The Garden Bros Nuclear Circus will be at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds (501 Perry Pkwy, Gaithersburg) from June 2-12. Attractions at the show include, “Crazy Cossacks Riderz, Human Slingshot, Wheel of Death, Human Cannonball, Motorcycles in the Sphere of Fear, Showgirls Hanging from their Hair, Olympic Gymnasts, the Funniest Clowns, and Back Flipping Dogs as seen on America’s Got Talent.”
Ticket prices range from $15-60 and can be ordered on their website.
What: Pride Month Flag Raising Ceremony.
When: Tuesday, June 7 at 11 a.m.
Per Novavax:
Novavax today announced the initiation of its Phase 3 strain change trial to determine if its Omicron variant specific vaccine, NVX-CoV2515 (Omicron BA.1 strain), induces superior antibody responses against the Omicron variant compared to its Wuhan prototype vaccine, NVX-CoV2373, in participants who have received either a primary (two doses) or booster (three doses) series of an mRNA vaccine. The trial will also seek to determine the antibody responses to a bivalent vaccine, containing both NVX-CoV2373 and NVX-CoV2515, administered in participants who have received a booster series of an mRNA vaccine.
The number of vendors varies from 50 to 150 depending on the weather. Since the markets are outdoors, weather always plays a part in the activity, but the markets are only canceled for heavy steady rain or high winds. The markets are held on the first Saturday of the month – April though November – and the cold dark early mornings of the first and last months require heavy coats, gloves and flashlights. In the summer months a rogue thunderstorm can send vendors racing to cover their goods with tarps and to seek shelter in their cars, only to pop out again like prairie dogs from their holes when the sun comes out. But that is all part of the adventure.
Vendors are charged $25 for a 10’ x10’ space and must set up before 7am and pack up at 1pm. After the overhead of insurance, port-a-john, signage and security, all the proceeds go to three local non-profit organizations – the Germantown Historical Society, the Button Farm Living History Program, and a Boy Scout Troop. The Germantown Historical Society began the Flea Markets in 1993 to raise funds. There were only about two dozen vendors at that first market
General admission is $25 per person, which includes chili tastings. Free Admission for kids under 18, Police Officers and their Family is provided by MCPF). All proceeds benefit the Foundation’s mission to strengthen community-police relationships, support officers wellness, and enhance public safety initiatives across Montgomery County.
In addition to delicious chili, attendees can enjoy local craft beer from Lone Oak Brewery, family activities, and opportunities to meet and interact with Montgomery County police officers in a fun, relaxed setting.
Three staff members have been honored with 2021–2022 Counselor of the Year awards. The trio—one each at the elementary, middle and high school levels—were recognized at the May 26 Board of Education business meeting.
This year’s winners are:
Greg Mullenholz, principal at Ashburton Elementary School in Bethesda, is this year’s winner of the Mark Mann Excellence and Harmony Award.
The Mark Mann award is presented annually to an MCPS administrator who has shown exceptional performance in promoting academic excellence, positive human relations and community outreach.
Severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon (Thursday, June 2nd) with the main threat being the potential for damaging wind gusts. Multiple rounds of storms are expected starting approximately 2pm, with the greatest risk this afternoon/evening, according to the National Weather Service.
Temperatures are expected to reach the upper 80s and feel like 95° early this afternoon until the thunderstorms roll into town. The risk of thunderstorms will remain until the late evening.
Bento Express will be opening in the Woodmoor Shopping Center (10141 Colesville Road) in Silver Spring later this year. The new fast-casual restaurant will be taking over the location that was formerly home to Sprint, between the UPS Store and Subway.
While we don’t know much about the restaurant at this time, we have been told that it will be serving teriyaki chicken, sushi, and bento boxes, which could fare well in the area with the lunch and after-school crowd from nearby Montgomery Blair High School.
A few months back the Sandy Spring Slave Museum & African Art Gallery (SSSM), announced that it was the recipient of a $25,000 scholarship in the name of Richard “Richie” Anderson. The scholarship is provided by TruistBank/Wealth Management and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and will be used to provide access to the SSSM for youth programming. Richie Anderson grew up in the Sandy Spring community and attended Sherwood High School where he excelled as a student-athlete in Football, Basketball, and Track & Field.
In football, he received All-State, Prep All-American, Washington Post Offensive Player of the Year, and USA Today Maryland Player of the Year Honors. He finished his high school career gaining over 3,500 yards. In basketball led the county in scoring, averaging 22 points per game as a junior and averaged 23 points per game as a senior. In track, Anderson competed in the 100 meters, 200 meters and high jump, where he received All-county honors as a senior.
Earlier this week, on Monday evening, multiple people on social media shared screenshots of KKK-related images that were posted on the review page for Damascus High School on Apple Maps. A search for the high school leads you to a page that allows users to read and write reviews for the searched location. In this case, a user uploaded the hate symbols under the reviews, which Apple pulls from Yelp.
In a message to the Damascus community, principal Kevin Yates wrote, “I was informed yesterday afternoon that an Internet app brings up hate symbols when Damascus High School is entered. I alerted MCPS Security and our Technology Specialists and was advised to go to the app and report the images as hate symbols and request that they be removed.” The symbols were removed less than 24 hours later.
Per MD Lottery: The “gut feeling” that convinced a 23-year-old Rockville resident to visit a 7-Eleven last week led to the largest Lottery win of his life. His $25,000 prize didn’t come from the tickets he purchased, however, but from a free Pick 5 ticket that he never expected to come his way. “I play the Lottery every once in a while,” the university student explained to Lottery officials on Tuesday. “When I woke up that morning, I had no plan to (buy Lottery games), but later in the day something told me to buy some tickets.”
Whatever compelled him to buy tickets wasn’t specific about the game, so the Montgomery County man picked out three from a range of game types. “I got a scratch-off, a Powerball and Keno.” Along with his selection, the winner left 7-Eleven #23693 in Rockville with a free Pick 5 ticket awarded as part of a Try Pick 5 promotion. Through June 5, players who purchase any Lottery game other than scratch-offs could receive a randomly awarded free 50-cent straight Pick 5 ticket. “That extra ticket got me thinking that maybe it was my winner,” he said, “that it was supposed to happen.”