Angelica Vaccarezza ( 21 years old and completing her 3rd year at U of MD ) gave a professional power point presentation on her police career decision in the 9th grade, her 2 1/2 years of police internship, and her police related classes she took in college.  She had valuable experiences accompanying  policemen in her police intern uniform and witnessing very stressful arrest situations that involved shooting and injuries.  To become a policeman one must pass a background check, have 2 years of college, and complete 7 months at the police academy.  She will complete her 4 year college degree before joining the Montgomery County Police Force, to enhance her promotion opportunities.  Her power point presentation would be an inspiration to 8th, 9th, and 10th graders.

Kari Swenson, co-owner of 5 McDonald’s in Montgomery County, talked about owning a McDonald’s franchise.  Her father was an administrator of a community college, and a long time Rotarian, in Northern California.  She graduated from the University of VT.  After teaching English in a Czech Republic school, she got an MBA degree and was an owner of a small organic cafe.  Her husband’s mother operated a one store McDonald’s franchise for 17 years.  Seven years ago she and her husband bought the five store McDonald’s franchise.  There is a 4 year approval trial period.  Costs per store are between $500k and $2m, with a 25% cash requirement and a 7 year note.  McDonald’s Corporation’s revenue only comes from the real estate’s lease.  All products and supplies come from a DC area coop.  Kari spends most of her time on financial management and the “McDonald’s (customer satisfaction) Score Card”. .

Brian Karem is an Emmynominated producer, seasoned editor and veteran journalist, skilled at directing media teams to generate outstanding news, political documentary and fearless investigative coverage. He said six companies own 80% of the newspaper coverage. He was critical of the NY Times for its inexperienced resent collage graduate reporters, and “pact journalism” responding to phone bank “echo chambers”. Brian prided himself for vetting local news which is often misreported with unvetted blog reporting. On politics he was critical of Trump and said the winner of the 8th Congressional District Democratic Primary was bought by businessman’s late entry for 13 million dollars – the largest sum in US history.