder for the sound, mone- Jesuit school. town Prep, we congratulate Jerome ing scholar. three children and of the world tary and financial policy that he so If confirmed by the Senate to on his nomination and offer our Powell was a “fantastic col- they're inheriting." Kathleen Matthews vows to knock on 10,000 doors to help local Democrats tell me who to vote for. And here you fect change. if they are concerned about the effects While putting up a united front is im- By Glynis Kazanjian @Glyniskazanjian are a year ahead of the election and And while Matthews believes of the opioid crisis that has lead to portant, Matthews acknowledged you’re asking me questions.’” that President Trump’s policies are deaths in all parts of Maryland. that the first thing Democrats need to Maryland Democrats have inter- “We’re rebuilding trust in the hurting all Marylanders, she wants “We’ve got to be aggressively do is to get past the perception that nalized the harsh lessons of the 2014 party,” she added voters to know what the Democratic going after this opioid crisis, not just Democrats don’t have a message. and 2016 elections which left Larry Matthews, a former television Party stands for, and for them to un- talking about it, but actually putting “Donald Trump had a simplistic Hogan in the governor’s mansion and journalist whose 8th District primary derstand that Democrats are for more resources behind prevention, treat- message,” Matthews said. “But, he Donald Trump in the White House, battle with now-Congressman Jamie than simply being against Donald ment and education,” she said, added provided no details, and he has no Maryland Democratic Party Chair- Raskin (D-8th District) and business- Trump. that she thinks Maryland is simply policies. No plans.” woman Matthews, and are doing the man David Trone became one of the “It’s around the jobs agenda, in- “treading water” under Hogan’s ad- Democrats by contrast, hard work that is needed to avoid re- most expensive House races in histo- vesting in education and protecting ministration when Maryland voters Matthews said, are policy wonks be- peating the mistakes of the past. ry, said she has visited all of Mary- our environment,” Matthews said. expect progress. “I think that’s why cause they are issue driven, but still “We need to get back to basics,” land’s 23 counties as well as Balti- Voters need to ask themselves if Bob Ehrlich lost after one term. need to use those issues to connect Matthews said during an exclusive more City since becoming party they are better off under Larry Hogan Marylanders want to move forward.” with voters on an emotional level in- interview at The Sentinel’s Rockville chair, and has found that Maryland’s and Donald Trump than they were When the conversation turned to stead of coming across like they have offices. “We need to start listening to political makeup is like a microcosm before, and if they think the current the race to unseat Hogan, Matthews all the answers and disdain for the people. People felt like they had been of the United States itself. administration’s policies will leave listed the entire roster of challenges, other side. ignored and that Democrats took “Montgomery County is differ- them better off, she said, using all of whom she called “great candi- “We have to tell a story that their votes for granted.” ent than a lot of the state,” Matthews Hogan’s stewardship of Maryland’s dates.” reaches peoples’ gut,” Matthews said. But to make sure voters don’t explained. “We are very blue, very economy as an example. But the issue of who wins the “That talks about them, not about us. feel ignored this time around, Democratic here.” “Larry Hogan talks about how gubernatorial primary is a less impor- Not we’re the party with all the solu- Matthews described the way Democ- But Matthews acknowledged he’s brought back the jobs that were tant issue compared with the real goal tions. We’re the party that is listening rats have been hitting the streets with that not all Marylanders think like lost in the economic downturn, but of the upcoming election, which is to to you and understands your con- a goal of personally contacting voters in Montgomery County. that gets you even, not ahead,” get Democrats across Maryland to cerns, your problems, your chal- 10,000 voters before the 2018 elec- “You get out to western Mary- Matthews said. “We have seen that work together and ensure Hogan’s lenges, and we’ll talk with you about tions to have substantial. And voters land and the eastern shore, those are wages have not recovered in Mary- defeat. solutions.” have been “appreciative” of Democ- counties that voted for Trump,” she land, whereas they have in Virginia. “Our big target is Larry Hogan, If Democrats can do that, rats’ efforts thus far, Matthews report- said. “They voted for Larry Hogan They have nationwide. We’ve got not each other,” Matthews said. Matthews said, they can pull together ed. and the Republican at greater margins very anemic wage growth here. And just like Democrats nation- the entire Democratic coalition and Matthews described how voters than before.” That’s less money in the pocket of the wide need to show voters they stand work together to accomplish their are happy to hear from Democrats The challenge Maryland De- average Marylander.” for more than opposing Donald goals. outside of the context of get-out-the- mocrats face, Matthews says, is learn Health care remains a key issue Trump, Matthews said the Democrat- “We have common enemies in vote efforts: “People say, ‘normally I how to focus on the issues that affect for voters, she added, whether they ic Party has to sharpen its message 2020,” Matthews said. “We want to hear from the Democrats in the days all Marylanders, and to bring people want a single payer plan, or lower and show voters why Larry Hogan is defeat Trump. We want to defeat leading up to the election when you in all parts of the state together to ef- prescription drug prices, particularly not a great governor for Marylanders. Hogan.” Metro continues to work to find source of leaks delaying Red Line Metro Grosvenor and Medical Center sta- process called curtain grouting, to which the contractor is testing the area of the shutdown includes a By Kathleen Stubbs tions Saturday and Sunday so the the tunnels. waterproofing covers only a frac- crossover, which Metro officials @kathleenstubbs3 contractor can test a form of grout- Wiedefeld has said the cause of tion of the 9-mile stretch of track in have said is required for trains to be Metro’s unnamed contractor ing to prevent leaks in underground the leaking in the tunnels between longstanding need of protection able to single-track. will continue to perform work to re- tunnels. Medical Center and Farragut North against leaks. Water leaking into tunnels can duce a prime source of delays on the Metro General Manager Paul is because they are located below “This is again just very small, cause arcing insulators – or in- Red Line Saturday and Sunday, re- Wiedefeld said Oct. 5 officials were the water table. it’s in the range of 4,000 feet,” stances in which electricity arcs and quiring single-tracking and reduced extending the pilot project in which The contractor’s work for that Wiedefeld told reporters Oct. 5. can cause smoke – which often service. a contractor is testing the method of project negatively impacted service “It’s not very much.” leads to delays in service, Metro of- Metro officials said in a news making Metro tunnels less prone to in July and August, the Sentinel re- A week from Saturday, buses ficials have said. 75 percent of arc- release Red Line trains are sched- leaks. Metro formed an agreement ported. The extension adds less than will replace trains between ing insulators occur on the segment uled to operate every 15 minutes with the unnamed company that will a mile to the project. Wiedefeld said Grosvenor and Medical Center Sta- of Red Line track between Medical and will single-track between apply the special grout, through a the additional section of track on tion both Saturday and Sunday. The Center and Farragut North. NOVEMBER 9, 2017 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL 11 NEWS Competition close as Takoma Park elects new City Council ber Jarrett Smith (Ward 5) received ed on the ballot. sonable open space for the commu- school,” McDonough said. “I’m By Nickolai Sukharev @NickolaiSS 133 votes to survive a challenge by A variety of issues motivated nity. going to do everything I can and to Amee Bearne who received 84 voters to cast ballots. The council’s recent decision pressure my local politicians to TAKOMA PARK – Voters in votes. Talisha Searcy defeated Ja- Current County councilmem- to modify the law prohibiting the make sure that they oppose that Takoma Park elected a new City son Small 212-87 votes to succeed ber and Ward 1 resident Hans use of bikes on sidewalks raised idea.” Council on a rainy Tuesday current councilmember Fred Reimer (D-At Large) said he was concerns among voters. Code enforcement and hous- evening selecting from eleven can- Schultz. encouraged by the changes taking “I’m really concerned about ing affordability were also decisive didates to elect a mayor and six “I put a lot into this race but place in the city. safe roadways and Takoma Park issues for voters. Council members. when I look forward, I think it’s go- “There’s a lot of change hap- doing a better job of promoting bi- “I think rents are getting a lot In the City’s most competitive ing to be a great council,” Smith pening in Takoma Park and on the cycling and safe pedestrian traf- higher and I want to stay in Takoma race, Ward 2 candidate Cindy Dy- said. one hand it’s exciting the quality of fic,” said Sharon Mogrum, a Ward Park and I want to have a coun- balla prevailed over two other can- The remaining three council restaurants has improved,” he said. 3 resident who also supported Kacy cilmember who’s going to advo- didates after two rounds of voting. races as well as the mayor had un- “Thanks to rent control is home to Kostriuk. “I’m very disappointed cate for affordable housing for low “I’m impressed with the opposed, incumbent candidates. great number of low income resi- in the council closing the safe pas- and middle income folks,” said turnout, I think it’s fabulous that Ward 1 councilmember Peter Ko- dents and so trying find ways to sage for adults on the side walk.” Claire Fenton, a Ward 5 resident more people are coming out to vote var, Ward 4 councilmember Terry support the low income community “There are some very unsafe who supported Amee Bearne. in local elections,” Dyballa said Seamens and Mayor Kate Stewart while being fiscally responsible is places and I really hope that with “There’s a lot of trash on my block shortly after being declared the were elected unopposed. the on going challenge.” some people on the council that that doesn’t get collected … it winner. Kacy Kostiuk, who ran to suc- The City’s Takoma Junction they’ll relook at that,” she added. makes it unpleasant and unsafe be- Dyballa received 418 votes ceed outgoing Ward 3 coun- Development was a common issue Denis McDonough, a Ward 2 cause the sidewalks aren’t always over Ashleigh Nugent who re- cilmember Rizzy Qureshi, was among voters. resident who supported Dyballa, walkable.” ceived 339 and Joe Edgell who re- won unopposed. “Since I live near the co-op, explained he was concerned about Chief election judge Brian ceived 125 to succeed outgoing Takoma Park uses ranked there’s a lot of issues with the de- the presence of potential medical Earnst said the polls did not experi- councilmember Tim Male in a race choice voting which allows voters velopment and traffic and how big marijuana dispensary in the city. ence any significant issues with that touched on the cities most to rank their preferred choice in that’s going to be,” said David “Across the street from the two hours remaining before the pressing issues including housing races with multiple candidates. If Band, a Ward 3 resident who sup- [Takoma] junction there’s some closing. and the Takoma Junction develop- no candidate reaches a 50 percent ported Kacy Kostriuk. “Whether discussion of placing a medical Earnst did not have the exact ment. threshold, the votes for the lowest it’s going to be some kind of sus- marijuana dispensary, which I find turnout as of the end of the vote Wards 5 and 6 each had two ranking candidate are redistributed tainable thing with making traffic highly objectionable because that’s count but said the exact amount candidates. Current councilmem- according to the second choice list- impossible and having some rea- where my kids take the bus to will be released later. McCarthy urges state to use Five charged with robbery and police say the RICO laws to charge gangs group could be linked to other robberies RICO statute to prosecute local By Neal Earley ving the getaway car, was struck and All three robberies involved members of Mara Slavatrucha or By Glynis Kazanjian @neal_earley @Glyniskazanjian killed by an unmarked police car as multiple suspects armed with hand- MS-13, an international gang active he fled on foot following the acci- guns who often wore masks to con- Montgomery County State’s At- in the U.S. and Central America. Montgomery County Police ar- dent. ceal their faces. torney said the Maryland General In October, the Department of rested five suspects for allegedly rob- The police officer involved in On Sept. 1, three armed men Assembly needs to strengthen its Justice announced a federal grand bing a Wheaton check-cashing store the collision with Gomez is 24-year robbed a food truck located in the racketeering laws in order to curb jury indicted eight Maryland-based at gunpoint while the sixth suspect veteran Sgt. William Thomas. parking lot of 12265 Veirs Mill Road rise of gangs in the state. members of MS-13, one of which is was killed fleeing police after a pur- Thomas has been placed on paid ad- located next to the shopping center. At Tuesday’s meeting, County from Montgomery County. suit across county lines Friday. ministrative leave, as a matter of On Sept. 22, four armed men wearing lobbyists to Annapolis told the Coun- It is not the first time state pros- Police arrested Miguel A. Ayala- MCP protocol. face masks were caught on security ty Council that the Maryland State’s ecutors ceded the prosecution of Rivera, 23, Marcio Avila-Castro, 21, All five men are being held with- video robbing an Exxon Gas Station Attorneys’ Association, which repre- gang members to the federal govern- Edwin Geovanny Zelaya- out bond at the Montgomery County located at 12245 Veirs Mill Road, sents the leading prosecutors in all of ment. In April, the DOJ announced Ramirez,17, Yeruin J. Romero- Correctional Facility. which is adjacent to Stoneymill the state’s jurisdictions, that it will that six local men connected with Rivera, 21, and Juan R. Ramirez-Del- ICE detainers have been filed Square Shopping Center. push for a bill in Annapolis in the three murders in the last two years, gado, 34, and charged them with against Ayala-Rivera, Avila-Castro, Three of the suspects in the Sept. next legislative session to combat in- would be charged under the RICO armed robbery, first-degree assault Romero-Rivera and Ramirez-Delga- 22 robbery matched descriptions of creased gang activity. statue and not local murder chargers. and the use of a firearm during the do, according to Montgomery Coun- those involved in the earlier robbery, “Maryland State’s Attorneys’ “Some of the times we have to commission of a violent felony, a ty Department of Correction and Re- according to an Oct. 10 Montgomery Association is working on various rely on our federal partners because Nov. 4 police press release stated. habilitation Director Robert Green. County Police press release. proposals, we don’t know what the they have tools like federal RICO At approximately 12:35 p.m. on Zelaya-Ramirez has been Ayala-Rivera was charged with specifics are of that,” said Sara statutes that we don’t have,” Mc- Friday, police officers from the 4th charged as an adult. He withdrew an additional count of armed robbery Morningstar from the Montgomery Carthy said. “But you can’t always District Police Station responded to a from Rockville High School before in connection to the Sept. 22 Exxon County Office of Intergovernmental get them to take that bite at the apple; report of an armed robbery at the the start of the current school year, ac- Gas Station incident. Relations. they got limited resources too. Some- Check Cash Depot store at 11246 cording to Montgomery County Pub- The Nov. 4 police press report John McCarthy, the State’s At- times they help us, sometimes they Georgia Avenue in Wheaton. lic Schools spokesman Derek Turner. stated "none of the defendants could torney for Montgomery County, said don’t.” The suspects reportedly grabbed Turner said MCPS is not required to provide a confirmed address." Maryland needs a stronger racketeer- In October, the County Council a healthy amount of cash and escaped track student immigration status, and According to Maryland Judicia- ing statute, like the federal Racketeer approved $843,693 in additional driving in a white Chevrolet van. Af- any other student information related ry Case records, Ayala-Rivera, Avila- Influenced and Corrupt Organization funding to expand the gang units at ter being spotted in Takoma Park, to enrollment is exempt from public Castro and Zelaya-Ramirez have ad- Act to help prosecute gang members. the Montgomery County State’s At- plainclothes police officers followed information act requests. dresses in Rockville and Romero- “Maryland as a state does not torney’s Office and Montgomery the suspects onto the Inner Loop of I- The suspects may also be con- Rivera in Silver Spring, while have a completely parallel RICO County Police Department. The 495, where the van collided with an- nected to two other armed robberies Ramirez-Delgado has no fixed ad- statute – it needs one,” McCarthy money will allow the County to hire other vehicle near Route. 1. that occurred in September near the dress. The deceased suspect Gomez said. “So that we would have three additional state’s attorneys to A sixth suspect, Juan Carlos Stoneymill Square Shopping Center, could not be identified in case statewide authority to effectively do prosecute gang members and addi- Gomez, 37, who was allegedly dri- Montgomery County Police said. records. the same thing they do at the federal tional detectives for police to investi- level with RICO.” gate gang-related crimes. Congress passed RICO in 1970 According to McCarthy, there in order to prosecute the leaders of have been 20 gang-related homicides Got News? Tell Us About It! criminal organizations. Recently, the over the past two years, but the num- Call (301) 306-9500 Department of Justice has used the bers are hard to track. 12 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL NOVEMBER 9, 2017 ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT The tale of two staged readings - one a comedy – as well with a corrupt govern- By Barbara Trainin Blank ment,“ said Stan Levin, director. @traininblank Voltaire (Terence Aselford) has The historical farce “Philoso- a document the King wants back, but phus,” by contemporary playwright it might be a “maguffin,” a theatrical Colin Speer Crowley, is billed as device that motivates the characters “clever and funny,” making it per- but may have no meaning, Levin fect fare for Best Medicine Reperto- added. “But the play has elements of ry Theater. truth and real personages.” The Gaithersburg-based theater Since the 1993-1994 season, began its programming earlier this Shakespeare theatre Company has year, focusing on new works and staged more than 70 plays in its specifically on comedies, according monthly ReDiscovery series, includ- to John Morogiello, artistic director. ing many rarely produced classics, “The Shadow of a Doubt,” on such as Schiller’s “Don Carlos.” the other hand, was written by Edith Artistic director Michael Kahn se- Wharton, the author of such classic lects the works. novels as “The Age of Innocence” The Series of 2001 also includ- and “The House of Mirth,” who ed the sold-out world premiere of passed away in 1937. It is her only Tennessee Williams’s rediscovered known play – planned for a Broad- one-act plays, “Five by Tenn,” at the way run that never happened. Kennedy Center. “Two scholars working at the “Shadow” seems like a work of University of Texas found the manu- suspense on the surface but is really script, which Wharton wrote in about a common dilemma of women 1901, right before she started writ- Wharton addresses in her novels. ing novels,” said Drew Lichtenberg, “Kate Derwent, the heroine, is Literary Manager of Shakespeare forced to trade on her looks, but Theatre Company, where the play everyone distrusts her,” said Licht- will have a reading. “Like many enberg. “Her husband’s first wife people, she wanted to write for the died in a hunting accident, and her stage.” father is obsessed with trying to find “Shadow” is a suspenseful tale something in Kate’s past.” – of a beautiful young woman whose Wharton’s female protagonists motives in marrying a widower, ac- often have looks and money but no cording to most people around her, status, or no money at all. COURTESY PHOTOS. are questionable. Being part of the STC reading Liz Galuardi, Paul Reisman, and Rebecca A. Herron in Best Medicine Rep's reading of Derek Jeter Makes the Play. Yet, the two theater works have series generally bodes well for a play Photo by Mary Roberds. something in common. –one out of six readings go on to a Both are receiving staged read- full production. Lichtenberg, who like Wharton’s novel ‘The House of 12, at 3 p.m., in the Community burgh Theatre, 450 7th Street, NW, ings locally – “Shadow” as part of leads talkbacks after the readings, Mirth,’” Lichtenberg said. Room of the Lakeforest Mall, Washington, DC. Admission is free STC’s ReDiscovery Reading Series expects that expect that “Shadow of a Another advantage of the read- 701Russell Avenue, Gaithersburg, as well. and “Philosophus” in a reading se- Doubt: will be in their company. “It’s ings, which are for one-night-onl, is Md. (at the Green Flower entrance). For information about Best ries at Best Medicine Rep. a super-interesting piece,” he said. that local actors are more likely to be A discussion with the play- Medicine Rep, visit:. Set in the time of Voltaire, the The series has also been good cast. “Someone like Nancy Robi- wright will follow the performance. http://www.bestmedicinerep.org. For famous French philosopher, the for female playwrights, whose plays nette, audiences love them reading Admission is free. information about STC readings, vis- comedy “deals with what’s a very are well represented of late. the phone book,” he laughed. “The Shadow of a Doubt” read- it: www.shakespearetheatre.org.sup- modern dilemma: is it brains, brawn, Despite its darker side, “Shad- The “Philosophus” reading ing takes place on Monday, Novem- port/special-events/rediscovery- money, or sex that’s most important ow” plays like a comedy of manners, takes place on Sunday, November ber 13, at 7:30 p.m., at the Lands- readings.

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To Place Your Ad Call Lonnie at 301-306-9500 NOVEMBER 9, 2017 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL 13 CALENDAR What’s happening this week in Montgomery County November 9 2017 – November 15, 2017 BLACKROCK CENTER FOR THE ARTS Nov. 11. 9:30 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. The Fall Festival and all proceeds will help the Rockville Memorial Dec. 3. 2:45 - 3:30 pm: Waltz Workshop | 3:30 is sponsored by the Auxiliary at the Village at Library. The library is located at 21 Maryland Av- to 6 pm: Dance. Join us for a Waltz Dance in the • MIND/GAME WITH CHAMIQUE HOLD- Rockville! 9701 Viers Drive, Rockville. Christmas enue, Rockville, in the Town Square. For more in- Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park featuring the SCLAW FILM | SUNDAY, NOV 12, 2017 | 4:00 Room, Jewelry, Baked Goods, Grandma's Attic, formation, call 240-777-0020 or go to ensemble Rhapsody. This versatile band will pro- PM | $7 Stamps, Books, Gift Shop 50% off, Silent Auction www.folmc.org/chapters/rockville vide a lively mix of folk waltzes with a few other and much more. Lunch from 11:00 am to 1:30 pm. couple dances, including Hambo, Schottische, • UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE TOURING $10.00 or lighter fare for $5.00. All proceeds benefit ST. ANNE'S COMMUNITY CONCERT SE- Swing, Tango, and Polka. The 45-minute dance les- COMPANYCOMEDY | FRIDAY, NOV 17, 2017 | the Residents. For more information, call 301 354- RIES son begins at 2:45 p.m. with a half-hour introducto- 8:00 PM | $17-29 8460. Nov. 19. 4:30 P.M. Classical Guitarist Tom Ro- ry Waltz workshop and a more advanced move pre- hde has performed throughout the U.S., Brazil and sented the last 15 minutes. Social dancing follows •SAMMY MILLER AND THE CONGREGA- SAINT ANNE'S DAMASCUS HOLIDAY Taiwan as a soloist and chamber musician. His con- until 6 pm. Admission is $10. No partner required. TION JAZZ | SATURDAY, NOV 18, 2017 | 8:00 BAZAAR cert will feature guitar music from Brazil, Spain and For more information, call Joan Koury at 202-238- PM | $21-35 Nov. 11. 9:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. Saint Anne's Paraguay, with selections influenced by traditional 0230 or Glen Echo Park at 301-634-2222, go to Episcopal Church, Damascus, MD 25100 Ridge and popular musical styles. A reception will follow www.WaltzTimeDances.org or e-mail info@Waltz- STRATHMORE Rd, Damascus, MD is having its fourth annual Holi- the concert with refreshments and a chance to greet TimeDances.org. The Glen Echo National Park is day Bazaar. We are featuring the Young Entrepre- Mr. Rohde. Where: St. Anne's Episcopal Church, located at 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, MD • BLACK VIOLIN: CLASSICAL BOOM neurs (some as young as 4 yrs. old) and their wares) 25100 Ridge Roads, Damascus, MD 20872. 20812. TOUR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2017, 8:00 PM | as featured on the Ellen Degeneres show. Also, PHOTO BY ANDREW BENGE/REDFERNS THE MUSIC CENTER there are raffles of three homemade quilts, and a Rapper Macklemore brings The INTERFAITH THANKSGIVING SERVICE THEPIANOGUYS CHRISTMAS TOGETH- silent auction of a $7,000 hearing aid. Come one, Gemini Tour to The Fillmore Nov. 21. 7:30 P.M. The Greater Olney Interfaith ER • IRMA THOMAS WITH MEMBERS OF come all!! Silver Spring stage on Saturday, Ministerium announces the 8th annual Interfaith Dec. 13 – 16. ThEPianoGuys, one of the most PRESERVATION HALL & BLIND BOYS OF AL- November 11, 2017. Thanksgiving Service at Sandy Spring Friends popular classical/pop crossover acts of the last ABAMA SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2017, 4:00 CZECHOSLOVAK CHRISTMAS BAZAAR School Dramatic Arts Center. This year’s theme is decade, come to Washington, D.C.’s National The- PM | THE MUSIC CENTER Nov. 11. 12:00 – 3:00 P.M. The annual “Thank a Farmer”. The Thanksgiving Service will atre this December for a special holiday residency of Czechoslovak Christmas Bazaar will be held at the have representatives from Jewish, Christian, and their new live show CHRISTMAS TOGETHER. • SONNAMBULA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Nov. 15. 7:30 P.M. Square dance lessons and Muslim traditions with scripture readings, prayers, Featuring a special holiday spin on their one-of-a- 16, 2017, 7:30 PM: THE MANSION 6301 River Road, Bethesda, MD from 12:00 noon dancing at North Chevy Chase Christian Church, and music from these faith traditions. In addition kind arrangements and comedic charm, THEPI- to 3:00 p.m. It is sponsored by the Czechoslovak 8814 Kensington Parkway (in Parish House). there will be a speaker from our local farmers, as ANOGUYS CHRISTMAS TOGETHER is on- • A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN SUNDAY, Society of Arts and Sciences. Admission is free. On Wednesdays: 7:30 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. $7 per person, well. Donations of non-perishable food and cash stage Wednesday, December 13 thru Saturday, De- NOVEMBER 19, 2017, 8:00 PM | THE MUSIC sale will be a wide variety of crafts and holiday also Oct. 11, 18, and 25. Contact phone number: will be accepted for OLNEY HELP. Where: Sandy cember 16, 2017 for five performances only. Tick- CENTER items, homemade Christmas cookies, and the 301-598-2574. http://www.gerrymanders.info/ Spring Friends School, 16923 Norwood Rd. Sandy ets may be purchased online at restaurant will serve typical Czechoslovak dishes. Spring MD 20860 . TheNationalDC.com, in person at the National The- atre Box Office (Monday thru Friday from Noon to THE FILLMORE UPCOMING ANNUAL TOMMY IVEY MAGIC SHOW 6:00 PM), or by calling 800-514-3849. Best seats NOV 12 WORKSHOP: REDUCING STRESS Nov. 23. 7:00 – 8:30 P.M. Prepare to be amazed! are available for Wednesday, December 13 and • MACKLEMORE - THE GEMINI TOUR THROUGH MEDITATION AROUND THE The Columbia Conjurors, the local chapter of the Thursday, December 14. The National Theatre is lo- NEW TO YOU SALE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2017, 8:00 PM HOLIDAY SEASON Society of American Magicians, will hold their an- cated at 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW in downtown Nov. 12. 9:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. New or nearly Nov. 16. 6:30 – 7:45 P.M. Meditation can bring nual Tommy Ivey Magic Show in the main hall at Washington, D.C. new books, toys, clothing, household goods. • HALEY REINHART MONDAY, NOVEM- about a sense of calm and balance that benefits both Christ Episcopal Church (6800 Oakland Mills Funds raised to benefit the Har Shalom Reli- BER 13, 2017, 8:00 PM your emotional and physical well-being, especially Road, Columbia, MD). The family-friendly show is WALTZ DANCE gious School. Address: 11510 Falls Road, Potomac during the stressful holiday season. Meditation will expected to last an hour and a half, and is suitable Dec. 17. 2:45 - 3:30 pm: Waltz Workshop | 3:30 MD 20854. Free Parking, Bus routes MetroBus 12 WOLF TRAP positively impact your overall health and reduce for children of all ages, as well as adults with an in- to 6 pm: Dance. Join us for a Waltz Dance in the and RideOnBus 37 stress. It is easy to learn and can have many lasting terest in being baffled and mystified. Admission is Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park featuring the • RED BARAAT FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, and beneficial effects. After you meditate the bene- free, but the Conjurors will be holding a food drive ensemble Notorious Folk. This versatile band will 2017, 8:00 PM | THE BARNS fits don’t end when your session ends. Join David during the show in cooperation with the Community provide a lively mix of folk waltzes with a few other NOV 13 Newcomb, long time meditator, for this lively and Action Council of Howard County. Attendees are couple dances, including Hambo, Schottische, • AN EVENING WITH DAVID CROSBY & COLUMBIA CONJURORS FREE MAGIC engaging workshop. Free. No registration required. therefore encouraged to bring unopened cans of Swing, Tango, and Polka. The 45-minute dance les- FRIENDS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 & SHOW food to donate in advance of Thanksgiving. son begins at 2:45 pm with a half-hour introductory WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 AT 8:00 PM | Nov. 13. 7:00 – 8:30 P.M. Prepare to be amazed! CHRISTMAS BAZAAR & CHILDREN'S Waltz workshop and a more advanced move pre- THE BARNS The Columbia Conjurors, the local chapter of the SECRET SHOP BETHESDA'S WINTER WONDERLAND sented the last 15 minutes. Social dancing follows Society of American Magicians, will hold their an- Nov. 18. 9:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. Santa’s work- Dec. 2. 1:00 – 4:00 P.M. The Bethesda Urban until 6 pm. Admission is $10. No partner required. nual Tommy Ivey Magic Show at Christ Episcopal shop is alive and bustling in historic Washington Partnership invites you to kick off the holiday sea- For more information, call Joan Koury at 202-238- NOV 9 Church (6800 Oakland Mills Road, Columbia, Grove, Maryland. Talented Methodist church mem- son at Bethesda’s Winter Wonderland on Saturday, 0230 or Glen Echo Park at 301-634-2222, go to EXHIBIT: "PAINTING LIFE'S MOST DE- MD). Admission is free, but the Conjurors will be bers and friends have been working to create December 2, 2017. The celebration features holiday www.WaltzTimeDances.org or e-mail info@Waltz- LICIOUS MOMENTS" holding a food drive during the show in cooperation unique, professional quality wreaths, centerpieces, performances, a live ice sculpting presentation and a TimeDances.org. The Glen Echo National Park is Nov. 9. 2:00 P.M. Visual culinary artist Jennifer with the Community Action Council of Howard one of a kind gifts, ornaments and decorations. visit from Santa Claus in Veterans Park, located at located at 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, MD Kahn Barlow will delight the senses with her up- County. Attendees are therefore encouraged to bring There are no vendors because our group has hand the corner of Norfolk and Woodmont Avenues. 20812. coming exhibit Painting Life’s Most Delicious Mo- unopened cans of food to donate in advance of crafted a collection of items you won’t find any- Blocks of ice will be transformed into wintery ments on November 9th at Fox Hill in Bethesda, Thanksgiving. where else. Kids are invited, with the help of our works of art before your eyes during the live ice Maryland. Her oil on canvas paintings celebrate the “elves” to purchase gifts at the Children’s Secret sculpting presentation followed by choral perfor- ONGOING Shop. They’ll find an adorable selection of gifts mances from local school groups. Additionally, San- vibrant food scene in Washington, D.C., where she ROCKVILLE FARMERS MARKET OPENS priced from 25 cents to $3.00, all gift wrapped while ta Claus will make a visit to the park and holiday enlisted the help of notable food bloggers to guide NOV 14 Through Nov. 18. The Rockville Farmers Mar- you wait. Also select tasty home baked goods from treats and crafts will be provided to children. her to the metro area’s premier dining destinations. PRESENTATION ON SUCCESSFUL AG- ket gives shoppers their pick of farm-fresh produce our Bake Sale. Washington Grove Christmas Bazaar Bethesda’s Winter Wonderland is a free event. 97.1 A question answer session will follow the presenta- ING and more from regional grower/producers. This and Santa’s Secret Shop at Washington Grove Unit- WASH-FM is a proud sponsor of the 2017 Bethes- tion in Fox Hill’s Performing Arts Center. Fox Hill Nov. 14. To raise awareness about the significant year's market will include vendors offering fruits ed Methodist Church, 303 Chestnut Road, Washing- da’s Winter Wonderland. For more information on is located at 8300 Burdette Rd. in Bethesda, MD benefits of nutrition, exercise and community in- and vegetables, plants and flowers, herbs, baked ton Grove, MD 20880. Call Mary Lou for info 301- Winter Wonderland and events in downtown 20817. Reservations are required to attend and seat- volvement toward healthy aging, you are invited to goods, local beer and wine, knife sharpening, meat 840-1834 Bethesda, please contact the Bethesda Urban Part- ing is limited. For reservations call 301-918-5712 or attend a presentation on "Successful Aging" by and coffee. The market will be open 9 a.m.-1 p.m. nership at 301/215-6660 or visit www.bethesda.org. visit: www.foxhillresidences.com/strathmore. Seabury Resources for Aging, and hosted at St. Saturdays, through Nov. 18 in the jury parking lot at ROCKVILE LIBRARY BOOK SALE Mark's Episcopal / Anglican Church, 12621 Old E. Jefferson (MD 28) and Monroe streets in Nov. 18. 10:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M. The Rockville WASHINGTON CONSERVATORY OF MU- OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS MEETING Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, MD 20904. Holy Rockville Town Center. SIC PIANO TRIO CONCERT Nov. 9. 7:15 – 8:30 P.M. Overeaters Anonymous Cross Health and Forever Fit Physical Therapy and Friends of the Library (FOL) will hold a large book sale in the Rockville Memorial Library on Saturday, Dec. 2. 8:00 P.M. Members of the Pressenda meeting at the Rockville Church of Christ, 1450 Wellness will provide related resources and infor- THE WIDOWED PERSONS SERVICE OF November 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This is a won- Chamber Players – performing repertoire for violin, Montgomery Ave., Rockville (in Parish House). For mation, including blood pressure screening. FREE MONTGOMERY COUNTY derful opportunity to buy for yourself or for holiday cello, and piano – will be featured as part of the further information, http://www.oa-dcmetro.org/ or AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!! Church Office: Weekly support groups for newly widowed per- gifts. Most books are $1 or less, but there are some Washington Conservatory Concert Series at 8 PM Linda S at 301-641-9508. [email protected], 301-622-5860. sons at three locations: at Margaret Schweinhaut special (coffee table) books that cost a bit more. We on Saturday, December 2 at Westmoreland Congre- Center 1000 Forest Glen Rd. Silver Spring on Mon- have fiction, non-fiction, childrens’, young adult, bi- gational UCC Church, 1 Westmoreland Circle, days, at Holiday park Senior Center, 3950 Ferrara ographies, history, philosophy, cookbooks, media Bethesda (the border of DC and MD). This concert NOV 11 NOV 15 (including CD’s and DVD’s), how-to books, and is free, with donations welcome at the door. THE VILLAGE AT ROCKVILLE FALL SQUARE DANCE LESSONS AND DANC- more. FESTIVAL ING The FOL is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization WALTZ DANCE 16Continued on page 14 14 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL NOVEMBER 9, 2017 C ALENDAR8 What’s happening this week in Montgomery County November 9 2017 – November 15, 2017 Continued from page 13 ble Booksellers at 4801 Bethesda Ave., Bethesda. SENIOR FIT Free. Mondays & Wednesdays, 9:15 A.M. & 2:15 Drive, Wheaton, on Thursdays and at Jane Lawton P.M. This 45-minute, multi-component exercise (Leland) Center, 4301 Willow Lane, Chevy Chase THANG TA program is for people age 55+. Ongoing classes are on Thursdays. These support groups are open, free Wednesdays, 6:00 – 7:00 P.M. Learn the ancient offered at 23 locations in partnership with Kaiser of charge, to all widowed persons who have suf- art of the sword and spear at the Sutradhar Institute Permanente. Call 301-754-8800 to request a physi- fered a loss within the past two years. Those prefer- of Dance and Related Arts. Address: 1525 Forest cian's consent form to register and for a class sched- ring an evening group are encouraged to call the Glen Road, Silver Spring. $25. Visit ule. Where: Holy Cross Hospital Senior Source, WPS office. The groups are facilitated by trained www.dancesidra.com for more information. 8580 Second Avenue, Silver Spring. For more infor- volunteers. For more information or to register, mation call 301-754-8800. Cost: Free. please call: 301-949-7398 to register. The Widowed OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS MEETING Persons Service is a non-profit volunteer organiza- Thursdays, 7:15 – 8:30 P.M. Overeaters Anony- WEEKLY BLUES DANCE tion sponsored by AARP, the Montgomery County mous meeting at the Rockville Church of Christ, Thursdays, 8:15 – 11:30 P.M. Capital Blues pre- Mental Health Association, and other community 1450 Montgomery Ave., Rockville (in Parish sents rotating DJs and instructors in the Back Room organizations. House). For further information, http://www.oa- Annex at Glen Echo Park, with beginner workshop dcmetro.org/ or Linda S at 301-641-9508. 8:15 – 9:00 P.M., no partner necessary. $8 for all. ONE-ON-ONE FRIDAY FUN Visit capitalblues.org for more information. Fridays. 9:00 – 10:00 A.M. Christ Episcopal ZUMBA GOLD DROP IN CLASS School welcomes you and your 1-year-old to our Oct. 12. 12:00 – 1:00 P.M. Have fun every TEEN WRITER'S CLUB One-on-One Friday Fun. Our monthly playgroups Thursday and get a great workout at the same time. Thursdays 7:00 – 8:00 P.M. Join us at the Mari- :COURTESY PHOTO are the perfect way for your child to have a first Where: Long Branch Senior Center, 8700 Piney lyn J. Praisner Library, at 14910 Old Columbia Pike, school experience in a warm, toddler friendly setting Branch Road, Silver Spring, MD 20901. Burtonsville, MD 20866, to meet other teens who Members of the Pressenda Chamber Players will be featured as while you meet other parents. Children will explore, share your interest in writing. Learn to improve your part of the Washington Conservatory Concert Series at 8:00 pm learn and socialize in a calm, nurturing classroom ADDICTS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS writing and try new approaches. Ages 12 and up are on Saturday, December 2 at Westmoreland Congregational UCC community with our Preschool faculty. Activities Every Saturday. 9:30 – 10:30 A.M. Food Addicts welcome. For additional library events and infor- Church in Bethesda. This concert is free, with donations wel- include playtime, snack time and an art project. All Anonymous meets every Saturday at the Unitarian mation call 240-773-9460. come at the door. sessions take place on Fridays in the Preschool Universalist Church, 100 Welsh Park Drive, Build- House from 9:00-10:00am. There is NO COST, but ing #4, Rockville, MD 20850. We welcome new LATE NIGHT COMEDY space is limited. Contact Janet Gerber (301-424- members. For questions, please visitwww.foodad- Fridays (open mic) and Saturdays (established dictsanonymous.org or call Jewell Elizabeth @ 301- comedians). Late night comedy at Benny’s Bar & 8702 or [email protected]) for more infor- BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT Fridays 9:30- 12:30 P.M. Rock Bottom Restau- 762-6360. Grill, 7747 Tuckerman Lane, Potomac. Benny’s is mation. Tuesdays. 6:30 – 10:30 P.M. Local backgammon rant & Brewery features different music styles by open 8:00 A.M. – 1:00 A.M. Fridays and Saturdays. tournament on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each various live bands that perform both original and VISARTS COCKTAILS AND CANVAS Visit www.BennysBarGrill.com for more informa- FOX HILL WEEKLY OPEN HOUSE month starting March 11. More information at cover songs. So come relax and enjoy live music CLASS tion. Wednesdays, 2:00 – 4:00 P.M. The public is in- MeetUp.com-DC Metro Backgammon Club. Ruby and Rock Bottom's award-winning handcrafted Canvas Class in the VisArts Painting and Draw- vited every Wednesday for refreshments and tours at Tuesday Westfield Wheaton Mall 11160 Veirs Mill beer. Visit http://www.rockbottom.com or call (301) ing Studio. 155 Gibbs Street, Rockville. Price $40. WEEKLY SWING DANCE Fox Hill Retirement Community in Bethesda. A free Rd, Wheaton-Glenmont, MD 20902 652-1311 for more information. 7900 Norfolk Ave., Saturdays, 8:00 P.M. to Midnight. The DC [email protected] Bethesda, MD 20814. Lindy Exchange presents a swing dance with live music in the Spanish Ballroom, at Glen Echo Park. CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH SALSA NIGHT Address: 7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo. Begin- Sundays 11:00 – 3:00 P.M. $33 $12 for unlimit- Tuesdays 7:30 – 12:30 P.M. Come to the Bark- ner swing dance lesson at 8:00 P.M., followed by ed champagne cocktails Executive Chef Todd Wiss ing Dog every Tuesday night for their sizzling Salsa dancing. Admission $16 - $18, age 17 and under has cooked up a seasonal brunch menu complete Night. Take lessons with salsa instructor Michelle $12. Visit www.glenechopark.org for more infor- with a brunch time standard – Champagne! Guests Reyes from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. for only $10. Learn mation. are welcome every Sunday to indulge on Black’s fa- to shake those hips, and then show off your new vorites like Smoked Salmon, Chesapeake Bay Blue skills to the music of a live salsa band during the ART EXPLORERS OPEN STUDIO Fish Rillette, Herb Crusted Pineland Farms Prime open dance after class. Visit salsawild.com or call Saturdays, 10:00 – 12:00 P.M. Join us on Satur- Rib or breakfast treats like House Made Brioche (301) 654-0022 for more information. 4723 Elm day mornings, 10am to 12:30pm in the Candy Cor- French Toast, Quiche and a selection of Chef Wiss’ St., Bethesda, MD 20814. ner Studio for drop in art activities for parents and homemade jams. Visit http://www.blacksbarand- children. Activities change weekly and there is no kitchen.com or call (301) 652-5525. Black’s Bar HEY MR. DJ pre-registration; $10 per child. This weekly event is and Kitchen, 7750 Woodmont Ave., Bethesda, MD Fridays 9:00 – 2:00 A.M. It’s time to dance! presented by Playgroup in the Park (PGiP) and Glen 20814. Grab your friends and come to The Barking Dog for Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture. Loca- a good time on the dance floor. Every Friday and tion: The Candy Corner Visit LAUGH RIOT AT THE HYATT Saturday night the Dog brings in a DJ to play the www.glenechopark.org or call 301-634-2222 Saturdays 8:00 – 10:00 P.M. Check out a live Top 40 and your favorite songs. Make sure you standup comedy show by local standup comics check out their great drink specials before you show AFTERNOON GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP every weekend at the Positano Italian Restaurant, us what you got! The Barking Dog, Elm Street Tuesdays 1:30 – 3:00 P.M. For anyone grieving Bethesda. There's a $25 cash prize joke contest for Bethesda, MD 20814. Free admission. COURTESY PHOTO the death of a love one. Registration required at non-comedian audience members after the show. Kick off the holiday season at Bethesda’s Winter Wonderland on (301) 921-4400. North Bethesda United Methodist Check it out every Saturday night! Comedians can SPAGNVOLA CHOCOLOATE FACTORY Saturday, December 2, 2017. The event will run from 1:00 to 4:00 Church, 10100 Old Georgetown Rd., Bethesda, MD sign up to perform by emailing TOUR 20814. pm and will feature holiday performances, a live ice sculpting [email protected]. Cost: $10 at the Saturdays and Sundays: 2:00 – 6:00 P.M. Meet presentation and a visit from Santa Claus in Veterans Park (Win- door. Visit http://www.StandupComedyToGo.com the owners, learn about the origin of chocolate, and LOSS OF A CHILD SUPPORT GROUP ter Wonderland 2016 pictured). or ePositano.com for more information. Address: see how it is grown and processed. Experience how Wednesdays, 6:30 – 8:00 P.M. For parents griev- Positano Italian restaurant located at 4948 Fairmont chocolate is made from the actual cacao seed to the ing the death of a child of any age. Registration re- Ave. Bethesda, MD 20814 final chocolate during this "sweet" educational tour, quired at (301) 921-4400. Montgomery Hospice, from chocolate bars to truffles to bonbons. Each tour to the public open house will be held on a weekly Visit www.visartsatrockville.org/cocktails-and-can- 1355 Piccard Dr., Suite 100, Rockville, MD 20850. basis. Visitors are welcome to see the one, two and vas for more information. CORPORATE BARTENDING FOR CHARI- also includes a FREE chocolate tasting! 360 Main TY Street Suite 101 Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878. three-bedroom model condominiums with a wide EVENING GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP Wednesdays 4:00 – 7:00 P.M. Send your CEO or Visit http://www.spagnvola.com or call (240) 654- range of floorplans offered in a maintenance-free, OPEN LIFE DRAWING AT DEL RAY ARTI- Thursdays 6:30 – 8:00 P.M. For anyone grieving VP to Tommy Joe's to bartend for charity! Can't bar- 6972. cosmopolitan environment. Reservations for the SANS the death of a loved one. Registration required at tend? No problem, the on-staff bartenders are there Open House events can be made at foxhillresi- Jan –Dec. LIFE DRAWING: Looking for a (301) 921-4400. Hughes United Methodist Church, to help for a good cause (no experience necessary). COUNTRY THURSDAYS dences.com/rsvp or at 301-968-1850; walk-ins are chance to hone your figure drawing skills? Del Ray 10700 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20918. welcome as well. Fox Hill is located at 8300 Bur- Artisans offers a range of open life drawing sessions Represent your company during happy hour, and a Thursdays, 9:00 P.M. Union Jack's traditionally portion of the proceeds will go to the charity of your British pub in Bethesda heads to the South for their dette Road, Bethesda, MD; 20817. For more infor- for just this purpose. Just drop-in for the session and PARENT LOSS SUPPORT GROUP choice. Maybe you can even pull off some flair be- all new Country Night every Thursday. Live coun- mation, call Julie Sabag at 301-968-1850 or visit bring your supplies to draw or paint our live models. Thursdays 6:30 – 8:00 P.M. For adults who have hind the bar and make Tom Cruise proud. Visit tom- try/rock bands, free cowboy hats for the cowgirls, www.foxhillresidences.com. Fee ranges from $8-$12. All skill levels are wel- experienced the death of one or both parents. Regis- myjoes.com or call (301) 654-3801 for more infor- come. Del Ray Artisans is located at 2704 Mount tration required at (301) 921-4400. Mt. Calvary mation. 4714 Montgomery Ln., Bethesda, MD CHILDREN’S STORYTIME Vernon Avenue, Alexandria VA. See our calendar Baptist church, 608 North Horner’s Lane, 20814. Wednesdays and Saturdays. 10:00 A. M. Listen for dates and times: Rockville, chrisMD 20850. to employees read children’s books at Barnes & No- calendar.TheDelRayArtisans.org LIVE MUSIC FRIDAYS Continued on page 15 NOVEMBER 9, 2017 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL 15

Continued from page 14 Wheaton, MD. For more information, call: 301- 905-3000 or visit: montgomeryparks.org bandanas for the cowboys, drink specials, including $2 PBR cans, $2 Budweiser bottles, $4 Jack Daniels Some Fun drinks, food specials including 50 cent hot wings. Best of all, there's no cover to get in! And be sure to get there early for Union Jack's famous Beat. 4915 We’ll bring Saint Elmo Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814.

WORLD SERIES OF POKER you a Every Tuesday and Sunday night Flanagan's hosts Poker in the rear from 8-10 p.m. it's Bethesda's Brand New own version of The World Series of poker. Call (301) 951-0115 for more. Flanagan's Harp and Fid- dle, 4844 Cordell Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814. Audience!

IPAD CLINIC / DOWNLOADING EBOOKS Every Tuesday 9:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Cus- To Place Your Ad tomized 45-minute one-on-one help using your iPad to learn basic features or learn how to download eBooks and eAudiobooks on your mobile device Call like the Kindle, Nook or Android. REGISTRA- TION IS REQUIRED. Sign-up for a 45-minute ses- sion at the Information Desk or call 240-777-0200 Lonnie to sign-up. For iPad users, please bring your Apple ID and password. For Kindle users, please have your Amazon login and password. Tuesdays, at through May 31, 2016. Place: Quince Orchard Li- brary / 15831 Quince Orchard Road / Gaithersburg. Free 301-306-9500

TAKOMA MOVES! COMMUNITY DANCE CLASS AT DANCE EXCHANGE Thursdays, 6:30 – 8:00 P.M. $10 per class. First Thursday of each month from 6:30 - 7 p.m., free! Compiled by Tazeen Ahmad This open-level, community modern class brings to- gether movers of all ages and abilities to move and make at Dance Exchange. Led by teachers from the DC region, Takoma Park Moves creates a space to explore improvisation, technique, and choreography in an intergenerational class. This drop-in class will kick off on the first Thursday of each month with a free, 30 minute get to know you class. New to The Montgomery dance? Join us. Returning to dance? Join us. Just want to dance with your family and neighbors? Join County Sentinel us. Presented by Dance Exchange, 7117 Maple Av- enue, Takoma Park, MD. For more information, regrets to inform please visit: http://danceexchange.org/ or call: 301- 270-6700. organizations that only

NEED A SITTER? IT’S LEGO TIME AT Montgomery County VISARTS! Saturdays, 12:00 – 5:00 P.M. Go on a date, get groups or events located some shopping done, or just relax for a few hours while your kids get to play with more than 15 within the county will be pounds of LEGO bricks! Children can play on our LEGO race track, build a car, a tall tower, a city or published on a space- free build. They can even take part in a LEGO craft project! Our top-notch staff are LEGO enthusiasts available basis. and ready to entertain your kids while you get some "me" time. Register at [email protected]. At VisArts in Rockville. Send news of your GAITHERSBURG ROTARY CLUB WEEK- LY MEETING group’s event AT LEAST Every Tuesday, 12:15 – 1:15 P.M. Hilton Hotel, two weeks in advance to: 620 Perry Parkway, Gaithersburg. For more infor- mation, please visit www.gaithersburgrotary.org. The Montgomery County THE COMEDY AND MAGIC SOCIETY Fridays, 8:00 P.M. Astounding magic and slight Sentinel of hand with interactive theatre and hilarious fun. Ages 10 and up. 311 Kent Square Rd, Gaithersburg, 22 W Jefferson St. Suite 309 MD 20878. For more information: 301-258-6394. Price: $12 to $15 Rockville, MD. 20850 or email DROP-IN YOGA IN BETHESDA Fridays, 6:00 – 7:00 P.M. Community classes are mixed level, one-hour asana classes taught by a ro- mc-calendar@thesen- tating selection of Unity Woods teachers. Just drop in – no registration required! Unity Woods Yoga tinel.com Center, 4853 Cordell Ave. Bethesda. Ages 18+. Cost: $8. Cash Only. For more information, call or call 301.838.0788 301-656-8992.

TEEN SK8 AT WHEATON ICE Most Friday evenings 8:00 – 10:00 P.M. The Wheaton Ice Arena is the place to be on Friday nights! Play along with our theme to get the 'Cheap- skate' rate of $6.50 for admission and skates. Wheaton Regional Park, 11717 Orebaugh Ave in 16 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL NOVEMBER 9, 2017 CLASSIFIEDS

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Travel Tales By Llewellyn Toulmin

Last month I described how I launched an expedition to find and document the elusive female chiefs of the Republic of Vanuatu, in the SW Pacific, in a “true first” of ex- ploration. Unfortunately, on our target outer island of Maewo, the women leaders refused to use that term. Frustrated, I returned to the capital island of Efate and started making frantic calls. Luckily, the staff at my former employer – the Prime Minister’s Office/CIO – quickly came though. They recalled that Doreen Leona, an employee of the Vanuatu National Provident Fund, was a female chief. I imme- diately called her. PHOTO BY LEW TOULMIN Doreen was quite clear and Doreen Leona’s chiefly red face paint is applied by her 80-year-old mother, Lolowai Musero Leona – they are both female chiefs of Pentecost island with firm. She said, “I am a female the rank of Motari. chief, with insignia including the circular pig’s tusk of the pig I killed kill 100 pigs.” They will typically serve as full Shepherd Group of islands there is as such. And it is possible that in in my chiefly ceremony. About 25 More investigation led us to chiefs for 2-7 years.” an “Association of Women Chiefs,” future there will be female chiefs percent of the women of northern Phoebe John, a strong woman from Several sources suggested that and female chiefs are strong in Am- with all the rights, powers and juris- Pentecost have chiefly rank. We do Pele island just off the north coast we interview Hilda Lini, the distin- bae and Tangoa. She stated, “In diction of male chiefs.” He noted not have jurisdiction over civil, of Efate. She said, “For four years I guished sister of Reverend Walter south Pentecost there are seven that, “In my home area of NW Am- criminal or land disputes, but we do was a female chief of my village of Lini, a founder of Vanuatu and the non-Christian villages, and there bae, there are now female chiefs.” instruct young people in traditional Piliura, with all the powers of a country’s first Prime Minister. She the female chiefs earn and take on The last word should go to matters. male chief. This came about be- served for eleven years in Parlia- their husband’s chiefly rank, as the Dalsie Baniala, who started the And I think that the fact that cause my husband was the village ment and was a Minister twice. men are promoted.” search. She firmly stated: “The women of north Pentecost are re- chief, but he died in 2010. His rank She stated, “There is a Additional proofs came from word ‘chief’ is originally a Western spected as female custom chiefs by and mine was ‘Meserie,’ which is ‘women’s chiefly system’ that once the Director of the Women’s Affairs word. But it is a major mistake to men, means that the rate of domes- the highest rank in a ten-rank sys- covered almost all of Vanuatu, even Department, Dorosday Kenneth ignore that word just because of its tic violence against women is lower tem of chiefs.” places where men dominate now.” Watson, who said that, “There are source. ‘Chief’ is used today in there than elsewhere.” Phoebe John continued, “I held She said that, “I have been involved no female chiefs in my village on Vanuatu as a term of power, in cus- Doreen’s 80-year-old mother the rank for four years, during in about 15 different pig-killing Malekula, but there are women tom matters, and it is even used in Lolowei Musero Leona agreed. which time I negotiated as a chief ceremonies, and have ten chiefly ti- chiefs in PENAMA province.” A our laws, regulations and Constitu- She said, “My rank and Doreen’s on a fishing dispute. As chief I tles, in addition to my highest title distinguished civil servant in the tion. So it is important that we chiefly rank is ‘Motari’ – this is dif- worked closely with the male assis- of Salvantamata. So I am probably Prime Minister’s Office, Benjamin women assert our position in soci- ferent from the Maewo term ‘No- tant chief -- but I was the chief. the highest ranking female chief in Shing, stated in an email that, ety, by saying that we can become tari.’” She added, “On north Pente- Then in 2014, when my nephew-in- the country. In 2009 we had a very “There are lots of female chiefs in chiefs -- and that some women al- cost we have three active ranks of law was ready to take on the role, I large ceremony to declare our ‘cus- Vanuatu, especially in PENAMA ready are female chiefs of Vanu- female chiefs that perform the pig- gave him my title and powers, and tom economic independence,’ and province… In other provinces, they atu.” killing ceremony: Mwei (the low- he killed a pig to symbolize his new we killed 360 sacred pigs tied to are called Tabu (holy) women.” Next month we will see what est), Motari (second) and Sal (the status. Now I have no official title, 360 separate sacred rocks. I killed Surprisingly, an interview with happens when I try to publish the highest). The male chiefs in the but I am consulted sometimes be- ten pigs in that ritual.” the acting CEO of the National expedition’s “true first” findings – area also use these same three ranks cause I am respected.” Lini firmly said, “I have Council of Chiefs yielded this state- prepare to be surprised. as the first tier of their system. Former chief Phoebe John esti- earned and paid for the right to ment: “There are currently no fe- Then above those three ranks, the mated that there are “five to ten oth- speak in chiefs’ nakamals, the male chiefs on the old and incom- men have five additional grades er women serving now as chiefs in chiefly house usually reserved for plete list of chiefs that the NCC has. *** that women cannot earn. My hus- Pele, Nguna or Efate islands, with men, and I wear two circular pig’s But we are compiling a new list, Lew Toulmin lived in Vanuatu band, brother and father all all the powers of male chiefs, be- tusks as a symbol of my chiefly sta- and if the area councils recommend for three years, working in the achieved the second-highest, Bofu- cause they have inherited the rank tus.” that women be recognized as Prime Minister’s Office for the dolua level, for which they had to from their deceased husbands. Chief Lini added that in the chiefs…they may well be certified Chief Information Officer. 20 The Montgomery County Sentinel November 9, 2017 R.M. captures playoff spot with upset of Blair Alexander, a three-year starter, By Brandy L. Simms @bls1969 caught a seven-yard touchdown pass and classmate Zion Tyler ran for a ROCKVILLE – Friday night at score in the first half. Roy Lester Stadium, Richard Mont- “Daryn was amazing,” said Sil- gomery clinched a playoff spot and verstein. “I put that ball a little too made history in the process. out there and I didn’t know if he Richard Montgomery seniors caught it but I knew it’s Daryn so Spencer Silverstein and Daryn he’s going to catch it.” Alexander guided the Rockets to a Alexander finished with two in- 38-13 victory over the visiting Blair terceptions on defense and forced a Blazers on Senior Night and helped fumble. He also registered six recep- the program earn its third consecu- tions for 63 yards. tive winning season for the first time Silverstein, a three-year starter, in 45 years. finished 11-of-19 for 96 yards and “It feels amazing just to have a ran for 98 yards on 21 carries. In the great game and come out with a dub third quarter, Blair sophomore run- and clinch a playoff spot,” said Sil- ning back Christopher Watkins verstein, who ran for two first half scored on a 30-yard touchdown run touchdowns to help the Rockets and quarterback Matt Siff connected jump out to a 31-0 advantage at the with wide receiver Maada Kposowa intermission. for a 25-yard score to cut the deficit “It’s just unbelievable,” said to 31-13 with 9:38 remaining in the Alexander. “It’s just a feeling that period. you’ll never experience again so I’m However, Alexander and Avery really happy we were able to do it the Reeves-Williams each had second way we did it.” half interceptions that halted Blair What’s more, Richard Mont- drives and helped preserve the gomery head coach Josh Klotz has Richard Montgomery win. led the Rockets to three consecutive “Everyone just did their job,” postseason berths for the first time in said Silverstein. “The o-line got their program history. blocks and I was able to find holes PHOTO BY MARK POETKER “That’s just a testament to the and just build off what they were able Nashton Datis is tackled by a host of Richard Montgomery defensive players during tough second quarter action way these guys buy in, how they’re to achieve and the receivers were at Roy Lester Stadium. all in and how tonight especially they making plays out there.” played every single play for each Richard Montgomery (7-3) will Northwest, 49-24. won Farri and wide receivers Norval ready for another challenge. other especially on Senior Night,” travel to Northwest (8-2) this week- The Jaguars boast a high-pow- Black and Alphonso Foray. “I’m really looking forward to said Klotz. end to face the Jaguars in a first ered offense with talented senior The Richard Montgomery de- it,” said Silverstein. “It’s Northwest Meanwhile, Blair finished the round playoff game. The teams met quarterback Chris Craddock leading fense will have its work cut out while part six. I’m looking for some re- 2017 campaign with a 6-4 record. earlier this season in a game won by the way along with running back Ju- the Rockets offensive unit is also venge.” Landon hangs on with a double overtime victory over Episcopal 27-26 half and capped off their first posses- 80-yard touchdown that silenced the The Bears defense drove the Others consoled their teammates, By Eva Paspalis @EvaPaspalis sion with a nine-yard touchdown by Landon fans in attendance. Maroon offense backward until Ag- pulling them to their feet and em- wide receiver Jelani Machen. Both teams strung together a se- wunobi connected with wide receiv- bracing them. BETHESDA – The visiting A long punt set the Maroon up ries of three-and-outs before Landon er Barry Curtis. Curtis raced down Episcopal head coach Panos Episcopal Maroon fell to the home back in their own territory a few senior kicker Davis Walker kicked a the left sideline for the go-ahead Voulgaris was a man of few words. team Landon Bears in a heartbreak- plays later. A Landon defender 30-yard field goal to extend the touchdown and Episcopal’s first “I’m proud of the way that we ing last-second loss in double over- tipped senior quarterback Seth Ag- Bears’ lead to start the fourth quarter. lead of the game. fought until the end,” he said. “Lan- time Saturday at William H. Triplett wunobi’s pass and the ball landed in The Maroon answered back However, Pivirotto’s extra don’s a good team.” Field, 27-26. Machen’s arms at the eight-yard once again when tight end Ricky point clanged on the left upright and Meanwhile, Landon head Even though Episcopal trailed line. Miezan twisted away from a defend- bounced out. That extra point ended coach Paul Padalino was all smiles for most of the afternoon, junior The Bears capitalized on the ex- er and sped toward the end zone. up haunting the Maroon. after his team’s last-minute victory. kicker Paul Pivirotto’s successful cellent field position when quarter- Miezan held the ball aloft as he Even though the Episcopal de- “We control our own destiny 20-yard field goal tied the game with back John Geppert tiptoed into the danced into the paint for a 35-yard fense forced a fourth down, Geppert and as long as we keep winning just over a minute left to play. end zone for a one-yard score. score. wouldn’t be denied. The senior kept football games, we’ll have a share Episcopal overcame a 14-point Running back Perris Jones Episcopal won the coin toss and the ball himself and ran through a of the title. That’s what we’re play- first half deficit and kept the Bears made sure the Maroon didn’t dig chose to play defense during the first big hole his offensive line created. ing for,” he said. “The regular sea- from sailing to an easy victory on themselves a hole they couldn’t overtime period. According to over- Walker’s extra point was successful son champions will be IAC champi- homecoming day. Landon alumni climb out of. The senior burst loose time rules, each team started at the and the Landon fans began to pour ons and we’re tied for first place were on hand to watch their team on first-and-ten at the 20-yard line 25-yard line. Both teams scored onto the field to celebrate their win. right now.” come out swinging from the very and turned on the jets. Jones spun field goals on their respective pos- In stark contrast, a somber qui- The Landon Bears next take on first whistle. The Bears dominated away from defenders and zig- sessions and the game went to dou- et hung over the Episcopal sideline, the St. Albans Bulldogs in Washing- the time of possession in the first zagged down the field en route to an ble overtime. with several players visibly upset. ton D.C. on Nov. 11. NOVEMBER 9, 2017 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL 21 SPORTS Georgetown Prep destroys St. Albans 41-0 By Matt Cohen @mdc_99 BETHESDA — Georgetown Prep backup quarterback Peter Davin, filling in for injured starter John Ridgway, led the Little Hoyas to a dominant 41-0 victory on Sat- urday over the St. Albans Bulldogs in his first career start. “It was scary at first,” Davin said of getting his first start. “I had butterflies in my stomach at first. But then, you just take the first snap and you become really comfortable. Everything you practiced comes easily…Everything just started clicking, we started hitting passes, started hitting the holes, and every- thing just worked out.” Early on in the game, George- town Prep leaned on the run, like they also do with star running back Jalen Hampton, but they did not hide their backup quarterback. Davin was given many chances to throw the ball, and it was on his arm that Georgetown Prep scored its first points. PHOTO BY MARK POETKER On the first play of the second Jalen Hampton rolls into the endzone for Georgetown Prep with a host of St. Albans defenders on him. quarter, Davin threw downfield to following the extra point. 100 yards on 15 carries and a rush- Jacob Hagy who was cutting to- Georgetown Prep tacked on ing score. wards the sideline. Davin’s throw another touchdown in the third The sophomore is now com- Churchill ends season on a high note was right on the money. Hagy made quarter via a 39-yard Drew Askew fortably over the 1,000-yard rush- Senior Wildcats cornerback the catch, and turned upfield. Hagy By Carlos Alfaro Black touchdown run, and a touch- ing mark for the season, one of just @carlosalfarorod Matthew Stroud, who also doubled burst past the Bulldogs defense, and down in the fourth quarter as 19 players in the D.C. area to hit as a quarterback in tonight’s game, found the end zone for a near 70- Matthew Jenkins muscled in on a that milestone according to The BETHESDA — In the last game retaliated with a 43-yard kick return yard score. Georgetown Prep would run from three yards out. Washington Post’s stats. of the season, the visiting Churchill for touchdown. Senior kicker Bulldogs defeated the Walter John- miss the extra point, but held a 6-0 When the dust had settled, the The Little Hoyas defense Agustin Cortes followed up with a son Wildcats 35-14, dominating in a lead. Little Hoyas beat St. Albans 41-0. proved to be equally impressive as successful extra point attempt to largely symbolic game. halve the lead. St. Albans would lose a fumble Between Davin’s arm and it dominated up front. The St. Al- on its ensuing possession. George- Both teams had nothing to lose “This team, they’re not a typical Hampton’s leg, the Little Hoyas bans line was completely unable to or gain, as both had their playoff town Prep recovered and started at 2-7 team, they’re a little better than look ready for their pivotal game control the Georgetown Prep front, chances dashed coming into Friday near midfield. Hampton led the Lit- the record shows, and we knew that,” against Bullis this coming Satur- as the Little Hoyas stuffed nearly night’s matchup. The Bulldogs were said Janis. tle Hoyas towards the end zone day. It was Davin’s first career start, every running play right at the line fighting to break even and end their Janis started scoring in the third with multiple long, tackle-breaking but he played very well. Davin of scrimmage. season at 5-5, while the Wildcats quarter with a short one-yard walk carries, including a 30-yard rush completed eight passes for 172 The win improved George- were aiming to end the season on a into the end zone for a touchdown. down to the two-yard line. Hamp- yards and two touchdowns. Davin town Prep’s record to 7-2, and set high note with their third victory of Janis then handed it off to se- ton punched it in on the next play, made a number of excellent throws up a pivotal matchup this coming the season to end 3-7. nior slotback Isaac Lewis for anoth- and Davin ran in himself for a two- in the win, especially the touch- Saturday, as Bullis makes the trip But there could only be one er one-yard push to the end zone in point conversion to give the Little down pass to Muldoon. down to Bethesda to face the Little winner, and the Bulldogs came out in the last moments of the third quarter Hoyas a 14-0 lead. “I thought it was better than I Hoyas. With a win over Bullis, a resounding fashion against the for another touchdown, followed by On the first play of the ensuing thought it would be,” Davin said of Georgetown Prep would vault itself Wildcats team plagued by quarter- a successful extra point attempt, to back troubles. St. Albans possession, Georgetown his performance. “I was scared I into the top two of the Interstate enter the final quarter with a 28-7 “Of course we’ve been spend- Prep defensive back Justin Clark was going to come out and throw an Athletic Conference. lead. ing most of our season without a A carry by Janis and a success- picked off St. Albans quarterback interception on the first pass. Once Paro knows that he will have Nick Beatrice, and ran back 35 quarterback. It’s been hard to win ful extra point attempt was the last I settled down, I was able to make the full attention of his team in games without a quarterback,” said yards for a pick-six. Following the scoring play by the Bulldogs and, in reads, and I felt like I did much bet- practice this week given the stakes Wildcats head coach Charles Wool- extra point, Georgetown Prep held the waning minutes of the fourth ter than I thought I would.” of the upcoming battle, and he ridge. “Since we lost Aziz Diomande quarter, marked certain victory as a 21-0 lead. Georgetown Prep led Georgetown Prep head coach knows that his team will be facing last week, it’s kind of been a quarter- they now had five times as many by the same score as the game went Dan Paro was impressed with the an excellent Bullis squad which is back by committee.” points as the Wildcats. to halftime. performance of Davin. “I thought second in the IAC in both points Bulldogs junior wide receiver Stroud had other ideas, and on Davin made his best throw of he did a great job,” Paro said. “He scored and points allowed. Andrew Ha scored the first and only the Wildcats’ last drive, scored again the day early on in the second half, got out, did a nice job, got the of- The game will be played at touchdown of the first quarter to put off of an 83-yard kick return that as he lofted a perfect ball 40 yards fense moving. He did an excellent 4:00 on Saturday, Nov. 11 at Churchill ahead by six. ended the home team’s last season downfield to Thomas Muldoon in job.” Georgetown Prep. Junior quarterback Michael Ja- loss in style. Cortes finished it off the corner of the end zone. Behind Davin, running back St. Albans dropped to 2-7 with nis handed it off to junior running with another successful kick, going Muldoon made the catch for Jalen Hampton had yet another the loss, and will face 8-1 Landon back Patrick Richardson for a Bull- two-for two. dogs touchdown in the second quar- the score, and put his team up 28-0 great game. Hampton finished with next week at home. “Every time you play Walter ter and 46 rushing yards. Janis then Johnson it’s always a tough ball connected with senior defensive end game, but I think our guys came out Andrew Welch for the two-point ready to take this win,” said Bull- SUBSCRIBE TO The Sentinel! conversion. dogs head coach Willie Williams. 22 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL NOVEMBER 9, 2017 SPORTS Wolverines maul Bengals to advance to playoffs with wide receiver Demetrius Rush The Bengals found the end As the final seconds ticked off goal of winning states,” said By Eva Paspalis @EvaPaspalis on a fourth-and-goal at the three- zone a few minutes into the third the clock, the Wolverines flooded Brown. “There’s nothing that West- yard line. quarter when Thomas’s efforts fi- onto the field to celebrate. One play- minster has that we can’t deal SILVER SPRING — The Grant scrambled backwards as nally paid off with an 18-yard er even did a backflip in the end with.” Watkins Mill Wolverines knew just Blake defenders began to close in touchdown. The two-point conver- zone. Blake will likely end up with what they needed to do: come into on him. It appeared as though the sion attempt was no good as the “It just feels good to finish the the third seed in the 3A/2A West re- Bengal Field Friday, ruin Blake’s play was going nowhere until Grant Watkins Mill defense smothered season on the high note,” said gion and will have to travel to Fred- Senior Night, close out the regular threaded the needle and Rush went Blake quarterback Terrill Simms be- Watkins Mill head coach Mike erick to face Linganore next week. season with a win and hope for a to the ground for the first touch- fore he reached the goal line. Brown. “I’m just proud of how they While Bengals head coach De- playoff berth. down of the game. The momentum seemed to shift kept their heads [in the game.] Their Shawn Anderson admits that his Mission accomplished. However, the extra point at- in Blake’s favor when senior run- effort was tremendous, they were team was off its game for the sec- The scrappy Wolverines took tempt failed. ning back Isaac Smith’s five-yard focused and they did their jobs.” ond week in a row, he appeared ex- advantage of a stalled Blake offense Even though Blake senior re- touchdown in the fourth quarter tied While the Wolverines’ playoff cited about the prospect of facing and sent the Bengals into the post- ceiver Carleton Thomas broke away the game at 13 points apiece. hopes still hinge on several other Linganore in the first round of the season with a 20-13 loss. from the Watkins Mill defense sev- Grant answered on the next game outcomes, Friday’s victory postseason. In fact, the Blake offense didn’t eral times, his efforts didn’t show on possession with another quarter- puts Watkins Mill in the position to “It’s our second year going to score until the third quarter as the the scoreboard in the first half. back sneak for a score, this time earn a fourth seed. If Watkins Mill the playoffs and we wanted this op- Watkins Mill defense forced a first Untimely penalties ended a from the two-yard line. does enter the postseason, it’ll likely portunity to compete for a champi- half shutout. handful of drives for both teams. While the Blake offense did re- face Westminster from Carroll onship and here it is,” said Ander- Meanwhile, the Wolverines got The Wolverines appeared unde- ceive two more chances to possibly County. son. “We’re excited about it. We’re on the board on their first posses- terred, especially after Grant’s one- tie the game again, penalties and the “We have the opportunity to going to regroup and prep and get sion when Watkins Mill senior quar- yard quarterback sneak extended Wolverines defense drove the Ben- make an upset and get another op- ready to go. It’s going to be fun to terback Markel Grant connected their lead heading into halftime. gals backwards instead of forward. portunity to move forward to our go to Linganore.” B-CC Barons defeat Churchill 2-0 to advance to regional soccer finals the regional final. off a little bit and once we smelled we have nothing to really be upset the ground. By Nickolai Sukharev @NickolaiSS “My boys came out hungry, blood just go for it,” said B-CC se- about and everyone played as well The Barons found their second came out disciplined, and they had a nior captain Eli Sturm. “We got the as they could,” said Churchill senior goal with 13 minutes remaining ROCKVILLE — The Bethes- will that said ‘we’re not going to first goal and that gave us more con- captain Darius Siahpoosh. “They when a rebound found the feet of ju- da-Chevy Chase Barons defeated lose tonight,” said B-CC head coach fidence.” [B-CC] are a great team, they’re in nior forward Nathan Messer who the Churchill Bulldogs 2-0 in the Gui Melendez. Falling behind, the Bulldogs great form, and defend very well.” tapped the ball from close range. third round of the Maryland Public The match began as an even en- responded with their own counterat- After the break, the Bulldogs “There’s no dishonor is playing Secondary Schools Athletic Associ- counter between two sides looking tacks. continued to look for the equalizer. the way we did … there were a few ation’s boys varsity soccer playoffs to take control of the match with an Churchill senior forward Dar- Churchill junior forward Aria moments where they didn’t execute Friday evening at Thomas S. Woot- early breakthrough. ius Siahpoosh found open space on Ahadpour dribbled through the B- as well as I would like,” said ton High School. Launching a counter attack, the the right flank but his effort was CC backline but his shot went over Churchill coach Arnold Tarzy. Battling for a place in the re- Barons found the break through blocked by the B-CC defense. the bar. “They [B-CC] just simply out- gional finals, the Barons took con- when senior forward Justin Ander- Moments later, Siahpoosh fol- While absorbing the Bulldogs’ played us.” trol with a goal early in the first half. son latched onto a high pass in the lowed up with another effort but pressure, the Barons continued to The B-CC Barons will face the As the Bulldogs searched for a way Bulldogs’ box to send in a powerful Barons junior goalkeeper Bennett respond with counterattacks. Gaithersburg Trojans in the back into the match, the Barons shot into the upper corner. Schwartz was well positioned to ex- Schwartz was forced to fend off MPSSAA regional finals on Nov. 7 doubled their lead in the second half “Our plan was when they head ecute a save. two Churchill players at the net at Richard Montgomery High to secure the victory to progress to in the back we where going to drop “I thought we gave it our all, when a powerful shot forced him to School in Rockville. Richard Montgomery welcomes a new addition to Hall of Fame The Richard Montgomery playing high school basketball In 1971, Curtis helped lead the from 2009-2011. High School Athletics Hall of against a Thomas Johnson team Colts to a 16-13 victory over the Other notable Richard Mont- The Sporting View Fame’s third induction class also that featured future Division I Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl V. gomery Athletic Hall of Famers in- included LeRoy Dimes, Jr., Walter standouts Levi Watkins and Ter- Curtis, a four-time NFL Pro Bowl clude Billy Gordon, Watson By Eull, Michael Goodwin, Katura ence Morris who would lead the selection, is also enshrined in the Prather, Chuck Snowden, Willie Harvey, Timothy Mulcahy, Andy Frederick public school to the Duke University Sports Hall of Allen, Roy Lester, Claude Prather, Brandy L. Simms Phelps, Gary Paquet, Jonathan Maryland 3A state championship Fame and the Maryland State Ath- Butch Israel, Dave Hopkins, Davy Rogers, Steve Weedon Jr., in 1997. letic Hall of Fame. Gordy Coleman, Kate Thirolf, Lee Charles “Skip” Weitz Jr. and Allen Richard Montgomery has pro- Curtis, who earned the nick- Branthover, Ricky Summerour, Avery Jr. duced scores of talented student- name “Mad Dog,” is certainly wor- David Crutchfield and Tom When Tavares Cooper re- During his tenure at Richard athletes through the years includ- thy of enshrinement in the Pro Manuel. ceived a letter in October from Montgomery, Cooper was a stand- ing former NFL Pro Bowl line- Football Hall of Fame and long Cooper, who earned the nick- Richard Montgomery Athletic Di- out on the gridiron and the hard- backer and Super Bowl champion overdue for that honor if you ask name “Super Coop” for his athletic rector Chamy Wijeratne notifying wood. He was a first-team All- Mike Curtis along with former me. prowess, is certainly in good com- him that he had been selected for County performer in both sports Major League Baseball manager “He was a great, great football pany and was humbled by the hon- induction into the school’s Athlet- and followed in the footsteps of Jim Riggleman – both of whom are player,” Curtis’s former Colts’ or. ics Hall of Fame, the former two- fellow Lincoln Park natives An- enshrined in the school’s Athletics teammate Bill Curry once told “Being a part of the Richard sport standout was elated. thony “Gumby” Williams and Ja- Hall of Fame. NFL Films, “He’s a Hall of Fame Montgomery family was huge,” “It just put a big smile on my maal Schools. Curtis, who was selected by player.” said Cooper. face,” said Cooper, who was “I looked up to those dudes,” the Baltimore Colts in the 1965 Meanwhile, Riggleman, cur- among a dozen former RMHS stu- said Cooper, a 2000 Richard Mont- NFL Draft, spent 14 seasons in the rently a bench coach with the dent-athletes recently inducted gomery graduate. “They took me league. He also played for the Cincinnati Reds, has managed four during a ceremony held at the under their wing.” Seattle Seahawks and Washington MLB franchises including a stint You can contact Brandy at: blss- Rockville public school. Cooper has fond memories Redskins. with the Washington Nationals [email protected]. A Growing Business Is A Beautiful Thing • Put Your Ad In The Sentinel NOVEMBER 9, 2017 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL 23 SPORTS Local cross country runners qualify for state competition wanted to get out before the bottle- Upon hearing the news, mem- senior placed first in the girls 4A race five qualifying slots for the state By Kathleen Stubbs @kathleenstubbs3 neck kind of started.” bers of both teams hugged in celebra- with a time of 18:45, and was fol- championships by besting the team of He found himself in the lead af- tion. Several of the Lady Coyotes lowed by her teammate, WJ senior Col. Zadok Magruder HS by a single GAITHERSBURG –Local ter the 2-mile mark, and he chose to covered their mouths with surprise or Janet Scott, who finished second in point. teams and individual runners quali- maintain the pace the front pack of used their hands or shirts to wipe 16:40. Boys 3A West fied for the high school cross country runners had been running. tears from their cheeks. Green said she and her team- Jacobs’ teammate, 18-year-old state championship at the regional Then, with less than a mile re- “We wanted to be the team that mates were hoping to win the region- Blake senior Evan Pollack, finished championship for 3A West and for maining, he accelerated. made a difference, that made a gigan- al meet, which head coach Tom Mar- ninth in the 4A West region and first 4A West at Watkins Mill High School “Coming back down to come up tic name for the cross country team tin said would be the fifth year in a in the County for the boys 3A race Thursday. here I started to push a little more, and and I feel like we were successful,” row, and they did. The Thomas S. with a time of 18:01. Boys 4A West I thought that some of the guys were said Zachary Worthman, a junior and Wootton girls team (2016 state run- Pollack’s individual effort was Perhaps the most competitive going to come with me, but... they one of the teams captains. Worthman ner-up) placed second in the meet. enough to qualify him for a third indi- race of the afternoon was won by didn’t and I just started to pull away placed sixth in his race, finishing in Green added that the Lady Wild- vidual shot at the state champi- Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School pretty easily.” 16:59. cats’ next goal is to win the state onships, his fourth overall. He was senior Adam Nakasaka – the 2016 He rounded a hairpin turn and Senior Jackson Kilosky (15th championship for the fifth year in a the only County runner to crack the state runner-up – with a time of 16 cruised to the finish. He said he saw place, 17:28), another Coyote team row. The hills and slanted sections of 3A boys top 15. minutes and 26 seconds. Nakasaka Richard Montgomery sophomore captain, said during the race he was the Gaithersburg course were helpful Pollack said the goal for his final was followed by Richard Mont- Garrett Suhr out of the corner of his unsure whether the Coyotes would preparation for the hilly state champi- appearance at the state meet is to fin- gomery sophomore Garrett Suhr, eye, and that there was a gap between make the cut, as he wasn’t aware if onship course in Hereford, she said. ish in the top 25, which would earn who came in second 14 seconds later. them. teammate Sam Eig -- normally one of Girls 3A West him a medal. Nakasaka’s individual victory al- “He was further back than I the team’s top seven runners, and James Hubert Blake freshman “Medaling has been my goal lowed B-CC’s team to win the meet would have anticipated,” Nakasaka Clarksburg’s fourth-fastest finisher at Ella Jacobs won first place in the 3A since sophomore year,” Pollack said. with 88 points, a one-point advan- said. the County championships -- had fin- girls race, finishing in 21:31, with Like Jacobs, Pollack’s individ- tage over their crosstown rivals at Next week, “(Nakasaka’s) just ished the race. North Hagerstown High School ual tome helped his team to qualify Walt Whitman High School, who running to win and just have fun in Eig, who was listed as finishing freshman Phoebe Meehan coming in for the state meet, with the sixth-low- scored 89. my last state meet,” he said. “It’s been 64th by several websites which track second with a time of 21:47. est score of 12 teams. “Overall the race felt pretty a really great three years so far, and Montgomery County running results, The 14-year-old Blake freshman The boys 3A race was won by slow,” Nakasaka said. “I know the I’d love to cap it off with a state title.” was taken away from the course in an told the Sentinel she had wanted to Linganore High School junior course is difficult, but just in terms of Clarksburg High School runners ambulance, according to several ob- make sure she took first place be- Michael Belmaggio, whose time of how I felt, like I felt completely fine made school history in the 4A race servers. cause it was her teammate and sister 16:49 beat only his sophomore throughout the entire race. It didn’t when both the men’s and the “We did this for Sam,” he said of Claire’s senior year. teammate Kyle Guinn by 17 sec- feel particularly fast, and that’s pretty women’s teams qualified for the state his teammate, who will be able to For encouragement, her coach onds. much what it was.” meet this year, Clarksburg coach race at the State meet thanks to his had showed her a website which pro- The top 50 percent of teams in His two goals were to win indi- Scott Mathias confirmed. teammates’ efforts.. “He’s going to be jected regional leaders’ performances the regional races qualify for the vidually and for his teammates to run After county coaches presented able to run with us.” in the race based on their personal state championship, as do the top 25 close to keeping up with him during ribbons to two of the Coyote runners Girls 4A West records. The site’s projections pre- percent of individual runners, ac- the first mile. who made the top 15, another local The girls’ 4A race was won by dicted she might win the race, and Ja- cording to the 2017 Public Sec- “It was really to compete for the coach confirmed the Clarksburg Montgomery County champion and cobs didn’t want to let her team ondary Schools Athletic Association win and make sure that my team you boys’ seventh-place finish qualified 2016 state runner-up Abigail Green down. bulletin. The seven lowest cross know got out to a good start,” said them to compete at the state champi- of Walter Johnson, In her first race on Her individual effort ended up country team scores of 13 teams Nakasaka, later adding, “We just onship. the Gaithersburg course, the Wildcats leading her team to snag the fifth of qualify for the state meet.

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High School Quince Orchard 60 High School Football Standings Montgomery County High Football Gaithersburg 21 School Football Scoreboard Einstein 46 Top Ten Last week’s scores: Rockville 6 4A North 3A 1. Damascus 10-0 2. Good Counsel 8-2 Watkins Mill 20 Paint Branch 9-1 Blake 8-2 Seneca Valley 19 Blake 13 Sherwood 8-2 Watkins Mill 5-5 3. Bullis 8-1 Wheaton 9 Blair 6-4 Magruder 4-6 4. Quince Orchard 9-1 Paint Branch 36 Springbrook 5-5 Rockville 0-10 5. Landon 8-1 Magruder 42 Clarksburg 0 Northwood 0-10 6. Paint Branch 9-1 Kennedy 6 2A 7. Northwest 8-2 Sherwood 49 4A West Damascus 10-0 8. Georgetown Prep 7-2 Good Counsel 41 Whitman 20 Quince Orchard 9-1 Seneca Valley 6-4 9. Sherwood 8-2 Bishop McNamara 14 Northwest 8-2 Poolesville 5-5 10. R.M. 7-3 R.Montgomery 38 Richard Montgomery 7-3 Landon 27 Blair 13 Einstein 7-3 IAC So the final week of the season Episcopal 26 Wootton 6-4 Bullis 8-1 leads to one change in the Top 10. Springbrook 6 Churchill 5-5 Landon 8-1 Damascus runs the table by staying Georgetown Prep 41 Northwood 0 B-CC 3-7 Georgetown Prep 7-2 on top of the poll from week one St. Albans 0 Clarksburg 3-7 through the final week of the regu- Northwest 52 lar season. Bullis 57 Wheaton 3-7 WCAC B-CC 0 And while the Top 10 was volatile S.S/SA 14 Walter Johnson 2-8 Good Counsel 8-2 Whitman 2-8 this year, all the teams in the final Damascus 49 poll were solid performers. Manchester Valley 9 Gaithersburg 1-9 CAFC Wootton 7 Kennedy 1-9 Avalon 3-8 Richard Montgomery joins at the Poolesville 7 10th spot after beating Blair this Churchill 35 week - dropping Blake which lost to Avalon 48 Walter Johnson 14 Watkins Mill. St. James 6