October 18, 2013

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October 18, 2013

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Vol. 10, No. 20
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October 18, 2013
Congressman Delaney
Suggests Fixes for a
Deadlocked Congress
By Karen O’Keefe
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Rainy weather continued through the
weekend, but that didn’t stop the 22nd
Annual Kentlands Oktoberfest on Sunday, Oct. 13. A good time was had by all
— people, dogs and even the mime.
ohn Delaney is the first-term
congressman from Maryland’s
sixth district, which includes
Gaithersburg. During his campaign, Delaney, a Democrat and
former banker, talked about many
things, including the dysfunctional
way in which Congress conducts
business.
Now he has experienced firsthand Congress’s failure to pass
a budget — and the subsequent
shutdown of all but essential
services.
“We’re clearly not governing
in a way the American people deserve,” he said.
In a recent newspaper editorial, he said more. “This week, for
the first time in 17 years, our government shut down. The illogical and somewhat mean-spirited
standoff that led to this shutdown
is, first, evidence of everything
that is wrong with Washington.
More specifically, it is a prime
example of what happens when
special or self-interest is valued
more than the common good
Riding for More Than Miles
By Sean Gossard
T
hey rode 320 miles in only four
days. From Pittsburgh, through the
mountains of western Pennsylvania
and Maryland, beside the Potomac River
in Harpers Ferry, W. Va., and finally along
the C&O Canal to their destination at
Smokey Glen Farm in Gaithersburg they
rode.
And with that, the more than 80 cyclists of Ride Allegheny, now in its 13th
year, did much more than complete a ride
Photo | Phil Fabrizio
on Sunday, Oct. 6. They were able to
Kentlands residents Chris Soltis and Chris Marsh hold their bikes high as they cross
raise money to help nonprofit Operation over the Eastern Continental Divide during a 320-mile ride from Pittsburgh, Pa., to
Second Chance, the organization that Gaithersburg, Md., with Ride Allegheny.
helps support wounded veterans and
her grassroots nonprofit’s biggest fundraiser of the
their families by offering outreach while they re- year. “So far, they’ve helped raise just under one
cover in military hospitals. With a goal of $300,000 million dollars for Operation Second Chance,” she
for Operation Second Chance, the cyclists raised said.
$303,786, according to Ride Allegheny’s website.
McGrew, who rode the entire four days for the
Cindy McGrew, president of Operation Second
Chance, revealed that the Ride Allegheny event is
n ride allegheny Continued on page 8
Photo | Submitted
Maryland Congressman John Delaney finishes
his first year with the government at a standstill and the conviction that “The American
people deserve better than this.”
of the country.”
Delaney told The Town
Courier that one long-term fix
would be comprehensive redistricting reform on the state or
federal level.
“What we are seeing is a minimum of the majority party controlling the will of the House of
Representatives. Thirty to 50
representatives are controlling
debate in a (Republican) caun
congressional fix
Continued on page 3
Moms on the
Run Head to
Washingtonian
Woods
By Maureen Stiles
T
he cars with Virginia
license plates were the
first to arrive; Virginians had allowed ample time
for traffic. Shortly thereafter,
cars from Maryland and the
District formed a line that
snaked out the drive of the
Washingtonian Woods Clubhouse and spilled onto the
main road and side streets.The
registration queue was equally
as long, but none of the womn
Running Moms
Continued on page 8
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October 18, 2013 The Town Courier
thehot spot With Maureen Stiles & Phil Fabrizio
The Town Courier took to the streets recently and asked folks how they have been impacted by the partial government shutdown. Here’s what they told writer Maureen Stiles and photographer Phil Fabrizio.
Editor’s note: The Hot Spot reflects residents’ thoughts on timely local and national issues. It debuts with this issue. If you have topic
suggestions, please e-mail them to news@towncourier.com.
“We haven’t seen an impact yet, but because you
need a case number on government loans, it may start
to be a problem soon. If
the government is not open,
then there is no way to acquire these case numbers.
The whole process could slow
down and then people will
lose their locked-in interest
rate and begin defaulting on
contracts.”
Marc Malakoff
“My wife and I went bicycling last Saturday and got
to Gravelly Point in D.C. near
the airport and the parking
lot was closed. We had no
place to unload our bikes and
get on the trail. So we went
to Old Town Alexandria into
a residential area. It was a
huge inconvenience.”
Charlie Holbrook
Kentlands resident
Settlement attorney and
Kentlands resident
“I work in the sign industry and much of the work I do
is for government agencies. I
haven’t seen an impact yet,
but if this continues then it
will hurt business.”
Diane Gerber
Kentlands resident
“I have a purchaser right
now who works for the IRS
and is supposed to close on
a refinance but we may not
be able to verify her employment. Both Freddie Mac and
Freddie Mae are coming up
with ways to get around some
of the required paperwork,
but it is going to make everything harder and slower.”
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AROUND TOWN
Compiled by Pam Schipper and Karen O’Keefe
Kentlands Panel Examines Managing Turf
Without Chemicals
Chuck Schuster is a senior agent, Agriculture &
Natural Resources, Commercial Horticulture at
the University of Maryland, Montgomery County
Extension Service. On Oct. 2 at the Kentlands
Community Clubhouse, he spoke to a “town meeting” attended by 40 residents interested in learning
about the alternatives to synthetic chemicals to manage the community’s turf.
The talk was arranged by the seven-member
Turf Management Group (TMG), appointed several months ago by the Kentlands Citizens Assembly
(KCA) Board. The group, chaired by resident Eileen
Schlichting, has been meeting weekly for 12 weeks.
The TMG will present its findings and recommendations to the KCA board by Nov. 1.
The TMG is looking at all aspects of herbicide,
pesticide and fungicide uses in the community, said
TMG member Karen Palman.
“We are all trying to be unbiased,” she said. “We are
looking for the best ways to manage turf in Kentlands
and protect the health of the community, especially
the most vulnerable among us – children, babies and
pregnant women.”
— Karen O’Keefe
Chuck Macananny,
pictured here with
daughter Charlye
Mortgage loan officer
and Kentlands resident
■ congressional fix
from page 1
cus of 230 people. Another 50 to 60
members may not share their viewpoint but are in (one-sided) extreme
districts.”
Depending on how they vote, those
people run the risk of being successfully challenged by extreme people at
home, he explained.
“This is happening because of the
way congressional districts are created,” he concluded.
Delaney said that many congressional districts have been created by state
legislatures drawing lines to guarantee the election of someone from the
controlling party of that state legislative body.
“A fair number of districts are
one-sided in representation. When a
district is 75 percent Republican or
Democrat, that party is never going
to lose in the general election,” he
said. “There is never a genuine general election contest. The only challenge comes in the primary wherein a
small percentage of voters vote,” and
where a radical candidate has a good
chance of winning the primary.
Delaney’s second suggestion for a
“long-term fix” involves campaign
financing to empower more viewpoints that are moderate.
“Right now, little money flows to
moderate groups. Money flows to liberal causes. Money flows to conservative causes – for example, to people
who pledge to vote for no new taxes,”
he explained.
Money, he said, needs to flow to
empower views that are more moderate financially.
In the short term, Delaney said,
“We must continue to take the debate to the American people. We
cannot tolerate the hostage-taking of
800,000 government employees. This
(type of legislating) does not serve the
best interests of the American people.
We must be unrelenting in delivering
that message.”
In addition, Delaney said members
of Congress must be willing to negotiate now, especially “if that’s what it
takes for some members to save face.
“Anything that gets the government open, even one minute earlier,
is a good thing.
“And there are many things we
should discuss. One example is comprehensive entitlement reform,” he
said. “It is important to talk about future laws that are going to make the
country better.”
Delaney does not see the Affordable
Care Act as bargaining chip in the
current standoff. “It was before my
time, but the issue of the Affordable
Care Act has been thoroughly and entirely put to bed.
“It passed the House. It passed the
Senate. There were 135 congressional hearings on the legislation. It has
passed judicial review. Moreover, it
passed in a national referendum (the
re-election of President Obama).
“Besides, it’s started already. There
are a bunch of people out there today who now have insurance. Are we
going to tell them it was a joke? The
American people have spoken on the
Affordable Care Act.
“Meanwhile, there are hundreds of
things we should be talking about,”
he emphasized.
In a recent newspaper editorial,
Delaney said more about the congressional stalemate and its impact. “I’m
not interested in the blame game, because this shutdown is bad for everyone. Shutting down the government
is estimated to cost the American
taxpayers $2 billion — just think of
the good that could have come from
those hard-earned taxpayer dollars.”
During the first week in October,
with his first year as a member of
Congress nearly at an end — and the
government at a standstill — we asked
Congressman John Delaney how he
likes the job.
“I liked it a lot better before this
week,” he said. “The American people deserve better than this.”
Photo | Pam Schipper
Roll out the barrels just in time for Oktoberfest! Five tasteful trashcans
replaced existing ones along Main Street during the second week in
October, thanks to the efforts of the Kentlands Downtown Partnership
and the city of Gaithersburg.
Gaithersburg Library Turns a Page
The interim library at Lakeforest Mall will close on
Oct. 31 so that resources there can be used in preparation for the opening of the newly renovated facility at the corner of Montgomery Village Avenue and
Lost Knife Road. A grand reopening date will be announced soon. Stay tuned for the next chapter!
Young Artist Award Competition
Applications Accepted
The City of Gaithersburg and the Kentlands
Community Foundation are now accepting
applications for the 11th Annual Young Artist Award
competition and concert. Musicians between the ages
of 12 and 18 may apply as vocal soloist or instrumental
soloist in the categories of wind, brass, string and
piano. First, second, third and honorable mention
prizes may be awarded in each category. Applications
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cityscene Photo | City of Gaithersburg/Britta Monaco
(L to R) Gaithersburg Police Chief Mark Sroka, Ensign
John Hunt, Lieutenant Wells Weymouth and Mayor Sidney
Katz at the Oct. 7 Mayor and Council meeting.
Chief’s Award Presented
to Hunt, Weymouth
On July 23, a car crashed through a set
of utility doors to the right of the main
entrance of the Sam’s Club on South
Frederick Avenue. One victim was struck
in the parking lot and two additional victims were struck inside the food court.
A 76-year-old male who was in the food
court was struck so that his leg was severed
below the knee. At the time, Lieutenant
Wells Weymouth and Ensign John Hunt
were inside the Sam’s Club shopping. They observed the collision and immediately came to the assistance of the injured
male. They quickly fashioned a makeshift
tourniquet to control the bleeding and
calmed the victim until the arrival of medical personnel.
For their quick thinking and service,
Gaithersburg Police Chief Mark P. Sroka
presented the Chief ’s Award to Ensign John
Hunt, United States Navy, and Lieutenant
Wells Weymouth, United States Army, for
their outstanding commitment to duty,
professionalism, and contributions to the
citizens of the city of Gaithersburg at the
Oct. 7 Mayor and Council meeting.
Compiled by Jenny Chen
Montgomery County Proposes
Minimum Wage Increase
Councilmember Marc Elrich has proposed a bill that would increase the minimum wage in Montgomery County over a
three-year period.
“Maryland’s minimum wage at $7.25
per hour is the equivalent of $15,000 a
year for a full-time, year-round employee, and that leaves a wage earner and their
family below the federal poverty line,”
said Councilmember Elrich. “We are
not talking about people who are trying
to take advantage of the system—we are
talking about people who just want to take
care of their families as a result of the hard
work they do, and at the current minimum
wage, that is not possible. Bill 27-13 will
also provide credit for an employer who
provides health insurance to the employee.
A public hearing on Bill 27-13 is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24.
New Integrative Health Center
Opens in Gaithersburg
The Casey Integrative Health Center is
unlike many area medical institutions. It
emphasizes the link between mind/body
health and offers services ranging from
acupuncture to nutritional counseling.
Casey Health opened its doors on Oct. 5
thanks to a grant from the Eugene B. Casey
Foundation. The health center has been
three years in the making, said spokesperson Ed Hines. During the first two years,
the founders travelled to renowned integrative health centers across the country
Photo | Submitted
At a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct. 4, Mayor Sidney Katz
spoke and named the day Casey Health Institute Day in the
city of Gaithersburg.
to “cherry pick the best practices,” Hines
said. The Casey Integrative Health Center
also aims to bring healthcare local. “We’ve
got renowned integrative health centers
like Johns Hopkins and GW in the area,
but the Casey Health Center brings it to
the local level,” Hines said. This means no
bureaucracy, and smaller, more accessible
facilities.
The health center accepts most major
health insurances and Medicare. Its philosophy of general wellness and preventative
care falls in line with the goals of the new
healthcare law, Hines said.
For more information visit www.
caseyhealth.org.
Registration Now Open for Winter
Lights 5K
The Montgomery County Road
Runners Club, in partnership with the city
of Gaithersburg is organizing a 5K fun run/
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city scene Continued on page 5
MEETING CALENDAR
10/21
Mayor and City Council Meeting, 7:30 p.m., City Hall
10/23
Planning Commission Meeting, 7:30 p.m., City Hall
Cultural Arts Advisory Committee Meeting, 7:30 p.m.,
Activity Center at Bohrer Park
10/24
Lower Great Seneca Watershed Study Meeting, 7 p.m.,
Diamond Elementary School
Gaithersburg Arts & Monuments Funding Corporation Meeting, 7:30 p.m.,
Activity Center at Bohrer Park
11/6
Planning Commission Meeting, 7:30 p.m., City Hall
11/7
Mayor and City Council Meeting, 7:30 p.m., City Hall
For the latest information on city meetings, visit the city of Gaithersburg website at www.
gaithersburgmd.gov.
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Staff Writers
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Jenny Chen
Mike Cuthbert
Nora Fitzpatrick
Maureen Friedman
Sean Gossard
Betty Hafner
Sheilah Kaufman
Jeff Kinney
Karen O’Keefe
Vanessa Mallory Kotz
Donna Marks
Syl Sobel
Maureen Stiles
Student Writer
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POLICEBeat By Jeff Kinney
Tips for a Safe, Spooktacular Halloween
W
ho doesn’t remember dressing
up for Halloween and trolling
the neighborhood for treats as a
child—or possibly as an opportunistic teenager? It’s a ritual as American as apple pie, a
true joy of youth.
Unfortunately, it can also be dangerous.
From poisoned candy to kidnapping, it
seems that Halloween offers a cornucopia
of real-life boogiemen who are just waiting
to pounce on your children.
It doesn’t have to be that way, however.
With a little planning and common sense,
everyone can stay safe and have a delightful
time on Oct 31.
“We have been fortunate that we have
not experienced any criminal concerns
during the Halloween season,” Officer
Dan Lane of the Gaithersburg Police
Department said. “I continue to see a large
number of families going out with their
children celebrating and participating in
the festivities.”
Using the acronym H-A-L-L-O-W-EE-N, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention offers the following practical
Halloween safety tips.
• Swords, knives and similar costume
accessories should be short, soft and
flexible.
• Avoid trick-or-treating alone. Walk in
groups or with a trusted adult.
• Fasten reflective tape to costumes and
bags to help drivers see you.
• Examine all treats in a well-lighted
place for choking hazards and tampering before eating them, and eat only
unopened treats that are in their original wrappers.
• Hold a flashlight while trick-or-treating to help you to see and others to see
you. Always walk and don’t run from
house to house.
• Always test make-up on a small area
first. Remove it before bedtime to prevent possible skin and eye irritation.
• Look both ways before crossing the
street. Use established crosswalks
wherever possible.
• Lower your risk for serious eye injury by not wearing decorative contact
lenses.
walk through the city of Gaithersburg’s
Winter Lights Festival in Seneca Creek
State Park on Nov. 23.
Winter Lights is a Gaithersburg tradition featuring more than 380 illuminated vignettes and 65 animated displays
with themes like Winter Woods, Teddy
Bear Land, Victorian Village, North Pole,
Toyland, and Penguin Cove. Registration
before Nov. 7 is $30. After that, registration will be $35. For more information, visit www.mcrrc.org/LightsRun/
run-under-lights-2012.
Compiled by Jeff Kinney
Residential Burglary
On Oct. 4 at 5:34 p.m., a residential burglary was reported in the 300
block of Inspiration Lane. Sometime
on Sept. 24, an unknown suspect(s)
entered the garage and damaged property. An investigation is ongoing.
Thefts From Autos
Candle-lit Jack o’lanterns are a potential hazard. The CDC recommends keeping them away from doorsteps, walkways,
landings and curtains and placing them out of reach of pets and small children.
• Only walk on sidewalks whenever
possible, or on the far edge of the road
facing traffic.
• Wear well-fitting masks, costumes and
shoes to avoid blocked vision, trips and
falls.
• Eat only factory-wrapped treats.
Avoid eating homemade treats made
by strangers.
• Enter homes only if you’re with a
trusted adult. Only visit well-lit houses. Don’t stop at dark houses. Never
accept rides from strangers.
• Never walk near lit candles or luminaries, and be sure to wear flame-resistant costumes.
If you are expecting trick-or-treaters or party guests, the CDC has some
suggestions.
• Provide healthier treats for trick-ortreaters, such as low-calorie goodies and drinks. For party guests, offer a variety of fruits, vegetables and
cheeses.
• Use party games and trick-or-treat
time as an opportunity for kids to
get their daily 60 minutes of physical
activity.
• Be sure walking areas and stairs are
well-lit and free of obstacles that could
result in falls.
• Keep candle-lit Jack o’lanterns and lu-
cityscene
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POLICEBLOTTER
Gaithersburg Celebrates Hispanic
Heritage Month with a Bolivian
Celebration
The city of Gaithersburg will recognize
the culture of Bolivia during a reception
in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month,
hosted by the City’s Multicultural Affairs
Committee, on Monday, Oct. 21, 5:45 to
7:15 p.m. at the Activity Center at Bohrer
Park, 506 South Frederick Ave. There will
be light refreshments and a performance by
Bolivian dance group San Simon USA.
The event is free, but RSVPs are
requested by Friday, Oct. 18 at mac@
gaithersburgmd.gov.
minaries away from doorsteps, walkways, landings and curtains. Place
them on sturdy tables, keep them out
of the reach of pets and small children,
and never leave them unattended.
• Drive slowly and safely, and always be
on the lookout for miniature ghosts
and goblins darting into the street.
By following these simple directives,
Halloween can be a safe and delightful activity for the whole family—just like it’s
supposed to be.
On Oct. 10, four thefts from autos
occurred in Kentlands. Three vehicles were entered by unknown means
and one was left unlocked. Cash and a
GPS unit were targeted. Incidents occurred on Kent Oaks Way, Midtown
Road, Holmard Street and Thurgood
Mews.
From Gaithersburg and Montgomery
County Police Reports.
Movie night?
Check out ‘Mike at the Movies’
for his latest reviews before
the show.
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shoptalk
By Jenny Chen
Moe’s Southwest Grill Comes
to Gaithersburg
The restaurant famous for its rollicking “Welcome to Moe’s!” is coming to Gaithersburg in the Shops of
Potomac Valley shopping center in
November. Franchise partner Frank
Maresca said that the franchise has locations in Virginia but is hoping to expand further into the D.C./Maryland
market in the coming year. “The minute we pulled up, we loved it — the
smalltown feel, the high school right
across the street,” said Maresca.
Maresca says that Moe’s prides itself in the quality of their food. The
restaurant serves cage-free chicken,
organic tofu and grass-fed beef. At the
same time, there’s the home-wrecker
burrito for someone who is looking
for something less healthy. “There’s
something for everyone — Moe’s
makes everything to order right in
front of you,” Maresca said.
Another fun tidbit: Moe’s only plays
music by dead artists, everything from
Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson.
This eclectic music choice lends itself
to the unique atmosphere that Moe’s is
hoping to bring to Gaithersburg.
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shop talk Continued on page 11
From Nutrition to Hormone Therapy
Kentlands Wellness Centers Offer Health Optimization
By Nora Fitzpatrick
T
he health and wellness industry in the
United States is thriving and growing
substantially each year. Everywhere
you turn, there are online articles and news
segments about steps we can take to get
healthier and fitter. We certainly see evidence of this every day when we take that
jog or bike ride through the neighborhood.
Spas and wellness centers abound in our little corner of Gaithersburg.
There’s lots about Kentlands and
Lakelands that make it the perfect location
for wellness centers. Our neighborhood is
densely populated, but still has many amenities that are perfect for people who want
to be physically active. We’ve got stores
that are within walking distance and beautiful bike and running paths that take you
around shimmering lakes and abundant
trees.
As you stroll around Inspiration
Lake, you can’t help but notice the color change happening in the leaves. Your
thoughts naturally turn to pumpkin spice
lattes, football games, hayrides and….
ah-ah-ah-ACHOO… cold and flu season. Fortunately, you can turn to one of
the many nearby wellness practices to
help keep you healthy as the cold weather
approaches.
Life Balance Medical Center, located on Main Street, offers medical therapies that work to restore health and offer
protection as we age. The center special-
izes in bio-identical hormone
replacement therapy, which
can help fight illness. Dr. Barry
Rowekamp, medical director of
Life Balance, says that the purpose of his practice is to provide
patients with strong underpinnings so the body will be able
to fight off what comes around
during cold and flu season. While
a good diet and proper sleep are
important to staying healthy,
Dr. Rowekamp maintains that
hormones play an essential part
in keeping us healthy not only
during the cold weather months,
but also all year-round, especially
as we get older.
As we age, our various hormone levels change and there are
different normal ranges for different age groups. Rowekamp
believes that just because, for
example, 60-year-old men have
a “normal” range of a certain
Photo | Submitted
hormone, that doesn’t mean it’s Dr. Barry Rowekamp is medical director of Life Balance, a medical center
the optimal range. Rowekamp that specializes in bio-identical hormone replacement therapy.
says that hormones create a “cokey to staying healthy and Laura McClure
coon of vitality and youth” and they are
of Kentlands Nutrition offers some great
the “nuts and bolts of reproduction.” His
tips on what we can do to avoid getting
practice’s goal is not to turn a 50-year-old
sick this winter. One essential ingredient
woman into a 20-year-old one, but rather
to staying healthy is making sure to have
to preserve that cocoon through hormone
phytonutrients in our diet. Phytonutrients
therapy to maintain our health as we age.
We all know that proper nutrition is
n wellness center Continued on page 11
New, Stronger Flu Vaccine
for Seniors
By Mike Cuthbert
C
Expires 10/31/13
oncerns over a higher risk and
greater incidence of the flu for senior Americans has led to a new
vaccine this season. According to Dr.
Richard Bikel of the National Council on
Aging (NCOA), the vaccine was necessary because of seniors’ higher risk due to
a decreased immune system. The face of
the NCOA’s program “Flu+ You” is celebrity spokesman Lee Majors.
So far, there have not been enough
studies of the effectiveness of the high
dose shot, but other figures indicate that
the flu shot in general has an effectiveness rate of only about 30 to 40 percent.
This year’s effectiveness rate is closer to
27 percent overall.
According to a CBS News report,
however, the new flu shot is reported to
be only 9 percent effective against the
most virulent flu strain that has appeared
this season (H3N2). Researchers remain
puzzled over the low effectiveness rates.
There is some disagreement over the
effectiveness of the “flu plus,” as is common with drug studies. While a 9 percent
success rate over the most virulent form of
flu is reported, the senior dose shows a
24 percent improvement over the regular
flu shot when applied to seniors. That result must be confirmed by the FDA, but
it would indicate a significant improve-
ment in vaccine effectiveness.
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) is recommending
that any seniors who show initial signs
of the flu be started on antivirals such as
Tamiflu or Relenza. Both these medicines tend to decrease the effects and severity of the flu and prevent pneumonia.
The CDC also recommends shots now
rather than waiting later into the season. The “flu season” usually begins in
October and ends in February. Peak flu
months are January and February, which
is why some people wait until then to get
their shots.
Most shots and nasal sprays will be trivalent—they protect against the three
main forms of the flu. A quadrivalent
form, usually a spray, is also anticipated this season. The effectiveness of each
form is far from being guaranteed, however, since the effectiveness of a vaccine
in any given season depends largely on
which strains of the flu virus are most
prevalent during that season. This varies
from year to year.
Not a part of the vaccination program
but an important part of flu prevention
is simple personal hygiene during the flu
season, especially washing your hands
with soap rather than merely rinsing off.
One of the best sources for information
about the flu is www.cdc.gov/flu.
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College Applications: A Disclaimer
W
ith the frantic
and competitive
atmosphere of
college applications to the
nation’s most prestigious
schools, senior year is not
quite the easy, breezy cap
to high school that it is
billed as. As a senior in
Richard Montgomery’s By Christina
Xu
International Baccalaureate
Magnet program, I can attest to the trials and tribulations of this long
process of self-discovery and self-promotion.
I have a few qualms with the application
process. With the advent of the Common
Application and access to application resources such as the ever-useful and ever-stressful CollegeConfidential.com, the
application process has become more expansive and more competitive.
Thanks to the Common App, a database
you can fill out once and send out to any
Common Application member school, ease
of application allows students to apply for
many more schools than they would if they
had to fill out individual applications. I’ve
had friends complain to me about their inability to narrow down their selection of
25 or so schools.
Applying to 25 schools is extraordinarily costly when you consider each individual school’s application fee. For the most
competitive and prestigious schools, this is
around $80 to $90 dollars per application,
and this doesn’t include fees charged for
sending test scores and transcripts.
The entire process – filling out applications, arranging for test scores and
transcripts to be sent, and paying for it
all — makes the college process big and
intimidating.
And consider this: Thanks to technology and the stream of public information
available about college applications, students more easily understand what will
“impress” top-tier colleges. As a result,
they are more likely to engage in activities
or pursue awards that are personally meaningless to them outside of the college application process.
For many students, the race to become
a model applicant begins the moment they
set foot in high school. They filter each
decision through the college application
prism – asking, which classes sound most
difficult, which sports should I play, which
clubs should I join. While it is good that
the applications process pushes some students to reach out of their comfort zone
and participate in new activities, the process also develops students without a solid
personal engagement to their extracurricular activities. High school is a time to discover your passions and better understand
yourself so you can prepare for college and
prepare for a career—not a time to fit yourself into a mold for your dream college.
Adding to the pressure, recently there
has been a push for the “well-lopsided” student. For years, students were expected to
be well-rounded and to have participated
in a wide range of activities. Now colleges
expect a focus and excellence in a specific
area or activity. This is difficult to achieve
if you did not pinpoint your special focus
or passion at a young-enough age, or if you
did not have the means to carry through
with your passion for several years.
Students today are faced with an extracurricular conundrum. Colleges expect students to have already accomplished
a great deal by the time they are 17. For
some students, who may have discovered
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COUNTS! Annual Adult Hero in our
Community Essay Contest and the
CHARACTER COUNTS! Annual
Poster Contest, or to nominate an individual or business for a Character Award, visit www.gaithersburgmd.gov/character or
call 301.258.6395.
QO Gets a Boost
The annual fall fundraiser of the QOHS
All-School Booster Club is Oct. 26, 7 to
10 p.m. at the Lakelands Clubhouse. This
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(L to R) Mara Higgins, Gaithersburg Middle 6th grade, Celia Stern, Rosemont Elementary School 5th grade, Yulia Molina,
Strawberry Knoll Elementary 3rd grade are three of the 10 winners of the 2012 CHARACTER COUNTS! Annual Poster Contest. Schools and grades reflect student attendance in fall 2012. Entries are now being accepted for the 2013 contest.
“While we celebrate character all
year long, it’s a pleasure to join with the
CHARACTER COUNTS! coalition for
a collective, nationwide celebration each
October,” said Gaithersburg Mayor Sidney
Katz. “Throughout the month we’ll be
highlighting programs and activities that
the community can participate in as we
come together to reinforce our moral
foundation.”
Highlights of the celebration include contests, awards and scholarships.
For information on how to enter the
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their passions at a young age, this is a great
time to show off all they have been able
to achieve. For others, though, finding out
what they love takes more time. But, as
they are pressed to find some accomplishments quickly, they join clubs and activities that do not hold much significance for
them and often end up showing only lackluster effort.
The fun does not stop there. For the
most competitive universities, in addition
to being talented and accomplished outside of school, you have to be an academic superstar. There is always a push for the
most challenging classes to bolster your
weighted GPA and improve your ranking
amongst your fellow high-achieving classmates. Though you might have an interest
in photography, it would be wiser to take
AP physics.
With the slew of tests high school students take ever increasing (SATs, SAT IIs,
ACTs, APs, IBs, amongst other terrifying
acronyms) and the bar being raised for standardized testing achievement, more energy
must be expended into performing well on
these bars set by remote testing services.
The ideal college applicant is becoming
more committed to extracurricular activities, more capable of stress management,
and better at standardized testing.
The most difficult part of all this is
time management. Juggling five hours
of homework a day is difficult when
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■ Ride Allegheny
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first time this year, was impressed by the
full length of the ride. “It was beautiful following the train tracks all the way down,”
she said. “Some even got to ride along with
the train.”
The ride itself is a challenge for many
participants, consisting of 80-plus miles
in a single day and an elevation climb
of more than 1,600 feet to the Eastern
Continental Divide outside of Frostburg,
Md. Following that, it is a steep 1,700foot descent in only 25 miles on the way
to Cumberland. Cyclists then followed
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the C&O towpath the second 150 miles
through Harpers Ferry and finally to
Smokey Glen Farm.
“It actually isn’t as hard as you would
think,” wrote rider Jarrett Cantrell of
Kentlands in an e-mail. “The key is to
take it at a moderate pace, have a seat that
doesn’t cause you problems, and don’t get
dehydrated.”
Cantrell, who has been riding one to
two days a week since August to practice
for the event, was well prepared for the
ride. He has participated in the ride every
year but one since 2006.
Despite the preparation, some things just
happen along the ride that can’t be antici-
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pated. “For me, getting four flat tires within about a 40-mile stretch was frustrating,”
said Cantrell, “but with the help of other
riders, I was able to get back up and going
quickly.”
Not everyone who participates has to be
a cyclist either. With all the gear that needs
to be brought along, McGrew said a veteran’s wife volunteered to drive along and
made sure packs got where they needed to
be.
Also, volunteers help set up water stations along the trail, which proved to be a
little more difficult this year with the government shutdown in Washington, D.C.
“They put up their big cement blocks and
chains, and locked the restrooms, but that
didn’t stop us,” McGrew said. “We still
rode on the trail.”
Founded in 2001 by Clark Wagner, Ride
Allegheny grew into something more in
2004 when the riders met McGrew, who
was visiting with wounded soldiers at
Walter Reed National Military Medical
Center in Bethesda, Md. Since then, the
event has grown from the original five riders to around 86, with some coming from
as far away as California to take part in the
annual event.
“What really stands out [in Ride
Allegheny] is the amount of money that
some individuals raised and how it can help
the wounded veterans,” said Cantrell.
While Ride Allegheny is Operation
Second Chance’s largest fundraising event,
it is not the only one. In the past few years,
McGrew has teamed up with the Marine
Corps Marathon and Paddle Fenwick
to help raise funds for her organization.
“We’re trying to turn Paddle Fenwick into
another Ride Allegheny,” McGrew said
of the event that helped raise more than
$30,000 for Operation Second Chance in
June.
With the money raised, McGrew helps
families who are forced to take extended leaves of absence from work or struggle with where to get the money to cover
medical expenses. “We’ve provided around
$1.5 million over the past eight-and-a-half
years for veterans and their families,” said
McGrew of her organization, which was
awarded a top-rated nonprofit in 2013 by
GreatNonprofits, a group that helps people
rate and share information about nonprofits and charities.
Even after the Ride Allegheny event,
organizers are already looking forward to
next year. Registration starts in January
and meetings are already being scheduled
to get the wheels turning.
For the Native Americans who once
walked its trails, Allegheny meant “beautiful stream.” The cyclists of Ride Allegheny
and Operation Second Chance have continued that tradition, perfectly flowing
a gorgeous autumn ride with a nonprofit
meant to help those who have given their
all.
“They’re making a difference in an injured soldier’s life,” said McGrew. “They’re
just a great group.”
■ running moms
There are no haters in this group.”
With a second book focused on training
plans released in 2012, a growing Facebook
and Twitter following, podcasts and marketing partners, Another Mother Runner
is hitting its stride.
“We realized that we were marketing to
some of the busiest women on the planet,”
said McDowell. “So having a book event in
a bookstore was not going to bring out an
enthusiastic crowd. Thus, the house party
concept was born. Now we have about 12 a
year across the country and our attendance
at these events has doubled in the last year.”
The D.C. event was hosted by
Washingtonian Woods resident and running coach Lisa Reichmann and fellow
trainer Julie Sapper, who co-founded Run
Farther and Faster. “This event sold out
in a matter of hours,” said Reichmann,
“so clearly this movement is very popular
among the local running community.”
Another Mother Runner got the attention of high-caliber marketing partners like Saucony and Garmin and is now
poised to move to the next phase.
“A third book is in the works,” said
Bowen Shea, “and we would like to expand our partnerships and be a nationally
recognized brand ourselves.”
And the reward for all the travel and hard
work? “Every day someone says something
that restores my faith in humanity,” said
Bowen Shea. “Sounds corny, but it is truly
the best part.”
For more information on either
of these organizations, visit www.
anothermotherunner.com and www.
runfatherandfaster.com.
You’re invited to our
Open House Event!
Into Kentlands Manor to meet
your neighborhood businesses!
Kentlands Manor Senior Apartments invites YOU to:
Fall Community Open House
Saturday, October 26th
11:00 am- 3:00 pm
Kentlands Manor Senior Apartments
217 Booth Street, Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Stop in anytime on Saturday to learn about what your local
Kentlands businesses have to offer! Enjoy refreshments,
samples, coupons, and door prizes from your participating
businesses!
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en looked bothered by the wait as they chatted excitedly.
What could possibly cause this kind of
buzz on a Wednesday night in the suburbs?
A house party featuring authors Dimity
McDowell and Sarah Bowen Shea, that’s
what.
“This is the biggest turnout we have
had to date,” said McDowell of the 300plus registrants — all women — who came
Oct. 2 to hear the writers speak, enjoy refreshments and giveaways and, most importantly, find camaraderie.
The two women, former crew teammates at Colgate University and freelance
fitness writers, penned their first book,
Run Like a Mother: How to Get Moving and
Not Lose Your Family, Job or Sanity in 2010.
“The book,” explained McDowell, “was
a departure from the other dry, clinical
running books that were the only option
when we started training for a marathon.”
The aim of their book was to engage
women like themselves: mothers and wives
with careers and busy schedules who were
trying to make fitness a priority. The duo
founded an organization, Another Mother
Runner (AMR), shortly after the book release. AMR would serve as a virtual training and aid station supporting mother runners. The nationwide community that
sprouted as a result is still a pleasant surprise to both women.
“Our message of positive acceptance
resonates with a large group of women,”
said Bowen Shea. “Runners of all caliber
are supporting other runners of all caliber.
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aroundtown
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are due by Dec. 13. For more information,
please call the Arts Barn at 301-258-6394 or
e-mail Suzanne Takahashi at stakahashi@
gaithersburgmd.gov.
27th Annual Community
Service Week
Community Service Week, Oct. 2027, culminates in a special Community
Services Day on Saturday, Oct. 26. A complete list of projects can be found on the
county’s volunteer center website: www.
montgomeryserves.org. Projects in the
Gaithersburg area include help with sewing
and theatre tech, event set up and “day of ”
volunteering for the Community Support
Services’ Fall Festival of the Arts, scheduled for Oct. 27; event help for the first annual 5K/1 Mile Fun Run-The Halloween
Hustle, held by Family Services, Inc. and
The Montgomery Village Rotary Club
Foundation on Oct. 26; fall clean up at Pet
Sanctuary; On Our Own of Montgomery
County yard cleanup and landscaping; and
sandwich and vegetable preparation for
the Youth Against Hunger Program on
Oct. 27, organized by The International
Cultural Center.
House of Delegates Nomination for
District 15
After an Oct. 8 vote by the Montgomery
County Democratic Central Committee,
David Fraser-Hidalgo will be recommended to Gov. Martin O’Malley to replace
Brian Feldman, who vacated the seat to assume a position in the State Senate. FraserHidalgo is a resident of Boyds and a former
Montgomery County police officer.
7th Annual DEA Drug Take-Back Day
Most of us have home medicine cabinets
with old and unwanted prescription and
OTC medications. But these old medications in the home are potentially hazardous; they can be abused and poison others.
Do you ever wonder about the safest way
to dispose of them?
According to the Food and Drug
Administration, the safest way is through
a Medicine Take-Back Program. Simply
throwing medications in the trash may
poison animals and the ground water.
Flushing medications also poses potential safety and health hazards to our water
supply.
Fortunately, the Gaithersburg Police
Department is participating in the 7th
Annual DEA Drug Take-Back Day on
Oct. 26, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bring unwanted medications to the Gaithersburg City
Police, 14 Fulks Corner Ave. The service
is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
Internet Safety Seminar Offered
The Web can be a confusing and dangerous place for kids, and parents often
don’t know where their children have
been. According to a McAfee 2012 Teen
Internet Behavior Study, 70 percent of kids
hide their Internet activity from their parents. Yet, according to the National Crime
Prevention Council, 43 percent of teens
were victims of cyber bullying in the past
year.
The MCPD, DHS, Montgomery County
Executive’s Office, city of Gaithersburg,
Faith Community Working Group,
Church of Ascension (Gaithersburg) and
International Cultural Center have all
worked together to offer an Internet Safety
Seminar on Oct. 29, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at
Watkins Mill High School Media Center,
10301 Apple Ridge Road, Gaithersburg.
Parents and teens can learn about online terrorists, Internet predators, cyber bullying, indiscretions and privacy.
Speakers include Montgomery County
Police Department Chief Thomas Manger;
Department of Homeland Security, Irfan
Saeed; Montgomery County Assistant
District Attorney Stephen Chakin; City
of Gaithersburg Youth Services Director
Tim Smith; the Rev. Randy LordWilkinson, Church of Ascension; and Dr.
Hedieh Mirahmadi, International Cultural
Center. For more information, e-mail
fcwg2013@gmail.com.
Upcoming Community
and City Elections
November is a busy time for community
and city elections. Kentlands Election Day
for three open Board of Trustee positions is
Nov. 1, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Kentlands
Clubhouse.
On Nov. 5, Gaithersburg residents will
cast ballots for mayor and two city council members, all of whom serve the community at-large for a four-year term. The
terms of office for Mayor Sidney A. Katz
and Council Members Henry F. Marraffa,
Jr. and Michael A. Sesma expire in
November. All three incumbents will run
unopposed. Katz has served as mayor since
1998. Marraffa has been on the council
1995 – 1999 and 2000 to present. Sesma,
who is council vice president, has served
since 2005
Three positions are open on the
Lakelands Community Association (LCA)
Board. For the first time in its history, nine
candidates have stepped forward for the
Nov. 20 election.
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Help for Families in Need
For a 19th year, the city of Gaithersburg
launches the Holiday Giving Program to
serve as many as 800 city families. Partners
Calvary Pentecostal Ministries Church, the
Gaithersburg Coalition of Providers, Good
Shepherd Lutheran Church, and Grace
United Methodist Church join the city to
offer eligible families happier holidays.
Individuals, businesses, congregations,
and other groups are invited to participate through monetary contributions or
Target gift cards in denominations of $10
and $20. The program also recruits sponsors to “adopt” Gaithersburg families
for Thanksgiving and/or the December
holidays by providing food baskets at
Thanksgiving and gifts for children in
December. The Holiday Giving brochure,
available on the city’s website at www.
gaithersburgmd.gov/communityservices,
has complete information and guidelines.
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Meeting Calendar
Nov. 12 — Quince Orchard Park HOA Board Meeting, 7 p.m.
Oct. 28 — Condo I Board Meeting, 7 p.m.
Oct. 30 — Condo II Board Meeting, 7 p.m.
E-mail your contributions to: karen@towncourier.com
QOP News
Cub Scouts Seek Food Drive
Donations in Quince
Orchard Park
“Scouting for Food” is an annual
Boy Scout-led food drive covering
the entire Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. On Saturday, Nov.
2, Cub Scout Pack 1316 will distribute food collection bags to homes
in Quince Orchard Park. Nonperishable food donations should be
left by the front door to be collected on the morning of Saturday, Nov.
8. The Capital Area Food Bank will
distribute donations.
Scouting for Food launched in
1987. Since then, the drive has
collected millions of pounds of
non-perishable food for people in
need.
Have you noticed an out-of-order streetlight in the community?
Report it to Ruchita Patel (rpatel@tmgainc.com).
Homeowners have until Nov. 8
to comment on the revisions to the
community’s Design Standards and
Guidelines, recommended by the
Architectural Control Committee
after an annual review. Homeowners
may comment in writing by Nov.
8, or provide feedback in person at
the Nov. 12 Board meeting at the
clubhouse.
The recommended revisions
are published on the community
website.
Community 2014 Draft Budget
Available for Review
Photo | Karen O'Keefe
Rain saturates the ground Oct. 10 near the tennis
courts off Winter Walk Drive. The QOP Board is
working with developer Churchill Group and the
city of Gaithersburg to ameliorate the problem.
QOP Board Votes to Install
Drainage Pipe, Basketball
Backboard
To help ameliorate the drainage
problem near the tennis courts behind Winter Walk Drive the QOP
Board voted at the Oct. 8 meeting to
install an eight-foot section of pipe,
with a removable cap, under the new
sidewalk to be constructed by the
Churchill Group. Churchill has installed drains that may or may not
resolve the water problem. By installing the pipe before the sidewalk,
considerable money will be saved by
the QOP community, should additional drainage be required in the
area. The cost of installing the pipe
is approximately $600.
The Board also approved the purchase of a new backboard to replace
the damaged board on the basketball
court.
The 2014 Draft QOP Budget
and Budget Notes are available on the community website at
“Announcements.”
Homeowners
are encouraged to review both documents. If you have any questions
or written comments, please forward
to the Board, via our Community
Manager
(rpatel@tmgainc.com).
The QOP Board will adopt a final FY 2014 budget at the monthly
board meeting, Nov. 12.
City Leaf Pickup and
Cleanup Tips
Next week, the city of
Gaithersburg begins picking up
raked leaves at the curb. Collection
will continue weekly through
December. Pickup is every five to
seven days and is usually on recycling
days – Friday in Quince Orchard
Park. Collection may run a day or
two late during heavy periods.
The city has issued the following
leaf collection tips:
• DON'T drive across leaf piles,
as pets and kids may be playing
in them.
• DO rake your leaves to the curb.
• DON'T allow your children to
play in leaves along the street.
• DO remove any limb, rocks,
or other heavy objects from
October 2013
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leaf piles.
• DON'T park over a leaf pile, as
the vehicle's exhaust may start
a fire.
• DO avoid putting out leaves
when snow is forecast.
• DON'T use plastic bags.
Please contact 301.258.6370 or
publicworks@gaithersburgmd.gov.
Step Up to Help QOP’s
Neighborhood Watch
A coordinator is needed for
QOP’s
Neighborhood
Watch
Program. This is an important volunteer position in an important
program that depends on volunteers
and support from the community.
According to the Gaithersburg
Police Department, there are four
components of Neighborhood
Watch:
• communication between police and the community;
• increasing resident awareness of
crime through continuing information sharing;
• training residents in the means
of better personal awareness;
• assisting residents in being
secure.
The Quince Orchard Park coordinator will enlist and communicate with block captains, maintain
a close tie to police, and pass updates from the Gaithersburg Police
Department on to the community,
via block captains, the website and
this newspaper.
Development Committee
Volunteers Sought
The Quince Orchard Park Board
is seeking a chair and members for
the newly structured Development
Committee. The committee monitors development, expansion or
changes in areas that affect Quince
Orchard Park. The committee will
inform and advise the Board of
Directors on these matters. Contact
Ruchita Patel (rpatel@tmgainc.
com).
Trash and Recycling
Trash, which is collected on Tuesday and Friday, must be
placed in lidded trash cans. Trash should not be left for collection in bags. These are ripped open by dogs, birds and
other pests, and trash is strewn throughout the community.
Continued use of bags may result in fines.
Consider painting your house number on your trash cans
and lids so they may be returned on windy days. It is also
helpful to label recycling bins with house numbers – and to
place bagged newspapers and magazines atop commingled
materials in the bin. Trash cans and recycle bins must be
stored out of sight on non-pickup days.
Recycling is picked up on Fridays. Containers with lids
are now available from the city of Gaithersburg. Please
contact the city at 301.258.6370 to have a lidded bin delivered and the old one picked up. The new bins will lessen
the problem with trash in the neighborhood. It is helpful
to label recycling bins with house numbers. Lids may be
attached to bins by drilling small holes and attaching with
twine.
Bulk recycling pickups are the first Friday of each month.
Nov. 1 is the next bulk recycling pickup in Quince Orchard
Park.
The city of Gaithersburg and Potomac Disposal
(301.294.9700) both offer collection services for bulk items
at no cost. Under no circumstances should items be dumped
in the woodlines or natural areas, including yard waste.
Dog Duty and Animal Matters
Cleaning up after dogs is the legal responsibility of every
canine owner walking a dog in the community. Dogs are
not permitted off-leash on common property in the city of
Gaithersburg.
Contact Information for
Gaithersburg Animal Control
To report after hours/emergency animal service calls,
city of Gaithersburg residents must now contact the
Montgomery County Emergency Communication Center
(MCECC) at 301.279.8000. MCECC will then notify
and dispatch a Gaithersburg Animal Control Officer for
response.
To report non-emergency animal service calls and for
information on related animal matters during regular business hours, residents may contact the Gaithersburg Animal
Control Office directly at 301.258.6343. Regular hours
of operation are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m.
For more information, please visit www.gaithersburgmd.
gov/animal.
Website
Agendas for meetings, as well as many important
documents (including minutes and meeting summaries) can
be found at the QOP website at www.quinceorchardpark.
com.
Crime Watch
New to the neighborhood? Join the Quince Orchard Park
Neighborhood Crime Watch Program. E-mail Ruchita
Patel rpatel@tmgainc.com or Quinn Chase qchase@
tmgainc.com to join the program or for more information.
QOP Management Contact Information
Photo | Karen O'Keefe
QOP Board members Lusha Liang, Chuck Crisostomo, Steve Scharf and Lester Stano at the Oct. 8
Board Meeting voted to approve the recent audit
report by Strauss & Associates.
Quince Orchard Park Community Managers, Ruchita
Patel and Quinn Chase
C/o The Management Group Associates, Inc.
20440 Century Boulevard, Suite 100
Germantown, MD 20874
Phone: 301.948.6666
Fax: 301.963.3856
E-mail: rpatel@tmgainc.com
qchase@tmgainc.com
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firstperson
Naptitude
A
s the world gets
darker and more
complicated by the
day, we could all use some
good news. I received just
that while avoiding all
the important things left
undone in my world and
trolling Facebook the oth- By Maureen
er day.
Stiles
There, complete with
graphics, was a post detailing the benefits
of napping. Yes, folks, it turns out that nap-
ping makes you smarter. This is the first
time I have been excited about anything
remotely educational since … well, since
never.
That is because my brain is full. At capacity. This is evidenced by the fact that
my head hurts a lot and I am squarely
blaming all the minutia I am required to
store in my brain for the entire family.
Small things like who gets mustard on
their sandwich or the white jersey versus
blue jersey for soccer in addition to the big
things like paying for college get mixed
■ wellness center
need. Kentlands Nutriton is staffed with
wellness coaches who can design a personal nutritional program to help keep you
healthy.
There are also the tried-and-true measures we can all take to ward off seasonal bugs. Wash your hands and wash them
often. The amount of time it takes you to
sing “Happy Birthday” is how long you
should soap and rinse. Keep the hand sanitizer close and use it frequently, especially
on the little ones who get exposed to various germs at school. Last but not least,
get your flu vaccine before the peak of the
season hits. It can protect you from being
knocked flat on your back for a week or
more, and it helps create “community immunity” by protecting especially the most
vulnerable among us (babies, pregnant
women, and immunocompromised people) from getting sick.
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are found in the colors in the vegetables, so
make sure you don’t peel your cucumbers
or carrots! The skin is the most nutritionally powerful part of these salad staples and
phytonutients are responsible for feeding
our organs. The old adage “eating an apple a day keeps the doctor away” isn’t just
a trite expression. McClure urges everyone
to eat your Golden Delicious or shiny red
Gala. Apples are high in fiber and vitamin
C.
Phytonutrients feed the organs, but multivitamins feed the cells and keep us strong.
Taking supplements or eating foods that
are rich in antioxidants are also important to staying healthy and boosting immunity. Also, drink plenty of water. It keeps
you hydrated and flushes out what we don’t
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Maresca says the restaurant is planning on opening in early November with
a fundraiser to benefit Quince Orchard
High School. Stay tuned!
and athletes of all experience levels.
“This is the place you can have a complete holistic makeover — by coaching clients from their fitness/dance/nutrition level to improving their skin care and now
we have added semi-permanent makeup,”
said Souzan Mills, owner and operator for
Studio Booseh.
Mills says that dance has helped her
through depression and a cancer diagnosis, and she hopes to use the studio to help
people from all walks of life deal with their
own difficulties.
Metro Computer Support Going
Strong After One Year
Souzan Mills, owner and operator of Studio Booseh, keeps
the dance, fitness and nutrition center on the move.
Studio Booseh Moves Locations
Fitness boutique Studio Booseh has
moved to 420 Main St. lower level from
its previous location. The studio made the
move Sept. 1 in an effort to refocus its space
and energy on the services Studio Booseh
was originally known for — belly dancing,
personal training and skin care/semi-permanent makeup.
Studio Booseh still offers a variety of
private, semi-private, and group fitness
classes with an individualized approach.
Instruction is geared toward women, men
Fighting computer viruses and fixing
hardware for Kentlands residents, Metro
Computer Support has been going strong
after one year. The Kentlands branch is part
of a local chain that provides residential
and business computer support. “We came
here because the community was very upscale, family oriented, and we wanted to
be close to that,” said owner Martin Posse.
Posse serves as the treasurer on the board
of the Kentlands Downtown Partnership
(KDP). He says he has really enjoyed his
role because “It has helped us get more involved in the community.”
Metro Computer Support also runs a
free recycling program for toners and ink
cartridges. Residents can drop off ink cartridges and toners at 402 Main St., 200B.
in with high school algebra and remedial Spanish. My poor brain can’t decipher
which parts of this data qualify as vital information, so it just keeps it all in there
rumbling around until I need to recall it.
Ouch. Throb.
Making the situation worse is the fact
that my body has turned against me and
I no longer sleep. Hot flashes and night
sweats plague me to the point that I now
average three to four hours of sleep a night.
So you can certainly understand why this
napping study is like a little gift to my weary soul.
A nap would let my head get one over on
my hormonally evil body one brain cell at
a time. Excited, I clicked on the link embedded in the post to find out more.
The “Higher Perspective” website landing page looked a little more “Star Trek”
than medically professional, but I was willing to gloss over that because the article
cited a “Dr.” And I was too tired to be
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faced with seven hours of school and an
additional three hours of extracurricular
activity/transport. Being a student is like
working full-time and overtime at home.
Personally, I have turned to waking up
around five each morning in order to get
work done on time—I get around five
to six hours of sleep each night. Fatigue
perpetuates slower work and less time spent
sleeping. Sleep is often the first sacrifice
made by students in order to maintain
school and extracurricular performance as
well as a healthy social life.
Though busy schedules push students
to become expert time managers, one can
only wonder about the true intellectual
opportunities missed. For example, one of
my personal goals is to speak French fluently. However, time I could be spending
watching the French news is oftentimes
gobbled up by reading a Barron’s book on
French grammar for the SAT Subject Test.
While school has fostered within me a genuine interest in a variety of subjects, because of schoolwork I am unable to actively
pursue them.
One thing I have enjoyed about the college applications process, however, is the
essay-writing. Though most students dread
it, I find it an interesting opportunity for
self-discovery. Very rarely in the rush of
school and work and activities do students
get to sit down and reflect on their life experiences and on what has created their
personalities and characteristics. The college essay forces students to do so. In writing my own college essays, I have learned
to appreciate the shaping factors in my
life—family and community—more than
ever before.
Though I do struggle with it, I believe
the holistic American college admissions
systems is one of the best and does push
more students to become in-depth, balanced and intelligent. The stress from the
process is only to be expected, and the rational and healthy way to deal with it is to
embrace the challenge.
I am also aware that even if I do not gain
admission into the nation’s most prestigious
universities, I can and will still be happy
with my own achievements and end up
successful at any university. I am also infinitely thankful for the opportunities that
living in such an excellent school district
with such ample resources provides. But
these are thoughts that come to mind after
calm consideration and readjusted perspective. Oftentimes the minds of frantic high
school seniors are intently focused only on
the immediate and obvious goal and desire, the product of years of hard work and
hope—admission.
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appetizers and dessert, cash bar and auction
items. The QOHS All-School Boosters
support more than 39 athletic teams and 68
clubs and organizations at the high school,
school enhancements and community
programs. Visit www.qohsboosters.com
for more information.
More Sleep for Teens?
In what may prove a controversial move,
Montgomery County Public Schools
(MCPS) Superintendent Joshua P. Starr
recommended that the district consider
pushing back high school start times by
50 minutes to 8:15 a.m., starting middle
school 10 minutes earlier at 7:45 a.m. and
extending the elementary school day by 30
minutes to 4 p.m.
“I am making this recommendation because I believe it is in the best interests of
our students. There is extensive research
that demonstrates that adolescents are simply not getting enough sleep. This is a public health and safety issue,” Dr. Starr said.
“If we are truly committed to the well-being of our students, we must consider the
feasibility of adjusting our start times to
support their health and success.
“At the same time, I realize my recommendation may have a substantial impact
on the lives of our students, staff, families,
and school communities,” Dr. Starr continued. “Therefore, we must take the time
to determine the costs and operational impact of my recommendation and gather input from as many stakeholders as possible
before we make a final decision next year.”
There will be extensive outreach to
gather input from students, staff, parents,
and community members about Dr. Starr’s
recommendation. Staff will also determine
the cost and operational impact of making
changes to the school schedule. The earliest any changes would occur is the 20152016 school year.
Dr. Starr Becomes Co-Chair of
National Consortium
Together with J. Alvin Wilbanks, superintendent of Gwinnett County Public
Schools in Georgia, Joshua P. Starr, superintendent of Montgomery County Public
Schools (MCPS) has been named cochair of the new Large Countywide and
Suburban District Consortium.
The Consortium includes the leadership of large, successful, suburban school
systems that have come together to share
ideas and resources, and advocate for policies and practices that support the continuous improvement of their own districts and
those across the country. The Consortium,
established in 2012, currently includes 15
districts that educate more than 1.3 million
students. More districts may be invited to
join in the coming months.
“The goal of the Consortium is to share
our collective expertise and advocate for
change that will help move education forward in our districts, our states, and across
the nation,” said Dr. Starr. “We don’t have
an ideological agenda. Our goal is to advocate for those policies and practices that
contribute to student success. We are working to make sure that every child we educate is equipped with 21st century skills.”
MCPS, with more than 151,000 students,
is the nation’s 17th-largest school district.
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The Art of Making a Joyful Noise
By Pam Schipper
S
hellie Williams, who assumed directorship of The Arts Barn on Sept. 3,
is a versatile and vibrant woman who
believes passionately in the arts. Her knowledge cuts across the arts—music, theatre, fine
art, literary arts and arts programming—to
unite them in a setting that she said feels like
home.
“What I love about this place is that it’s
unassuming,” she explained. “It was a barn.
Most places that are performing and visual arts centers have that stigma of elitism.”
Centered in a community, home to all
of the arts and serving multiple generations, The Arts Barn fits snugly with what
Williams is all about: “shattering those
boundaries so that everybody has access and
when they get there they have this opportunity to have this deep, rich experience.”
Williams’ life might be best introduced
through its brilliant scenes.
It opened at the Abbeville Opera House
in Abbeville, South Carolina, where her
parents—her father, an actor, and her
mother, an organizer and humanities person—revitalized the circa 1908 theatre.
The opera house was one of a string established along Southern railroad lines.
Theatre companies would travel by train
from town to town during the early 20th
century..
“I laughingly say I have been involved in
arts marketing and also development since
I was seven and could put a letter in an envelope, lick it and put a stamp on it,” she
smiled. “I grew up backstage watching my
dad act, so it was a very natural thing to go
onstage as soon as they would let me.”
A talented actress and vocalist, Williams
was torn. “So all throughout college
it was this struggle—am I going to be a
fine artist, visual artist or am I an actor?”
She loved to paint and earned her bachelor’s from the Ringling School of Art and
Design at Florida State.
She soon realized that neither career offered much security. “On a visit to Europe
when I was in my mid-20s, I fell in love
with Italy—of course, who doesn’t?—and
came back and thought, ‘I’m going to get a
master’s in art history.’”
After completing her M.A. in Art
History and Classical Archeology at
Florida State, she was accepted into a wellknown Ph.D. program. At the time, the
field was flooded with qualified individuals
and the school sent Williams a letter before
she started, warning her that many with
Ph.D.s could not find jobs. “So I thought,
‘You know, I don’t love it that much. But
I really love working in museums.’ I had
worked in museums while I was in my
program at Florida State and I like change,
so I thought, ‘Let’s just see what it’s like to
work in a museum.’”
Williams did curatorial work for a number of years before she realized, “I’m not
just interested in the art, I’m interested in
how people experience the art and how
you can deepen that experience through
education.”
She moved into public programming at
the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston,
South Carolina, and she knew that she had
achieved success “when the curator of the
museum told me there were just too many
kids in the museum.”
While Williams appreciates the “beautiful tension in a museum – one is about
protecting the collection and the other is
about shattering those boundaries so that
everybody has access,” she counts an interactive, one-woman play that she commissioned while at Gibbes as one of her greatest accomplishments.
“I commissioned a one-woman play for
our collection so that schoolchildren could
experience the art,” she recalled. “It’s a
collection of 17th-, 18th- and 19th-century
portraiture and landscape from Charleston,
South Carolina, and when you walked
through that gallery—I called it the dead
zone because you were just looking at a
bunch of dead people and that’s what kids
always said, ‘It’s just a bunch of dead peo-
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checking physician credentials. I was a believer, for better or worse.
And boy was it for the better. After trying to avoid the pop-up ads for catching
and keeping a man and the free chakra test,
I learned that the longer I sleep, the smarter
I get. This was turning out to be the best
day ever. Who says Facebook is a waste of
time?
I often try and grab a power nap, which
has long been hailed for its benefits but,
apparently, if I sleep for 90 minutes I will
awaken with improved memory and creativity. So now I suspect that I should actually be sleeping at work and getting paid
to be more creative and remember all of
my deadlines.
This suspicion is confirmed when I
scroll down further to the sentence, “one
surprising suggestion is to sit slightly upright during your nap, because it will help
you avoid a deep sleep.” That seals it,
they surely want me to sleep at my desk
and be a better employee.
The study also stresses that “planning the
perfect nap” is key. The word “planning”
gives me a moment of pause. Hmmmm. I
am usually too tired to plan and am prone
to falling asleep in a chair with my to-do
list, a pen and my phone in my lap so if
anyone walked in I could look productive
in a matter of seconds.
Planning a nap means I have to look at
the schedule and possibly prioritize the
day’s events. Then, figure out if I want to
lay down and if so, on the couch or bed
or possibly just lounge sideways in a chair.
It definitely requires math, adding and
subtracting those 90 minutes in different
blocks of time to see if it is feasible. Not
to mention that all the planning gives me
time to feel guilty about participating in
what is generally perceived as slacker behavior. And the ensuing rationalizations
involving my resulting brilliance and general good mood once I awaken are a time
suck as well.
My head is starting to hurt again.
ple, huh?’ — I had to find a way to bring it
to life. So I commissioned a woman to create an interactive play. Our students would
come and they would split up. Half of them
would go on a tour of the gallery while the
other half was involved in the interactive
play where they had to play characters in
the story.
“That play is called Courage by the Sea
and … 18 years later it’s still going on.”
While at Gibbes, she also created a program called “Poets and Painters” with a
friend who was at the time poet laureate of
South Carolina, Marjory Wentworth. “I’ve
been thinking about how to bring somen
New Director Continued on page 16
“One of the things that I would like to do is work with
our very talented staff to think more cohesively about The
Arts Barn and what it can be as a place for education, as a
place for inspiration, as a place that leads to innovation,”
Shellie Williams explained.
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Minute by Minute, Manhattan Short Delivers Winners
ally powerful and beautifully
filmed American entry, Pale of
n Oct. 6, a jam-packed
Settlement. Based on a true stotheater #6 at Kentry from Russian history, it inlands Stadium greeted
volves a 10-year old Russian
this year’s program of short
Jewish boy and the attempts of
films in the Manhattan Short
the Khappers, army kidnapFilm Festival. Only at Kentpers, to conscript the youngster,
lands in Maryland, the festival
played by Kyle Catlett, for a term
is shown in more than 100
of up to 40 years. Stylistically,
theatres around the world
the film is old-fashioned: steady
over the course of one week.
camera, scenically perfect (espePhotos | Submitted
It even plays in 27 theatres in
cially the chilling effect of a black
Winners
of
the
global
Manhattan
Short
Film
Festival
included
Reece
Noi
for
Best
Actor
(Friday)
and
Kismet
Diner
for
Gold
Medal
for
Film.
Russia.
steam locomotive roaring out of a
This year’s finalists represented films
solved American film, Black Metal, features surprised it made the finals, but this is the tunnel toward the young boy) and meticwith run times of 3:41 to 17:58 that origithe lead singer of a heavy and very dark “Manhattan Shorts,” after all.
ulously planned and executed. I voted for
nated in six countries. They were as varied
An absolutely brilliant and utterly ro- it as the outstanding film in the festival, as
metal band whose logo adorns the site of a
as you can imagine. A pathetic yet funny
brutal murder. The singer contemplates his mantic film followed, — Kismet Diner, in I voted for Ilinca Roe as best actor. This
audition for Hamlet in Australia by a young
daughter’s question, “Were you to blame, which a young waitress in a diner enthralls was a new feature of the Manhattan Short
woman turned into something else near
her clientele by singing to them. Frankly, Festival and made the challenge of selectthe end of the film, while a frantic family Daddy?”
her voice was not all that interesting, but ing between styles even more complex.
One
of
the
winners
from
earlier
years,
from Finland kept the audience in stitches
the personality of Ilinca Roe as Laura, the
Bastien
Dubois,
made
the
finals
again
How do you weigh the quality of a bit of
as they prepared to go to a wedding after
waitress,
the
simplicity
of
Lotte
Mullan’s
with
an
animated
feature
called
Faces
From
fluff
like the Finland entry against the powtheir alarm clock went off late. A particularsongs
and
the
surprise
that
happens
halfPlaces.
Presented
as
inter-cuts
between
other
of
Pale of Settlement? How do you rate
ly effective performance by Reece Noi as a
way
through
delivers
a
heavy
punch.
Laura
er
films,
it
maintains
the
whimsical
tone
of
the
manic
Hamlet audition in #30 against
non-Muslim Arab mourning the loss of his
has everybody enthralled except one hand- the powerful work of Reece Noi in Friday?
mother in a terrorist bombing in London his earlier travelogue, Madagascar.
The least successful of the films, I Am some customer at the diner. She, of course, Yet that is part of the fun of the Manhattan
and bent on revenge was next. A slight
a
Great Big Ball of Sadness, was born of falls for him but is puzzled as to his com- Short Festival and, from the noisy discusFrench sketch involving two Englishmen
Manhattan
and portrays a typical cocktail plete lack of interest until she sees a friend sion among the audience members at the
who cannot speak French while meetparty
on
a
rooftop there. Three self-ab- come into the diner to meet him and end of the 10 films, it is a successful feature
ing Alexandra Naoum, who also directed
sorbed
hipsters
trade depressive stories they start signing! A mysterious stranger of the festival. Final worldwide tabulations
the film, came next. Like one of the other films in the festival, things turned out about themselves, of course, with one of leaves behind a book of BSL (British Sign of best film and best actor were announced
to be not quite what they seemed to be. A them ending the conversation by scream- Language) lessons, and she ends up singing on the Manhattan Short website mancharming and imaginative animated docu- ing, “I am a great big ball of sadness and her last song to him using BSL. Pure ro- hattanshort.com on Oct. 7. The winners
mentary about Irish furniture has a charm- I want to jump off your roof.” This film’s mance, but beautifully done. Roe is touch- were Best Actor: Reece Noi (Friday); Gold
ing finish as old Irish pieces are renovated handheld technique reeked of intention- ingly lovely, even without much of a voice, Medal for Film: Kismet Diner; Silver Medal
for Film: Pale of Settlement. Bronze Medal
and turned into lovely and serviceable new al “modernism” and only made audience and the film never gets maudlin.
The festival closed with an emotion- for Film: I Am a Great Big Ball of Sadness.
works in new Irish homes. A dark, unre- members reach for their Dramamine. I was
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here was a time when wealthy patrons
showed their support for artists by
holding salons—regular evenings in
their elegant homes when friends and artists
would meet and mingle, listen to music and
sip some wine. After the performance, lively discussion would center round the pieces
played and the art on display, with local gossip peppered in, of course.
You can live this experience at Kentlands
Mansion’s new sfz salon series.
“Like the salons that flourished in France
in the 17th and 18th centuries, the sfz salon series was created for entertainment,
education and the exchange of ideas,” said
Suzanne Takahashi, music program coor-
dinator for the Arts Barn, which is organizing the event. “The charming, intimate
setting of the historic Kentlands Mansion
is the perfect place. Amazing musicians,
great music, spirited discussion and a glass
of wine—what could be better?”
Starting Oct. 27, the wood-paneled music room at Kentlands Mansion will bring
audiences a “fusion of classical, contemporary and experimental chamber music
in an intimate salon setting,” Takahashi
explained.
Alex Peh, curator of the series, said
that he wants audiences “to learn about
the work and get a performer’s perspective on the work to be performed before
it is played. We also wanted to incorporate
n
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Schedule
Beyond Folk
Vocalise
Sunday, Oct. 27, 3 p.m.
Saturday, March 1, 8 p.m.
Program - Ravel Tzigane, Bartok
Contrasts, Piazzolla Histoire du
Tango
Featured Musicians - Wenyin Chan
(Piano), Jeremy Eig (Clarinet),
Jennifer Kim (Violin), Alex Peh
(Piano), Douglas Rogers (Guitar)
Unaccompanied
Saturday, Nov. 16, 8 p.m.
Program - Solo Cello
Featured Musician - Kristen Wojcik
Program – Works by Ravel, Debussy,
Satie and Messiaen
Featured Musicians - Kate Jackman
(Mezzo Soprano), Alex Peh (Piano)
In a Blue Light
Sunday, April 27, 3 p.m.
Program - Gershwin Rhapsody in
Blue, Crumb Voice of the Whale
Featured Musicians - Wenyin Chan
(Piano), Julietta Curenton (Flute),
Alex Peh (Piano), Danielle Cho
(Cello)
For more information, please visit www.gaithersburgmd.gov/kentlandsmansion.
Singer Songwriter Concert Series Gives
Residents Intimate Access to Artists
Zeman and Sarah Lee Guthrie (daughter
of Woody Guthrie).
bout one night every month from
Suzanne Takahashi, music program coSeptember to February, Kentlands ordinator at The Arts Barn, says that the
residents get up close
series has been a success so
and personal — with singers
far. “Every one of [the artists]
and songwriters, that is. This is
has just loved the venue — it’s
the second year that The Arts
warm and inviting and has a
Barn has sponsored the Singer
great sound.” Audience memSongwriter Concert Series in
bers have also loved the intiwhich a variety of artists are inmacy of the venue. However,
vited to perform in an intimate
both Takahashi and Cicala are
space — and beforehand they
hoping that more community
teach an hour long workshop
members will take advantage
to attendees on topics ranging
of this series.
from music techniques to mar“There’s nothing else like
keting themselves as musicians.
it on this side of the rivThe series is co-sponsored
er,” Cicala said. “You don’t
by O’Hair salon. Domenic
have to go downtown or to
Photo | Jon Karr
Cicala, the owner of O’Hair Andrew Combs appears with
Baltimore for great music.”
salon, has a robust interest in Kevin Dudley at The Arts Barn’s
Andrew Combs brings
music. “It was partly for self- next Singer Songwriter Concert
bluesy country melodies and
ish reasons,” said Cicala. “I Series event on Nov. 1.
Southern-steeped
lyricism
wanted to bring these artists
on Nov. 1 when he appears
so that I could hear them as well.”
with Virginia-based singer songwriter
The series aims to bring two emerg- Kevin Dudley, whose music is a gumbo of
ing artists, two established artists, and Western swing, blues, traditional country,
two national artists every year. Last year, Cajun and bluegrass. The 3 p.m. workshop
The Arts Barn brought Mary Gauthier, at the Kentlands Mansion is followed by a
an award-winning American folk sing- 7:30 p.m. concert at The Arts Barn. Visit
er songwriter, and this year the lineup www.gaithersburgmd.gov/ArtsBarn for
includes Texas singer songwriter Brock more information.
By Jenny Chen
A
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thing like that here (to The Arts Barn),”
she said, envisioning poets using paintings
as a springboard for poetry or hip hop.
After Gibbes, “I realized that I really wanted to understand what the barriers were that kept people away from museums and what I could do to break down
those barriers. So I joined an international museum planning firm called Lord
Cultural Resources that’s headquartered
in Toronto,” she explained. “We came to
the D.C. area so I could open up an East
Coast office for them, and that was just
so eye-opening to meet with people all
around the country—school teachers, parents, social services people—and to say,
‘Well, why aren’t you using the museum,
Theatre wanted to get their information
out more broadly but didn’t have the staff.
“So we created programs that would
allow the organization for a very nominal fee to get into The Washington Post,
to get into The Gazette, get into Bethesda
Magazine,” Williams said. “We created
DOandGO (creativemoco.com/services/
do-and-go) so that there would be one
events calendar for the arts and it links up
to seven other online calendars. So you put
it into DOandGO and they shoot it out for
you. That’s huge.”
The Arts Council provided training on
marketing tools like Facebook and Twitter,
and branched more into arts development
with a new crowd-sourced giving platform
for the arts called power2give. “Just like
Kickstarter, you put up a project and select
an amount you’re trying to achieve and
then you use humor and the immediacy
of Facebook and Twitter to get your
constituents interested and ask them to send
it out to 10 of their friends via the Internet.”
Unlike Kickstarter where contributions are
lost if you do not reach your fundraising
goal, organizations keep whatever is raised
on power2give, the Arts Council matched
funds given, and donations are taxdeductible. Plus, the Arts Council made
power2give local with a Montgomery
County page (www.power2give.org/
MontgomeryCountyMD/Home/About).
Somewhere in all of this, Williams found
time to write a mystery suspense novel of
100,000 words. Deadly Secrets was recently named a 2013 finalist for the Claymore
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again about shattering those boundaries so
that everybody has access and when they
get there they have this opportunity to
have this deep, rich experience.”
The museum building heyday waned
with the economy, and Williams moved
into supporting and promoting local arts organizations through the Arts & Humanities
Council of Montgomery County. When
she began there in 2005, her mission was
to create a cooperative marketing program.
Very often, smaller arts organizations with
limited staff and volunteers “are focused
on keeping the doors open and keeping the
programs going. Nobody is helping with
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a novella, to be published in a collection
by writers in her Rockville 8 group this
December.
While Williams’ life itself reads like a romantic and thrilling story, the main point
behind it all may be something simple yet
profound.
“One of the things I love is walking out
after I’ve been sequestered in my office …
I’ve been working on things where it’s quiet and then I walk out into the lobby close
to where the studios are and I can hear the
voices of children laughing and talking.
They’re not playing soccer. They’re in one
of the studios working with one of our artists, and they are having a great time. That
sense of people having fun and experiencing the art as fun and their own creativity,
I just love that. … I used to have that in the
museums where I worked, in the studios
that were associated with the museums. I
haven’t been in a facility for a while and I
didn’t realize just how much I missed that,”
she said.
“And it dovetails with my two missions,
which are very inter-related but they’re
distinct to me. One of them is to brighten my corner of the world through the arts
and to make the world a better place using
my skills, my passions which all are centered aound the arts, and the other one is
to help people connect deeply and passionately to life through the arts.
“Other people are interested in other
things, but to me, this is my little world
and I can help people have a richer, deeper
experience of life. You only get one. And
why not have it be as rich as it can be?”
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arts& entertainment I wish I was there!” Meet Cicala, Miller,
Murphy and Forrest-Thweatt Oct. 15 from
7 to 8:30 p.m. www.gaithersburgmd.gov/
artsbarn.
Exhibit at Kentlands Mansion
Fridays and Saturdays through Oct. 27
In partnership with Sandy Spring
Theatre Group, The Arts Barn presents a special adaptation of Orson Welles’
Halloween 1938 radio broadcast that scared
a nation. Revisit the moment that people across the country wondered if aliens
really had landed on Earth. After “The
War of the Worlds” performance, “When
Welles Collide” presents a similar story for
modern times. www.gaithersburgmd.gov/
theater
Through Dec. 6
The city of Gaithersburg presents an
exhibit featuring paintings and drawings by Vian Shamounki Borchert,
David Hawksford and Chris Luckman at
Kentlands Mansion through Dec. 6. Vian
Shamounki Borchert is an award-winning
contemporary artist whose expressionistic and abstracted work illustrates a poetic mood and a thoughtful journey into
the world of painting. Borchert currently
teaches adult art classes in watercolor, acrylic and drawing at The Arts Barn. David
Hawksford has worked as a house painter,
faux finisher, muralist, gilder, and painting
conservationist. In 2008, he began to devote more time to painting with a focus on
wildlife. Chris Luckman presents a selection of her travel paintings. Luckman believes that the arts transcend all languages
and cultures and can contribute to peace.
For more information, visit www.gaithersburgmd.gov/kentlandsmansion.
Exhibit at The Arts Barn
Carolyn Malachi
Photo | Anne Vandercook
(L to R) Philip Stamper, Daniel Santiago and Joseph Mariano stand at the microphones as they recreate the voices
and sounds from the original broadcast of Orson Welles’
“The War of the Worlds.”
“The War of the Worlds” and
“When Welles Collide”
Through Dec. 1
Kentlands’ own Domenic Cicala, photographer, musician and owner of O’Hair,
exhibits with painters Melissa Miller and
JoEllen Murphy and sculptor Richardene
Forrest-Thweatt at The Arts Barn through
Dec. 1. “It’s all about evoking a feeling,”
Cicala said in a statement. “I think there’s
an emotional connection in everything
I shoot. When someone looks at an image of mine, I think they should be wondering to themselves, what comes next,
what am I missing, or more importantly,
Oct. 19, 8 p.m.
This Grammy-nominated local singer/
songwriter is at the forefront of a new generation of African American Soul performers. See her live at the BlackRock. www.
blackrockcenter.org
Acoustic Music Jams
Oct. 22, 6-9 p.m.; Nov. 5, 6-9 p.m.
Head to the Kentlands Foundation
Carriage House for a jam session with
like-minded musicians. Participation is
free. www.kentlandsusa.com
Julie Fowlis with Scotch
Tasting Package
Oct. 25, 6 p.m. scotch tasting, 8 p.m. concert
Oct. 26, 8 p.m. concert
Head to the BlackRock tonight and
sample five different cask strength scotchwhiskies. Then set yourself free with music
from one of the foremost interpreters
of Gaelic music, Julie Fowlis. www.
blackrockcenter.org.
Julie Fowlis Gaelic Music
Songwriting Workshop
Oct. 26, 5 p.m.
Learn songwriting secrets and tricks
of the trade from Gaelic songstress Julie
Fowlis. This workshop is free at the
BlackRock. www.blackrockcenter.org
sfz salon series
Oct. 27, 3 p.m.
The salon series in the Kentlands
Mansion debuts with “Beyond Folk,” an
afternoon of music, wine and good conversation. Musicians Wenyin Chan, Jeremy
Eig, Jennifer Kim, Alex Peh and Douglas
Rogers perform a program of Bartók
“Contrasts,” Ravel “Tzigane,” Guiliani
“Airs Irlandois Nationales, Op. 125,”
Garcia “Celtic Airs” and Piazolla “Tango.”
www.gaithersburgmd.gov/artsbarn
Comedy & Magic Society
Oct. 30, 8 p.m.
The “Society Meeting” convenes at
The Arts Barn with magicians Mark
Phillips, Bob Sheets, Barry Wood and
Brian Curry and special guest Max Major
just in time for Halloween. Will their secret and kooky world become frightening tonight? Major is a magician and
hypnotist known for his edgy, shocking
magic tricks like swallowing a piece of
thread and extracting it from his eyeball.
Compiled by Pam Schipper
Andrew Combs with Kevin Dudley
Nov. 1, 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
The Singer Songwriter Series continues
with Andrew Combs and his Texas troubadour smirk, bluesy country melodies and
Southern-steeped lyricism. He is joined
by Kevin Dudley, Texas-born Virginian
who sings Western swing, blues, traditional country, Cajun and bluegrass. A workshop is given at Kentlands Mansion, 3 p.m.,
followed by the performance at The Arts
Barn at 7:30 p.m. www.gaithersburgmd.
gov/artsbarn contemporary
Della Mae
Nov. 2, 8 p.m.
You won’t want to miss this fresh,
all-woman bluegrass band at the
BlackRock. The group is known for its
high-energy performances. www.blackrockcenter.org
Thomas Pandolfi
Nov. 3, 3 p.m.
Engaging classical pianist Thomas
Pandolfi plays the BlackRock. Sunday afternoon’s program features “The Italian
Connection,” including works by J.S.
Bach, Domenico Scarlatti, Franz Liszt,
Nicolo Paganini and Ottorino Respighi.
www.blackrockcenter.org
Neil Simon’s God’s Favorite
Nov. 8-24, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.,
Sundays at 2 p.m.
Loosely based on the Book of Job, the
jokes and “tests of faith” fly fast and furious as Neil Simon spins a contemporary
morality tale with God’s Favorite. This production is presented at The Arts Barn in
partnership with Montgomery Playhouse.
■ salon series
from page 15
a piece on every program that featured a
highly unusual compositional element—
an innovation of the time. Like an sfz accent, which is sudden change in dynamic
and energy, composers’ new innovations
and ideas often jolted the course of music
history and offered new interpretive and
expressive challenges for performer and
audience.”
The first program on Oct. 27 sets the
tone for the series. Peh explained that it
“features a highly unusual performance
technique that involves ‘de-tuning’ the violin. This experimentation with new tuning systems borrowed from folk music was
a highly novel and modern compositional technique that effectively fused the folk
and classical idioms.”
About the performers, he noted that they
“are extremely talented musicians with rigorous training to complement their energy
and enthusiasm for chamber music.
“We are all friends from various schools
throughout the United States,” he added,
“and have come together to make music
together.”
Each program will feature two highlighted wines that consultant Myriam Ahearn
will encourage the audience to sample and
explore. Featured wines match the ori-
Photos | Submitted
(L to R) Jeremy Eig (clarinet), Wenyin Chan (piano), Jennifer Kim (violin), Alex Peh (piano), Douglas Rogers (guitar) bring “Beyond Folk” to the Kentlands Mansion on Oct. 27, debuting
the new sfz salon series.
gin or style of the music, and each performance includes a white and a red. On Oct.
27, the white will be a Sancerre from the
Central Loire Valley and the red will be a
Malbec from Mendoza in Argentina. “The
white wines of the Central Loire Valley
made of Sauvignon Blanc are dry, crisp,
with refreshing acidity. They display characters of gooseberry and green pepper,”
said Ahearn. “The Malbec of Mendoza in
Argentina are generally deep in color, ripe
and lush with medium acidity and tannins,
displaying characters of blackberry, cherry, plums, chocolate and black pepper.”
Neither of these wines are heavy, and they
both have a surprising element of spice, just
like the music you will hear.
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Sports
The Faces Behind
Friday Nights:
The Families
By Syl Sobel
F
amily. It’s a core principle of the
Quince Orchard football program. Head Coach Dave Mencarini talks about family often. The
players wear t-shirts that spell it out:
F.A.M.I.L.Y.
And on a Friday night at the Cougar
Dome, sitting in the stands next to the
Red Army, in small clusters or in large
groups, quietly and nervously or loudly and boisterously, are the families
that give Cougar football its soul.
Few players had a larger cheering section at the recent Homecoming game
than senior linebacker Clay SheltonJones. The youngest of nine children
of a “yours, mine, and ours” family, Shelton-Jones recently had a dozen family members and friends rooting for him, not only during the game
but at halftime when his name was
announced as a Homecoming prince.
Older sister Carlene had traveled with
her family from Wilmington, Del., for
the game, bringing two little nephews
and a niece who adoringly watched
their uncle.
Clay’s Mom, Barbara Jones, said
she loves the Friday Night Lights atmosphere, but once the game starts
she’s too excited to sit and has to walk
around the stadium. “When the action
gets going, so do I,” Jones said, “from
one end to the next.”
Parents find many sources of satisfaction in watching their sons play
football. Bob Webster, father of junior
linebacker/tight end Jack Webster,
said he enjoys “seeing your kid being
part of something that you know they
worked for … being part of something good.” Randy Mongold, father
of senior co-captain and guard Scott
Mongold, said he enjoys “watching
my son play because I know he enjoys
the sport and has fun.”
“They get to have fun,” echoed
Janice Brown, who with her husband Michael has had three sons in the
QO program. Malcolm is a co-captain, three-year starter, and highly recruited wide receiver and defensive back on this year’s team. Oldest
son Markus was a key member of the
2007 state championship team and is
now a shot putter at Clemson. Manuel
was a running back the past two seasons, played in two state championship
n
Friday Night Families Continued on page 19
QO Girls’ Varsity Soccer Scores Again
By Mike Cuthbert
Q
just saw an opening and went,” she said.
Shin was even more effective leading the
Cougar defense from midfield, disrupting
Trojan play constantly. “They’re always
surprised when she comes up from behind
them and steals it,” said Coach Peg Keiler.
While Shin disrupted and started counter-attacks, Mary McMeekin was solid on
uince Orchard’s Lady Cougars
opened their season 6-1-1, narrowly
losing to top-ranked B-CC on their
field, 2-1 after tying the power in the conference,Whitman, in their opener.Wins over
Watkins Mill, Blake, Paint Branch, Poolesville and Wootton were
capped off by a recent win
against a very strong Gaithersburg Trojans team, 2-0.
In the Oct. 8 game
against Gaithersburg, Sam
Sullenger buried an unusual PK to open the scoring, and QO let loose. The
PK was unusual because
the yellow card to cause
it was on the keeper. She
had to leave the game, so
the shot was taken against
a hapless defender with no
gloves and not much hope.
Stephi Shin closed
things out with a brilliant dash through the
Gaithersburg defense. “I With eyes on the ball, QO Lady Cougars defeat Gaithersburg Trojans on Oct. 8, 2-0.
the back line shutting down the long balls
that Gaithersburg liked to try because of
their speed on offense.
The turning point of the game, however, was the kickoff after the PK goal. Keiler
screamed, “Attack!” and the Cougars did.
Given the tendency for teams to relax after scoring and especially since the PK was
surrounded by minutes of
discussion and finagling
while a substitute keeper
was located, the Cougars
were getting cold. They
cranked it up immediately and took charge of what
had been an even game.
The Cougars have given
up only four goals in their
eight games while scoring 22. A freshman, Jamie
Fink, led them in scoring
and had two shots narrowly miss in the Gaithersburg
game before she left with a
head injury late in the second half. But scorers on
Photo | Phil Fabrizio this team can come from
any place at any time.
QO Undefeated But Facing Tough Stretch Ahead
feated Gaithersburg,
Northwest (5-1), and
Wootton (4-2).
“We’ll find out
how really good we
are in the next four
weeks,” said Quince
Orchard Head Coach
Dave Mencarini.
The
Cougars
topped B-CC last
Saturday in a morning game moved to
Blair’s
turf field afThe QO cheer squad had a lot to cheer about when the Cougars defeated Bethester the downpours on
da-Chevy Chase, 49-0, at Blair High School on Oct. 12.
Friday night. “We got
off to a fast start. I was proud of the way the
By Syl Sobel and Mike Cuthbert
kids handled the changing time and condiow dominant has the Quince Or- tions,” Mencarini said.
chard football team been in opening
The 49-0 romp started ominously with
the season 6-0? They have outscored a Baron 11-yard completion on their first
their opposition by a total of 241-13. They play but the more typical play for the
have four shutouts and haven’t allowed a morning came next as defensive lineman
score in the last 15 quarters (since a Damas- Adam McLean hit B-CC’s quarterback so
cus touchdown in a 7-6 victory in Week 2). hard you could hear it in the glass-enclosed
They punted once – total – in the past three press box. Of the Barons’ 45 plays, 12 of
games and had a running clock (lead of 35 them were for no or negative yardage.
or more points) before halftime in those
On the other side of the ball, the Cougars
three. At this rate, QO fans could start de- had over 200 yards each passing and rushmanding rebates. They aren’t getting to see ing, led by Kevin Joppy’s 128 combined
full games.
yards and three touchdowns. Quarterback
But that should change this Friday night Mikey Murtaugh was 9-12 and credited
at the Cougar Dome when QO hosts 5-1 his receivers: “It wasn’t me. It was the othSherwood, a recent upset winner over er guys making plays. Guys blocked, guys
Seneca Valley, then continue the gauntlet caught the ball. It was fun.” McLean, in adthe following three weeks against unde- dition to that first big hit, stirred things up
H
the entire game on defense as usual. “Great
atmosphere, great coaches, great teammates, great fans, a great place to play,” he
said of his QO experience so far.
The previous week, QO methodically dispatched Churchill, 52-0, before a
packed, black-clad Homecoming crowd
at the Cougar Dome. The highlight came
near the end, when placekicker and reserve defensive back Troy Porter intercepted a Churchill pass near the goal line and
scrambled 99 yards for a touchdown, weaving in and out of attempted tacklers on his
adventurous journey to the end zone. The
play culminated a big night for Porter, a
junior, who also kicked his first career field
goal, from 28 yards, in the first quarter,
and went 7-7 on extra points.
Touchdowns in the first half came from
the usual playmakers, as Joppy scored on
runs of 11, 4 and 5 yards; Malcolm Brown
streaked down the field on a 35-yard touchdown bomb from Murtaugh; and “the underdog,” Preston Bampoe-Addo, continued to show big-play ability as he scored
on a scintillating 47-yard bubble screen.
Sophomore tight end Greg Williams
kept drives alive with three catches and
Murtaugh went 12 for 20 for 238 yards and
showed mobility on several keepers as he
continued his comeback from last season’s
ACL injury.
Again, Mencarini was pleased with his
players’ focus. “You know, we could have
n
QO Football Continued on page 19
October 18, 2013 ■ qo football
from page 18
easily had a little bit of a letdown because
it’s Homecoming and the distractions, but
the kids played hard.”
Safety Bradley Walker, a senior co-captain, disrupted the Churchill option offense all night, making big hits and knocking a fumble loose. “All week we’ve been
working on following our reads and when
the pitch is made just blasting into the
backfield.” He credited assistant coach
John Kelly with helping him “make good
reads.”
Walker said even blowout wins prepare
the team for tougher games later in the
year. “If we’re in the right spot every time
The Town Courier
it’s not going to matter what team we’re
playing. We never play down to our opponent and that’s really what helps us in the
long run when we play better teams.”
Lamonte Armstrong, a late summer
transfer from Bullis, continued to make an
impact and is showing explosive pass rushing ability from the edge as he gets more
familiar with the defense. “I get to fly
around, got good players surrounding me,
and that just makes me be a better player,” the long and athletic Armstrong said.
“I like playing anywhere I can get to the
ball and make stuff happen.” Mencarini
said he thinks Armstrong’s “best football is
ahead of him.”
If so, that would be perfect timing for
the Cougars.
■ friday night families
from page 18
games, and is now at St. Vincent’s College
in Pennsylvania. “I never thought it was
going to be this exciting,” Michael Brown
said.
Janice Brown takes great satisfaction
“knowing that they love it, looking in their
eyes, the glow and the gleam.” She said her
sons each “matured in their own way” and
“came into their own” under Mencarini’s
influence and strict adherence to rules and
responsibility. Dad Michael said he was
proudest of “their grades.”
Dave Mannion, whose son Kyle is the
starting fullback, said watching his son play
takes him back to when he played high
school football, though he quickly added
that his son “is 10 times better.”
Of course, the familes aren’t there just
to cheer for their own. “We’re cheering on
our son along with all the other boys on
the team,” said Lisa Brown, mother of senior middle linebacker Ben Brown. Many
of the parents commented on the community and family-oriented atmosphere of
Quince Orchard, and credited Mencarini
and his staff for building that.
“Coach talks about family, but seeing
what he did with his Dad and the game
ball (when Mencarini gave the game ball
to his father and assistant coach, Joe, after
winning his 100th game) you realize that
it’s more than just a slogan,” said Webster.
“He lives up to the slogan.”
That family atmosphere has made a
quick impression on Carol Parker, whose
son defensive end/linebacker Lamonte
Armstrong joined the team late in the summer after transferring from Bullis. “The
experience has been amazing, incredible,”
she said. “The team welcomed Lamonte
and me. The parents are very welcoming.
Even though this school is big, it’s like a
private school, but just a lot more people.”
Aretha Montgomery, mother of highly
recruited senior wide receiver/defensive
back Elliott Davis, also mentioned the support of the Red Army and the community as one of her favorite aspects of being
a football mom. “You have to come out
so early just to sit with your family and
friends,” she laughed.
Like any family, the football team sometimes eats meals together, which for the
past two seasons have been the responsibility of team commissioner Cindy Tilton,
whose son Connor is a senior defensive
tackle. How do you feed that many teen-
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Quince Orchard families cheer the Cougars on at Blair
High School during the Saturday morning, Oct. 12, winning
game against Bethesda-Chevy Chase, 49-0.
age boys?
“It’s about 70,” Tilton said, “but really
you have to multiply that by two.” She said
she and the two other moms who assist her
prepare pasta and sandwiches, set up lots
of water and sports drink and “every week
we just feed the troops.” She’s also assisted
by youngest son Declan, who says he’s four
years away from being a Cougar.
Cindy and her husband Kelly have had
another son in the program, Keegan, who
also played in a state championship game.
“That’s a heck of a moment when they win
that third playoff round,” Kelly Tilton said.
“The feeling you get is just pure exuberance. You feel it for your sons, but the parents feel it, too.”
All of the parents said they will continue to attend QO football games even after
their sons are no longer playing. “I’m going to come back. QO treats us like family,” said Barbara Jones. “I’ll be at every
game,” said Michael Brown, and his wife
added, “We’re going to root for these players and coaches.” Said Montgomery, “It’s
the highlight of my weekend.”
Mannion acknowledged that while he
will still come to the games, “there’s something about seeing your own kid out there
that puts a little extra edge on it. You get
emotional with the ups and downs of the
game.”
And when the game is over and the
lights start to fade in the Cougar Dome, after the band has packed its instruments, the
Grilling Gourmets have quenched their
coals, and most of the fans have left, the
families cluster around the door leading
from the locker room, waiting for the players. One by one they troop out — some
bruised, some holding ice packs, many of
them bone tired – but all still just teenage boys. They walk into the arms of their
parents and grandparents and the adoring
hand-slaps of little siblings or the playful
punches of older brothers. And then they
go off into the night together, as families.
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