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Celebrating 161 years of service! Vol. 161, No. 27 • 50¢ SINCE 1855 January 21 - January 27, 2016 TODAY’S GAS PRICE Snow My Gosh! $1.88 per gallon Last Week $1.94 per gallon Area prepares for first predicted appreciable snowfall of the year The NWS issued a blizzard Director of Public Works Craig from outside the state in case the A month ago By Nadia Palacios watch, which will begin on Friday at Simoneau said his department will weather conditions worsen. If the $2.01 per gallon Special to The Sentinel noon and will continue until 6 p.m. be using all available personnel for snow rises more than two feet, the A year ago Montgomery County officials on Saturday. The watch statement the street crews and will be doing contractors will be called into action. $2.18 per gallon are taking precautions and warning said residents should expect high two shifts for 24 hours starting Fri- Simoneau also said that crews residents to brace for a possible bliz- wind as well as power outages. day. will also be on call to oversee the op- AVERAGE PRICE PER GALLON OF UNLEADED REGULAR GAS IN zard and a foot of snow this weekend. Silverman said winds are ex- “We already have two shift ros- erating water tanks and valves and to MARYLAND/D.C. METRO AREA According to a meteorologist ACCORDING TO AAA pected to reach 20 to 30 mph, with ters getting filled up,” said Si- respond to freeze calls and water for the National Weather Service, wind gusts between 30 to 40 mph. moneau. main breaks. Howard Silverman, temperatures on Conditions are expected to clear According to Simoneau, the Maryland Department of Trans- INSIDE Friday are predicted to stay below up by Sunday, with temperatures in County has already contacted emer- 30. the mid 30s gency contractors to bring resources See “Snow” page 8 Editorʼs WSSC project Notebook will run long by Brian J. Karem By Danica Roem @pwcdanica GAITHERSBURG – Washing- Registering ton Suburban Sanitation Commis- politicians sion grounds crews are set to take several months longer than original- A state politician in South ly announced to complete work on Carolina wants to register repairing a leaking sewage line journalists. We suggest in south of the Quince Orchard Valley Maryland we register politi- neighborhood. cians. WSSC spokesperson Jim Page 4 Neustadt cited an expired right-of- way access point along Bradbury Drive as the reason for forcing the crews to enter only through an ac- See “WSSC” page 8 Hearing ends By Danica Roem @pwcdanica ROCKVILLE – The attorneys PHOTOS BY JACQUI SOUTH for Montgomery County Public Decay at the Rockville Metro, above, while in the inset you see the long wait times for a train. Kennedy Schools and the parents of a special- needs child offered their closing Metro to change the way it is “on time” Girls win! statements Friday, ending oral argu- ments in the seven-day court hearing time estimates for trains were false Metro’s jurisdictions will make this Kennedy girls defeat Blair By Kathleen Stubbs at the Carver Educational Services and many riders complain they are year challenging. to keep the good times rolling . @KathleenStubbs3 Center. late to their destinations. A few dozen new 7000 series Page 20 Administrative Law Judge Mari- Amid pushbacks for new rail- Paul Wiedefeld, Metro’s gener- rail cars were supposed to be added na Sabett requested the two attorneys cars, rush hour delays, and escala- al manager, told the Maryland by now, but Metro safety engineers submit written arguments by Jan. 20 tor and elevator outages, Metro House Environment and Trans- saw defects while inspecting the regarding whether she should even staff announced at a Board of Di- portation Committee Tuesday that cars when they first arrived. Metro rule on anything regarding medical rectors committee meeting Jan. 14 Metro “has not been able to use engineering staff then had to work information in the case about whether that the Washington Metropolitan money efficiently” for several pro- on the cars before they could be MCPS offered a free and appropriate Area Transit Authority is piloting a jects. tested. Some were in the process of public education for a teenager who new way of gauging timely train ar- He said the organization’s de- being tested when Wiedefeld had a rival. cision not to raise fares and the ab- See “Hearing” page 8 WMATA staff said riders said sence of increased funding from See “Metro” page 8 2THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL JANUARY 21, 2016 EFLECTIONS R The Montgomery County Sentinel, published weekly by Berlyn Inc. Publish- ing, is a community newspaper covering October 8, 1992 Montgomery County, Maryland. Our of- 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 20849-1272. Subscription Rates for The County receives Crescent Trail funds Montgomery County Sentinel – Weekly by mail: $40.00 per year & $26.50 for Se- Each week The Sentinel visits a project of tearing out the old rail- agreed to provide $100,000 of in- complete trail will span 11 miles. nior Citizens. (USPS) 361-100. memorable story from its archives. road tracks that run3.4 miles from kind services to help remove the Bauman said the long-term downtown Bethesda to the District rails and create a redrainage system. plan calls for an arc in which the Bernard Kapiloff Standing on a rusty, weed- line and replacing them with a hik- This would leave the county with a Capitol Crescent Trail will intersect PUBLISHER E MERITUS choked, Bethesda railroad track, er-biker trail. tab of $33,000. with the Metropolitan Branch Trail. Lynn G. Kapiloff Planning Board Chairman Gus Bau- “I’m very pleased that Secre- Bauman said the 3.5 miles is It will start at Capitol Hill, run up to CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER/ man accepted a $867,000 check last tary Lightizer has agreed to fund only the first phase of the Capital Silver Spring, through Bethesda and PUBLISHER [email protected] week to help fund the first phase of this project,” said County Executive Crescent Trail, which was approved down to Georgetown. But it will be construction on the Capital Cres- Neal Potter, who was also at the by the Park and Planning Commis- several years before the entire trail Mark Kapiloff cent Trail. check presentation ceremony. “This sion in July. The second phase will is completed. ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER The check, presented by state has been one of our priorities to en- run from downtown Bethesda to The first phase is expected to [email protected] Department of Transportation Sec- courage more walking and bicycle downtown Silver Spring. And in the begin in a few weeks, as soon as the EDITORIAL retary O. James Lightizer, is a com- riding, both for recreation and as an other direction, the National Park county receives a storm water man- Brian J. Karem bination of state and federal funds. alternative to the automobile.” Service will extend the trail from agement permit, said Bill Gries, the EXECUTIVE EDITOR I(t will go towards the $1 million Potter said Pepco officials have the D.C. line into Georgetown. The project coordinator. [email protected] Brandy L. Simms SPORTS EDITOR NEWS [email protected] VINCENT SHERRY [email protected] Edwards and Van Hollen battle in tight race latest poll shows Write us COPY EDITOR DANICA ROEM ward’s 31 percent. The poll has a lead over Edwards in the rest of the By AUBURN MANN The Montgomery County Sentinel [email protected] Capital News Service margin of error of plus or minus 5 state, but the polling firm noted that NEWS EDITOR percent. many of those regions are not as De- welcomes letters. WASHINGTON -- The race Van Hollen, who is white, is mocratic as Baltimore and suburban Jacqui South, Terry Brennan & between Democratic Reps. Donna drawing more than 54 percent of the Washington. David Wolfe Edwards and Chris Van Hollen for white vote and 44 percent of the Van Hollen’s lead correlates All letters must be original, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS the Maryland Senate is tight, ac- overall male vote, the poll found. with his higher campaign spending. TAZEEN AHMAD cording to a poll released Tuesday. Conversely, Edwards, who is black, According to reports filed with the signed by the author CALENDAR EDITOR Van Hollen, who represents the is pulling a mere 15 of the white Federal Election Commission, he [email protected] state’s 8th District, is supported by vote and 30 percent of male voters. has $5.2 million in total contribu- and must include the author’s daytime YOUTH SERVICES 38 percent of likely voters, while But she has backing among approx- tions so far, compared to $1.5 mil- [email protected] Edwards, of Maryland’s 4th Dis- imately 65 percent of the state’s lion raised by the Edwards cam- telephone number trict, is popular with 36 percent of African American voters and 40 paign. This disparity has become CALL 301-838-0788 likely voters, according to the sur- percent of women. most evident in television ads. FAX 301- 838 - 3458 for verification. NEWSROOM AND LEGAL ADVERTISING vey conducted by Gonzales Re- The majority of Van Hollen’s Reacting to the new poll, Ed- search & Marketing Strategies. support lies in his home district of wards campaign spokesman Ben- ADVERTISING Twenty-four percent of the people Send letters to: Montgomery County and suburban jamin Gerdes said in a statement: Lonnie Johnson polled said that they were undecid- Baltimore, according to the survey.