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Montgomery County kicked off its annual small-business mentorship program last week with an event recognizing graduates and volunteers. The program began in 1991 to pair new business executives with seasoned business owners to help the companies grow.
Among companies involved are Lockheed Martin, Sodexo, Marriott International and The Success Zone. Donald Moragne, managing principal of the latter Silver Spring business, was in the inaugural class of the program in 1991 and has been a mentor himself each year since.
Promotions and hires
Jere D. Stocks, president of Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park, was appointed to the Maryland Council for New Americans.
Silver Spring resident Lee Feinberg of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt was elected a fellow of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. Feinberg is the optical telescope element manager for the James Webb Space Telescope and is being recognized for his achievements in large space optics and optical technology. He will receive his award in August at the SPIE Optics and Photonics meeting in San Diego.
New restaurant opens in Cloverly
TOAN Soup, a new Vietnamese noodle restaurant, opened a few weeks ago in the Cloverly Town Center, 736 Cloverly St. in Silver Spring, serving primarily Vietnamese soup, commonly known as pho, summer rolls, bubble tea (fruit smoothies with tapioca pearls) and other desserts. For more information, visit www.toansoup.com.
Items appropriate for Business Notes may be mailed to The Gazette, 13501 Virginia Manor Road, Laurel, MD 20707. They may also be sent by fax to 240-473-7501 or by e-mail to flewis@gazette.net.
Volunteer council
to discuss emergency preparedness
The Corporate Volunteer Council of Montgomery County will hold a breakfast program in emergency preparedness 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Thursday at the Montgomery County Education Association Center, 12 Taft Court, Rockville. For more information, call 301-942-0921 or visit www.cvc-mc.org.
Recession got you needing extra cash?
The U.S. Census Bureau can help! As it prepares for the 2010 U.S. Census, the federal agency is seeking qualified individuals to fill temporary part-time positions in Montgomery County. According to a statement from the city of Gaithersburg, the U.S. Census Bureau is looking for census takers, crew leaders, crew leader assistants, recruiting assistants and census clerks and has promised up to 40 hours a week in available work.
The city statement says that Census Bureau employees will received "good weekly pay, paid training, flexible hours, mileage reimbursement and a chance to serve the community." Applicants must be at least 18 years old, be U.S. Citizens or have appropriate work visas, pass a written test of basic skills, have a valid driver's license and Social Security number, pass a background check and commit to four days of training.
To schedule an appointment to take the test and apply for a job, call 1-866-861-2010. For more information, visit www.2010censusjobs.gov.
