February 22, 2013
A Biweekly Newspaper February 22, 2013 Volume IX, Number 21
the habilitation Mom Takes service policies Her Case to of private insur- When you win big, you win a ers. I testified big trophy. See who won this Annapolis to the neces- in Tidbits page 8. By Sarah Broady sity of Applied Behavioral My name is Sarah Analysis (ABA) Broady, and I have lived in therapy, a spe- Poolesville with my hus- cific behavioral band, Kyle Broady, and our therapy that has three boys for the last four been proven to years. Our son, Samuel, was help children diagnosed with autism when with autism he was twenty-seven months since the 1970s old. I have recently had sev- and played Sarah and Sam Broady take eral opportunities to speak such an inte- their case to Annapolis. to state leaders as they are gral role in the Patrick, an Arabian, is life of Samuel making decisions that will companies cover autism descended from horses during the first year impact the autism communi- treatment services. Maryland that belonged to a local after diagnosis. The ATAG ty in Maryland. A few weeks is not yet one of these states. legend. Read about her in committee will hold further ago, I gave public testimony Because of this, families Remembrance on page 10. hearings this summer which for a state-appointed group are left to cover the entire I plan to attend and speak at called the Autism Technical cost of therapy services out again to ask for the specific- Advisory Group (ATAG). of pocket, which are well ity of these services. They will be making rec- known to be about $100,000 ommendations to the state There are currently for what specific services thirty-two states which have -Continued on Page 22. should be included within mandated that insurance
into a new and exciting path. Finding Joy in In the late 1970s, Peg had If you are bad, sometimes you been working for Sugarloaf Re- Local History gional Trails and was approach- get time out in the corner. Don’t By Dominique Agnew know where to buy the hat, ing the end of a contract, look- ing for something to do. The though. See more in Family Have a question about Album page 2. Donning Company Publishers local history? Peg Coleman had asked the librarian of the of Boyds may have the an- Montgomery County Historical swers. If not, she may have Society to write a book about a good idea of how to go Montgomery County history. about finding them. The librarian turned down the Since the early 1980s, Peg request but recommended Peg. “I loved doing it,” Peg says has written five books on lo- of the project. “I really en- cal history, three non-fiction joyed it enormously.” For five works and two historical years, she and a photographer Peg Coleman’s newest fiction works. She began her traipsed all over Montgomery historical novel Maryland writing career through one County, interviewing citi- Patriot. of those quirks of fate that zens and photographing their sends many of us diverging historical photos, producing, -Continued on Page 17. February 22, 2013 The Monocacy Monocle Page 2
Melissa Foster, an independent book publishing consultant, Riley Jamison pumps the gas at the newly-opened Liberty gas station spoke at the recent HMD Writers’ Symposium at the Poolesville in Poolesville. A grand opening will be held in March. Old Town Hall Museum.
Fourth graders from the MCPS Cold Spring Elementary School had an American living history experience as they took the The students at PES met the principal’s challenge in their recent persona of students who attended Boosterthon fundraiser, and they elected to have Doug Robbins shave the one-room Seneca Schoolhouse his head.
The renovation of the historic St. Peter’s steeple is nearly complete and awaits the placement of the cross. February 22, 2013 The Monocacy Monocle Page 3
Business Briefs Shop There Also while in Poolesville, be sure to check out Hearthside This Vet Talks to Lions Gardens for their selections of It’s true but not so surpris- interior decorating ideas and ing: Dr. Peter Eeg, who just antiques, and if you haven’t renewed his ten-year lease in checked out the fresh-baked Poolesville to serve animals and goods, homemade and scrump- those who love them, was the tious cupcakes, and other culi- guest speaker at the February 11 nary delights at Mixed Greens, Monocacy Lions Club. His topic which shares space with Heart of Lyme disease is of interest hside, be sure to stop by. as much to humans as to the Bring your own bag. animals. There may be equal Are You Going to parts legend and fact circulat- Scarborough Fair? ing about Lyme disease, and Okay, it’s not Scarborough, for those of you who are not but Poolesville, and it may Lions, you can still benefit from not feature parsley, sage, and his talk by visiting his website: other herbs, but local busi- poolesvilleveterinaryclinic.com. nesses; nonetheless, PACC’s Jewelry Lines Expand Destination Poolesville, at the Finders Keepers, the Poolesville Baptist Church on intriguing and multifacet- March 16, is fun and entertain- ed home decor and gift shop ing for people of all ages. Fea- in the center of Poolesville has tured will be plenty of vendors responded to consumer de- exhibiting their local business mand and interest by expand- services or products, as well ing their selection of beautifully as entertainment, food, prizes, appointed costume and estate and a massive shredder truck jewelry. The charming store is and electronics recycling center. jam-packed with wonderful Bring in your paper records gifts, antiques, home decor and and old electronics for secure a myriad of specialty items. If disposal, and spend some time you haven’t stopped by lately, walking through the business put them on your list for your community of Poolesville. next shopping spree. But Don’t Just Stop There, Local News sion, he wrote to the parish, “I Purdy Departing want you to know how much I love this parish and its people. St. Peter’s Our time together has been a great blessing in my life, and Church I leave with no small measure of thanksgiving and gratitude for the ways we have prayed Rev. Tom Purdy of St. Pe- Rev. Tom Purdy will be leaving St. and worked alongside each ter’s Parish Episcopal Church Peter’s this coming April. other these last five years.” He notified the congregation on also expressed his deep appre- Purdy’s tenure at the church circumstances but is “certain February 5 that he will be ac- ciation for the parish’s loving as a remarkably rapid time the church has the talent and cepting a new call as rector of care for him and his family but one richly productive for dedication necessary to keep Christ Church Frederica, in St. during their time at St. Peter’s. the church and the commu- St. Peter’s moving forward Simons, Georgia. He will per- Senior Warden John Clay- nity. He reassured the church into the future.” form his final Sunday service ton, in fondly bidding farewell members that they have been on April 21. to the highly-popular priest through transition periods In acknowledging the and his family, reflected on before under more challenging personal difficulty of his deci- February 22, 2013 The Monocacy Monocle Page 4 Commentary to work diligently to avoid their occurrence. I think we all now realize that they seriously underestimated the pathology of The Usual American political behavior as it exists in the twenty-first century, Madness and I’m not letting either party By John Clayton or any faction off the hook. I think an additional sign of this I find myself alternating pathology is that they chose to between thinking about the se- break the Cliff and the Sequester quester and about getting vapor- into separate events for maxi- ized by a falling meteor. I am mum dramatic effect. “This is it, comfortable with both concerns, Ma! I’m holding my breath until as opposed to being afraid, as in I turn blue and die and I really both cases my influence over the mean it this time!” Perhaps they eventual outcome is nil. I once do really mean it this time. had a discussion concerning fear Surprisingly, I even find of flying. My feeling was that I it hard to even read about this wasn’t afraid when I was on an issue any more, let alone pick airplane because I had absolutely a side for rooting purposes. It’s no control over anything that like the Cowboys playing the could happen, so why worry Giants, the Mets playing the about it? However, an alternative Phillies, the Sunnis versus the view, I was told, is that one is Shiites, or maybe Karl Rove ver- afraid of flying precisely because sus the Tea Party. There’s some- one has absolutely no control thing there for almost everyone over its outcome. This is where to latch on to, but not for me. the big-time control freaks take So keep it up, folks. Hang over for the casual control freaks. tightly on to whatever it is that Control freaks seem to be is so important that you would running amok among our politi- wreak economic havoc on as cal class. It is a little disconcerting many other people as possible. Rande(m) Thoughts that our government (represent- We all know what that is. It’s: ing all of us) is going through “Whose fault will it be?” So go closed eight weeks or more, what the brinksmanship deal again. ahead and let it blow it up, and would the impact be on the town? In their wisdom, our leaders then figure out who won and It Can’t Get At best, it is hard to measure the concocted the Fiscal Cliff (oner- who lost. You might just find that impact. At worst, we are about to ous tax consequences) and the no one else cares. Personally, I Worse, Can it? find out and, hopefully, it will not Sequester (onerous spending find worrying about meteors a lot Rande Davis be as bad as we fear. cuts) so that they would be forced more meaningful. Fortunately, the county has scheduled another public hearing I was wondering recently at Poolesville Elementary School just how much adversity can our on Tuesday, February 26 at 7:00 local economy take anyway. Here p.m. Those persons who have we are trying to work our way concerns need to attend this through the closing of Selby’s meeting. While the PACC will Market, and now we find out attend the meeting, all businesses the county plans to close White’s that will be negatively impacted Ferry Road for the better part need to be there as well. of the summer of 2014. As the Before proceeding with saying goes, it’s like adding insult their plan, the county needs to to injury. hear from those most affected So, with little advance by the closure, and we need to notice at a location inconvenient hear what alternatives, if any, for Upcounty residents and are available. It’s our lives and business people, the county held businesses that will be impacted a public hearing to present a by this project, and while a safe plan that, although admirably bridge is in everyone’s best repairs two bridges in need of interest, the proposed plan may upgrading, may unintentionally have very serious unintended have a devastating impact on our economic well-being. With -Continued on Page 20. White’s Ferry Road temporarily February 22, 2013 The Monocacy Monocle Page 5
drier environment. As a practical snow loads. For an added plus, is also highly pest and disease In the Garden tip, try to plant near an available the deer don’t like them. I re- resistant. It is a fantastic shrub. source of water. When the weath- placed my old variety of arbor- My second choice would be the er gets hot, how many buckets vitae with ‘Green Giant’ several dwarf Japanese maple. Techni- The Good Bones of water are you willing to haul years ago, as I got tired of losing cally, this might be considered to the shrub down by the road? them with every snow and ice a tree, but I prefer to see it as a Of a Garden Mature size: Ask yourself, will storm. shrub. You cannot beat it for the By Maureen O’Connell this shrub in two, three, or five Foundation. Plants in front color of its fall leaves. I have three years outgrow its current space? of or behind your house should in my yard that I planted almost A house is the center of fam- Shrubs put down a permanent complement, not overwhelm, its thirty years ago and they are still ily life and a major investment presence; they put down roots, design, keeping in mind the ar- thriving. for most people. We try to keep both figuratively and literally. chitecture and color of the house. In keeping with a natural it in top repair, and we build ad- You can’t move them as easily I like to break down this area into look in gardens, I like to combine ditions to add to the enjoyment as daylilies or hostas. As I drive three parts: the front door area, small shrubs in my perennial and value of the house. Well- through various neighborhoods the corners of the house, and borders. To make this look work, designed landscaping can also in our area, I notice many founda- what’s in between. The planting you should choose shrubs that add to the value of your house. tion plantings almost completely near the door should be the focal complement and not dominate. When we think about landscap- hiding the front of houses. No point of the entrance area. The I call them good minglers. They ing, many people envision trees, matter where you plant shrubs corners frame the house and the reach out and cascade through flower beds, decks, and patios and for whatever reason, keep in middle plants tie it all together. perennials; they add height and a and neglect to add shrubs to this mind the overall picture of your The corners need a tall shrub, but look-at-me attitude; they add gen- picture. Trees and flowerbeds landscaping design. Take a cue please check its mature height, tle shade to floppy, sun sensitive alone can look flat and one-di- from nature and repeat the layer- for you don’t want to have to dig annuals or perennials at their feet mensional. Technically, a tree has ing tendencies of plants in the it up in a few years as it grows (David Austin’s rose ‘Heritage’ a distinct trunk and is more than wild. Look where woods border a smack against the siding. Some keeps coreopsis ‘Sienna Sunset’ twelve feet tall. Shrubs occupy an field, you see layers: tree canopy good choices for the middle and cool and able to “face another intermediate status between trees and understory trees, which are door area are Daphne, dwarf co- sunset” in my upper garden); and flowers; they can add varying made up of small trees, shrubs, toneaster, Gold Dust Acuba, box- and they provide exceptional heights, colors, textures, struc- herbaceous plants, and ground wood ‘Wintergreen,’ Cryptomeria foliage of varied colors from ture, and fragrance. They have cover. ‘Dwarf Global,’ holly ‘Carissa,’ frost to frost. Some other suitable what all fashion models wish to Let’s look at some examples and holly ‘Compacta.’ shrubs would be any of David have, good bones, while creating of suitable shrubs that could fit Fragrance. Viburnums are Austin’s short, compact roses, an outlined foundation for the the bill for the above-mentioned very attractive, hardy, and useful spirea, weigela ‘Midnight Wine’ rest of the garden to build upon. uses. shrubs, but their glory is in their (two feet tall, mounding habit), In selecting shrubs, there are Privacy. Forgive me for this fragrance. V. carlesii, ‘Korean lilac Syringa ‘Prairie Petite,’ and several factors to consider: Use: subject detour, but I believe that Spice,’ would be my first pick of another of my favorite hydran- Is your goal to provide privacy? this tree, not a shrub, is the best this genus. Their dense flower geas, H. arborescens ‘Annabelle.’ add fragrance to the garden? choice for a privacy screen for heads produce white flowers This floriferous white mophead house foundation plantings? our area. I have planted them from blush-pink buds and its keeps getting better as the season specimen plantings? Location: on my property and I strongly perfume is a rich, spicy vanilla. progresses. sun, shade, or partial sun/shade, recommend them: arborvitae, ‘Nanho Blue’ butterfly bush, I have offered you just a few and exposure to extreme weather Thuja ‘Green Giant’ and its sport winter daphne, any lilac, Mock selections that I having growing conditions. Soil and moisture ‘Steeplechase.’ They can reach Orange, and white forsythia are in my gardens, so I know that conditions: check the type of soil up to sixty feet with a fantastic some other good, hardy choices. they can thrive in our weather you have, some plants will only grow rate of up to three feet a Specimen shrub. The Latin conditions. The local garden survive in certain soil types. As year. These evergreens offer ter- root of the word specimen means centers will soon be reopening to moisture, some plants need a rific tolerance to heat, humidity, to look at. In your yard, a speci- with their spring selections. Take very moist soil and others need a drought, cold, and heavy ice and men shrub would be one you some time and wander around would single out as being note- the shrub collections. Read their worthy, deserving a solo role descriptions and see if any of on center stage. I might be a bit them can work for you in your prejudiced in this selection for gardens. I have quite a love affair with P.S. Have you noticed black- hydrangeas, but my choice would ish-brown stains and chew marks go to the Oakleaf Hydrangea (H. on your houseplants? This is the quercifolia) ‘Snow Queen.’ Many work of our relatively-new pests, horticulturists have picked this the stink bugs. This is the first shrub as the best Oakleaf and the year that I have noticed signifi- number one shrub for Ameri- cant damage to my houseplants can gardens. They can thrive in from stink bugs. I pick them off as deep shade or full sun. Its large, I see them and then I flush with leathery oak-like leaves are hardy water the plant’s container’s soil and highly-resistant to drying to bring to the surface the ones winds, heat, and humidity. It hiding in the soil. February 22, 2013 The Monocacy Monocle Page 6
and then back towards Washing- Police Blotter: Past and Present ton. Brooks aimed his revolver at his health. Another deputy sheriff the car but did not shoot. Before was present in the room when this incident, Brooks had arrested Whalen unexpectedly entered By Jack Toomey call from Mrs. Garrett of Glen seven motorists. and sat down at his desk. He be- Echo. She reported that her March 6, 1900 Washington gan talking about ending his life, servant, Louise Dorsey, had been Present Crime police received a message from but the deputy had heard him shot dead by a former employee. the Boyds telegraph operator that talk about this many times so he Howard got into his automobile Burglary: 23700 block of Old John Braxton was in custody. ignored it. After shooting himself, and started for Glen Echo. He Hundred Road, 16100 block of Braxton had been wanted for bur- Whalen was taken to Georgetown picked up Deputy Shaw and Comus Road. glary in Washington City and also Hospital in Washington where other citizens on the way. They Theft: 19500 block of Fisher was a suspect in the shooting of an operation was performed. began searching for Charles Avenue. Moy Sing, a well-known laundry Whalen eventually recovered, Gibbs, the murderer, and found Disorderly conduct com- operator. Braxton was suppos- regained his health, and served him hiding in a wooded area near plaints: 17300 block Seneca Chase edly in the custody of Sheriff Wil- on the police commission as late the canal. The group of men sur- Park Road, 15300 block of Dar- liams, but when Detective Muller as 1940. rounded him, and Shaw snuck up nestown Road. of Washington came to Rockville, behind him and relieved him of Drug complaints: 20800 he could not find the sheriff, the the shotgun that he was carrying. block of Martinsburg Road. prisoner, or the states attorney. Gibbs was charged with murder. March 7, 1915 Sheriff B. March 4, 1912 Deputy Brooks Peyton Whalen shocked residents Past Crime was on duty on Connecticut of Montgomery County when he Avenue to guard against motor- shot himself in the head while February 25, 1919 Samuel ists entering Montgomery County sitting at his desk at the Rockville Wilson was arrested by Sheriff from Washington who did not courthouse. Whalen had been Aud on a charge of committing an have Maryland driver’s licenses suffering from the grippe for a offense against a thirteen-year-old or tags (in those days, a D.C. resi- year and was despondent about girl who lived on a farm outside dent needed a Maryland driver’s of Rockville. Before Wilson was license and tags to drive in Mary- placed in jail, he confessed to land). As Brooks was on the look- States Attorney Bouic and Aud, out, a racing machine approached and signed a confession admit- his position at high speed. Brooks ting to the crime. waved his flag at the driver, who February 28, 1912 Sheriff ignored it and sped past him by Howard was in his office when climbing the sidewalk, driving he received an excited telephone through the Chevy Chase Club, Local News Poolesville. For decades, the northwest part of the county Poolesville to Be has been served by the Ger- mantown District. Now, offi- Served by New cers who will respond to calls in Poolesville will be from Officers the Rockville District which By Jack Toomey is presently located on Seven Locks Road in Rockville. Editor’s Note: This article, Eventually, they will move to which was referenced in a com- the new headquarters at 100 mentary, was inadvertently left Edison Park Drive in west out of our February 8 issue. Gaithersburg. Barnesville and The Montgomery County Dickerson will remain in the Police Department announced Germantown District. that beginning on February The commanding officer of 4, the boundaries of the five the Rockville District is Cap- police districts would be re- tain James Fenner. aligned. All county and district While this does not affect maps have been updated MCP Officers John Gloss, Chris Hendrix, Commander James the day-to-day operations of and can be viewed on Fenner, Alex Kettering, Alex Alesch, Ron Brown. the department, it will di- mymcpnews.com. rectly impact the residents of February 22, 2013 The Monocacy Monocle Page 7
Coach Prasad Gerard. “It all came Local News Hartz who, in relation to the Youth Sports together for her.” Larson played recent duty changes, que- basketball for PHS last winter ried as to the response time instead of running track. Poolesville to Poolesville in the instance Five PHS “I thought we had a pretty of a major policing event in good team this year,” said Trum- Rockville. Commander Fenner bull. “There were a couple of Town Runners Qualify pointed out that Poolesville performances that just didn’t go Government would remain unaffected by For State Indoor our way in the regionals, but, for the most part, I think it has been By Rande Davis such a down county situation Track Meet a pretty successful year for the as it has two officers assigned By Jeff Stuart team as a whole. We had guys MCP District 1 Com- to it as well as having another who really stepped up this year, mander Pays a Visit backup. Five PHS track athletes and girls who stepped up this At the February 19 town Commission President qualified for the State Track Meet year and ran well at the regionals meeting, the commission- Jim Brown, in welcoming the following the 2AWest Region even though some didn’t make it ers welcomed Montgomery new commander, stressed the Meet held at Hagerstown Com- to the states as they were hoping County Police Commander town’s desire to assist, espe- to. munity College on February 2. James Fenner as well as five cially in matters relating to the “Senior Andre Butler, in his These include four competitors in officers who regularly pa- schools, known problem areas, individual events and the girls’ first year of indoor track, does a trol Poolesville. Commander and speeding on the back 4x800 relay team. Sophomore little bit of everything, sprints, Fenner, a veteran of thirty- Denise Larson was one of the last jumps…He had chances to make roads. He complimented the to get in. it in both. He missed the states in one years, came to introduce high level of visibility since “I was the second to last the 55 dash by .02 seconds. himself to the commission- the recent changes have taken qualifier in the mile,” said Denise. “Junior Chase Weaverling ers and to answer questions place. “I got in by, like, a third of a sec- in the boys’ 3200 meter run and regarding the recent MCP Other Pressing News ond.” Her time of 5:39 in the 1600 sophomore Claire Beautz in boundary changes that moved The commissioners voted at the region was a personal best. the 3200 have the fastest times Poolesville from District 5 to approve a $347,902 con- in their events in the state for She also ran the first leg of the – Germantown to District 1 – tract to Johnston Construction the 2A class. The girls 4x800 4x800 relay team which also qual- Rockville (D1). Eventually, D1, Company of Pennsylvania to ified. “I think Denise was prob- team of Claire Beautz, junior which is now headquartered replace the wastewater treat- ably the biggest surprise—what Chelsie Pennello, junior Rebecca on Seven Locks Road in west she did in the mile,” said Head Basehore, and sophomore Denise ment plant’s belt filter press. A Coach Mike Trumbull, “but she Larson has the third fastest Rockville, will be headquar- belt filter press is an industrial has been training hard all year, so time in the 4x800 in the state for tered in the former National machine for solid/liquid it was just a matter of time.” 2A.” Junior Rebecca Basehore Geographic Building at 100 separation to dewater sludge “I am really happy that she was another who set a personal Edison Park, Gaithersburg, in the process of water treat- made it to the states because she -Continued on Page 21. just off of Route 28. ment. works really hard,” said Assistant After introducing the of- Through the Eyes of a Camera ficers who joined him at the The town recently contracted meeting, Commander Fenner a company that provides video encouraged open communica- recording of water sewer lines tion between himself and the which shows the current status of town representatives. Com- main lines on Norris Road and on Fisher Avenue from Wootton Av- missioner Klobukowski asked enue to Elgin Road The presenta- whether Poolesville might tion showed some clear areas of get its own School Resource leaking at joints and other areas Officer (SRO) anytime soon. of tree root intrusion. The most Fenner reported that the dramatic visual was of grease current SRO covers six high buildup in the pipe to such a de- schools and, while not speak- gree that a partial cleanout had to ing directly about additional take place even before the camera officers for that particular recording could successfully take position, he responded that place. From this visual report, town Engineer John Strong stated MCP is currently undergo- that the commissioners would be ing a strong recruitment drive receiving a final recommendation and encouraged anyone in attendance over twenty-one to PHS track state qualifiers: Claire Beautz, Denise Larson, Rebecca consider a police career. -Continued on Page 16. Basehore, Chelsie Pennello, and Chase Weaverling Another key question came from resident Gary February 22, 2013 The Monocacy Monocle Page 8
Hall of Fame football game. Ethan Hinds, Sean Lyons, and Tidbits Any person may make a Trevor Riggs; fifth place, Jaylen nomination by filling out a pro- Riggs and Jacob Tievy; fourth PHS Athletic Hall of Fame: spective candidate form available place, Spiros Nicholas, Shawn Currently Accepting Nomina- from the PHS athletic depart- Smith, and Sam Stempler; third tions ment. The announcement of those place, Sam Garrett; second place, The Poolesville High School to be inducted in 2013 will be Desmond Brown, Sam Pavlick, Athletic Department, in partner- made this coming June. Michael Sofelkanik, and Evan ship with the Poolesville High PAA Wrestlers Place First Taylor; and first place, Logan Bar- School Athletic Boosters, is The 2013 Poolesville Athletic tolomeo, Kevin Fultz, Raymond requesting nominations for the Association Youth Wrestling Kinzie, Luke Pappano, and Niko second annual PHS Athletic Hall Team won the coveted first-place Sofelkanik. of Fame induction. trophy in the Damascus Sports Last year, the PHS Hall of Association Wrestling League Fame began a tradition to rec- (DSAWL) Tournament on Febru- ognize and honor the school’s ary 9 and 10 for the team with most outstanding interscholastic the most wins. It has been six athletes, coaches, championship years since PAA wrestling has teams, and significant Booster won a team award. These dedi- contributors who have demon- cated, hard-working young men strated exceptional support for represented Poolesville well and our athletes. Any former In- challenged fifteen other teams to dian and Falcon student-athletes earn this award. Wrestlers who from any period in the school’s placed in the top four of their history may be nominated. A classes will move on to wrestle at review committee will select the Sam Case Regional Wrestling inductees based on their athletic Tournament held on February Luke Pappano and Michael accomplishments while attend- 23 at Tuscarora High School. Sofelkanik share a private ing Poolesville High School. On The following PAA wrestlers moment with the coveted first Friday, September 20, 2013, the finished in sixth place or better place team trophy at the recent second annual induction ceremo- in the DSAWL tournament: sixth DSAWL tournament. ny will be conducted during the place, Erik Eklof, Mason Hillegas,
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Closed New Year’s Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. February 22, 2013 The Monocacy Monocle Page 9 Local News Rose Krasnow told the board land is gone. You guys have to emerge later in the year. that Newland had sold the bought it for a dollar, and we Poole Store Remembered fifty-six residential lots it had have to sit and figure it out.” More than two years after Clarksburg formerly retained in the com- Kubit said Elm Street its closing, Poole Store has not munity while Planning Chair remained committed to provid- been forgotten at the Planning ing a quality project, noting its Board. In a January 31 brief- Compared to Fran oise Carrier noted Elm ç nearby Clarksburg Village en- ing to the board, parks director Street’s proposed commercial deavor, but conceded it would Mary Bradford was asked about ‘Hamster Wheel’ core was adjusted to include By Kristen Milton not be fully consistent with the landmark site, which before more office and less retail and the Plan of Compliance. “We its December 2010 closing had that “delivery of retail” had want to give the community a been the oldest general store in Plans for Clarksburg Town been pushed to 2018 rather nice community, but the cur- continuous use in Montgomery Center continue to evolve as the than preceding more residential rent plan is millions of dollars County. “We have been work- project’s initial developer cuts development. underwater and it cannot get ing on that,” she said. its final tie, leaving planning Kate Kubit, speaking for built,” she said. Bradford said that although board and staff to speculate Elm Street, said “a perform- Staff and board members the main building, constructed about whether the new design ing arts entity” was also being spent some time debating in 1901 and rented by the Poole will be recognizable to those sought to provide regular free whether Elm Street’s town cen- family for almost forty years, who worked for many years on shows or camps near the civic/ ter plans should be considered remained vacant, agricultural the old. library area of the development. primarily in terms of the com- supplies were being sold from Members of the Clarks- “We’re looking to create a vi- pliance plan or as an indepen- an outbuilding by Southern burg Town Center Advisory brant space that people outside dent project. States. Bradford further noted Committee spent more than Clarksburg will come to,” Kubit Board member Norman that facilities’ management and two years working to address said. Dreyfuss said, without deciding cultural stewardship sections of problems at the 270-acre devel- Justifying such changes to how to deal with the conflict, the department were coordinat- opment located at Clarksburg those inside Clarksburg more “We’re in a hamster wheel and ing to obtain permits needed to Road and Snowden Farm Park- concerned than eased members we’ll never see the end of this offer the property for rent to a way after the citizen discovery of the Planning Board and its thing.” new tenant. of building violations nearly a staff. Planning board member Kubit said Elm Street was The three-acre store site, decade ago. The currently-ap- Casey Anderson asked for an pricing the various features which also includes a home and proved design grew from a Plan enforcement mechanism such required by the compliance several outbuildings, is located of Compliance, which emerged as bond requirement to assure plan in order to compare them at 16315 Old River Road. The from mediation in 2006; howev- plans now under discussion to newer ideas. Planners asked planning commission received er, representatives of Elm Street will “stick.” Anderson said it several times that a direct a $47,000 grant from the Mary- Development have held several was surprising no such bond comparison of amenities and land Heritage Areas Authority public meetings since purchas- had been imposed before. tradeoffs in the two designs be in 2011 for work at the store, ing the bulk of the struggling Some planned amenities now provided. including porch repair and project from Newland Homes in question were in lieu of fines “In no way are we trying to restoration of historic shelv- for one dollar in December that could have been imposed delay anything,” Kubit said in ing and plaster walls as well as 2011, and its redesign shows on Newland. “Now we have response to a suggestion that benches, bike racks, and other various changes. an empty bag,” Anderson said. the company was attempting to visitor amenities. At a January 31 update on “We’ve been told we can’t make tire stakeholders into agreeing the project, planning director anybody do anything and New- to new terms. She said “a holis- tic overall plan” was expected February 22, 2013 The Monocacy Monocle Page 10
Remembrances Museum, a living tribute to her Ruth “Bazy” Arabian horses. We moved to family always thought he would Barnesville in 1980, and Barnes- Tankersley ville was still country. Everyone Jon Thomas Dols be a college professor, his true By Maureen O’Connell calling came as a partner with Pat knew each other, helped each in her pastoral endeavors follow- other, and partied together; On Tuesday, February 5, Bazy horses were the common bond ing his heart through a lifetime of Tankersley died at her home in mission work, most often work- between neighbors, and Bazy Tucson, Arizona. She was ninety- Tankersley was the nucleus that ing with homeless and poverty- one. Her career covered exciting stricken persons. The Rev. Vivian provided the spark. and controversial times as the Bazy led a fascinating and C. McCarthy, Superintendent, publisher of the Times-Herald in Methodist Central Maryland Dis- exciting life. Ruth Elizabeth Mc- Washington, D.C. to her seventy- Cormick was born in Chicago on trict, recalled that Tom’s special one years of running one of the gift in working with those less March 7, 1921 to J. Medill Mc Cor- country’s most successful and mick and the former Ruth Hanna. fortunate was based on his talent well-respected Arabian breed- of approaching the task less as a She was groomed at an early age ing programs at her horse farms, by her uncle Robert McCormick, “project to fix someone” than as a all called Al Marah, meaning “a desire to simply befriend some- of the McCormick media dynasty, verdant garden oasis.” to be heir apparent to the Chi- one. Many people in the He was remembered for cago Tribune Company. At this Monocacy area today will prob- time, the Tribune was one of the his guidance, wisdom, helping ably not recognize Bazy’s name; hands, his robust joy for life, and world’s most powerful newspa- Jon Thomas “Tom” Dols it is mostly the old-timers who pers. In 1949, her uncle bought his deep and abiding faith. remember her and her beloved Surviving besides his wife the Washington Times-Herald and and legendary Arabian horses. picked Bazy, at age twenty-eight, are his six children, Kevin Dols When my husband and I were (Sharon), Kristine Fessenden to run the paper. After a turbu- first married in 1969, we often lent two years, she grew tired of Jon Thomas “Tom” Dols, 74, (Eric), Michelle Bassani (Bobby), drove out to the countryside—the Billie Moynihan, Charlie Klinck, the political battles all around her the husband of former Memorial Barnesville area—on Sunday and the paper, and she resigned. United Methodist minister, the David Klinck (Felicia); and twelve afternoons. I vividly recall on one grandchildren, Joseph, Benjamin, She divorced her first husband, Rev. Patricia Dols, passed away of these trips visiting a most un- M. Peter Miller, Jr. and mar- suddenly on February 13. Born Jocelyne, Bobby Jr., Tony, Devon, usual low-slung, white building Dylan, Roger, Christi, Stefan, ried Times-Herald editor Garvin in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Tom with Arabic motifs over its entry “Tank” Tankersley. They moved graduated from the University Aidan, and Danny. way; many now know it as part In lieu of flowers, donations to Maryland in the 1950s, and she of Minnesota with a bachelor’s of the Barnesville School. It was began her career as an Arabian degree in history. may be made in Tom’s name surrounded by acres and acres to: Laurel Advocacy and Refer- horse breeder. Their first Mary- After serving his country in of rolling hillsides and fields of land farm, Al Marah, was located the U. S. Army, he went on to a ral Services, 311 Laurel Avenue, cattle and horses, mostly Arabian, Laurel, MD 20707 (please make on River Road near its crossover, thirty-seven-year career with the grazing in verdant pastures. In the Beltway. Today, if you are Food and Drug Administration as checks out to “Laurel Advocacy May and June, farmers were out & Referral Services, Inc.”) or FISH a chemist specializing in adverse working their fields cutting hay. -Continued on Page 22. reactions of drugs for animals. of Laurel, Inc., Elizabeth House, This unassuming building was Tom’s keen and passionate inter- P.O. Box 36, Laurel, MD 20725- Bazy Tankersley’s Arabian Horse est in history was evident in his 0036. being an ever-ready conversation- alist on historical matters based on an equally-strong penchant for reading books. Although his
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to Charles Griffith. At one time it eight riders and thirty dogs took Tidbits of the Past was the largest cannery in west- part. Two foxes were raised and ern Maryland. were run to their dens. Among liams and family returned to live those who took part were Spates, February 3, 1909 Governor It was reported that Mr. in Poolesville after spending two Allnutt, Gott, Lewis, and Nichols. Crothers appointed DeWalt Wil- B. F. Hicks had sold his long- years in Kensington. Material for this column was lard of Poolesville to the state established mercantile business at The young folks of Dawson- obtained from the archives of The school commission, replacing the Boyds. He said that he was going ville held a ball that was held in Washington Post. deceased Doctor Stonestreet. to move his family to Des Moines, the town hall. It was a largely February 6, 1910 Clarence Iowa. attended and elaborate affair. The Nicholson, a Boyds man, fell February 28, 1909 A fox chase chaperones were Nathan Allnutt asleep in his straw rick and, as was held at Dawsonville and and Mrs. Milton Darby. a result, had his feet severely extended through the lands in the February 27, 1909 The frostbitten. It was feared that he section near Poolesville. Twenty- State Roads Commission met faced the amputation of both feet. in Baltimore, and representa- Nicholson was a blacksmith and tives of many districts argued had been known in those parts about how the funds available for at least fifty years. would be used. William Griffith February 12, 1910 In a of Poolesville argued for a new move that upset many county turnpike that would connect women, Governor Crothers did Poolesville and Rockville. Charles not appoint a woman as county Desby of Darnestown argued school commissioner. Instead, against the building of a turnpike he appointed Claggett Hilton of that would connect his town and Barnesville. Washington. February 15, 1909 It was February 27, 1910 A large reported that Harry Linthicum, cannery, built several years a well-known gentleman living before next to the B&O Railroad at Barnesville, was very sick with at Barnesville, was sold at fore- double pneumonia. His doctor closure. It had cost $17,000 to was in attendance. build, and it sold for under $5000 February 20, 1910 Harry Wil-
He was born on October 19, 1933 Johnson. Surviving are his three grandchildren, Tyler, Eric, John, Remembrances in Topeka, Virginia, he was the sons, Carlton Johnson, Jr. (Bon- Brittany, Lori, Barbara, Billy, son of the late Zebrum and Lillie nie), Kyle Johnson (Debbie), and Mike, and Katie Jo; six great (Leith) West. Duane Johnson (Shirley). grandchildren; and several nieces Russell G. West Russell was a member of the Samuel F. Belcher and nephews. Independent Order of Odd Fel- Samuel F. “Pete” Belcher, 87, lows #97 Poolesville Lodge and a of Dickerson, went home to be member of the Poolesville Memo- with the Lord on Saturday Febru- rial United Methodist Church. ary 2, 2013. He was the husband Surviving are his two daugh- of the late Alberta Mary “Birdie” ters, Kathy Cody and husband (Dodson) Belcher who died in Ed of Poolesville, Karen West 1965. Born on July 10, 1925, in Williams of Dickerson; two Bluefield, Virginia, he was the son grandsons, Brian and Jason Cody of the late James Walter and Mat- (Tiffany), both of Poolesville. In tie (Neal) Belcher. lieu of flowers, donations may Pete was a decorated WWII Vet- be made in Russell’s name to eran, receiving the Purple Heart. the Poolesville Memorial United He was a lifelong resident of Methodist Church, “Memorial Dickerson and worked for many Fund.” years with Roberson Plumbing. Russell West Carlton E. Johnson, Sr. Surviving are his children, Wanda Carlton E. Johnson, Sr., 83, of Burt of Buckeystown, Samuel Comus, died on February 13, 2013 J. Belcher of Frederick, Barbara at the Frederick Memorial Hos- Lee Scott of Frederick, Claude Russell G. West, 79, of pital. He was the loving husband T. Belcher and wife Donna of Poolesville died on Saturday, of the late Thelma E. Johnson. Dickerson, Jeannye Hungerford February 2, 2013 at the Heartfield Born on November 18, 1929, in of Frederick; one sister, Barbara Assisted Living in Frederick. Comus, he was the son of the J. Lamb and husband Carroll of He was the husband of the late late Ernest and Carrie (Nichols) Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; nine Sharlene Hollandsworth West. February 22, 2013 The Monocacy Monocle Page 14 February 22, 2013 The Monocacy Monocle Page 15
Tournament communities from 1896 to 1936. fle, homemade food for purchase. Things to Do Categories of ages: boys 14 2:00 p.m. For information, call Carol Law- and under, girls 14 and under, Landscape and Nature Dis- son at 301-461-1766. PES Kindergarten Orienta- adults. coveries: Sap to Syrup. tion: Time to Sign Up Entry fee: Donation of non- Want to learn how to spot February 25 Poolesville Elementary perishable food item to benefit a maple tree, tap it, and collect St. Peter’s Mother’s Day Out School will be holding kinder- WUMCO Help. the sap? After collecting the sap, Open House garten orientation on Monday, Poolesville Baptist Church. L.A.N.D. will boil it to make This program provides childcare May 6 and Tuesday, May 7, 12:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. sweet maple syrup. There will services to allow parents some 2013. Parents of children who For more information, contact be a hike in the woods and time alone time every Monday. For will be five years old on or before Donald Patti, Knights of Colum- spent at the bonfire as well. Each details, contact Christie Maisel at September 1, 2013 should contact bus Youth Activities Coordinator, student will get some sap to take 301-655-9469 or email mdo@stpe- Mrs. Harney at 301-972-7960 to at 866-478-8080 or nash_rambler@ home along with instructions on tersnet.org. 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. set up an appointment. Parents yahoo.com. boiling it down to its end prod- Poolesville RFL Team Captain/ of children who will be five years African American History in uct, maple syrup. All students, Team Meeting old between September 2 and Montgomery County any age, are welcome to attend. Topics to cover how to fundraise. October 15, 2013 may apply for Featuring: The Boyds School Parents are invited and encour- There will be several vendors early entrance to kindergarten. and Education aged to stay and participate. on hand to purchase from and They should also contact Mrs. Join local attorney and educa- Cost: $10 per student. Where: to set up fundraisers. All new Harney to set up an appointment tor Elaine R. Fors-MacKellar as LAND, 21014 Big Woods Road, persons interested in participat- for Tuesday, May 7, 2013 in the she gives a presentation describ- Dickerson, 20842. ing in Relay for Life of Poolesville afternoon. ing this small rural segregated For more information, email are welcome to attend and learn school which represents an im- [email protected] or call more about opportunities with February 22 portant segment of the timeline of 301-972-7266. 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 the American Cancer Society Cugini’s Entertainment the history of segregated educa- p.m. Relay for Life. For more info, Night tion in Montgomery County. Rec- contact Chontelle Hockenbery at Martha Capone Band. 8:30 ollections of former students and Basket 7 Money Bingo Benefit [email protected] or 301- p.m. teachers help tell the story of this Poolesville Relay for Life 252-6308. Poolesville Presbyterian one-room school with no central St. Mary’s Pavilion, Barnesville. Church, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. February 23 heat, water, or electricity which Doors Open: 5:30 p.m. Games: Annual Knights of Colum- served the African American chil- 7:00 p.m. Tickets: $20 for 20 -Continued on Page 19. bus 3-on-3 Half-Court Basketball dren of Boyds and surrounding games. Specials/door prizes, raf- February 22, 2013 The Monocacy Monocle Page 16
“Town Governement” Continued From Page 7. the key growth opportunities, to develop a marketing strategy to pursue those opportunities, and for remediation of the prob- then to follow-up on the agreed- lems shown and that those upon strategies. recommendations would be part In emphasizing that a great of the upcoming budget consid- amount of investigation and erations. discussion has taken place since Knapp Proposal Approved the closing of Selby’s Market as to The commissioners discussed the town’s financial future, Com- a presentation at the last town mission President Brown under- scored the inability of any one meeting by Michael Knapp, CEO person being able to focus in a of Orion Ventures, LLC, that responsible way to achieve some proposed using his firm to man- desired goals and that without age the marketing of the town to Knapp or someone like him, the public and private entities based town was destined to just keep on those industries that would talking and to not move forward. be most attracted to the town’s Commissioner Stump, in sup- resources. porting the need to hire someone The current Knapp proposal in a marketing management under consideration follows a position, suggested that a shorter previous analytical report by contract with specific limitations his firm submitted last year as would be the better way to go to the most viable prospects for forward. Commissioner Dicker- financial and economic growth son agreed with Stump’s position in the town. Although that report and stated that she, too, wanted identified a number of potential to “take it slow” and with a more growth areas, a fundamental reserved approach. Commission- dilemma faced by the town was er Klobukowski opined that the in identifying whom to task with town’s current public and private the responsibility of pursuing resources can handle most of the those areas of interest. This new identification of potential targets proposal to the town would hire and that Knapp’s role should Knapp’s services through Orion be reduced to actually pursuing Ventures LLC, tasking the firm agreed-upon targets of opportu- to pursue targeted industries, re- nity. Commissioner Halbrook was porting back to them with initial not able to attend the meeting. results within 90 to 120 days, and In the end, the attending fulfilling the agreement within six commissioners, in a three to one months. vote, approved a four-month con- Essentially Knapp would be tract capped at a total of $30,000. hired as a town marketing man- Commissioner Klobukowski ager responsible to work with voted against the proposal. the various town committees and private sector groups to isolate February 22, 2013 The Monocacy Monocle Page 17
“Peg Coleman” Continued over. “I’m so interested in the local Peg next wrote and published people” to tell Paul’s tale. From Page 1. history,” says Peg. The cabin was Mama Wears Two Aprons about Peg grew up in Snohomish, originally built by Thomas Drury women in farming in Montgomery Washington, close to Seattle. The who had come from England. The County, mostly during the early daughter of a Presbyterian minis- windows had glass that came from part of the twentieth century. The ter—she read all his books—she in the end, Montgomery County: A the local Amelung glass factory on Mooseum in Boyds was interested was always interested in reading Pictorial History. The book covers the other side of Sugarloaf Moun- in a book about local female farm- and history. “I would come home the 1770s into the 1980s, with more tain. Paul of Montgomery tells the ers, and Peg obliged, documenting from school and would read by the than 350 photographs. For those story of the building of a log cabin how many women saved their woodstove,” she says. Her knees five years, Peg delved into land in 1768 from the point of view of farms during the Great Depres- would be scarred from sitting so records, did a lot of research at the twelve-year-old Paul. “It was a lot sion through the help of Blanche close to the woodstove. She moved historical society—“I practically of fun to write,” says Peg. Corwin, the first woman to have to Montgomery County in the late lived there”—and located and met In the mid-2000s, Arcadia the position of cooperative exten- sixties and instantly fell in love locals with knowledge of history of Publishing Company, which spe- sion agent. She was hired to teach with the history all around her. She the area. “I had so many interesting cialized in localized history books, women how to cook, sew, take care earned her degree in history from conversations with people that are contacted Peg and asked her to of livestock, and other farm and Hood College in 1977 as a continu- gone now,” she reminisces. write a book about Germantown. domestic duties. Then she thought ing education student, then set off The next writing project Peg really wanted to do a book of the idea for the Montgomery on her career as local historian. wasn’t published until 2002, Paul about Germantown, Boyds, and Farm Women’s Cooperative “It’s really been a lot of fun,” she of Montgomery, a children’s histori- Barnesville. “They said no,” Peg Market in Bethesda, which is still says, “something to be passionate cal novel—maybe Peg was a little says, so she titled the book Around thriving today, to help them make about.” busy. In 1983, she and her husband Germantown, giving herself the money to pay their mortgages. She has just republished Paul purchased a property in Boyds on freedom to go beyond the borders This past fall, Peg published of Montgomery with her daughter, which had been built a log cabin in of Germantown to include some the continuing story of Paul in Ann Stevenson, who added a 1768. Peg spent the next decade re- of these smaller towns. Arcadia Maryland Patriot. Paul is now a six- teacher’s supplement. “It was so storing it and finally opening it as a Publishing has a formula authors teen-year-old preparing to enlist in much fun to work with my daugh- bed and breakfast, Pleasant Springs are required to follow with a the militia to fight the Revolution- ter,” Peg says. She also hopes to Farm, in1996. The Colemans specific number of pictures and ary War. Paul is the only fictional write a third book about Paul bought the property because of the word count. Around Germantown character in the account, all the during the post-Revolutionary log cabin, then built their house was published in 2008 and can be other characters were real people. War years. near it. She dismissed sugges- found for sale at Barnes and Noble Peg “researched battlefields, read tions that they push the log cabin bookstores and Costco. a lot of books, and talked to a lot of February 22, 2013 The Monocacy Monocle Page 18 February 22, 2013 The Monocacy Monocle Page 19
“Things to Do” Continued Tell them you are there for Relay Meeting Frederick County Commissioner. From Page 15. for Life. Town Hall. 7:30 p.m. The Music Café, 26528 Ridge Friday and Saturday: 10:00 a.m. Cugini’s Fundraiser for Youth Road Suite B, Damascus. RSVP to to 6:00 p.m. Sunday: Noon to Mission Trip Poolesville Library Book Discus- Patricia Fenati 301-253-5205. 5:00 p.m. Ten percent of all food sales to be sion Group Community Dinner donated to the Poolesville Baptist Featuring: Sweetness at the Bottom St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, March 1 Church Youth Group for its sum- of the Pie by Flavia de Luce. 7:00 20100 Fisher Avenue, Poolesville Cugini’s Entertainment Night mer mission trip to Nashville. p.m. Ham, potatoes, green beans, Featuring: The Billy Thompson salad, and more. Band. 9:00 p.m. March 5 February 26 Layer cake contest: Enter your Bassett’s Fundraiser for Youth Public Hearing on the Closing best cake for neighborhood brag- March 2 Mission Trip of White’s Ferry Road Summer ging rights. Tour of Seneca Quarry This benefits the St. Peter’s High of 2014 Open to the public. Author Garrett Peck, who just re- School Youth Group as they raise This Department of Transporta- Adults $5, Kids $3. leased his new book Smithsonian money for a youth mission trip in tion public hearing will take tes- 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. timony on the impact of closing Castle and Seneca Quarry, conducts June to help a community dev- this tour. This includes a short astated by Hurricane Sandy. Ten the road to upgrade two bridges March 8 presentation on its history, tour percent of all food sales, dine in on Route 107. Traffic to and from Movie Night at PES of the quarry mill cutting area, and carry out. the ferry will be rerouted to Was- Featuring: Ice Age: Continental and quarry master’s house. Tour che Road and West Hunter Road Drift is rain or shine. Please dress ac- March 6, to Beallsville Road in Beallsville. Includes: popcorn, drink, and one cordingly for the two-mile walk. First Gathering of “The Political Poolesville Elementary School. choice of candy; movie is free. After the tour there will be a re- Buzz” 7:00 p.m. Cost: $5.00 per person. 7:00 p.m. ception and book-signing event at Theme: Ideas for the Future to 9:00 p.m. Rockland Farm, the home of Greg This is a chance for Frederick and March 1, 2, and 3 Cugini’s Entertainment Night and Janis Glenn. Tour: 1:00 p.m. Montgomery County Republicans Shopping for a Cure Featuring: V6. 8:30 p.m. Finders Keepers, 19831 Fisher (meeting at Riley’s Lock). Recep- to get together in a social setting tion: 3:00 p.m. at 14525 Montevi- to share food and ideas for the Avenue, Poolesville. March 9 and 10 deo Road, Poolesville. future, to discuss politics, and Stop by to pick up all your St. Pat- JPMS Thespian Club Art Show to hear about where the party ty’s Day and Easter goodies. Ten and Sale March 4 is going nationally and locally. percent of all sales proceeds to go Featuring art and prints by John Poolesville Commissioners’ Joining the group will be Nicolee to Relay for Life of Poolesville. Poole Middle School Thespian Ambrose, Maryland Republican Club. Bake sale and entertain- National Committeewomen, ment to raise funds to support Phillip Bell, Director of Member- the drama club. Poolesville Old ship Services Maryland Republi- Town Hall Museum. Noon to 4:00 can Party, and Blaine R. Young, p.m. February 22, 2013 The Monocacy Monocle Page 20
“Rande(m) Thoughts” Poolesville through the perma- Continued From Page 4 nent Civil War Museum and spe- cial event exhibit hall at the Old Town Hall. Look around and you consequences. will see businesses trying to earn Many of our businesses your support. If, for whatever survive on a very thin margin. reason, you have not been using The fact is, with Selby’s Market their services or products, why closed and no suitable replace- not give them a second look? The ment likely now or in the near upcoming annual PACC Destina- future, the threat to local retailers tion Poolesville business fair is a and businesses remains very real. very convenient and entertaining Every single service available in way to take a new look. Watch Poolesville is offered elsewhere. for it at the Poolesville Baptist Once down county or up in Fred- Church on March 16. erick, we pass many restaurants, The commissioners recently cleaners, banks, pharmacies, day- spent hours discussing how care centers, garden centers, and local government can help the hardware retailers. Just as we had economy. What they are finding to decide to support Selby’s Mar- out is that short of an expanding ket or not, we now have to decide consumer base, not much. It’s the fate of all the local businesses. going to be up to the businesses Only this time, it is not just one to get creative, consumers to family or one business. understand that their best inter- As concerned about the est is served by shopping locally, economy as I am, it would be and for the county not to get in wrong to leave an impression the way by unnecessarily closing that the fate of the businesses is roads. solely out of their control. Yes, The pieces of a new we as consumers need to be more Poolesville economic puzzle are deliberate in our purchasing beginning to take shape, and the habits by making sure we shop real solutions will come from locally more, but innovative steps within the businesses and within taken by many of our retailers in our homes. As we look to others trying to meet the new challenge to solve the problem, never lose can inspire us. The new owner sight of the fact that it is up to all of Cugini’s is offering something of us to find a way to help. new almost every week, Bassett’s brought in a new and inventive chef, Bobby Jamison is about to open a new gas service station, Mixed Greens at Hearthside Gar- dens is expanding its selection, and Finders Keepers has found a broadened market for locally- crafted jewelry. Even Historic Medley District is creating cause for more people to come in to
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“PHS Runners” Continued didn’t really take running seri- From Page 7 ously until my freshman year in high school. I love it.” He classi- fies his rivalry with Clarksburg’s best at the Regional, 1.25 in the Will Bertrand, who beat him in 500. “I qualified for the states the two-mile at the county meet, in the 4x800 relay at the county as “definitely a friendly rivalry. meet,” she said. “I just got into He is definitely a good guy. I am running last year.” Claire’s time glad I get to race against him.” is comparable to what she was For Chase, the season does not running last spring, and Chelsea end with the state meet. “I am is just now getting back into looking to go to the New Balance shape after taking time off for National Indoor Emerging Elite injuries. Meet in New York in a couple of Weaverling took first in the weeks.” 3200 at the region and placed . third in the 1600. Beautz finished second in the 3200. “I was injured at the end of cross country season and came back and took second at the coun- ties,” said Weaverling, “and I took second in the two-mile, and then I won the two-mile at the regionals,” said Weaverling. “I
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“Remembrances” Continued “Mom Takes Her Case to at Al Marah. He said he remem- From Page 10. Annapolis” Continued From bers one foaling season in the going out to eat to going to the Page 1. mid-1970s when the farm had an grocery store or to a community- wide event such as Poolesville in that area, you will notice incredible ninety-plus foals born on the premises. Archie Magaha Day. When their senses are on on the right side of River Road, or more per year. Medicaid worked for Bazy for twenty-seven overload, they have meltdowns heading west from Potomac, insurance does not provide that appear to be severe temper there is a housing development years. Milton and Shirley Ricketts worked with her. Woolie Wad- any coverage for these treat- tantrums. Bystanders often attri- called Al Marah. All the streets ments either; however, Mary- bute these overreactions to poor were named after her horses. In dell and Bruce Wooden rode her horses. When Bazy was in land does have what is called parenting and lack of discipline, a the mid-sixties, she moved her mentality that the autism commu- breeding program and farm to town, there was always some- the Autism Waiver. Nine thing going on. At her show barn, hundred children (for ages nity is battling hard to overcome Peachtree Road in Barnesville. and replace with autism aware- She turned all of her attention Conoy, she staged horse shows one to twenty-one) are ser- in the summer under the lights. ness. and work to the two passionate viced on this waiver annually. In whatever way that any in- loves of her life: education and The yellow Victorian house on The number of slots available the corner of Barnesville Road dividual is affected by autism, he the Arabian horse. She was one each year varies depending on and West Old Baltimore was or she is still a valuable person. of the founders of the Primary how many kids age out of the Ask any of the parents. Our kids Day School in Bethesda and the the Conoy Clubhouse. Today, Conoy still operates as a boarding program, anywhere from fifty with autism might be different Barnesville School, which was to ninety slots each year. The from other typical kids, but they originally the Arabian Horse Mu- and training facility, Sugarloaf Equestrian Center. Her survi- problem with this is that there are not less human in any way. seum. When she moved to Tucson They may be special, but they are in the mid-1970s, she founded vors include two children from is a registry of 3,900 children her first marriage, Mark Miller awaiting a slot on the waiver as unique as you and I. They have another school, St. Gregory Col- incredible potential and should of Orlando and Kristie Miller of to receive services. lege Preparatory School. not be overlooked as lost souls. Washington; two stepchildren, This could possibly change Her specific goal of breeding As a parent, my goal for my son Anne Sturm of Barnesville and in 2014. For the first time in five Arabian horses was to arrive at a is that, despite the challenges he Garvin Tankersley, Jr. of Freder- years, there is a line item in the horse with a gentle disposition. faces whether he realizes them as ick; six grandchildren; and two governor’s budget for $1.2 million She searched the world’s stal- challenges or not, he is welcomed, great-grandchildren. dollars that the federal govern- lions to find an appropriate horse included, and valued as a human I think that a quote from her ment will match to fund one to sire her dynasty of pure-bred being in any social context. I long 1998 biography by Mary Jane hundred additional slots on the Arabian horses. She found him. for kindness and compassion to Parkinson, …And Ride Away Autism Waiver for a total of one His name was Indraff, a gray replace judgement and hatred. Singing, sums up her outlook of thousand slots annually. This Arabian stallion foaled on May I desire for him to have friends, life and how she sought to live line item was given attention at 9, 1938 and sired by the legend- to participate in activities at it. “You see, I come from that the budget meetings in both the ary Arabian Raffles. Indraff sired home, in school, in our church at old-fashioned background of House of Delegates and the State 254 purebred Arabian foals and Poolesville Baptist, and in society noblesse oblige: If you’re born Senate on February 14 and 15. I had more than 2700 offspring. with a sense that he is valuable with money, you have an obliga- attended the hearings and spoke He died in 1963, leaving his mark and able to contribute to the tion to do good works for others. for both budget committees as indelibly and forever on the Ara- benefit of everyone with whom Only in recent years did I come to I gave public testimony on the bian breed. Many will agree that he comes in contact. This is my feel that through Arabian horses necessity of funding for these Bazy’s foundation stock set the dream for every person with au- I might do more for my fellows services and asked them not to standards for producing cham- tism. I hope it’s yours, too. pion Arabian horses, and that than in any other way.” cut this line item. Both commit- legacy continues to this day. tees assured us that there was no In doing research for this intention of cutting the line item article, the word most often used and that it would remain intact. to describe Bazy was: generous. Individuals affected by She was an enormously gener- autism are as great in number ous person who reached out and as they are varied by the impact touched the lives of many people. autism has on their lives. Autism At her farms in Barnesville and is a spectrum disorder, and as Tucson, she offered horsemanship the saying goes, “If you’ve met classes to the many apprentices one person with autism, you’ve who worked with her. In 2001, met one person with autism.” Bazy bequeathed her Tucson Every child affected by autism property to the University of Ari- is affected differently, though zona. To this day, it still operates with similar qualities. Autism is a as a working ranch. She helped neurological disorder of the brain shape the careers of many people characterized by impaired func- in our area. Veterinarian Dr. Chet tioning in social skills, communi- Anderson remembers fondly cation, and repetitive movements the exciting times working with and/or speech patterns. These Bazy at her beef cattle farm and children have mild to severe diffi- culty in any social situation from February 22, 2013 The Monocacy Monocle Page 23 February 22, 2013 The Monocacy Monocle Page 24