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Celebrating more than 160 years of service! Vol. 165, No. 13 • 50¢ SINCE 1855 Thursday, September 5, 2019 INSIDE The Fight To Stop Opioid Addiction Elrich clarifies position MCPS Board Back In Session on immigration status Vestibule construction, teacher hirings and additional portable classrooms are some of the topics in the county again that central office staff discussed during the Aug. 29 Board of Educa- Officer Rick Goodale wrote in an By Kathleen Stubbs tion meeting. email to an MCP employee who han- @kathleenstubbs3 dles statistics. Page 3 ROCKVILLE – Montgomery “Rapes are 2.6% lower than last County Executive Marc Elrich re- year at the same time (Jan. 1 to Sept. cently said that the county will not 3),” Goodale wrote on Sept 4. hold people charged with crimes in “Three-hundred-thirty-one (versus) custody for more time than the judi- 340.” cial system requires to help Immi- Some rape survivors report the gration and Customs Enforcement crime years after the incident oc- (ICE). curred. Elrich wrote in a statement on “Rapes are counted toward the Aug. 27 that the county received year reported, so if rape occurred in negative comments after a man 2016 but (was) reported in 2018 then charged with second-degree rape and it would count toward 2018 stats,” ‘Eroica + for whom ICE had lodged a detainer Goodale wrote. Beethoven’ was released from jail on bond. In regards to those accused of “Recently, there have been re- being released, Elrich said that it is “Eroica + Beethoven” takes ports of concerns expressed that the judge and not the county govern- place Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. and Sept. Montgomery County has released ment, such as the council or the exec- 22 at 3 p.m. at the Music Center at undocumented people, accused of utive, who determines if somebody may have a bail set and be released Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman serious crimes, back into communi- once the person posts bail. Lane, North Bethesda. ties, despite the fact that Immigration “The release of people – and Customs Enforcement may have whether they are awaiting trial or Page 11 issued detainer requests for them,” PHOTO BY GEORGE SMITH have completed serving their sen- said Elrich tences – are decisions made by the The Surviving Our Ultimate Loss (S.O.U.L.) organization remembers the Despite public concerns, the fallen at their table during the 4th Annual Montgomery County court system and not by the county number of rapes reported in the Observance of International Overdose Awareness Day - Overdose and government,” Elrich said. “That is county between Jan. 1 and Sept. 3, Prevention Vigil. A public gathering of education, remembrance and hope 2019 is slightly lower compared to was held at the Montgomery County Executive Office Building in Rockville on Aug. 29. Story continues on Page 8. Jan. 1 to Sept. 3, 2018, Montgomery County Police (MCP) spokesperson See Elrich, Page 8 Montgomery County remembers lives lost to opioid addiction (CDC), when used correctly, opioids overdoses related to prescription opi- Knight Foundation in 2017 after the By Elle Meyers Bullis Wins! passing of his son, manned his booth @_ElleMeyers can be a helpful way of treating mod- oids. Overdose deaths involving pre- erate to severe pain, but their addic- scription opioids were five times and participated in the vigil. Bullis School’s football ROCKVILLE — Community tive qualities can make them a dan- higher in 2017 than in 1999.” He explained that his foundation squad grinded out a tough win members gathered in the Mont- gerous solution. The state of Maryland follows aims to provide support and create over Archbishop Carroll on Aug. gomery County Executive Office “Since the 1990s, when the this nationwide trend, according to immediate action for individuals 30. Building to participate in Internation- number of opioids prescribed to pa- the Maryland Department of Health struggling with addiction. The al Overdose Awareness Day on Aug. tients began to grow, the number of Behavioral Health Administration. In Knight Foundation has developed Page 16 29., which commemorates those who overdoses and deaths from prescrip- fact, in 2018, Maryland saw 1,648 programs such as Recovering the have passed in the ongoing opioid tion opioids has also increased. Even opioid-related deaths from January Artist, Race for Recovery 5k and crisis. as the number of opioids prescribed through September. Arise and Flourish. This year’s vigil is the fourth an- and sold for pain has increased, the Local organizations like the Each program is designed to nual event that Montgomery County amount of pain that Americans report Knight Foundation set up booths in- tackle different aspects of addiction has held to raise awareness about the has not similarly changed,” the CDC side the Executive Office Building and recovery. For instance, the Race dangers of opioids. wrote in their overview of opioids. before the presentation and vigil to for Recovery is an annual event that According to the Centers for “From 1999 to 2017, almost 218,000 connect with attendees. Disease Control and Prevention people died in the United States from Kirk Knight, who founded the See Opioid, Page 8 2 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 EFLECTIONS The Montgomery County Sentinel, R published weekly by Berlyn Inc. Publish- ing, is a community newspaper covering Montgomery County, Maryland. Our of- February 17, 1984: ‘County keys on juvenile arson’ fices are located at 22 W. Jefferson Street, Suite 309, Rockville, MD 20850. Each week the Sentinel visits a tions, said of children caught setting boy, who told police he wanted to pointed by County Executive Founded in 1855 by Matthew Fields. All mail to: P.O. Box 1272, Rockville, MD memorable story from its archives. fires or calling in false alarms. kill himself, was released to his par- Charles W. Gilchrist which recom- 20849-1272. Subscription Rates for The County police and fire mar- ents by the juvenile court, Fitzgib- mended closer cooperation between Montgomery County Sentinel – Weekly by mail: $40.00 per year & $26.50 for Se- County officials, burning over shals arrested 96 people in 1983 for bon said. all segments of the community to nior Citizens. (USPS) 361-100. the cost of arson, are cracking down arson-related offenses. Thirteen of “Our concern was that this get juvenile arsonists off the street. on the group responsible for 75% of those were children under age 14, could happen three, four, or five The task force also advocated closer Bernard Kapiloff the fires: children aged 7 to 14. according to police and fire investi- times,” said Fitzgibbon. He spends cooperation between the fire mar- PUBLISHER E MERITUS A major shift in the county’s gators. most of his time investigating juve- shal’s office and the police depart- Lynn G. Kapiloff policy toward juvenile arsonists An 8-year-old boy arrested last nile arsons. ment in getting the children into CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER/ now means that more young fire set- month for setting a small fire in the We were losing track of these treatment. PUBLISHER ters are being arrested and charged. crawl space of a neighbor’s house kids. In other violations of the law,” “Before there were kids who I [email protected] Fires caused more than $11.5 was constantly setting fires accord- Fitzgibbon added, “they are (arrest- would judge were fairly serious cas- Mark Kapiloff million in damages in the county ing to the boy’s mother. ed and) charged.” es who were not getting treatment,” ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER last year. Authorities say $3.3 mil- In the past, according to Officer Part of the officials concern is said Dick Crane, program manager [email protected] lion of that was due to arson. Chil- James Fitzgibbon of the county po- the widely held belief that young ar- for youth services in the county’s di- EDITORIAL dren accounted for three-fourths of lice department’s youth division, at sonists become adult arsonist who vision of children and youth. Crane Daniel Kucin Jr. all set fires last year and at least the most the boy might have been set larger and more costly fires served on the arson task force. EXECUTIVE EDITOR 25% of the total dollar loss, police given a long lecture and released. “I can’t remember the last time The fire marshal office recently [email protected] and fire authorities say. Last December, a 12-year-old we caught an adult or a kid on his received a $63,000 federal grant to José Umaña “They’ll be charged now,” boy who got up in the middle of the first fire,” Jackson said. pay for counseling programs de- CITY EDITOR Capt. Lowell Jackson, the county’s night and inserted six separate fires The crackdown follows the re- signed to treat juvenile arsonists, [email protected] assistant fire marshal in charge of in the basement of his parents town- lease last march of the report of a Crane said. public education and fire investiga- house, was arrested for arson. The blue ribbon arson task force ap- Barbara Trainin Blank COPY EDITOR

Neal Earley NEWS [email protected] Thousands fill Convention Center to hear their favorite authors Write us ASSIGNMENTS The Montgomery County Sentinel George Smith Yankee Alex Rodriguez, could meet retired Sandra Day O’Connor, who PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR By Suzanne Pollak her. Ginsburg said, “was as close as I @SuzannePollak welcomes letters. She welcomed them into her came to having a big sister,” and the Tazeen Ahmad WASHINGTON – Far more CALENDAR EDITOR chambers, and Lopez asked what her late Antonin Scalia, with whom she All letters must be original, than 4,000 people were admitted into secret was to a long marriage. 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MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND “It’s evident” that the two are She said the calls decreased af- 167 million items in its collection, IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND. alike, she said. “We were both born ter that. “The school was much more including 38 million books, 3.6 mil- POSTMASTER: Send address and bred in New York.” reluctant to take a father away from lion recordings, 14 million pho- changes to THE MONTGOMERY She also spoke about receiving his work.” tographs, 5.5 million maps, 8.1 mil- COUNTY Montgomery County Publishing, Inc. SENTINEL, P.O. BOX 1272 was absobed into Berlyn Inc. a call from Jennifer Lopez, who She referred kindly to many of lion pieces of sheet music and 70 Rockville, MD 20849-1272 asked if she and her fiancé, former her fellow former justices, including million manuscripts. SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL 3 NEWS MCPS Board of Education ready for new school year county. Zuckerman said he was extends nationwide. One factor he populated,” Statham said. bly in 2018. By Kathleen Stubbs @kathleenstubbs3 pleased about the number of stu- mentioned on Aug. 29 was that as During the couple of months Some updates the board re- dents who return to MCPS as em- baby boomers continue to retire, since classes let out, building work ceived on Aug. 29 were not part of ROCKVILLE – Vestibule con- ployees after they graduate. the number of people in the pool of occurred as well. the planned presentation. MCPS struction, teacher hirings and addi- “This year, 289 new staff are teachers may decrease. “As soon as we close up on Chief Academic Officer Maria tional portable classrooms are MCPS alums,” Zuckerman said. Regarding school administra- last day of school, literally that Navarro and Smith gave details some of the topics that central of- MCPS Human Resources Di- tors, Deputy Superintendent Kim- evening we are in there working on about enrollment numbers for the fice staff discussed during the Aug. rector Lance Dempsey and her staff berly Statham of the Office of our systemic projects,” Zuckerman new school year, requested by 29 Board of Education meeting. worked on filling vacancies in Teaching, Learning and Programs said. Board Member-At-Large Karla The purpose of the discussion teaching positions that opened be- said MCPS added six new assistant Some schools had additions Silvestre during the board meet- was to update Montgomery County tween the end of the last school principal positions to the budget built onto them. Crews continued ing. For the upcoming school year, Public Schools (MCPS) Board of year and the start of the new school starting this school year. finishing site work for the Bethes- the percentage of new internation- Education members about what year. Some vacancies remain. Statham’s staff reviewed the da-Chevy Chase High School ad- al students has increased, and so happened in MCPS while students Superintendent Jack Smith process of creating school im- dition and at Wheaton High School MCPS might have more students were on summer break. said several vacancies formed due provement plans (SIPs), which as of Aug. 29. needing to enter the METS pro- Some summer work included to employees resigning or retiring every school must put together. Ac- Infrastructure work included gram, which is for students with hiring teachers, including some after the school year ended. He was cording to a May 8, 2018 memo- adding 50 new temporary class- interrupted education, Navarro who were familiar with the school concerned about the need to keep randum from Smith to the board of rooms to increase school capacity said. system already. Chief Operating teaching positions filled, citing a education, the schools make SIPs for students, Zuckerman added. Smith said more than 1,000 Officer Andrew Zuckerman said 59 national trend. to outline goals and plan to in- MCPS constructed “eight new new students enrolled in August of MCPS’ new teachers for the To Zuckerman, he said, “I crease the number of students who vestibules additions,” or entry- alone. “A majority of those stu- 2019-2020 school year came from think you’ve told me that a bulk of reach the academic benchmarks of ways, on school buildings for dents…obviously, came through its own workforce; they had been those are retirements.” Zuckerman MCPS. Now, based on feedback added security on campus. Staff the international admissions of- members of the Service Employees confirmed the information. from within the schools,Office of and teachers received training on fice,” Smith said. International Union (SEIU) Local Smith has said during discus- School Support and Improvement various safety-related topics, The number of new students 500 and then became teachers. sions of the MCPS operating bud- staff will supply some student data Zuckerman said. Several of the enrolled may be different when Other new employees were get that the school system must to the schools to help with plan as- added safety trainings and prac- MCPS tallies up student enroll- hardly strangers to the school sys- look at how it recruits and retains sembly. tices in schools stemmed from leg- ment numbers at the end of the tem either, but for another reason – teachers. It is becoming harder to “Schools now receive some islation on school security, passed first month, Smith said, which is they used to be students in the fill positions – a concern he said elements of their school data pre- by the Maryland General Assem- what occurred in fall 2018. 4 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 OPINIONS &VIEWS Those were the days progress achieved during various time mation you choose on your phone It is Americans, not Russian ac- connect friends, family and acquain- By Paul K. Schwartz @PKSpaul periods leading to the realization that which fits in your pocket, needs no tors, who must take responsibility for tances from long ago also presents the the future held unlimited possibilities land wires and which stays with you fixing the problem. A great place to very same opportunity for hate mon- The summers of 1964 and 1965, for innovation. As the song went: 24/7. start is for Americans to pay much gers, deviants, psychopaths, anti- what wonderful summers they were. “There’s a great big beautiful tomor- The millenium also brought us closer attention to non-partisan fact semites and domestically grown ter- They were summers of my youth and row coming at the end of every day.” social media and the ability to recon- checkers. rorists to also connect to scores of indi- were highlighted by the New York Decades later, I was able to re-experi- nect with individuals we hadn’t seen Hearing just what we want to be- viduals who possess similar corrupt World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows in ence this exhibit with my own children or spoken to in potentially several lieve and not what is really happening and anti-social beliefs. the borough of Queens in the City of at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. decades not to mention share as many makes it too easy for misinformation These all too often have mani- New York. Maybe the most impactful exhib- photos of any aspects of our lives as to be influential. President Donald fested themselves in mass shootings it was the Bell Telephone exhibit we choose including unlimited images Trump may proclaim that “What you and other forms of violence against el- which demonstrated a phone with the of one’s cat or dog. Social media also see and what you hear is not what is re- ements of society from parishioners in ability to allow the callers to see each provides a consistent stream of news ally happening,” but I suggest that a church in Charleston, South Carolina Paul’s View other. WOW! Could this really hap- from whatever source we choose to opening one’s eyes and ears shows a to congregants in a synagogue in By pen? Regrettably, yes...and a lot more. believe. critical first step to understanding Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh to concert-go- Back in the mid-’60s, it was diffi- That, of course, is the problem what, indeed, is actually happening. ers in Las Vegas, Nevada to a bomb Paul K. Schwartz cult to imagine even the technological and a gigantic problem it is. Yes, being To put it another way, if there is a maker in Florida to shoppers at a Wal- advances that took place in the ‘80s on call 24/7 via a relentless influx of perfect example of too much of a good mart in El Paso, Texas. such as a word processor replacing a emails or phone calls or Facebook thing it may very well be, regrettably, I will end with a word about What a fantastic glimpse into the manual typewriter — no more white- Messenger has its good points and its the social media platforms to which email. I get three to four hundred future the World’s Fair provided to a out. The ’90s brought us the internet drawbacks. However, the overload of too many of us have become some- emails a day. Granted, they are mostly young and curious mind. It also pro- and information at our fingertips. Who deliberate misinformation combined what addicted. emails from candidates around the vided me with my very first taste of could have imagined a world without with the ease of targeting the most vul- Then again, maybe it is comput- country of both parties seeking cam- good ol’ barbecue. It was at the Mis- the need for the Encyclopedia Britan- nerable segments of society by those erization overall. I do not recall much paign donations, but three to four hun- souri pavilion, and I can still vividly nica? with nefarious intent, has become the use of the term hacking, other than as it dred? I am not even a former or current remember the fabulous feeling to this The 2000s? Skype allows you to greatest threat to our democratic soci- related to a cough, before computeri- Secretary of State. Hundreds of emails very day. see those very people you are now ety. zation. Nor do I remember much men- to sift through each and every day to My favorite exhibit was the Gen- conversing with from hundreds, even Yes, it was the misuse of social tion of instances of identity theft, other make sure I don’t miss the few emails eral Electric exhibit which featured the thousands of miles away. The Bell media that helped influence the results than Alexandre Dumas’ “Man in the that are relevant to me. If I skip a day, Carousel of Progress, designed by the Telephone was right, also the Bell of the 2016 presidential election. Iron Mask,” before computerization. you ask? Then I will have several hun- Disney Company with the then newly Telephone as we knew it is no longer However, Russia could not have car- Maybe, just maybe, computerization dred more emails to sift through. The fascinating animatronics on full dis- around. Even better, today you can ried out its evil plan if it was not for the can be, at times, too much of a good email traffic is relentless. Too much of play. make those calls, take seemingly un- ease with which too many Americans thing. Maybe. a good thing? I think so. This exhibit offered a view of limited photos and access any infor- fall prey to that undue influence. The ability of social media to Ah, for the good old days. Advertise inin

Call Lonnie Johnson at 301-306-9500 SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL 5 LETTERS Enforcing oyster harvesting laws hearing that resulted in the perma- time. Write us! THE nent loss of his ability to harvest The Court agreed that there COURT oysters in the tidal waters of the was substantial evidence to support state. Hayden had obtained as re- the ALJ’s finding that Hayden “will- REPORT quired a license to fish, paid the as- fully disregarded and failed to the The Montgomery County Sentinel sessment to harvest oysters and learn the laws and requirements of signed off that he had received doc- oyster harvesting.” He had been a uments including maps from the waterman for over 20 years, and by By Tom Ryan Department of Natural Resources signing a receipt for the MDE maps welcomes letters. (DNR) showing areas where the he was deemed to have knowledge The bounty of the Chesapeake Maryland Department of the Envi- imputed to him that those areas Bay is one of the treasures of the ronment (MDE) had determined were closed for taking oysters. He We reserve the right to edit all submissionsfor State of Maryland, including its were closed to oyster harvesting be- also had a conversation with an seafood such as crabs and oysters. cause of pollution. MDE makes MDE employee which showed he In the 19th century, the bay was such determinations since pollution was aware that this location was content, most famous for its oysters, and the makes consumption of shellfish closed due to pollution. Therefore, state has regulated oyster harvesting from such areas unsafe. because he deliberately ignored the since then. How the law enforces One day, a DNR officer ob- information available when he de- grammar and style. those regulations was explored in a served Hayden harvesting oysters cided to harvest in that location, the reported opinion from Maryland’s from a tributary of the bay, in an ruling forfeiting his license was up- Anonymous letters may or may not be published intermediate appellate Court this area near where his parents owned held. week in a case called George Hay- land. It turned out that this was an den v. Maryland Department of Nat- area closed to oyster harvesting, and at our discretion. ural Resources. the officer issued citations for vio- Thomas Patrick Ryan is a part- The opinion indicates that Hay- lating those regulations. Hayden’s ner in the Rockville law firm of Mc- den was challenging a decision from only defense was that he did not Carthy Wilson, which specializes in All letters, submissions and or comments are an Administrative Law Judge after a know he was violating the law at the civil litigation.

considered on the record and the property of Home remodeling craze sion. As foreclosure and REO home require turning a basement into an The Montgomery County Sentinel. sales subsided, many homes for sale apartment, adding a main level bed- showed signs of neglect through de- room and bathroom or possibly ferred maintenance. building an addition to the existing We reserve the right to refuse publication REAL Fast forward to 2019, home sale home. STATE inventory continues to be a major Even homeowners who decide E problem for the industry (and will to move are remodeling their homes. of a letter for any reason. SOLUTIONS likely continue into the next decade). According to NAR’s Remodeling But home remodeling is picking up Impact Report (nar.realtor), function- By Dan Krell the slack to improve the nation’s ality and livability are the top reasons All letters must be original, signed by the author and home stock, as well as help increase to renovate for a home sale. Most Once thought of as a supporting quality home sale inventory. Howev- homebuyers want a turnkey home actor in the housing industry, home er, industry experts are learning there that is functional, comfortable and must include the author’s daytime telephone number remodeling is poised to take the spot- are other reasons that homeowners energy efficient. Home sellers who light. The growing fascination with are remodeling instead of moving. improve their homes before selling home remodeling is generating new Trends that have been identified in- typically sell faster and for more than and email address for publication. renovation trends and research. If clude seniors who are “aging in those who sell their home “as-is.” you are not yet thinking of remodel- place,” and multigenerational homes. While “going green” has become ing your home, chances are that you Although a recent Freddie Mac a standard in home improvement, a Please send letters to: will be planning a home improve- study identified seniors who are “ag- Joint Center for Housing Studies of ment project in the next five years. ing in place” as a cause of the ongo- Harvard University (jchs.harvard.edu) Plaut & Plaut’s conclusion to ing home sale inventory shortage, ag- publication “Healthy Home Remodel- The Montgomery County Sentinel their study (Decisions to Renovate ing in place is also stimulating home ing: Consumer Trends and Contractor and to Move; Journal of Real Estate remodeling! Homeownership rates Preparedness” identifies healthy home Research; 2010; vol. 32; p.461-484) for seniors are much higher today remodeling as a growing trend. 22 W. Jefferson St. Suite 309 states, “Housing renovation is an im- than in past generations. Instead of Healthy home building practices are portant component of housing sup- moving to retirement communities or intent on maintaining the physical and ply, yet one often ignored both in em- stereotypical senior housing, older emotional wellbeing of the home’s oc- Rockville MD, 20850 pirical analysis and in policy discus- homeowners are staying put and ren- cupants by using healthier building sions about housing.” They point out ovating their homes for comfort and materials, such as “low-VOC paints that renovating a home was becom- style. and formaldehyde-free woods.” Fax: 301-838-3458 ing a “substitute for moving.” Multigenerational homes be- When planning a remodel, home A possible cause for the trend in came popular again after the reces- improvement experts recommend: [email protected] 2010 was twofold. First, many homes sion, when grandparents, parents and create a budget and stick to it; only hire fell into disrepair during and after the adult children pulled resources to live licensed contractors; and make sure Great Recession. During that time, in one home. The trend continues as your improvements have permits. Or add your comments to our website at many homeowners could not keep up aging parents are moving in with with regular maintenance, let alone their children, and young adults are Dan Krell is a Realtor® with emergency repairs. And second, there moving back into their parent’s RE/MAX Platinum Realty in Bethes- www.thesentinel.com was a lack of quality homes for sale homes. Remodeling a home to ac- da, MD. You can access more infor- immediately after the Great Reces- commodate several generations may mation at www.DanKrell.com 6 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

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www.thesentinel.com SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL 7 NEWS Local officials dedicate new, safer bridge for the Brookeville community

By Elle Meyers @_ElleMeyers BROOKEVILLE—Local and state officials came together on Aug. 29 to unveil a new single-span bridge on Gold Mine Road in Brookeville. The original bridge was built in the 1950s, according to Al Roshdieh, who serves as the direc- tor of the Montgomery County De- partment of Transportation (MC- DOT). It had only a single lane and was prone to flooding. “The new bridge will expand traffic flow from one to two lanes and will improve pedestrian and bi- cycle safety by including an eight- foot-wide shared path. The new de-

sign will alleviate conditions that PHOTO BY ELLE MEYERS led to bridge flooding several times Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich and Maryland Congressman a year following heavy rains,” John Sarbanes cut the ceremonial ribbon across the Gold Mine Road bridge Montgomery County wrote in a along with members of the community. press release. In his comments, Roshdieh having a bridge that’s safe to cross, local government, working with thanked the Federal Highway Ad- creating a condition where people state and federal government to ministration and Montgomery don’t have to worry about cars com- make sure we’re doing things to im- County for providing the $3.5 mil- ing around the turn too fast; it’s an prove the quality of life of people lion dollars for the project. enormous safety improvement.” who live in these communities.” “Like every other community, Elrich noted that the county did Jorge Sirgo who lives just up we have an aging infrastructure that better than just replacing the bridge, the road from the new bridge, went needs attention, and the old bridge but rather improved it along the way to the ribbon-cutting ceremony with that was built in 1958 was a single as well. his daughter. He noted that now that lane, and I understand that every “I think this project was well the bridge is finished, he and his year, two or three times it was below worth what everybody had to go family will not have to take detours the Hawlings River’s surface and through to get to this point,” Elrich that added to their daily commute that contributed to the accelerated said. “It is such an improvement I time. deterioration of the bridge,” remember this bridge from before, “It’s much more convenient to Roshdieh said. “I’m glad we were and it’s hard to imagine that this is come through (the bridge), so it’s able to raise the bridge so (the com- standing where the old bridge was, nice to see it done,” he said. munity) doesn’t have to have clo- but it really is dramatic.” Two members of the Sandy sures when we have heavy rain.” U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes (D- Spring Volunteer Fire Department He went on to note that the new Md.) was also in attendance for the (VFD) were also in attendance. bridge is much safer than the old ribbon-cutting ceremony. Brendan Bonita who serves as a one, with bike lanes and a sidewalk As a federal delegation, Sar- captain for Sandy Spring VFD, ex- that make it a shared-use roadway. banes explained, they are always plained that although the depart- “From every standpoint of looking for ways that they can part- ment was able to successfully adapt safety, this bridge is an example,” ner with local officials and commu- to closing the road, the improve- he said. nities. ments to the bridge will really help Other safety concerns on the “This is a perfect example of vehicles from getting stuck on what old bridge included inadequate visi- how the community steps up and was originally a very narrow road. bility and outdated railings for vehi- expresses what its needs and priori- “Having the bridge raised is cle crash safety, according to the ties are, that’s listened to by the definitely an increased benefit for county. county executive and the local gov- us,” he said. “And the other thing is The new bridge is about double ernment,” he said. “They put togeth- having it wider; we’re going to have the width of the old bridge, at 33 er the package of resources, and this cars pass each other versus having feet wide with two 11-foot-wide is a significant project; significant to fight each other. which is defi- lanes. The bridge also has an 8-foot dollars were committed to this.” nitely an improvement.” shared-use path for pedestrians and He went on to say that complet- Johnie Roth, who serves as in bicyclists. ing the project in 10 months is a re- president of the Sandy Spring VFD, ADVERTISE Montgomery County Execu- markable accomplishment for a lo- said that there was no loss of emer- tive Marc Elrich attended the rib- cal government. gency services although the road bon-cutting ceremony and noted “It seems like the world’s gone has been closed. However, in the how quickly the project came to- crazy a lot of the time,” Sarbanes past, cars have managed to sand- gether. said. “But if you take an aerial view wich each other on the narrow road He explained that the county and you zoom in and you come clos- when two drivers decide to cross the had been working on improving the er and closer and you look at what is bridge at the same time. bridge since October 2018. happening right here and right now, “Safety in this project is defi- “It is amazing that this took less cutting this ribbon and getting this nitely a plus on this,” he said. “And Call Lonnie Johnson at 301-306-9500 than a year to get this done, and it’s road open, this is the connective tis- how quickly they got it done is defi- or e-mail: [email protected] just a fantastic improvement,” he sue that keeps the country strong. nitely a feather in the cap (for the said. “Getting rid of the flooding, Having communities working with county.)” 8 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 COVER STORIES/NEWS Elrich clarifies position Montgomery County remembers lives lost to opioid addiction with fourth annual vigil on immigration status Opioid, from Page 1 promotes awareness, breaks down in the county again stigmas and supports those currently fighting against addiction. Elrich from Page 1 that had to do with the (executive) or- “With these drugs as potent as der he (Elrich) signed has to do with they are today, one or two bad choic- cooperating with ICE, and you know es can be devastating, and I often say the same process for everyone in the that’s all with (the Montgomery to people as my tag line that I would- court system.” County Department of Correc- n’t say that addiction is a death sen- Montgomery County Police tions),” Goodale said. tence, but it definitely is a life sen- (MCP) charged the man, 25-year-old Goodale said a person’s immi- tence,” said Knight. Rodrigo Castro-Montejo of Orlando, gration status is not the concern of The Knight Foundation also pro- Florida, with second-degree rape and police, because responding to detain- vides presentations for local schools second-degree assault, alleging he ers does not fall within police re- about drug use. He explained that in had raped a female friend in a hotel sponsibilities. They are concerned each presentation, students learn room when he was in Rockville for a only if people report crimes. The about addiction and hear from a wedding Aug. 10. A district court Montgomery County Department of speaker who is in recovery as well. judge ruled in August that Castro- Corrections receives and processes Local elected officials like Montejo be held on $10,000 bail. detainers. Montgomery County Executive Castro-Montejo was released after “We need cooperation with vic- Marc Elrich and Rockville Mayor someone posted 1% bond on his be- tims and witnesses, and you know, if Bridget Donnell Newton spoke dur- half, according to court documents. you’re a victim or a witness of a ing the vigil, which filled the Execu- Elrich’s executive order, signed crime, police are not going to check tive Office Building’s cafeteria space. and activated July 22, bars county your immigration status or contact During his remarks, Elrich high- employees from asking a person ICE regarding any immigration sta- lighted county programs meant to about their immigration status and tus,” said Goodale. “If you are help reduce the instances of overdose from keeping a person in custody charged, arrested and (convicted of) deaths in the community. These in- longer than the court system requires a crime, and you go into the prison clude Montgomery County Overdose PHOTO BY GEORGE SMITH for the sole reason of responding to a system in Montgomery County, then, Response Program, which provides Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich addresses those assembled for detainer. you know, immigration status could training in overdose response. the 4th Annual Montgomery County Observance of International Overdose “No agent or department may be an issue.” “This is a national tragedy that Awareness Day - Overdose and Prevention Vigil - A public gathering of (…) detain the person based on an The county sent out Elrich’s has seen a slow national response,” education, remembrance, and hope - held at the Montgomery County administrative warrant or immigra- first statement to clarify his execu- Elrich said. He also noted that the Executive Office Building in Rockville, MD on Aug. 29. tion detainer, or otherwise comply tive order since recent media reports county is deeply committed to pre- with an administrative warrant or an of ICE detainers on county criminals venting overdose deaths and will price for Narcan and other overdose at the Second Chance Addiction Care immigration detainer, after that per- on Aug. 14. He wrote that the county continue to work on reducing their drugs. in Potomac. son becomes eligible for release would respond to detainers. prevalence. The evening also included re- He described his experience from custody,” according to Section MCP charged Carlos Palacios- Newton shared a personal story marks from a founding member of dealing with addiction, which began 5 of the executive order. Amaya, 28, and Mauricio Barrera- about how opioids have had an effect Surviving Our Ultimate Loss with prescription medications. Then, ICE distributed a statement to Navidad, 29, with the second-degree in her own family. She also spoke (S.O.U.L.), Montgomery County in adolescence, he began experiment- the media that it had lodged a detain- rape of a girl on separate instances in about the progress communities are Circuit Court Judge Marielsa ing with heavier drugs. er for Castro-Montejo, asking that her Germantown home. ICE con- making in holding drug companies Bernard, who lost her daughter Kate “I had reached the point of no re- the county contact the agency prior firmed both men had detainers on like Johnson & Johnson accountable. Reinstein to opioids. turn; people who use like me and do to releasing Castro-Montejo. ICE them. Both men sit in jail awaiting “This is a reckoning whose time Bernard explained that through- what I did don’t get clean. We suffer, claimed to have received no contact trial. has come,” she said. “Opioid addic- out her career, she has handled thou- we go to jail, we get out and we over- from the county. “After determining that the sus- tion knows no boundaries; it matters sands of drug cases and found that is- dose and I was completely okay with Montgomery County subse- pects are undocumented immigrants, not if you have a PhD or a GED, (are) sues of addiction need to be consid- that,” he said. quently said in a statement that it had Federal Immigration and Customs a high school athlete or an Olympic ered a brain disease rather than one of By the end of his time using contacted someone at ICE, but the Enforcement (ICE) requested that superstar. Those little smiley faces on criminality. drugs, Borowski explained, he had person had not been on duty. the county notify them if and when (doctor’s pain charts) were a sneaky “Over the last several years, I’ve run into trouble with the law, was liv- Goodale said the belief that po- the two men are scheduled to be re- way to build a clientele for opioid realized that collaboration really is ing in an unsafe and unhealthy home lice have a connection to ICE is a leased from custody for any reason,” manufacturers and build an economy the key when it comes to addressing and getting by only one prescription common misconception, but that the Elrich wrote Aug. 14. “The county that is killing our future.” really any problem but in particular at a time. Montgomery County Department of will do so. The new Promoting Com- She noted that as a way to com- the opiate epidemic,” she said. “Real- Borowski said that county drug Corrections, not MCP, handles de- munity Trust Executive Order has bat opioid overdose, Rockville police ly the only way we can win this war is court ended up being what ultimately tainers. In addition, Elrich’s execu- not changed the county’s policy on officers are all trained to use Narcan if we are all in this together; it is a put him on the road to recovery. tive order has no effect on how offi- cooperating with ICE requests for to counteract the effects of an over- community effort.” “I chose drug court not because I cers perform their duties. notification of the release of individ- dose. She noted that issues of addic- had some Kumbaya moment. I chose “In my understanding, anything uals charged with serious crimes.” Narcan, or naloxone nasal spray, tion and mental illness are often treat- drug court because I had nothing bet- is a medication that can temporarily ed with less respect than physical ill- ter to do,” he said. stop or reverse the effects of a heroin nesses. For instance, when a member He found that as he worked at it or opioid overdose, according to the of the community is diagnosed with and good things began to happen in Check Us Out Online U.S. Food and Drug Administration cancer, people often respond with his life, his desire to use drugs started (FDA). The medicine is administered shows of support like bringing food to dissipate as well. www.thesentinel.com through inhalation and is easily ad- and helping out with childcare and “I didn’t feel like using when ministered by first responders and grocery runs. However, issues of ad- good things happened,” he said. good samaritans on the street alike. diction are often met with a “perva- Borowski explained that even Newton pointed out in her re- sive stigma.” with support, the choice to stop using marks the irony that the companies The final speaker of the night ultimately was up to him. that got countless Americans hooked was Nicholas Borowski, who is him- “I’m the luckiest man I’ve ever on opioids are the same ones that are self living in longterm recovery. He met,” he said, “I escaped from a self- manufacturing and charging a high also serves as the director of outreach prescribed death sentence.” SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL 9 Montgomery County, Maryland Department of Environmental Protection NEWS

PUBLIC NOTICE Applications for a Temporary Noise Waivers Harris, Spiegel, Wu seek reelection

The Department of Environmental Protection is currently reviewing for Gaithersburg City Council three applications for Temporary Noise Waivers as allowed under in my hometown of Philadelphia, people’s hard-earned dollars stay in the Montgomery County Noise Control Ordinance, Chapter 31B, By Elle Meyers @_ElleMeyers but what I found was that there the local economy and that there is Section 11(a). were no good guys,” he said. “You less need for taxpayer-subsidized GAITHERSBURG— On Aug. know, it’s a big city with an old- safety net services,” Spiegel said. The first Temporary Noise Waiver is being requested by the Mont- 26, the Montgomery County Board school, rough-and-tumble (type of) Both Harris and Spiegel noted gomery Housing Partnership, 12200 Tech Road, Suite 250, Silver of Elections certified three candi- politics, so I kind of stayed away that Gaithersburg needs to continue Spring, Maryland, for the purpose of hosting musical and theatrical dates in the race for Gaithersburg and just followed from the side- to manage its growth and develop- City Council: Neil Harris, Ryan performances during the La Semana de Long Branch (Long Branch lines.” ment, especially in places that need Spiegel and Robert Wu. After moving to Gaithersburg, attention like Olde Towne and Week) at the Flower Avenue Urban Park, Silver Spring. The cele- According to the city, the three he found that residents can partici- Lakeforest Mall. bration will occur from September 20 to 27, 2019 until 10:00 p.m. spots up for election on the city pate in local government and poli- Spiegel said that some of his council are at-large positions, mean- tics without getting involved with favorite work has centered around The second Temporary Noise Waiver is being requested by Utility ing that once elected, each coun- dirty or nefarious antics. So, when economic development in the area. Systems Construction & Engineering, LLC, 12216 Parklawn Dr., cilmember will represent the inter- Sidney Katz, who was serving as “(That’s) because they are Rockville, for the purpose of nighttime installation of underground ests of the whole city as opposed to mayor of Gaithersburg at the time, complex and challenging and re- utility conduit at the intersection of Silver Spring Ave. and Georgia a specific ward. asked if Harris would consider run- quire us to think creatively and to Ave (Rt. 97). The work is scheduled to begin September 23, 2019 Elections are scheduled to be ning for a spot on the city council, think long-term about how to re- and projected to be completed by September 27, 2019. The Mary- held on Nov. 5 of this year, and each he went for it. spond to demographic trends, how land State Highway Administration (SHA) is requiring the work be position is a four-year term. “I thought that (sitting on the to attract and retain good jobs and As in previous years, the city of performed at night due to the need for a double lane closure on Rt. city council) would probably be how to make housing affordable to Gaithersburg will be offering absen- something I’d be interested in,” he people of varying means, while 97 and the work hours will be 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. tee voting, which allows members said. competing against other places of the community who are unable to During his time on the city around the country that are working The third Temporary Noise Waiver is being requested by Washing- get to a polling station to vote. In or- council, Harris said, he has found on the same issues,” he said. “I en- ton Property Co., 4719 Hampden La., Bethesda, Maryland, for the der to utilize absentee voting, resi- working on tough projects very re- joy the intellectual rigor and the purpose of nighttime road surface restoration work at the intersec- dents can request an application warding. challenge presented by these is- tion of Ripley St. and Georgia Ave (Rt. 97). The work is scheduled through online download, by mail “As a businessperson who’s sues.” to begin September 23, 2019 and projected to be completed by Oc- or by visiting the city hall. Applica- been responsible for much negotia- Councilmember Wu has been tober 4, 2019. The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) tions will be available on Sept. 6. tion over my career, you always sitting on the city council since is requiring the work be performed at night due to the need for a “The city implemented both have to be prepared to ask for some- 2015 and has thrown his hat in the double lane closure on Rt. 97 and the work hours will be 7:00 p.m. same-day voter registration and ear- thing at the end of a conversation. ring for reelection in November. ly voting in order to provide our res- to 5:00 a.m. You have to know what you want, He explained that being a part idents with as many options as pos- and that’s an area where I think that of the city council is important be- sible to vote and to encourage voter was very handy,” he said. cause of the positive impact local The applications and related documents are available for public in- turnout,” said Lynn Board, who Councilmember Spiegel has government can have on a commu- spection and may be viewed on the Department's website by visiting works as a city attorney for sat on the Gaithersburg City Coun- nity. the Noise Waivers & Suppression Plans page at: https://www.mont- Gaithersburg. cil for 12 years and will be running “Local government is the clos- gomerycountymd.gov/DEP/contact/noise- Voting via absentee ballot is for reelection in November. est government to the people; we’re documents.html#waivers. The Department will receive comments also a way for college students who He noted a similar pull to ef- the most responsive and have the on the application for a minimum of ten (10) days after publication are away at school to still participate fect change in local politics. most impact on the lives of our res- of this notice. in the local democratic process. After a run for a state delegate idents,” he said. “As far as what dri- New this year is same-day vot- position that would have represent- ves the things that impact your day- Comments, questions, or requests to examine documents related to er registration. According to the ed the Gaithersburg and Rockville to-day life, the trash being picked city, the Gaithersburg’s Board of the first application may be directed to Gretchen Ekstrom, areas, Spiegel decided to set his up and recycling, the development Supervisors of Elections authorized sights on the city council. that’s going on, that’s around your DEP/DEPC, 255 Rockville Pike, Suite 120, Rockville, MD, 20850. the decision, which will make it eas- “I had not thought much about house, your taxes, how you’re get- Telephone 240-777-7750, Fax 240-777-7715 or email gretchen.ek- ier for more people to vote. municipal government, but as I be- ting to your job. It’s all local gov- [email protected]. “City residents who are regis- gan to learn about it, I realized that ernment.” tered to vote in Montgomery Coun- the city government is a wonderful Wu said that he is proud of the Comments, questions or requests to examine documents related to ty are automatically registered to place to effect change that really actions he has taken while serving the other applications may be directed to Steve Martin, DEP/DEPC, vote in City of Gaithersburg elec- impacts people’s lives,” he said. on the council and pleased with the 255 Rockville Pike, Suite 120 Rockville, MD, 20850. Telephone tions,” the city wrote. “Those regis- “We are the level of government council’s ability to work collective- 240-777-7746, Fax 240-777-7715 or email steve.martin@mont- tering at the polls on Election Day closest to the people, and we are ly. He noted that the legislation that gomerycountymd.gov. will be asked to show an approved able to build consensus and imple- makes Gaithersburg parks free of form of identification and will be ment pragmatic solutions without cigarette smoke he had worked on 00039142 1t 09/05/19 casting provisional ballots. Upon getting bogged down in partisan with Councilmember Spiegel. verification of the individual’s eligi- politics.” “Some of the other things I’m bility to vote, the provisional ballot Spiegel said that during his proud of since I’ve been on the will then be counted.” time on the Gaithersburg City council was that I introduced and Harris has sat on the Gaithers- Council, he has been most proud of was the proponent for the Styro- burg City Council since his ap- his work founding and implement- foam ban (in the city),” Wu said. Check Us Out Online pointment in 2014 and will be run- ing the Bank on Gaithersburg initia- He also noted his work on ning for reelection this November. tive, which includes workshops on transportation and environmental www.thesentinel.com He explained that some of his best building savings, responsible mon- issues; for example, changing regu- work in Gaithersburg has been long ey management and understanding lations to make it safer for bicy- term strategic planning, tough ne- available resources. clists in the city and reducing gotiations and addressing the needs “Banks and credit unions part- Gaithersburg’s use of pesticides. of the city with practical solutions. ner with the city to provide starter As of Sept. 4, Harris, Spiegel Harris explained that he has al- accounts and other products for our and Wu met the Aug. 26 deadline to ways been interested in politics. program participants. The ripple be certified candidates. The dead- “When I was a teenager, I was effects benefit all of us. Broader fi- line for write-in candidates to regis- involved in a couple (of) campaigns nancial stability means that more of ter is Oct. 18. 10 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 AUTO Cadillac returns to the three-row crossover family

By Brady Holt @BradyHoltAutos When designing a three-row crossover SUV, auto makers must navigate a careful balance.

Auto Drive By Brady Holt

On the one hand, if they make their new vehicle too small or focus too much on flashy design over COURTESY PHOTOS everyday functionality, families will The 2020 Cadillac XT6 midsize crossover is the brand’s new competitor to turn to a roomier, more-practical the Acura MDX and Volvo XC90. It is more agile, space-efficient, fuel- competitor. But at the same time, efficient and affordable than the company’s famous Escalade SUV. models that are too big, roomy and sensible might appeal only to families — not the many other buyers who ap- preciate the look, feel and functional- ity of a spacious crossover. The new 2020 Cadillac XT6 pulls off this balancing act with aplomb. Its boxy shape and sharp, crisp lines make a confident, classy styling statement, while at the same time, they allow for a usefully spa- cious interior. Some buyers will ex- pect their luxury crossover to have a fancier interior, given that prices start at $53,690 and can rise past $70,000. The XT6 is Cadillac’s newest competitor to models like the Acura MDX and Volvo XC90 — two sta- ples of Montgomery County’s school pickup lanes and soccer-field parking lac dropped back out of the segment plastics that you would never find in lots. a few years later. a similarly priced Audi or BMW. The Unlike the famous Cadillac Es- Better late than never, the new XT6 also doesn’t have a dazzling in- calade, the XT6 is a front-wheel-dri- XT6 tackles the old SRX’s faults. It’s fotainment system, with its 8-inch ve-based crossover rather than a a much more handsome vehicle, and screen being about the same size as truck-based body-on-frame SUV. it is roomier. Adults can squeeze into you’d often find in a modern econo- That means it is smoother-riding, the third-row seat without much dif- my car. more agile, more space-efficient, less ficulty, or stretch out in the middle Those complaints wouldn’t expensive and more fuel-efficient row, and kids will be fine in either. matter if the XT6 were priced on the than the big Escalade. However, an important caveat: value end of the premium crossover With the XT6, General Motors with just 12.6 cubic feet of cargo segment, but it’s not. Though Cadil- now sells a three-row crossover in room behind its third-row seat — lac does have some important safety each of its four brands. The Buick En- barely half what you get in the Buick features as standard equipment — clave, Chevrolet Traverse and GMC Enclave — you will often need to more than other GM vehicles — the Acadia all use the same platform and keep all or part of the third row fold- XT6 tends to be priced more like an engine as the XT6, but each has dif- ed to hold even a small amount of Audi than a more similar-feeling ferent styling, and the XT6 has cargo. Acura MDX or Infiniti QX60. And unique luxury features to distinguish The XT6 also boasts a smooth, while it’s certainly pleasant and com- it from its more-affordable siblings. It quiet ride and respectably nimble fortable, the XT6 doesn’t have the in- is also more agile than the next-prici- handling. It is not a sports sedan on terior design or driving experience of est GM crossover — the larger and stilts like the old SRX, which shared an Audi. bulkier Enclave — and its straight- its rear-wheel-drive-based platform Still, the XT6 can stand out for line styling is a sharp contrast to the with the critically acclaimed Cadillac its classy styling and easy going de- Buick’s gentle curves. CTS sedan. But Cadillac did not meanor. Buyers who aren’t particular Cadillac first entered the three- make this crossover into a floaty about interior plastics or the flashiest row crossover segment 16 years ago, boat, either, especially if you choose electronics might find this new when its 2004 SRX was one of the the Sport model. Cadillac well worth its price. Folks segment’s first models. Despite ac- Perhaps the XT6’s biggest considering the established competi- claim for the SRX’s sporty handling shortcoming is its interior design and tion should check out this new mod- and powerful engine, it could not ap- materials. Cadillac lavishes on rich el, as well, whether they’re looking proach the Escalade’s presence, with leather, suede and genuine wood or to carry their kids or just themselves. awkward station-wagon-like styling. carbon fiber trim in certain places — Its interior was also less posh than as you’d expect at this price point. Brady Holt is a member of the the competition’s, and its third-row But dashboard buttons, stalks and Washington Automotive Press Asso- seat was too small for adults. Cadil- trim are often made of low-grade ciation. SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL 11 ENTERTAINMENT OBITUARY joined the AEC as an intern in the Office of the Secretary to the Commission in 1964, where she worked with Glenn Seaborg. She worked on international aspects of nuclear arms control and disarmament, interacting with US executive and legislative of- fices, as well as with the IAEA in Geneva and Vienna. In 1976 she married the love of her life, Bill Grayson, and they soon began raising two children together while she continued her career. From 1976-78 she was direc- tor of the San Francisco Opera- tions Office ERDA. After return- ing to Washington, DC, she be- came Associate Director for the Antionette (Toni) Office of Laboratory Coordina- tion, which oversees 10 national Grayson Joseph laboratories. Antionette (Toni) Grayson She was a strong supporter of Joseph, age 79, a resident of the women in the workplace and of District of Columbia and Bethes- science, technology, engineering, da, Maryland, since 1964 died on and math (STEM) programs. Pro- August 6, 2019. grams that she helped develop She was preceded in death and nurture included the National by William Grayson (husband), Science Bowl, the Solar De- Eva Joseph (mother), and Antho- cathalon, and dozens of education ny Joseph (father). She is survived and technology transfer programs COURTESY PHOTO by William Joseph Grayson (son) across the DOE’s national labora- The Eroica Trio performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, a composition that they will team up with the and his wife Michelle Siegel of tories. National Philharmonic to perform on Sept. 21-22 at the Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda. Washington, DC; Katherine In 1995 she served as a del- Grayson (daughter) of New York egate at the Fourth World Confer- City; Rev. Tony Joseph (brother) ence on Women, held in Beijing. and his wife Patsy of Johnstown, In 1998 she was recognized with National Philharmonic opens new season PA; Sandy Joseph (sister) and her a Distinguished Alumni award husband Malcolm Vosburgh of from IUP. She was a senior edito- marks a change in his path as a com- combination of piano, violin and cel- By Barbara Trainin Blank Olney, MD; Jeannette Joseph (sis- rial coordinator for the year 2000 @traininblank poser as he entered his Heroic period lo, Nickrenz said. ter), her husband Fred Mortensen, edition of America's Commit- of great musical output,” Kelly said. “But we feel so lucky that he de- and son Casey (nephew) of White ment, about federal programs to It was a season that almost did “He broke with the classical period cided to write a concerto, the first of Rock, NM; Curt Grayson (step- benefit women. And she was one not happen. and moved through the Romantic pe- its kind, for piano trio and orchestra,” son), his wife Nona, and John of the first female members of the But now, the National Philhar- riod as is demonstrated in this sym- Nickrenz said. (grandson) of Aliso Viejo, CA; Senior Executive Service of the monic is back in business as they phony with various themes and Referring to the name of her Jack Grayson (stepson) of Liver- US Government. kick off the 2019-2020 season with melodies he developed throughout. It trio, Nickrenz said it was indeed a more, CA, and Mark Grayson In 2005, after more than 42 their opening concert, called “Eroica (stepson) of California; Tony R. years of distinguished govern- is arguably one of the greatest musi- choice based on the ensemble’s Joseph (nephew) and his wife ment service, she retired from the + Beethoven,” combining Ludwig cal pieces ever written.” “pure love and admiration” for Mary of Kitty Hawk, NC; Tricia DOE as Associate Director for van Beethoven’s Eroica (Symphony His favorite, continued Kelly, is Beethoven’s music. “Also, my piano Honeycutt (niece), her husband Laboratory Planning . No. 3), played by the orchestra, and the second movement, known as the training does go directly back to Craig, and daughter Vera of Nags Despite suffering from his Triple Concerto in C Major, per- funeral march, “which was truly rev- Beethoven; he would be considered Head, NC. dementia late in life, she radiated formed by guest artists, the Eroica olutionary for its time. The theme of my great-great-great-great grand Toni graduated from Wind- kindness to her family, friends, Trio. three is something to note.” teacher, which I feel is an interesting ber High School in Pennsylvania caregivers, and others she encoun- The program was inspired by “(The) third symphony, key sig- and inspiring connection for us.” in 1958. She received a B.S. in tered. The family wishes to thank the soon-to-be-celebrated 250th nature has three flats, three horns There is nothing quite like the education from Indiana Universi- her loving caregivers, particularly birthday of the great composer, said which was not typical. To continue Beethoven Triple Concerto, a work ty of Pennsylvania in 1962, an those at Sunrise on Connecticut Ave. Piotr Gajewski, music director and M.A. in history from the Universi- In lieu of flowers, please to play on that theme, the Eroica full of great power, beautiful ty of Missouri in 1963, and a Mas- consider making a donation to the conductor. The season is bookended Symphony and the Beethoven Triple melodies and even humor at times, ters in Public Administration from Alzheimers Foundation of America by Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis. Concerto, written situationally, show particularly in the third movement, Harvard University’s Kennedy or the Association for Women in Another reason for the com- Beethoven’s play on the number 3,” she added. School of Government in 1971. Science. bined performance is to mirror Kelly said. “Because he has the three A lifelong career civil ser- A memorial service to cele- Beethoven’s work ethic as he crafted Formally known as Concerto soloists on stage in front of the or- vant, Ms. Joseph worked for the brate her life will be held on Sep- the Concerto and Symphony simul- for Violin, Cello and Piano in C ma- chestra, the piece is action-packed, Atomic Energy Commission tember 8th in Bethesda. Please taneously. jor, Op. 56, the Triple Concerto is the with the three of us working as a (AEC) and its superseding organi- contact [email protected] Initially, he dedicated his third only concerto Beethoven completed unit,” Nickrens said, “spontaneously zations (ERDA and DOE). She for information. symphony to French military leader for more than one solo instrument. bouncing off each other’s musical Napoleon Bonaparte, but changed “It is a romantic and unusual ideas while having conversations the name for multilayered reasons, piece,” said Gajewski, “and stands with the various parts of the orches- Gajewski said. out in the composer’s repertoire. It tra. Because of the way we are situat- “One was that the composer be- has many more-progressive har- ed on stage, in a row not able to all gan to doubt Napoleon’s democratic monies, and is slightly off the beaten see each other, we have to have a ideals, and rededicated the work to path.” kind of ESP to play well together, lis- the memory of a great man,” Gajew- The Concerto has been played tening with hyperfocus.” ski said. by many famous musicians, includ- “Eroica + Beethoven” takes Jim Kelly, president of the Na- ing the Eroica Trio, said Gajewski, place Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. and Sept. 22 tional Philharmonic and one of the composed of pianist Erika Nickrenz, at 3 p.m. at the Music Center at violists, said he is excited to play the violinist Sara Parkins and cello play- Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, opening concert, showcasing two of er Sara Sant’Ambrogio. North Bethesda. Beethoven’s works written side-by- Beethoven wrote many great There are 30-minute pre-con- side. masterpieces for piano trios, and it cert lectures before each concert. “Beethoven’s third symphony seems he very much enjoyed the www.stathmore.org. 12 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 CALENDAR What’s happening this week in Montgomery County September 5, 2019 – September 11, 2019 BLACK ROCK CENTER FOR THE ARTS OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS MEETING work is exhibited in major museums today. A Light Sep. 05. 7:15 -- 8:30 P.M. Overeaters Anony- of Her Own is not only compelling story of the • IMPROV COMEDY OPEN WORKSHOP mous meeting at the Rockville Church of Christ, artist's career but also a tale of intrigue and murder. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 07, 2019, 1:30 PM – 1450 Montgomery Ave., Rockville (in Parish The discussion will be followed by a book sale and 3:30 PM House) every Thursday. For further information - signing. All are welcome to this free event to be held and a list of other meetings, http://www.oa- in the Rockville Memorial Library's first floor meet- • BLUE CANYON BOYS SATURDAY, SEP- dcmetro.org/ or Linda S at 301-641-9508 ing room. TEMBER 28, 2019, 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM 11TH ANNUAL FT. DETRICK/FITCI TALK: A HISTORY OF MARYLAND • GERMANTOWN OKTOBERFEST PARADE TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE THROUGH ITS GARDENS & BLACKROCK OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY, Sep. 05. 4:40 – 7:30 P.M. Frederick Innovative Sep. 16. 8:00 P.M. Doors open at 7:30 P.M. OCTOBER 05, 2019, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Technology Center, Inc. (FITCI) and Fort Detrick The Silver Spring Garden Club invites you to a talk Alliance are excited to present a twist to our ever- on "A History of Maryland Through its Gardens,” • LOS PLENEROS DE LA 21 SATURDAY, popular Tech Showcase. DefTech welcomes the COURTESY PHOTO with speaker Barbara Glickman. The history and OCTOBER 12, 2019, 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM greater community to a reveal of five new technolo- horticultural highlights of approximately 11 gardens Snarky Puppy, a Brooklyn-based jam band, headlines concert at gy innovations at this year’s event! The event’s and their homes and owners are covered in some STRATHMORE keynote speaker, Gary Evens, the executive director The Music Center at Strathmore on Thursday, September 12. detail. At our September meeting, we traditionally of DefTech, will focus on how the integration of hold a Plant Swap, start looking around for a nice* • MARCIA BALL THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER technology will expand your business’s bottom line. plant to bring. Be sure that it is potted up well in ad- 5, 2019, 8:00 PM | AMP Technology will be showcased for guests to explore, evening will feature performances from children Church, 25100 Ridge Road, Damascus, MD vance and in excellent health. We will draw num- along with some of the best technology that is avail- and adults. Since India is a land of many sub-cul- 20872. bers and each person that brings a plant will pick out • JOHN PATITUCCI TRIO FRIDAY, SEPTEM- able for businesses to acquire, in addition to show- tures, performances will represent music and dance a plant to take home. Where: WHERE: Brookside BER 6, 2019, 8:00 PM | AMP casing IP that is in the process of or has already been forms from several states as well as popular Bolly- Gardens, Visitors Center/Education Building, 1800 acquired. Where: FITCI @ METRO, 4539 Metro- wood moves. Attendees will be able to sample a va- SEP 11 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton. Please join us for re- • SNARKY PUPPY THURSDAY, SEPTEM- politan Court, Frederick MD 21704 riety of Indian food. There will be snack items, freshments, provided by club members, after the SQUARE DANCE PLUS-LEVEL LESSONS BER 12, 2019, 8:00 PM | THE MUSIC CENTER meals, desserts and drinks from a local Indian talk. AND DANCING restaurant. THE FILLMORE SEP 06 Sept. 11. At the plus level, square dance lessons SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN and dancing at North Chevy Chase Christian MEAN GIRLS PLAY FAB FRIDAY HAPPY HOURS FOOD ADDICTS ANONYMOUS • INTOCABLE - PERCEPCION TOUR 2019 Church, 8814 Kensington Parkway (in Parish Sep. 18 – Oct. 13. With hilarity and insight, Jo- Sep. 06. 6:00 P.M. – 12:00 A.M. Excitement, en- Sep. 07. 9:30 – 10:30 A.M. Food Addicts FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 06, 2019, 8:00 PM House). Alternate Wednesdays: 7:30 p.m. to 9:45 celyn Bioh’s award-winning comedy dissects how ergy, laughs.... they all await at the area's BEST en- Anonymous meets every Saturday at the Unitarian p.m. $7 per person, also Sept. 25. Contact phone “mean girls” are created—and cured. Fresh off two tertainment center in the heart of Montgomery Universalist Church, 100 Welsh Park Drive, Build- • CIARA & SPECIAL GUESTS PRESENTED number: 301-598-2574. sold-out, extended Off-Broadway runs, this “fero- County. And now on Fridays from 6pm to 12mid all ing #4, Rockville, MD 20850. We welcome new BY FEMME IT FORWARD SATURDAY, SEP- http://www.gerrymanders.info/ ciously entertaining morality tale” (Hollywood Re- adventures are just $6. So, strap on a high-tech suit, members. For questions, please visitwww.foodad- TEMBER 28, 2019, 8:00 PM porter) is sure to strike a chord with anyone, any- enter the HUGE multi-level arena and prepare for dictsanonymous.org or call Valerie @ 240-543- where, who has ever been a teenage girl, raised a the adventure of a lifetime! PLUS - on Fab Friday 3090 WOLF TRAP UPCOMING teenage girl, or met a teenage girl. Presented by enjoy pizza for just $1 a slice. And during Fab Fri- Round House Theatre at Round House Theatre day, the winner of every game plays "Shoot to ROCKVILLE FARMERS MARKET DOWNLOADING E-BOOKS AND OTHER • JENNIFER HUDSON | NATIONAL SYM- Bethesda, Bethesda MD. Please contact the box of- Thrill" - Take one shot... and if you hit the target Sep. 07. 9:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M. Every Saturday E-RESOURCES TO YOUR MOBILE DE- PHONY ORCHESTRA THOMAS WILKINS, fice at 240-644-1100 to learn more about discount WIN two free adventures. Where: ShadowLand - the Farmers Market transforms itself as different VICE CONDUCTOR THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 05, ticket options. Tickets for high school and college Gaithersburg 624 Quince Orchard Road. Through fruits and vegetables become available throughout Sep. 12. 9:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Customized 2019, 8:00 PM | FILENE CENTER students are free through the Free Play program. February 2020. the season. Your pick of farm-fresh fruits and veg- one-on-one help to learn how to download e-books, etables, bedding plants, cut flowers, preserves, hon- e-audiobooks and other e-Resources like streaming • GIPSY KINGS | FEATURING NICOLAS MIDDLE EASTERN FESTIVAL DERWOOD FARMERS MARKET ey, herbs, baked goods, and more. All items offered videos/films from Acorn and Kanopy to your mo- REYES AND TONINO BALIARDO SUNDAY, Sep. 20 – 22. Saints Peter and Paul Antiochian Sep. 06. 9:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M. Open rain or are picked fresh daily and available as supplies last. bile device (iPad, Kindle, Nook or Android). Sign- SEPTEMBER 08, 2019, 8:00 PM | FILENE CEN- Orthodox Christian Church will hold its 36th Annu- shine every Saturday through October 26. A com- Where: Jury parking Lot, corner of Rt. 28 and Mon- up for your 45-minute session at the Information TER al Middle Eastern Festival. The event will feature munity market featuring fresh, local fruits, veggies, roe St. Desk or call 240-777-0200. Please bring your li- authentic Middle Eastern food including grilled meats, baked goodies, arts, kids’ activities, live mu- brary card and password. Also, for iPad users, bring • MAGPIE | 45TH ANNIVERSARY SUNDAY, lamb, Kibbee, Tabouleh, Hummus, Shawarma, sic... Meet sustainable local farmers and from- your Apple ID and password. For Kindle users, OCTOBER 20, 2019, 7:00 PM | THE BARNS Falafel, homemade Middle Eastern pastries and scratch makers of edibles & art! Where: Derwood SEP 07 – 08 have your Amazon logon and password. more! Enjoy fun activities for the whole family. Farmers Market 16501 Redland Road, Rockville, “ALL ABOARD FOR KENSINGTON” WALTZ DANCE Where: Saints Peter and Paul Antiochian Orthodox MD 20855. TRAIN SHOW Sep. 15. 2:45 - 3:30 P.M. – Introductory Waltz Christian Church, 10620 River Road, Potomac, MD SEP 05 Sep. 7 and 8. 11:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. An event Workshop, 3:30 to 6:00 P.M. – Dance. Join us for a 20854. THE ELEPHANT SHOP OPERA: 'THE QUEEN'S LACE HAND- designed for train enthusiasts—from the littlest fans Sep. 05. 10:00 A.M. The Elephant Shop at the KERCHIEF' Waltz Dance in the Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo to the oldest history buffs and everyone in be- 27TH ANNUAL POOLESVILLE DAY FES- Friends House Retirement Community (17320 Sep. 06 – 08. Victorian Lyric Opera Company Park featuring the ensemble Cabaret Sauvignon tween—will transform Kensington Town Hall into a TIVAL Quaker Lane in Sandy Spring) will reopen Thurs- presents "The Queen's Lace Handkerchief.” Politi- playing a lively mix of folk waltzes with a few other model train spectacular. Proceeds benefit the Noyes Sep. 21. 10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. The 27th An- day, September 5th @ 10:00 a.m. The shop will cal intrigue. Love triangles. Pie. Everything you couple dances, including Hambo, Schottische, Children’s Library Foundation (noyeslibraryfounda- nual Poolesville Day will include FREE carnival only be open on Tuesday and Thursdays from could ask for in a comic operetta! In this story about Swing, Tango, and Polka. The 45-minute dance les- tion.org) and the Kensington Historical Society rides, exhibitors, food vendors and activities for all 10:00a.m.-2:00p.m. in the Fall. The shop features the thrill of competition and the joy of play, the son begins at 2:45 p.m. with a half-hour introducto- (kensingtonhistory.org). $7; $2 children; $15 max ages. There will be multiple stages featuring live clothing, household items, jewelry, and collectible Prime Minister of Portugal and the rabble-rousing ry Waltz workshop and a more advanced move pre- per family. Where: Kensington Town Hall (3710 music and entertainment. The headliner back by items. Sale proceeds benefit seniors in the Sandy poet Cervantes jockey for power over the throne, sented the last 15 minutes. Social dancing follows Mitchell St., Kensington MD 20895). Call 301-215- popular demand - The Reagan Years Spring/Ashton area. For more information contact while the king and queen are preoccupied with af- until 6 pm. Admission is $10. No partner required. 6834 with questions. (https://www.thereaganyears.com/home/). The festi- Jean @[email protected]. fairs of the heart. Don’t miss this rarely performed val location is along Fisher Avenue from Whalen gem by Johann Strauss, Jr! Where: F. Scott Fitzger- RUN FOR EVERYMIND 5K RUN/3K WALK Commons to historic downtown Poolesville. Visit FREE SUMMER CONCERTS ald Theatre, Rockville. Sep. 15. 8:30 A.M. Do something physical that’s SEP 08 the Poolesville Day website Sep. 05. 6:00 – 8:00 P.M. Weekly outdoor con- good for your mental health too! Join EveryMind (www.poolesvilleday.com) for more information on certs kick-off in downtown Bethesda. Attendees ST. ANNE'S COMMUNITY CONCERT SE- for its annual family-friendly 5K Run/3K Walk to how you can be a part of the festivities. Where: can also purchase food, beer and wine from down- RIES raise awareness about the importance of positive SEP 07 Whalen Commons 19701 Fisher Avenue, town Bethesda restaurants during the concert. This Sep. 08. 4:30 P.M. St. Anne’s welcomes back mental health habits and how physical activity and FESTIVAL OF INDIA Poolesvile, MD 20837. series, produced by the Bethesda Urban Partnership, New Orleans-based jazz clarinetist Ben Redwine mental wellness are intertwined! Where: Rockville Sep.07. 5:30 P.M. The Indian Association of features free Thursday evening concerts during May and Trio musicians John Previti, bassist, and Tom Town Center. Frederick (IAF) will host its premier annual event, 28TH ANNUAL ASPEN HILL COMMUNI- and June. The concerts offer a diverse range of mu- Mitchell on guitar. Redwine’s flawless technique Festival of India, on Sept. 7 at William R. Talley TY FESTIVAL sic including folk, funk, reggae and rock. The con- and beautiful tone will be joined by award-winning AUTHOR TALK: CARRIE CALLAGHAN Rec. Center (Frederick Armory) at 5:30 p.m. The Sep. 21. 11:00 A.M. Aspen Hill Community certs take place on Thursday evenings, from 6 – Previti’s big-sound rhythm and melodic solos. Gui- Sep. 15. 2:00 – 3:30 P.M. Friends of the Library, event will showcase the diversity of India through Festival - an event for kids of all ages - will be held 8pm in Veterans Park, located at the corner of tarist Mitchell has a long affiliation with Louisiana Rockville Memorial Chapter will be hosting histori- classical and folk music and dance, art and crafts, at the Aspen Hill Library, 4407 Aspen Hill Road, Woodmont and Norfolk Avenues. No outside alco- and European gypsy music and adds a perfect cal fiction writer Carrie Callaghan to talk about her food, clothing and vendor displays. The event is hol is allowed. acoustic sound and vocals to the Trio. Come to en- novel A Light of Her Own. Jennifer Bort Yacovissi, open and free to public. Like past years, local and joy the traditional sounding jazz you would hear in a also a local author and friend, will interview state public officials will attend the event to show New Orleans club, beautifully performed. Followed Callaghan about this remarkable story of Judith support for the Indian community of Frederick. The by a reception Location: St. Anne's Episcopal Leyster, a seventeenth century Dutch painter whose Continued on page 13 SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL 13 C ALENDAR What’s happening this week in Montgomery County September 5, 2019 – September 11, 2019 ΩContinued from page 12 the Opening Reception on Friday, October 4 from 2 PM followed by walking and riding buses togeth- 7-9pm. The exhibit runs from October 4-27, 2019 at er to visit houses of worship representing different Aspen Hill, MD. Apart from puppet shows, music, Del Ray Artisans Gallery, 2704 Mount Vernon Av- faith traditions. magic, and a free book giveaway, there will also be enue, Alexandria VA. Details: www.DelRayArti- a fire truck from the Montgomery County Fire and sans.org/exhibits ANNUAL SWEDISH BAZAAR Rescue Service/Kensington Volunteer Fire Depart- Nov. 02. 100:00 A.M. – 2:30 P.M. Drott Lodge ment, face painting (featuring local artist Tracy TASTE OF BETHESDA No. 168, Vasa Order of America, will sponsor its Keating), bookmark making and paper crafts, Knit- Oct. 05. 11:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. Taste of Bethes- Annual Swedish Bazaar on Saturday, November 2, ting & Crocheting Club, displays, and more! State da returns bringing numerous downtown Bethesda 2018 from 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM at St. James’ Epis- Delegate Bonnie Cullison will return as master of restaurants and five stages of entertainment to copal Church, 11815 Seven Locks Road, Potomac, ceremonies. The festival is sponsored by the Bethesda’s Woodmont Triangle. Produced by the MD 20854. The bazaar includes imported Swedish Friends of the Aspen Hill Library, (301) 871-1113, Bethesda Urban Partnership, downtown Bethesda’s foods and gifts, traditional Scandinavian musicians, [email protected]. Admission is free. famous food and music festival celebrates 30 years and Swedish homemade baked goods. Our smor- of diverse and delectable cuisine offered by Bethes- gasbord lunch includes traditional Swedish pea LIBRARIAN'S CHOICE BOOK DISCUS- da’s local restaurant community. Taste of Bethesda soup, Swedish meatballs and red potatoes, open- SION is located on Norfolk, St. Elmo, Cordell, Del Ray faced sandwiches, and traditional Swedish desserts. Sep. 26. 7:00 – 8:00 P.M. Group meets 4th and Auburn Avenues in the heart of Bethesda’s Proceeds from the Bazaar will help support the Thursday of the month (except November and De- Woodmont Triangle. Five stages showcase musical preservation of Swedish-American culture and pro- cember). Copies of the book are available at the Cir- and cultural performances, and a children’s area fea- vide assistance to those in need in the Washington culation Desk. Call Quince Orchard Library at 240- turing art and craft activities, balloons and face metropolitan area. 777-0200 for more information. Quince Orchard Li- painting will provide additional entertainment for COURTESY PHOTO brary, 15831 Quince Orchard Road, Gaithersburg, young visitors. AN EVENING WITH SOPHIA LOREN Magpie celebrate their 45th anniversary of making music with a MD 20878. For more information call 240-777- Nov. 20 & 21. 7:30 P.M. Robert E. Parilla Per- concert at The Barns at Wolf Trap on Sunday, October 20. 0200. WORKSHOP: DONALD MAASS - EMO- forming Arts Center. 51 Mannakee Street, TIONAL CRAFT OF FICTION Rockville, MD. "ARSENIC AND OLD LACE" PRESENTED Oct. 12. 9:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. The Maryland BY ROCKVILLE LITTLE THEATRE Writers Association hosts veteran literary agent and Sep. 27 – Oct. 06. The classic mystery-farce BREWING CO. ceptional lifestyle, amenities and services at Fox expert fiction instructor, Donald Maass, as he pre- ONGOING Thursday night trivia continues at True Respite Hill Retirement Community in Bethesda, a free to about two delightfully poisonous old ladies, their sents his day-long workshop on the Emotional Craft ART EXHIBIT: “UNCOMMON ALEXAN- Brewing! Trivia starts at 7 pm every Thursday night the public open house will be held on a weekly ba- daffy nephew, and an eccentric cast of madcap char- of Fiction at the Hilton Baltimore BWI Airport-Hotel DRIA” and is hosted by District Trivia. It is free to compete. sis. Every Wednesday from 2 - 4 p.m. staff and acters. Written by Joseph Kesselring and directed by on 1739 W Nursery Rd, Linthicum Heights, Mary- Through Sep. 29. “Uncommon Alexandria” art Come by yourself or with your friends and play for owner/residents invite people to enjoy refreshments Tristan Poje. Presented by Fitzgerald Theatre at F. land. Register for this "Open to the Public" event at: exhibit at the VCA Alexandria through Gallery your chance to win! At the end of each season four and tours of Fox Hill. Visitors are welcome to see Scott Fitzgerald Theatre. Address: 603 Edmonston https://marylandwriters.org/meetinginfo.php?id=433. Without Walls features artwork by Del Ray Artisans teams from each District Trivia location play in the the one, two and three-bedroom model condomini- Drive, Rockville, MD 20851. $135 cost includes all sessions and a deli buffet members inspired by common scenes of our daily playoffs for large cash prizes! Where: True Respite ums with a wide range of floorplans offered in a lunch. lives as locals. This uncommon approach to show- Brewing Company 7301 Calhoun Pl, Suite 600 maintenance-free, cosmopolitan environment. Fox casing scenes of, and around, Alexandria skips the Rockville, Maryland 20855. Hill is located at 8300 Burdette Road, Bethesda, touristy sights to better reflect our neighborhoods, MD; 20817. For more information, call Julie Sabag towns, and communities. 2660 Duke Street, Alexan- STITCH AND PLAY at 301-968-1850 or visit dria, VA 22314. Details: DelRayArtisans.org/ex- Tuesdays 1:00 – 3:00 P.M. We are adults who www.foxhillresidences.com. hibits/gww enjoy mah-jongg, board & card games, and needle- work. Come join us. We will provide mah-jongg NEW COUNTY PROGRAM SEEKS CABARET sets and board & card games or bring your own. SKILLED VOLUNTEERS 50+ Through Oct. 6. 8:00 P.M. From the opening Also, if you stitch, bring your needlework. Space is The Montgomery County Volunteer Center's notes of “Willkommen” through the title song and limited. Please register online. Go to www.mont- new 50+ Volunteer Network connects skilled volun- such classics as “Don’t Tell Mama” and “Money,” gomerycountymd.gov/library. Click Branches, se- teers with nonprofit and government agencies that Cabaret delivers a raw theatrical experience on a lect Quince Orchard Library, then Upcoming need assistance. This unique program is perfect for knife’s edge between unbridled sexuality and loom- events. For more information, call 240-777-0200. those who are age 50+ and want to make a signifi- ing disaster. Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Asso- This event reoccurs every 1st and 3rd Tuesday. cant contribution of time and talent to the communi- ciate Artistic Director Alan Paul (Camelot, Kiss Me ty, while still retaining flexibility. Through personal Kate) makes his OTC debut. Presented by Olney ENGLISH CONVERSATION CLUB consultations, trained advisors help find volunteer Theatre Center at Olney Theatre Center, Olney MD. Tuesdays, 10:00 A.M. and 7:00 – 8:45 P.M. An opportunities that match particular areas of interests, informal conversation club for anyone looking to skills, and availability. Options may include ongoing HAPPY HOUR FLOW YOGA practice and improve his/her English conversational program management and support, short-term con- First Friday every month. 6:00 – 7:00 P.M. skills. Volunteer facilitators are patient, friendly and sulting projects using professional skills, and direct Happy Hour Flow Yoga with Thrive Yoga instructor talkative. All levels are welcome. Come join us. services to clients. For more information, email Allie Newsom is back at True Respite in 2019! Registration is not required. Please call 240-777- [email protected] or visit Classes are the first Friday of each month from 6-7 0200 for more information. Free. Where: Quince www.montgomeryserves.org. pm. Join us for a one-hour yoga class then follow up Orchard Library / 15831 Quince Orchard Road / your shavasana with one of True Respite's refresh- Gaithersburg. CANCER SUPPORT GROUPS ing brews! Your $15 ticket includes both the class Hope Connections offers weekly groups for peo- and one full pour of beer. Beer can be drank before, OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS MEETING ple with all types of cancer, caregivers, people with after, or during class. Props to anyone who can bal- Thursdays. 7:15 – 8:30 P.M. Overeaters Anony- advanced cancer and a bereavement group. Support ance their beer during the practice! Space is limited mous meeting Thursdays at the Rockville Church of groups are held at both of Hope Connections for so be sure to grab your ticket before the event sells Christ, 1450 Montgomery Ave., Rockville (in Parish Cancer Support’s two locations: Beaumont out! True Respite Brewing Company 7301 Calhoun House). For further information, http://www.oa- House at FASEB, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Place, Suite #600, Rockville, Maryland, 20855. dcmetro.org/ or Linda S at 301-641-9508. MD and 8401 Corporate Drive, Suite 100, Lan- dover, MD. Orientation sessions are held every COURTESY PHOTO Through February 2020. ROCKVILLE FARMERS MARKET Monday at 11 a.m. at the Beaumont House in Taste of Bethesda returns to downtown Bethesda on October 5 OPEN LIFE DRAWING SESSIONS – 2019 Saturdays. 9:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M. Every week Rockville, and every Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Lan- bringing numerous local restaurants and five different stages Looking for a chance to hone your figure draw- the Farmers Market transforms itself as different dover. Additional orientation sessions are held on featuring musical and cultural performances to Bethesda’s ing skills? Del Ray Artisans offers a range of open fruits and vegetables become available throughout the 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. in Woodmont Triangle. life drawing sessions for just this purpose. Just drop the season. Your pick of farm-fresh fruits and veg- Bethesda. Orientations are Free - RSVP required at in for the session and bring your supplies to draw or etables, bedding plants, cut flowers, preserves, hon- 301-634-7500 paint our live models. Fee ranges from $8-$12. All ey, herbs, baked goods, and more. All items offered ART INSPIRED BY THE TWILIGHT ZONE MONTGOMERY COUNTY UNITY WALK skill levels are welcome. Del Ray Artisans is located are picked fresh daily and available as supplies last. WOODLAWN MUSEUM EXHIBIT Oct. 13. The Montgomery Unity Walk on the at 2704 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria VA. See Where: Jury Parking Lot on the corner of Rt. 28 Fridays & Saturdays 10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M and Oct. 4 -27. “Art Inspired by The Twilight Zone” Highway to Heaven (otherwise known as New our calendar for dates and times: and Monroe St. Rockville, MD 20850. Sundays 12:00 – 4:00 P.M. The Woodlawn Muse- will take you on a journey through a wondrous land Hampshire Avenue) is returning on Sunday, October DelRayArtisans.org/life-drawing um featuring multimedia exhibits throughout the of imagination with a collection of art influenced by 13th beginning at Blake High School. There will be FOX HILL WEEKLY OPEN HOUSE Rod Serling’s classic television series. Join us for a resource fair at 1 PM and an opening ceremony at TRIVIA NIGHTS & TRUE RESPITE Wednesdays, 2:00 – 4:00 P.M. To share the ex- 84Continued on page 14 14 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

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PHOTOS BY MIKE CLARK Bullis quarterback Christian Veilleux (left) recieves a snap while teammate and running back Caleb Robinson (right) dives in the end zone for a 7-yard touchdown during a high school football game between Bullis School and Archbishop Carroll High School in Potomac on Aug. 30. The Bulldogs held on to defeat Carroll 33-35. Bulldogs grind out close 35-33 victory over Carroll stopped the Lions’ two-point conver- The Bulldogs entered the second the middle of the pile for a first down. Solomon again, Lawson kept the ball By Eva Paspalis Case @EvaPaspalisCase sion attempt, giving the Bulldogs a half with a seven-point lead, but both Then, Veilleux connected on a himself and ran diagonally into the 35-33 victory to start the season. Green and Solomon scored in the long pass to senior wide receiver left side of the end zone with 13 sec- POTOMAC – Bullis School “I would have been fine going third quarter as Bullis’s offense sput- Ashton Allen. The senior had been onds left on the clock. The players on quarterback Christian Veilleux took into overtime, because we had some- tered. Green’s go-ahead touchdown having a relatively quiet game before Archbishop Carroll’s sidelines re- the field for the very first time in blue thing good going on offense, so I had came at the tail end of the third quar- he caught Veilleux’s pass in stride in joiced enthusiastically, but their glee- and gold on Aug. 30 as the Bulldogs confidence in my guys,” said ter; the game clock displayed all ze- the end zone for a 32-yard touch- fulness was short-lived, as Bullis’s opened the 2019 football season Veilleux. “Our defense held up on the roes as the senior danced over the down. Cilento called for a two-point defense denied Green at the goal line against Archbishop Carroll High two-point conversion, so that solved goal line. conversion, and Veilleux slipped past a few seconds later for a failed two- School from Washington, D.C. that.” Bullis Head Coach Pat Cilento the Carroll defense to tack on another point conversion attempt that would Veilleux transferred from Buffa- The defense was also responsi- attributed that slow third quarter to two points and give the lead back to have tied the game. lo, New York, and even though it is his ble for six of the points on the score- the fact that five starters did not play Bullis. “Our guys have to make plays if first season behind center at Bullis, board. Bullis senior Caleb Robinson due to injury. Instead, younger and Senior receiver Darion Craw- we want to win; that’s all,” said Lions the junior is familiar with his new is a running back and linebacker hy- less-experienced players took their ford helped extend that lead when he Head Coach Robert Harris. “There team’s recent history. He knows how brid, and he displayed his strengths place. caught Veilleux’s pass at the corner of were just certain plays that got away talented his teammates are, and how on both sides of the ball as he scored “We had two freshmen on the the endzone and kept both feet in from us. You just want kids to make disappointing last season’s Interstate both an offensive and a defensive offensive line at that time, so I think bounds for his second touchdown of plays; we didn’t and they did, and Athletic Conference Championship touchdown. Robinson rumbled for a that had a lot to do with it. And we the game. they came out two points ahead of loss was against Georgetown Prep. 7-yard score before flipping into the were tired,” said Cilento. “Once you However, Archbishop Carroll us.” He also knows that when he dons end zone in the first quarter; he later have five guys who were starters last did not go away quietly. The Lions The Bulldogs have an early bye that Bullis uniform, expectations will intercepted Lions quarterback Jordan year sitting in street clothes, it’s marched purposefully down the field week this season and two weeks to always be high. Harris for a 41-yard pick-six. hard.” as Solomon muscled his way through prepare to host Archbishop Spalding Veilleux delivered on those ex- In the third quarter, though, it Meanwhile, Archbishop Car- the Bullis defenders, and quarterback on Sept. 13. For Cilento, though, this pectations in his first game, as he went looked as though Bullis would not roll’s defense continued to hassle Robert Lawson Jr. helped lead the early bye week is ideal. 15 for 27 for 121 yards and three have the opportunity to win, much Veilleux, and suddenly the Bulldogs charge. Lawson and Harris switched “We’ve got to get healthy. For touchdowns. Archbishop Carroll less take the game into overtime. The were staring down a fourth-and-one in and out at quarterback, but it was our schedule it works out good for brought the defensive pressure on sev- Lions had been pounding the ball all on Carroll’s 37-yard line. Cilento de- the sophomore who called his own us,” said Cilento. “Spalding is going eral occasions and forced Veilleux to evening as running backs Lorenzo cided to go for it on fourth down, and number when his team needed it the to be an unbelievable task; they’re scramble, but in the end, it was Bullis’s Green and Elijah Solomon combined the gutsy decision paid off when run- most. very good. We’ve just got to prepare defense that got the last laugh and for 19 carries and 177 yards. ning back Canaan Tomlin darted up Instead of handing off to for them and try to beat them.” SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL 17 SPORTS Redskins make final cuts as team prepares for season opener starting in key positions in their first shows. By Neal Earley @neal_earley season with the team. “I have no expectations whatso- Case Keenum will make his first ever anymore,” Gruden said about ROCKVILLE - Josh Doctson is appearance for the Redskins on Sept. Williams’ holdout. “I’m kind of a Washington Redskin no more. 8 against the Philadelphia Eagles as numb to the fact, so we’re just going On Aug. 31, the Redskins cut the team’s new starting quarterback. to coach the guys that we have. 22nd overall pick in the 2016 NFL Keenum, who is entering his That’s all we can do right now. To draft as part of a slew of cuts to get the eighth season in the NFL, is a jour- your question, no, I don’t have any roster down to size before the season neyman quarterback who has spent feelings whatsoever.” starts. Doctson was perhaps the most much of his career as a backup. For Potentially the most-hopeful notable of the players cut last Satur- the Redskins, change at the position and exciting change for fans coming day, given that the team spent a first- is becoming more normal, as into the season will be the debut of round pick on him in the hope he Keenum will be the team’s third Derrius Guice. The Redskins drafted would develop into a future number starting quarterback on opening day Guice in the second round last year, one receiver. in the past three seasons. Last year, but a tear to his anterior cruciate liga- “It was a team decision,” Red- the team played four different quar- ment in the team’s first preseason skins Head Coach Jay Gruden said. terbacks, as injuries helped facilitate game in 2018 kept Guice off the field “You’re always going to have some the end of their season. for the entire season. different opinions in the room when Among the most notable While the team was slow to it comes to these cuts because we get changes coming into the season is bring him back, holding him out of close to some of these guys and who is not there — Trent Williams. the first two preseason games, Guice we’ve been coaching them, and then Williams is Washington’s sev- played a significant portion of the you have the personnel people who en-time Pro Bowl left tackle, who third game against the Atlanta Fal- have a different set of eyes and opin- has held out all of the preseason ei- cons. ions.” ther because of concern over the While the team has a lot of vet- Doctson was a significant cut team’s medical staff or a desire to get erans at running back, with the likes the team made and is a sign of a great a new contract. Either way, reports of Adrian Peterson, Chris Thompson amount of turnover for the team are that Williams may not show up and the newly signed Wendell Small- heading into the 2019 season. Along the entire season, and the team has wood, Gruden said that Guice will PHOTO BY MICHAEL SMITH with Doctson, the team cut Samaje fielded offers to trade him elsewhere. get the bulk of carries this season. Running back Samaje Perine was one of several players to be cut by the Perine, Cam Sims, Jehu Chesson Veteran Donald Penn, a recent “We drafted him for a reason,” Washington Redskins over the weekend as the team prepares for its season ,Brian Quick and Adonis Alexander, addition to the team, will take over Gruden said about Guice. “We feel opener against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sept. 8. all of whom made significant contri- the left tackle spot for the foreseeable like he can be a first, second and even butions to the team in previous sea- future. a third-down back if needed. I think contract. Also, the team drafted out- As the team prepares to embark sons. Outside of who will be the start- the offense, carried wise, will proba- side linebacker Montez Sweat with on its 2019 regular season, Sweat While roster turnover is a nor- ing quarterback, Williams’ holdout bly go through him, pretty much.” the 26th overall pick in this year’s summed up how fans and players mal part of NFL life, the Redskins has been the number one issue this On defense, the team signed NFL draft; he could become a key part alike feel about it. are going into the 2019 season with a offseason for Washington, and Gru- safety Landon Collins from the New of a dominant pass rush headed by “I’m just excited to get rolling squad full of players who will be den’s exasperation with the topic York Giants to a six-year, $84 million Jonathan Allen and Ryan Kerrigan. with the regular season,” he said. In Locksley’s first game, Maryland football obliterates Howard The defense held its own, too, pass interference call that set the Terps greedy and tried to take DJ (Turner) By Justin Fitzgerald Special to The Sentinel making Howard quarterback Caylin up at the 2-yard line, running back on a 3rd and 5 when I should have got Newton’s life miserable. The brother Anthony McFarland (DeMatha) to my progressions,” Jackson said. COLLEGE PARK – It was a day of Carolina Panthers quarterback, punched it in to give Maryland a 14-0 “So that killed that drive. After that, of firsts for the University of Mary- Cam Newton, finished 3 for 11 for 23 lead. we produced. I think after that first land football team as it faced Howard yards and sacked five times. First- Jackson put the Terps in the red drive, things got a lot better.” on Aug. 31. However, it was more year Howard Head Coach Ron Prince zone with a 39-yard completion to With Jackson sitting in the sec- than just Mike Locksley’s first win as decided to pull Newton in the first Brian Cobbs on their next drive, ond half, Tyrell Pigrome, Tyler DeSue the Terps head coach. half, ending his day early. The Bison which ended as Chigoziem Okonkwo and Lance LeGendre each saw time Quarterback Josh Jackson threw finished with just 68 total yards. caught a drag route for a 4-yard touch- under center. Pigrome also played two for his first touchdown in a Maryland “(Newton) and his ability to down. Jackson threw another long series in the first half, throwing a deep uniform less than four minutes into make plays on the perimeter, that real- pass, hitting Darryl Jones in stride for pass to Demus along the left sideline the first quarter, then added three ly concerned us coming into the a 49-yard gain. One play later, McFar- for a 62-yard touchdown. He also more. Four Maryland players scored game,” Locksley said. “We did a good land ran it in from 6 yards out for picked up a bad snap and ran for a 22- their first career touchdowns, and DJ job with our defensive end and out- Maryland’s final touchdown of the yard touchdown in the third quarter. Turner (DeMatha Catholic High side (line)backers of really keeping first quarter. DeSue added one of his own School) had the program’s first punt him in the pocket.” The Terps led 28-0 after 15 min- from 5 yards out in the fourth. Le- return touchdown since 2016. Each of Meanwhile, Jackson had some utes, the most points they have scored Gendre ran one series that ended with Maryland’s eight sacks was the play- early game jitters but got better as the in the opening frame since Oct. 5, Jake Funk (Damascus) being stuffed er’s first as a Terp. PHOTO BY CHRIS THOMPKINS game went on. He started 3 for 8, 2002. Jackson threw for two more on fourth down, finishing the game All those firsts added up to ab- Univeristy of Maryland quarterback which included finding Dontay De- touchdowns in the second quarter one point short of the program record. solute domination in a 79-0 win over Josh Jackson looks for an open mus Jr. (DeMatha) on a slant that the with each score becoming the first for Maryland will have a steep jump the Bison. It was the most points receiver during college football sophomore wide receiver caught, the Maryland receiver. He found Sean in competition next week when it Maryland scored since putting up 80 action in College Park on Aug. 31. shrugged off his defender and scam- Nelson on a 6-yard drag route for an takes on No. 22 Syracuse. The Orange against Washington College in 1927. pered for a 26-yard touchdown. easy score and on Maryland’s final went 10-3 last year, their best season “We talked about as a program, Howard in all facets of the game, That opened the floodgates. Both drive of the half, found Buffalo gradu- since 2001. we only get one opportunity to make a leading 56-0 at halftime. Howard did teams traded punts before Maryland ate transfer Tyler Mabry wide open “What I hope as a team is usually great first impression,” Locksley said. not get a first down without the help of got prime field position once again. for a 24-yard touchdown. as a team you make the biggest jump “Our guys I thought collectively, of- a penalty until the third quarter. The Punter Isaiah Moore fumbled the snap Jackson finished 15 of 24 with from week one to week two,” Lock- fensively, defensively and on special Terps finished the game with 623 total on a Bison punt, and freshman Nick 245 yards and four touchdowns in his sley said. “We’ll watch the tape and teams, all contributed to the win.” yards, scoring more points (79) than Cross (DeMatha) tackled him at the Maryland debut. try to get the things corrected that Maryland easily overpowered plays run (78). 13-yard line. Following a defensive “The first drive, I got a little need to be corrected.” 18 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 SPORTS MontgomeryMontgomery CountyCounty HighHigh SchoolSchool FootballFootball

Good Counsel rushes past Cougars Last Week’s Results

By Carlos Alfaro Rodriguez Georgetown Prep 30, Woodberry Forest (Va.) 14 @carlosalfarorod Highland Springs (Va.) 38, Avalon 13 OLNEY – Our Lady Of Good Counsel High School’s football Good Counsel 7, Charlotte Catholic (NC) 0 team started their season with one of Bullis 35, Archbishop Carroll 33 the most interesting matchups of the county, as they faced a well-traveled Charlotte Catholic High School from North Carolina. Despite travel- ing more than 400 miles, the road team was unable to break down the Upcoming Schedule Falcons as Good Counsel earned a 7-0 home win in their season opener on Aug. 30. Friday, Sept. 6 The victory for Good Counsel (1-0) was a great start for their sea- son considering their opponent is Avalon at Benedictine, 4 p.m. one of North Carolina’s best football Georgetown Prep at Loyola Blakefield (Balt.), teams. The Cougars (1-1) are com- ing off of winning their second con- 4:30 p.m. secutive North Carolina High Urbana at Clarksburg, 6:30 p.m. School Athletic Association title which is also their third in five years. Poolesville at Blake, 6:30 p.m However, that championship Walter Johnson at Churchill, 6:30 p.m. pedigree did not appear against Good Counsel as the Falcons de- R. Montgomery at Gaithersburg, 6:30 p.m. fense made sure to keep them to Quince Orchard at Wootton, 6:30 p.m. their side of the field for most of the game. Charlotte Catholic senior Northwood at Kennedy, 6:30 p.m. quarterback Jake Smith struggled, Sherwood at Wheaton, 6:30 p.m. getting sacked four times and inter- Rockville at Damascus (Forfeit), 6:30 p.m. cepted once, a frustrating result that PHOTO BY GEORGE SMITH was the work of a suffocating Good Our Lady Of Good Counsel High School running back Sy’Veon Wilkerson Seneca Valley at Watkins Mill, 6:30 p.m. Counsel defense. attempts to evade a tackle during a high school football football game Bethesda-Chevy Chase at Magruder, 7 p.m. But while the defense was stel- between Good Counsel and Charlotte Catholic on Aug. 30 in Olney. lar, the offensive line was going Whitman at Northwest, 7 p.m. through growing pains. Described as ning back corps was Wilkerson. In the third quarter, Good Springbrook at Blair, 7 p.m. “young” by Head Coach Andy Ste- Wilkerson scored the sole touch- Counsel regained possession off of fanelli, the offensive line let penal- down of the game and was a fre- a fumble at the 48-yard line. As they Paint Branch at Einstein, 7 p.m. ties disrupt their momentum and kill quent target who adapted to Char- looked to capitalize on the mistake, plays. All in all, the team finished lotte Catholic’s defense once they they fumbled the ball away six plays the game committing 11 penalties. realized that he was the main threat. later and eight yards from the end- Saturday, Sept. 7 “Actually, we made some de- The first and closest shot at zone. Good Counsel at Mount Saint Joseph (Balt.), 1 cent plays; we just made too many putting points on the board was for Redemption would come in Delbarton School (NJ) at Landon, 1 p.m. mistakes, so that gives us a gauge of Good Counsel was in the second their next drive, proving that the where we are as a team,” said Ste- quarter. After starting from the 50- third time’s the charm. In a 10-play, fanelli. yard line, they made their way to the 41-yard drive, it concluded by a Aside from the disciplinary is- 11-yard line courtesy of a 28-yard short 1-yard run by Wilkerson to sues, the Falcons relied on a pre- pass to junior tight end Ronnell Mc- give the Falcons the opening lead. TheyThey saidsaid it...it... dictable run game. While it worked Corn. Wilkerson then dashed into Errigo made the extra point to notch against the Cougars, it showed that the endzone for the touchdown, be- the last point scored in the game. “I would have been fine going into Good Counsel’s passing attacking fore a holding call set them back. “They’re great backs, they needed improvement. Now at the 20-yard line, Camp- make plays…they’re good players,” overtime because we had something The team’s rotating quarterback bell made a risky move and went for said Campbell, about the rushing duo of junior Trace Campbell and a fourth-down touchdown pass at unit featuring Wilkerson and junior good going on offense, so I had confi- sophomore quarterback Chase the 3-yard line: it landed in the running back LeJay Hatcher. Hatch- dence in my guys.” Williams finished with five total hands of sophomore tight end Josh er ran for 21 yards in the touchdown completions with the latter throwing Jennings. drive. an interception. Jennings’ celebration was “We are all a unit, and I was “That wasn’t the game plan,” short-lived, as another flag was just working to get my team the - Bullis School quarterback Christian said senior running back Sy’Veon thrown against Good Counsel for an w(in),” said Hatcher. Wilkerson. “I know we wished we illegal player downfield. In the game’s last drive, Good Veilleux following the Bulldogs’ 35-33 vic- would’ve thrown the ball more, but When neither running into the Counsel attempted to add to their tory over Archbishop Carroll. it was just how the game was flow- endzone nor passing into it worked, lead as time expired but were unable ing. So, if something’s working, they went for a failsafe field goal. to follow through, stopping 18 yards don’t break it.” Senior kicker Vincent Errigo short from the endzone. The Fal- It was this attrition style of play stepped up and miffed the kick wide cons will look to carry the momen- that had both defenses adapting to left, eliciting condemnation from tum built from the win to Baltimore THE SENTINEL’S GAME OF THE WEEK the key players on each team. For the crowd for a drive that should on Sept. 7 as they take on Mount Good Counsel, the star of the run- have ended with at least six points. Saint Joseph High School. Quince Orchard (0-0) at Wootton (0-0) SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL 19 SPORTS MontgomeryMontgomery CountyCounty HighHigh SchoolSchool FootballFootball Everything you need at your fingertips

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things around for Gaithersburg in his By Harry Lichtman @hslichtman first year as head coach. Bierly will be filling in for Kreg Kephart, who GAITHERSBURG – In prepa- announced his retirement from the ration for the high school football team back in April. regular season, Gaithersburg High “To fill in for him would be im- School hosted Magruder for one last possible to do,” said Bierly. “Coach scrimmage on Aug. 29. Kephart is a legendary coach. I’m The Colonels scored first, cour- just trying to be myself and put a tesy of a 60-yard touchdown run by stamp on the program. Coach tailback Mason David, while the de- Kephart did a lot of great things here fense stepped up and made some key with winning state championships plays, including three interceptions. and regional championships.” However, the Trojans found the Starting quarterback Jacques end zone twice and got the scoring Mbengang Jr. (top left) got many advantage by the end of the scrim- reps in the scrimmage, while backup mage. Jacob Bryant completed a touch- “Our effort was all right,” said down pass to receiver Munashe Magruder Head Coach Raymond Gwashavanhu later on. Fowle. “Defense played a lot better Running back Edward Sirleaf than the offense, but it’s a work in (bottom right) also produced results progress.” during the scrimmage, as he broke David made his case to become many tackles during offensive dri- the starting running back for the ves, and scored a one-yard touch- Colonels as he took a handoff, turned down before the end of the game. left and raced down the sideline for “He’s had two really great the 60-yard score. scrimmages,” Bierly said. “He is a Quarterback Jordan Peterwas very downhill runner, a very power- (bottom left) received the majority of ful back. He and the other running the snaps as he prepared to be Ma- backs have the potential to be a real- gruder’s starter this season. ly great combo.” Meanwhile, the defensive play- Both teams open their seasons er of the night turned out to be Andre on Sept. 6 as Gaithersburg takes on Proctor, who accounted for all three Richard Montgomery while Ma- of the Colonels’ interceptions. Mean- gruder will host Bethesda-Chevy while, Tyler Bierly will look to turn Chase.