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Cpl. Juan Damian (right) of the Prince George’s County Police Department walks Friday with Langley Park residents Carlos Tovar (second from left) and his sons, Aligieri (left), 3, and Carlos Jr., 5, during a community walk against crime in Langley Park.

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About 100 attend community walk to open lines of communication, combat crime in Langley Park BY

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Milagro Luis, 9, of Langley Park, said she used to be nervous about talking to police, but she changed her mind Friday evening after chatting with an officer during a community walk organized by Prince George’s County police in Langley Park.

During the conversation, Milagro said she learned that Lt. Brian Waters of the Maryland-National Capital Park Police had to attend a police academy to receive

his badge, and while he was there he wore a uniform and “got a bunch of As.” “They’re just kind, and help the community to become a better place,” Milagro, who attended the event with her mother and younger siblings. “We don’t have to be scared of them.”

This is the message police department officials are hoping to get across to the community by organizing walks such as Friday’s event, which began at the Community Oriented Policing Services, or C.O.P.S., station on New Hampshire Avenue and looped through the neighborhood.

Officials said the walk, which drew about 100 people, was organized in collaboration with the Transforming Neighborhoods Initiative, or TNI, project that

aims to bring resources to county neighborhoods facing economic, educational and public safety challenges.

“It’s a matter of trying to get the community to talk to us if they have information [in] reference to some of the criminal elements in the area,” said Captain David Lloyd, assistant commander for the county police department’s Hyattsville district. “Trying to lower the walls between the government and the citizens.”

Lloyd said police and TNI representatives organize community walks regularly in Langley Park, where a high density of people — many of them immigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean — presents challenges for law enforcement.

Lloyd said gang activity and prostitu-

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Greenbelt mall lauds Harlem Renaissance trio Foundation promotes African-American art, culture, history

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For 15 years, the Harlem Renaissance Foundation has worked to support and preserve the art, culture and history of the African-American community. Now the work of its chief members has been preserved on the Beltway Plaza Mall’s Wall of Fame.

Harlem Remembrance Foundation founder and chair emeritus Dorothy Bailey of Temple Hills, consultant Carolyn Mills-Matthews of Lanham and chairman David

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Prince George’s County voters will weigh in on a number of referendum questions, including the number of terms for top officials and who should succeed the county executive if the

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While Question J, which would extend term limits on the Prince George’s County Council and Executive from two to three has been getting the most attention from citizen’s groups, there are nine other referendum questions on the ballot.

The first five questions, A through E, are requests for the county to borrow money and issue bonds for the construction of public safety facilities,

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(From left) Carolyn Mills-Matthews, Dorothy Bailey and David Harrington of the Prince George’s Harlem Renaissance Foundation unveil their portrait on the Wall of Fame at Beltway Plaza Mall in Greenbelt.

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Harrington of Cheverly were honored with a picture and a plaque Sept. 11 at the Greenbelt mall.

The foundation provides scholarships to Prince George’s County students of any race who choose to attend an Historically Black College or University, or HBCU, MillsMatthews said.

“Our honorees are seasoned veterans in the continued fight against the ills of society in our county ... Each of our honorees could have been nominated to our Wall of Fame for their numerous accomplishments, but it is for their joint founding of the Harlem Remembrance Society in Prince George’s County that we are honoring them,” said Marc “Kap” Kapastin, gen-

When the new Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, online assessment is held this spring, Prince George’s school officials say students won’t be the only ones tested.

“The PARCC online testing is like nothing we’ve ever seen before,” said W. Wesley Watts Jr., Chief Information Officer for Prince George’s County Public Schools. “It is going to be a real challenge.”

PARCC is the new assessment being given to students in 12 states and Washington D.C., and replaces both the

Maryland School Assessment, or MSA, and the High School Assessment, or HSA, in Maryland.

The PARCC test is designed to be given online, although school districts can opt for a paper version of the test in the first three years as they work to meet the technological requirements.

School board chairman Segun Eubanks said it is important that all the pieces are in place before the start of the assessments in the spring.

“Every school has to be on time, and we can’t make any mistakes,” Eubanks said.

Watts said the school system is working to make sure it has the technological capabilities in place to support the online version of the test.

“Our biggest concern is to be able to support 208 sites during the two 20-day win-

Six years from now, downtown College Park could look different — with music venues, art house cinemas, throngs of pedestrians and fewer cars — if officials accomplish their goal to make the community that includes the University of Maryland, College Park, one of the country’s top 20 college towns.

The goals are part of the “2020 Vision” set out by a cityuniversity partnership seeking to transform College Park into a vibrant and walkable community by improving housing, transportation, public safety, education and sustainability in the city.

And while officials said they are not aware of formal rankings of college towns, they’ve been looking closely at places such as Ann Arbor, Mich.; Chapel Hill, N.C., and Berkeley, Calif., and said they want to achieve a look and feel that brings people

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SEPT. 18 Life Undercover, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Patuxent Research Refuge National Wildlife Visitor Center, Powder Mill Road between the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and Route 197 in Laurel. Take a hike through the forest to discover the mysterious undercover world of a fallen log. Learn why these dead trees make such a great home and who lives inside. Registration is required. Ages 5 to 7. Contact 301-497-5887.

SEPT. 19 Laurel Outdoor Movie, 8:15 p.m., McCullough Field Stage, 8th St. & Montgomery St., Laurel. Disney’s “Muppets Most Wanted” takes the entire Muppets gang on a global tour, selling out grand theaters in some of Europe’s most exciting destinations, including Berlin, Madrid and London. Contact 301-725-7800.

Family Movie Night, 8:30 p.m., Mount Rainier Nature and Recreation Center, 4701 31st Place, Mount Rainier. Bring blankets and snacks as well as family and friends for a movie night under the stars.

Contact 301-927-2163; TTY 301-699-2544.

SEPT. 20 The Woman’s Club of Laurel Yard Sale, 8 a.m. to noon at 16201 Bond Mill

Road, West Laurel. The event is a fundraiser, with proceeds used to support community and local charitable organizations.

Honey Harvest Festival, 9 a.m., Patuxent Research Refuge National Wildlife Visitor Center, Powder Mill Road between the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and Route 197, Laurel. Join the Maryland State Beekeepers Association as they celebrate the Annual Maryland Honey Harvest Festival. Contact 301-497-5887.

Seat Pleasant Flea Market, 11 a.m. to

4 p.m. in Seat Pleasant. Do you have extra items that you would like to sell? Would you like to make some extra cash for the Holiday? Do you make crafts, jewelry, etc?

Well here is your opportunity to get your items into the eyes and hands of the public. Contact 301-336-2600.

Family Fall Festival, 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., Berwyn Baptist Church, 4720 Cherokee St., College Park. Games, food, music, crafts. Contact 301-474-7117 or secretary@berwynbaptist.org.

Lincoln Vista Lanham Annual Community Day, 1 to 6:30 p.m., Lincoln Vista

Community Park, Lanham. We are inviting all residents, former residents and elected officials to connect with old and new friends, to enjoy great food, games and music. Bring a dish to share. Contact 301-794-8640 or lincolnvista@yahoo.com.

SEPT. 21 Free Family Sundays, 9:30 a.m. to 4

p.m., Bladensburg Waterfront Park, 4601 Annapolis Road, Bladensburg. Enjoy our Free Family Sundays with a one-hour canoe, kayak, or paddle boat rental. Please note: children under 16 years must be accompanied by an adult. Contact 301-7790371; TTY 301-699-2544.

Hispanic Festival, Noon to 6 p.m., Lane Manor Park, 7601 West Park Dr. and University Blvd., Adelphi. Join us for the 33rd Annual Hispanic Festival. Featuring a variety of fun activities celebrating Hispanic heritage, attendees will have plenty to choose from delicious food to live entertainment. Be sure to wear your countries’ colors and to bring a friend. Contact 301-445-4500; TTY 301-445-4512.

SEPT. 22 Independent Film Series — a Cultural Exchange, 7 p.m., Hyattsville Library,

6530 Adelphi Road, Hyattsville. Screening

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Join us for food, field games, face painting, music, and more. All are welcome, and we hope to see our families, alumni, students, athletes, faculty and community members. Contact 301-5314186 or admin@highpointptsa.org.

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SPORTS Defending league football champions Gwynn Park and Suitland are both 0-2, and both play ranked teams this weekend. Check online for coverage.

Based on Books: Monthly Nature Series: Slugs and Snails, 10:30 to 11:15

a.m., Patuxent Research Refuge National Wildlife Visitor Center, Powder Mill Road between the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and Route 197 in Laurel. Each program in this series begins with a beautifully illustrated children’s story about wildlife. Registration is required. Ages 4-5. Contact 301-497-5887.

2014 African History & Culture Lecture Series, 7 p.m., Greenbelt Library,

11 Crescent Road, Greenbelt. “Justice Denied: The Roots of the Reparations Movement — Asa Gordon.” Contact 301345-5800.

The Northern Prince George’s County Republican Club Meeting, 7 to 9 p.m.,

St. Mark’s School Library, 7501 Adelphi Road, Hyattsville. Come join us for our monthly meetings. Contact 301-422-8648.

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SEPT. 24 Fall Nature Hike, 1 to 2:30 p.m., the Patuxent Research Refuge North Tract, Route 198 between the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and Route 32 in Laurel.

Learn how animals and plants are preparing for fall’s arrival through a hike, game and a craft. Contact 301-497-5887.

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Lorraine Gray of University Park listens as Mark P. Weschler examines and appraises an item Saturday during the Riversdale Historical Society appraisal fair in Riverdale Park.

About 15,000 people are expected to gather Sunday at Lake Manor Park in Adelphi to browse arts and crafts, take in live music and sample empanadas, pupusas and fruit juice-flavored shaved ice during the 33rd Annual Hispanic Festival, organizers said.

“One of the things that people like is the fact that you can come in ... you can just feel that you’re home,” said event co-chair Nydia Ocasio, a public affairs specialist with the Prince George’s County Parks and Recreation Department. “We bring all the cultures, the Latin American cultures, in one place.”

Ocasio said the festival, which is organized by the Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission, is unique in that it is the only Latin American-themed festival in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area offering admission free of charge.

With about 50 vendors making presentations and offering information, she said organizers are taking the opportunity to include as many educational opportunities as possible.

Ocasio said festival goers will have an opportunity to sample foods from Argentina, El Salvador, Guatemala and Peru, among other places, as well as to hear music, watch dance performances

and browse authentic arts and crafts.

Among local bands who will be performing, Ocasio said Lanhambased “Grupo Miel” and Hyattsvillebased “La Furia,” who have performed at previous festivals.

“It’s just a wonderful family event,” said event co-chair Lynn Butler, MNCPPC acting program superintendent.

Butler said children’s activities will include pony rides, arts and crafts and a moon bounce while activities for teens will include a fashion show, a photo booth and airbrush tattoos.

“It’s a chance to embrace the cultures without spending a lot of money,” Butler said.

The festival takes place from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday at Lake Manor Park, 7601 West Park Drive in Adelphi. apopovici@gazette.net

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BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAU STAFF WRITER

Chris Casey of Greenbelt said it was challenging navigating the special education system to get services for his son, Alec, who was diagnosed with dyslexia and other learning disabilities.

“It was totally new territory for me,” Casey said.

To help other parents better find and access resources, Casey is working on forming a local chapter of the Learning

Disabilities Association. LDA is a national organization with state and local chapters in Montgomery and Calvert counties, but not Prince George’s.

“I see this chapter as an opportunity to engage with parents. We can direct them to services or provide them with information on parents’ rights,” Casey said.

While Prince George’s County has the Special Education Citizen’s Advisory Committee, which assists parents with special education concerns, Casey said his organization would have a specific focus on learning disabilities.

Judy Lantz, president of the Learning Disabilities Association of Maryland, said learning disabilities include dyslexia,

which is a difficulty with reading; dysgraphia, a difficulty with writing; dysclaculia, a difficulty with math; and executive function, the ability to plan and organize tasks and manage time.

“Learning disabilities are an invisible disability, so it really takes assessment, and failure to some extent, to know how to remediate both the academic and social aspects,” Lantz said.

Casey said he would like to create a place parents can turn to if they suspect their children may have a learning disability.

“There is a process that the school system must go through, and those processes can take four to six months, at least,” Casey said. “One of the things this chapter can do is to encourage parents to engage their

school and teachers about any deficits or delays their children are experiencing as early as possible.”

Dashanta Washington of Forestville is the mother of an eighth-grade student now attending The Chelsea School, a nonpublic school for children with learning disabilities.

She said that prior to attending the Chelsea School, her daughter made good grades but was doing poorly on standardized tests, and as a teacher in the Washington, D.C., school system, she knew something was wrong.

“Because her issues were not severe, they overlooked her because she was passing and she didn’t have any behavior problems,” Washington said. “They

said maybe she’s not a good tester.”

Washington said she decided to pay for an assessment, and her daughter was diagnosed with three learning disabilities.

Casey hopes that the formation of a Prince George’s chapter can provide a number of services for parents, including elevating community awareness of learning disabilities, inform parents of their right to request an assessment and to provide information and resources to help parents better understand their child’s learning disabilities.

For more information, contact Casey at cmcasey108@ gmail.com or call 301-943-9661. janfenson-comeau@ gazette.net

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A local economy is on the horizon! An economy occurs when dollars are both created and disposed of within a jurisdiction.

Financial and social creation brings new investments and attracts other assets.

Developments then provide room for grass-root involvement or, at minimum, elevates community capacity.

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Danny Needham said it’s a good feeling to drive down the streets of Bladensburg, where he works as a code enforcement officer, and see freshly cut lawns only a day after he asked Bladensburg residents to mow their overgrown front yards.

Needham, 59, who celebrates 40 years with the Town of Bladensburg this month, said that seeing residents heed his verbal warning means that his strategy — asking people to fix a code violation first and issuing a fine only as a last resort — is working.

“We’ve opened up conversation with a lot of people ... we try to do it with a little bit of humor,” said Needham, describing the interactions that have become part of everyday routine for him and fellow code enforcement

officer Roger “Shaun” Rinehart.

“People respond better to being talked to rather than have a notice sitting on their door.”

Needham of Laurel said an average day begins with a morning drive down Edmonston Road and Kenilworth Avenue checking for graffiti and other code violations in the town’s business district, then a loop through residential neighborhoods, where he is on the lookout for grass that’s taller than the town’s 9-inch limit and bulk trash such as mattresses and furniture.

He checks on animal traps he has set out in response to recent complaints about rats and raccoons, and follows up on parking violation notices he has left on cars that are parked illegally. But Needham said his favorite part of the day is stopping to chat with residents he’s gotten to know over the years, who wave at him as he drives by.

“He cares. Those two words really sum up what he does,” said town administrator John Moss, describing Needham’s dedication to the job and his

friendly, people-focused approach to code enforcement.

“He works with folk ... really promotes what community is.”

Needham, who moved to Bladensburg with his family when he was three years old and still considers the community his home, said he didn’t plan on a career with the town 40 years ago, when he took a full-time job with the public works department, doing snow removal and road repairs.

But he said he stayed because fellow employees became “like a second family.”

Twenty years ago, he moved from the public works department to the code enforcement department, where he said the work is a team effort between himself, Rinehart, of Shady Side, and office manager Deshaun Williams of Bladensburg.

“We do it all,” said Rinehart, 35, who added that he has known Needham for the last 30 years and has worked with him since 2006. “It’s been a fun experience ... We’re like Batman and Robin.”

A few months ago, Needham

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Danny Needham of Laurel, code enforcement officer for Bladensburg, explains to resident Ana Lobo that the couch on her lawn violates the town’s regulation for bulk trash. said Rinehart made a comment he liked so much that he typed it up and posted it above his desk in the code enforcement office.

It reads: “We are not here to make a living; but we are here to make a difference.”

He said the statement sums up what he, Rinehart and Williams are trying to do in Bladensburg — and what motivates

him every day.

“I’ve been a part of the town since 1958, so I do feel like this is my home,” Needham said.

“I’m hoping that I leave it ... that I leave it a cleaner place than when I came.”

Bladensburg resident John Carlson, 69, who has lived in town since 1978, said Needham is always willing to help

— such as the time he came by to remove a large television set someone had discarded on his property.

“If I call him, they don’t just write off your request — they’ll come over and check,” Carlson said. “If he says he’ll do it, he’ll do it.” apopovici@gazette.net

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BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAU STAFF WRITER

Prince George’s officials are looking for residents interested in serving on a board advising the county on matters related to the upcoming MGM gaming facility in National Harbor.

Barry Hudson, spokesman for County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D), said state law requires that a community advisory group be formed in every county with a gaming facility.

The council consults with the county on issues relating to the gaming facility, according to the county website.

This body will be composed of 15 individuals, including three from the General Assembly, one from MGM Resorts, seven representatives of the communities and four representatives from businesses or institutions in immediate proximity to the facility, Hudson said.

“The Local Development Council ensures that the county hears the input of citizens, businesses and institutions on what matters most to the communities in immediate proximity to MGM National Harbor,” Baker said in a statement. “I look forward to selecting individuals in consultation with our partners in the General Assembly and County Council who will diligently represent these communities as we move forward with this game-changing project.”

MGM National Harbor is expected to open July 2016.

An application can be downloaded here: http://www. princegeorgescountymd.gov/ sites/ExecutiveBranch/CommunityEngagement/LocalDevelopmentCouncil/Pages/ default.aspx Questions regarding the application should be directed to Jennie Nevin at 301-952-4724 or emailed to jfnevin@co.pg. md.us.

All applications must be postmarked or emailed to LDC@ co.pg.md.us by Nov. 15.

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POLICE BLOTTER This activity report is provided by the Prince George’s County Police Department as a public service to the community and is not a complete listing of all events and crime reported.

District 1 Headquarters, Hyattsville, 301-699-2630, covering Adelphi, Beltsville, Berwyn Heights, Bladensburg, Brentwood, Calverton, Cheverly, Chillum, College Park, Colmar Manor, Cottage City, Edmonston, Greenbelt, Hyattsville, Landover, Landover Hills, Langley Park, Mount Rainier, New Carrollton, North Brentwood, Riverdale, Riverdale Park, University Park and West Lanham Hills.

SEPT. 11 Theft from vehicle, 6800 block Riverdale Road, 5:22 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 7300 block Baltimore Ave, 7:01 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 4800 block La Salle Road, 7:38 a.m.

Assault, 2000 block East West Highway, 7:52 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 1500 block Madison St., 8:08 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 400 block Chillum Road, 9:30 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 1000 block Chillum Road, 9:33 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 600 block Sheridan St., 9:51 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 2300 block Queens Chapel Road, 10:58 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 8100 block 14th Ave, 11:02 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 6700 block Fairwood Road, 11:51 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6200 block Annapolis Road, 11:55 a.m.

Sexual assault, 7100 block Block Riverdale Road, 1:13 p.m.

Theft, 8100 block 48th Ave, 2:17 p.m.

Theft, unit block of Cheverly Cir, 3:03 p.m.

Residential break-in, 8300 block Oglethorpe St., 3:04 p.m.

Assault, 5400 block Morton Place, 3:11 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 5700 block Lockwood Road, 3:18 p.m.

Theft, 8500 block New Hampshire Ave, 5:05 p.m.

Residential break-in, 100 block Ames Road, 5:32 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 1300 block Nicholson St., 7:40 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 5000 block Rhode Island Ave, 9:06 p.m.

SEPT. 12 Theft from vehicle, 5000 block 56th Place, 7:20 a.m.

Theft, 6600 block 23rd Ave, 7:46 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 7600 block Riverdale Road, 11:04 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 5700 block Timber Creek Terrace, 12:15 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 7200 block Varnum St., 12:48 p.m.

Assault, Eb East West Highway/Eb East West Highway Onrp S, 1:40 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 5900 block Bryn Mawr Road, 1:54 p.m.

Theft, 4700 block Caddo St., 2:01 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 5900 block Bryn Mawr Road, 2:29 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 4600 block Cooper Lane, 3:04 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 4600 block Cooper Ave, 3:43 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 7700 block Riverdale Road, 4:03 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 5600 block Gallatin St., 4:33 p.m.

Residential break-in, 4800 block Russell Ave, 9:34 p.m.

Robbery, 8800 block Block 34th Ave, 9:56 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6300 block Auburn Ave, 10:13 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 7700 block Emerson Road, 10:26 p.m.

SEPT. 13 Ave, 1:44 a.m.

Theft, 4800 block Berwyn House Road, 2:31 a.m.

Theft, 8100 block Baltimore Ave, 3:42 a.m.

Sexual assault, 2700 block Block Curry Drive, 9:27 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 5500 block Carters Lane, 10:42 a.m.

Theft, 4200 block 57th Ave, 10:58 a.m.

Theft, 9200 block Wofford Lane, 12:10 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 4600 block Cooper Lane, 12:30 p.m.

Residential break-in, 5500 block Karen Elaine Drive, 12:42 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6200 block Annapolis Road, 1:05 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 7700 block Riverdale Road, 1:17 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 7700 block Riverdale Road, 1:22 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 8400 block

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Residential break-in, 15200 block Dalebrooke Drive, 4:28 p.m.

Theft, 9800 block Apollo Drive, 4:54 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6400 block 96th Ave, 9:47 p.m.

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Timber Creek Terrace, 12:28 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 7900 block Riggs Road, 11:17 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 9000 block Baltimore Ave, 3:03 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 8500 block Annapolis Road, 4:13 p.m.

Theft, 6300 block Inwood St., 4:47 p.m.

Theft, 6800 block Riverdale Road, 9:48 p.m.

District 2 Headquarters, Bowie, 301-3902100 Glenn Dale, Kettering, Lanham, Largo, Seabrook, Woodmore, Lake Arbor, Mitchellville and Upper Marlboro.

SEPT. 11 Commercial property breakin, 8400 block Burton Lane, 6:27

a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 10100 block Campus Way S, 7:36 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 12000 block Quarum Place, 7:48 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 3000 block Tyson Lane, 8:53 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 9700 block Apollo Drive, 9:31 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 12100 block Foxhill Lane, 9:37 a.m.

Residential break-in, 1000 block Fallcrest Court, 1:45 p.m.

Vehicle stolen and recovered,

600 block Crain Highway Sw, 1:53 p.m.

Residential break-in, 8000 block Wingate Drive, 2:00 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 15900 block Excalibur Road, 3:47 p.m.

Theft, 2100 block Blaz Court, 4:54 p.m.

SEPT. 12 Vehicle stolen, 800 block Sturbridge Lane, 6:37 a.m.

Theft, Eb Pennsylvania Ave At Dower House Road, 7:41 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 600 block Castlewood Place, 8:57 a.m.

Theft, 600 block Crain Highway Sw, 10:37 a.m.

Break-in, 9400 block Van Buren St., 11:06 a.m.

Sexual assault, unit block of Block Staton Drive, 11:16 a.m.

Theft, 900 block Capital Center Blvd, 12:22 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 800 block Shoppers Way, 4:30 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 3400 block Everette Drive, 9:51 p.m.

SEPT. 13 Assault, 2400 block Newmoor Way, 2:34 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 4800 block Clirieden Lane, 6:35 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 15600 block Easthaven Court, 9:34 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 15700 block Easthaven Court, 9:52 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 14200 block Hampshire Hall Court, 11:24 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6200 block Brightlea Drive, 11:49 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, Lake Arbor Way/Burning Tree Court, 12:20 p.m.

Theft, 7400 block Forbes Blvd, 1:14 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 12400 block Kensington Lane, 2:22 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 900 block Capital Center Blvd, 2:27 p.m.

Theft, 10400 block Campus

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Highway Sw, 2:12 a.m.

Assault, 1500 block Whistling Duck Drive, 10:24 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 9900 block Lanham Severn Road, 2:46 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 11400 block Lake Arbor Way, 7:28 p.m.

Theft, 9900 block Good Luck Road, 8:40 p.m.

Theft, 4000 block Town Center Blvd, 10:02 p.m.

District 3 Headquarters, Palmer Park, 301-772-4900. Chapel Oaks, Cheverly, Glenarden, Fairmount Heights, Kentland, Landover, Palmer Park, Seat Pleasant, Forestville, Suitland, District Heights and Capitol Heights.

SEPT. 11 Robbery on commercial property, 4900 block Silver Hill Road,

12:42 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 3200 block

75th Ave, 8:39 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6500 block Blacklog St., 9:40 a.m.

Theft, 1500 block Beaver Heights Lane, 10:03 a.m.

Theft, 1400 block Ritchie Road, 10:49 a.m.

Theft, 5800 block Silver Hill Road, 10:51 a.m.

Residential break-in, 1900 block Lakewood St., 12:15 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 2600 block Orchard Summitt Court, 1:21 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 2800 block Crestwick Place, 3:07 p.m.

Assault, 5200 block Daventry Terrace, 3:51 p.m.

Residential break-in, 2100 block Matthew Henson Ave, 3:57 p.m.

Theft, 5700 block Martin Luther King Jr Highway, 4:54 p.m.

Theft, 2500 block Oak Glen Way, 7:32 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 5700 block Silver Hill Road, 8:04 p.m.

SEPT. 12 Theft from vehicle, 6100 block Central Ave, 6:23 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 1400 block Hampton Park Blvd, 6:38 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6400 block Pennsylvania Ave, 8:34 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 7200 block East Ridge Drive, 10:09 a.m.

Theft, 7000 block Martin Luther King Highway, 10:13 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 3500 block Parkway Terrace Drive, 11:22 a.m.

Theft, 5900 block Martin Luther King Jr Highway, 11:37 a.m.

Assault, 6000 block Marlboro Pike, 1:42 p.m.

Vehicle stolen and recovered,

2800 block Ritchie Road, 3:08 p.m.

Carjacking, 2900 block Boones Lane, 3:18 p.m.

Robbery, Jost St./60th St., 3:52 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 9100 block Central Ave, 4:52 p.m.

Theft, Eb Marlboro Pike/Kirtland Ave, 4:59 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 7800 block Central Ave, 5:08 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 100 block Hampton Park Blvd, 5:13 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 7500 block Central Ave, 5:16 p.m.

Robbery on commercial property, 5700 block Silver Hill Road,

5:50 p.m.

Theft, 5700 block Gladstone Way, 9:34 p.m.

SEPT. 13 Theft from vehicle, 200 block

Westhampton Place, 1:35 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, Surrey Square Lane/Regency Pky, 6:17 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 6500 block Calmos St., 7:20 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 5000 block Luci Lane, 11:15 a.m.

Theft, 4000 block Forestville Road, 2:00 p.m.

Theft, 7100 block Giddings Drive, 2:11 p.m.

Vehicle stolen and recovered,

9800 block Fallard Court, 9:44 a.m.

Residential break-in, 7000 block Floral Park Road, 10:14 a.m.

Residential break-in, 8900 block Heathermore Blvd, 11:27 a.m.

Residential break-in, 8500 block Biscayne Court, 6:54 p.m.

SEPT. 12 Commercial property break-in,

6200 block Leapley Road, 5:20 a.m.

Commercial property break-in,

6200 block Leapley Road, 6:33 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 5000 block Vienna Drive, 6:33 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 8800 block Heathermore Blvd, 6:36 a.m.

Commercial property breakin, 6300 block Foxley Road, 8:25

Vehicle stolen and recovered,

2100 block Brooks Drive, 2:52 p.m.

Theft, 2100 block Brooks Drive, 3:07 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 3100 block Donnell Drive, 3:33 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 3300 block Donnell Drive, 3:34 p.m.

Theft, 6200 block Central Ave, 4:11 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 5500 block Silver Hill Road, 4:35 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, Nb Silver Hill Road/Eb Pennsylvania Ave, 4:49 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 5700 block Silver Hill Road, 5:22 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 3300 block Donnell Drive, 5:39 p.m.

SEPT. 14 Theft, 6100 block Marlboro Pike, 1:30 a.m.

Residential break-in, 4400 block Covington St., 3:03 a.m.

Theft, 1600 block Fedex Way, 12:51 p.m.

Theft, 600 block Drum Ave, 3:27 p.m.

Theft, 1600 block Fedex Way, 4:23 p.m.

Assault, 3700 block Ardwick Place, 5:57 p.m.

Commercial property break-in,

2000 block Brightseat Road, 8:37 p.m.

Theft, 7000 block Martin Luther King Highway, 8:51 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 1100 block Hybrid Ave, 9:22 p.m.

District 5 Headquarters, Clinton, 301856-3130. Temple Hills, Accokeek, Fort Washington, Upper Marlboro, Croom, Marlton, Baden, Clinton, Eagle Harbor, Brandywine, Cheltenham and Aquasco.

SEPT. 11 Residential break-in, 5900

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Theft from vehicle, 8400 block Annapolis Road, 1:49 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 8400 block Annapolis Road, 1:50 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 5200 block 57th Ave, 5:10 p.m.

Residential break-in, 3300 block Chatham Road, 6:54 p.m.

Theft, 8900 block 62nd Ave, 7:52 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 3400 block Toledo Terrace, 8:12 p.m.

Theft, 8300 block Annapolis Road, 10:18 p.m.

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District 6 Headquarters: Beltsville, 301937-0910. Beltsville, Greenbelt, Laurel, Calverton, Adelphi, Montpelier and Knollwood.

SEPT. 11 Theft from vehicle, 13600 block Avebury Drive, 12:15 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 4800 block Manheim Ave, 8:51 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 4800 block Quimby Ave, 11:30 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 7600 block Stanmore Drive, 1:57 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 12200 block Shadetree Lane, 5:23 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 14100 block Bramble Lane, 7:04 p.m.

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Hyattsville ‘flying saucer’ will head to new launch pad Plans for new library move forward with icon, but questions remain n

BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAU STAFF WRITER

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Prince George’s County Councilwoman Mary Lehman (right) greets John Hume (left) and Fr. George Johnson, both of Beltsville, on Saturday during the District 1 Community Day at Fairland Regional Park in Laurel.

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ALICE POPOVICI STAFF WRITER

There was Zumba, rockclimbing and cotton candy Saturday at Fairland Regional Park in Laurel, but between sampling the festival food and entertainment, many community members took time out to chat with Prince George’s County Councilwoman Mary Lehman (D-Dist. 1) of Laurel.

Lehman said she organized the first District 1 Community Family Day to give people an opportunity to enjoy various activities and see their neighbors.

“A lot of my council events are more informative,” Lehman said. “We just thought it’s time

we did an old-fashioned ... fun family event.”

Despite early-afternoon rain, organizers said about 200 people came out for the event, where children wore face paint and ate cotton candy, and Lehman mingled with residents.

“It was great — I love it,” said Karren Pope-Onwukwe, 63, of Hyattsville, who brought her 3-year-old granddaughter, Yemaya Onwukwe, to the event. “It’s great for the kids to have so many activities.”

Lehman said residents came to her to discuss issues throughout the afternoon.

She said one woman was concerned about her child transitioning from elementary school to middle school, and wanted to see if middle school officials can come to her child’s school to discuss the transition earlier.

Another resident was con-

cerned about mold and about three feet of standing water in the basement of a foreclosed home next door to her residence, Lehman said.

“It’s a learning opportunity,” Lehman said. “We’re definitely doing it next year.”

Louise Long, 56, of Laurel said her six children, ages 12 to 17, enjoyed the rock-climbing wall, the moon bounce and the inflatable slide at the event.

“They had a lot of everything that I thought they would enjoy,” Long said. “I have active kids.”

Long said she planned to let Lehman know she is concerned about the potential for gang activity in schools.

“I’ve just noticed some gangs have tried to infiltrate the schools, but they seem to have it under control,” Long said.

The Hyattsville community will likely have a new library in a few years, situated atop a parking garage, with its iconic flying saucer towering over an adjoining garden.

Calverton-based Grimm + Parker, the architectural firm hired by Prince George’s County to build the new library, is moving forward with Option C, a proposal that takes advantage of the sloping landscape and preserves the library’s concrete and steel flying saucer, company president Melanie Hennigan said during a community meeting at the library Tuesday night.

“We’ve taken the existing saucer, and preserved it, and made it a focal point of the garden area,” Hennigan said.

The library system directed the firm not to consider reusing the current structure, which opened in 1964, Hennigan said.

Michael Gannon, associate director of library services, said the current project is for a rebuild, and the funding is “use it or lose it”, and any delay could cost the project its funding.

“This project has been

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Big dogs, small dogs, costume-wearing dogs and dogs that perform tricks — as well as their owners — are invited to participate in Laurel’s 6th Annual Dog Show on Sunday at McCullough Field in Laurel.

Among the nine categories in this year’s show, judges will award prizes for the bestdressed dog, the most affectionate dog, the dog who looks most like its owner and the dog with the “best vocal performance,” said Bonny DuCote, recreation program specialist for the city’s department of Parks and Recreation.

DuCote said that, on aver-

age, between 30 and 50 dogs are entered into the show each year.

“We just want to provide the citizens with an opportunity to show off their family’s best friend,” DuCote said. “It’s a fun day and everyone seems to enjoy themselves...it’s nice for some of the dogs to come out and meet their neighbors.”

DuCote said about 100

people attended the dog show last year.

The entry fee for each dog is $5, which DuCote said helps pay for the event.

Alice B. McCullough Field is located at 8th and Montgomery streets.

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“I think it’s very unique and playful and I would really hate to lose that portion of the library. It makes us different.”

Laura Ellis, University Park resident in the CIP for 25 years,” Gannon said. “It has been pushed back constantly because other communities have raised enough of a ruckus to get their libraries put first. We have four more new libraries on the burner.

If this library falls behind, it will be on the back burner for years.”

Sally Madden of Bowie, daughter of the original building’s architect, Dennis Madden, said she’s sorry the county is not considering renovating the building, but likes the way the new plan incorporates the flying saucer her father designed.

“It would be nice if they would look into repurposing the building, but I don’t think that’s on the books, so if they’re going to move for-

ward, Option C is what I’d prefer,” Madden said. “It’s nice that the community would be able to see it from Adelphi Road.”

Several other community members expressed support for saving the flying saucer.

“I feel like I’m an advocate of keeping the spaceship,” said Laura Ellis of University Park. “I think it’s very unique and playful, and I would really hate to lose that portion of the library. It makes us different.”

Jennifer Kubit of Hyattsville said she also liked the new location for the saucer.

“I think it really kicks up the whole structure of the spaceship,” Kubit said. “I think it looks really nice.”

The new, 35,000 square foot building would provide more usable space than the current library, which Hennigan said had 25,000 square feet of usable space.

Hennigan said several green features would be incorporated into the building, including a rooftop garden, retention pond and other features, although she said the county did not plan to pursue LEED certification, a nationally-recognized environmentally sustainable certification.

The current plan calls for library construction to begin in 2016, Hennigan said. janfenson-comeau@ gazette.net

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University students opt to swap classroom stress for serenity English professors study link between meditation, academic success

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EMILIE SHAUGNESSY STAFF WRITER

The gong, waterfall music and 20 minutes of silence Monifa Love Asante uses to begin some of her classes at Bowie State University may seem unconventional, but the English professor says the ancient practice of meditation may be the key to unlocking creativity and releasing the stress of college students.

Love Asante, a Glenarden resident and coordinator of the creative writing program at BSU, has been conducting research on meditation in the classroom for the past two years and using her composition students as the willing guinea pigs.

“School is largely a stressful activity for the majority of students and if you can relieve that stress in some way, you’ll get better success,” Love Asante said. “The results have been very strong in terms of building confidence and giving them a lifelong skill for dealing with the ups and downs we all face.”

After presenting her initial findings at the College English

Association’s national conference in Baltimore in March, Love Asante teamed up with associate professor C. Jenise Williamson at BSU, who is helping to expand the research by incorporating mediation into two composition classes this semester.

Love Asante, who said she is a lifelong meditator, said she began researching the effects of meditation on her students because she was curious whether it could affect their academic performance, she said.

While her initial findings did not show a strong correlation between meditation and grades, Love Asante said the practice helped calm, focus and re-energize students.

“I have seen improvements in overall classroom performance and students reported that they taught other people to meditate,” Love Asante said.

“They use it on a regular basis, it helps them navigate crisis better.”

LaKiesha Watson, 22, of Landover Hills is a senior at BSU and was enrolled in one of Love Asante’s English classes last year where she participated in meditation, she said.

“At first I was very apprehensive. When we first did it, there was a lot of laughter in

the class and I kept opening my eyes,” she said. “Then I started seeing the benefits of it. I definitely felt more at ease, especially if we meditated before having an exam or writing an essay.”

Watson said one or two of the students who did not want to participate came late to class, but students who were interested in the practice — including herself — began using meditation outside the classroom and at home.

Watson said the regular practice of meditation has helped calm her down and increased her concentration.

“I’ve been making the dean’s list ever since I’ve been doing this. I think I can attribute some of that to meditation,” she said. “It helps me concentrate better. That’s one of the things I’ve always had a problem with in school –– I have a hundred things going on in my mind.”

Williamson, who led her first classroom meditation last semester, said she hopes her two freshmen classes this year will help add to the research and offer a comparison to the results received from other classes.

Both Love Asante and Williamson ask student permission and use class time for the medi-

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Bowie State University students Chanais Martinez (front, right) of Baltimore and Elizabeth Oguntoye (front, left) of Laurel participate in repetitive movements as part of a study on the effects of meditation on the learning process during English 101 class. tation ritual, Love Asante said, and may also use soothing music, dimmed lights and activities like tracing an infinity symbol on a piece of paper to further relax and center students.

Williamson, who founded BSU’s creative writing program in 1995, said meditation can be particularly useful for English students as a pre-writing exercise. “[Meditation] calms the mind, relieves anxiety and it also empties out expectations where students might feel like they’re

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“I think one of the biggest benefits of mindful meditation is it provides clarity of thought and it allows us to be more intentional with the goals we have in life.” eshaughnessy@gazette.net

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Robert Jackson, 7, of Upper Marlboro gets settled on his sheep with the help of some senior cowboys during the 2012 Bill Pickett Rodeo mutton busting competition. The rodeo’s championship will be held Saturday at the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro and features contests for residents and children.

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Prince George’s County cowboys will celebrate 30 years of relay racing, mutton busting and teaching spectators about historic African-American equestrians at the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo this Saturday.

The rodeo makes stops in Tennessee, California and Georgia, but for 10 years, the Bill Pickett Rodeo has hosted its championship at the Show Place Arena and Equestrian Center in Upper Marlboro, said the rodeo’s CEO and founder Lu Vason.

During the show, rodeo stars from across the country compete in events like bareback riding and barrel racing while local equestrians take on the professionals in relay races.

Vason said he had never seen African-American equestrians in a rodeo before, so the Denver resident put on his own show in 1984, naming it after William “Bill” Pickett, an African-American cowboy who was famous in the late 1800s and early 1900s for his bull-wrangling technique called “bulldogging.”

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try about the history of the black cowboys and the development of the West,” Vason said.

Close to 6,000 spectators attend the championship annually, said Greg Freeman of Upper Marlboro, the rodeo’s regional coordinator for the Washington, D.C. area.

Local participation is at its peak in Upper Marlboro, Freeman said. More than 100 people from the Washington, D.C., area participate in the relay race and mutton busting — a children’s version of bull riding, but with sheep instead of cattle — during the championship.

Karen Copeland, 50, of Laurel has competed in the relay race, which pits local equestrians against professionals, for the past five years. Last year, Copeland’s team came in second place by half a second, she said.

Copeland, who also teaches horseback riding to children, said the rodeo is a great opportunity to inspire children to try the sport.

“We’re putting on a phenomenal show for the kids to show them there are other things they can be doing,” Copeland said. “You can be out here doing this. You can compete. I think that’s a wonderful thing.”

T.J. Martin, 44, of Brandywine has also competed in the relay race and speaks at schools about Bill Pickett and AfricanAmerican cowboys who helped settle the West.

“A lot of African-American

people are now getting more into the rodeo,” Martin said.

“To have it here is real special because you can see them win it all.”

Corey Jackson, 38, of Upper Marlboro has entered both of his sons, Nicholas, 6, and Robert, 7, in the mutton busting competition. Jackson said both of his sons have enjoyed the experience, especially Robert, who has cerebral palsy.

“It’s just awesome that even with his disability he’s still successful at mutton busting and he loves it,” Jackson said.

Jackson said the Bill Pickett Rodeo is a heritage rodeo that is both entertaining and informative.

“It’s important for everyone to know history,” Jackson said.

“It’s all of our history.”

Over the past 30 years, Freeman said the rodeo has moved away from developing the skills of African-American equestrians and instead focuses on recognizing cowboys like Bill Pickett.

“Historically you’ll find that American history does not talk a lot about the contributions African-Americans have made to the West,” Freeman said. “A lot of people in this area recognize that and it allows them to pay tribute to Bill Pickett.”

The Bill Pickett Rodeo will host shows at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m.

Saturday. For ticket information, visit www.billpickettrodeo.com. kpetersen@gazette.net

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Area residents, community leaders and police officers walked the streets of Langley Park on Friday calling for safer neighborhoods.

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According to police, Miguel Angel Barillas, 32, of Langley Park died after being stabbed during a robbery.

Although she still notices problems, Elena Almanza, 52, a longtime Langley Park resident, said she be-

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Watts said the Information Technology department is making sure that all schools have enough devices in place and the necessary bandwidth to support those devices.

“I’m not worried about the network bandwidth, I’m worried about us being able to support 90,000 students,” Watts said. “What I mean

lieves the neighborhood is safer now than it was in the mid-1990s.

“Before, they had a lot of gangs,” Almanza said. “[But now] the problem that I see is, sometimes, people hanging around and not working.

I think it’s about drugs ... prostitution.”

Cpl. Juan Damian, who works in Langley Park with the police department’s C.O.P.S. unit, said the language barrier between Englishspeaking officers and Spanishspeaking residents is part of the challenge in Langley Park while another is educating residents about

how law enforcement functions in the United States.

Damian said that many residents come from Latin American countries where there is “a different approach to the police” because of rampant corruption within police departments. As a result, he said people are afraid of reaching out to police to report crimes.

“For us, the big challenge is to get the trust,” Damian said.

by that, is if there’s an issue, being able to get to that issue quickly and fix it so testing can continue. That’s the biggest challenge right now.”

Watts said an infrastructure pilot is planned for February.

“I don’t want this to be like the debacle we’ve seen in other technological arenas,” said school system CEO Kevin Maxwell. “I just want to make sure we are doing everything we can, so that on the first day of testing, when we turn on 90,000 computers that log into the system, that it’ll work.”

Prince George’s took part in a

pilot of the PARCC test last spring, along with other school systems across the country.

William Reinhard, spokesman for the Maryland State Department of Education, or MSDE, said last spring’s pilot went very well with no major problems.

“At the beginning, there were some small technical difficulties, but by the second day, everything went smoothly,” Reinhard said.

“Overall, we were very pleased with the results.”

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library facilities, community college facilities, county building and public works and transportation facilities, for a total amount up to $767.3 million dollars.

“Every two years we send those [bond bills] to the voters, to build libraries, fix roads, maintain community college buildings and the like,” said Mel Franklin (D-Dist. 9) of Upper Marlboro, chairman of the Prince George’s County Council.

The bills passed by the Prince George’s County Council list the projects that would be funded, although the referendum questions do not.

“These are for various projects within the county, for various county facilities,” Franklin said.

Question F amends the county charter to allow the county to issue different types of bonds.

“The amendment simply clarifies that the county can use term bonds in addition to the normal serial bonds if it suits our debt financing strategy,” said Thomas Himler, deputy chief administrative officer for budget, finance and administration.

Himler said term bonds allow issuing bodies to lessen their annual debt costs.

“It just gives us the option to diversify our debt issuance strategy,” Himler said.

Question G amends the county charter to specify that in the case of a vacancy in the county executive’s office due to death, resignation or removal, the county’s chief administrative officer shall become acting county executive, but only until an election is held or someone else is appointed.

According to the charter, the council elects one of its number to serve as county executive if the unfinished remainder of the county executive’s term is less than two years. If two or more years remain, a special election is to be held, and the county council may appoint an acting county executive in the interim.

William Missouri of Mitchellville, a retired circuit court judge who chaired the committee that recommended the charter amendments, said this amendment would simply ensure there was someone to step into the county executive role the moment there was a vacancy, rather than waiting for a special election or council action.

“We didn’t have an automatic succession for the county executive, and no county business can be conducted without a county executive,” Missouri said.

“The chief administrative officer is the person who runs the day-to-day operations of the county, and so they would be

the best person to temporarily assume the role.”

Question H amends the county charter to reduce the number of required newspapers of record from three to one, and instead allows the county to maintain two or more sources of electronic media for the publication of official notices.

Missouri said that the county’s three newspapers of record — the EnquirerGazette, the Prince George’s Sentinel and the Prince George’s Post — are unable to provide county-wide access, and that posting notices online will reach more people.

“For those households who do not have the technology to search online, there will still be a printed copy in the newspaper of record,” Missouri said.

Rebecca Snyder, executive director of the Annapolis-based MDDC Press, a newspaper organization representing Maryland, Delaware and Washington D.C. papers, said she found news of the amendment troubling.

“For hundreds of years, people have relied on their community newspapers, as independently-owned bodies, to provide public notices,” Snyder said. “When you serve notices online through a government body, there’s always the chance you could lose information.”

Snyder said it would also be very easy for a government body to make some notices more hidden or difficult to find.

Question I amends the county charter to include disability and sexual orientation to the list of prohibited forms of discrimination in the county personnel system.

Patrick Paschall of Hyattsville, senior policy advisor for the Washington D.C.based National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, said that while disability and sexual orientation are protected categories under state law, it is important that the county include it in its charter as well, so that employees know there is no question as to whether they are covered.

“Frankly, though, I’m disappointed that it’s not including gender identity or marital status as protected categories,” Paschall said. Gender identity was added as a protected category under state law last May when Governor Martin O’Malley (D) signed the Fairness for All Marylanders Act. Missouri said the charter already includes sex as a nondiscriminatory category, and that should apply to transgender individuals as well.

“It was our intent to cover everyone, regardless of category,” Missouri said. janfenson-comeau@gazette.net

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Continued from Page A-1 eral counsel for Bethesda-based Quantum Co. Inc., which manages the mall.

The group also hosts the annual Harlem Renaissance Festival in Landover, highlighting African-American contributions to the arts, hosts lectures on African-American art and culture and advocates for increased African-American scholarships in the county.

“The whole goal is to educate the community regarding arts and history and economic development as well,” Bailey said.

Harrington said it is important, particularly for young people, to know their place in history.

“I knew we needed to do something to preserve this history in Prince George’s County, and to educate folks, and to make sure that we pass that legacy down from one generation to another,” Bailey said.

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“It’s creating that atmosphere, both in the daytime and in the nighttime, of people living close to where they work ... the idea of people being able to live and work and play in the same community,” said Mayor Andrew Fellows. “It creates a stronger sense of community.”

Fellows said he has been discussing College Park’s potential for improvement with Prince George’s County Councilman Eric Olson (D-Dist. 3) of College Park since the 1990s, when they were both graduate students at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Olson was appointed executive director of the College Park City-University Partnership, a nonprofit local development corporation, to help bring that vision closer to reality.

Olson, who began working for the partnership on a part-time basis this month, said he will take over full time on Dec. 1, at the conclusion of his term on the council.

Olson said one of his immediate priorities is improving education options for residents, to meet demand for day care and pre-kindergarten in the city, as well as looking into opportunities for partnerships between local schools and the university.

tion, formed in 1999, decided to take the name from the foundation from the Harlem Renaissance, an African American cultural movement in New York during the 1920’s and 1930’s.

“That was a time when African Americans could really contribute to the fabric of American life, as they couldn’t before,” Mills-Matthews said.

The Wall of Fame includes Greenbelt Mayor Pro Tem Judith “J” Davis; Walt “The Wizard” Williams of Temple Hills, a former NBA basketball player and county police Lt. John Boesman.

Kapastin said the goal of the mall’s Wall of Fame is to both educate the public and honor those who have given back to their community.

“We envision this Wall of Fame as a teaching tool where children and adults can learn from the example of these heroes,” Kapastin said. janfenson-comeau@gazette.net “We think that will help bring and keep families in our community,” Olson said. “When people are looking at neighborhoods to live in, that’s one of the factors — day care.”

He said the partnership hopes to increase the number of university faculty and staff who live in the city from 5 percent to 25 percent.

He said other objectives that will make the community attractive to prospective residents include improving bus service along the U.S. Route 1 corridor, improving stormwater management plans and trying to ensure “our community, the university and the city are environmental leaders.”

State Sen. Jim Rosapepe (D-Dist.

21) of College Park, chairman of the partnership’s Board of Directors, said the partnership’s goals “go hand in hand” with one another.

Rosapepe said the board appointed Olson to the position because of his professional experience, such as his work promoting smart growth and sustainability while on the County Council and on the Sierra Club’s Healthy Communities Campaign.

“Eric, as a County Council member, has been very involved in [the “2020 Vision],” Rosapepe said. “He personifies the city-university partnership in his own life.” apopovici@gazette.net

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Upper Marlboro residents will collect donations from their cupboards for the Marlboro Churches Food Bank as they clear their closets for the town’s second annual Day to Serve yard sale this Saturday.

The Day to Serve is a Washington, D.C., area initiative that encourages communities to plan service projects and volunteer in their neighborhoods, according to the Day to Serve website.

Upper Marlboro churches opted to set up a project to benefit the town’s food bank.

To set up a yard sale booth at Town Hall, sellers must pay $15 in cash or $5 in cash and $10 worth of nonperishable food items. The sellers’ fees will go directly to support the Marlboro Churches Food Bank, a collaboration between seven Upper Marlboroarea churches that distributes food to neighbors in need once a month.

Steve Sonnett, the president of the town’s board of commissioners, said Upper Marlboro is lucky to have so many churches involved in the community.

“The local churches here do a lot of social service,” Sonnett said. “It’s not only for their parishioners but also the community.”

The Marlboro Churches Food Bank began in 1983 at the suggestion of Ina Bolton, a parishioner at St. Paul’s Moravian Church in Upper Marlboro, said Martha Bonwitt of Upper Marlboro, the rector at Trinity Episcopal Church.

During the first distribution, volunteers put together just enough food for the nine families that came to the food bank, said Donna McNamara, 55, of Upper Marlboro, the food bank’s cocoordinator.

Since then, the need in the community has changed dramatically, McNamara said as volunteers prepare between 210 and 230 bags of food every month for 70 to 90 families.

“They say the recession is over, things are better,” Bonwitt said.

“Maybe a little bit, but there still are an awful lot of people out there who can’t make it month to month.”

Although the food bank purchases

Above, Volunteer Susan Henyon (right) of Upper Marlboro serves a breakfast plate. Left, Volunteer Twiller Collick of Upper Marlboro lines up bags of groceries that will be given to those in need Saturday during the monthly Marlboro Church Food Bank at Trinity Episcopal Church in Upper Marlboro.

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items from the Capital Area Food Bank, volunteers still depend on donations to fill grocery bags, McNamara said.

One month the food bank did not get any donations of pasta, McNamara said. When the churches found out about the shortage, three months worth poured in.

“It just shows the generosity of the churches,” McNamara said. “Even though we’re not a mega church, we’re all a church when we come together.”

McNamara said donations typically go down in the summer, so fall is a difficult season for the food bank.

Co-coordinator Trudy Smith, 55, of Upper Marlboro, said donations from the Day to Serve could provide a boost to the food bank during this time.

“Whatever we get is much needed and much appreciated,” Smith said.

Avis Thompson, 26, of Suitland at-

tends Union United Methodist Church in Upper Marlboro and volunteers with the food bank. She said she was glad to see the town support their efforts to serve neighbors in need.

“I think it’s wonderful that Upper Marlboro could come together as a community to help those in need,” Thompson said. “We get so bogged down with our personal lives. To take that one Saturday to help those in need, I think that’s awesome.”

The yard sale will take place from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Town Hall, 14211 School Lane in Upper Marlboro.

To donate money to the Marlboro Churches Food Bank, mail a check to P.O. Box 463, Cheltenham, MD, 206239998. kpetersen@gazette.net

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Easy decisions for county executive, council and sheriff OUROPINION

The Gazette endorses the following in the Nov. 4 General Election:

vancing the county so far. Baker has earned The Gazette’s endorsement.

Prince George’s County Executive Incumbent Rushern Baker III (D) probably isn’t losing any sleep over this election; he has proved his enormous value to the voters already in his first term. Crime is down in Prince George’s County, he has taken the reins to improve the school system, promising projects like the new regional hospital in Largo are on the horizon and his efforts to help communities suffering from the most challenges are proving successful.

Unaffiliated candidates Roussan Etienne Jr., a chaplain and business owner, and Timothy Dweylan Wilson, a senior program analyst and retired military officer, failed to submit required nominating petitions in time to run in the general election. Etienne has since filed as a write-in candidate, as has another unaffiliated candidate, Aliya Mullins.

However, neither challenger provides a compelling reason to replace Baker, who has done well ad-

County Council, District 4 Includes Bowie, Glenn Dale, Greenbelt, Westchester Park, and parts of Lanham-Seabrook and Upper Marlboro

Todd Turner, a Bowie City Councilman since 2005, is hands down the best choice for District 4 County Council. Turner, a Democrat, has worked since 2007 as a legislative officer for the Prince George’s County Council, so he knows the laws and how the government works. He previously also handled constituent services for a County Council member, and has been successful in his own outreach as a city councilman.

From his time on the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board, he is well-versed in transportation issues, which will come in handy given the major road challenges in the district (such as congestion at Route 50 and the Beltway in Bowie). He has also been heavily involved in helping businesses, including the creation of a

business incubator in Bowie.

His Republican challenger, Fiona Moodie, is running for the council seat for the second time, after being soundly defeated in 2010.

She failed to reply to requests for information regarding her stances on the issues.

Turner’s experience in office and strong constituent services make him the clear choice for County Council.

County Council, District 6 Includes Capitol Heights, District Heights, Forestville, Kettering, Largo, Mitchellville, South Bowie and Upper Marlboro

Incumbent Derrick Leon Davis (D) has had some success in his first term: leading redevelopment efforts for Forestville Plaza and the Largo Metro Station, hosting community meetings to stay in touch with constituents and cosponsoring legislation to aid development near transit sites. His plans going forward include a focus on the new regional hospital being built in Largo and the mixed-use Westphalia development.

His decision to seek a minimum wage exemption for Six Flags amusement park was disturbing,

however. His argument that Six Flags needed the help to continue hiring young residents was a smack in the face to the many smaller businesses in his district who are also struggling to make ends meet but weren’t fortunate enough to earn Davis’ pardon. If small businesses can afford the pay hike, so too can the amusement park giant.

His Republican challenger, Kenneth Blanchard, highlights problems in the district, but fails to provide any realistic strategies for addressing them.

Davis gets the nod over Blanchard.

Sheriff During Melvin C. High’s first term as sheriff, he has successfully prioritized warrants — allowing resources to be better focused on serious crimes — and reduced the warrant backlog by 23 percent.

He has implemented a successful mailing initiative that encouraged people with outstanding warrants for misdemeanor offenses to turn themselves in, successfully lobbied for legislation that allows outdated warrants for misdemeanors to be thrown out (the majority

LETTERS TOT HE EDITOR

Don’t extend term limits

Take steps to end domestic violence Domestic violence has been dominating the news. Even individuals who don’t follow football are weighing in with their opinions about the video of former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice punching his thenfiancee while in an elevator in an Atlantic City hotel.

While Rice’s actions are reprehensible, they have resulted in opening up much-needed dialogue about domestic violence.

Although the violence we see in the video is tragic, what is even more tragic is the fact that in our country, one in three women have experienced physical violence by an intimate partner. Victims of domestic violence are our friends, our neighbors, our colleagues and even our family members.

Talking about domestic violence is important if we want to make our homes and communities safer. Equally as important, however, is taking action to address domestic violence. There are things each one of us can do to eliminate violence: •Be nonviolent and nonjudgmental in your interactions with others.

•Donate your time to help young people learn about violence prevention and how to help others.

•Raise public awareness about domestic violence at your place of business and through community groups to which you belong.

•Donate money to a program which works with victims.

•Talk to leaders in the faith community about focusing on the promotion of healthy relationships and providing support to victims fleeing violence-filled homes.

•Hold the abuser accountable.

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Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III speaks at an October news conference where the county’s “Stop the Silence” campaign was unveiled. The event focused on county initiatives to reduce domestic violence.

Don’t ask “Why does she stay?”

Ask “Why doesn’t he stop hitting her?”

•Remember that teaching about peace begins at home. Help make every home a safe home.

If you are currently a victim or have experienced domestic violence in a previous relationship, you are not alone. Help is available. For confidential counseling and advocacy or for more information about how you can make a difference in our community, contact the Center for Abused Persons at 301-645-3336.

Annette Gilbert-Jackson, Waldorf The writer is the executive director of the Center for Abused Persons.

Get help to stop abuse A man beating his wife is not a beginning process. It has been in existence since I could remember, and then some.

As a child, I was brought up in a domestic violent environment. There were neighbors who were professionals, and these men beat their wives. I thought this was the norm.

I always hated to see a man beat a woman and I still do.

[The] Ravens football player who knocked his wife out inside the elevator has some main issues that need to be addressed. This refers to any man who feels that he has the right to touch a woman without her consent and especially with force. Men such as he need to seek professional mental health. There is no embarrassment to ask for help. Just do it!

Jennifer Lowery-Bell, Upper Marlboro

of which were for failing to appear in court for a traffic citation) and joined with other law-enforcement agencies to get a large number of warrants served over a short period of time, to name a few of his efforts.

Prior to serving as sheriff, High, a Democrat, worked as the Prince George’s County police chief, where he had his share of successes (such as reducing crime rates by the time he left the job) and shortfalls (the department was involved in a smuggling operation raid at the home of the Berwyn Heights mayor, resulting in the killing of the mayor’s dogs. The family was cleared of any involvement, and the tragic incident made national headlines).

His Republican opponent, Gregory Prakas, appears to be no match.

Little is known about Prakas, who does not have an election website, and did not respond to a Gazette request for an interview or a voter’s guide questionnaire.

Given the importance strong communication will play in the role of sheriff, Prakas is already off to a bad start.

High’s successful efforts in office make him the best choice for sheriff.

In the upcoming election, there will be a referendum advocating extending term limits from two to three terms in Prince George’s County. Past election results shown below indicate that there is a small fraction of voters who have maintained an amplified control over who will get elected. Due to Maryland’s closed primary system, primary results are almost equivalent to the general election.

• Wayne Curry (1994) — received 8 percent of Democratic vote and 7 percent of general (total) vote • Jack Johnson (2002) — received 9 percent of Democratic vote and 8 percent of general (total) vote • Rushern Baker III (2010) — received 9 percent of Democratic vote and 8 percent of general (total) vote If the system by which candidates were elected was more indicative of the total voting population; if candidates were receiving more than 10 percent of the vote; if Democratic nominees were not as dependent on labor unions, minority groups or the support of former officials more so than grassroots constituent support; and if maintaining candidates for longer periods of time had shown an apparent improvement in our communities and institutions such as the school system, then I would be in support of abolishing term limits. But such is not the case with Prince George’s County.

Adding another term to the County Council and county executive will not alleviate many of the challenges lawmakers have to deal with nor will it retain the “best people” due to the political nature of the county. Those individuals who serve in office should know that true public service never has a limit; history shows that if an individual really wanted to serve, they would find a way, and extending a term is not the means by which it should be done.

Shabnam Ahmed, Bowie

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More tasks, little time for teachers It is all about “time.”

For educators surviving the pseudoaccountability of the postNo-Child-LeftBehind world, “time” has deCOMMENTARY volved into just KENNETH HAINES another fourletter word.

Former Maryland State Education Association president, Jane Stern, has inserted as her electronic tagline, “Ev-

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ery task takes time.”

For as long as any perennially overworked educator can remember, all proposed methods for improving schools are remarkably consistent in their approach: Assign More Tasks to Teachers.

Policymakers mistakenly labor under the misconception that only time spent with students constitutes “teaching.” So, most of the contractual day is devoted to the direct supervision of children. That is how all the “otherduties-as-assigned” systematize the inevitable intrusion of our chosen vocation into our personal time.

When did sleep and leisure become optional?

Once upon a time, that intrusion was merely “inconvenient;” today, the encroachment is closing in on “unbearable.”

Why do more than half of all teachers leave the profession in five years?

Could it be the desire for “family life” to evoke more than “Mommy’s grading papers”?

Our communities provide some of the materials needed for instruction, but it is always up to teachers to find the time.

For newcomers to the profession,

the time required simply to plan a lesson may exceed the time it actually takes to deliver it to students. Several well-organized lessons a day is a killing pace for even the most gifted educator.

Even experienced educators must continue to revise and update their lessons daily to remain current.

The minuscule amount of time allotted from the contractual day for actual lesson-planning is all too often usurped by the non-instructional vagaries of the school day.

The tasks assigned to teachers have increased relentlessly in recent

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years while untold instructional hours are lost to test prep and test proctoring. Teach more effectively in fewer instructional hours? Does that really sound possible to you?

Our popular folk wisdom suggests that “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” The endless hours contributed by this nation’s educators probably do not cause dull instruction, but we know the workload creates far too many “former teachers.”

Kenneth B. Haines is the president of the Prince George’s County Educators’ Association.

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Cameroon native looking to take Panthers back to state semifinals BY

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Parkdale High School’s student section buzzed with excitement, raising their phones to capture video as Steve Momenya lined up for a free kick outside the penalty area. The senior didn’t disappoint; he struck the ball with his left foot, curving it around the Bladensburg wall and back toward the goal, leaving the goalkeeper motionless.

If a kick could be too perfect, it was this one. The ball didn’t go in — it clanked off the left post — but it was good enough to warrant a “Steve-O” chant from the 40-plus Parkdale supporters in attendance when the Cameroon subbed out minutes later.

Momenya, a 6-foot-1 central midfielder, does it all for the Panthers. In Tuesday’s eventual 4-3 overtime loss, he put his shooting skills on display, creating scoring chances from all over

the field and converting one of them — a free kick from well outside the 18-yard box — into a goal early in the second half.

“He listens,” coach Sadak Abukar said. “... He might shoot a ball real good and I tell him, ‘Shoot it lower’ ... he’ll come back and shoot it lower 100 times.”

Momenya is more than just a scorer with a sweet left-footed shot.

He is a playmaker and a leader; the heart of a Parkdale team (2-1) looking to take another step after winning the 4A South Region title in 2013.

Momenya attracts multiple defenders, but uses that to his advantage by getting his teammates involved.

Momenya had 12 goals and 14 assists last season and is on track to put up similar numbers this fall.

“He has amazing skill,” said senior teammate Jesus Martinez, whose second-half goal was assisted by Momenya. “... There are passes that he creates and possessions, it’s actually beautiful how he plays.”

Momenya, who started playing at

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The pouring rain could have been an omen of things to come for the Eleanor Roosevelt High School football team in Saturday’s game at Suitland.

Raiders coach Tom Green made it clear that he was not happy with the week of practice his team had leading into the contest. And, initially, the Raiders came out sloppy, but eventually wore down and dominated the Rams, 26-6, in District Heights.

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Parkdale High School’s Steve Momenya takes a penalty kick during Tuesday’s game against host Bladensburg.

game against Gwynn Park, so we were beat up,” Green said.

“From there, it kind of threw the rest of the week off kilter.

We weren’t as focused as we should have been, especially playing a good team like Suitland. We missed some stuff and were playing around in practice. In weather like this, you have to be able to run the ball and we did that.”

Big plays were made on both sides, but the Raiders had more.

On Roosevelt’s second possession, senior quarterback Teke Carlson capped an eight-play, 80-yard drive with a 46-yard run up the middle that pushed the Raiders out to an 8-0 lead with 4 minutes, 48

Laurel High School football’s Michael Bynoe set up behind his line, with High Point’s offense pinned deep in its own territory. The play call was a blitz, but before he and his teammates could get to the Eagles quarterback, the ball came loose.

So with the game still scoreless, the junior middle linebacker dove to the end zone and recovered a fumble that not only gave his team a first-quarter lead, but also set the tone for the Spartans defense in Friday’s 33-0 road victory in Beltsville.

“I just jumped on it,” Bynoe said. “… I’m thinking, let’s get some more touchdowns.”

The Spartans (1-1) did exactly that. In the second quarter, dual-threat senior Michael Hubbard ran for a 20-yard touchdown, and the quarterback struck again late in the

first half with a 15-yard pass to Brandon Goodwyn. The Spartans had two more touchdowns in the third quarter — a 65-yard run from Keyon Pannell and a 13-yard run from Hubbard — and held on for the shutout against High Point (0-2).

“It means a lot, it feels good to win,” said Hubbard, whose Spartans went 2-8 last season.

The defense was impressive, in large part because of the 5-foot-9, 165-pound Bynoe. In addition to his touchdown, Bynoe had several big hits and helped lead a unit that limited the Eagles to negative yardage on offense.

“He’s done an excellent job,” said Laurel’s first-year coach Delbert Hughes, a varsity assistant the past two seasons. “We’ve had to move him around because of injuries.

He’s really adapted to [his position].”

The Spartans, coming off of last week’s 48-20 loss to Surrattsville (Clinton), surrendered 42 points per game in

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Seniors translate lifelong relationship into court chemistry BY

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As the St. Vincent Pallotti High School girls volleyball team prepared for their Sept. 9 match against Roland Park Country School, intermittent shrieks rang out through the gym. One of the yells came from a young boy whose hand was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Next, a junior varsity player whose shin was at the receiving end of another powerful hit.

Situated across the net, stood the cause of the chaos, seniors Paige Smith and Valen Johnson. The two unassumingly danced along to the music before striking the ball again.

Smith, an All-Gazette honorable mention setter from last season, corraled coach Scott Fifield’s pass and left it for Johnson, the 2013 AllGazette Player of the Year, to hit into the backline of flinching teammates.

The duo that grew up down the road from each other in Beltsville has been developing chem-

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St. Vincent Pallotti’s Paige Smith celebrates a point Sept. 9 against Roland Park Country School. istry since they became friends in kindergarten. Both started playing volleyball at the age of 12; when one would come over to the other’s house and they would spend time outside peppering each other with shots. Both were drawn to the game

by Valen’s sister, Victoria Johnson, now an assistant coach on the Pal-

lotti staff. And now, both are in their final year together at Pallotti, where they have helped Fifield turn a once middle of the pack program into a competitive team.

“They give us stability,” Fifield said. “They give us two players that do the right thing and make up for some of the rest of the team being

reactionary other than being proactive. We couldn’t dream of competing in the [Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association] A conference without them.”

When Johnson and Smith came into the Laurel program as freshmen in 2011, Fifield was in the process of “recreating the program from scratch”, as he put it.

The previous two years, Fifield’s first two seasons at the helm of the program, the Panthers won a total of 11 matches. Over the course of Johnson’s and Smith’s freshmen and sophomore years at Pallotti, the Panthers won 26.

“When they came in as freshman they really completed the roster,” said Fifield. “There was certainly room in the starting lineup for them right away.”

While the 2011-12 Pallotti teams experienced such success and had other upperclassmen talents to compliment Johnson and Smith, the friends are now playing the role of seasoned veterans, setting the example for the less-experienced cast that surrounds them.

“We try to make sure it’s not all serious, because in the end we want

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St. Vincent Pallotti’s Valen Johnson hits the ball Sept. 9 against Roland Park Country School.

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Bowie’s identity, defense growing up quickly With a new coach and an almost entirely new starting lineup, the Bowie High School boys soccer team is still figuring out its identity, coach Frantz Deetjen said.

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BY ERIC GOLDWEIN But that would be hard to tell based on its early season results. The Bulldogs are 4-0 through Wednesday, with wins against Clarksburg (Montgomery County), Charles H. Flowers (Springdale), Suitland (District Heights) and Henry A. Wise (Upper Marlboro).

Deetjen said he has been particularly impressed with the defense, anchored by juniors Raul Moran and Mohamed Fofanah. The Bulldogs have surrendered four goals in as many games.

“That was my big question mark this year and they’ve been growing together,” Deetjen said.

Central surging early with new coach Central High School boys soccer coach Dale Legall is off to a perfect start, winning his first four games with the Falcons and outscoring opponents 19-2 in his first season leading the Capitol Heights program.

Legall, 46, of Bowie, was hired in August to replace Karl Cain. The Trinidad native has been coaching for 26 years, he said. He led the Washington Classical Christian School from 2005-10 and was on the Oxon Hill staff for two seasons before joining Central as a volunteer assistant in 2013.

Legall inherited an inexperienced but talented Falcons team that graduated eight players after a 13-3 campaign, he said.

Senior Davion Alcock, a speedy 5-foot-9 striker, leads Central with eight goals.

“He creates a lot of problems,” Legall said. “The kid cannot be contained.”

KEEPING IT BRIEF DeMatha’s Allen chooses Drexel

Golden goal for Blade

DeMatha Catholic High School has produced yet another Division I men’s basketball talent, as senior point guard Terrell Allen verbally committed on Sept. 10 to play at Drexel University. The 6-foot-2 guard also held offers from Quinnipiac University, Robert Morris University and Hofstra University among others, according to DeMatha coach Mike Smith.

“He’s a very cerebral player,” Smith said. “His basketball IQ is really, really good. I’ve had some really good guards here over the years and he has one the highest basketball IQs of anyone who has ever played here, in recent memory.”

Freshman Luiz Mauricio has five goals in just three varsity games with the Bladensburg High School boys soccer team (3-0). None were as important as his game-winner against Parkdale on Tuesday.

Mauricio, one of five Bladensburg freshmen, scored in overtime to give the Mustangs a 4-3 victory over the reigning 4A South Region champions. It was his second goal of the game.

“I’m happy to get the golden goal,” Mauricio said through teammate Alexis Chavez.

egoldwein@gazette.net

— ADAM GUTEKUNST

How they rank 1. DeMatha Catholic 2. High Point 3. Bladensburg 4. Parkdale 5. Bowie Best bet: Parkdale at Laurel, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday; Spartans’ senior Kelley Marah goes up against the defnding 4A South Champions.

Flowers runner wins Howard Invitational Charles H. Flowers High School senior Alexis Baynes won the Girls “B” race at Saturday’s Howard County Invitational. Her time of 22 minutes, 15 seconds is currently Prince George’s County’s fastest, according to athletic.net.

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

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Bladensburg High School’s Carlos Cordova shoots against Charles Flowers during Thursday’s game.

Douglass gets Friendly with lots of offensive production

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Continued from Page B-1 everyone to have a good time,” Johnson said. “But at the same time [we try] to get everyone to fight.”

Even when things start to go bad, the second-year captains take solace in the fact that they always have someone on the court to fall back on.

“It’s so comforting,” Johnson said. “Just knowing I have [another leader] out there.

Someone who can have my back if I’m down.”

“I know I can always rely on her,” Smith added while flashing a big smile.

It’s their differences that make their on-court presence

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BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN each other is.”

Noelle Smith also scored Tuesday and Alana Wright was credited with several assists, Chapman said.

On the other end of the field, Chapman said she has been quite impressed with freshman goalkeeper Cherish Tolbert. The Eagles have given up just two goals in three games. Tolbert is protected by a strong backline anchored by back Lilly Mokie, whom Chapman said has adjusted well to her role as central defender and the organizer of the team’s defense.

Laurel middie moving up so dynamic, Fifield said.

“Valen’s the calm presence, She knows what she can do and she does it well. Paige is a little more live on the edge. She’s going to try and make the awesome setting play,” the sixthyear coach said. “They know each other’s games. They know they can depend on each other to make key decisions. You can see [the chemistry] on the court.”

“Sometimes we’ll mess each other up [on the court] but it doesn’t get in the way of our friendship,” Johnson said.

“We’ve been best friends since kindergarten so I know she’s always got my back.” agutekunst@gazette.net

A year ago, second-year Laurel High School coach Randall Marshall said she was torn about where to put current junior midfielder Belvaine Songong.

“I wasn’t sure whether I should keep her on varsity or have her play junior varsity,” Marshall said.

She went for the latter and that decision, she said, has already paid dividends this fall.

“It gave her more time to develop,” Marshall said. “She’s been awesome [this year]. She’s very good at distributing the ball and balls in the air, she’s controlling those very well. That was something we didn’t have anyone to do last year.”

Laurel’s (2-1) midfield in general has been a strength, Marshall said.

The Spartans play a 3-5-2 and have controlled the middle better this fall.

Laurel defeated Charles H.

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Flowers, 1-0, Tuesday for its second straight victory after a disappointing 4-0, season-opening loss to High Point. The win avenged a 2-0 loss to the Jaguars last fall. Senior Gislaine Loyah has scored both Spartans goal — Laurel defeated Northwestern, 1-0, last week.

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Suitland responded on the ensuing drive as senior quarterback Tyrone Pope found Floyd Little III on a short out, which he turned up the sideline for an 86yard touchdown.

That play would end the scoring for the afternoon for the Rams (0-2).

“In practice this week, our intensity just dropped. No one came out with the right mindset in trying to prepare for Suitland,” said Carlson, who connected with senior tailback Mike Mofor early in the third quarter for an 18-yard touchdown pass. “We didn’t do a lot of the little things and basically didn’t do what we supposed to.

We started out slow, partly because of the weather. But we’re a ground and pound team and we got through it. We came out in the second half and wanted it more than them.”

The game was put out of reach as Raiders junior Bob Okoroajuzie stopped a Rams’ scoring threat when he intercepted Pope and raced 91 yards the other way for a touchdown.

“Suitland basically runs the same offense that we do. They like to run that little sprint pass.

I saw it and broke on the receiver’s inside hip and caught it. I was surprised I caught it because we really needed that because they were about to score,” Okoroajuzie said.

Winless on the season, the Rams have plenty to work on, they said.

Suitland coach Ed Shields said he and his staff are working hard to help his group come of age.

“When you have a veteran team like we did last year, when we played Eleanor Roosevelt, they came down and scored on their first drive. Our seniors were like, “OK, whatever, next play.’ It meant nothing to them,” he said. “But we have a lot of younger guys, and their reaction is not about fear, it’s like, ‘How do we respond?’ We just have to get better and the score may not say it today, but we got better.”

jbeekman@gazette.net How they rank 1. Seton 2. McNamara 3. Roosevelt 4. Bowie 5. Douglass Best best: Bowie at Eleanor Roosevelt, 3:30 p.m. Thursday; Is there any bigger rivalry in prince George’s County than this one? Plus, these two account for the last six Class 4A South Region titles.

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“They’re very excited about the way they played today,” Hughes said. “… We’ve been beaten by [High Point] for a couple years in a row, that’s really exciting for them.”

The offense was just as effective as the defense. Hubbard’s 68 rushing yards, along with Pannell’s 75, helped the Spartans gain nearly 200 on the ground.

“We’ve come along way,” Hubbard said.

“We’ve got a lot of new athleticism on the team and I think that our line is a little more decent from last year, so we can go farther.”

High Point started the game with a successful onside kick but couldn’t take advantage of its favorable field possession. Led by firstyear coach Michael Burnell, the Eagles kept the game close in the first half but faltered in the third quarter, struggling to handle Laurel’s

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Gwynn Park High School’s Shakuria Davis dribbles past Surrattsville’e Zakirah Acty during Tuesday’s game.

“... We can go farther.”

Laurel High quarterback Michael Hubbard after the Spartans defeated High Point defensive pressure. Despite several impressive runs against the aggressive Laurel pass rush, quarterback Quincy Barringtine finished with -24 yards on the ground and had 12 plays for negative yardage.

“We threw the whole kitchen sink at Laurel,” Burnell said. “It just didn’t work.”

Both teams are scheduled to play next Saturday; High Point on the road against Eleanor Roosevelt in Greenbelt, and Laurel at home against Northwestern (Hyattsville). “Stay focused, and practice hard,” Bynoe said. egoldwein@gazette.net

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Kianna Hart is no stranger to leading the Frederick Douglass High School girls soccer team’s offensive charge; she’s led the Eagles in scoring the past three years with a total of 76 goals. But that also means opposing defenses are quite aware of where the NCAA Division I recruit is at all times. But what else are good friends for than giving a helping hand? Or in this case, a foot.

Hart, who scored twice in Tuesday’s 6-0 win against Friendly, and classmate Davina Hall, who also added a goal in Tuesday’s win, currently lead the Eagles with four goals apiece. The duo has helped Douglass to a 3-0 start.

“They’re good friends and work really well together,” Douglass coach Sarah Chapman said.

“They just always know where

5-years old, moved to Maryland in 2012, he said. He began his Parkdale tenure as a sophomore on the junior varsity team, but didn’t stay there long, moving up to varsity three weeks into the season.

“He took off right there,” Abukar said.

In his junior season, Momenya became an All-Gazette first team midfielder as the Panthers reached the 4A state semifinals.

He could be playing in college next fall, but has not determined where. For now, he said he is focused on leading his team to another region title.

“To take the team to the back to the championship,” Momenya said. “I think we have the talent and the team speed to get back.” egoldwein@gazette.net

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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL HOW THEY RANK

FEARLESS FORECASTS

The Gazette sports staff ranks the top 10 high school football teams in Prince George’s County each week during the season.

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DeMatha Catholic Frederick Douglass Eleanor Roosevelt Potomac Henry A. Wise Surrattsville Forestville Riverdale Baptist Bowie Friendly

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1-2 2-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 2-0 2-0 2-1 1-1 2-0

58 56 48 39 39 30 24 17 9 7

Also receiving votes: St. Vincent Pallotti, 3.

STANDINGS

County 3A/2A/1A League Division W-L GB Forestville 1-0 — Surrattsville 1-0 — Central 0-0 .5 Frederick Douglass 0-0 .5 Fairmont Heights 0-0 .5 Friendly 0-0 .5 Potomac 0-0 .5 Gwynn Park 0-0 .5 Largo 0-1 1.0 Crossland 0-1 1.0 County 4A League

Division W-L GB Eleanor Roosevelt 1-0 — Bowie 1-0 — Laurel 1-0 — Northwestern 1-0 — Oxon Hill 1-0 — Henry A. Wise 1-0 — DuVal 0-1 1.0 Bladensburg 0-1 1.0 Charles H. Flowers 0-1 1.0 High Point 0-1 1.0 Parkdale 0-1 1.0 Suitland 0-1 1.0

Overall W-L PF PA Strk 2-0 72 22 W2 2-0 76 28 W2 2-0 54 14 W2 2-0 82 0 W2 2-0 80 15 W3 2-0 53 26 W2 2-0 68 12 W2 0-2 38 62 L3 1-1 48 31 L1 0-2 8 56 L9 Overall W-L PF PA Strk 2-0 54 18 W6 1-1 45 28 W1 1-1 53 48 W1 1-1 86 42 W1 1-1 58 14 W1 1-1 24 41 W1 0-2 22 43 L3 0-2 3 76 L5 0-2 42 85 L6 0-2 14 66 L9 0-2 14 59 L7 0-2 6 54 L3

The Gazette sports staff picks the winners of this week’s football games involving Prince George’s County teams. All games record includes picks made in Montgomery County. Here are this week’s selections:

Ken Sain 17-1 68-17

Kent Zakour 14-4 67-18

Prince Grimes 16-2 61-24

Eric Goldwein 15-3 60-25

Adam Gutekunst 11-7 59-26

Jennifer Beekman 14-4 58-27

Forestville R. Baptist DeMatha Cap. Christian Ryken Pallotti Douglass Wise Potomac E. Roosevelt Surrattsville DuVal Largo Flowers Northwestern Bowie Central George Wythe

Forestville R. Baptist DeMatha Cap. Christian Ryken Pallotti Douglass Wise Potomac E. Roosevelt Surrattsville DuVal Largo Flowers Northwestern Bowie Crossland George Wythe

Forestville R. Baptist DeMatha Cap. Christian Ryken Pallotti Douglass Wise Potomac E. Roosevelt Surrattsville DuVal Largo Flowers Northwestern Bowie Central George Wythe

Forestville R. Baptist DeMatha Cap. Christian Ryken Loch Raven Douglass Wise Potomac E. Roosevelt Surrattsville DuVal Largo Flowers Northwestern Suitland Central George Wythe

Forestville R. Baptist DeMatha Cap. Christian McNamara Pallotti Gwynn Park Wise Potomac E. Roosevelt Surrattsville DuVal Largo Flowers Northwestern Suitland Crossland George Wythe

Forestville R. Baptist DeMatha Cap. Christian Ryken Pallotti Douglass Wise Potomac E. Roosevelt Surrattsville DuVal Largo Flowers Northwestern Suitland Central George Wythe

Prince George’s County record All games

Forestville at Virginia Academy Cesar Chavez at Riverdale Baptist DeMatha at Eastern Christian Academy Friends at Capitol Christian McNamara at St. Mary’s Ryken Pallotti at Loch Raven Gwynn Park at Douglass Oxon Hill at Wise Friendly at Potomac High Point at Eleanor Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson at Surrattsville DuVal at Parkdale Largo at Fairmont Heights Flowers at Bladensburg Northwestern at Laurel Bowie at Suitland Central at Crossland National Christian at George Wythe (Va.)

Private schools St. Vincent Pallotti Capitol Christian Riverdale Baptist DeMatha Bishop McNamara National Christian

Take down

LEADERS

Rushing Player, school Rushes Yards Avg. TDs Jordan Washington, Forestville 31 391 12.6 4 Amaru Major, Surrattsville 30 347 11.6 2 Kesean Strong, Potomac 29 346 11.9 1 Antoine Brooks, DuVal 40 284 7.1 2 Justin Mack, Northwestern 20 216 10.8 3 Jeremy Fields, Oxon Hill 20 215 10.8 3 Ramar Williams, McNamara 29 194 6.7 1 Karl Mofor, Eleanor Roosevelt 29 183 6.3 1 Reginald Smith, Jr., Forestville 15 178 11.9 1 Michael Hubbard, Laurel 19 177 9.3 3

W-L PF PA Strk 3-1 73 47 L1 2-1 60 61 W2 2-1 96 59 W2 1-2 75 85 L1 1-2 52 84 L1 1-2 30 64 L2

Friday, Sept. 12 Landon 21, Pallotti 6 Laurel 33, High Point 0 Friendly 32, Silver Oak 12 Potomac 40, Virginia Academy 12 Fairmont Heights 28, Bohemia Manor 15 Central 21, Maritime Industry 0 Riverdale Baptist 34, Gwynn Park 26 Douglass 44, Ballou 0 Maryland School for the Deaf 40, National Christian 6 LaSalle College 41, DeMatha 39 Liberty Christian Academy 21, McNamara 18 Saturday, Sept. 13 Bowie 38, Flowers 14 Forestville 42, Crossland 8 Eleanor Roosevelt 26, Suitland 6 Surrattsville 28, Largo 8 Oxon Hill 36, Bladensburg 0 Wise 15, DuVal 6 Northwestern 38, Parkdale 0

Passing Player, school Att.-Cmp. Yards Int. TDs Ramar Williams, McNamara 44-67 713 5 6 Amir Hall, Riverdale Baptist 36-60 592 4 7 Michael Hubbard, Laurel 17-36 256 1 3 Emil Neugent, Potomac 16-24 251 0 5 Beau English, DeMatha 17-28 238 1 0 Robert Harris III, Surrattsville 8-13 178 1 3

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Bowie High School’s Marquis Bazemore (top) and Brandon Bazillo tackle Charles H. Flowers’ Maurice Wright during Saturday’s football game at Flowers in Springdale.

Receiving Player, school Catches Yards Avg. TDs Deron Smith, Riverdale Baptist 13 209 16.1 2 Jaison Young, Riverdale Baptist 8 201 25.1 2 Camari Murray, McNamara 7 188 26.9 1 Cody Wilburn, Riverdale Baptist 8 122 15.3 2 Xavier Williams, McNamara 4 118 29.5 1

Coaches and team statisticians may email season team statistics to sports@gazette.net before noon on Mondays to be included.

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Suitland High School’s Manasseh Bailey and his teammates are off to an 0-2 start. The Rams are the defending County 4A League champions.

Roles reversed so far in 2014 Two weeks into the football season and Fairmont Heights High School has already doubled its win total from last year.

Second-year coach Jeff Johnson said he was told the last time the school started a football season 2-0 was in 1977.

Too do it this year is a “real big deal,” he added.

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BY PRINCE J. GRIMES “I’m not doing it by myself,” Johnson said. “I’m just trying to implement a program to get this school off the ground. They’ve been a doormat for years in P.G. County. Even when I was at [Henry A.] Wise, I used to hear about Fairmont Heights getting blown out and losing 60-0, 50-0, stuff like that. It’s time for change. I’m here for the long run so the principal gave me the keys to drive the car so I’m just trying to move forward with the program and get it on the right track.”

Fairmont defeated Richard Wright 52-0 in the season opener. Friday, they defeated Bohemia Manor 28-15.

Saturday, Fairmont is set to face its first county foe of the season at home against Largo (1-1). It lost to the Lions 21-8 last season.

“It’s going to be a good game,” Johnson said. “Largo is physical. We’re beginning to get physical.”

Johnson and Largo’s second-year coach, Derron Thomas, coached to-

gether at Wise.

Central is also undefeated. Before this year, the Falcons hadn’t started a season 2-0 since 2007 (the second game was won by forfeit) “It’s a great feeling,” coach Ken Amaker said. “We are just working. Trying to get better each week.”

Central has a chance to reach 3-0. It plays at Crossland (0-2) on Saturday.

Traditional powers start this year with 0-2 marks Suitland High School is off to an 0-2 start for the first time in more than a decade and faces The Gazette’s No. 9-ranked team, Bowie, on Saturday.

Traditionally a powerhouse, the Rams, who advanced to the 4A state title game last year, have lost to Potomac (2-0) and Eleanor Roosevelt (2-0) by a combined score of 54-6.

They aren’t the only defending league champion off to a slow start.

Gwynn Park, the defending 3A/2A/1A League champ, lost to Roosevelt and Riverdale Baptist. The Yellow Jackets face second-ranked Frederick Douglass (2-0) on Saturday in Upper Marlboro.

Charles H. Flowers is also off to an 0-2 start, its first since 2007 when the Jaguars had to forfeit the first four games.

They are set to travel to Bladensburg on Saturday.

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The Henry A. Wise High School football team missed several opportunities on Saturday, but was able to do just enough in the rain to defeat host DuVal, 15-6, in Lanham.

The Pumas (1-1) claimed their first win of the season, but failed to score on three separate red zone visits. Two of those trips came in the first half.

After punting on its first two possessions of the game, Wise put together a long drive, but eventually turned the ball over on downs. The Pumas moved from their own 30-yard line to DuVal’s 4. Four attempts to score from inside the 10 were unsuccessful after Nate Hampton III dropped a fourth-down slant pass from quarterback Jabari Laws in the end zone. Later in the half, Wise drove inside DuVal’s 20 only to turn it over on downs again.

At the half, DuVal held a 6-0 lead thanks to a 3-yard touchdown run by quarterback Antoine Brooks Jr. on its first possession of the game.

Wise coach DaLawn Parrish said his team’s lack of scoring was more about what they weren’t doing than what DuVal was doing to stop them.

“Just desire,” Parrish said about the difference in the two halves. “Wasn’t no X’s and O’s. Everything they did was ineffective [of] what we didn’t do.”

Parrish stuck to his strategy in the

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Henry A. Wise High School’s CJ Rainey is tackled Saturday by DuVal’s Marcus Bailey. second half, although his team didn’t immediately begin to take advantage of good field position.

Wise’s first drive of the third quarter once again stalled inside of the red zone after Davel Carr broke off a 20-yard run to get them there.

But the Wise defense continued to hold strong. The unit controlled field position for most of the game by keeping DuVal’s offense from advancing the ball much. So each time the Tigers punted, Wise usually took over with the field al-

ready cut in half.

“We knew it was going to be a tough game,” said DuVal coach Dameon Powell, who added that he was proud of his team’s effort. “It was going to be a battle.

Plus, it was raining. They’re a power team. We like to run some power. It was going to be a good bruising game and our guys stepped up today. We just wish we could’ve executed a little more better in the second half.” pgrimes@gazette.net

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ADAM GUTEKUNST STAFF WRITER

Third-year Bowie High School quarterback Jordan Green and wide receiver Marvin Ransom spend quite a bit of time together. If the close friends aren’t hanging out every day, they’re at practice together, doing their homework together, or as Ransom put it,

“just trying to be successful.”

So, when Ransom, in just his second game as a varsity football player, caught two touchdown passes from his buddy during the visiting Bulldogs’ 38-14 victory over Charles H. Flowers on Saturday in Springdale, no one was all that surprised.

“Marvin’s one of my best friends, so we didn’t even have to practice [our chemistry],” Green said. “It’s allnatural.”

On a day where the

sloppy field conditions and strong rains threatened to stymie offensive production, Green relied on his dualthreat capabilities to keep the chains moving. The veteran quarterback is one of only four starters from last season, as the Bulldogs lost 32 seniors to graduation. “[Our players] thrive off of his emotion, whether good, bad or indifferent,” third-year coach Jae Jackson said. “His calming effect is there, but he’s more emotional. He gets

the guys involved mentally with their psyche and gets them ready to play.”

Jackson pointed to last week’s game at Hackensack (N.J.) as an experience that has brought his relatively inexperienced Bulldogs together.

“Even though it was a loss, it was a bonding period for the gentlemen,” Jackson said. agutekunst@gazette.net

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Before you can see anything on stage, someone has committed a murder. Maureen Lyon is dead.

Directed by Carl Randolph, the Laurel Mill Playhouse is producing “The Mousetrap,” a 1950s murder-mystery play similar in storyline to “Clue,” from now through Sept. 28.

In Agatha Christie’s renowned play, the plot starts with a newly married couple, five inn guests and a police officer stranded in a boarding house during a snowstorm.

The police officer believes Lyon’s murderer is among the group and intends to strike again soon, so time is of the essence. While each resident claims a legitimate back story, there are revealed ‘skeletons in the closet’ that keep the audience guessing if the murderer is among the group and, if so, who it is.

“It’s one of Christie’s best mysteries — it has an unusual twist,” said producer Maureen Rogers. “The characters will keep you glued to your chair.”

First performed in the West End of London in 1952, “The Mousetrap” has captured audiences for 62 years, holding the title of longest initial running show of any type in history.

According to Rogers, the production had a successful first weekend in Laurel Mill.

“The first night was about two-thirds full, and by the second night the word had gotten out so we had a packed house,” Rogers said.

Originally titled “Three

Science, art intersect at Trawick Prize exhibit

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Mark Allen plays Mr. Paravicini and Elsbeth Clay stars as Mollie Ralston in Laurel Mill Playhouse’s production of “The Mousetrap.” Below, Phyllis Kay stars as Mrs. Boyle.

Blind Mice” and inspired by a real-life child abuse crime case in 1945, the local production required cast members to develop British accents for the performance.

“Probably the biggest challenge was the accents,” Rogers said. “It’s not something that people use all the time, and we had a dialect coach come in and work with the cast, and the efforts were very well worth it.”

The vocal coach for the production was Rachel Hirshorn, and Randolph and set designer James Raymond developed the

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Award winners presents various types of works

Wheels spinning, switches buzzing, drums tapping. That’s what you’ll hear when entering Gallery B in Bethesda this month.

Three unforgettable works

by Neil Feather, top prize winner of the Trawick Prize for Contemporary Art this year, noisily occupy the far corner of the glass enclosed gallery. They are endlessly entertaining, but also brilliantly constructed.

In a great display of the potential for using technology to create art, Feather’s works are part of a current trend that sees art and science in alliance — not as opposites. A number of recent exhibits have turned in this direction, including this summer’s “Gedankenexperiment” at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The panel that was organized for that exhibit demonstrated without a doubt that there are a dedicated number of people in our area who, like Feather, are finding ways to entice, delight and hold on to viewers with works of this kind.

These are machines that may demonstrate natural forces, or as art, just work without any apparent purpose. In some ways this is a trend that began long ago with artists such as Jean Tinguely (Swiss, 1925-1991) whose machine sculptures engaged the viewer with loud and often hilariously inexplicable shaking. In a similar vein, Feather’s creations sparkle with wit and irony.

“Bigamist” has two little wooden balls that once the machine starts whirring (which it does periodically) vibrate — one in a cigar box, the other in a hole on a small drum.

“Anaplomb” is an electronically

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“Anaplumb” is one of the electromechanical works with whizzing parts and sounds by Neil Feather, winner of the top prize in the Trawick exhibit.

ON VIEW

BY CLAUDIA ROUSSEAU teched-out plumb line whose “performance” starts with little flywheels racing, followed by noisy hovering over a tripod.

Feather’s work is unconventional, and yet it can be seen inside a defined artistic tradition of kinetic sculpture that emerged from early 20th century Dada.

Characteristically then, his mechanical constructions further convey a sense of the tragicomic, of the enigmatic and the inscrutable.

Second prize was taken by Lisa Dillin, a Baltimore-based sculptor and performer. The focus of her work in this exhibit is artifice, most evident in the multi-part “Equivalent Formations”. What look like blocks of marble are actually wooden boxes veneered with laminate

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IN THE ARTS For a free listing, please submit complete information to wfranklin@gazette.net at least 10 days in advance of desired publication date. High-resolution color images (500KB minimum) in jpg format should be submitted when available.

Regional Center, 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, 301-262-5201, tantallonstage. com.

Venus Theatre, “We Are Samurai,” throughout September, Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Sundays at 3 p.m., 21 C Street, Laurel. venustheatre.org.

NIGHTLIFE THEATER & STAGE Bowie Community Theatre, “The Murder Room,” Oct. 31 through Nov. 15, call for prices, times, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Dr., Bowie, 301-805-0219, bctheatre.com.

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Cinematic Subversions: a mini-festival of dangerous sights and sounds, 7 p.m., Sept. 18; Cinematic Subversions: a mini-festival of dangerous sights and sounds, 7 p.m., Sept. 19; La Santa Cecilia, 8 p.m., Sept. 20; Does the Audience Need to Know? The Role of Narrative and Meaning-Making, 7:30 p.m., Sept. 22; Excelsa String Quartet: From My Life, 5 p.m., Sept. 26; World Folk Music Association: Remembering Dick Cerri, 7 p.m., Sept. 27; Music in Motion: Army Field Band & Invoke Quartet, 3 p.m., Sept. 28, University of Maryland, College Park, theclarice.umd.edu.

Hard Bargain Players, “BUG,” through Sept.

20, 8 p.m., call for prices, Theater in the Woods, 2001 Bryan Point Road, Accokeek, 240-7668830, hbplayers.org.

Harmony Hall Regional Center, Motown Review, 8 p.m., Sept. 27; The Original Drifters, 8 p.m., Oct. 18, 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, 301-203-6070, arts.pgparks.com.

Greenbelt Arts Center, “Hamlet,” to Oct. 12, call for prices, times, Greenbelt Arts Center, 123 Centerway, Greenbelt, 301-441-8770, greenbeltartscenter.org.

Joe’s Movement Emporium, Art Lives Here ... Or Not?, 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., Sept. 20; Acts of Arriving Workshop, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Sept. 27, 3309 Bunker Hill Road, Mount Rainier, 301-699-1819, joesmovement.org.

Laurel Mill Playhouse, “The Mousetrap,” Through Sept. 28, call for ticket prices, times, Laurel Mill Playhouse, 508 Main St., Laurel, 301-452-2557, laurelmillplayhouse.org.

Prince George’s Little Theatre, “A Shot in the Dark,” Jan. 9-24, 2015, call for tickets and show times, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Drive, Bowie, 301-937-7458, pglt. org.

Publick Playhouse, Midweek Matinee: Curious George, 10:15 a.m. and noon, Sept. 25; Midweek Matiness: The Wright Stuff: First in Flight, 10:15 a.m. and noon, Oct. 8; The ChiLites and Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes, 8 p.m., Oct. 11, 5445 Landover Road, Cheverly, 301277-1710, arts.pgparks.com.

2nd Star Productions, “Children of Eden,” opening Sept. 26, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Dr., Bowie, call for prices, times, 410-757-5700, 301-832-4819, 2ndstarproductions.com.

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OUTDOORS Dinosaur Park, Dinosaur Park programs, noon to 4 p.m. first and third Saturdays, join paleontologists and volunteers in interpreting fossil deposits, 13200 block Mid-Atlantic Blvd., Laurel, 301-627-7755.

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Continued from Page B-4 stage and costumes to provide a vintage feel.

“The director and I talked and he wanted to go more with the feeling of ‘home,’” said Raymond, who chose to design the set with wooden paneled walls and incorporate the 1950s time period through color and details, including vintage photographs on the walls.

“We wanted to make it a little more simple and focus more on

the actors and the story than focus on the busy space,” said Raymond, who has designed sets for more than 10 shows at the Laurel Mill Playhouse. “[The set]’s so intimate that that kind of detail is so important.”

“The Mousetrap” performances are every Friday and Saturday nights this month at 8 p.m., with Sunday matinee performances on Sept. 21 and 28. General admissions tickets are on sale for $20, with a reduced cost of $15 for active duty military, seniors and students 12 years or younger.

THE MOUSETRAP n When: Weekends from now through Sept. 28, call or check website for times n Where: Laurel Mill Playhouse, 508 Main St., Laurel n Tickets: $20, $15 for students 12 and under, active duty military and seniors 65 and older n More information: laurelmillplayhouse.org; 301617-9906

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Continued from Page B-4 and decorated with artificial ferns. While the piece occupies space, and is vaguely ironic, it falls flat. “Window E” is a mirror on which is imposed a digital print of a vertical blind. A bit more interesting because it creates the false impression of a window from a distance, the minimalist gesture lacks intellectual substance and thus fails to engage.

Not a prize winner, Zoe Friedman is a multi-media artist who specializes in printed and hand-cut designs based on found imagery, then re-assembled photographically into what she calls “geometric landscapes.”

While I was unimpressed by her photographic installation, her black, hand-cut Tyvek panel, “Primavera,” was fascinating against the back window. Moving from negative to positive floral shapes, bottom to top, the work is representative of much larger and more intricate pieces like it that can be seen on the artist’s Web site.

Third-prize was taken by Martine Workman, a graphic design artist who creates zines (self-published magazines and pamphlets) and artist books. The work here is from a series called the “Methow Mill,” featuring life in a fictitious rural town in little printed zines and elegant coffee and ink prints. There’s also a large broadside-style poster, “The Crier,” made with a laser printer, that refers to Washington, D.C., “scandals.”

Apart from Feather’s machines, the most compelling work in the exhibit is that of Larry Cook, who took the Young Artist Award. A former Hamiltonian Fellow, Cook focuses on video and photographic portraits. The works in this show are both moving and profoundly disturbing, portraying life in the African-American community. Two color photos focus on young, probably single, mothers.

“Maria” is posed with three boys on a park picnic table in winter. The composition is classically balanced in form and tone. The expression on the woman’s face reflects a combination of wordless anxiety and obstinate pride. The older children are well and neatly dressed, and sit quietly for the camera with vague looks of suspicion crossing their faces. The youngest sits on his mother’s lap with a bright blue toy car that centers the group. There is something about this work that made me think of Renaissance paintings where the Madonna and Child are flanked by angels, although

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Cook’s photo is much more nuanced emotionally.

“Camille” is similar. Posed against a featureless white brick wall, the young woman stares down at the camera holding an infant girl. The sleeping baby is wearing a pink jacket, the brightest color in the photo, and a little lacy white headband as she leans against her mother’s pale raincoat. “Camille” is perfectly made-up, with waxed eyebrows and straightened hair.

Her expression conveys that same sense of projected confidence and evident pride. She almost seems to challenge the viewer, as though to rebuff any potential judgment. The love she feels for the child seems bound up with an array of feelings and circumstances, all of which are connoted in this portrait.

Two videos by this artist are actively provocative. “Untitled #1” pictures a young man in a hoodie holding a flare in front of an apartment building that is decorated with reliefs about workers. He lights the flare which begins to burn increasingly brightly as he continues to hold it up like a lamp until it extinguishes itself. “Picture Me Rollin’” shows two young men spinning a sports car around and around, while a distorted soundtrack of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech can be heard with headphones. In the background a line of young African-American men cheer and wave.

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Members of the cast of “We Are Samurai” rehearse at the Venus Theatre in Laurel.

PHOTO BY ADAM S. LOWE PHOTOGRAPHY

Samurai warriors

Written by Daria Miyuki Marinelli, “We Are Samurai” is the 49th show to be produced at the Venus Theatre. And it’s a doozy of a show.

The show runs Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 3 p.m. through the rest of September.

The play is split into five main staging areas in and around the theater. Some scenes are on stage, while others are outside. All of the scenes run simultaneously.

The show keys in on four young adults who look to commit acts of vengeance after learning of a devious act done

in a former life.

Marinelli is a descendant of the samurai and was inspired by her family to look into the idea of honor and revenge, which are both prominent in the show.

Tickets for the show are $20. For more information, visit venustheatre.org.

A hit, a very palpable hit William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” was written well over 400 years ago, so you can only imagine how many adaptations are out there of the play.

The movie version by Sir Laurence Olivier is exceptional. So is Kenneth Branagh’s version, which uses Shakespeare’s entire folio. The Ethan Hawke and Mel Gibson versions ... well ... let’s just pretend those didn’t happen, shall we?

The point is, sometimes adaptations work, sometimes they don’t. The folks over at Off The Quill seem to have figured out the parts that work.

Their version of “Hamlet” opens at the Greenbelt Arts Center on Sept. 26 and runs

through Oct. 12.

Michael Dombroski fell in love with “Hamlet” when he was in high school and floated the idea of doing a version of the show to OTQ artistic director Patrick Mullen. The two then crafted a version of the script that remained true to the original text while adding a few twists and surprises. Dombroski promises there are some interesting surprises!

Tickets for the show are $20, $15 for students, seniors and military, and $12 for youth 12 and under with adult. For more information, visit greenbeltartscenter.org, offthequill.org or call 301-441-8770.

La Santa Cecilia — named after the patron saint of musicians — is more than just a Latin music group. For that matter, they’re more than just Latin music.

The quartet is set to perform at 8 p.m. on Saturday at The Clarice. The group is presented in partnership with the Coalition for Latino Student Organizations, the Latin American Studies Center, and the Office of Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy at the University of Maryland.

La Santa Cecilia blends Latin music and culture with rock and world music. At the same time, they utilize other sounds such as cumbia, bossa nova, rumba, bolero, tango, jazz, and even klezmer music.

The band is fronted by the lovely “La Marisoul,” and incor-

porates deep social issues into their smooth sound.

Tickets for the show are

$25. For more information, visit theclarice.umd.edu or call 301405-2787.

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A band that provides a danceable beat by playing the blues and swing with threepart harmony?

Yes, please.

That’s exactly what you’ll get when Gina DeSimone & the Moaners stop by New Deal Cafe in Greenbelt at 8 p.m. on Saturday.

The Moaners use guitars, a trumpet and drums to create their sound, blending eccentric and eclectic music from all eras.

Of course, it also helps to have a quick wit, which comes in handy for the band as they deliver giggles and laughs as well as a night of great music.

Each member of the group brings a uniqueness to the band, providing for a rich, diverse musical backdrop.

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2012 Ford Focus SE

#7319655, Power Windows, Power Locks, Keyless Entry

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MSRP $22,685

13,995 2014 PASSAT S

16,599 2014 JETTA SEDAN TDI

17,999 2014 TIGUAN S 2WD

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$

BUY FOR

MSRP $22,765 BUY FOR

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$

MSRP 22,435 $

17,999

$

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18,599

$

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2014 BEETLE CONVERTIBLE 2014 PASSAT SE TDI

#2804408, 2.5L Turbo, Automatic Power Windows/Locks, Power Top

MSRP $28,450 BUY FOR

22,999

$

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

#9094730, Power Windows, Power Locks, Sunroof

MSRP $27,730 BUY FOR

23,829

$

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$

#526014A, Automatic, 15K Miles, Sport Sedan

2011 Corolla S Sedan

MSRP $26,685

BUY FOR

13,995

$

#P8944A, Auto, 31K Miles, 1-Owner

#P9046A, 1-Owner, Automatic, 38K Miles

21,999

$

OR 0% for 72 MONTHS

14,980

$

2010 Volvo S80 I6 Sedan

13,995

$

2011 Hyundai Sonata

#429043A, Auto, 30K Miles, Hybrid Engine

16,495

$

2008 Audi A6 Quatro Sedan

#N0434, Automatic, 1-Owner, 43K Miles

14,595

$

2012 Volkswagen Beetle

#526071A, Automatic, 19K Miles, 1-Owner, PZEV Coupe

17,995

$

2010 Volvo S80

2015 GTI 4DR HB S #528000A, Automatic, 1-Owner, Volvo Certified

#4019479, Automatic, Power Windows, Power Locks, Keyless Entry

BUY FOR

18,995

$

2012 Volvo S60 T5 Sedan

MSRP $26,810

#526519A, Automatic, 3.2L V6, 67K Miles

18,995

$

2010 Chevrolet Camaro

#528000A, Automatic, I6 Sedan, 1-Owner, Certified

19,995

$

2012 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited

24,999

$

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

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28 Available...Rates Starting at 1.64% up to 72 months

2008 Chevrolet Cobalt.....#V441506A, Black, 78,101 Miles......$7,993 2005 Jetta Sedan.....#V626452A, Blue, 101,572 Miles..............$8,591 2009 Chevrolet Impala.....#VP0082, Black, 89,012 Miles.......$10,991 2013 Ford Fiesta.....#VP0081,Silver, 14,598 Miles...................$13,591 2009 Jetta TDI.....#VP0080, Black, 67,762 Miles......................$14,991 2013 Passat S....#VP0086, Gray, 37,555 Miles........................$14,991 2013 Jetta SE.....#VP0084, Silver, 38,089 Miles.......................$14,991 2013 Golf.....#VP0083, Blue, 41,254 Miles................................$14,991 2009 Jetta TDI.....#V103748A, Silver, 61,184 Miles..................$15,491

2012 Chevrolet Malibu

#1651997, Automatic, Power Windows/Power Locks, Keyless Entry, Sunroof

MSRP $18,815

MSRP $17,715

2011 Mazda Mazda 3

21,995

$

#526500A, 1-Owner, 24K MIles, Freedom Edition SUV

32,950

$

#G0034, Automatic, Summit White, Pick Up Work Truck

#526035A, 1-Owner, Auto, 13K Miles, V6 3.5 SR

#526040A, Automatic, 23K Miles, 1-Owner, Crystal Black Pearl

#N0488, 1-Owner, Premium, Moonrock Silver, Auto, 2.0L Turbo

2012 Honda Accord SE Sedan....................... $17,995 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Sedan TDI........... $21,950 2012 Chevrolet Equinox SUV........................... $22,950 2010 Toyota Prius V Sedan.......................................$17,995 #G0024A, 1-Owner, Auto, Twillight Blue, 28K Miles, Navigation

#G0032, Automatic, 1-Owner, Navigation

2011 Infiniti G25X Sedan.............................................$18,995 2012 Volvo S60 T5 Sedan......................................... $24,950 #P9028, 1-Owner, Auto, 42K Miles, Blue Slate

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All prices exclude tax, tags, title, freight and $300 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 72 Months on all models. See dealer for details. Ourisman VW World Auto Certified Pre Owned financing for 72 months based on credit approval thru VW. Excludes Title, Tax, Options & Dealer Fees. Special APR financing cannot be combined with sale prices. Ends 09/30/14.

Ourisman VW of Laurel

#526084A, Auto, 39K Miles, 1-Owner, Volvo Certified

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15401 Frederick Rd, Rockville, MD

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#P8998A, 1-Owner, 2SS Coupe, 6.2L V8 Engine

2009 Chevrolet Colorado......................................... $11,995 2012 Nissan Altima............................................................ $20,950

2013 Jeep Patriot.....#V007888B, 35,976 Miles......................$15,991 2012 Beetle.....#VP0079, Red, 18,486 Miles............................$16,491 2011 Toyota RAV4.....#V309460A, Beige, 42,044 Miles...........$17,991 2011 GTI SR.....#V288623A, Black, 67,072 Miles.....................$17,993 2012 Honda Civic.....#V537179C, Blue, 21,194 Miles.............$19,592 2014 Honda CR-V...#V508233A, Silver, 2,746 Miles.................$21,491 2011 Mercedes C-300...#V021472A, Black, 85,841 Miles......$21,591 2013 GTI...#V102017A, Black, 19,566 Miles.............................$21,999 2013 Jetta TDI...#VPR0083, Silver, 10,331 Miles......................$22,995

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#546016A, Automatic, Alloy Wheels, Keyless, SRS Airbags

2010 Dodge Charger SXT

13,977

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#P9021A, Auto, 4DR, Sedan

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2015 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 S MSRP: $23,505 Sale Price: $19,650 Nissan Rebate: -$1,250 NMAC Bonus Cash: -$1,000

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12k miles/year

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18,400

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17,977

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16,977

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2013 Volkswagen Jetta TDI #442045A, Automatic, 1-Owner, Navigation, 38k Miles

19,977

$

#16114 2 At This Price: VINS: 475240, 474864

2014 NISSAN MURANO S

#23214 2 At This Price: VINS: 517840, 516689

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2011 Ford Escape XLT

#P9036A, Automatic, SUV, 36K Miles

$0 down

$269/month 39 month lease 12k miles/year

MSRP: $31,890 Sale Price: $27,000 Nissan Rebate: -$3,500 Nissan Bonus Rebate: -$500 NMAC Bonus Cash: -$500

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17,400

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$

MSRP: $32,500 Sale Price: $27,400 Nissan Rebate: -$4,500 Nissan Bonus Rebate: -$500 NMAC Bonus Cash: -$500

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$

#441543A, Automatic, 23K Miles

22,500

$

$279/month

2013 BMW Series 128i

lease or 3912kmonth miles/year $0 down

24,977

$

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22,790

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SUMMER

2014 NEW COROLLA LE

PRICES AND PAYMENTS INCLUDE ANY APPLICABLE MANUFACTURE’S REBATES AND EXCLUDE MILITARY ($500) AND COLLEGE GRAD ($500) REBATES, TAX, TAGS, DEALER PROCESSING CHARGE ($200) AND FREIGHT: CARS $795 OR $810, TRUCKS, SPORT UTILITY AND SIENNAS $810, $845 AND $995. *0.9% APR & 0% APR FINANCING UP TO 60 MONTHS TO QUALIFIED BUYERS THRU TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES. TOTAL FINANCED CANNOT EXCEED MSRP PLUS OPTIONS, TAX, AND LICENSE FEES. 0% APR 60 MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $16.67 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. 0.9% APR 60 MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $17.05 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. APR OFFERS ARE NOT VALID WITH ANY OTHER CASH BACK OR LEASE OFFER. NOT ALL BUYERS WILL QUALIFY.**LEASE PAYMENTS BASED ON 36 MONTHS, 12,000 MILES PER YEAR WITH $995 DOWN PLUS $650 ACQUISITION FEE, NO SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED. SEE DEALER FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. 2014 COROLLAU & PRIUS PLUG-IN LEASES ARE FOR 24 MONTHS WITH $995 DOWN. EXPIRES 09/30/2014.

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