Kensington marksman targeted a gold medal

Blake took first place in the 17-and-under age division bringing home the gold medal. He also won fifth place in the 20-and-under age group. The young marksman also placed 26th among all shooters.

At an award ceremony, he was awarded the gold medal by the coach of the U.S. Olympic Pistol Team.

Blake rebounded from a disappointing performance for the April Junior Olympics tryouts.

‘‘If he had shot the same scores he shot at [National Championships], he would’ve made the Junior Olympics,” said his father Gary Reburn. ‘‘Anyone can be beaten on any given day. He’s got a lot of competitions left. ...He has a real good shot this year of being in the top three overall.”

Blake still has his sights trained on placing high in tournaments this year. USA Shooting, the national governing body for Olympic shooting sports, traditionally trains the winners of the national Junior Olympics and the first- and second-place overall shooters from the National Championship for the USA Olympic shooting team.

‘‘That’s going to be his goal in these next three years,” Gary Reburn said.

His next major events are in December, when he plans to compete in the State Junior Olympics.

Kensington Sector Plan meeting on Monday

Kensington residents can find out how to stay involved in the update of a regional growth plan on Monday night.

Fred Boyd, a community planner with the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, will discuss the timeline and future meetings for the Kensington Sector Plan at 7 p.m., in the town hall, 3710 Mitchell St.

Sector plans are supposed to be updated every 20 years and guide land use in smaller neighborhoods than the master plans, which can span multiple areas. Kensington’s sector plan was last approved in 1978.

The plan will examine and make recommendations on land use, building and transportation design, the environment and community facilities such as schools, libraries, police and fire stations.

For more information on the meeting, contact the town at 301-949-2424.

On campus

*Some 137 Montgomery County area students were named to the Dean’s List at Salisbury University for the spring 2008 semester.

Bethesda area students include Floriana Echeverria and Maria Giorando; Kensington area students include Jacquelyn Parker and Randi Tannenbaum; North Potomac students include Nicholas Lockard, Sean Stone and John Sutton; Cabin John area students include Jason Bromley; and Potomac area students include Mariya Berge, Anh Nguyen, Jose Pugeda, Christina Sohl and Amanda Thompson.

*Cornelius Foley of Kensington was awarded the Colonel Fairleigh S. Dickinson scholarship for Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, N.J. The award is granted to a select group of incoming students based on academic achievements, SAT scores and interviews with university faculty. Foley graduated in June from Albert Einstein High School and is the son of Neil and Betsy Foley.

He plans to study biology at Fairleigh Dickinson.

*Isaac Grosfeld-Katz of Kensington was named to the dean’s list at the University of Vermont. Grosfeld-Katz’s major is psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences.

*Colin Riggs earned a place on the dean’s list in the University of Vermont’s School of Mathematical Sciences where he is pursuing a degree in environmental engineering.

To be named to the Dean’s List, students must have a grade-point average of 3.0 or better and rank in the top 20 percent of their class at the Burlington, Vt., school.

Share your fair memories

Remember the first time you had funnel cake or the first blue-ribbon you won at the county fair? Remember your child’s reaction the first time he touched a sheep’s wool or rode the Tilt-A-Whirl? Tell us about it!

The Gazette wants to hear about all the fun times you had as a kid, and as an adult, at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair, which celebrates its 60th anniversary next month. So send your photographs and share your favorite fair story with us. Photos and stories will be considered for print and online. E-mail us at memories@gazette.net or write to The Gaithersburg Gazette, 9030 Comprint Court, Gaithersburg, MD, 20877.

This column is for you. Share your good news! Feel free to send press releases and news tips. Contact Stephanie Siegel via e-mail at ssiegel@gazette.net, phone at 301-280-3006, fax at 301-670-7183, or snail mail at 9030 Comprint Court, Gaithersburg, MD 20877.