Decorated County Police Chief Set to Retire in April
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2015, 2016, 2017 MDDC News Organization of the Year! Celebrating more than 160 years of service! Vol. 164, No. 35 • 50¢ SINCE 1855 Thursday, February 7, 2019 INSIDE MC Dominates Cecil College Decorated county FY2020 Budget Becomes A Balancing Act Police Chief set to Calling his proposed Fiscal Year 2020 operating budget “real- retire in April ly, really constrained,” County “This is a bittersweet day for Executive Marc Elrich said he By Kathleen Stubbs Montgomery County,” Elrich said. still must pare $182 million from @kathleenstubbs3 the $5.6-billion budget before “Chief Manger has set the bar high for revenues and expenditures are ROCKVILLE – Montgomery police leadership, outstanding service balanced. County Police Chief Tom Manger an- both locally and nationally, and leaves nounced he will be retiring in April af- the department and county better and Page 2 ter serving in his role for 15 years. safer than when he arrived.” The county officer made it offi- Last July, county police reported cial on Jan. 30, completing a plan he overall crime numbers was down by had since former County Executive about 48 percent from 2017 and there Ike Leggett had finished his second were no gang-related homicides to re- term in office. Manger has agreed to port. help new County Executive Marc El- “While no police department is rich with finding or initiating the perfect – there’s always challenges search for a new police chief. Prior to that you have – day-in and day-out working for the county, he worked as we’ve been able to reduce crime over chief of a county police department in the years,” said Manger. “We’ve been Virginia and will retire after working able to solve some cold cases. I think as a police officer for 42 years. back to the Lyon sisters case.” ‘Sherlock “My plans are to stay engaged In 2017, Lloyd Lee Welch plead- with my community and my profes- ed guilty in Bedford County Circuit Holmes’ sion,” Manger said. “As the Major Court to the first-degree murders of Cities Chiefs Association is expand- sisters Sheila Mary Lyon, 12, and "Sherlock Holmes: The Fi- ing its legislative agenda in our na- Katherine Mary Lyon, 10, on March nal Adventure" runs Feb. 8-24, at tion’s capital, I have been asked to 25, 1975. According to Patrol Officer Kensington Town Center. lead that team.” Rose Borisow, the girls went missing Manger and Elrich, who have when she was about 10 years old. Af- ter the girls vanished, Borisow re- Page 11 known each other for several years PHOTO BY DAVID WOLFE called not being allowed to go outside Montgomery College’s Mariah Ellis drains a long-ranged shot to help lead when Elrich was a county council the Raptors to an 85-64 home victory on Feb. 2 over Cecil College. You member, have discussed the retire- can view the story on Page 17. ment a few times prior to his an- nouncement. See Chief, page 8 Families remain apart as Muslim Ban enters third year ter the United States. Now, the num- “The Muslim Ban was just the said of her now parent-in-laws and By Suzanne Pollak Whitman Cruises ber is closer to 10,000, said Ryan start of the administration really sister-in-law. @SuzannePollak To Victory Over Costello, policy director at the Na- rolling back” entry to those seeking Before long she was “corre- SILVER SPRING – It’s been tional Iranian American Council asylum, she said. Trump’s call for a sponding and Skyping” with their rel- Churchill two years since President Donald (NIAC), which is headquartered in wall between Mexico and the United ative as he worked on his PhD in Trump issued an executive order to Washington, D.C. States “is all part of the same strate- Spain. On Jan. 11, the Whitman boys greatly reduce the number of refugees About 15,000 Syrians received gy.” They fell in love, and the couple basketball team beat Churchill 59- from certain countries who are al- visas annually prior to the ban. That Jessica Breitschwerdt Mon- ended up traveling to Copenhagen to 45 in Bethesda. lowed to enter the United States. number “is in the dozens now. It’s al- fareds lives in Germantown, although marry, since its residency require- Page 20 Known as the Muslim Ban, it has most stopped completely,” said her husband of almost one year has ments for marriage weren’t as lengthy as those of other countries, Monfared been altered several times by both the Melanie Nezer, senior vice president never been in the United States. The explained. Her husband, Pouya Mon- Trump Administration and the courts, for public affairs at HIAS, which is Iranian native currently lives in Spain, fared, then applied for a CR-1 Visa, but largely remains in effect for citi- headquartered in Silver Spring. awaiting approval for a visa. which is available to someone mar- zens of Iran, Syria, Yemen, Libya, “We’ve completely withdrawn Monfared was teaching English ried to an American citizen. North Korea, Somalia and Venezuela. from the global solution” of aiding as a Second Language when she was Prior to the ban, about 40,000 those seeking to flee their home coun- approached by three of her students. Iranians annually received visas to en- tries, she said. “I guess they kind of liked me,” she See Ban, page 8 2 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL FEBRUARY 7, 2019 EFLECTIONS The Montgomery County Sentinel, published weekly by Berlyn Inc. Publish- R ing, is a community newspaper covering Montgomery County, Maryland. Our of- fices are located at 22 W. Jefferson Street, Suite 309, Rockville, MD 20850. January 30, 1947: Teachers Pay Raise Urged by PTA Council Founded in 1855 by Matthew Fields. All mail to: P.O. Box 1272, Rockville, MD Each week the Sentinel visits a though contained in the general matched by the state up to $10 per this job will open the way for ap. 20849-1272. Subscription Rates for The memorable story from its archives. programi adopted by the Maryland pupil. The Council's resolution, pointment of a qualified assistant Montgomery County Sentinel – Weekly by mail: $40.00 per year & $26.50 for Se- Congress of Parents and Teachers however, called for a sum of $20 county superintendent of schools nior Citizens. (USPS) 361-100. Increase of the state minimum last November in Cumberland, per pupil, Mr. Abbe said. ir: charge of all school property, - salary for teachers in Maryland were singled out for special atten- Under the Sherbow report, Mr. Abbe pointed out. The Council Bernard Kapiloff from the present $1,500 to $2,000 tion, Mr. Abbe said. Support on a Montgomery County would obtain opposed the special bill, also intro- PUBLISHER E MERITUS and state aid to counties for con- broad scale was voted for the re- $175,000 for building, whereas the duced by Mrs. Rush, calling for Lynn G. Kapiloff struction of school building were mainder of the Maryland Congress Council's resolution would pro- appointments to the Board of Edu- CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER/ among resolutions adopted by the program, he added. vide double that amount, he said. cation to be made by Circuit Court PUBLISHER Montgomery County Council of The resolution favoring state Total cost to the state would be judges. Opposition was based on [email protected] aid for building construction was $1,500,000 on a $10 per pupil ba- the desire for further study and the Parent-Teacher Associations, Mark Kapiloff meeting Friday, January 24, at the in support of that portion of the sis, and 14,500,000 on a $20 basis, fact that the Maryland P.-T. A. ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Takoma Park Elementary School, Sherbow Commission report call- he added. Congress is about to set up a Com- [email protected] Leslie M. Abbe, Council president, ing for a building incentive fund. The Council also endorsed the mittee to make a thorough study of has announced. This Commission, appointed by oil introduced in the Maryland appointments. EDITORIAL Representing 31 schools Governor O'Conor last year to House of Delegates by Mrs. Leona Mrs. Austin S. Donaldson, Daniel Kucin Jr. throughout Montgomery County, study redistribution of state funds, Rush of Colesville, last week's Council membership chairman, re- EXECUTIVE EDITOR the Council also favored reduction recommended a tax by each coun- calling for abolition of the job 02 ported a total of 9,000 members [email protected] ty of five cents on assessed valua- supervisor of school property in which, in relation to population, is of the size of classes to 30 pupils José Umaña per teacher. These three points, tion, the funds thus raised to be Montgomery County. Abolition of ahead of the best state averages. [email protected] CITY EDITOR Barbara Trainin Blank COPY EDITOR NEWS Neal Earley [email protected] Write us ASSIGNMENTS Elrich seeks ways to balance proposed budget Brandy L. Simms The Montgomery County Sentinel SPORTS WRITER During the two-hour meeting, business regulations at neighboring [email protected] By Suzanne Pollak @SuzannePollak Elrich said he is not raising taxes. counties with the goal of bringing welcomes letters. His major budget priority is in- Montgomery County “in line with George Smith BETHESDA – Calling his pro- creasing the number of children at- the rest of the area.” All letters must be original, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR posed Fiscal Year 2020 operating tending preschool and the number During the meeting, about 25 budget “really, really constrained,” of sites available for preschool edu- people urged Elrich to fund educa- Advertising Sales signed by the author OHN C UIRE County Executive Marc Elrich said cation.