Senior women’s basketball player Crystal Jones is this week’s Shorewoman of the Week for the third time. Jones averaged 13.3 points per game and 7.3 rebounds per contest in a 3-1 week for Washington College. She is a Silver Spring native and graduate of Wheaton High School.
On Saturday in a 47-38 win at Ursinus, she notched her second double-double of the season with 10 points and a career-high 11 rebounds as Washington College tied its most single-season wins in Centennial Conference play in program history with 11. This past Thursday, Jones started the team’s game-closing 14-2 run in a 62-55 comeback win over Franklin & Marshall with a three-pointer as she scored 13 points. In Tuesday’s 62-45 win at McDaniel she led all players with 17 points. In a road game at Swarthmore on Monday night, she just missed a double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds, with her nine boards being a contest-best.
Jones played basketball (all four years on varsity) at Wheaton High School. She was named the WHS Student-Athlete of the Week eight times and was one of top basketball scorers in the DMV per The Washington Post. She was a three-time WHS basketball Team MVP and served as WHS varsity team captain for two years, earning first and second team All-Montgomery County Girls Basketball honors. Jones was the first player in Wheaton’s history to reach 1,000 career points. At Wheaton, she also played soccer and volleyball and was an honor roll student all four years.
This is Jones’ third career Shorewoman of the Week honor.
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Montgomery County Recreation is working to ensure that the dream of attending prom can come true for high school juniors and seniors. The department is collecting gently used and new dresses that will be used to be distributed on Saturday, April 16 at the Marilyn Praisner Community Recreation Center located at 14906 Old Columbia Pike in Burtonsville.
According to a USA Today article teens spend an average of $600 on proms. For many families the money isn’t available for girls to buy a dress and attend the prom.
“The past couple of years our young people have lost out on many special events such as graduations, homecomings and proms,” said Montgomery County Recreation Director Robin Riley. “I am proud of all of the work our recreation staff do to make positive changes in the lives of teens and that we are providing an opportunity for girls to have a pretty prom dress, so they feel good about attending their prom.
Drop-off locations for the dresses are:
Marilyn J. Praisner Community Recreation Center
Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Potomac Community Recreation Center
11315 Falls Road
Saturday, Feb. 19, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, March 19, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Jane Lawton Community Recreation Center
4301 Willow Lane, Bethesda
Saturday, Feb. 19. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, March 19, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Germantown Community Recreation Center
18905 Kingsview Road
Saturday, Feb. 26, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, March 19. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Nancy H. Dacek North Potomac Community Recreation Center
13850 Travilah Road, Rockville
Saturday, Feb. 26, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, March 12, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, March 26, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Once the collected the dresses will be dry cleaned and will be available in a special formal dress boutique that will be held at the Marilyn Praisner Community Recreation Center. High school juniors and seniors will be able to shop and select a dress for free from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 16.
When successful novelist Kira Young (Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe) returns to her hometown to escape bad press after her cheating fiancé Tyson (Rich Paul) is accused of murder, she rekindles a romantic one-night stand with her high school sweetheart Weston Wade (Lou Ferrigno Jr.), who soon develops an unhealthy obsession with her.
Cincinnati Bengals
Another Super Bowl MoCo Connection: Terrell Lewis, OLB for the Los Angeles Rams
Lewis graduated from St. John’s College High School in DC, but played Pop Warner for the @WhiteOakWarrior
Congrats on becoming a Super Bowl Champion!https://t.co/9ULKOD86pL pic.twitter.com/8Iu8alsP01
— The MoCoShow (MCS) (@TheMoCoShow) February 14, 2022
Kimba Brown of Westfield Wheaton said, “it was honor to be chosen by Make-A-Wish to assist in granting a wish for a special child. After some quick engagement with the Foundation to determine needs, the team set out laser focus to deliver the best wish day we possibly could. BIG THANKS to Macy’s, Finish Line, Cinnabon, Dick’s, JCP Penny, H&M, Aeropostale, Bath & Body Works, small business Hersheys Ice Cream and a few community partners for providing gift cards, discounts, and surprise & delights to make the day spectacular.”
Her schedule for the day:
- 11:00am: Arrival at Security for sign-in (Greeted by MCP and Westfield management team). “Surprise basket presented by MCP & Westfield present balloons, a basket and a $250 gift card
- 11:15am: Macy’s (Presentation of Gift Card & basket from General Manager)
- 11:30am: JCP (Presentation of Gift Card & basket by General Manager)
- 11:45am: Bath & Body Works (Basket presented a gift & 20% off from General Manager)
- 12:00pm: Hershey’s Ice Cream (Stop for a complementary sweet treat)
- 12:15pm: Aero (Greeted by the General Manager and gave 20 % off shopping trip)
- 12:45pm: Ardene (Greeted by the General Manager and gave 20 % off shopping trip)
- 1:00pm: IHOP (Complimentary lunch with presentation of baskets; greetings from General Manager, team and mascot)
- 2:45pm: H&M (Greeted by the personal shopper with 35% off shopping trip)
- 3:15pm: Dick’s (Greeted by the team, personal shopper, balloons, posters, gift basket & a gift card towards shopping trip)
- 3:45pm: Cinnabon (Stop for complementary sweet treat to-go)
- 3:50pm: Finishline (35% discounted off shopping trip)
- 4:05pm: Target (Presentation of Gift Card & basket by General Manager & team)
- 4:30pm: Farewell Presentation (Well wishes from Marketing Manager, presentation of acrylic painting don’t by Facility Manager, purple flowers presented by the Security team, 12- purple balloon release outside food court/entrance 7, and closing with an official MCPD escort home. (2 police cars and 2 police motorcycles followed our VIP home while in her Limo)
About the VIP: Kaylee is 12 years old and can be very shy. Her favorite color is purple, and her favorite animal is a llama. She likes to paint, draw, and go hiking. She likes the marvel movies. She enjoys going to the park and spending time with her family. One of the main things she is looking to get during her shopping spree is a new iPhone. She and her family would like to eat at the nearby IHop for lunch.
Photos courtesy of Westfield Wheaton
Starting today and running through Saturday, Carmen’s Italian Ice at 1115 Nelson St in Rockville is doing their annual “Pay the Price of the Weather” promotion. Whatever the temperature is outside, that’s the price of a small Italian ice (you can substitute gelati for an extra dollar.)
While obviously not a huge money maker for the store, Carmen’s owner Jason Mandler tells us the promotion is a nice treat for their diehards fans and something fun to do during the off-season, when people don’t typically have frozen treats on their mind.
Below is the weather forecast for the next few days courtesy of weather.com:
Carmen’s Olney location at 3233 Spartan Rd will be running the same promotion beginning Friday, as that location is closed on Thursdays during the winter.
About Carmen’s Italian Ice:
It started with a simple idea. Introduce homemade gourmet Italian Ice to the Washington DC area. Jason Mandler – a native of Parsippany, New Jersey – opened Carmen’s Italian Ice & Cafe in Rockville, MD in 2001. Tracing its roots back to Philly and South Jersey where this dessert has been a mainstay for years, Carmen’s offers homemade, gourmet Italian Ice in over 60 flavors. It also now offers frozen custard, shakes, and a toppings bar.
Carmen’s quickly became a welcome part of the neighborhood with Jason and his staff coming up with tasty offerings, personal service and fun special events. Come on in for a morning cup of coffee or an evening Italian ice and you’ll probably run into a few of our regulars. Come a few more times and you’ll be one of them yourself.
Visit their website at www.carmensrockville.com
Dan Binstock is a lifelong MoCo resident. The Potomac dad is now also a viral TikTok sensation, earning over 340K followers and nearly 30 million views in less than a month with his ability to hear a song just once and recreate it to near perfection on the piano.
Binstock was born and raised in Potomac. He started playing piano at the age of 5, when he realized he had an ear for music. After taking lessons growing up and continuing to play while he was a student at Wootton High School, where he was known for his piano-playing ability, he went in a different direction with his career, earning his law degree and currently owning and operating a company that recruits lawyers.
When the pandemic hit and everyone was stuck inside… “it just sort of happened” Binstock told us. One day he decided to do a Facebook live, taking requests from people, and playing as many songs as he could. “If I’ve heard it, I would play it. If I haven’t, I can listen to it on the spot just once, and then play it.”
In the days following the initial Facebook Live performance, he was inundated with requests for parties, fundraisers, business holiday parties, and more, all via Zoom. That led to Binstock starting his evening passion project, Virtual Piano Party, where he has been hosting piano parties on Zoom since December of 2020 until now, having successfully provided entertainment for over 150 events all over the world.
One of his friends kept telling him he should get on TikTok, a video-focused social networking service that hosts a variety of short-form user videos, from genres like music, pranks, stunts, tricks, jokes, dance, and entertainment. After initially thinking it was for teenagers, he quickly realized how many people were interested in his videos. One of his videos that includes his daughter attempting to stump him by letting him hear part of Lil Nas X’s “Industry Baby” has been viewed over 20 million times in just over a week.
@pianodaddan @lilnasx my dad playing “INDUSTRY BABY” by ear #piano #pianodaddan #fyp #pianochallenge #yerawizard
Dan was amazed at how quickly his following grew. His daughters were initially a little embarrassed and didn’t want him on TikTok. Now he gets texts from school with updates on the latest numbers on social media. “A really fun, new way of bonding” Binstock said.
His New Year’s resolution is to focus on posting music videos rather than watching the news and Netflix. So far, it has worked. His TikTok, @PianoDadDan, now has over 343,000 followers and 3.5 million likes. His most viral video has been viewed for over 162,000 hours. He told us he started doing this because he has always loved to make people happy through music. Growing up, one of his favorite things to do was to take requests and put smiles on faces, something he told us he plans to continue doing through his social media accounts.
Dan and his tunes can also be found on Instagram, @VirtualPianoParty
Some may have noticed a familiar face on television when Luka Van Herksen appeared on Law and Order: SVU last night. Luka was born in Mozambique and lived across the world before moving to Montgomery County- first to Bethesda and later Clarksburg.
Last night he had a role in TV’s longest running primetime drama, Law & Order: SVU, where he played a young teen who was questioned for his involvement in a spree of hate crimes that occurred in the city. The episode was introducing one the NYPD’s new unit, Hate Crimes, which is also the newest spinoff of the Law & Order series. Luka said he enjoyed his time on set and thought highly of his co-star, Ice-T, who would talk to Luka during breaks and give him tips.
Below you’ll see a couple screen captures of Luka’s appearance on the show, courtesy of MCPS teacher Grace Lovelace Guishard.
We spoke with Luka’s mom, Melissa Vigues Van Herksen, who is an MCPS substitute and told us more about Luka’s MoCo history. The Van Herksens bought a house in Clarksburg after they resigned as diplomats, and Luka spent 5th grade in the area and all of middle school at Rocky Hill Middle School. Luka credits his middle school choir teacher at Rocky Hill, Mr. Paul Heinemann, for being extremely supportive and helping him grow.
While in Montgomery County, Luka got involved with Young Artists of America, a group that operates out of Strathmore in North Bethesda. Luka says he got his passion and inspiration from YAA, which trains young performing artists in collaboration with leading, professional artists to present fully-orchestrated productions at state-of-the-art venues including their home stage at the Music Center at Strathmore.
Last year, Luka was the only child Toby’s Dinner Theater’s production of Elf the Musical in neighboring Howard County. Luka and his family recently moved to Frederick County, where he is enrolled at Linganore High School.
Luka has gone to New York a few times to film PSAs and commercials for grocery store chain, ShopRite. He is hoping for more episodic work like his role in SVU in the future. We wish him the best of luck!
Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring was the birthplace of Maryland’s first baby born in 2022z
Parents Meena and Nick welcomed Jaison, their 6lb, 2.2oz, and 19 inch long baby boy, at 12:01am.
Holy Cross Hospital shared the news via social media earlier this evening. The announcement and photos can be seen below:
“We are excited to ring in the first day of 2022 with some exciting news: Holy Cross Health’s New Year’s Baby! Join us in welcoming Jaison, a baby boy born at Holy Cross Hospital at 12:01 a.m., weighing 6 lbs., 2.2 oz., and 19 inches long. Congratulations to the proud parents, Meena and Nick, and their family! Special thanks to our clinical team for delivering baby Jaison, Dr. Manjit Risam, obstetrics and gynecology, and Shannon Garay, RN.”
Montgomery County couple wins big on Ca$h Bonus scratch-off
Per MD Lottery:
A Gaithersburg man and his wife are thankful that they celebrated early this year, as ripping into a gift pre-holiday delivered a whopping surprise. A $10 Ca$h Bonus scratch-off the man purchased while travelling through Montgomery County for work won a $50,000 prize.
After completing a job nearby, the lucky man said he stopped at Quince Orchard Shell at 501 Quince Orchard Road in Gaithersburg to pick up a few scratch-offs for his wife before heading home.
“She loves scratch-offs, so I stopped to pick up a few for a pre-holiday surprise,” said the winner.
The couple scratched them together later that evening. When his wife got to the last ticket of the bunch, she quickly got a big surprise.
“She scratched off a $10,000 prize and showed it to me, then several more appeared one by one,” he said.
When the tally from their ticket hit $50,000, the duo needed additional verification before they could believe their luck. After scanning the ticket at a nearby retailer’s ticket checker, it became clear they would soon be headed to Lottery headquarters.
“I still don’t believe it. This is very exciting,” said the man.
The lucky winner says that he and his wife will use the winnings to zero out a few monthly expenses. They also plan to use a portion of the prize to help their parents.
The Ca$h Bonus ticket joined the Maryland Lottery’s lineup of scratch-off games in August. The game has five remaining unclaimed $100,000 top prizes, along with five more $50,0900 prizes and thousands of additional prizes ranging from $10 to $10,000.
Featured photo courtesy of Google Maps
2021 Year in Review
Below you’ll find some of our most popular (non-COVID) posts and stories from 2021.
January:
Inauguration Day Bernie
Waiting for the Cider Barrel to reopenhttps://t.co/thHHZQcMZa pic.twitter.com/gIQR55HkVI
— The MoCoShow (MCS) (@TheMoCoShow) January 21, 2021
Jon Bernthal hanging out at the Lego Store in Westfield Montgomery
“Originally from MoCo, the actor is popular for his many roles in television series and movies such as The Walking Dead, The Punisher, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Accountant, Ford v Ferrari, and the recent Soprano’s movie The Many Saints of Newark.
He grew up in the Cabin John area and graduated from Sidwell Friends in DC in 1995.
He still has family in the area and is spotted hanging out in MoCo all the time.
Photo courtesy of @e_j_fletch on Instagram”
February:
Good Counsel Alum Plays in Second Straight SuperBowl
Dorian O’Daniel, Good Counsel Alum, Set to Play in Second Straight Super Bowl
More in link.https://t.co/zAO2ixidAd
— The MoCoShow (MCS) (@TheMoCoShow) February 3, 2021
Kansas City Chief Dorian O’Daniel played against Tom Brady and the Buccaneers at this year’s SuperBowl LV in Tampa, FL.
Dorian attended high school and played football at Good Counsel in Olney, where he was a running back and linebacker. As a senior he was named the Montgomery Sentinal’s Offensive Player of the Year and the Gazette’s Montgomery County Player of the Year.
That year he also made the Washington Post’s All-Met First Team. O’Daniel then graduated from Clemson with a degree in parks, recreation, and tourism management.
In 2018, he was selected 100th overall in the 3rd round of the NFL Draft.
Last year Dorian and the Chief’s won the NFL Championship when they defeated the San Francisco 49ers SuperBowl LIV.
March:
Brian Nicholson, a MoCo Native, is the Youngest Krispy Kreme General Manager in Company History
Krispy Kreme recently opened a new shop at a Columbia Heights in Washington DC with general manager Brian Nicholson leading the way.
Brian is a MoCo native. He was born and raised in the county and graduated from Wootton High School in 2018.
He has worked for Krispy Kreme for five years, starting a the Fallsgrove location in Rockville, where he became a full-time in employee after his high school graduation and served as an assistant general manager.
After just 9 months, he was promoted to general manager of the DuPont Circle location before being asked to open the newest location at 3100 14th Street in Columbia Heights last month.
Brian tells us his experience opening a new store has been “more than fun” and was excited to be able to open the store in February– Black History Month.
We wish Brian the best at Krispy Kreme and look forward to seeing him continue to succeed. Maybe he will bring MoCo a second Krispy Kreme location? We can only hope!
Congratulations, Brian!
Steve Chu, QO alum and owner of Baltimore restaurant Ekiben, Drove 6 Hours to Cook for Customer with Cancer
Steve Chu, QO Alum and Owner of Baltimore Restaurant Ekiben, Drove 6 Hours to Cook for Customer with Cancer
Full story in the link.https://t.co/ljcrWJmClm
— The MoCoShow (MCS) (@TheMoCoShow) March 16, 2021
Steve Chu, QO alum and owner of Baltimore restaurant Ekiben, packed up and headed to Vermont when he learned that one of his customers, who was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, was craving one of their dishes.
A family member had reached out to the Ekiben team to tell them that her mother-in-law, who lives in Vermont but often visits Maryland, had stage 4 lung cancer and was craving Ekiben’s tempura broccoli. The family member shared that she was planning to drive up from Maryland to Vermont and wanted to surprise her Ekiben-loving relative with the dish.
After asking whether she could either have the recipe or ingredients for the broccoli dish so it would be fresh after the long drive, she got a surprising response from Ekiben’s team. Chu replied by saying “Thanks for reaching out. Ephrem [a co-owner] and I are more than willing to meet you guys in Vermont, and make the food fresh so it will be just like what she remembered.”
As reported by Good News Movement , Steve and his team stayed in the area for a couple of days and turned down the family’s offer to compensate them for their air bnb, food, and gas. Chu was joined by co-owner Ephrem Abebe alongside one other team member.
By: Michelle Katz @pike.and.rozay on Instagram
April:
Good Samaritan in Germantown
We want to give a shout-out to this gentleman.
IG user @ jimmyrojas3745 tells us that he was checking on everyone and helping out after a car accident near Wisteria/118 in Germantown earlier today until fire and rescue services around ❤️ pic.twitter.com/YP4Kn3oN6Q
— The MoCoShow (MCS) (@TheMoCoShow) April 23, 2021
Odessa Shannon Middle School Chooses New Colors and Mascot
Odessa Shannon Middle School (Currently E. Brooke Lee Middle School) Chooses New Colors and Mascothttps://t.co/EhCquTiWSX
— The MoCoShow (MCS) (@TheMoCoShow) April 25, 2021
Back in November, the Montgomery County Board of Education voted to change the name of Col. E. Brooke Lee Middle School in Silver Spring to Odessa Shannon Middle School.
The change will take place following this school year and yesterday the school staff unveiled the brand new mascot and school colors in a YouTube video.
Odessa Shannon Middle School has adopted “Wolves” as the new mascot and has chosen blue (the top color from a survey) and light green (Odessa Shannon’s favorite color) as the nee school colors.
Shannon was the first African-American Board of Education member and a lifelong activist. She worked tirelessly to help close the achievement gap for minority families and was the recipient of numerous awards, such as the Human Rights Hall of Fame, the African American Living Legend Award, and Hornbook Award for Outstanding Service to Education.
Shannon’s name will replace Col. E Brooke Lee, a Maryland politician whose policies shaped Montgomery County’s zoning and land use in the 1920s. These laws barred African-Americans from living in Silver Spring, with the exception as domestic servants. It wasn’t until 1968 that Montgomery County enacted fair housing policies.
May:
Police Search for a Raccoon After Attacks in Rockville
Per Rockville City Police:
“The Rockville City Police Department is asking community members to be on the lookout for a raccoon that attacked a dog and a child in Rockville on Monday morning.
Anyone who sees a raccoon acting aggressively should leave the scene and call 911.
A dog was attacked and bitten Monday morning near College Gardens Park, 615 College Parkway.
Later in the morning, around 11 a.m., a child was bitten in Kinship Park, 254 N. Washington Street.
Officers from the Rockville City Police Department are actively searching for the raccoon.”
The Last Arby’s in MoCo Closes
The Last Arby’s in MoCo Has Closed
More in link.https://t.co/8c6JgyxrkT
— The MoCoShow (MCS) (@TheMoCoShow) May 19, 2021
A few of the reactions from twitter:
June:
2021 High School Graduation Season
Aerial view of Quince Orchard High School’s graduation ceremony by our eye in the sky, @ dronifydmv (IG)https://t.co/9ULKOD86pL pic.twitter.com/SH5zcAIz60
— The MoCoShow (MCS) (@TheMoCoShow) June 2, 2021
Aerial view of Northwest High School’s graduation.
By our eye in the sky @ DronifyDMV (IG)https://t.co/9ULKOD86pL pic.twitter.com/lBIBTPUSX7
— The MoCoShow (MCS) (@TheMoCoShow) June 9, 2021
Aerial view of Watkins Mill High School’s graduation.
By our eye in the sky @ DronifyDMV (IG)https://t.co/vGwcqFb8yG pic.twitter.com/wUjdq555j6
— The MoCoShow (MCS) (@TheMoCoShow) June 12, 2021
July:
I<3U Jenny
In case Jenny didn’t catch this… you’re loved ❤️
As seen on the Wootton Parkway overpass on 270 S https://t.co/9ULKOD86pL pic.twitter.com/H2b3yaYnwZ
— The MoCoShow (MCS) (@TheMoCoShow) July 5, 2021
Former Damascus Student-Athlete Bikes Across the Country Raising Money for ALS
Damascus Native Wil Armstrong Completes Cross Country Bike Ride For ALS
Details in the link below.https://t.co/vHiI1C9I7w
— The MoCoShow (MCS) (@TheMoCoShow) September 7, 2021
“On Saturday, June 26th Wil Armstrong, a 2016 Damascus High School graduate, commenced his cross-country bike ride “Against the Wind” from Rehoboth Beach, DE. He is expected to finish 2.5 months later in Seattle, Washington. Throughout this journey, Wil is updating his daily blog with his progress, experiences, and updates on his banana consumption count. During his cross-country journey, he is crowdfunding for the ALS Association after seeing his mentor and former basketball coach, Rodney Lapp, go through it.
Wil played football for his high school’s state champion team and later played rugby at the University of Maryland. What started off as a high school job at Jimmie Cone carried over into his time at the University of Maryland, where he got his Master’s in Quantitative Finance through the Robert H. Smith School of Business through their Plus One program. With eight years under his belt, he was the Damascus Jimmie Cone’s longest tenured employee! How much more Damascus can you get?
When people ask Wil why he is taking on such an adventure he says, “Touring is a way to use my gifts to make a difference in the world, the stars are aligned, and nothing makes me feel more clear, focused, and alive.”
August:
Rockville’s Helen Louise Maroulis Becomes The First American Woman to Win Two Olympic Medals in Wrestling
Rockville’s Helen Louise Maroulis Becomes The First American Woman to Win Two Olympic Medals in Wrestling
Details in the link below.https://t.co/wstLds7SI0
— The MoCoShow (MCS) (@TheMoCoShow) August 5, 2021
Helen Louise Maroulis is a Rockville-born freestyle wrestler who competes in the women’s 55-kg 53-kg and 57-kg categories. She was the first-ever American to win a gold medal in women’s freestyle wrestling back at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
In August, she became the first American woman to win two Olympic medals in wrestling when she beat khongorzul Boldsaikhan from Mongolia for the Bronze medal.
She attended Magruder High School for three years, where as a freshman she became the first female wrestler to place at the Maryland state wrestling championships. She has been a great spokesperson for mental health awareness after suffering many physical injuries, brain trauma and the effects of prescription medicines.
2021 Montgomery County AG Fair
Amazing shots of the @mocofair by our eye in the sky, @dronifydmv
Come stop by @themocoshow stand and say hello!
We have some great t-shorts and the @tastemoco passport for sale.https://t.co/9ULKOD86pL pic.twitter.com/q9d03AotRF
— The MoCoShow (MCS) (@TheMoCoShow) August 19, 2021
September:
Glenmont then and now (60s and 2021)
Katie Ledecky visits Little Flower School in Bethesda
Ledecky provided words of encouragement to current students at the school while proudly wearing her most recent gold and silver medals from the recent 2020 Tokyo Olympics (held this summer).
She and her Team USA Swimming teammate Phoebe Bacon both attended the school while growing up right here in MoCo.
Ledecky has won 7 Olympic gold medals and 15 world championship gold medals, the most in history for a female swimmer. She is also the world record holder in the women’s 400-, 800-, and 1500-meter freestyle (long course), and holds the fastest-ever times in the women’s 500-, 1000-, 1500-, and 1650-yard freestyle events.
The school posted the following message and pictures on its social media:
“Little Flower School Alumna KATIE LEDECKY came back for a visit! Thank you Katie for being an amazing role model and inspiration to our entire Cardinal Community. We are so proud of you! 🥇🏊♀️🇺🇸”
October:
Red Light/Green Light
MoCo Squid Game
Video by AM passenger, Jon Puhl
Check us out on TikTok: https://t.co/WARSSzOwcm pic.twitter.com/iPt1N3mGog
— The MoCoShow (MCS) (@TheMoCoShow) October 12, 2021
Post Guapo’s Workout
November:
Local P.E. Teacher Recognized at Washington Football Team Game
Kennedy High School P.E. Teacher, Lenny Myers, Honored on the Field at Last Night’s Washington Football Team Gamehttps://t.co/PDOhR88VTn
— The MoCoShow (MCS) (@TheMoCoShow) November 30, 2021
On-field recognition for Lenny Myers, Kennedy High School P.E. Teacher, who was named educator of the month by Washington Football Team earlier this year.
Lenny Myers was awarded Educator of the Month by The Washington Football Team‘s Black Engagement Network earlier this year.
”Mr. Myers leads from the front. He is an amazing teacher in the classroom at John F. Kennedy High School and his students love and respect him.
His best work is in his community; Mr. Myers has a program for children looking to gain new basketball skills through his program, “Reach Beyond Basketball.” This program provides financial help to to children in the community with scholarships in order to take the burden off of struggling families.”
Tower Records in Rockville
Read our full article about the history of Tower Records in Rockville here.
December:
Happy 100th Birthday to Kensington man!
Happy 100th Birthday to Kensington resident, Paul Snyder!
Courtesy of IG User: @ Kensington_neighborhttps://t.co/9ULKOD86pL pic.twitter.com/q5OCdZVtCT
— The MoCoShow (MCS) (@TheMoCoShow) December 6, 2021
Thai Tanium in Gaithersburg
New server at Thai Tanium in Kentlands. You can pay with cache or credit 🤓
Video by Krista Brickhttps://t.co/9ULKOD86pL
Check us out on TikTok: https://t.co/V5t2kOkoNT pic.twitter.com/hbya17eyVF
— The MoCoShow (MCS) (@TheMoCoShow) December 10, 2021
