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Fred Stearns: Beloved Community Servant Passes Away MTA Holds Public Hearing on Train Station Closings January 13, 2006 The Monocacy Monocle Page 1 Inside the Monocle A Biweekly Newspaper January 13, 2006 Volume 2, Number 20 Fred Stearns: Beloved Community Servant Passes Away By Rande Davis Many in the area have responded Jane have been a terrifi c resource to to Mr. Stearns’s passing. the community. With Fred’s passing, Local rail commuting isn’t going Upper Montgomery County Rev. Steve Hayward, St. Peter’s I hope that the community rallies to get any easier if the MTA starts has lost one of its dearest and most Episcopal Church, credits the work behind WUMCO and Jane in securing closing stations. important community servants with of Mr. Stearns by saying that he has his life’s work.” the passing of Fred Stearns of Dicker- been a “great gi to us everyday for Jeff Griffi ths, president of the son on January 2, 2005. Mr. Stearns, his hard work. Whatever the need Monocacy Lions Club, said, “Without eighty-seven, passed peacefully in that came our way, he was always WUMCO and Fred’s work, groups like his sleep. He and his wife, Jane, have available to assist in fi nding ways to the Lions could not be as eff ective in dedicated themselves to the cause help those who needed help. He and helping those who need eyeglasses, of helping those in need by leading eye exams, food, or many other Western Upper Montgomery County- resources. Our community is greatly HELP (WUMCO). indebted to him.” Born in Huntington Beach, “Fred’s passing is a time of California, he is survived by his wife sadness; however, how much sad- of fi y-one years, two children, six der would it have been for Western grandchildren, and eight great-grand- Montgomery County if Fred had not children. Mr. Stearns retired as a Bud- been with us to accomplish what he get Director with the U. S. Geological did. Their (the Stearns) sensitivity Survey in 1972. to the hardships of their neighbors, WUMCO has been a facilitat- and their willingness to help will live ing organization helping persons on in what they accomplished and residing in the western upcounty will never be forgott en, particularly by region. Working closely with area those whose lives they touched,” said Local fl ood waters? See local News churches, civic groups, and individu- Poolesville Town Commissioner, Jerry on Page 5. als, WUMCO responds to those facing Klobukowski. diffi cult economic, health, or housing Persons like Mother Theresa are situations. As a result of the selfl ess honored and declared saints. It is the dedication of the Stearnses, WUMCO, angels among us, however, that touch for over thirty years, has been able our lives most directly. Fred Stearns to effi ciently and eff ectively respond was one such angel. to a wide variety of needs in a timely The late Fred Stearns, with executive assistant Renee Brooks, wife Jane manner. Stearns, and Max. MTA Holds Public Hearing on Train Station Closings By John Clayton to those stations. Nary a word was arguments against their organization’s heard in favor of the closings. The recommendation by a seemingly A roomful of concerned citizens three presiding MTA representatives endless parade of local offi cials, civic from Montgomery and Frederick were confronted with a barrage of organizations, and concerned citizens. Read our hot rodder story in Profi les Counties gathered at In early December, the MTA an- on Page 14. St. Mary’s Pavilion in nounced that they were proposing downtown Barnesville to close train stations at Boyds and to off er testimony on the Dickerson on the Brunswick Line Maryland Transporta- through Montgomery County, and tion Authority’s (MTA) in Jessup and St. Denis on the Penn proposed closing of the line to the east, “due to low ridership Boyds and Dickerson and an increase in expenses.” The MARC commuter rail agency expressed the rationale that stations. the already low ridership at the two Testimony was stations has dropped while rider- exclusively in support ship has increased system-wide. Another article about Boyds? of not only keeping the Additionally, the need for additional No, not Boyds—Birds! In the two local stations open, but of increasing service The upcounty turned out for the MTA hearing. Garden, on Page 12. —Continued on Page 18. January 13, 2006 The Monocacy Monocle Page 2 January 13, 2006 The Monocacy Monocle Page 3 January 13, 2006 The Monocacy Monocle Page 4 use Barnesville because they cannot Editorial aff ord to be dependent on such lim- ited service. This is the direction MTA The View from Baltimore should be taking to maximize train usage. By John Clayton Additionally, what could the MTA’s vision possibly be for the The MTA recommendation to booming Clarksburg population? The close two upper Montgomery County Boyds station is small, and if it is le train stations has not stood up to open, it would certainly not handle further scrutiny over the past few all of the potential traffi c from Clarks- weeks. The decision to halt service to burg. Their strategy appears to be to those two stations would be incred- encourage people to drive to German- ibly short-sighted and at odds with town and (yes, we’re laughing, but it the type of mass transit service that isn’t funny) to Barnesville. should be available in our area. Maybe The MARC trains are currently it looks good on paper way up in the only existing extension of Metro’s Charm City, but it doesn’t make sense Red Line into parts north and west of on the ground here in Montgomery Gaithersburg. The Purple Line and County. Capital Cities Transitway initiatives The MTA’s philosophy is to sup- are years away. The dollars saved port large high-tech stations (mega- (notwithstanding the disagreements stations?) to serve larger areas, while on that point) are not going to bring deemphasizing, bypassing, and clos- these solutions any nearer. They had ing smaller local stations. The Ger- bett er try to build up existing assets, mantown Station would appear to be not close them down. their model, where larger scale park- We note that the GazeĴ e papers ing facilities have been constructed. came out in favor of closing these two Laughably, the MTA touts Barnesville small stations while championing as a station that should accommodate the idea of larger stations. This logic travelers from other stations, even would extend to Washington Grove, though the parking there is already at Garrett Park, and Kensington as well. capacity. The GazeĴ e’s att itude isn’t surpris- The MTA should, as many have ing. Neither they, nor their parent, said, increase stops at Boyds and the Washington Post, has ever seen a Published by Monocacy Press, LLC Dickerson as a way of att racting new road or a bridge that they didn’t think P.O. Box 175 riders and also diverting existing would solve our transportation prob- Poolesville, MD 20837 riders away from the overcrowded lems. They are on the wrong side of 301 349-0070 • FAX 301 349-5646 Barnesville Station and back to closer the tracks on this transportation issue John Clayton stations. Many people who would be as well. President and Publisher The Monocacy Monocle is bett er served by Boyds or Dickerson Managing Editor an independently owned and (301) 349-0071 operated publication of Monocacy [email protected] Press, LLC which is solely respon- sible for its content. Rande Davis Monocacy Press LLC does not Vice President espouse any specific political Publisher and Editor view, and any editorial opinions Advertising and Circulation expressed in The Monocle are the (301) 349-0070 opinions of the editorial staff. [email protected] The Monocle does not endorse any product or service, and is not Dominique Agnew responsible for any claims by Maureen O’Connell advertisers. Marcie Gross Articles and lett ers submitt ed Debby Lynn for publication must be signed Jack Toomey and may be edited for length Contributing Writers or content. The Monocle is not responsible for unsolicited Hilary Schwab material. Contibuting Photographer All contents of this publication are protected by copyright and Other Departments may not be reproduced in whole [email protected] or part for any reason without [email protected] prior consent of the publisher. January 13, 2006 The Monocacy Monocle Page 5 three fi remen, and two fi re marshals Local News (with their vehicles) on hand—plenty of action to satisfy curious onlookers! New Orleans or Michael Semelsberger was the Poolesville? marshal in charge. His stated mis- Poolesville bore an eerie resem- sion was to assure life safety. In other blance to New Orleans during the last words, it was his intention to make week of December. The big red and sure no one was injured or killed, and white notice on the door of the Freder- to otherwise disrupt lives and busi- ick E. Poole house was reminiscent of nesses as litt le as possible. He had doors in the Ninth Ward a er Katrina. Allegheny Power de-energize the It advised that the building had been building so the danger of electrifi ed declared unsafe to occupy, by order of water was removed. At this point, he the fi re marshal. As in New Orleans, closed and evacuated the building. In fl ooding was the problem. An unusu- the opinion of this author, Marshal ally high water table coupled with the Semelsberger demonstrated exem- untimely failure of a sump pump led plary competency in assessing the to nearly disastrous results. degree of emergency and responding On Wednesday, a tenant seeking correctly.
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