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Friends Meeting School Celebrates Ten Years of Plays

By Sally Alt

S tudent actors from Ijams-ville’s Friends Meeting School take the big stage

downtown Frederick this month for a good cause. The students are per-forming “Mulan” for the school’s 10th annual community play at the Weinberg Center on March 15 to raise funds and collect food for the Frederick Community Food Bank.

“Giving back to the community is a big part of our school mission,” said drama teacher Brenda Yankas-kas, who is directing “Mulan.”

Senior Jacob Sanford describes

working on the play as “one of the greatest experiences I’ve had.” San-ford will play the part of Captain Shang and will also help direct. Even though students don’t receive money or gifts in return for com-munity service, Sanford said that the experience of giving back to the community is fulfilling by itself.

“This year has definitely been a growing experience for me, being able to both act and help direct,” he said. Sanford has participated in the annual community play for seven years.

Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard Changes Hands

By Jo Ostby and Bethany E. Starin

L ess than 10 miles from Ur-bana, Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard is nestled at the base

of Sugarloaf Mountain on the bor-der of Frederick and Montgomery Counties. Crafting Bordeaux-style wines, Sugarloaf Mountain Vine-yard boasts a tasting room and pa-tio that Urbana locals, including wine expert and owner of Orion Wine & Spirits, Charlie Seymour, enjoy.

“My family loves hiking Sug-arloaf, then relaxing with some bread, cheese and a glass of wine on the winery patio,” said Sey-mour. “It’s a beautiful setting.” Seymour has been working with the winery for the past year, se-lecting wines for his shop. Late last year, he learned that Sugarloaf

Mountain Winery and its vino blends are now under new hands, after the property’s been in the family of Dan and Polly O’Dono-ghue since 1962.

The new owner, Emily Yang, was financed by her father and purchased the winery for $4 mil-lion on Nov. 1, 2014, said Susan Reed, tasting room manager at the

UHS to Host Mini-Thon to Benefit Pediatric Cancer Research

By Ridhi Chaudhary

A fter countless hours of planning and prepa-ration, the first ever Urbana High School (UHS) Mini-Thon has been slated for March

14 from 5-11 p.m. The Mini-Thon is a six-hour in-teractive dance marathon that raises money for pedi-atric cancer research. All of the money raised before and during the event will go through the Four Di-amonds Fund to the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital. The goal is to raise more than $10,000 for

the Four Diamonds Fund.“There’s no sitting, no standing still. We’re going

to have games, and something new going on every 15 to 20 minutes. So if you don’t like what’s going on at one point in the next 15 minutes a new event will be there,” said Rachel Rosenfeld, one of the student coordinators for the Mini-Thon.

“It’s going to be a non-stop dance party marathon of games and constant movement. We’re going to

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By Sally Alt

U rbana residents are express-ing safety concerns about two traffic hot spots — the

Centerville Elementary School (CES) neighborhood, and Lewis-dale Road, where cut-through traf-fic is a problem. Frederick County officials and community members are currently working on solutions to the traffic problems like the one near the school: Sometimes as many as 10 cars are lined up to wait as ear-ly as 20 minutes before CES opens, said local resident Mike Waters.

“When we are leaving our neigh-borhood around 3:15 p.m., we avoid the CES area because we know we’ll never get through in a time-ly manner,” said Nancy Dann, who lives at the end of Carriage Drive. She described driving in the area when students are dismissed from school as “all but impossible.”

Urbana resident Stephanie Ste-phenson said that many parents who are picking up their children from school are waiting at the stop sign at the Hyde Place-Carriage Hill inter-section or at Knights Lane. “Both situations make it impossible for someone to turn right and leave the neighborhood,” she said.

The Frederick County Sher-iff ’s Department, the Frederick County Highway Department, Frederick County Public Schools Transportation Department and Centerville Elementary School fa-cilitated a meeting on Feb. 4 for the school community to discuss concerns, and 27 people attended, according the Tracy Hilliard, prin-cipal at CES.

“During the meeting, the panel listened to suggestions shared by the audience,” said Hilliard, who

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Photo | Courtesy of Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard

nearby Sugarloaf mountain Winery is under new ownership. emily yang, just 24 years old, purchased the vineyard in november.

Photo | Shannon Lee

on march 15, students from friends meeting School perform “mulan” at the Weinberg center. first row, from left, arianne Browning, elena Poll, isabel lamporte, Savanna Branham and reyna rabeau; second row, from left, hailey Bullham, nekhu mitchell, Jacob Sanford, Wolfgang West-dorp, nicholas Browning and evan Jones.

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Students from urbana high School make a shape of a diamond with their hands in support of the four diamonds fund and the first ever mini-thon to be held at uhS on march 14 from 5 - 11 p.m.

Heavy Traffic at Centerville and on Lewisdale Road Causes Concern

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By Kristy Crawford

Landon House Closer to CompletionThe historic Landon House, at the corner of routes

355 and 80, is in the final phase of construction and is scheduled to open for business this summer.

“The property will offer 3,500 square feet of event space, including room for up to 200 guests in our his-toric Sabres and Roses Ballroom, or up to 300 in our upscale tent,” said Tara Stelley Franklin, event direc-tor for the Landon House.

The Silk Mill restaurant will feature upscale casual dining with a strong emphasis on locally grown foods, and will include a vegetable and herb garden on the property. The Boxing Horse Tavern will be in the basement of the historic house. Event amenities at the estate will include a luxurious bridal suite and groom’s quarters, a private conference or board room, flexible indoor and outdoor space and wireless internet and audio/video on site.

The facility can accommodate weddings, rehearsal dinners and farewell brunches on the same property. Reservations are now being taken. Future plans in-clude bed and breakfast suites on site.

“A huge transformation will soon take place,” said Stelley Franklin. “Mature trees will be planted around the perimeter and a romantic garden will be created around a circular driveway, providing one of several beautiful photo opportunities for guests. We can’t wait to make this historic property come alive again!”

For more information, contact Stelley Franklin at 240.948.6074 or visit www.silkmillurbana.com or the Landon House page on Facebook.

Community Spirit Award at Legal and General America

Ismael Brunache was a winner at the Chairman’s Community Award ceremony at Legal and Gener-al America (LGA). Brunache has worked in check processing for LGA for eight years, and received the Community Spirit Award for her work with Senior Connection in Silver Spring. Senior Connection pro-vides transportation and support for local senior citi-zens and Brunache has volunteered with the organi-zation twice a month for the past eight years.

Part of Legal and General Group in London, Le-gal and General America has several locations in the U.S., providing life insurance services through Ban-ner Life in Urbana. For more information, visit www.LGAmerica.com.

Shop Notes:Urbana’s Chopstix restaurant, located in the Gi-

ant shopping center, is under new management. No information about menu and staffing changes were available at press time.

There are a number of new shops at the Francis Scott Key Mall. These include rue21, featuring fashion trends for young men and women; Torrid, a shop owned by the popular Hot Topic fashion shop; and Friendly Faces barbershop.

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UHS Senior Earns Scout RankBy Morgan McGrady

E verybody has something or someone that shapes them into the person they want to be. For

Vincent Duke, senior at Urbana High School (UHS), that something was Boy Scouts. After seven years of ded-ication and hard work in Boy Scouts, this 18-year-old recently reached the highest rank in Boy Scouts — becom-ing an Eagle Scout.

Joining a local troop in the sixth grade, Duke said he didn’t know what to expect of his new extracurricular activity but dove in looking for the best. He mostly enjoyed the camara-derie of scouting friends, but more re-cently, he said he’s realized scouting’s deeper value.

As a Boy Scout, Duke has learned a variety of skills, from first aid to lead-ership, valuable skills he described as something that is “not just learned and forgotten.” He has already used the first aid skills a few times, and his lead-ership skills were tested as part of the Eagle Scout requirements.

But Duke’s favorite Boy Scout event has been the high adventure trips. These annual outings give scouts ages 13 and up the opportunity to travel and explore the outdoors. Duke has hiked in Northern New Mexico at the Philmont Scout Ranch, canoed in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota, and most recently scuba dived in the Bahamas. Each trip shaped him be-cause of all he learned about himself and his friends, said Duke. Indeed, the Boy Scouts of America frames the trips as part of the organization’s emphasis

on values: God, country and personal growth.

“[Boy Scouts] set up my moral foundation,” said Duke. “Embodying the values found in the Scout Oath has had a positive impact on my life and hopefully is having a positive impact on people I interact with.”

Duke’s mother, Wendy Duke, agrees that the program has impact-ed her son’s life in a positive way, and adds, “It’s given him the opportunity to be around men who are good role models.”

In order to become an Eagle Scout, Duke was required to earn 21 merit badges, demonstrate the Scout Oath, serve in a leadership position for six months and take part in a Scoutmas-ter Conference. Duke also completed

a community service project, assem-bling and placing ten signs around the Monocracy National Battlefield. With help from friends, family and park rep-resentatives the project took a total of 19 people and 146.2 hours to complete.

On Saturday, Jan. 17, Duke was rec-ognized for his new rank in an Eagle Court of Honor Ceremony. During the ceremony he was congratulated for his hard work and dedication, and pre-sented with letters from several politi-cians including President Obama.

Only four out of 100 Boy Scouts receive the ranking of Eagle Scout. Even though Duke is no longer a Boy Scout himself he plans to volunteer as an adult with other Boy Scout troops. “I want to give back to what gave me so much,” he said.

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in late June, urbana high School senior Vincent duke completed his eagle Scout project. With help from 18 other people he placed 10 signs around the monocracy national Battlefield.

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Pictured is the construction on the landon house ballroom, where con-federate Gen. J.e. B. Stuart held the Sabres and roses Ball in 1862.

Ijamsville School Celebrates Peace and Young Peacemakers

By Gina Gallucci-White

F our students, including Urbana High School’s Rachel Rosen-feld, were recently recognized

for their roles in promoting peace in their communities. At an award cer-emony Feb. 21 at Ijamsville’s Friends Meeting School, each student re-ceived a $100 award and a $100 check to send to a charity of their choice.

Other winners were Oakdale High School’s Michelle Sutanto, Linganore High School’s Ashley Zink and Friends Meeting School’s Madison Pointer. Pointer chose the Friends of Montgomery County Animals while Zink donated her check to the Na-tional Alopecia Areata Foundation. Sutanto picked the Frederick Rescue Mission and Rosenfeld gave to the Special Olympics of Maryland. “It's a nice range,” said Annette Breiling, founder of Friends Meeting School. “A nice set of charities.”

“We want to reward students who are being constructive and peace

makers,” Breiling said. “We thought — particularly at a time when there is concern about violence — there are many students who try to be peace-makers. By naming [them] we reward them ...This is the kind of thing we want to recognize students for.”

The concern about violence stems from a Feb. 4 incident when two stu-dents were shot outside the Freder-ick High School gymnasium. The shooting took place during a junior varsity basketball game between Gov. Thomas Johnson High School and FHS.

One student was shot in the back while the other was wounded in the leg. Both received treatment from Johns Hopkins Hospital and have since been released. Four individu-als, identified only as wearing dark clothing, are believed to be involved. Frederick Police Department said the victims knew the suspects, but as of press time, no arrests had been made. The gun used in the shooting has not been recovered by police.

“What happened does not define in any way what Frederick High School is all about,” said FCPS Superinten-dent Theresa Alban [who spoke at the peace event? Or immediately after the shooting?]. “We all know that there are issues many times that are out there in the community that sometimes spill into our schools and that's exactly what happened ...When something like this happens, it is unnerving and I certainly understand, as a parent myself, the con-cern that parents may be feeling about whether or not I should send my child to school. Please know that the safety of our students and our staff is always our top priority.”

The peace event also included key-note speaker Kathryn Ruud, a linguist who described the effects of polarizing talk, and a workshop to explore how in-dividuals can become peace makers.

“We'd like to see this communication building into a real, community-wide conversation about peace making,” Breiling said. The group hopes to ex-

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Musing on March Days

I t was one of those days. The kind where my son would not

stop fussing whether he was held, bounced, fed, talked to, sung to, played with — then the door-bell rang, I’d forgotten the repair man was com-ing and I was only half dressed with a wet mop of hair sticking to my forehead. My prized cup of morning coffee got sloshed on the ground. When my unhappy boy and I fi-nally hurdled past getting ready, the cold and mustering up the general energy to get out in the first place, the shop I needed to go to was closed, the bakery was out of our usual whole wheat loaf and the lady at the checkout hurled a wad of spit at my son. Accidentally, of course. But it’s not as if I wasn’t already worried about flu season and my preemie. A few minutes later, a lady saw me hurrying away to our car, son wrapped in my arms and a second cup of coffee dripping all over my stroller and she smiled at me.

“He’s adorable!,” she exclaimed. Then she added in a sentimental sort of way: “It goes by so fast.”

I wanted to say so many things in that moment, about my day — my thinning pa-

tience — but I just took it in. It goes by so incredibly fast. These moments feel intense and long, but the years fly on by.

Recently, my 91-year-old Grandmother made her way to our house for a visit. She is a beautiful soul, the one person I have never heard complain and a vibrantly hap-py person. “You are such a content person, Grandmommy,” I said. “How do you make do it?”

“Well, Bethany, I have so much to be grateful for.” Her list was on the tip of her tongue – a long and detailed list, so easy for her to recount. What was easy for me to recount in that moment was my list of woes. So there it is, from the wisdom of more than 90 years — gratefulness leads to moment by moment, sustained content-ment. “Just be grateful you have a baby to scream.” She said it gently. She is so right.

When I got home from my errands, that same cup of coffee somehow had the gym-nastic talent to pour the remainder of its contents on the fuzzy inside of my favor-ite slippers. I looked at my husband and laughed. Gratefulness sustains.

May some gratefulness tide you over, as we wait for the end to this year’s seeming-ly eternal winter. To keep you warm until then, let’s toast glasses of wine to spring — wine made right own the road to be exact. One of my favorite topics this month is the front-page piece about nearby Sugarloaf Mountain Winery, under new ownership after years of being owned by a family since the 60s. Well-traveled, 24-year-old Emily Yang purchased the winery and plans to double the tasting room space this fall, using the barn on the property. She

is keeping members of the previous staff on for three years to ensure the quality of wine continues to charm customers.

“It’s a beautiful setting and the perfect ending to a day of hiking,” said Charlie Seymour, owner of Urbana’s Orion Wine & Spirits. “The winery shares a similar climate and latitude to many of Europe’s historic wine-growing regions, 39ºN, as are Portugal, Spain, Southern Italy and Greece.”

Sugarloaf Mountain Winery is less than 10 miles from Urbana — and take Thur-ston Road when you go, it’s a gorgeous drive.

Also noteable this month are the peace awards given at Friends Meeting School. These come on the heels of the shooting at Frederick High School, celebrating four students who play a role promoting peace in our community.

“We thought — particularly here we are at a time when there is concern about vio-lence — there are many students who try to be peacemakers. By naming outstand-ing ones [we] reward them for what they are doing. ...This is the kind of thing we want to recognize students for,” said An-nette Breiling, founder of Friends Meeting School to Gina Gallucci-White.

Enjoy the last cozy days of winter! Con-tact me at [email protected] or 240.409.6734 with wintry and snow day photos and notes about topics you would like covered and more.

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Civility Lacking

H ow people relate to one another in day-to-day inter-

actions is important in society. Civility, polite-ness and kindness are all measures of desirable in-teraction. In my Febru-ary column I described a local incident involv-ing a jogger bitten by an unleashed dog that lead to worrisome hours while the jogger and his family tried to ascertain whether the dog had received rabies shots. The tense situation might have been avoided had the companion of the dog shared information about rabies vaccinations at the time of the bite. Since I wasn’t a witness to the event I can’t confidently attribute fault to the com-panion. In anxiety-provoking incidents we don’t always think of, or do, all the things that later come to mind.

Another local civility-related situa-tion came to my attention, coincidently through another Villages of Urbana mes-sage board thread. It had the largest num-ber of posts that I can recall — more than 70. The thread subject involved behavior by adult drivers waiting to pick up children at Centerville Elementary School.

Before describing what was discussed in the thread, I appreciate that the school lo-

cation and access conditions are problem-atic. The school is located across from a section of dense housing units on one side, a large playing field on the second side, a busy state highway on the third, and a drop off in terrain on the last. To further com-plicate the situation, because of underesti-mated enrollment, the school has far more students attending than planned. These conditions provide a backdrop for numer-ous problems.

The message board thread began with a description of less-than-civil behavior on the part of some adult drivers who opt to pick up children at the end of the school day rather than permit the children to take school buses or walk home. The thread originator described drivers who park im-mediately adjacent to a stop sign, seem-ingly unconcerned by the impact upon drivers, not picking up children, wishing to exit the street. Another post described a driver who “sponged” into a line of ve-hicles that had been observing the wait-ing line protocol. Other posts described a snow ball fight between an alleged resident of nearby housing and the driver of an il-legally parked waiting vehicle. Deputies called were reluctant to issue tickets to il-legally parked vehicles. An early February meeting was scheduled between sheriff ’s representatives, parents and other interest-ed parties to discuss the traffic issue (see the

front page for the story).Among the thread posts were some hu-

morous comments. However, it was clear that the impolite behaviors discussed were the basis for some very hard feelings, prompting uncharitable thoughts and ex-changes.

Given that the school’s location compli-cates pickup, it is tempting to forgive some impolite exchanges. Unfortunately, in be-ing forgiving there is a risk of condoning poor behavior. Similar situations involve

people who don’t shovel snow from their sidewalks and those who don’t pick up ex-crement while walking dogs or who allow the animals to repeatedly “water” the same plants on yards they regularly pass.

I can imagine numerous valid reasons for picking up children at Centerville and at other schools in the Urbana area. Unfor-tunately, failure to behave with civility re-sults in a negative impact on the quality of life of many people. If you are party to such behavior, give the matter some thought.

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Local Scout Collects at Dream Dinners for Food Bank

Urbana residents Tracey Muragaki and Jamie Carr, owners of Dream Dinners in the Turning Point Plaza in Urbana, are helping a friend of the business while helping neighbors in need. They are now proudly displaying one of the coin collec-tion boxes Boy Scout Beau Marwaha made for his Eagle Scout Project, to benefit the Greater Urbana Area Food Bank.

Dream Dinners helps customers prepare multiple home-cooked dinners to take home to enjoy later, and Marwaha is one of its employees. “We are so proud of Beau,” said Carr. “He has been a member of our Dream Team for over three years. Being in the food service industry, his project idea is dear to our hearts and we are honored to support Beau and the Greater Urbana Area Food Bank.” Donations by customers and guests of Dream Dinners are welcome to help the food bank. For more information on Dream Dinners, go to www.dreamdinners.com/frederickmd.

Having Fun while Staying Safe and Sane

Volunteers are already hard at work planning Safe and Sane, an event designed to enter-tain the Urbana High School class of 2015 on June 4, the night of gradu-ation, from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. Seniors are encouraged to register as soon as possible. Volunteer

parents of students of all grades are always needed before and during the all-night, al-cohol/drug free event. Tax-deductible do-nations from local businesses and residents are also greatly appreciated.

Senior Steven Mikk recently won the second of four Safe and Sane raffles and took home a gift card to Chipotle as well as Valentine’s chocolates. Two more raffles will be held in the spring for all students who are registered for the event, which provides many activities and games plus plenty of food and drink all night. Raffles will be held throughout the event at the Frederick Indoor Sports Complex.

This month, a Safe and Sane fundrais-er is scheduled at Chipotle on March 10 from 5-8 p.m. Vouchers are not required, just mention UHS Safe and Sane and the event will receive 50 percent of the sale. The next Safe and Sane planning meeting is Wednesday, March 4 at 7 p.m. in the UHS media center. “We encourage fresh-man, sophomore or junior parents to join us,” said co-leader, Kim Wolf. “Safe and Sane is an exciting event that the students look forward to from the time they enter high school. It’s a time for them to cele-brate their successes and say goodbye to their fellow classmates.”

For more information, visit www.urbanasafeandsane.shutterfly.com, or visit its Facebook page.

Birthday Girl Chooses to Give Instead of Get

Urbana resident Autumn Lewert re-cently celebrated her fifth birthday, and as her family has done since she turned one, Autumn asked for charitable donations in-

stead of birthday gifts. This year, $235 was donated to the Greater Urbana Food Bank, thanks to the generosity of the Lewerts, their family and friends. “I have many, many toys,” Autumn said, so instead of the money going to buy her more, it will help more than 185 local families in need.

Chris Lewert, owner of Urbana Dental Spa, and his wife, Tracey, said they are very proud of their daughter, and hope to con-tinue the tradition with son Ashton, who turns one in April. “We have been able to donate to local charities like the food bank and the Frederick Rescue Mission in Au-tumn’s name,” said Tracey. “It has been a valuable lesson for her and we hope we can help to make sure everyone has what they need.”

Pop-Up Lab at Urbana LibraryThe Urbana Regional Library recently

hosted a new, hands-on science and tech-nology program for children. The Pop-Up Lab was open on Feb. 13 and 16, both days when school was closed, and allowed ele-mentary-aged students to explore science with hands-on experiments. The first ses-sion, Vintage Technology, included forms of old-fashioned vinyl music plus the first Nintendo Gameboy. At Cup Architec-ture, library workers demonstrated the many things one can create just by using a stack of plastic cups. For more informa-tion on future events, call the library at 301.600.7000.

Dillon Fighting a New BattleUrbana Middle School sixth grader

Dillon Papier is beloved in the greater Urbana community, well known for his contagious smile and love of baseball. For the past 11 years, Dillon has bravely fought Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C (NPC), an inherited metabolic disorder – sometimes called the childhood Alz-heimer’s disease. He has endured count-less tests and treatments and recently participated in an experimental drug trial at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which the family hopes will help other children inflicted with NPC.

For more than a decade, Urbana’s community has rallied to support Dil-lon. In February, Dillon was diagnosed with liver cancer, apparently unrelated to NPC, and on Feb. 19, surgeons op-erated to remove part of his liver and several tumors. Weeks of chemotherapy treatment will start soon and hopes are high for remission in the near future.

For more information, visit the Papier family’s website at www.dillonsfight.org, or the foundation site at www.nnpdf.org, or good wishes can be left on Mark Papier’s page on Facebook.

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urbana resident Beau marwaha displays the coin collection box he constructed for dream dinners owners tracey muragaki and Jamie carr. marwaha built coin boxes to complete his eagle Scout project and to benefit the Greater urbana food Bank.

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five-year-old autumn lewert recently presented a check for $235 to Jo ostby for the Greater urbana food Bank. at her recent birthday celebration, autumn asked guests to bring food bank donations in lieu of gifts.

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local children sample some vintage technology (dial telephone, nintendo Game Boy, vinyl recordings, and more) at the urbana regional library’s recent Pop up lab.

Photo | Submittedcongratulations to Steven mikk, a senior at urbana high School, who won a gift card for chipotle and chocolates at uhS’ recent Safe and Sane raffle. all senior students who have signed up for this year’s post-graduation extravaganza are eligible for upcoming raffles.

Photo | Kristy Crawford

dillon Papier, with the help of his parents, mark and darille, has battled niemann-Pick disease type c for most of his life and almost always with a smile. now, the sixth grader at urbana middle School is undergoing treatment for liver cancer.


Dance Recital Showcases Diversity By Joy Xu

D espite a winter weather cancellation, Urban High School’s annual winter dance recital, held Jan. 22 at Urbana

High School (UHS), managed to turn out a large number of friends and family for a broad showcase of dance genres, styles and abilities. All three dance classes as well as the Urbana dance team participated, offering a diverse lineup that ranged from contempo-rary dances to hip hop. The show was cho-reographed largely by the dance instructor at Urbana High School, Stephanie Weigelt.

Having taught dance at the high school for more than a decade, Weigelt has held count-less recitals throughout the years. “Part of the curriculum is not just learning the tech-nique or dance history, but also having the chance to showcase what you’ve learned in front of an audience,” said Weigelt. “Recitals also allow parents to come and see what their kids have been working on for the whole se-mester.”

Known for its superior dance program, UHS offers three to four levels of dance classes each year. These classes cover the entire spectrum of abilities, from inexperi-enced beginners to seasoned pros. For the

latter, there is also the option of trying out for the Urbana dance team, a group of gift-ed young dancers who hold practices twice a week and even compete in various competi-tions. This year, the dance team made it all the way to the Maryland State Dance Show-case at Goucher College with a piece entitled “Gaia Tames Her Children,” which they also performed at this year’s recital.

Despite the broad range of abilities and experience, the three dance classes come to-

gether each year for a “medley”: a collection of songs and artists strung together by a single theme. This recital’s medley was centered on classics, including hits by Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald. The grand finale featured the swinging beat of Sinatra’s “New York, New York,”and involved all 90 dancers stepping onstage with perfectly timed ripples and syn-chronization.

“When it’s really cold outside and people don’t have a lot to do, the winter dance re-cital makes for a fun evening,” said Weigelt. She expects the tradition to continue for many years to come.

Editor’s Note: Joy Xu is a freshman at Urbana High School.

Mock Trial Creates Debate with Oakdale

By Rishub Nahar

D ebate raged on behind the closed doors of the Frederick County Courthouse as the Urbana High

School (UHS) Mock Trial team edged Oakdale in a close match on Jan. 28.

Mock Trial, in which students prepare arguments for both sides of a fictional case, is run by the Mock Trial Organiza-tion of Maryland. Students participate as attorneys or witnesses for either the de-fense or prosecution. Competitions are held every week at the Frederick County Courthouse, where competing teams try to outmaneuver opponents and win their case. According to program director Mike Bunitsky, this is the 21st year of the pro-gram in Frederick County.

This year’s trial reflects the much-pub-licized, actual incident in Ferguson, Mo.

involving the death of an unarmed black man, Michael Brown, last year. “Doubt-less, it was a really controversial event,” said Zion Kidd, a sophomore witness for the prosecution, “but debate and thor-ough analysis of this topic helps us move forward.”

According to Mock Trial participants, each side has its own merits. “The defense here seems to have more solid facts to back their case, however the prosecution has the emotional advantage. You can’t ignore that a tragedy occurred,” said Khunoot Mansoor, a UHS freshman.

Students spend hours every week re-hearsing question sets and affidavits, for-mulating new arguments, and studying case law. The benefits seem apparent to all those involved.

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have kids in the cafeteria, auxiliary gym, and main gym. There’s going to be con-stant music playing — it’s just going to be awesome!” said Matthew Ferrante, a social studies teacher at UHS and one of the main coordinators.

A special part of the event will encom-pass two Four Diamonds Fund families, families that either have a child who con-tinues to battle cancer or a child who is in remission, who will be sharing stories

about their journey.“I think that’s going to be the highlight

of the event because our participants will actually be able to see the cause that they’re funding and supporting,” said Ferrante.

In addition, the Mini-Thon includes guest speaker Sadie Creager who was di-agnosed when she was 15 months old with Wilms Tumor, affecting her kidney. Crea-ger underwent treatment through the Four Diamonds Fund and is now a healthy girl. She will talk during the community hour portion of the event, from 6-7:30 p.m. All members of the community are especial-

ly encouraged to come during the com-munity hour and enjoy a variety of fam-ily friendly activities that appeal to all age groups. “We’re making it a community wide event because cancer doesn’t just af-fect a certain group of people – it affects everyone,” said Ferrante. “It’s a charge led by UHS students but it’s for the commu-nity.”

Ferrante and another coordinator, Ja-cob Mittereder, came up with the idea of getting involved in charity work as a way of increasing school spirit. Mittereder was inspired to start a Mini-Thon in Urbana

when he attended a similar function de-signed to raise money for pediatric cancer. The two took a team of student coordi-nators to a conference in Hershey, Pa. to learn how to run a Mini-Thon, and had the opportunity to learn from schools that have held one in the past.

“Our goal is $10,000 and at the rate we’re going right now, I think we’re going to be able to surpass that,” said Rosenfeld. “That’s definitely going to be the best mo-ment.” So far, more than $9,000 has been raised through various fundraising efforts. More than $4,000 has been raised at Donor Drive, an online fundraiser where anyone can contribute. “It’s been helpful because a lot more people are inclined to go online and donate,” said Rosenfeld. Along with Donor Drive, the Mini-Thon commit-tee has been selling Four Diamonds Fund merchandise during basketball games and by hosting fundraisers in cooperation with restaurants such as Chipotle.

“There’s been ups and downs but ev-ery time we cross another thousand dollar threshold, it’s very motivating,” said Fer-rante. “It’s definitely been worth it!” added Rosenfeld. The final count of all proceeds will be made at 11 p.m., at the end of the event on March 14.

“We started this a year ago and I’m ex-tremely proud of the work and effort that has been put in by all of the people that have volunteered and stepped up to the plate,” said Ferrante, who says he would never have guessed the group would raise the funds so quickly. “It’s a great cause and again it’s because of the students at Urbana that have really made this work.”

“If you’re interested and this sounds like something you want to be a part of, please come out and show your support especially during the community hour,” said Rosen-feld.

For more information about the Four Diamonds Fund or to make a donation, please visit www.fourdiamonds.org/mini-thon.

Editor’s Note: Ridhi Chaudhary is a fresh-man at Urbana High School. She is a part of the Mock Trial team and is the president of the uSmile club at UHS that raises awareness and funds for children with cleft lips and cleft palates.

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Stephenson suggested that parents should take time to park their cars in a legal and safe parking spot before walking over to meet their kids at the elementary school. She also recommended turning the two va-cant lots at the northwest corner of Sugar-loaf Parkway and Carriage Hill Drive into parking lots for Centerville Elementary and installing crosswalk lights to make the area safer for children who walk to school.

Tex Lanier, a member of the Villages of Urbana homeowner association, said that the streets around CES need to be widened to create more space for parents to pick up and drop off their children. Dann said she would love to see the car rider line divert-ed down Route 80 with no left-hand turns into the school, and only right-hand turns via Route 80. She also suggested staggered dismissal times, at 3:15 p.m. for A-L and 3:30 p.m. for M-Z.

“We’d like to see more buses,” said Wa-ters, adding that currently there are four buses servicing two routes each. But Hil-liard said there are many seats available on

existing buses. “Our FCPS transportation shared that there are 117 seats on our buses that are vacant on a daily basis,” she said.

Staff members at Centerville Elementary will be working on solving traffic issues to keep students safe, said Hilliard. “We will continue to adjust our practices as needed to ensure our students’ safe arrival and dis-missal each day.”

Traffic problems on Lewisdale Road are also creating a stir. Local resident Elizabeth Bimbra expressed frustration about drivers using Lewisdale Road every morning and evening to access Route 355. “It is very hard to get out of the driveway due to the fact that people are driving very fast,” Bim-bra said, adding that she also has problems turning into her driveway and checking the mail.

“I’ve only lived here a year and there have been three accidents right here when you turn onto Lewisdale from 355,” said Kitten Carrion, who lives on the corner of Route 355 and Lewisdale Road, adding that many times drivers have nearly run into her car when she turns into her driveway.

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Yankaskas has high praise for Sanford as a cast member and director. “He is very good at working [with] the actors and helping them learn their movements as well as their lines,” she said.

Sanford is looking forward to perform-ing at the Weinberg Center. “It does re-quire the actors to be very professional,” he said, adding, “It is incredibly worth it.”

Seventh grader Savanna Branham, who was cast as the lead character, Mulan, described acting at the Weinberg as “ex-traordinary.” She said, “Before I have to get on stage, I have these butterflies, and I get really nervous.” However, the minute she steps out on stage Branham said that everything is fine. “It’s the coolest way to express myself,” she said.

Branham, who has recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, a disease that causes tumors to grow in the respiratory tract, has expe-rienced challenges while preparing for the community play performance. “I have to go to surgery every three weeks,” she said, adding, “It’s very difficult.” Nonetheless, Branham said, her medical challenges have “kind of made me grow as a person.”

Drama teacher Brenda Yankaskas be-lieves that Branham embodies the quali-ties of Mulan. Yankaskas said, “Mulan is a character of great courage, great loyalty, great love and heart and honor.”

“I love acting,” said Branham, who has performed in holiday plays, class plays and talent shows at the school. “I hope to do more in the future,” she said.

Branham described Yankaskas as an “amazing” drama teacher. “She’s a great teacher and drama coach, and she’s always been there to support and help me,” she said.

Sanford attributes to Yankaskas much of what he has learned about acting and directing. “She has a presence that both commands respect and allows for fun and dialogue,” he said.

Participating in drama helps students to learn life skills, according to Yankas-kas. “Drama activities help increase focus, quick thinking, creativity, among oth-er skills,” she said. “Through plays at the Friends Meeting School, students also learn initiative … They have to know [how to] be able to be on stage at the correct time, and they have to make sure they have their props.”

The Maryland School for the Deaf will also perform “Tales from Aladdin’s Lamp” and “Miss Nelson is Missing” at the show. In addition, two Chinese students from the Friends Meeting School will take the stage with the Little Star Chorus from the local Chinese arts community at the per-formance.

Head of School Mara Nicastro said that the community play has been “an amazing experience” for students. Performing at the Weinberg Center, she said, is an opportu-nity to “present their voice to the commu-nity.” Nicastro said, “It has transformed students’ lives to be in these shows.”

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“She traveled the world looking for a winery — Italy, France, New Zealand, the west coast, California,” Reed said. When she found Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard, she was hooked. “She calls it magical.”

Seymour said he’s heard the new owner is an avid oenophile — a wine aficionado. “If you combine the owner’s devotion with a great wine maker and the mountain’s ter-roir, you have the potential to make some

truly great wine,” Seymour said. He not-ed that the winery shares a similar climate and latitude to many of Europe’s historic wine-growing regions. Maryland is at 39º north, as are Portugal, Spain, Southern Ita-ly and Greece, he said. “I think the winery has all the right ingredients to make beau-tiful Maryland wine, and I hope the new owner continues the process to bring it all together.”

To ensure that the transition is smooth, Yang is keeping two former owners on as consultants for three years. Jim McKenna will work as a legal consultant for Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard while Mike McGarry will provide consulting services for the vineyard itself.

“Emily’s objective is to keep the focus

on quality wine and taking care of the cus-tomers that walk into the door,” Reed said.

Under the new ownership, the tasting room will be relocated to a space twice as big. The barn on Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard’s property is slated to get a facelift in the fall. The barn, which is more than 100 years old, hosts an upstairs room with open slats and currently is used for storage. Post-construction, the space will become the new tasting room, doubling the space for tastings, Reed said.

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“Mock Trial has really improved my rhet-oric and debate skills,” said Haley Gast, a senior and lead attorney for the defense. Gast thinks Mock Trial will be an invalu-able experience for her; she plans to major in international law. But not all Mock Tri-als students are bent on going to law school. Regu Nammalwar, a senior and witness for the defense, plans to major in engineering. “Quick thinking and debate are skills that I can apply anywhere,” he said.

Preparing a full legal case at such a young age is not easy. Victor Wang, a sophomore attorney for the prosecution, said the most unnerving part comes after the trial, when the judge calculates the score and determines the winner. “The suspense is what gets you,” he said. “No matter how the trial goes, some-times you just don’t know how the judge is going to interpret it.”

“The hardest part is getting ready for cross examination,” said Jackie Liu, a freshman witness. “I never know exactly what ques-

tions are coming my way, and I have to adapt to the situation.”

During trials each attorney and witness has the chance to earn up to 10 points based on the quality and effectiveness of his or her cross examination and direct questioning. The team with the most points by the end of the match is the winner. In this partic-ular match, Urbana played the defense, and Oakdale the prosecution. By the end of the match, the schools were tied. But although it was very close, the judge said he felt that overall the defense had won the case, and he gave the tiebreaking point to an ecstatic Ur-bana team.

Bhaswanth Potarlanka, a senior at UHS, was one of the audience members at the trial. “This is about as exciting as any other sports match I’ve seen,” Potarlanka said. “You real-ly get to see how what seem like clear facts at first can be spun off in so many ways.”

The UHS Mock Trial team has advanced to the playoffs and will vie against other schools in the county for the coveted county title, an honor that it’s won numerous times in recent years. Auditions for next year’s team will take place in the fall.

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pand the awards next year into more area high schools, but needs more volunteers to move forward.

The awards program idea came up at a meeting of the Friends Meeting School's Spiritual Life Committee, as the group pon-dered how to spread the word about its values, which include integrity, equality, creativity, peace and simplicity. One member recalled

hearing about a successful awards program in Fairfax County, Va. recognizing high school students who promoted peacemaking, conflict resolution and respect for others. “I thought that was a neat idea and so did our whole committee,” said Breiling. “I think we felt — It's not just important what we talk about, it's what we do.”

The group created the inaugural Peace Conference and Awards Ceremony and asked District 2 school counselors to nominate one student that aims to help others.

Callahan’s Seafood Bar and Grill

E nter by the front door of Callahan’s Sea-food Bar and Grill on Rosemont Ave-nue in Frederick and you’ll experience

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If you are looking for somewhere to go on St. Patrick’s Day, Callahan’s offers two dis-tinct options. It’s the only day of the year the restaurants doesn’t take reservations, but it will provide carry-out if you can’t get a table. In any event, you’ll get to choose from head chef Steve Hovis’s Irish specialties: corned beef and cabbage, shepherd’s pie (our featured recipe this month), a Reuben sandwich, an Irish club sub and the pot at the end of the rainbow, Bash Cheesecake, which is a combi-nation of brownie, cheesecake and Bailey’s ice cream. Of course, you could skip the Irish fare altogether and opt for the customer favorites: crab cakes, seafood flatbread or crab pretzels. Hearing about the snow birds from Ohio who stop in each year on their way down to Flor-ida and order 30-40 crab cakes to enjoy with family and friends during southern winters makes that a sure choice for me. “It’s good food at good prices that keeps people com-ing back to Callahan’s,” said Callahan’s Chef Steve Hovis.

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Running Moves from Forrest Gump to Frederick Fun Runs

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It’s one of those funny little sayings in the American lexicon courtesy of the movie Forrest Gump. People use it to spur one another on to finish a run.

Running is one of America’s top forms of recreation, with more than 30 million Americans running at least three times a week. While running a few miles for fit-ness became a trend almost 40 years ago, this activity now involves more than 100 running shoe varieties, varying types of running socks, running shorts, leggings made just for running, special watches and entertainment you can wear on your sleeve. Not to mention, many of us don’t run just to run but we run to run a fun run!

This month, the Green Valley YMCA joins in that fun with the Lucky Lep-rechaun Run at Old National Park on March 14. The run is sponsored by the YMCA of Frederick County. For more in-formation on the run, flip to page 15.

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seekers to train with a purpose. When someone is exercising with a goal such as finishing a race, I have found that they are exponentially more successful because ex-ercise becomes fun, and not just another chore to do on the way to losing weight. To help tie your desire to train for an event successfully under the eye of a profession-al, the Green Valley YMCA runs a pro-gram called Train Your Way to a 5K. Five K races are just a smidge over three miles long, and while some people compete for the awards the vast majority run just for the fun of it. And sometimes they walk for the fun of it. That’s the beauty of fun runs — you don’t really have to run it at all.

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Some people say Forrest was running away from his problems. I would like to think he wasn’t running away from any-thing. He was running through his prob-lems. Perhaps running could help you do the same.

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Local EventsUrbana Regional Library Annual Book Sale

The Friends of the Urbana Regional Library (FURL), will hold its spring used book sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sat-urday, March 7, and 1 to 5 p.m. on Sun-day, March 8, in the community room on the lower level of the Urbana Regional Library. There will be hundreds of books organized by subject category, along with CDs, DVDs, books on tape and children’s books. Funds from this book sale go to support the many programs and activities

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mighty Leprechaun Strength Challenge

The Green Valley YMCA features a Mighty Leprechaun Strength Challenge on March 13 from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. This family-friendly event features a bench and squat competition for ages 14 and up. The winner is determined using a formula that incorporates height, weight and the amount of weight successfully lifted. Registration is required and can be done on line at www.frederickymca.org or at the Green Valley Branch. Contact Jennie Coppit at [email protected] for more information.

Annual Art Contest at Urbana Regional Library

This month the Urbana Regional Li-brary is in search of young artists who want to put their artistic talents on display. The annual art contest begins March 1 with all entries due by March 31. Winning designs will be featured on free bookmarks when Summer Reading launches May 1. This year’s theme for children and teens is, “Ev-ery Hero Has a Story.” Please create your design in color. For contest details and en-try forms, visit www.fcpl.org/summer.

Hawkfest

UHS presents the Third Annual Hawk-fest Festival, Saturday, April 25 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Join others from the com-munity for a day of food, music, craft ven-dors, games and inflatable attractions. All general proceeds support kids with pediat-ric cancer. Armbands cost $10, providing unlimited access to rides and attractions.

St. Patrick’s Day Lunch

On Tuesday, March 17, the Urbana Senior Center hosts a St. Patrick’s Day lunch. The noon lunch includes corned beef, potatoes, cabbage, carrots, corn muffin and cake. For more information call 301.600.7020 or go to www.FrederickCountyMD.gov/aging.

Lunch with Nurse Steve

On March 12, enjoy breakfast for lunch with a talk by Nurse Steve titled, “How do I take care of this skin I’m in: A discussion on the care and maintenance of our skin.” Event begins at noon. For more information call 301.600.7020 or go to www.FrederickCountyMD.gov/aging.

The Second Annual Lucky Leprechaun Fun Run

On March 14, the Green Valley YMCA participates in the Second An-nual Lucky Leprechaun Fun Run Old National Park, an event hosted by the YMCA in downtown Frederick. A Lit-tle Leprechaun 1-mile run begins at 8:30 a.m., and the 5K begins at 9 a.m. The Little Leprechaun Run is open for youth ages 6 and up; adults may participate in the race with their children. There are no awards given for this race but youth go home with a goody bag of surprises. The 5K is a timed event with age group winners all the way up to age 99. Reg-istration is required and can be done at www.frederickymca.org or at the Green Valley YMCA Branch. Contact Jennie Coppit at [email protected] for more information.

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runners pose after last year’s lucky leprechaun fun run, held again this month on march 14.


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Dog-Friendly Trails

I don’t have a dog, but I love my family’s ca-nine members — Lil-

ly, a golden retriever, and Lotus, a black lab. Perhaps this is the reason I was attracted to a par-ticular guidebook dis-played in the California Welcome Center in El Dorado Hills, Ca. a few months ago. “Dog-Friendly Trails for All Seasons,” by Debbi Preston, piqued my cu-riosity. What makes a hiking trail friendly to dogs? I marveled that an entire book had been devoted to this subject. I picked up the book and read the subtitle, “In Cali-fornia’s Foothills and the Sierra Nevada.” I looked out the window and in the distance were those same foothills where relatives had told me of encounters with rattle-snakes, bears and mountain lions.

The introduction revealed how little I know about dog ownership in general and how helpful a description of dog-friendly trails would be for California tourists as well as for local residents. Safety was only one topic covered. Some of the contents would be self-evident to seasoned hikers who bring their dogs along with them on a trail. But for me, it was a revelation to learn

that: “A dog’s first means of cooling itself is through its paws (panting is its secondary means.)” Walking on hot asphalt or con-crete is extremely painful for dogs. Con-sequently, during hot weather a dirt trail

in a cooler area helps make it dog-friendly.I learned other considerations from my

friend Caro, who is a veteran hiker and the owner of a lively young beagle. “Know your dog,” was her top advice. She agreed with the author of the guidebook that a trail may not be the best place for an aggressive dog that is difficult to control, even on a leash. In understanding her beagle’s na-ture, Caro also pointed out that she has to leash Dorsey everywhere outside because her pet’s uncontrollable instinct is to chase rabbits and other small prey. She could call to her forever and her beagle would never return – Dorsey would joyfully continue chasing rabbits ad infinitum.

My friend told me that she doesn’t like a trail that has become overgrown with weeds and plants like poison oak. A dog can brush against this plant and carry the oils on its coat, thereby risking your de-veloping a rash if you touch your pet. Caro added that weather is a factor when choos-ing the best trail for Dorsey and for her. She wouldn’t hike with her dog just after a rainstorm – the trail would be muddy and cluttered with fallen limbs and other de-bris.

Undoubtedly, there are other factors that determine the definition of a “dog-friend-ly trail.” “But we don’t use that term,”

said Clara Gouin of the Howard County Recreation and Parks Department. “We like to think that all our trails are friendly to dogs if their owners follow the rules.” She recommended the Patuxent Trail that follows the Little Patuxent River in How-ard County, the C & O Canal towpath that begins in Georgetown and finally ends in western Maryland and the historic rail/trails that follow extinct railroad lines and yet have preserved railroad tracks through parts of Maryland and elsewhere. The Maryland State Department of Natural Resources, Gouin told me, is a good source for obtaining detailed maps of certain hik-ing trails throughout the state. You might try their website: www.mdmerlin.net.

Here are a few rails-to-trails in our re-gion:

The Rock Creek Trail in Silver Spring is multi-use and is considered a great place for hikers and their dogs.

The Patuxent Branch Trail in Columbia, Md., is included in the historic Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, as well as the Grist Mill Trail at Patapsco Valley State Park in Catonsville, Md.

My friend Caro said the main thing about “dog-friendly trails” is to be safe, comfortable and considerate and as you en-joy exercising in a place of natural beauty.

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dog-friendly trails capture the attention of town courier columnist nora caplan, along with lotus, a black lab owned by her granddaughter. here lotus explores azalea Park in charlottesville, Va.


urbanasPorTsUrbana Teams Sweep the Field with Historic Season

By CJ Ecalano and Ross Stafford

T he Urbana High School (UHS) Hawks Boys and Girls Indoor Track and Field teams swept the field this

season — the first time in program history both the girls and boys Hawks clenched the title in the Frederick County champion-ships meet and only the second time both teams won the 3A West Region Champi-onships.

“It felt awesome! It was something we’ve worked to achieve for years now and all the pieces final came together. Our close com-petition made it even more special, and pushed us all to great performances,” said Kelly Winklbauer, senior captain of the Hawks’ girls indoor track and field team.

Here are more highlights from all three meets this year.

mvAL Piedmont Conference Championship meet: Jan. 10

The Hawks relied on first place finish-ers, Emily Mulhern in the 800, Delia Sipe in shot-put, and a 4x800 team of seniors Kelly Winklbauer and Madison Burley, and juniors Holly Coffey and Caroline Abel — and the lady Hawks sealed their victory by placing girls top five in 10 of 13 events. The boys nearly scored top five in all events, minus a three-way tie in pole vault. Unlike the girls, the boys did not have first place finishers to pack on the points, but, instead, depended on second and third place finishes to cumulate a com-fortable 15 point lead over long-time rival Oakdale High School.

Despite a bone-chilling night, Urbana’s bus ferried a warm reveling back to Ijams-ville, a celebration not for titles and vic-tories, but for school history; four school records were broken. Prince Mills talked in excited tones about shattering the pervi-ous school record of 8.06 in the 55 hurdles with a time of 8.02; the previous record had remained unbroken for 14 years.

“Everyone on our team has pure ath-leticism,” said UHS Senior Zhane Wash-ington, who broke the long-contended 55-meter dash record with a time of 7.57.

This meet was the first time since 2007 the boys took home the Peidmont Confer-ence Championship title and was the first time ever for the girls.

Frederick County Championships: Jan. 23

The Hawks knew it wouldn’t be easy to beat a fresh, healthy and the two-time defending Outdoor Track & Field State Champions — the Oakdale Bears. The Bears and the Hawks continued to ex-change blows until the unthinkable hap-pened. Abby Grabowski, a sophomore for the Hawks found herself in the fast heat with nothing but upperclassmen in the 500 meter run, she took the lead and ran away from the rest. She ran a 1:21.47 beating

the field by more than a second and racing her way into the record books. After that, the Hawks continued to pick up points in every single event — chunks of points on their way to scoring an impressive 112.5 points and edging the Bears by 4.5 points.

The boys qualified all three of their hur-dlers to the finals and took second, third and fourth in the 55 hurdles — Prince Mills, Sean Miller and Matthew Mar-cel. The fierce Michael Belcher who took home the Hawks only gold medal of the day when he heaved a 42 foot 4.25 inch throw. Sprinters, jumpers, distance run-ners, throwers and pole vaulters all con-tributed to the 120 point total the Urbana boys earned.

The Hawks did it — sweeping the coun-ty meet for the first time in program histo-ry and it is only the second time both teams have won the Indoor County Champion-ships.

3A West Regions: Feb. 5The Hawks landed inside the Baltimore

Armory on Feb. 5 with one main focus: advance as many athletes in as many events as they possibly could. The girls advanced in 11 of 13 events and the boys advanced in 10 of the 13 events. The girls ended up winning by 34.5 points and the boys won by 50 points.

“Even after sweeping Regions, quite a few people on the team, including myself was not satisfied,” said UHS junior captain, Maddie Sarro. “Everyone was recovering from sickness but nonetheless we have a lot of momentum going into states.”

maryland 3A State Championships: Feb. 23

The Hawks rolled up to the Prince Georges County Sports Complex in a charter bus — a perk from Urbana Ath-letic Boosters for winning a Region title. By the end of the night, the lady Hawks walked away with third place, scoring 41.5 points, plodding behind the deep Milford Mill (46 points) and strong Franklin (48 points) programs.

Urbana shattered three school records and two individual state titles, both belong ing to Emily Mulhern. Mulhern, the se-nior distance runner coming off an array of injuries, had all eyes on the track during her 5:02 performance in the 1600 run and 11:13 in the 3200. Mulhern competed in the open 800 and took sixth, scoring a total of 23 points for the Hawks. Urbana also looked to their 4x800 relay team of senior

Kelly Winklbauer, junior Maddie Sarrow, and sophomores Anna Miller and Abby Grabowski, taking third, and powerhouse Delia Sipe, who took second in shot-put, launching a 37-07.75, to score big points.

The Urbana men took tenth place with 21.5 points. Senior Akash Menon brought in points with a sixth place vault, and se-nior Michael Belcher squeezed into scoring position after tossing a PR of 43-08.25 in shot-put. Junior Mitch Holson tied for fifth place in an adept high jump competition.

Junior Parker Mellott crossed the line during the 500 run in seventh, senior Prince Mills hurdled a time of 8.22. The 4x800 teams of senior, Kevin Cory, juniors Nicholas Danner and Garrett Santis and sophomore Justin Le raced to a new sea-son best in the 4x800 with a time 8:28.49 which placed fourth overall. UHS junior Nicholas Danner ran a time of 4:42 in the 1600 run, finished in sixth overall, wring-ing out a few more points for the blue-and-grey nation. What a fantastic season.

Editor’s Note: CJ Ecalano is UHS’ Head Coach for boys and girls track and field teams. Ross Stafford is UHS’ Head Coach for distance and high jump teams.

Photo | CJ Ecalano

the hawk Boys and Girls indoor track teams celebrate their sweep of the frederick county championships at hagerstown community college on Jan. 23. this was the the first time in program history both the girls and boys hawks clenched the title in the county championships.


UHS Students Sign to College Sports TeamsBy Sally Alt

U rbana High School (UHS) seniors Katie Yockman, Shannon Cooley and Ray Gray committed to college

athletic teams at the beginning of Febru-ary. “The whole athletic department is proud of what these athletes have been able to accomplish,” said UHS Athletic Direc-tor Ryan Hines.

UHS senior Ray Gray described Signing Day as a “remarkable” experience. He will be playing on the football team at Iowa Western Community College.

Gray chose Iowa Western from among other schools such as East Carolina Uni-versity, Rutgers University and Temple

University because he wanted to get some experience at a small college before trans-ferring to a four-year school. A recruiter encouraged Gray to attend Iowa Western, and his parents supported Gray’s decision to go to the school.

“Ray is one of the most gifted athletes I’ve been fortunate to coach in my 18 years of experience,” said UHS coach David Mencarini. “His ability to inspire his team-mates to play hard and make them better is one of his biggest attributes,” he said.

Gray plans to major in business and management in college. He said, “I’m just looking forward to getting out and seeing new places.”

Hines believes that all of the student ath-

letes will succeed in college. “Shannon’s competitive spirit, Katie’s passion for the game and Ray’s amazing talents will allow them all to succeed at the next level,” he said. “We will definitely miss them, but are proud to have played a part in their athletic careers.”

Senior Katie Yockman joins the women’s lacrosse team at the University of Tampa in the fall. “I’m really excited about it,” she said. Yockman, who intends to start a ca-reer in physical therapy, said she chose the school because of its location, the lacrosse coaching staff and the school’s athletic training program. And it doesn’t hurt that the University of Tampa is located about 20 minutes from family and the beach, she said.

“Katie will be a successful collegiate la-crosse player at the University of Tampa because she is a highly versatile player who continuously strives to improve her game,” UHS Coach Kim Lenta said, adding, “She is very coachable, is passionate about the game and works terrifically with all of her teammates.”

Yockman is looking forward to living on her own in college. “I’m also really excited to play for such a great team,” she said.

Lenta helped her improve her lacrosse skills and select a college, Yockman said. “She really helped me evolve as a player,” she added.

UHS senior Shannon Cooley will play on the women’s soccer team at West Ches-

ter University in Pennsylvania next year. “I really liked the campus, and I really en-joy the coach and the girls on the team,” she said. Cooley, who also plans to study to become a physical therapist, said that she is eager to play soccer with new teammates and make new friends at West Chester.

Cooley credits UHS Coach Chuck Nichols with helping to develop her soccer skills. “He taught me a lot about the game, and he taught me about how to play tough and be tough mentally on the field,” she said.

Nichols expressed admiration for Cool-ey, who he describes as “one of the hardest working players I have ever coached.” He said, “The combination of her technical ability, tactical understanding of the game, and her passion to play and improve make her a legitimate asset for the West Chester Golden Rams women’s soccer team.”

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from left, urbana high School seniors Shannon cooley, katie yockman and ray Gray signed on to college athletic teams in february.


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