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Residents urge leaders to bring in better stores, address quality-of-life issues BY SOPHIE PETIT STAFF WRITER

Quality of life in Prince George’s County lags behind its neighbors and a few more distant jurisdictions, residents told ofﬁcials Nov. 6. “I go to Alexandria in Virginia for work every day, and it’s clean. There’s no trash, the homes are old, but the lawns are mowed,” Emily Hickey of Lanham told elected ofﬁcials. “Then I drive through my neighborhood, and I see trash and Christmas decorations up all summer long ... . Other people say Prince George’s is a slum.” Hickey was one of about 100 residents who at-

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Ann and Ed Gardiner at home in Bowie with 152 shoe boxes ﬁlled with school supplies, toiletries and toys they have purchased or collected through donations. The supplies will be distributed to children in need all over the world through the Samaritan’s Purse evangelical charity.

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Ed Gardiner of Bowie said his wife, Ann, has a problem: She can’t stop giving, and it’s getting worse. For the past 13 years, Ann Gardiner, 90, has made holiday shoe boxes ﬁlled

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with gifts for children in need in developing countries. She made 11 boxes the ﬁrst year, 17 the second and 42 the third. This year, she made 152, Ed Gardiner said. “We set the limit to 143 this year. Then she says, ‘I’m just going to do four more.’ I said, ‘OK, but that’s it,’” he said, laughing. “But then she does four more. I’m putting my foot down!” The colorfully designed boxes were stacked on the Gardiners’ living room ﬂoor in the home they’ve lived in for 50 years

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Wal-Mart ofﬁcials say about 300 jobs would be created at Oxon Hill site BY CHASE COOK STAFF WRITER

One of the shoe boxes ﬁlled with toys, school supplies and more collected by Ann and Ed Gardiner.

Wal-Mart has updated its pitch for a proposed Oxon Hill store near John Hanson Montessori School in an effort to appease nearby residents and Prince George’s County officials. The new proposal moves the store closer to Oxon Hill Road and increases the number of parking spaces from 486 to the county required 507, as Wal-Mart aims to get approval, according to the proposal. “It is a pretty major move to flip-flop the building and parking that way,” said Nina Albert, Wal-Mart

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Church rallies to aid typhoon victims Pastor: ‘We are all appealing to all human beings regardless of race and gender’

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(From left) Ariel Matira, pastor at Oxon Hill Filipino Seventh-day Adventist Church; Rocky Twyman of Rockville; and Joel Rizalino of Beltsville pray in front of the Seventhday Adventist Church on Monday for the Filipinos suffering from Super Typhoon Haiyan.

An Oxon Hill Seventh-day Adventist Church is reaching out to residents, community groups and others as it plans a fundraiser Saturday for the Filipino people of the Iloilo Province in the Philippines, an area devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan. That province, along with other areas of the Philippines, was hammered by

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Super Typhoon Haiyan Friday through Saturday. Emergency response ofﬁcials estimate the death toll in the affected areas to top 10,000. “All of us are being moved or touched by seeing the pictures,” said Pastor Ariel Matira of Beltsville. “Probably as of now, [the Filipino people] don’t know if they have food to eat. We are all appealing to all human beings regardless of race and gender. Let us be united.” Matira’s church is holding a fundraiser from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the church’s new location, 7412 Livingston Road in Oxon Hill, in an effort to collect canned food, clothing and money

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that can be sent to the Iloilo Province. The event will feature music, food and group prayers as Matira and his congregation collect donations. Church deacon Romy Dumling of College Park said he worked disaster situations before as a colonel in the Philippines Army so he knows that the people of his country are struggling to get food and water. The military works with local groups to distribute the food, so once the donations are collected and the church ﬁnds a way to get them overseas, the Filipino organizations will ﬁnd a way to get the goods to those in need,

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NOV. 14 Nature Hike: Home-Schoolers, 1 to 3:30 p.m., Watkins Nature Center, 301 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro. Join a naturalist on a hike for ﬁtness and fun. Start out with stretches and then hike through the park, learning about nature and animals. Bring a water bottle, binoculars and dress appropriately. Reservations required. Ages 8 to 12. Cost: $4 per resident, $5 per non-resident. Contact 301-218-6702; TTY 301-699-2544.

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NOV. 15 Native American Harvest Crops, 10:15 to 11 a.m., Old Maryland Farm, 301 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro. Discover the history of crops of the Native American culture. Reservations required. Cost: $2 per resident, $3 per non-resident. Contact 301-2186770; TTY 301-699-2544.

p.m., Baden Community Center, 13601 Baden-Westwood Road, Brandywine. Interested vendors should call center staff. Cost: $15 per resident, $18 per non-resident. Contact 301-888-1500; TTY 301-203-6030. Biblical Apprentice Program, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Carolina Missionary Baptist Church, Camp Springs. The purpose of the event is to encourage and support student entrepreneurship using Biblical instruction. Contact 240-994-4861 or info@nehemiahproject.org. Nature Craft at Watkins Nature Center, 10 to 11 a.m., Watkins Nature

Center, 301 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro. Enjoy a story, meet a live animal and make a craft. Reservations required. Cost: $2 per resident, $3 per non-resident. Contact 301-218-6702; TTY 301-699-2544. Just Start! Business Bootcamp, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Hillcrest Heights Public Library, 2398 Iverson St., Temple

SPORTS Check online this weekend for coverage of all high school playoff games, including DeMatha playing for the WCAC championship.

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Bowie State University’s English Composition Lecture Series with Dr. Vershawn Young, 11 a.m., Bowie State

a.m. and 7:30 p.m., Main Stage, Fine and Performing Arts Building, Bowie State University, 14000 Jericho Park Road, Bowie. A comic account of one woman’s extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War. Contact 301860-3769 or bbartlett@bowiestate.edu.

Holiday Gift Bazaar, 8 a.m. to 1

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Maryland Legacy Day, 1 to 4 p.m., 3601 Southern Ave., Suitland. The topic of discussion is African-American archaeological research in Maryland. The event highlights African-Americans’ contributions to the history of Maryland. Contact 301-292-2751 or cecrowe60@juno.com. Adult Line Dance Social, 8 p.m. to noon, Potomac Landing Community Center Park, 12500 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington. Adults socialize, mingle and enjoy the latest line and hand dances. Very light refreshments served. Cost: $10 per resident, $12 per non-resident. Contact 301292-9191; TTY 301-203-6030.

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Jenay McNeil as Lucas, Ariel Myren as Jacqueline and Sam Stenecker as Sganarelle perform in “Molière Impromptu,” which runs through Saturday at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. For more information, visit http://claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.

MORE INTERACTIVE CALENDAR ITEMS AT WWW.GAZETTE.NET Hills. Maryland Resource and Training Center is hosting Just Start! Business Bootcamp, a six-hour hands-on workshop for aspiring entrepreneurs. This is the ﬁrst workshop in the Just Start! Business Bootcamp series. Contact 301-830-4375 or hello@marylandresource.org. Financial Wellness Workshop, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Thurgood Marshall Middle School, 4909 Brinkley Road, Temple Hills. Contact 301-785-0150 or kljones2006@aol.com. Way of Food, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., National Colonial Farm, 3400 Bryan Point Road, Accokeek. Presented by the farm’s manager of interpretation,

the Way of Food program celebrates food, from where and how it is grown, to a demonstration of dishes unique to the Southern Maryland region. Contact 301-283-2113 or education@ accokeek.org. Thanksgiving Madden Tournament, 1 to 5 p.m., Potomac Landing

Community Center Park, 12500 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington. Join us for the second Thanksgiving Madden Tournament. Register early to hold your spot. Refreshments will be available. Winner takes home a Thanksgiving basket. Cost: $2 per person. Contact 301-292-9191; TTY 301-203-6030.

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University, Center for Learning and Technology, Room 102, 14000 Jericho Park Road, Bowie. Join Vershawn Young, award-winning author and professor at the University of Kentucky, for a lecture on his book, “Your Average Niggah: Performing Race, Literacy, and Masculinity,” followed by a book-signing and question-andanswer session. Contact makassi@ bowiestate.edu.

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The Historic Preservation Commission monthly meeting, 6:30 p.m.,

Fourth Floor Board Room, County Administration Building, 14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro. Contact 301-952-3520.

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NOV. 20 Learn About Turkeys, 2 to 3 p.m., Old Maryland Farm, 301 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro. Learn about the history of this unique bird and its unique features. Reservations required. Cost: $2 per resident, $3 per non-resident. Contact 301-218-6770; TTY 301-699-2544. Public Advocacy for Education, 6 to 8 p.m., Heather Hills Elementary School, 12605 Heming Lane, Bowie. District 1 school board member Zabrina Epps and District 5 school board member Verjeana M. Jacobs host community event. RSVP by Nov. 15. Contact 301-952-6115.

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Help The Gazette choose who Made a Difference in 2013 In our Dec. 26 edition, The Gazette will honor Prince George’s County residents and groups that made a positive impact on the county throughout the year. These difference makers remain as essential as ever and we want your help in recognizing those who make Prince George’s County a better place to live, work and worship. Nominations must be submitted by Dec. 5 and include your name, phone number; the name of the nominee, their contact information and how they made a difference in 2013. Nominations can be emailed to jlyles@gazette.net.; mailed to Jeffrey Lyles, The Gazette, Attention: Those who made a difference, 13501 Virginia Manor Road, Laurel, MD, 20707 or faxed to 240-473-7501, addressed to “Those who made a difference.”

Flowers student named Scholar of the Week Damani Eubanks, a senior at

Charles H. Flowers High School in Springdale, was named Prince George’s County Public

Schools Scholar of the Week on Nov. 4. Eubanks, 17, of Bowie is currently an intern at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, he said. He is enrolled in his school’s Science and Technology Program and is creating a science, technology, engineering and mathematics education fair that he hopes to hold next spring for elementary students. Since second grade, Eubanks, son of the county’s school board chairman, said he has hoped to become an environmental scientist. He is applying to colleges and hopes to attend the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, he said. Eubanks holds a 4.03 GPA, according to a county school press release.

Bowie church concert to support local food pantry To raise money and food for

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based nonproﬁt is hosting a concert at 5 p.m. Saturday at Cresthill Baptist Church,

located at 6510 Laurel Bowie Road. “There’s a lot of people who support the pantry who now need to be supported by the pantry, so it’s a really big deal,” said Michael Callahan, president of Building Hope Ministries, a humanitarian aid nonprofit headquartered at the church that builds churches and orphanages in developing countries. “On the local home front, we want to help out the Bowie food pantry as often as we can,” Callahan said. The nonprofit raised $1,200 at its first fundraising concert last year, he said. Two Bowie musical groups, The Project and the 20/20 Band, will perform, he said. Admission is one can of food, and money donations will be collected at the end of the concert.

County youth recognized by national group Eight Prince George’s County residents became members of the nation’s oldest high school academic excel-

lency organization last month. The nonprofit National Honor Society, founded in 1921, has more than 17,000 local chapters in individual schools and districts across the nation, said NHS spokesperson David Cordts. The following students at Archbishop Carroll High School, a private high school in Washington, D.C., who live in the county were inducted into the school’s NHS chapter: Taiha Greenfield of Lanham, Nicholas Orji of Lanham, Theodore Smith of Lanham, Shannon Hunt of Temple Hills, Julian Nelson of Capitol Heights, Gretchen Ingram of District Heights, Ray Butler of Laurel, and Jonathan Beckett Jr. of Fort Washington. Students with a minimum 3.0 GPA are eligible to apply and are selected based on grades, leadership, service and character, Cordts said. “We require every chapter to engage in a minimum of one service program per year. On average, chapters are doing four to five different service projects,” Cordts said, adding common projects are fundraisers

for charities as well as food and clothing drives. Cordts said the NHS recognizes more than one million high school students each year but does not keep count of the number of total members.

Meadows, Westview, Stewart’s Landing, Dixon’s Crossing, Gradys Walk and Woodmore Highlands. For a full schedule, visit the city’s website at www.cityofbowie.org.

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The city of Bowie’s curbside leaf collection program is running through Dec. 19. Residents are asked to make sure leaves are curbside by 7 a.m. on the day pickup is to occur in their neighborhood and to make sure vehicles are not blocking access to the leaves. The following neighborhoods will receive leaf-collection visits in the next week: Nov. 18: Old Chapel, Old Chapel Estates, Forest Hills, Derbyshire and Buckingham. Nov. 19: Remaining parts of Buckingham not visited on Nov. 18, Victoria Heights, Whitehall and Huntington. Nov. 20: Remaining parts of Huntington not visited Nov. 19, Harvey Manor, Huntington Crest, Fairview, Spring

The Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department received a windfall in smoke alarms from PEPCO utility company, which donated 500 10-year, tamperproof smoke alarms to the department. The donation comes at an opportune time since the ﬁre/ EMS department had run out of its supply of smoke alarms that it donates to residents who can’t afford new alarms, said Mark Brady, department spokesman. There were about 50 residents waiting for alarms, and they should have their needs ﬁlled quickly, he said. “We know these smoke alarms, for a fact, will save lives,” Brady said. “Most people die in homes that don’t have working smoke alarms.”

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Parents: Schools Donations help students spell success need to improve accountability n Community group provides dictionaries to Indian Queen third-graders BY CHASE COOK STAFF WRITER

CEO says evaluations, program expansion are among his priorities

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Stephanie Prather has concerns about teacher accountability at Frederick Douglass High School, and she wanted to make sure the new Prince George’s County Public Schools CEO knew it. “I’m scared as hell as a parent that my son … won’t make me the proud parent that my daughter made me,” said Prather, whose son attends Douglass. Prather said her son has been getting bad scores for items unrelated to his academic work; her daughter graduated from Oxon Hill High in 2002. Prather was among about 150 people attending a District 9 Prince George’s County Public Schools meeting where schools CEO Kevin Maxwell met with parents, discussed his plans for the school system and listened to concerns. While the meeting touched on various topics, such as expanding south county programs and concerns about standardized testing, one of the primary topics was teacher accountability. Prather told Maxwell she wanted to see changes in teacher accountability, with parents being informed when students aren’t performing and not

allowing teachers to give zeroes to students because they are late or didn’t bring a book. Maxwell assured her that his administration would evaluate teachers and principals. “If you want to be successful, you can’t tolerate mediocrity,” Maxwell said. Sherida Britt of Upper Marlboro expressed concern that teachers weren’t being held accountable for their training. Britt said that state testing based on the Common Core curriculum — a new set of national reading and math standards — is going to be more challenging so students need good teachers prepared to teach the material. Third- through 12th-grade students begin taking the new tests during the 2014-2015 school year. “I don’t have time to wait,” Britt said, mentioning that her 10th-grade daughter’s graduation looms closer. “I would like to see ongoing, job-embedded professional development.” After the meeting, Maxwell said concerns about teacher accountability and expanding programs were going to be wrapped into his overall plans for school improvement. County Councilman Mel Franklin (D-Dist. 9) of Upper Marlboro expressed support for Maxwell’s plans to expand south county programs. “Geographically everyone should have an opportunity,” Franklin said. ccook@gazette.net

Deza Fields opened up her dictionary, pointed to the word “mystical” and yelled, “I found it!” Deza said she plans to use her new Student’s Dictionary to learn new words instead of using the Internet. “Every day, I’m going to read, not be on the computer,” Deza said. Deza was among 38 Indian Queen Elementary school third-graders to receive the dictionaries from the Indian Head Highway Area Action Council’s Dictionary Initiative, which aims to bring dictionaries to south county schools. The council, a community group focused on south county issues, offers dictionaries to schools as funds are available to make the purchases, said Sarah Cavitt, project chair of the initiative. Cavitt has been distributing books since the program started in 2004. She said that while students live in a new era of electronic tablets, laptops and computers, nothing beats having the old-fashioned book because it doesn’t need anything else to work. “I want you to think about this dictionary as a wireless spell-checker,” Cavitt said to the Fort Washington school’s third-graders, who were excited to receive the books. “It doesn’t require batteries. It doesn’t require a charger.” Cavitt said the books will help the students not only learn new words during their

Students celebrate new Oxon Hill High

Xavier McCoy, 17, of Accokeek said he knew the new Oxon Hill High School building was the real deal when he walked down a ﬁrst-ﬂoor hallway and saw all of the kitchen equipment for the school’s culinary arts program. “I said, ‘Oh, my gosh. This is crazy,” the high school senior said. The new $92 million school, which opened in August, has been touted as a high-tech facility that will connect with students living in a technological age. McCoy and other students said the new technology has motivated them to perform well. Not every tool is set up yet, but the students received Google Chromebooks, laptops using the Google operating system, on Nov. 11. The school’s wireless capabilities help teachers and students stay connected with their online educational software, Edmodo, which lets

formative reading years, but also makes the children feel special to receive something. When Chelsea Mayanja, 8, of Fort Washington received her dictionary, she immediately ﬂipped to the back page, where the longest word in the English language was listed. She said she got about halfway through the word before it became really tough to pronounce. “I feel happy because it has cool stuff in it,” Chelsea said. “I can learn a lot of stuff.” Darcy Rivera, 9, of Fort Washington quietly flipped

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Roxanne Soraci, an Oxon Hill High School English teacher and Class of 1967 alumna, speaks during the new school’s dedication ceremony Nov. 6. teachers put lectures and notes online for students, McCoy said. Oxon Hill is the only Prince George’s County high school to give laptops to all of its students, said Max Pugh, a county school spokesman. “It is like night and day,” McCoy said, referring to the new building and the old one next door, which was demolished. “Little by little, it is becoming the school we imagined.” The new school was dedicated Nov. 6 at a ribbon cutting event attended by County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D), county schools CEO Kevin Maxwell and other special guests. Jean-Paul Cadet, Oxon Hill High School’s principal, said the old school was one of the oldest buildings in the county and couldn’t support students’ instructional needs. The new building is loaded

through her dictionary, looking at the words while other students excitedly chatted around her. She said she was excited to look up words. “I’ve never had a dictionary before,” Darcy said. Principal Aundrea McCall, Indian Queen Elementary principal for two years, said this was the ﬁrst time her administration has been able to get the dictionaries from the initiative. Last year, the school didn’t receive dictionaries because there wasn’t enough funding

at the time, Cavitt said. Now that the students have the dictionaries, McCall plans to work with their teachers to give students small assignments, such as looking up words and using them in sentences, to keep the children using the book. “It is an opportunity for them to have something hands-on,” McCall said. “It is something that is theirs they can carry around ... it is something that specially belongs to them.” ccook@gazette.net

Prince George’s may launch Maryland’s ﬁrst veterans’ court

‘The school we imagined’

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James Hilton (right) of Fort Washington distributes Student’s Dictionaries to third-grade students at Indian Queen Elementary School in Fort Washington. The third-graders received the dictionaries from the Indian Head Highway Area Action Council’s Dictionary Initiative.

with technology that improves the learning experience. It has touch-screen computers, enough wireless bandwidth for the entire school to stream video simultaneously, and a 3-D printer that architecture students can use to see their work come to life, he said. Many students are showing more interest in their work, Cadet said. “What we found is that our students are more technologically savvy,” Cadet said. “They are more engaged with what is most familiar with them.” Fort Washington resident Marcel Adams, a senior at the school, said the technology helps him stay focused. “It is a very big difference,” Adams said. “It helps to motivate.” ccook@gazette.net

With the state’s largest population of veterans, Prince George’s County is being eyed as the future site for Maryland’s first veterans’ court, state ofﬁcials said. “I was in combat, and it’s very difficult coming back and going through the regular daily routine,” said state Sen. Douglas J.J. Peters (D-Dist. 23) of Bowie, who served during Operation Desert Storm in the early 1990s and is chairman of the special veterans task force that recommended the court. “A lot of these young people have post-traumatic stress disorder, which is basically combat stress.” Veterans suffering from PTSD and other combat-related mental illnesses are more likely to commit crimes, Peters said, but instead of time behind bars, they need rehabilitation and mentoring services. With the support of Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown (D), also a veteran, Peters said ofﬁcials hope to open the court by 2015 and want to start the program in Prince George’s. “Our veterans deserve our

full support as they work to transition back into civilian life,” Brown said in a Nov. 8 statement. Maryland is home to 443,076 veterans, with 62,744 living in Prince George’s — the most in the state, according to U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs data. The task force released its final report recommending the court on Nov. 7. The next step is getting approval from the Ofﬁce of Problem-Solving Courts in Annapolis, which oversees the county’s drug court. “The way these problemsolving courts work is they work with the individual to make sure their needs are met. Veterans have given unselﬁshly to this country, and what a veterans’ court will do is make sure there is a mentor and counselor that works with and understands the individual and matches them with resources they need to help them through the crises that they are in,” said Judge Sheila R. Tillerson Adams, Prince George’s Circuit Court administrative judge. Adams said the circuit court is working on the application but doesn’t know when it will be submitted. “If they agree Prince George’s can have a veterans’

court, I will make it happen,” Adams said. The task force projected a $250,000 start-up cost for 2015. After that year, the court would cost $365,445 annually to operate, the budget analysis states. Funding pends approval of the application and would be mostly federal, with the U.S. veterans department covering all rehabilitation and treatment programs, Peters said. Remaining costs would be covered by the state and county. Looking at the success of the nation’s first veterans court, the Buffalo Veterans Treatment Court established in New York in 2008, which has since served as a model for the now 168 veterans’ courts around the country, Peters said officials know the system works. The New York court has a zero recidivism rate, the report states, meaning no offenders were rearrested, reconvicted or reincarnated within three years of their initial offense. The taskforce will officially present its report to the governor, the state Senate and House presidents, and the Maryland Court of Appeals chief justice by Dec. 1, Peters said.

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District Heights Elementary School students Devonte Duncan, 11; Madison Holmes, 11; and Kyasia Waddy, 11, all of District Heights, compete Tuesday in The Science Bowl at the Bonnie F. Johns Educational Media Center in Landover.

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After a game full of comebacks and close calls, District Heights Elementary School ultimately defeated Adelphi’s Mary Harris Mother Jones Elementary School 215-145 in Tuesday’s elementary school quarterfinal Science Bowl rounds. District Heights will next compete against Laurel’s Montpelier Elementary School during the semiﬁnals in February at the Bonnie F. Johns Educational Media Center in Landover. The Science Bowl is a televised game show started 28 years ago that quizzes Prince George’s public elementary and middle school students on their science knowledge. Questions are worth up to 25 points with point values based on question difﬁculty. The District Heights team of sixth-grade District Heights residents Devonte Duncan, 11, team captain Madison Holmes, 11, and Kyasia Waddy, 11, said they were happy with the win, especially because the competition was stiff.

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“I feel really good,” Madison said. “I’m slightly surprised we won because the other teams were really good teams.” Science Bowl host Dave Zahren said the game had some tough questions that referred to many relevant topics in today’s news, such as asbestos poisoning, electric cars and — to the students’ shock — fecal matter. The show’s final 25-point question, which neither team attempted to answer, asked what was transferred during a fecal transfer, a new medical procedure used to treat intestinal infections. “I knew the answer to the last one, I just didn’t want to say it on national TV,” Kyasia said with a laugh. District Heights nearly tied in the first round with Bowie’s Yorktown Elementary School team of fifth-grade Bowie residents Ben Varghese, 10, team captain Shane Yran, 10, and Darren Ambe, 10. Both teams had 195 points in the second half, but District Heights pushed ahead to 220 points by correctly answering “laser” to a final question asking what a beam of condensed light was called. “After that comeback, it was anyone’s game,” Ben said. The second round saw another nail biter as the Mother Jones team of fourth-grader

Anthony Romero, 9, of Adelphi, team captain sixth-grader Milagros Reyes, 11, of Hyattsville, and fourth-grader Dominique Maragh, 9, of Adelphi, made a strong comeback against Laurel’s Scotchtown Hills Elementary School. Mother Jones ended the ﬁrst half of the second round with 55 points, but won the round with 205 points after answering a slew of 25-point questions. For example, the team correctly answered “hydrogen” when asked what gas is added to vegetable oil when used in baking to make it solid. “We had practice sessions since September two to three times a week,” said Mother Jones sponsor Tamra Taylor. The Scotchtown Hills team of ﬁfth-grade Laurel residents Victoria Lozada, 10, Brian Moscoso, 11, and Ethan Lac, 10, answered some tough questions, including “upper dermis” when asked what the upper layer of a leaf and the upper layer of the human skin was called. “These were challenging questions. They’re pulling out answers, some answers even the judges thought they might not know,” Zahren said. “We’re hoping the people watching it at home are learning as well as the students.” spetit@gazette.net

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A 21-year vetearn of the Prince George’s County Police Department was arrested Nov. 5 in Calvert County and charged on sixteen counts, which include alleged sexual abuse to a minor and seconddegree rape of a girl since 2008. John Grady Warhurst, 42, and Aimee Beth Warhurst, 34, both were charged with one count each of second-degree rape, conspiracy to commit second-degree rape, thirddegree sex offense and conspiracy to commit third-degree sex offense; two counts each of second-degree sex offense, conspiracy to commit seconddegree sex offense, sexual abuse of a minor — course of conduct and second-degree assault; and four counts of sexual abuse of a minor. Both John and Aimee Warhurst were released Nov. 6 and 7, respectively, from the Calvert County Detention Center after posting $100,000 bond each. John Warhurst is a lieutenant with the Prince George’s County Police Department, where he has worked for 21 years. Warhurst, who is assigned

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2008, the girl, who then was in eighth grade, told Fridman she was given alcohol by Aimee Warhurst and then the couple took her into their bedroom, where they allegedly raped her, charging documents state. The girl told Fridman the abuse had continued for several years, and the couple would allegedly perform sexual acts on her, police said. The girl then showed Fridman a text message sent to her from Aimee Warhurst that read, “You know I love you and would do anything for you. We actually both care about you. I need you to understand that is [sic] you … ever say anything … I could go to jail for the rest of my life. Please think about that,” charging documents state. Fridman then met with the victim Oct. 30 “to gather additional information” regarding the offenses. The girl allegedly told Fridman the Warhursts video taped “their sexual exploitations,” according to charging documents. Warhurst’s preliminary hearing is set for 1 p.m. on Dec. 4 at the Calvert County District Court House, 200 Duke Street, Prince Frederick, MD, according to online court records. Warhurst has not been assigned an attorney, according to online court records. kﬁtzpatrick@ somdnews.com

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to district four in the Bureau of Patrol, was initially suspended with pay when the charges were first discovered, but after a suspension hearing he is no longer receiving pay, said Lt. William Alexander, a Prince George’s County police spokesman. Prince George’s police is cooperating with the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office in their investigation, and administrative action against Warhurst will be taken internally pending the results of the Calvert County Sheriff’s investigation and trial, Alexander said. “This police department takes very seriously our mission of constitutional, professional and ethical policing,” PGPD Chief Mark Magaw said in a written statement. “We strive to be transparent in everything we do. This is our unwavering commitment to the community we serve.” On Oct. 16, Sgt. T. Fridman of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office met with an 18-year-old girl, who told him that in January or February 2008, when she was about 13, John and Aimee Warhurst “began a sexual relationship with her,” according to charging documents. She told Fridman all of the sexual offenses took place at the Warhursts’ home in Chesapeake Beach. The sheriff’s office is not releasing the victim’s name in order to protect her identity, Jones said. In January or February

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Continued from Page A-1 community affairs director. “The feedback we have gotten from the community has been positive.” Albert said the changes to the building were made to satisfy community concerns about parking coming right off of Oxon Hill Road and having a parking lot placed right next to the John Hanson Montessori School, which will be one of the store’s neighbors if it is approved. Now traffic will travel down Clipper Way to get into the parking lot while a landscape buffer of about 50 feet has been placed between the store and the John Hanson Montessori School next door. The store will create about 300 jobs, Albert said. Nicole Nelson, vice president of the John Hanson Montessori School Parent Teacher Student Association, said the changes weren’t enough to warrant her support as she fears there won’t be enough security at the location. Nelson participated in a protest on Oct. 24 with other parents of John Hanson Montessori School students and Oxon Hill High School students, another school less than a mile south of the proposed Wal-Mart. The protestors had concerns about trafﬁc and pedestrian safety. “Our children’s safety is paramount,” Nelson said. Henneberg said the company will work with the community to ensure the store is safe. “It is in our shared interest with the community to ensure the safety of our customers and associates, and so [we] will work with the neighborhood to ensure that the location is safe,” Henneberg wrote in an email to The Gazette. Wal-Mart’s new proposal was submitted on Oct. 8, after the Prince George’s County Council required the company to submit a new special exception proposal, said Tom Lockard, Prince George’s

County Planning Department planner coordinator. The new proposal was required due to legislation for buildings larger than 85,000 square feet and with 10 percent food and beverage component, Lockard said. Wal-Mart, along with The Peterson Cos., which operates National Harbor and owns the proposed site’s land, has been trying to build the store since May 2011, said Amanda Henneberg, Wal-Mart spokeswoman. Fort Washington resident Don Bates Sr. said he supports Wal-Mart’s bid to build the store because it will bring jobs to the area. He dismissed concerns that the store would be unsafe for the children. “Who is going to go there?” Bates said. “It is not like it is bringing anybody that’s not from the community. It will be well-lit, it is not like we are bringing a pool hall.” The Wal-Mart proposal is still in the beginning stages and a ﬁnal decision on the site by the County Council is anticipated to happen in eight to 10 months, Lockard said. However, that time frame may be longer depending on when the council decides to make a decision on the site, so it is hard to give an exact time the proposal would be approved or denied, he said. ccook@gazette.net

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Lee Harvey Oswald, the man accused of assassinating former United States President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963, will ﬁnally get his day in trial — 50 years later. Woodstream Christian Academy, a pri-

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Continued from Page A-1 on Belair Drive. The boxes were filled with stuffed toys, pencils, notebooks, soap, flashlights and games. The Gardiners have spent about $1,000 this year on shoe box gifts, which they’ve been collecting almost every day since September, keeping an eye on sales at arts and crafts stores, said Ed Gardiner, 91. The shoe boxes are part of a national donation program, Operation Christmas Child. It is run by Samaritan’s Purse, a nondenominational evangelical Christian nonprofit based in North Carolina that provides domestic disaster relief and international humanitarian aid, said Ashley Wilkes, a spokeswoman for the nonprofit group. The nonprofit, founded in

vate high school in Bowie, will be holding a mock trial 2 p.m. Saturday at the Bowie branch library, 15210 Annapolis Road, in recognition of the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s assassination. “We re-enact a trial every year at the Bowie library,” said Doug Kump, Woodstream’s debate team director, who started the team as an extracurricular activity in 2005. “I think most of our students knew about the assassination, but they didn’t know any of the details...and now they’re ex-

1970, began Operation Christmas Child 20 years ago. Volunteers, using their own money, decorate and ﬁll shoe boxes with school supplies, personal hygiene items and toys, which then are shipped to children in more than 100 countries, Wilkes said. The boxes are collected at sites across the nation, mainly at churches, from Nov. 18 through Nov. 25, and taken to eight regional processing centers. The boxes are inspected, then shipped internationally around Dec. 17. Volunteers must put $7 in each box to cover shipping, costing the Gardiners another $1,000 this year, Ed Gardiner said. Last year, the 100 millionth shoe box was shipped, as Operation Christmas Child marked its 20th anniversary, Wilkes said. The Gardiners married 70 years ago. Ann Gardiner said she spent most of her younger life raising their only son. Later, she volunteered as a

perts on it, so it’s a really great way for them to learn history.” The 18-student team has been preparing for the trial since August, Kump said, and working with award-winning Kennedy assassination researcher Gus Russo of Baltimore, a friend of the library’s adult services director, Douglas Adolphsen. The team’s past mock trials have drawn crowds of up to 150 people, Adolphsen said, and there’s a good chance the jury will acquit Oswald.

Bible study and Sunday school teacher. As she got older and her hearing failed, she stopped teaching — but her love for children remained, she said. Ann Gardiner heard about Operation Christmas Child when members of her former church, Belair Baptist, began making boxes as a group in 2000. The effort ﬁzzled out a few years later, but Ann Gardiner kept going. “[Operation Christmas

Child] was something I could still do with children,” she said, adding that she plans to keep making boxes every year. “As long as I can still get up and down the stairs, and [Ed] can still drive,” she said. “If people try it, they won’t want to stop.” For more information on Operation Christmas Child, visit www.samaritanspurse.org/ what-we-do/operation-christmas-child.

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Continued from Page A-1 tended a forum at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt to voice concerns to County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D), state Sen. Doug Peters (D-Dist. 23) of Bowie and other officials. The event was Baker’s second “listening session” of the year, sessions where residents share concerns and ideas with officials seeking input to help form legislation before the Maryland General Assembly gears up in Annapolis in January. Officials do not address citizen concerns at the sessions but listen and take notes. Almost all of the 26 residents who spoke at the forum struck comparisons between Prince George’s and other jurisdictions, comparing it to Virginia, Washington, D.C., Montgomery County, Philadelphia and New York. Venkat Subramanian of Greenbelt asked why the county doesn’t offer a program that supports local businesses like the District does. Yolandra Hancock-Bowman of Upper Marlboro said Prince George’s should follow Phila-

delphia’s “excellent example” for reducing childhood obesity by increasing access to healthy foods and exercise. Throughout the session, a message that many voiced in Baker’s listening session last month was reiterated: Prince George’s residents want more walkable, mixed-use communities with access to more upscale food and retail stores. “We currently have to go to [the District] and spend a big chunk of money to do the things that we want to do in our home county,” said Donald James of Bowie. “What we don’t need is more of these faux shopping centers. ... They’re just insideout malls. No one wants to live near that.” Baker’s son, Rushern L. Baker IV, who is running for state delegate, voiced support for more urban, walkable communities. “Especially considering the amount of untapped potential we have around our Metros,” he said. Peters said many of the development issues are to be addressed at the county level, not the state. “It’s clearly a County Council issue. They’re invested with

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“What we don’t need is more of these faux shopping centers. ... They’re just inside-out malls. No one wants to live near that.” Donald James, Bowie resident zoning authority,” Peters said. Baker spokesperson Barry Hudson said in terms of development, legislation to garner state support for infrastructure projects is a top priority, in particular transportation infrastructure and rebuilding and renovating schools. Other items on Baker’s priority list so far, he said, are increasing pre-kindergarten education and increasing the minimum wage. “A legislative team looks at patterns [during the sessions] and decides whether it’s a local legislative issue or a state legislative issue,” Hudson said. The ﬁnal listening session was scheduled to be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Potomac High School in Oxon Hill, he said.

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Charity begins at home With about two weeks until Black Friday, a major shopping event largely considered the kickoff to the holiday season, many Prince George’s County residents must be sure to remember the less fortunate, those who are already wondering whether they’ll have enough money to provide toys — or even food — for their families during the holidays. Many food, clothing and toy drives have already launched, seeking as many early donations as possible in hopes of getting some idea by December as to how many people they will be able to help. And those in need aren’t far away: the recent government shutdown impacted a good number of residents and many others are still struggling from the recession. Help doesn’t have to come in the form of monetary donations, either. Sometimes the best gift of all is the gift of time. Volunteering at schools, fundraisers and other community events can provide support to organizations that help others. Get the family involved, too; children learn best from examples set by their parents. Ideally, lending a hand to those in need in the community would be a year-round focus — and this holiday season is a good time to start.

This summer I turned 18 years old. I had thoughts of getting my license, going to college, but no thought ever crossed my mind about registering to vote. Being the middle of the summer, it was no pressing matter. No elections were coming up, and no major campaigns triggered my mind about election day. What if by the time elections came around I wasn’t registered to vote? I ﬁgured many young people didn’t vote the ﬁrst time after turning 18 because they weren’t registered, especially those with birthdays close to election time. If Americans were automatically registered to vote when they turned 18, more people would vote. While patiently awaiting my most cherished belonging, my license, the man at the Motor Vehicle Administration asked me an important question. He asked, “Would you like to register to vote today?” I answered the man with an excited “Yes!” He directed me to look at a screen that asked me to name my political views. I answered and was registered to vote. That simple.

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Prince George’s County residents head to the polls for early voting at the College Park Community Center in October 2012. After I was registered, I was shocked that I had not thought about registering to vote earlier. I knew voting was important. I knew as a female, women before me struggled for years so that one day my vote would count. I knew being Latina, a minority, I needed to represent my community because so many in this country are unable to vote. And being a young adult, I knew it was important to set a good example for my peers. So knowing all of this, how could I forget to do something so important? The reality is registering to

vote was not a priority for me. I had so many other things to do. Why would I set aside time in my last summer before college to go register to vote? It later occurred to me how fast and easy it was for somebody who had my information to register me. Because the MVA had my information, like my address and date of birth, there was only one ﬁeld of information I needed to answer, which was my political view. It seemed that I could have been registered to vote automatically and asked my political views later.

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I also wondered about all the young adults who do not have their license. How are they going to register? Typically, a voter registration form is sent through the mail to your address. The form must be filled out and returned by mail. But so many things could go wrong. You could move right before getting it, it could be lost; the possibilities are endless. I am sure you could go to the MVA or post office and fill out a generic form, but that seems too tedious. And with all the budget cuts, the post office hours are so inconvenient. It would make more sense to just automatically register people to vote and ask specific questions later. What is the worst that could happen? You give somebody an opportunity to have their voice heard, and they don’t accept? Big deal. Young adults want to positively contribute to society. We understand that the freedom that comes with turning 18 elicits an even greater responsibility, especially to society. If we are given a better opportunity to vote, then more people will show up in the polls.

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contested election so I did this as a public service. We ran the campaign on passion, used old signs left from my two mayoral campaigns in the 1990s and spent less than $100 on the campaign. I had lots of fun on the streets, and I ﬁnd myself grateful, hopeful and thankful. I now return to my private life. Thank you, and again my hat’s off to Mayor Robinson.

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My congratulations go to Mayor Robinson on his overwhelming re-election to an eighth term in ofﬁce. Let me thank Bowie voters, my friends and neighbors who cast their votes and let their voices be heard. I get my encouragement on the streets, and I appreciated all the honks, waves and thumbs up. I didn’t have to put my name on the ballot, but I felt it was important for Bowie to have a citywide

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Let’s butt out During election years Maryland politicians promise tax cuts. Then, after the election, they spend the next three years raising taxes until the next election year when the cycle repeats itself. An exception to this phenomenon is the cigarette tax, the ugly duckling of taxes, which most voters support. So it wasn’t surprising last week when anti-smoking activists called for a $1 a pack increase in Maryland’s cigarette tax, an increase to $3 a pack (the highest tax in our ﬁve state region and 10 times higher than Virginia’s 30 cents a pack). And they want state lawmakers to act next January, in the middle of an election year. The anti-smoking crusaders say the tax isn’t meant to raise revenue, it’s meant to make cigarettes so expensive that people quit. It’s true that boosting taxes MY MARYLAND doesn’t raise a lot BLAIR LEE more revenue. Maryland’s cigarette tax was 36 cents a pack in 1999. Since then it’s been increased three times to $2 a pack, more than a 450 percent increase. Yet revenues haven’t kept pace. When the tax doubled in 2008, revenues only increased 51 percent. Since then there’s been a steady drop in state cigarette tax proceeds. So, is taxation driving the tobacco industry out of business? Are fewer Marylanders smoking? Maybe. The number of cigarettes sold here dropped from 243 million in 2008 to 200 million in 2012. This is proof positive say the antismoking folks that their tax-it-to-death plan is working. Maybe, but measuring Maryland cigarette sales doesn’t account for cigarette smuggling which, thanks to the tax hikes, is on the rise. A January 2013 Tax Foundation report ranks each state by its estimated amount of cigarette smuggling. Maryland ranks 13th with smuggling accounting for 26 percent of cigarettes consumed here, up from 10 percent in 2006. New York, with its $4.35 per pack tax (an additional $1.50 in New York City) comes in ﬁrst with a 61 percent smuggling rate.

An Ocean City smuggling ring was recently nabbed smuggling 1 million cartons from Virginia to New York. By my math these guys were looking at a $41 million profit. According to Jeff Kelly, a Maryland cigarette tax enforcement officer, some heroin and cocaine dealers are switching to cigarette smuggling because it’s less risky, easier and just as lucrative. Tobacco smuggling has a rich history. The first American tobacco was grown in 1612 by Virginia planter John Rolfe from tobacco seeds he smuggled into the colony from Venezuela. Tobacco growing soon spread to Maryland where it became the foundation of the colony’s economy for the next 150 years. Port Tobacco in Charles County became Maryland’s second largest seaport (today’s population is 13) and in 1637, tobacco was declared the official currency. Colonists bought goods and paid their debts and taxes with tobacco leaves. But most ironic was tobacco’s widespread popularity in Europe because, doctors believed, it was good for smokers’ lungs. Today, tobacco has fallen from grace. The war on tobacco is being waged by raising taxes, curbing advertising, limiting smoking venues and by peer pressure. In 1999 Maryland launched a tobacco buyout program paying tobacco growers who converted to other crops. Of the state’s 1,000 growers, 845 participated and today tobacco auctions are largely a thing of the past. So, here’s my question: Why prolong the agony? Smokers have been reduced to social outcasts. They huddle like lepers in the freezing parking lot sucking on their $7-a-pack cigarettes. Why not just outlaw cigarettes the same way we’d outlaw any other dangerous drug? Imagine if tobacco was first introduced today instead of 400 years ago. Picture the industry’s FDA presentation: “We’d like you to approve an inhalant that has no redeeming value but is addictive and often causes lung cancer.” It wouldn’t have a chance. Heck, even electronic cigarettes, the new non-tobacco fake cigarettes, are having a tough time with the FDA. A libertarian by nature, I don’t like government officials who think they’re better

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Virginia is clean. Philadelphia is fighting childhood obesity. Washington, D.C., supports local businesses. At a series of public forums in Prince George’s, residents have been sharing these observations from visits to other jurisdictions — as they note that the county needs to do a much better job in all these categories, and more. Sadly, the complaints are nothing new. The desire for high quality retail and dining establishments, the frustration with dilapidated shopping centers and the exasperation over roadside litter have been discussed for more than a decade, but with spotty results. The recent forums, called listening sessions, are being RECENT PUBLIC hosted by County Executive FORUMS ARE Rushern L. Baker III (D) and REMINDER OF other leaders to get input for LONGSTANDING the General Assembly’s 2014 legislative agenda. On the surCOMMUNITY face, the residents’ comments CHALLENGES may not seem helpful regarding state affairs, but when put in perspective, they are extremely valuable. For example, as the General Assembly weighs whether to raise minimum wages, leaders will need to keep in mind the impact doing so would have on Prince George’s, a county struggling to attract and retain businesses. Balancing businesses’ and residents’ needs will take some work. With an incoming casino in south county, a new mall at National Harbor and longstanding congestion on many roadways throughout the county, state transportation funding is critical to quality of life. If residents want more and better businesses, it’s imperative that the infrastructure be in place to make the sites accessible. And businesses flock to areas where schools are thriving. State funding helps there, too. Granted, these challenges don’t fall solely on the state’s plate. The county must do — and is doing — a better job addressing quality-of-life issues. Baker has restructured school leadership, funneled millions into economic development, launched a new government system that eases the process of filing community complaints, and crime is at a record low. And in his defense, he’s only been in office a few years and must overcome the failed attempts of his predecessors. The burden falls on residents, as well. When a community is buried in litter, not only should residents pitch in to clean up, but they should overload county phone lines demanding better service. As unwanted businesses propose moving in, county meetings should be standing-room only — as they should also be when promising businesses eye Prince George’s. School board meetings should be the most populated event in the county. Nearly every aspect of life is negatively affected when schools are struggling. Unfortunately, it’s a discussion that’s been had for many years. And although officials have tried different strategies to address the challenges, it’s difficult for residents to continue being patient while paying taxes into a system they feel offers rundown schools, traffic congestion, littered streets and limited commercial options. Especially when some better quality-of-life options are just over the county border. While the county has many wonderful aspects, it is also regarded as a sort of stepchild for the region, the less successful member of the metropolitan family. It’s time to change that image, posthaste. For far too long, residents have had to hear about the great potential in Prince George’s and the baby steps being taken to get there. However, after years of promises, it’s time for some leaps and bounds.

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and smarter than me telling me what to eat and drink or what health insurance I must buy. But protecting us from addictive, fatal substances falls well within the government’s purview. So, instead of taxing it to death, which only promotes widespread smuggling, let’s put a bullet in it. Let’s ﬁgure out a realistic, equitable tobacco ban. The anti-smoking zealots are ﬁne with an immediate, outright ban because, having battled the tobacco industry all these years, they view it as the Evil Empire which must be punished. Like most moralists, they don’t live in the real world. In fact, the only argument for tobacco is its 400-year evolution into a global industry with $90 billion in U.S. sales last year. Abruptly ending those jobs, investments and revenues would cause economic chaos. So phasing out tobacco over a reasonable period is step one. If tobacco’s days are numbered, let’s start numbering them. And perhaps Maryland’s successful experience converting tobacco farmers to other crops is a model for the larger tobacco industry. If e-cigs don’t have health dangers, that’s one conversion path. The e-cigs use a tiny battery that vaporizes a solution which is then drawn through a nicotine cartridge. “Smokers” get the nicotine without the tobacco and its harmful effects. The health zealots oppose e-cigs as a “gateway” to tobacco smoking that produces “secondhand vapor.” That’s the unhelpful, hard line approach. If harmless, e-cigs could be a godsend for smokers and the industry and should be welcomed instead of taxed and regulated like tobacco. Another conversation path, and I’m not kidding, is the coming legalization of marijuana. If this nation has its heart set on switching from tobacco to pot, why not put the tobacco industry in charge? Lord knows they’re set up for it. After all, that’s where we’d be today if, back in 1612, John Rolfe had smuggled in different seeds from Venezuela. Blair Lee is chairman of the board of Lee Development Group in Silver Spring and a regular commentator for WBAL radio. His column appears Fridays in the Business Gazette.

POST-NEWSWEEK MEDIA Karen Acton, Chief Executive Ofﬁcer Michael T. McIntyre, Controller Donna Johnson, Vice President of Human Resources Maxine Minar, President, Comprint Military Shane Butcher, Director of Technology/Internet

DEMATHA CATHOLIC’S ICE HOCKEY TEAM LOOKS TO WEAR DOWN OPPONENTS THIS SEASON, A-11

HOW THEY RANK Football

1. 2. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

High Point plays for more than a trophy

FOOTBALLPLAYOFFPREVIEW

DeMatha 10-1 Stags 60 pts Gwynn Park 10-0 Yellow Jackets 51 pts Suitland 10-0 Rams 51 pts DuVal 9-1 Tigers 42 pts Wise 7-3 Pumas 35 pts Douglass 8-2 Eagles 31 pts Bowie 6-4 Bulldogs 22 pts Riverdale Baptist 11-0 Crusaders 20 pts Surrattsville 8-2 Hornets 12 pts Forestville 8-2 Knights 6 pts

Also receiving votes: None.

STANDINGS Prince George’s 3A/2A/1A League

Team

All Div.

PF PA

Gwynn Park 10-0 8-0 400 81 Douglass 8-2 7-1 339 122 Surrattsville 8-2 6-2 285 185 Forestville 8-2 6-2 347 134 Potomac 5-5 5-3 303 188 Friendly 4-6 3-5 270 284 Largo 3-7 3-6 108 280 Central 2-8 1-7 124 347 Fairmont Hghts 1-9 1-7 106 396 Crossland 1-9 1-8 88 351

Prince George’s 4A League Team

Suitland DuVal Wise Flowers* Bowie* E. Roosevelt Oxon Hill Northwestern Laurel Parkdale Bladensburg High Point

All Div.

10-0 9-1 7-3 7-3 6-4 6-4 5-5 3-7 2-8 2-8 2-8 2-8

Private schools Team

Riverdale Baptist Capitol Christian DeMatha Pallotti McNamara National Christian

PF PA

9-0 8-1 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-3 4-5 3-6 2-7 2-7 1-8 1-8

362 81 267 111 230 83 287 120 273 176 321 107 214 202 100 264 175 429 124 300 140 350 100 293

All

11-0 7-0 10-1 6-5 5-5 2-6

350 224 349 205 293 134

111 79 198 204 301 240

Last week’s scores

Capitol Christian 22, McDonough 8 R. Baptist 14, Perry Street Prep 6 Forestville 26, Potomac 20 DuVal 31, Laurel 18 Suitland 47, High Point 0 Bowie 43, Bladensburg 24 Fairmont Heights 14, Crossland 12 E.Roosevelt 28, Northwestern 3 Wise 25, Flowers 0 Oxon Hill 38, Parkdale 0 Gwynn Park 40, Friendly 0 Largo 20, Central 14 Douglass 38, Surrattsville 6 St. John’s CP 14, Pallotti 0 DeMatha 29, Good Counsel 28 OT

BEST BET St. John’s College vs. DeMatha, 2 p.m., Saturday at

Byrd Stadium. It has been ﬁve years since DeMatha Catholic last won the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference in football. To do so this year, they’ll have to defeat SJC quarterback and future Maryland Terp Will Ulmer and his teammates.

LEADERS Top rushers

Carries A. Major, Surratts. 165 J. Baynes, R. Bapt. 140 K. Strong, Potom. 95 T. Deal, DeM. 141 M. Sesay, Bowie 137 A. Gillis, Wise 125 T. Davenport, DuV.137

Yards Avg. TDs 1561 9.5 16 1397 10.0 15 1363 14.3 22 976 6.9 13 952 6.9 8 897 7.2 14 860 6.3 7

Top passers

Cmp-Att. Yards Int. TDs R. Wllms, McN. 157-262 2654 10 24 J. Green, Bowie 108-223 2018 7 18 M. Duckett, Lau. 109-250 1829 13 21 W. Wolfolk, Suit. 74-122 1600 5 17 J. Adams, G.Park 57-102 1374 5 9 A. Brooks, DuVal 78-138 1370 2 12 J. Lovett, DeM. 83-138 1287 0 12

Top receivers J. Crockett, McN. C. Murray, McN. C. Phillips, DeM. M. Roberts, Bowie C. Walker, Lau. C. Brenden, Lau. S. Rowlands, Bow.

Rec. 55 63 48 31 33 21 28

Yards 1213 872 829 822 623 483 463

Avg. 22.1 13.8 17.3 26.5 18.9 23.0 16.5

TDs 17 9 13 7 8 6 5

GEORGE P. SMITH/FOR THE GAZETTE

Gwynn Park High School cornerback Anthony Chesley tries to make an interception during the football game against Frederick Douglass earlier this year.

REMATCH

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DOUGLASS vs. GWYNN PARK

First game went to overtime before being settled

ERIC GOLDWEIN STAFF WRITER

he Frederick Douglass High School football team (8-2) is riding a seven-game winning streak heading into the 2A South Region playoffs. To keep it going, they will need to spoil Gwynn Park’s

(10-0) perfect season. The teams have been here before. Last year, Gwynn Park dominated Douglass in the regular season, 39-16, but the Eagles reversed that in the playoffs, eliminating the Yellow Jackets 28-6. Earlier this season, Gwynn Park won, 4028, in overtime in Brandywine on an interception return. “Both teams know one another. It’s just one of those types of games,” Gwynn Park coach Danny Hayes said. Douglass was plagued by late-game mistakes early this year but has made signiﬁcant improvements as the season has progressed, Douglass coach J.C. Pinkney. Kickoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Brandywine. “These are two different teams, but the teams remember the games. It’s a historical rivalry, a respectful one,” Pinkney said.

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DeMatha Catholic High School quarterback John Lovett throws over his offensive line against Our Lady of Good Counsel during Sunday’s game in College Park.

RAPHAEL TALISMAN/FOR THE GAZETTE

High Point High School’s Erica Kittleson sets the ball against Parkdale on Nov. 6.

High Point volleyball coach values teaching aspect more than a few trinkets

TRAVIS MEWHIRTER STAFF WRITER

Sometimes sports are about the material successes: wins and losses, bragging rights and records and trophies and plaques. Then again, sometimes they’re not. On Nov. 6, longtime coach Shirley Diggs and her High Point High School girls’ volleyball team eliminated Parkdale in four sets to advance to the 4A South Region championship, where the Eagles met county champion Bowie. Though she was asked about it, she brushed off the possibility of the 4A state championship trophy returning to Prince George’s County for the first time since 1979. She barely even mentioned winning in general. Wednesday’s state semifinal match ended too late to be included in this edition of The Gazette. Check online at www. gazette.net for the result. But she did point to Keturah Gregory, Erica Kittleson, Grace Biney, Sumintra Sinonan and to a cadre of seniors who, despite being the eldest members age-wise, were some of the most inexperienced on the court. Diggs, no matter the result of the match, is just happy to see them on the floor. “I’m proud of them. I’m proud,” Diggs said. “I did not expect this team to go this far this year. I have seniors, but I have seniors who I have not played. I have seniors, No. 10 [Gregory}, on my team, she never played. She’s one year. I have one four-year senior on the court.” The coach swelled with pride when speaking of Gregory, a senior starter in her first year of volleyball that played a pivotal role in halting Parkdale’s season. She busied herself in the middle, swatting down spikes from the 6-foot-3 Christina Oyawale,

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Parkdale soccer teams have record-setting seasons With all but four players returning next year, Panthers’ boys should be strong again n

NICK CAMMAROTA STAFF WRITER

James H. Blake High School’s boys’ soccer team watched and waited as Parkdale packed its bags. Both literally and figuratively. The Bengals had just defeated the Panthers in the Class 4A boys’ soccer state semifinals, 3-2, and weren’t going to leave the field until Parkdale did so first.

But as the Panthers, who made their first appearance in a state semifinals match in school history, leaked tears onto the artificial turf at Richard Montgomery High and exchanged long hugs, they didn’t realize what was waiting for them. There, surrounding the chain-link fence and winding through the metal bleachers, was a massive crowd of Parkdale supporters. Former players, students, parents. All of them waiting for Parkdale to walk by so they could give the Panthers a standing ovation as they shuffled toward the bus wondering

See PARKDALE, Page A-11

RAPHAEL TALISMAN/FOR THE GAZETTE

Players from Parkdale High School’s boys’ soccer team pile on on each other after winning the 4A South Region title this fall.

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Bowie boy places seventh at state meet

FEARLESS FORECASTS The Gazette sports staff picks the winners for this week’s games involving Montgomery football teams. Here are this week’s selections:

Prince George’s County record All games

Flowers at Suitland Wise at DuVal Douglass at Gwynn Park FAET at Surrattsville Sparrows Point at Forestville St. John’s College vs. DeMatha Clarksburg at Quince Orchard Gaithersburg at Northwest Sherwood at Paint Branch Urbana at Damascus Poolesville at Middletown

Ken Sain

Dan Feldman

Jennifer Beekman

Nick Cammarota

Travis Mewhirter

Kent Zakour

145-25 294-52

144-26 290-56

142-28 288-58

144-26 284-62

137-33 276-70

Suitland Wise Douglass Surrattsville Forestville DeMatha Q. Orchard Gaithersburg Paint Branch Damascus Middletown

Suitland DuVal Douglass Surrattsville Forestville DeMatha Q. Orchard Gaithersburg Paint Branch Urbana Middletown

Suitland DuVal Gwynn Park Surrattsville Forestville DeMatha Q. Orchard Northwest Paint Branch Urbana Middletown

Suitland Wise Douglass Surrattsville Forestville DeMatha Q. Orchard Gaithersburg Paint Branch Damascus Middletown

DeMatha hockey hoping to wear teams down 2013-14 winter preview: Stags eager for tough trip to Chicago

NICK CAMMAROTA STAFF WRITER

Each of the past three seasons, DeMatha Catholic High School ice hockey coach Tony MacAulay has taken his team to Chicago to play in a tournament that features some of the better teams in the nation. This year’s no different as the earlyseason trip, which features games against Providence Catholic, Prairie Ridge, Glenbrook and Culver Academy, serves multiple purposes. In addition to helping MacAulay’s team bond through travel, the games allow the Stags to test themselves against teams that play 50-to-60-game schedules. It’s also an opportunity for DeMatha to find its 2013-14 identity against teams where the emotions from local rivalry games don’t come into play. Through five games early this season, the Stags are 3-2 with 22 goals for and 19 against. “I don’t think we’re that big of a squad. We’re not going to be a real knock ’em down, drag ’em out type team,” MacAulay said. “We’d like to be a pesky team that works hard and that’s more system oriented. In the past we were blessed with a great deal of skill.” That’s not to say there’s no skill on the current roster. Far from it. The Stags’ early leader in goals is junior Chris Myers (six) while senior center Kyle Coakley and senior defender Andrew Malloy figure to be popular targets on opposing teams’ scouting reports all season. Receiving the bulk of the playing time in goal is Kevin Mackey, who last year split time with the now-graduated Jonathan Hudson. “This team just has a different quality to it,” MacAulay said. “There’s less uniqueness per player. We have a lot of

PARKDALE

Continued from Page A-10 what could have been. “Just to have the experience to play here under the lights, with the fans, it opened the door for the players,” said Panthers second-year coach Sadak Abukar, who himself played for Parkdale. “They’re workaholics. Now they have that experience, they know how it tastes to lose in the semiﬁnals. They’ll come back strong. They’ll work in December, they’ll work during the summer, they’ll work in March.” The Panthers (8-6-1) nearly didn’t

HIGH POINT

Continued from Page A-10 recording kills off 10 sets from Kittleson and provided some reliable passing. She “does everything,” according to Diggs, but prior to this fall, Gregory had never done anything on a volleyball court. That, Diggs says, is the ultimate reward when her Eagles take the court. “One of the things about this team is that none of them have

FILE PHOTO

Landon School’s Matt Potolicchio (left) moves the puck against DeMatha Catholic’s Andrew Malloy during a 2011-12 game. guys that do the same thing. But I think that can be an asset for us to try and use to wear teams down.” MacAulay, entering his 12th season at the helm, said that Calvert Hall and Gonzaga likely will serve as DeMatha’s top competition in the Mid-Atlantic Prep Hockey League. Meanwhile, among the public schools, both Bowie and Eleanor Roosevelt are hoping to improve on last year’s campaigns. The Bulldogs had a rough season in

have to begin their offseason on that chilly Saturday evening as they rallied from down 2-0 and 3-1 to make it a onegoal game but Blake never lost the lead even though things were tense down the stretch. One of Parkdale’s key players during its run to a 4A South Region title and state semiﬁnals appearance was sophomore Celio Gracias. Called up from the junior varsity ahead of the playoffs for his booming free kick ability, Gracias played a part in both of Parkdale’s goals against Blake (a header and an assist) and likely will be a key component on next year’s club. After not playing in Parkdale’s

ever played volleyball before,” she said. “They don’t play club ball, they don’t play in camps. I have to take the ﬁrst three or four weeks and I teach them the game of volleyball. And that’s the difference playing against some of these teams that have club team members. Like Bowie, they have club team members.” Given how Friday’s 4A South Region title match with the Bulldogs went — a 3-0 sweep in High Point’s favor — Diggs must know something about getting her

REMATCH

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DeMatha wins overtime thriller DeMatha Catholic already knocked off the reigning conference champions Sunday, but needs to come up with one more victory against St. John’s College to take the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference crown. The top-seeded Stags (10-1) escaped with a 29-28 overtime victory over four-time defending champion Our Lady of Good Counsel (6-5) thanks to a second-half scoring outburst led by quarterback John Lovett and receiver Cameron Phillips. The two seniors

2012-13 as they ﬁnished 2-8-0 with 17 goals for and 104 against competing in the Maryland Student Hockey League’s Southern Division. They are, however, a young team with only one senior on the roster (Caroline Moore). Eleanor Roosevelt also had a rough go of it as the Raiders ﬁnished with a 1-7-1 record. The Raiders, though, have a bit deeper squad than Bowie, which includes six seniors. ncammarota@gazette.net

first-round win against DuVal, Gracias saw time in the Panthers’ upset of top-seeded High Point, their win against Northwestern, the region final against Bowie and in the state semis. Not only should Gracias be a cornerstone of the club in 2014, but Daniel Rojas (who scored the game-winner against Bowie in double overtime) and dynamic midfielder Denis Lopez will both be seniors next season. And for a team that lost nine seniors last summer before regrouping to make it two wins shy of a state title, that bodes well for Parkdale’s future. “Twenty-two of the 26 players come back,” Abukar said. “We’ve just got to

rookies ready for the big matches, even when the team lining up across the court is laden with club talent. She assembled the team in August, showed them the ropes in her three to four week teaching period through September, and in November, landed High Point’s ﬁrst state semiﬁnal appearance since 2005, when most of her team was still in elementary school. “We didn’t expect to come this far,” Biney said. “But it would be the best feeling in the

Mike Mayo said he was optimistic that injured starting quarterback Malik White (knee) would return for this week’s game, set for 1 p.m. at Suitland. Suitland beat Flowers 27-6 in the Oct. 26 regular season meeting, handing the Jaguars their ﬁrst loss of the season.

Flowers QB may return

Pumas pouncing on opponents

Charles H. Flowers started 7-0 but has lost its last three games. The Jaguars (7-3) enter their postseason matchup against top-seeded Suitland (10-0) after losing 25-0 Saturday against Henry A. Wise. The Jaguars managed only 137 total yards of offense. Following the loss, Jaguars coach

Henry A. Wise’s defense has been lights out, shutting out its last three opponents and leading the Pumas (7-3) into the postseason. Saturday the Pumas get a rematch with one of the teams that beat them this year, DuVal (9-1). Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. in Lanham. The Tigers

KYLE RUSSELL

SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE

Bowie High School runner Joshua Wilkins finished seventh in the boys’ Class 4A state cross country championships at McDaniel College on Saturday to lead all Prince George’s County representatives with a time of 16 minutes, 16.8 seconds. Wilkins’ coach, Rich Andrulonis, knew that a top-10 finish was likely for the senior despite running on a course he had never seen before. “Joshua came through with flying colors,” Andrulonis said. “He really had a great race — he finished seventh — and that’s about the time he has been running. On Georgetown Prep, he ran 16:14 — that was the only legit 5[-kilometer race] that we ran in for their invitational — and he was almost dead even for what he ran there. If there were a lesser amount of hills and turns, he would have had great chance of breaking 16 minutes.” The Bulldogs finished 16th as a team, as Donnell Davis (83rd, 18:02.2), Dwaine Thomas (86th, 18:04.8) and Matrell Royal (102nd, 18:23.2) finished in a close bunch, with Lamario Favron (142nd, 19:46.2) not far behind. Other notable boys’ finishers included Justin Bentham of Charles H. Flowers — who finished 80th overall in a time of 17:52.1 — and Adel Akalu (18:06), who came in 93rd for Oxon Hill. Flowers produced the top two finishers in the girls’ 4A race. Alexis Baynes’ time of 21:08.7 was good enough to earn her 65th place overall, while teammate Imani Matthews (21:34.4) took 84th. Bowie, which was without a top competitor in Chyna Sequeria due to injury, received strong performances from Ashley Modeste (121st, 22:55.9), Zari Weaver (134th, 23:35.7) and Felicia Haidara (138th, 23:40.2). “The girls ran well,” Andrulonis said. “We were missing one of our top girls — Chyna Sequeria, who has Achilles’ tendonitis — so we didn’t do as well as we had hoped. Fourteen of my 15 girls are underclassmen, and only two of them have run cross country before, so with what they have

come back and handle our business just like we did this year. I’m blessed to have these guys. We’ll enjoy the moment and come back strong now that we know what to expect.” Not only did Parkdale’s boys’ team enjoy immense success this year, but the girls’ side advanced further than it ever had in school history as well. Under the direction of Bret Loes, the Panthers (9-3-0) made it to the 4A South Region ﬁnal where they lost to Eleanor Roosevelt, 4-0. “They were very talented,” Loes said of his group. “And they got better as the season went along. That’s what you coach for is to get the girls bet-

world, us, the class of 2014, to make it, because we worked so hard. We want to graduate not just with a diploma but to say that we won state.” Entering Wednesday’s game, history was far from High Point’s side. The most recent Prince George’s County win in a volleyball state semiﬁnal was more than a decade ago, when the 2001 Eleanor Roosevelt team — last year’s 4A county representative — moved on and then lost

connected nine times for three touchdowns, including one in overtime. St. John’s (9-2) is on a six-game winning streak after defeating Gonzaga 1710 in the other semiﬁnal. Its last loss: a 26-21 defeat against DeMatha. The WCAC title game is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Byrd Stadium.

Wilkins leads all county racers by ﬁnishing in 16:16.8 as Bulldogs ﬁnish 16th overall

TOM FEDOR/THE GAZETTE

Bowie’s Joshua Wilkins tries to catch Wootton’s Urgy Eado as they run the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA) boys, class 4A, cross country championships on Saturday at McDaniel College in Westminster.

done this year they have done me proud.” In 1A boys’ action, Northwestern’s Ka’yin Walker came in 37th in the team standings with a time of 19:40.6. Three of Walker’s teammates were close behind: Keandre Cook (42nd, 19:50.2), Muhenned Mohieldin (53rd, 20:13.7) and Ronald Garner (59th, 20:32.3). The Wildcats finished 11th as a team. For the girls, Sarah Bellamy paced a Fairmont Heights squad that also claimed 11th in the team standings. She posted a time of 24:10.4 which was good enough for 37th overall. “The race went by kind of quick,” Bellamy said. “I have never run this quick before, so I just tried to stay up with the top runners but also pace myself. I did well on the hills, because we train on hills, and I had to control my breathing.” Mercedes Stokes (Central) was the top individual finisher from the county, posting a time of 23.15.3 and finishing in 21st. “It is a great experience,” Stokes said. “It’s my senior year, so I came out strong an just did what my coach told me to. I came in blind [not having seen the course before], but coach told me to stick with the top runners and stay on their shoulder. It was hard, but I did it. I finished.” Other top-75 finishers included: Vondasia Forbes of Fairmont Heights (49th, 24:36.5), Nikka Taylor of Northwestern (52nd, 24:39.8), Natalie-Rae Jefferson of Northwestern (64th, 25:39.7), Erin Early of Fairmont Heights (65th, 25:40.2), Shantae Byro of Northwestern (68th, 26:13.9) and Jessica Kemoh of Northwestern (74th, 27:27.8).

ter, get them improved so that you get chances like this.” Unlike the boys’ side, however, the girls’ team is graduating eight seniors and likely will need to rebuild if it hopes to make it back to the same stage next fall. One senior in particular, midﬁelder Angely Mercado, was a vital part of Parkdale’s success and plans on playing college soccer. “We’re like a family and that brings everybody together. It helps the team build their confidence up and that helped us a lot this year,” Mercado said. “I’m deﬁnitely going to miss it.” ncammarota@gazette.net

in the ﬁnal. In 51 appearances in the state semis, Prince George’s has won just nine. Only the 1979 High Point team has returned home with trophy in hand. But that’s not the primary, or even secondary, concern for Diggs. Winning is great. Trophies are nice. Teaching a new sport is invaluable. “I love volleyball, and I’ve been coaching for a long time, and I just — the thing that’s most important to me is that they learn how to play competi-

are on a six-game winning streak and have averaged 32 points in those victories. What’s it going to take for Wise to advance? “Basically, the same thing it took for this game [against Flowers],” said senior cornerback Reggie Ware. “We’re going to have to have heart, intensity, and be ready to play every single down,” DuVal snapped Wise’s 15-game winning streak with the 14-13 victory. Tigers quarterback Antoine Brooks threw for 162 yards and two touchdowns.

Settles leads Forestville Forestville Military Academy (8-

tive volleyball,” she said. “And in 2005 was when we went to state, and we get beat by those Montgomery County and Howard County powerhouses, but I love to see them learn to play the game of volleyball. “These girls are tight. They grow together, we work a lot of togetherness. My thing is teach them the game. I want them to learn the game. And you can see that they are learning the game.” tmewhirter@gazette.net

2) overcame a 14-point deficit and capped off its regular season with a 2620 overtime victory over Potomac. The Knights’ run-heavy offense is led by senior quarterback Earon Settles, who ran for two touchdowns in the victory. They are scheduled to play Sparrows Point (7-3) at 1 p.m. Saturday in Forestville.

Surrattsville hosting FAET Surrattsville (8-2) looks to rebound from a 38-6 defeat against Douglass with a home playoff game against Friendship Academy of Engineering and Technology (7-2). The game is scheduled for 1 p.m. in Clinton. egoldwein@gazette.net

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Santa and his eight reindeer in the ’Twas the Night Before Christmas ICE display at the Gaylord National. GAYLORD NATIONAL RESORT

Visions of sugar plums this year at National Harbor’s ICE! exhibit

Soprano Cheng performs songs by Mussorgsky, Schumann written for young people

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Soprano Sharon Cheng of New York earned degrees in management and public administration but came to realize that her real — and irresistible — passion was for music. “I love classical music,” said Cheng. “All the great classical musicians inspired me — I decided to go on this VOICES OF CHILDREN path.” FEATURING SOPRANO Cheng will perSHARON CHENG forming a recital pron When: 3 p.m. Sunday gram of songs written for children by clasn Where: Montpelier Arts Center, 9652 Muirkirk Road, sical composers on Laurel Sunday at the Montn Tickets: $5 suggested pelier Arts Center in donation Laurel. n For information: Accompanying 301-377-7800, arts.pgparks. com, sharon-cheng.com her on piano will be musicologist Will Crutchﬁeld, who is also the opera director at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts in Katonah, N.Y.

See CHENG, Page B-6 Soprano Sharon Cheng from New York will sing “Voices of Children,” a program of classical songs for children by Schumann, Mussorgsky, Poulenc and Ives on Sunday at the Montpelier Arts Center in Laurel. Accompanying her on the piano will be conductor and musicologist Will Crutchﬁeld. DEVON CASS

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lement Clarke Moore’s beloved holiday poem, “’Twas the Night Before Christmas,” comes to life in the form of two million pounds — 1,000 tons — of colorful ice at Gaylord National Resort’s annual ICE! display, opening Friday and running through Jan. 5. “It’s a classic American poem that everyone knows,” said Rachel Dinbokowitz, public relations manager for Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at National Harbor. Gaylord is the only hotel chain in the U.S. to host an ice display of this magnitude. This year, four of the company’s hotels will host ICE! exhibits: The Gaylord Palms in Florida and the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville have Frosty the Snowman-themed displays, while the

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Some might see puppetry as being just something that involves either the puppeteer’s hand being used as the puppet’s mouth or strings, a la Pinocchio. There’s much more to it than that. For instance, there’s Banraku. “Our expertise has sort of become Banraku puppetry,” said Mark Down, artistic director for the Blind Summit Theatre, which is based in London. Banraku style puppetry involves a puppet that is operated by more than one puppeteer, according to Down. They’re in plain

See PUPPET, Page B-5 The grumpy puppet stars in the Blind Summit Theatre’s production of “The Table,” at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. NIGEL BEWLEY

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Complete calendar online at www.gazette.net

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY’S ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR For a free listing, please submit complete information to noravec@gazette.net at least 10 days in advance of desired publication date. High-resolution color images (500KB minimum) in jpeg format should be submitted when available. THEATER & STAGE Bowie Community Theatre, “The Cover of Life,” to Nov. 24, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Drive, Bowie, 301-8050219, www.bctheatre.com. Bowie State University, TBA, Fine and Performing Arts Center, Bowie State University, 14000 Jericho Park Road, Bowie, 301-8603717, www.bowiestate.edu. Busboys & Poets, Hyattsville, TBA, 5331 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, 301-779-2787 (ARTS), www.busboysandpoets.com. Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, “Moliere Impromptu,” to

Nov. 16; UMD Faculty Dance Concert: Falling Forward, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15-16, 3 p.m. Nov. 16-17; District 5: The Evolution of the Wind Quintet, 1 p.m. Nov. 17; UMD Men’s Chorus & UMD Women’s Chorus: When the Night is Sweet with Starlight 3 p.m. Nov. 17; John Lithgow, 5:30 p.m. Nov. 18; Chamber Music Showcase, 7 p.m. Nov. 18; Chamber Music Showcase, 5:30 p.m. Nov. 20; Blind Summit: “The Table,” 8 p.m. Nov. 20-22, University of Maryland, College Park, claricesmithcenter.umd.edu. Harmony Hall Regional Center, AFTERNOON TEA: Maribeth & Bradford Gowen, 2 p.m. Nov. 20; call for prices, 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, 301-2036070, arts.pgparks.com.

Greenbelt Arts Center, “See How They Run,” to Nov. 30, call for prices, times, Greenbelt Arts Center, 123 Centerway, Greenbelt, 301-441-8770, www.greenbeltartscenter.org. Hard Bargain Players, TBA, 2001 Bryan Point Road, Accokeek, www.hbplayers.org. Joe’s Movement Emporium, Silk Road Dance Festival, 8 p.m. Nov. 9, 3309 Bunker Hill Road, Mount Rainier, 301-699-1819, www.joesmovement.org. Laurel Mill Playhouse, “The Lieutenant of Inishmore,” to Nov. 24, call for ticket prices, Laurel Mill Playhouse, 508 Main St., Laurel, 301-452-2557, www.laurelmillplayhouse.org. Montpelier Arts Center, The Montpelier Classic Recital Series, Sharon Cheng, soprano, 3 p.m. Nov. 17, 9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel, 301-377-7800, arts.pgparks. com. National Harbor, Cavalia’s “Odysseo,” Fridays through Sundays, to Nov. 17, National Harbor, Maryland. Tickets on sale now. www. cavalia.net, 1-866-999-8111. Prince George’s Little Theatre, TBA, call for tickets and show times, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Drive, Bowie, 301-957-7458, www.pglt.org. Publick Playhouse, “Junie B. Jones - Jingle Bells, Batman Smells,” 10:15 a.m. and noon, Nov.

14, 5445 Landover Road, Cheverly, 301-277-1710, arts.pgparks.com. 2nd Star Productions, “Funny Money,” coming in January, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Drive, Bowie, call for prices, times, 410-757-5700, 301-8324819, www.2ndstarproductions. com. Tantallon Community Players, “Miracle on 34th Street,” Dec. 6-15; Harmony Hall Regional Center, 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, 301-262-5201, www. tantallonstage.com.

VISUAL ARTS Brentwood Arts Exchange, “My Haiku: Paintings of Cianne Fragione,” to Dec. 28; Front Window Featured Artist: Ellyn Weiss, to Nov. 28, 3901 Rhode Island Ave., Brentwood, 301-277-2863, arts. pgparks.com. Harmony Hall Regional Center, “It Happened One Night,” Paper Collage by Ronnie Spiewak, to Dec. 27, 2nd Annual Prince George’s Parks and Recreation Employee Visual and Performing Arts Exhibition, to Dec. 27, gallery hours from 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, 301-203-6070. arts.pgparks.com. David C. Driskell Center, “Still...” by sculptor Allison Saar, to Dec. 13, University of Maryland, College Park. www.driskellcenter. umd.edu. Montpelier Arts Center, “Hiroshima Schoolyard,” to Dec. 1, reception scheduled for 3-5 p.m. Nov. 10, gallery open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, 9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel, 301-377-7800, arts.pgparks.com.

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and venue, 3501 University Blvd., Adelphi, 301-985-7937, www. umuc.edu/art.

NIGHTLIFE Hand Dancing with D.C. Hand Dance Club, free lesson from 4 to

5 p.m., dancing from 5 to 9 p.m. Sundays at the Coco Cabana, 2031-A University Blvd. E., Hyattsville, $10 cover, www.dchanddanceclub.com. New Deal Café, Mid-day melodies with Amy C. Kraft, noon, Nov. 7; open mic with Paige Powell, 7 p.m. Nov. 14; Open mic with James and Martha, 7 p.m. Nov. 14; John Guernsey, 6:30 p.m. Nov. 1516; The Bad Weather Boyz Band, 8 p.m. Nov. 15; Jaqui MacMillan, drum circle, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16; Akoma Drummers, 8:30 p.m. Nov. 16; Djesben, 10 p.m. Nov. 16; Not2Cool Jazz Trio, 11 a.m. Nov. 17; Fez Tones Haﬂa, 6 p.m. Nov. 17; Reel and Meal at the New Deal: “Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home,” 7 p.m. Nov. 18; Poetry Night Open Mic, 7 p.m. Nov. 19; 113 Centerway Road, 301-4745642, www.newdealcafe.com. Old Bowie Town Grill, Wednesday Night Classic Jam, 8 p.m. every Wednesday, sign-ups start at 7:30 p.m., 8604 Chestnut Ave., Bowie, 301-464-8800, www.oldbowietowngrille.com.

OUTDOORS Dinosaur Park, Dinosaur Park

programs, noon-4 p.m. ﬁrst and third Saturdays, join paleontologists and volunteers in interpret-

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HAVE A LITTLE MOLIERE! Katerina Klavon as Martine and Sam Stenecker as Sganarelle in “Moliere Impromptu,” running to Saturday at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. For more information, visit http://claricesmithcenter.umd.edu. ing fossil deposits, 13200 block Mid-Atlantic Blvd., Laurel, 301627-7755.

Mount Rainier Nature Center, Toddler Time: hands-on treasures, crafts, stories and soft play, 10:30 a.m.-noon Thursdays, age 5 and younger free, 4701 31st Place, Mount Rainier, 301-927-2163. Prince George’s Audubon Society, Bird Walks, 7:30 a.m. ﬁrst Sat-

urdays, Fran Uhler Natural Area, meets at end of Lemon Bridge Road, north of Bowie State University, option to bird nearby WB&A Trail afterward; 7:30 a.m. third Saturdays, Governor Bridge Natural Area, Governor Bridge Road, Bowie, meet in parking lot; for migrating and resident woodland and ﬁeld birds, and waterfowl. For beginners and experts. Waterproof footwear and binoculars suggested. Free. 410-765-6482.

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Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays, $40 series, $6 drop-ins, age 18 and up, 5720 Addison Road, Seat Pleasant, 301-773-6685.

ET CETERA College Park Aviation Museum, Peter Pan Club, 10:30-11:30 a.m. second and fourth Thursdays of every month, activities for preschoolers, $4, $3 seniors, $2 ages 2-18; Afternoon Aviators, 2-4:30 p.m. Fridays, hands-on aviationthemed activities for age 5 and up, $4, $3 seniors, $2 ages 2-18, events free with admission, 1985 Cpl. Frank Scott Drive, College Park, 301-864-6029, www.collegeparkaviationmuseum.com.

Women’s Chamber Choir Auditions, by appointment for the con-

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The Rev. Toop (Brendan Perry) and Miss Skillon (Carleigh Jones) in “See How They Run.”

SEE HOW THEY RUN n When: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 30 n Where: Greenbelt Arts Center, 123 Centerway, Greenbelt n Tickets: $17 general admission, $14 students, seniors and military, $12 for children 12 and younger n For information: 301-441-8770, greenbeltcenter.org

ally critical,” Perry said. “I think the dialogue is much more important to me and it has to go really quickly.” According to Lowe-Barrett, timing is everything in a farce. “Timing with lines, timing with entrances; a fraction of a second too late or too early and the joke is lost,” she said. “It has to be right on.” Lucky for Lowe-Barrett, the director said the “See How They Run” cast comprises a group of talented actors, including Duda who’s been acting since she was just 5 years old. But even for a seasoned actor like Duda, who’s ﬁrst experience in farce was during the Greenbelt Arts Center’s production of “Not Now, Darling” in 2007, timing is still tricky. “I learned it’s not just the timing of the lines, it’s the timing between the lines that’s important,” Duda said. “Some people think the point of comedy is for the lines to be fast, but it’s the time in between. There’s a rhythm and a song that goes along with farcical comedy. The pause is just as important as the pace of the rest of it.”

But pace wasn’t the only challenge facing Duda. The actress also had to adopt a Cockney accent for her role as working class maid Ida. “The Cockney accent is a bit of a challenge,” Duda said. “It was trying to ﬁnd that gentle balance between the audience knowing I’m of lower class but still being able to understand what I’m saying.” While Friday’s opening at Greenbelt Arts Center wasn’t interrupted by warfare, contemporary audiences, just like their 1940s counterparts, did remain engaged and in their seats, a testament, Lowe-Barrett said, to the timeless humor of farce. “‘Comedy of Errors,’ Shakespeare wrote around 1594 and it’s still funny today,” she said. “Since people ﬁnd it funny, we continue to do it over and over again.” chedgepeth@gazette.net

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During opening night of Philip King’s “See How They Run” in London’s West End, three bombs exploded nearby. It was January 1945 and WWII was coming to a close. “Three bombs fell near the theater but audiences stayed in their seats,” said Ann Lowe-Barrett, who is directing “See How They Run” at the Greenbelt Arts Center, playing now through Nov. 30. “The lead actor ... complained afterward that the bomb fell during his funniest lines.” “See How They Run” is an English farce written in 1942, centered on the Rev. Lionel Toop (Brendan Perry), his wife Penelope (Liz Dapo) and their Cockney maid Ida (Rachel Duda). Chaos ensues after a number of uninvited guests, including an actor, a Bishop, some meddling neighbors and a German intruder, file in and out of the Toop’s living room. King actually rewrote the play in 1948 to reflect changes in the national and international landscape, making some adjustments such as replacing the German intruder with a Russian spy. The Greenbelt Arts Center is presenting the 1948 version. This is Lowe-Barrett’s directional debut at Greenbelt, though she has experience with the farce genre thanks to productions at other local theaters. She directed Ken Ludwig’s “Moon Over Buffalo” at Prince George’s Little Theatre in February. Lowe-Barrett saw a production of “See How They Run” for the first time last year and said she was immediately drawn to the show. “It is so funny and so delightful that I wanted to direct it,” Lowe-Barrett said. “It’s put together very well in the British farce tradition.” Typical of the farce tradition, “See How They Run” has plenty of cases of mistaken identity, slamming doors and no shortage of physical comedy. Though the physical can be taxing on an actor’s body, it’s the dialogue that Greenbelt Arts Center actors said proves most difficult. “I think that the physical stuff isn’t quite so difficult but I think the dialogue timing is re-

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Tom Hiddleston stars as Loki in “Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World.”

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“Thor: The Dark World” is the eighth movie in its particular franchise. So if anyone asks you what it has in common with “Blondie Goes Latin” and “Bomba and the Jungle Girl” you’ll know the answer. The franchise at hand goes by the name of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, encompassing the new adventures of Iron Man, the Hulk, Captain America

and so on, worth billions around the world. (Rumor has it the next all-star “Avengers” movie will be two hours of actors in costume, counting their money.) So how’s this “Thor” sequel? It’s fairly entertaining. Same old threats of galaxy annihilation, spiced with fish-out-of-water jokes. My favorite here: Encountering a London flat for the first time in his travels, Chris Hemsworth’s Thor comes in the door and hangs his snazzy flying killer hammer from its leather loop on one of

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the coat hooks. This is the second outing for mighty Thor and his mighty hammer, though honestly, what chance have they against Tom Hiddleston as Odin’s other, less trustworthy son, Loki? The chief adversary from the first “Thor” (which I liked, in spite of its squareness) and the hugely popular mash-up “The Avengers” has a way of making valor and honor look foolish. Clearly director Alan Taylor, whose previous work has mostly been in classy series television (lately, “Game of Thrones” and “Boardwalk Empire”), likes this character best, because he snivels most. Now for some very important plot points. In “Thor 2” Malekith, the leader of the dark elves of Svartalfheim, comes out of a long hibernation ready to rumble. Their secret weapon is the aether, pronounced “eether,” an “ancient force of inﬁnite destruction,” as Anthony Hopkins’ Odin describes it, sounding like he’s saying the words “blah blah blah” instead. When some of the aether enters the bloodstream of astrophysicist Jane Foster (Natalie Portman once again), things get sticky. At the end of “Thor 1” Thor took off back to Asgard, leaving Jane bereft. “Thor 2” ponders the challenges of intergalactic dating, and the ﬁlm has its scrambled moments where one beat of an action sequence begins on Earth, and then two seconds later, the second beat is completed at the other end of the tunnel. After a while anything’s possible, and little is compelling, even though it’s on Asgard where Jane meets Thor’s

THOR: THE DARK WORLD n 2 1/2 stars n PG-13; 120 minutes n Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Idris Elba n Directed by Alan Taylor

folks. Other scenes takes place on Vanaheim, which is like Anaheim without Disneyland. Taylor handles the battle sequences dutifully and without much visual dynamism. (If you go to “Thor 2,” don’t bother with the 3-D edition. Two’s enough.) By now, in this Marvel world, we’ve seen everything twice, and it’s hard to impress audiences with something new. But we don’t go to “Thor 2” or any of these films, really, for something new. We go because we saw the other ones. The most satisfying films of the eight so far — the first “Iron Man” and “Captain America: The First Avenger” — did the job with a lighter hand and a less pummeling attack. The occasional charms of “Thor 2” are all about the way Kat Dennings (back again as Jane’s intern) deadpans her way through another Armageddon, or Hopkins’ stunning final-t consonant enunciation when he bites off the end of the word “birthright.” Or Hiddleston’s malevolent grin, the mocking face of sibling rivalry. Plenty of fine actors do what they can here amid the digital mayhem and smashed columns. At times the film appears to have been directed by The Hulk, in a snit.

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Continued from Page B-1 Gaylord Texan has a Nutcracker theme. ICE! at the National Harbor is a multiple-room display taking guests on a journey from the beginning to the end of the poem. “There’s different rooms and each one tells a different part,” Dinobokowitz said. “There’s Pa and his cap, you’ll see Santa and his eight reindeer. There’s a room with the mice sleeping and teacups.” ICE! also features ﬁve twostory ice slides. Thirty-four ice sculptors from Harbin, China, a city in the country’s northeast region, have been working on the display since mid-October. The sculptors were hired by International Special Attraction Ltd. (ISA). ISA is an American production company specializing in large-scale attractions, and a partner of Gaylord National. After traveling to Harbin, famous for hosting one of the largest ice festivals in the world, members of ISA wanted to bring the art form back to the U.S. The temperature throughout the ICE! exhibit is a brisk 9 degrees. “We do give parkas to our guests,” Dinbokowitz said. “We recommend that people wear hats.” New to Gaylord National’s ICE! exhibit this year is a bonus display featuring scenes from New York City at Christmastime. “We’re really excited,” Din-

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Continued from Page B-1 view of the audience, but usually dressed in black. Banraku will be on display when the Blind Summit Theatre brings their show “The Table” to the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park for three days, starting Nov. 20. “‘The Table,’ which is our most recent show, feels like the most developed version of that [Banraku-style] project,” Down said. “… It’s a show about a puppet on a table, and that was our starting point. Kind of a puppet who’s stuck on a table who knows he’s a puppet and knows he’s on a table and has never been off the table. It sort of has this ‘Waiting for Godot’ feeling to it. It’s very funny. “It’s sort of a debate between reason and belief. The fact that the puppet knows everything about how he works and what he is doesn’t stop us from believing in him and believing that he’s somehow more than a puppet.” Another emphasis when it comes to Banraku is that it’s geared more to adults than children. Due to strong language, “The Table” is recommended for ages 12 and over. “We don’t swear a great deal, but there are swear words in it,” Down said. “Children do love it — I mean, if they come with their parents, they love it, but it’s not geared towards a children’s audience at all.” Not only is Down the artistic director for the Blind Summit Theatre, he also acts as a writer for the shows and a puppeteer. Before working with puppets on a full-time basis, Down had plans on becoming an actor. “I trained as an actor,” Down said. “I sort of discovered puppetry while I was at drama school. It was something I kinda had a feeling for. As an actor, you don’t always have a choice. You play the jobs that come, and I kept getting offered jobs that had puppets involved.” Down met Nick Barnes, who “made the most extraordinary puppets,” he said. Barnes cofounded Blind Summit Theatre with Down in 1997. Barnes is quite literally the puppet master. As the associate artist at Blind Summit, he designs the puppets that are used in the shows. “We worked together building up Blind Summit,” Down said. “I guess the real thing is that it’s lead to more and more

ICE! n When: open daily Nov. 15 to Jan. 5 n Where: Gaylord National Harbor, 201 Waterfront St., National Harbor n Tickets: starting at $27 for adults 12 and older, $19 for children 3 to 11, children younger than 2 are free n For information: 301-965-4000; christmasonthe potomac.com

bokowitz said. “This is the ﬁrst time we’re doing this.” The New York City display features scenes from Rockefeller Center, Times Square, the Statue of Liberty and even a taxi cab, constructed partially from ice and partially from a real cab. According to Dinbokowitz, the New York City portion of the exhibit also features the tallest ice sculptures Gaylord National’s ever had with some standing at 22-feet. ICE! is a part of National Harbor’s Christmas on the Potomac celebration which also features a light and fountain show synchronized to Christmas music, an indoor snowfall, gingerbread decorating and brunch with Santa. Gaylord National hopes to give visitors a memorable holiday season. “We have a lot going,” Dinbokowitz said. “People can truly make day-long experience of it.” chedgepeth@gazette.net

THE TABLE n When: 8 p.m. Nov. 20-22 n Where: Kogod Theatre, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, 3800 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park n Tickets: $10-$35 n More information: claricesmithcenter.umd.edu; 301-405-2787 n Of note: The artists will participate in a talk-back session with the audience after the Thursday performance

opportunities to work as a performer and as a writer and a director than I ever imagined. It sort of opened the world up for us really.” Down said it’s important to know while some associate puppetry with children, it can also be used to entertain — and to teach — grown-ups as well. “Puppetry can be an adult art form,” Down said. “It can be an intelligent and a really enjoyable thing to watch. I hope people see puppetry in a completely new light.”

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Continued from Page B-1 The recital is free, but donations are welcome. The program includes songs from the 1800s and 1900s by composers Charles Ives, Robert Schumann, Modest Mussorgsky and Francis Poulenc. Cheng, who grew up in Taiwan, will also be singing a collection of children’s folk songs from Taiwan, China and Japan. They will complement an exhibit of reproductions of drawings, called the “Hiroshima Schoolyard Exhibition,” on view at Montpelier to Dec. 1. The drawings were made by children as a way to thank the All Souls Church Unitarian in Washington, D.C., for sending half a ton of school supplies as the city struggled to survive and rebuild after the atomic explosion on Aug. 6, 1945. The drawings are also the

subject of a documentary, “Pictures from a Hiroshima Schoolyard” by filmmaker Bryan Reichhardt and Shizumi Shigeto Manale, both of Silver Spring, which will screen at Montpelier on Nov. 24. “I think it’s an incredible project that they’re doing, that they found the authors of those paintings,” said Cheng, who had seen the trailer for the ﬁlm along with Crutchﬁeld. “I think the poems [in the songs] are the same reflection [of a child’s world] that the paintings represented,” said Cheng, who was inspired by the exhibit to add the folk songs from Asia to the recital program. “These are famous songs that people would have known,” she said about the familiar childhood tunes. Cheng is a winner in Montpelier’s 2013-2014 Classical Recital Competition, in which applicants are invited to submit

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I think the poems [in the songs] are the same reﬂection [of a child’s world] that the paintings represented. samples of their work, which are reviewed by the U.S. Army Field Band at Fort Meade. Winners in different categories receive an honorarium for performing at the Montpelier Arts Center. “It’s a way to get some exposure,” said Cheng, who performed in Baltimore in March 2012 in Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” but has never performed at Montpelier. Included in the “The Voices of Children” recital are two songs by American composer Ives. “Two Memories” (1897) includes a pleasant tune, as a boy remembers his excitement at going to the opera, and a sad tune about an uncle and his “old red shawl,” according to the lyrics. “Two Little Flowers” (1921)

is a poem and song that Ives and his wife wrote while watching their daughter play outside with a friend. Also in the program are seven songs from Mussorgsky’s “The Nursery” song cycle, which he composed from 1868 to 1872. “He wrote the poetry himself as gifts to his own kids,” Cheng said. Among the songs is a child singing a lullaby to her doll, a song about an imaginary journey on a stick horse and another about an encounter with a big beetle. German composer Robert Schumann set to music poetry written by others for his “Album of Songs for the Young,” which Cheng will also perform. Among those songs is “Käuzlein” (Little Owl) and “Marienwürmchen” (Ladybird) from the

“Boy’s Magic Horn,” a collection of traditional German folk songs and poems. Also included is “Die wandelnde Glocke” (The Moving Bell) with words by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and “Des Sennen Abschied” (The Herdsman’s Farewell) with words by Friedrich von Schiller. Cheng will also be singing songs from the La Courte Paille collection of songs by French composer Francis Poulenc. The songs, using the words of Belgian poet Maurice Carême, were initially written for a performer in Poulenc’s operas, Denise Duval, to sing to her 6-year-old son. In “Le sommeil” (Sleep), a parent tries to comfort a restless child who has been crying since noon. “Quelle Aventure!” paints a

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NOV. 17 The Mishkan Toran Synagogue, 10 Ridge Road, Greenbelt,

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ONGOING Women’s Bible Study, 9 to 11 a.m. every Thursday, Berwyn Baptist Church, 4720 Cherokee St., College Park. Study the book of Romans. Women of all ages are invited. Cost of $6.50 for textbook. Contact 301-474-7117 or secretary@berwynbaptist.org.

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20,999

BUY FOR

#EW50613, Automatic, Power Windows, Power Locks, Keyless Entry

2013 CC SPORT

#9521085, Mt Silver, Pwr Windows, Pwr doors, Keyless

MSRP $31,670

MSRP 25,885 $

22,999

BUY FOR

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

21,599

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

2014 TIGUAN S

2013 PASSAT TDI SE

#V13770, Mt White, Pwr Windows, Sunroof

#4126329, Power Windows/Power Locks, Keyless Entry

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

17,499

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

2013 BEETLE CONVERTIBLE

1st month’s payment

#V131136, Mt Gray,

2013 PASSAT S 2.5L

#3131033, Automatic, Power Windows/Power Locks, Keyless Entry, Heated Seats, Bluetooth, Cruise Control

MSRP $18,640

BUY FOR

security deposit

2013 GOLF 2 DOOR

# EM365097, Auto, Power Windows, Power Locks, Keyless Entry

BUY FOR

due at signing

23,999

BUY FOR

26,999

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

OURISMAN VW WORLD AUTO CERTIFIED PRE OWNED 35 Available...Rates Starting at 2.64% up to 72 months

2007 Jetta........................................#M13504B, Gray, 84,875 mi...............$8,991 2011 Jetta........................................#V13112099A, Blue, 41,638 mi.......$12,494 2010 Jetta SW..............................#V131209A, Red, 59,808 mi............$13,991 2012 Beetle.....................................#P7659, White, 32,147 mi...............$14,991 2009 Jetta Sedan........................#V109044A, Red, 106,036 mi..........$13,999 2010 Tiguan....................................#P7655, White, 38,446 mi...............$15,992 2011 Jetta SE................................#VP0002, Gold, 42,558 mi...............$15,995 2012 Jetta SE................................#VPR6113, Silver, 34,537 mi............$16,495

2012 Jetta SE................................#VPR6112, Blue, 38,430 mi.............$16,495 2012 Passat S...............................#VPR6111, Gray, 35,959 mi.............$16,495 2011 CC Sport...............................#FR7163, Black, 38,075 mi..............$17,995 2010 Routan SE............................#P7638, Silver, 21,506 mi................$18,495 2012 GTI............................................#P7660, White, 7,886 mi..................$19,491 2011 Routan SE............................#VP6065, Blue, 37,524 mi...............$20,495 2010 Tiguan....................................#VP6060, White, 31,538 mi.............$20,995 2012 Passat TDI...........................#V071353A, Gray, 42,223 mi...........$22,995

All prices exclude tax, tags, title, freight and $200 processing fee. Cannot be combined with any previous advertised or internet special. Pictures are for illustrative purposes only. See dealer for details. 0% APR Up To 60 Months on all models. See dealer for details. Ourisman VW World Auto Certified Pre Owned financing for 60 months based on credit approval thru VW. Excludes Title, Tax, Options & Dealer Fees. Special APR financing cannot be combined with sale prices. Ends 12/02/13.

Ourisman VW of Laurel Ourisman VW of Rockville 3371 Fort Meade Road, Laurel

801 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD

www.ourismanvw.com

Rockvillevolkswagen.com

1.855.881.9197

301.424.7800

Online Chat Available...24 Hour Website Hours Mon-Fri 9 am-9 pm • Sat 9 am-8 pm

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