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Opponents say measure should be brought to referendum vote BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAU STAFF WRITER

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Fort Washington resident Earl O’Neal said he is enraged by County Executive Rushern L. Baker’s proposed 15 percent tax increase to fund a $133 million county increase in the school system budget. “There is no doubt that there is great need in Prince George’s County. But money is not going to ﬁx what is wrong with our schools,” O’Neal said during Monday’s County Council meeting. Thirteen people spoke out against the tax increase, and

no one spoke in favor. Approximately 45 people were in attendance. Baker is proposing raising residential and commercial property taxes approximately 15 percent to fund a large increase in education spending by the county. He is also proposing increasing the telecommunications tax from 8 percent to 12 percent. Approximately $127.9 million would be raised to go towards the county school system’s request of $117.5 million in addition to the $15.5 million maintenance of effort increase required under state law. Maryland state law requires school systems to maintain as a minimum, the per pupil funding

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(Above) Shelly Grifﬁth of College Park hangs ﬂowers next to the sign for the Julie Ferguson Shelter and Play Area on Saturday on the 20th anniversary vigil of Ferguson’s unsolved homicide. (Below) Attendees at the vigil hold a moment of silence and light candles in memory of Ferguson.

Vigil revisits slaying of Greenbelt teen Groundbreaking Organizers hope event will draw attention to 20-year cold case

BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAU STAFF WRITER

In the two decades since Julie Ferguson’s homicide, her friends have gone on to graduate high school and college, pursue careers, marry and have children — all the things Ferguson never had the chance to do. Yet, throughout that time, the mystery of who killed her and why has continued to haunt them. “How does something go 20 years unsolved? How is that possible? Why are there no leads?” said Tracey Still, 35, a

friend of Ferguson’s who attended Eleanor Roosevelt High school in Greenbelt and now lives in Anne Arundel County. “Having children of our own,

we’re what our children would regard as overprotective, because we learned at a young age what most kids thankfully don’t, that life can change in the

Hyattsville-based business one of four conﬁrmed for The Hotel BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAU STAFF WRITER

Prince George’s County residents looking for a higherend fine-dining experience closer to home soon may not have to go any farther than College Park. “People have been saying for years that they want more ﬁne dining options in Prince George’s County. There’s an opening in the market for this,” said Mike Franklin, owner of Franklin’s Restaurant, Brewery

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Whenever Sean Brady, 35, of Laurel drives by the old Laurel Branch Library on 7th Street, his son, Liam, 4, asks the same question. “He’ll ask, ‘Daddy, can we go to the library?’” Brady said, to which he responds “No, it’s closed. They’re working on it.” If construction of the new Laurel Library began last year, as originally scheduled, Brady would be able to say “yes” to Liam’s request in just a few

RTA proposes route changes

and General Store. Franklin will open a second higher-end restaurant in the ground level of The Hotel, a $150 million luxury hotel and conference center under development in the heart of College Park. “We’re planning on offering an informal ﬁne dining experience,” Franklin said. Franklin said the new restaurant will offer more farmto-table foods and Maryland cuisine, including seafood and grill, and also will offer drinks from the Hyattsville restaurant’s brewery. “We’re not predisposing ourselves as a steakhouse or a seafood restaurant,” Franklin said. “We’re going to open the

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Davija Browne, 20, of Laurel, boarded her bus to the Towne Centre at Laurel at 9:43 a.m. March 16, 14 minutes later than it was scheduled to arrive. Browne said the bus, operated by the Regional Transportation Agency, or RTA, has pulled up later than that, forcing her to run back home and call a cab. “Sometimes it doesn’t reach [here] until 10 a.m. and I’m late,” Browne said. “Sometimes you really can’t depend on it.” In response to reliability and running time issues, RTA has proposed adjustments to routes serving Laurel that ofﬁcials hope will improve the commute for

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A passenger boards the 301/A RTA bus headed to the Towne Centre at Laurel on March 16. The bus, which was scheduled to arrive at 9:29 a.m., picked up passengers at the Contee Road/MD Route 197 stop more than 10 minutes late. Ofﬁcials proposed a change to ensure buses arrive as scheduled. riders like Browne. “Over the course of several months we’ve evaluated ways to make it work better,” said RTA

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months. Instead, the ceremonial groundbreaking is tentatively scheduled for the end of April, pushing its opening date to next fall. “I’m excited that they’re going to start construction on it, and hopefully that means they’ll be done soon.” Brady said. Michael Gannon, chief operating ofﬁcer for support services for the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System, said the year-long delay was due to challenges securing union labor to construct the library. The county ﬁrst put out a bid for workers in November 2013, but it could not compete with MGM Resorts, which was

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blink of an eye.” Still and other friends arranged a vigil Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of Ferguson’s death, near the Glenn Dale site where her body was found. Ferguson was 17 in 1995 and a junior at Eleanor Roosevelt. She was last seen alive at the Greenway Shopping Center in Greenbelt, outside the store where she worked as a parttime cashier, within walking distance of her home, according to media reports. Shelly Griffith of College Park said she and some other friends went to pick Ferguson up from work that night. “We found her bags and her soda bottle,” Grifﬁth said. “We were a little late, and we didn’t

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spokeswoman Sue Poole. “It’s all about efﬁciency. It’s all about having an effective service for the public.”

The RTA posted proposed changes to four of its Laurel-area routes earlier this month. For the 301/A and 302/G routes, which serve Prince George’s County exclusively, the bus would arrive every 60 minutes instead of every 45 minutes, Poole said. This would ensure that the buses have enough time to arrive at each destination when they’re scheduled to arrive, she said. “The frequency may get a little bit longer, but the end result is it will be on time and hit the designated time frame,” Poole said. Magdaline Agbor, 21, of Laurel said this change would be an improvement, as her 302/G bus from Towne Centre at Laurel to South Laurel is consistently late. “It would be good,” Agbor said. “It would help me to get

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p.m., Brentwood Arts Exchange, 3901 Rhode Island Ave., Brentwood. Fun, glitter, eggs. Create beautiful decorated eggs that will impress your friends and even the Easter Bunny. Children will receive their ﬁrst two eggs for free. Additional eggs will be available to purchase 2 for $1. Contact 301-277-2863; TTY 301-4466802 or phil.davis@pgparks.com.

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MARCH 26 Thirsty (for Business) Thursday – Celebration of Women in Business, 5:30 to 7

p.m., SoBe Restaurant and Lounge, 10621 Greenbelt Road, Suite 201, Greenbelt. The free event will be held at the recently opened and woman-owned, SoBe Restaurant and Lounge. Prince George’s County Councilwoman Dannielle Glaros (D-Dist. 3) will be a featured guest. Contact 301952-7484 or CouncilMedia@co.pg.md.us.

MARCH 27 Wake Up, 7:30 p.m., The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center’s Dance Theatre, Stadium Drive and Route 193, College Park. You’re invited to a UMD House Party, inspired by Spike Lee’s film, “School Daze,” the 1988 musically driven film that chronicled the ins and outs of a fictitious historically black college. Contact 301-405-2787 or tickets.theclarice@ umd.edu.

MARCH 28 Third Annual Growing Community Gardens Gathering, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Center

for Educational Partnership, 6200 Sheridan St., East Riverdale. This event will allow community gardeners from around the county to network with each other and attend four workshops taught by local experts. Workshops include Green Thumb Yoga with an instructor from Bikram Yoga Riverdale, Seed Saving with experts from Southern Seed Exposure and Backyard Orchards: Small Fruit/Fruit Tree production. Cost is $12. Contact 301-779- 2806, Ext. 706 or nelsonm@umd.edu.

Domestic Violence Seminar “Broken Silence” Isaiah 32:18, 8:30 a.m. to noon at

First Baptist Church, 5018 Lakeland Road, Greenbelt. Our theme, “Broken Silence” is derived from Isaiah 32:18. You can RSVP by emailing Angela Bates at familyinstitute@fbc-cp.org or you can pre-register via our website at www.fbc-cp.org. Contact 301-474-3995 or familyinstitute@ fbc-cp.org. Maryland Boating Safety Class, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Bladensburg Waterfront Park, 4601 Annapolis Road, Bladensburg. This Maryland Boating Safety Course is required for all power boat operators. This is a two day course and attendance is required on both days to complete the course. Instructed by volunteer members of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Contact 301-779-0371; TTY 301-699-2544. Take A Positive Step for Your Health.

of Christ, 9721 Good Luck Road, Lanham. Community Wellness Fair offering a variety of free health screenings, information and educational presentations (including HIV and syphilis testing, Hepatitis C screening, blood glucose, blood pressure and mental health screening). Contact Barbara Baylor at wellnesscare@jubilee. org for more information or 301-5777700. Pet Photos With the Easter Bunny, 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., West Laurel Community Center, 16501 Supplee Lane, Laurel. Local Cat Spay/Neuter Groups Sponsor “Pet Photos with The Easter Bunny” and “Pet Bake Sale” Fundraiser. Donations of cat food are also welcome at this event. Cost is $10 for two photos and a frame. Contact 301-886-0161. The Wizard of Oz on Ice, 1 to 3:30 p.m., The Gardens Ice House, 13800 Old Gunpowder Road, Laurel. The ﬁgure skating portrayal of the classic movie. Cost is $11 to $12. Contact 301-953-0100 or gfsc. ticketbooth@gmail.com. Women in Aviation, 2 p.m., Greenbelt Library, 11 Crescent Road, Greenbelt. The free program, which includes a hand-on activity for participants of all ages, will look at the women who inﬂuenced aviation throughout history. Contact 301-6993500. Celebrating Our Sisters, 5 p.m., Signature Blue Events, 4720 Boston Way Suite F, Lanham. This event is not just for the legends that we will honor posthumously, but for all our everyday women who are mothers, aunts, daughters, nieces, etc. Cost is $15. Contact 301-500-5061. Know Fear — overcome fear and achieve your dreams, 5:30 p.m., Metro-

politan Seventh-day Adventist Church, 6307 Riggs Road, Hyattsville. Hear how several successful women, including Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards, overcame their insecurities and achieved their goals. Contact 240-528-8040 or webteam@ metrosda.org. G.E.A.R.: Girls Night, 7 to 10 p.m., College Park Community Center, 5051 Pierce Ave., College Park. Ladies, tonight you are in for a treat because it’s Ladies Night. It means you’ll have time to pamper yourself with your friends. Come kick back and relax here. Contact 301-441-2647: TTY 301-445-4512.

MARCH 29 Maryland Spring Festival, 8 a.m., The

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MARCH 30 MAC: Manga and Anime Club, 7 p.m., Hyattsville Library, 6530 Adelphi Road, Hyattsville. Special guest, Maxey Whitehead, voice of Alphonse Elric, will join us for Q&A about being an anime voice actor and the making of “Fullmetal Alchemist.” Ages 10 and up. Contact 301-985-4690.

MARCH 31 Seniors: Cherry Blossom Cruise, 10:30 a.m., Langley Park Senior Activity Center, 1500 Merrimac Drive, Hyattsville. Seniors will enjoy a day on the Spirit of Washington, while taking in the scenery along the Potomac River. A lavish lunch buffet will be provided, as well as entertainment from a DJ and a high-energy musical revue. Transportation is provided via Commission Bus and will depart from the Langley Park Senior Activity Center. Contact 301-408-4343; TTY 301-446-3402. Auditions for The Tempest, 7 p.m., Laurel Mill Playhouse, 508 Main St., Laurel. Director Michael Hartsﬁeld requests the teenagers auditioning have twenty to thirty lines of any monologue from a Shakespeare play prepared for the audition. Memorization is not necessary. Contact 301-452-2557 or maureencrogers@ gmail.com.

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Laurel Mill Playhouse to showcase talented teens this weekend with The Young Adult Spring One Act Festival. Many of the top track teams in the region are planning to compete at Saturday’s 24-team Central Invitational. Check online for coverage.

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APRIL 1 Migration Madness, 1 to 2 p.m., Patuxent Research Refuge National Wildlife Visitor Center, Powder Mill Road between the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and Route 197, Laurel. In the springtime the mid-Atlantic swells with migrating birds passing through or taking up residence. Explore the reasons why birds migrate, their routes, and the hazards they face on the ﬂy through interactive activities. Registration is required. Ages 8-10. Contact 301-497-5887.

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Hyattsville creates teen advisory team Hyattsville is looking for teenagers to sit on a new committee that would advise on youth matters The city approved the nine-member Teen Advisory Committee, or TAC, during a March 16 meeting. City Councilman Robert Croslin (Ward 2), the sponsor of the measure, said the committee came about in part due to the recent decision to extend municipal election voting rights to 16- and 17-year-olds in the city. “Just allowing them to vote doesn’t give us an idea of what they’re thinking, and they may have some ideas that the adults haven’t thought of,” Croslin said. Teens ages 13 to 19 will be

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Ricki Reavis, 17, of Hyattsville picks up a grab-and-go breakfast Tuesday at Bladensburg High School. Providing the meal, which includes a grain, fruit and dairy product, is one of many health and wellness initiatives at the school.

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In between classes in the hallway and bites of food in the cafeteria, Bladensburg High School students have been buzzing about the importance of health and wellness, school ofﬁcials say. Now, members of the newly-formed Health Policy Student Council hope to turn feedback from their peers into action by advocating for ways to improve health and safety at the school. “[These students] are the ones that really can change the culture of the school’s health and wellness,” said the Rev. Gail Addison, the president and CEO of nonproﬁt End Time Harvest

Ministries, Inc., which empowers youth to impact health in the Port Towns communities of Bladensburg, Colmar Manor, Cottage City and Edmonston. Addison said a diverse group of 13 student leaders organized the council during a focus group in late February. Members completed a survey about health and safety issues that need attention at the school and brainstormed initiatives they could promote. Ricki Reavis, 17, of Hyattsville, a senior at the school, was nominated to the council. She said it is an important addition to the school because it gives student leaders an opportunity to help their peers improve their self image. “Most people in high school, they’re being bullied about being overweight and the students in the schools need to enforce that you can be yourself, no matter how you look,” Reavis said.

Addison said members identified several action plan priorities, including making the weight room more available for groups such as a weighttraining club; enhancing activity bus service so students have a safe way to travel to and from activities; replacing vending machines on the second ﬂoor with a healthy snack stand and applying for a “Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools” grant to improve cafeteria options. “They dream big and I tell you, they’re going to do this,” Addison said. Assistant principal Felicia Colbert said she hopes students will form a bond around the importance of health with encouragement from the council. “We’re constantly urging and telling students to watch what you eat, exercise and watch all the fat in their diet,” Colbert said. “Hearing it from their peers is a lot different from the adults.”

Laurel seeks fest visit away vendors Approximately 100K expected to attend Main Street event

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The Laurel Board of Trade is accepting applications from vendors who wish to sell their wares at this year’s Main Street Festival. Maureen Rogers, the chairperson for the festival, said the board of trade is looking for a variety of vendors, such as business owners, nonproﬁts or food merchants, for the May 9 event. “It’s always great to see new vendors because they bring something we haven’t had before and it’s always good to see the old vendors because we love having them too,” Rogers said Last year 300 vendors participated in the festival, which is typically attended by 100,000 people, Rogers said. Table prices vary depending on items sold, Rogers said. Interested vendors will receive a $50 discount if they apply before Monday, she said. Applications will be accepted through April 30, Rogers said. For more information, prospective vendors can call Rogers at 301-483-0838, email her at laurelboardoftrade383@gmail. com, or visit the Laurel Board of Trade ofﬁce, located at 383 Main St., between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday. kpetersen@gazette.net

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Archie Cook, a former Laurel police chief who threw himself across then Alabama Gov. George Wallace after a 1972 assassination attempt, died Sunday. Cook, 75, of Fayetteville, Pa. began his career with the Laurel Police Department in 1965. He was a corporal when Wallace was shot during a presidential campaign event at the Laurel Shopping Center. Cook and other ofﬁcers moved to shield Wallace, an act current police chief Richard McLaughlin described as “heroic.” Cook became chief in July 1987. After he retired in 1994, he was a security ofﬁcer at Laurel High School. “He was a phenomenal mentor and friend,” McLaughlin said. “Anytime you needed some advice or guidance, he was a go-to kind of guy.” A viewing will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. today at Connelly Funeral Home of Dundalk, 7110 Sollers Point Road in Baltimore. The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.

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Members will organize projects and write a school-wide wellness policy, a document they hope principal Aisha Mahoney will sign by the end of the year, Addison said. Reavis said the school’s new grab-and-go breakfast, which includes a grain, fruit and dairy product, helps the council’s efforts. “Students are able to come in here and get their lunch and breakfast — not only a breakfast, but a healthy breakfast,” Reavis said. Mahoney said the support of the council is critical to the grab-and-go effort’s success. “They are continuing to push that initiative and have students recognize eating a well-balanced breakfast in the morning will help them build stamina,” Mahoney said. “That’s just one example of why this council is very important.”

chosen through nominations from the local high schools and from recommendations made by the City Council. Jake Rollow, director of community services, said interested teens or their family members may contact their City Council member or Tony Martinez, the city’s community services assistant, at 301-985-5065 or tmartinez@ hyattsville.org. “With summer approaching, we know some teenagers’ schedules will change, but we would very much like to have the committee meeting and operational by the fall of 2015,” Rollow said.

Aligning Our Voice As Board Chair of the Prince George’s Chamber of Commerce, I am leading a significant effort to align the Chamber with other business associations. I am pleased attendees at the inaugural meeting enthusiastically embraced this effort. Aligning our voices will bring the business community greater access to wealth, influence impactful policy, and enlarge network opportunities. Together, we can increase the County’s commercial base and build lasting capacity that will enhance the County’s revenue. This alignment will define and promote building a sustainable and inclusive economy in Prince George’s County. Still in the formative stages, the alliance will meet quarterly and will discuss issues targeting the elevation of businesses. The Chamber will facilitate the on-going dialogue and play a central role in supporting and recruiting others to this effort. If other business associations would like to join us, please contact me on 301-731-5000. Together, we can build an environment of wealth!

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Hyattsville officials honor top officers of 2014 Sgt. Michael Rudinski was recognized as the Hyattsville Police Department’s 2014 Officer of the Year by the department and City Council during its March 16 meeting. Hyattsville Police Chief Douglas Holland said Rudinski is an 18 year veteran of the force and a school resource officer at Northwestern High School in Hyattsville, the first resource officer in the county. Holland said Rudinski is also the training coordinator for the department and a nationally recognized expert on gangs.

Rudinski also organizes the annual “Santa with a Badge” event, where ofﬁcers take children in the community Christmas shopping, and is also a DJ for many community events. Holland said that in 2014, Rudinski also streamlined the process by which new ofﬁcers enter the department and professionalized the department’s training program. “His list of accomplishments is truly impressive,” Holland said. In addition, dispatcher Anthony

Franco was recognized as the department’s Civilian Employee of the Year, PFC Colin Richardson was recognized as Community Ofﬁcer of the Year and PFC Tulio Quevedo was given the department’s Leadership Award. “The award winners are selected by their peers, not by me, and that makes it particularly special, that they are selected by their fellow ofﬁcers,” Holland said. — JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAU

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Hyattsville police seek body camera program expansion Some council members concerned about privacy

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While considering privacy and durability concerns, Hyattsville police are hoping to move forward with an effort to provide body cameras for patrol officers. “We think it is a good program, a good tool to improve police services and build community trust, through enhanced transparency. However, during the program, there were some problems that were identified,” said Hyattsville Police Chief Douglas Holland on a 15-month pilot of 30 body cameras during the Hyattsville council’s March 9 meeting. Holland said the cameras used were not durable enough to survive the rigors of police work, had very small controls making them difficult to operate, and had a battery life that was inconsistent with the duration of police work. Holland is asking the city to consider purchasing larger, more durable cameras, which Holland said would cost $300 to $1,000 each, not including any additional costs such as charg-

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ing units and video upload and storage. The pilot program cameras were provided by a grant from the Local Government Insurance Trust, the city’s insurance carrier. Holland said that on at least two occasions the presence of the cameras helped de-escalate tense situations. Holland said that during the pilot, which began in November 2013, the video was useful in the course of investigations in two instances. Sgt. Christine Fekete said officers were initially hesitant to use the cameras. “A lot of officers were hesitant, because it was new equipment, but they got onboard once they understood it wasn’t just Big Brother, that it was going to help them out in the long run,” Fekete said. Councilman Patrick Paschall (Ward 3) said that he had reservations about the use of body cameras, but the pilot seemed to demonstrate their usefulness. “The value of having video evidence, both to exonerate police officers and to hold them accountable when wrongdoing is done is significant,” Paschall said. Holland said the city would also need to develop policies related to how long videos are stored, and when officers should have their cameras on. Holland said those videos not currently part of an active investigation or meeting other exemptions could be requested as part of a Freedom of Information Act request under Maryland law. Councilman Joseph Solomon (Ward 5) said he remains skeptical about the program citing privacy issues. “I think that the individual should be protected, and I don’t think that those videos should be available to just anyone making a request,” Solomon said. “If we have to go so far as to say that all videos the city of Hyattsville collects are the subject of an investigation for an indefinite period of time ... then I think we should do that.” Hyattsville Police spokesman Lt. Chris Purvis said there were no FOIA requests for video during the 15-month trial period. janfenson-comeau@ gazette.net

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Laurel residents can get in the spring spirit a week before the Easter Bunny comes to town with two family-friendly events Saturday. The city will host an Easter egg hunt at Granville Gude Park, located at 8300 Mulberry St. Bonny DuCote, the recreation program specialist for Laurel’s Department of Parks and Recreation, said families should arrive early to the “Eggstravaganza,” as children will be permitted to pick up 8,000 eggs at 1 p.m. The Towne Centre at Laurel will also host its ﬁrst Spring Festival from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Families can expect face painting, balloon art and children’s music from Bridgette Michaels. Both events are free to the public. The Easter Bunny will be available for family photos at both events. — KIRSTEN PETERSEN

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Greenbelt theater upgrade planned Proposal would offer recliner seating, drinks

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Eighth-grader Justin Burrows discusses his experiment on homemade weather barometers Saturday during the 2015 Prince George’s Area Science Fair at Charles H. Flowers High School in Springdale.

Prince George’s fair winners discover personal side of science Students search inward for inspiration at annual event BY

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Adam Moumena wanted to find a way to help animals. Jenita Joe wanted to test her grandparents’ home remedies for killing germs and bacteria. Chidinma Opaigbeogu just wanted to find a way to get rid of ants without killing them. Whatever their motivations, more than 500 students gathered Saturday at Charles H. Flowers High School in Springdale to compete in the 2015 Prince George’s Area Science Fair. Contestants from over 100 schools in Prince George’s, Mary and Calvert counties were split up into two competitive groups: a junior division encompassing grades 6-8 and a senior division for grades 9-12. Students competed in 17 scientific categories, including animal sciences, microbiology, computer science and physics. Some students looked inward, drawing from personal experiences or interests in their own lives to guide their experiments. Studying the 1991 oil spill in the Persian Gulf was an eye opening experience for Adam, a sixth-grader from College Park, competing in the junior division. He wanted to find the best material to absorb oil after learning about the damage the oil slick did to the area’s animal ecosystem. “How would we like it if we were animals?” Adam said. “They can’t help themselves.” His experiment found that polypropylene (the substance actually used during cleanup) was the second-most effective material for oil absorption. Polyester rated higher, but it soaked up too much water along with the oil to be practical, he said. There are three elements of each student’s presentation: a physical or visual example of their project, a poster documenting their work, and their ability to defend and explain their research. While the competition does recognize outstanding posters and visuals, it’s a student’s ability to articulate the research behind it that matters most to judges. “I love when you find a student who becomes so engrossed in a project that they can re-live it in real time,” said Vincent Hill, a math and science teacher at Walker Mill Middle School in Capitol Heights and one of 85 judges responsible for handing out awards. Participants received certificates and gift cards, said a Science Fair official. A select few students were selected for the Grand Award, the fair’s top award. In the junior division, seventh-grader James Dawson from Hyattsville Middle School won first place for his experiment on sunspots, eighth-grader Adam Lindholm from Spring Ridge Middle School in Lexington Park won second place and sixth-grader Ariel Wright from St. Columba School in Oxon Hill took third place for her presentation of

gray water ﬁltration. Senior grand award winners garner automatic entry into the Intel International Science Fair starting May 10-15 in Pennsylvania. The event is billed as the world’s largest pre-college science competition, featuring projects from 1,700 students and 70 countries. First place was awarded to senior Sarah Asfari and junior

Kapastin said. SMG is projecting 200 jobs from the theater/restaurant, 30 of them full-time positions, Kapastin said. Councilwoman Judith “J” Davis expressed concern the theater would have underage employees around alcohol. State law allows individuals 18 or over to serve alcohol, but that the operator may be amenable to setting the age higher, Kapastin said. Davis said she hoped the theater operator keeps the community in mind. “It would be great if they could agree to a percentage of local residents to be hired,” Davis said, suggesting at least 50 percent local residents. Kapastin said SMG would like to have the renovations complete in time to open before the holiday movie season. Renovations would be completed in phases, so only portions of the theater would be closed at a time, Kapastin said. janfenson-comeau@ gazette.net

Yousef Asfari from Al-Huda School in College Park for their team experiment on carcinogenic indicator application. Senior OreOluwa Aluko from Flowers received second place for his project on the effect of fatty acids on honeybees with senior Emma Thrift from Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt earned third place for her project on pheromone trap cropping.

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Recliners, table seating, food and drinks are on the menu in a proposal for a new operator for the Beltway Plaza Mall’s Academy 8 Theater, but the plan is contingent upon theater owners getting a liquor license. “This will bring a new era of excellence in the restaurants and amenities at Beltway Plaza,” said Marc “Kap” Kapastin, general counsel for Bethesda-based Quantum Companies, the mall’s management ﬁrm, during the Greenbelt Council’s March 9 meeting. Kapastin said the proposed operator, Dallas-based Studio Movie Grill, is seeking a legislative amendment that would allow the theater to obtain a liquor license. “It’s still under consideration by the delegation,” he said. Kapastin said the project

will not go through without the liquor license. “It’s a specific condition of the draft of the lease that’s been circulated, that they obtain a full beer, wine and liquor, a full BLX license,” he said. “It’s a specific condition of the lease.” Greenbelt Councilman Konrad Herling said he was optimistic about the proposal, “In terms of what’s been presented, it’s very attractive,” Herling said. “At best, this attracts new businesses to fill in what are now the vacant areas [of the mall].” Approximately 17 percent of the mall’s indoor storefronts are vacant. Kapastin said SMG, which operates 15 movie/restaurant locations across the country, has promised to invest $3 million into renovations for the theater, which they would lease from Quantum. The renovations would add a full-service restaurant and bar, with a full-service kitchen. SMG would renovate the existing eight theaters by installing new large recliners with seating for 100 and individual tables for food and beverage services,

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New senior living site County students receive Comcast scholarships proposed in Laurel Four-story building would be near hospital, center

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Laurel senior citizens can see a doctor at the Laurel Regional Hospital and play pool at the Laurel-Beltsville Senior Activity Center, all within a halfmile radius. In just a couple years, those amenities could include a new assisted living facility just around the corner. Bo Cook, vice president of development for Blacksburg, Va.-based HH Hunt, said a 13.134-acre site at 7003 Van Dusen Road, located near the intersection of Van Dusen and Contee Roads, is being considered for a “Spring Arbor” assisted living facility. The $20 million four-story facility could house 100 residents in studios as well as oneand two-bedroom apartments, Cook said. Cook said HH Hunt looked for an area with an older demographic that may have limited access to assisted living, adding the site’s proximity to the hospital as well as expansions to Konterra Road made it a “very good site” to pursue. “We feel like Laurel is a great market,” Cook said. “There’s a lot of potential for future residents to live with us.” The ﬁrst ﬂoor of the facility would offer “memory care” services to residents suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, Cook said. All meals would be prepared for residents, but each room would be furnished with a kitchenette, refrigerator

and microwave, he said. Residents would pay a monthly rent and can opt out at any time if assisted living is not right for them, Cook said. “One of our traits is that care is the most important thing that happens within the building, so we pride ourselves on taking very good care of our residents,” Cook said. The Laurel City Council passed an ordinance during Monday’s meeting approving the site’s rezoning. If a detailed site plan is approved, construction could begin next spring and residents could move in by early fall 2017, Cook said. “I think it will ﬁt well into the city and that area,” said Laurel Mayor Craig Moe. “The population is aging and we need to make sure we have different facilities in the area to accommodate them.” While some residents say it’s too soon to know if they would need to live in a facility like Spring Arbor, others said they would deﬁnitely consider living there when the time comes. “I would live there, without a doubt,” said LaVerne Schaffer, 77, of Laurel, who said she would only miss cooking on her stove if she moved to Spring Arbor. “I think it has potential. I really do.” Robert Thomas, 65, of Laurel said he would not be interested as his current living situation — sharing a home with his daughter, two granddaughters and a great-granddaughter — is “pretty good.” “I enjoy living with my whole family, all the time,” he said.

Nine high school students from Prince George’s schools were among 109 statewide awarded with the Comcast Foundation’s Leaders and Achievers Scholarship. The students were recognized during a March 12 awards ceremony in Annapolis. The scholarship program recognizes students serving as catalysts for change in their communities, serve as role models for their peers and are actively involved in their schools, according to the Comcast Foundation’s website. Each recipient was

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awarded a $1,000 scholarship for use at a nonproﬁt higher education institution. “Our Leaders and Achievers Scholarship winners exemplify leadership and are committed to academic excellence and community service,” Donna Ratley Washington, Comcast’s Beltway Region vice president of government and community affairs, wrote in an email. Recipients and their schools are as follows: Bria Pender, Lanham Christian School; Megan Lee, Riverdale Bap-

tist School in Upper Marlboro; Jennifer Enoch, New Hope Academy in Landover Hills; Zyair Jennifer, Potomac High School in Oxon Hill; Fatime-zara Beri, Laurel High School; Jerron Hawkins, Dr. Henry A. Wise High School in Upper Marlboro; Jianni Adkisson, Oxon Hill High School; Marissa Jagarnath, Parkdale High School in Riverdale and Moises Diaz Pereira, Jr., From the Heart Christian School in Suitland. — JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAU

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Continued from Page A-1 there on time.” Poole said the RTA inherited both routes when it took over Central Maryland Regional Transit last July. Neither the routes nor their schedules had been adjusted since last spring, she said. Kristie Mills, city administrator for Laurel, represents the city on the RTA board of directors and said the routes “were not working” for passengers and bus drivers. “It will allow them to rely on the bus schedule,” Mills said. “It’s been a frustration for many that the buses are not able to be on time.” If the proposed schedule is approved, it will go into effect in April. Although Browne said she would have to get up earlier to get to work, she was happy to hear the bus would get her home earlier. “It would beneﬁt me because I could get more stuff done,” she said, such as going

“It would beneﬁt me because I could get more stuff done.” Davija Browne, Laurel resident out or having dinner with family. “It would be very beneﬁcial for me.” The RTA is also proposing changes to the 503/E route, which connects Columbia Mall in Howard County to the Towne Centre at Laurel, and the 501/Silver route, which connects Columbia Mall to the Baltimore-Washington International Airport. A 30-day public comment period began March 3 and will conclude April 3. Residents can share their opinions on the RTA website, marylandtransit. org. kpetersen@gazette.net

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Laurel veteran makes semiﬁnals of contest Resident hopes to start 7-Eleven family business

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During his 16 years in the U.S. Navy, Ray Kempisty of Laurel said he faced unexpected challenges that got his adrenaline pumping — experiences he called “wow” moments. But Kempisty, 58, who retired from the Navy in 1994, said he’s ready for a new kind of “wow” moment — covering a surprise 2 a.m. shift at his own 7-Eleven franchise. “A lot of experiences in the military you can’t get anywhere else. When you’re in the civilian world, they don’t come by as often,” Kempisty said. “This is an opportunity to have that rush again.” Kempisty is one of 10 semiﬁnalists and Maryland’s representative in 7-Eleven’s “Operation:

MUNICIPAL ELECTION NOTICE To Be Held on MONDAY, MAY 4, 2015 The City of New Carrollton will hold a General Election on Monday, May 4, 2015, at the New Carrollton Municipal Center, 6016 Princess Garden Parkway, New Carrollton, Maryland. The polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Early voting will also be available at the Municipal Center from 8:00 a.m. until Noon on Saturday, April 25, 2015. The election is being held to select three (3) Councilmembers to serve two-year terms expiring in 2017.

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Ray Kempisty, 58, of Laurel is one of 10 U.S. veterans who could win a 7-Eleven franchise in the “Operation: Take Command” contest. Take Command” contest, which will award a fully-established 7-Eleven store, valued at $190,000, to an enterprising veteran. “The thing that we know from experience is veterans make very good franchisees,” said Dorian Cunion, 7-Eleven’s franchise marketing and recruiting manager. “They have all the leadership qualities we look for in running a business.” Kempisty beat out more than 1,700 entrants nationwide after participating in several interviews, earning passing scores on personality and business acumen tests and making a video pleading his case aboard

his son’s mechanical bull. “It’s really a very hands-on, personal challenge,” Kempisty said. “It seems very exciting, should it happen.” The top 10 will be narrowed down to three after an online voting period, which ends Sunday. Finalists will then travel to Dallas to interview for the franchise prize with Joe DePinto, 7-Eleven’s president and CEO. Kempisty said he learned about the contest after seeing an ad in a military newspaper. His son, Mitchell, 22, is currently serving in the Navy and has talked about starting a franchise, Kempisty said, so he saw it as a way to get an early start on a

family business. “If he wins he would instantly create a legacy with me right away because I would be going right behind him with it,” Mitchell Kempisty said. Ray Kempisty, a retired Navy lieutenant commander who served as a surface warfare ofﬁcer before transitioning to public affairs, said the most valuable lesson he learned from his service was the importance of integrity. “He showed empathy in his leadership approach and he seemed to have a high level of integrity,” Cunion said. “We believe his experience leading people and his character will make him a really great franchisee.” Ray Kempisty said being a semi-ﬁnalist has amped up his drive to win. “It’s becoming more real. Now I really want it,” Ray Kempisty said. Community members can vote daily by visiting https://www.facebook. com/7ElevenFranchising and selecting the “Operation: Take Command” tab. For each vote cast up to 50,000 votes, 7-Eleven will donate $1 to Hire Heroes USA, which creates job opportunities for veterans. kpetersen@gazette.net

A Person seeking to run for office must be: • A Citizen of the United States • A registered voter in Prince George’s County • A New Carrollton resident for a minimum of one-hundred and eighty (180) days preceding the filing deadline for candidacy • At least 25 years of age at the time of the Election Packets for prospective candidates are available for pickup at the New Carrollton Municipal Center, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The deadline to file to run for office is 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 3, 2015. Persons wishing to vote in the May 4 election must be registered with the Prince George’s County Board of Elections not later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, April 3, 2015. If you have any questions regarding voter registration, please call the Prince George’ County Board of Elections at (301) 341-7300. Persons desiring to vote by Absentee Ballot must submit a request for an Absentee Ballot application to the City Clerk before 5:00 p.m., Friday, April 24, 2015. Absentee Ballot Applications are available at the Municipal Center, on the City’s website at www.newcarrolltonmd.gov, or you may contact the City Administrative Offices at (301) 459-6100 to have an application mailed to you. Charles Davis, Chairman Board of Elections City of New Carrollton 1935789

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Continued from Page A-1 amount in the previous year, referred to as maintenance of effort. Should the tax increase go into effect, Prince George’s would have one of the highest residential property tax rates in the state, trailing only Charles County and Baltimore city, according to data from the Maryland Department of Assessment and Tax Rate. Tax Reform Initiative by Marylanders, or TRIM, is a county law dating back to 1978 that requires a public referendum to raise property taxes, Baker’s ofﬁce is citing a 2012 state law that allows counties to raise taxes

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above voter-imposed tax caps if the money is used for education. Judy Robinson of Hyattsville, past chair of citizen committees PG Citizens for Tax Reform and Term Limitation and Truth iN Taxation, said that while the 2012 Senate Bill 848 may allow the county to violate its own charter in regards to raising taxes, she believes the county charter still applies in requiring a referendum vote on any tax increase. “I’m not denying the fact that the state legislature might have given them the authority to raise taxes, but I contend that if they don’t take it to voters, they’re violating the law,” Robinson said. “SB 848 does not say you can bypass the voters.” Baker spokesman Scott Peterson

said it is the administration’s legal opinion that the 2012 does supersede the charter referendum requirement. David Cahn, chairman of the education watchdog Citizens For an Elected Board, said he had mixed feelings about the budget move, but ultimately feels it is wrong for the county to circumvent TRIM without a referendum. “TRIM has been supported every time it has come up. For them to use this power against the will of the people is wrong,” Cahn said. “Even if they can, they shouldn’t.” Former Del. Aisha Braveboy of Mitchellville said that SB 848 was passed by the General Assembly with the understanding that counties might need a way to meet their maintenance

Page A-9 of effort requirements if they were otherwise unable to do so. “The proposal that the county executive has sent down does not appear to be limited to the issue of maintenance of effort. The county executive’s proposal fully funds a proposal from the superintendent that needs to be thoroughly vetted, and the entire school system needs to be looked at,” Braveboy said. School system CEO Kevin Maxwell has been traveling the county to make the case that the additional funds are needed to move the school system forward. The funds would be used to cover competitive teacher salary and beneﬁts, expanded prekindergarten, expansion of career academies, Gifted and Tal-

with Ferguson before her disappearance. “We don’t know who they are,” Nelson said. “We can’t say they were involved, but they were the last ones seen talking to her, and they may have information that can help.” Nelson said there is a “person of interest,” but declined to identify the individual. “I wouldn’t say he had a grudge against her, but he had been rebuffed by her a number of times, and he was someone capable of doing something like this, so he’s on our radar, but it’s not what you know, it’s what you can prove,” Nelson said. Approximately 100 people attended Saturday’s vigil. “She was such a joyful

soul,” said Will Gray of University Park, a classmate of Ferguson’s. “She was just so down to earth. You could talk to her about anything, and it was just so tragic she was taken from us.” At the end of the vigil, candles were lit in remembrance of Ferguson. Julie Epstein , another friend of Ferguson’s, said she hopes that by raising awareness of the 20-year-old cold case, someone will come forward with information that can identify Ferguson’s killer or killers. “Maybe there’s somebody who knows something, or maybe even the person who did it, maybe something’s changed in their life,” Epstein said. Epstein said she lives in

Prince George’s County, but declined to say where, citing the safety concerns raised by Ferguson’s death. A $25,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest or indictment in this case, Nelson said. Anyone with information is asked to call PGPD at 301-772-4925, or for anonymous tips, call 866411-TIPS. “We do feel that there are some individuals out there who have information, and we are begging them to give it to us,” Nelson said.

$17.3 million project and said it’s “well worth the wait.” “It’s ﬁnally happening this time. It’s ready to roll,” Gannon said. Tom Dernoga, president of the Friends of Laurel Library, said the group is “cautiously optimistic” that construction is beginning this time. “We’ve kind of given up focusing on the date and [we’re] just waiting on them to announce that they would actually commence construction,” Dernoga said. Dernoga said it’s been difﬁcult to hold programs due to the limited space at the temporary site, located behind the

Laurel Municipal Center. There is no space to store books, so the group can’t organize a book sale, Dernoga said. “The temporary location was supposed to be temporary, It’s been over a year and we haven’t started,” he said. “We’re trying to stay positive about it.” The new Laurel Branch Library will be 31,000 square feet, more than twice the size of the old library, and feature larger meeting rooms, more computers and a dinosaurthemed children’s section, Gannon said. The building will also emphasize sustainability with solar cells on the

roof and car-charging stations, Gannon said. Laurel resident Mel Martin said she visits the temporary location frequently and went to the old library with her friends when she attended Laurel High School. She said the amenities at the new Laurel Library will make the facility “even more fantastic” for residents. “I think it’s going to be a good thing because it will be bigger, better and more for the patrons and citizens of Laurel,” Martin said.

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ented, digital literacy, arts instruction and more, which Maxwell is expected to unveil in his is ﬁve-year strategic plan for the school system at today’s school board meeting, which is being held at Suitland High School. “We don’t want to continue to be stuck in the lowest rankings in the state,” Maxwell said. “We believe that now is the time. We’ve shown some early gains, we believe we’re positioned to continue that work, we believe we have the right people, and we believe now is the time to make a difference.” The budget is currently in the hands of the County Council, which must approve a budget by June 1. janfenson-comeau@gazette.net

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Continued from Page A-1 doors with what we have and let other people define us.” David Hillman, CEO of Vienna, Va.-based Southern Management Corp., confirmed that Franklin’s is one of four businesses that have confirmed they’ll be moving into The Hotel, which is expected to be completed late 2016. The others are Potomac Pizza, Bagels ’n Grinds and the first county Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spa, Hillman said. Hyattsville Councilman Timothy Hunt (Ward 3), said he was happy to hear that Franklin’s would be opening a second restaurant, and doesn’t think the new establishment will compete with the Hyattsville location. “It wouldn’t kill me to have a 15-minute wait rather than a 40-minute wait on a Friday night, but I’m sure Mike [Franklin] has developed his business plan to keep both restaurants profitable,” Hunt said. Hillman presented a revised detailed site plan for The Hotel to the College Park City Council on March 17. Some council members expressed concern that a proposed 390-square-foot electronic message board will be a distraction to drivers in College Park. “We are very cognizant of safety issues along Route 1. Every fatality that happens on Route 1, every accident, is of great concern to us,” said Coun-

cilwoman Stephanie Stullich (Dist 3). Hillman said the electronic message board, which changes messages every five seconds, would be used to promote the businesses at The Hotel and the University of Maryland, College Park, and that it shouldn’t negatively distract drivers. The Hotel project was announced last year, but Southern Management discovered the proposed 233-foot structure violated Federal Aviation Administration regulations, due to proximity to the College Park Airport. The project was redesigned to drop its height by 35 feet, losing three stories. However, the new design, by utilizing space above the parking garage, increased the number of rooms from 295 to 300, said Bob Greenberg, president of Goldman and Greenberg Architects. “When we lowered the building, it changed a lot of the characteristics that went into the design, so it really has been redesigned from the ground up,” Greenberg said. “It’s sleeker, more streamlined.” Councilman Patrick Wojahn (Dist. 1) applauded the redesign. “The original design seemed somewhat ‘boxy.’ This new design has much more variety to it,” Wojahn said. “I’m excited to see what it’s going to look like when it’s built.” janfenson-comeau@ gazette.net

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Being chemically sensitive to lawn pesticide has affected my health for over a decade. It was a nightmare until we moved to a safer community with more land. Prince George’s County must begin to think more about the health of the residents of this county, and ﬁnd ways and pass laws to reduce the use of lawn pesticide in all residential communities and especially those communities where people live in close proximity to one another. There are organic products that can replace those harmful lawn pesticides. Please search for such products to protect your loved ones. It appears that the only disbe-

lievers are the large companies who use these pesticides for proﬁt. The other disbelievers take it as a crank. The state of Maryland has a duty of care to minimize lawn pesticide use to protect its citizens from harm. Asthma is a serious health condition, as I observed in my family members. Pesticide use on lawns affects us all. Pesticide on lawns inside communities and public recreation areas must be prohibited at any time. Those who use these pesticide products should think twice before use.

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Good intentions, bad method Prince George’s County public schools need more money. There’s no question about it. Leaking roofs, malfunctioning air conditioning and heating systems, poor water quality, lagging resources — the problems easily add up to more than $2 billion in construction and repair costs alone, according to officials. But money is tight, so Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D) announced March 13 a budget proposal to increase property taxes by 15 percent, with the additional revenue going to schools. Once you get over the sticker shock, it’s clear that are good. BAKER’S TAX HIKE his intentions His method, however, is PROPOSAL HELPS upsetting. After all, Prince George’s SCHOOLS, HURTS County has a cap on real PUBLIC TRUST property taxes, so Baker shouldn’t be able to increase them. The 1978 Tax Reform Initiative by Marylanders prevents the county’s property taxes from being raised without voter approval. While some officials have sought to repeal the charter amendment over the years, county voters have kept it in place. And in The Gazette’s 2010 Voters Guide, Baker said he would not work to repeal TRIM. Unfortunately, it seems he’s just going around it. Baker’s chief budget officer is pointing to a 2012 state law that allows the tax cap to be bypassed, despite what is outlined in the county charter, as long as it is done on behalf of schools. In short, the state gives Baker authority to increase the tax rate. The bigger question is whether he is violating the public’s trust by doing so. The answer: Yes. While Baker’s intentions are laudable — schools clearly need a large infusion of money — the ends don’t justify the means. It’s possible that residents are willing to pay a few hundred dollars (more or less, based on their property values) each year for education, but we’ll never know if the request doesn’t go before voters. And if Baker believes the community would support the increase — and could afford it despite the heavy toll the Great Recession took on the county — why not let the residents decide? Understandably, TRIM has been a hotly debated topic. Supporters say it prevents officials from abusing their taxing power and, if the increase is approved, Prince George’s would have one of the highest real property tax rates in the state. Opponents say TRIM ties the hands of officials, limiting their ability to generate more revenue when needed. It’s important to remember, however, that TRIM was put in place because of public distrust of officials, and Baker took office as his predecessor, former county executive Jack B. Johnson, was headed to federal prison for extortion and bribery. It has been nearly four decades since TRIM was adopted, yet there are still glaring examples of why confidence in leadership is so shaky. A large part of Baker’s appeal when he was campaigning was his passion for getting schools on the right track and his desire to restore faith in county government. No one doubts his devotion to improving schools, an effort that could in turn benefit many other aspects of county life. However, using a state law to circumvent residents’ wishes — even for a well-intentioned plan — will only add to the long-standing mistrust of county leadership.

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Setting the record straight on feral cat efforts I want to set the record straight about community cats and TrapNeuter-Return (TNR) after a recent letter to The Gazette provided inaccurate information that could mislead residents, (“Feral cat colonies: ‘Very negative and dangerous,’” March 5). Trap-Neuter-Return is not a wild experiment. It’s a proven method that’s become mainstream in America over the past 25 years — because it works and it’s good for communities. A vast body of scientiﬁc research supports TNR. In a Trap-Neuter-Return program, community cats — also called feral cats — are humanely trapped and taken to a veterinarian to be neutered, vaccinated and eartipped (the universal sign of a neutered and vaccinated cat). Unsocialized cats are returned to their outdoor home, while socialized cats and kittens are adopted. The reproduction cycle stops immediately, and behaviors associated with mating stop, reducing calls to animal control. Research shows that community cats are just as healthy as indoor cats. Not a single person has contracted rabies from a cat in the past 40 years in the United States. Additionally, TNR includes rabies vaccinations. As for toxoplasmosis, contact with community cats is uncom-

mon. You are more likely to become infected from eating undercooked meat than interacting with a cat. The good news is Prince George’s County already recognizes Trap-Neuter-Return. Alley Cat Allies is the nationally recognized expert on cats and we are active in Prince George’s County to help cats and the community. Two years ago, we assisted in the passage of the eartipped cat law, which requires the county to give groups the opportunity to return impounded eartipped (neutered and vaccinated) cats. Last year, we helped pass a Trap-Neuter-Return resolution in Bowie, which officially recognizes the benefits of TNR and its importance in addressing community cat populations. In doing so, Bowie joined over 500 communities that have officially embraced TrapNeuter-Return as policy. We also support the successful TNR program in Laurel run by Laurel Cats. For studies showing that TNR works, please visit www.alleycat. org/CaseForTNR.

Becky Robinson, Arlington, Va. Robinson is president and founder of Alley Cat Allies in Bethesda.

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Walmart’s interest in moving to Duvall Village Shopping Center has created quite a bit of conversation in the community. While I am pleased that many local businesses and area residents support the company’s proposal, I also realize that some people have questions about the project — some of which are based on incorrect information circulating through the community. For this reason, I believe it is important to set the record straight on Walmart’s proposal for Duvall Village. • Why is Walmart expanding in Prince George’s County? We are responding to measurable customer demand. We all vote with our wallets and spend our hard-earned money where we can get what we need at the price we want. Prince George’s County residents spend $242 million each year at Walmart stores and Sam’s Clubs outside the county. That’s $242 million in annual demand that isn’t being met locally. And it is $242 million in annual economic activity benefitting jurisdictions other than Prince George’s County. Walmart’s plan at Duvall Village Shopping Center will revitalize a shopping center that has a building that has sat vacant for more than five years. It will create hundreds of jobs and it will keep millions of dollars earned by local residents from leaving Prince George’s County each year. • Is the site too small for a Walmart? Not at all. The Duvall Village Shopping Center was originally designed and approved for approximately 109,000 square feet of retail that could include a grocery store. The former Super Fresh grocery store was approximately 56,000 square feet, and Walmart will be adding an additional 21,000 square feet of permitted expansion area. Our store fits within the approved shopping center plans and falls completely within the amount of development already authorized. The store will be called a “Supercenter” because it will have a full selection of groceries. Our Supercenters come in many different sizes, and this one will be one-third the size of our large stores. • Will a Walmart lower property values in the Glenn Dale Community? This is not supported by the evidence. In a study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, economists from the University of Chicago and Brigham Young University analyzed 600,000 homes purchased between 2001 and 2006 in the vicinity of 159 new Walmart stores nationwide. After analyzing, researchers found that homes located within a half-mile of a Walmart rose in value from 2 percent to 3 percent more relative to homes not so close to a store. • Will Walmart sell firearms at the store? No. Walmart does not sell firearms in any of its Prince George’s County stores, and it will not sell firearms at its Duvall Village location. As local officials continue to review Walmart’s proposal, I will do my best to provide facts about the project and address legitimate questions and concerns. I encourage members of the community to evaluate claims made for and against the proposed store and to maintain a healthy skepticism about rumors. This is your community. You deserve the facts, not rumors.

Nina Albert, Washington, D.C. Nina Albert is the director of community affairs for Walmart.

Business-model accountability measures are ‘strangling’ education At the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, the oratory of President Obama achieved inspirational heights! His comment about educational opportunity was incisive, “We do expect equal opportunity, and if we really mean it, if we’re willing to sacriﬁce for it, then we can make sure every child gets an educaCOMMENTARY tion suitable to this new century.” KENNETH HAINES The overwhelming majority of those who devote their lives to children fondly embrace the sentiment expressed in that rhetoric. However, we also wish that fewer plutocrats and oligarchs had the president’s ear when the subject becomes how best to achieve that goal. Business-model accountability mea-

sures are effectively strangling public education. Even a cursory examination of the data from 2000-2012 suggests that NCLB/RTT have been abysmal failures as education reform policy. It also conﬁrms what the education community knew all along: our nation has done little to reverse what Jonathan Kozol called the “Savage Inequalities” in schools that serve economically disadvantaged students. As for closing what is becoming known as the poverty gap in academic achievement, more than a decade of the “test and punish” philosophy has failed to move the needle one iota. That gap has actually widened. The assessment craze has resulted, however, in much improved proﬁt margins for testing companies and purveyors of curricula. Every year, the disruption to the school calendar increases as schools cede ever more days to the delivery of federal- and state-mandated assessments. The test-

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Facts about Walmart proposal at Duvall Village

Dennis Wilston, Corporate Advertising Director Chauka Reid, Advertising Manager Mona Bass, Inside Classiﬁeds Director Anna Joyce, Creative Director, Special Pubs/Internet Ellen Pankake, Director of Creative Services

Leah Arnold, Information Technology Manager David Varndell, Digital Media Manager Cathy Kim, Director of Marketing and Community Outreach

ing schedule in Prince George’s County now comprises four pages and, nationally, school systems average 51 days of testing each year. Factor in “test-preparation” and interface training for the new, computerized PARCC platform, and at least onethird of the school year is consumed by assessment-related activities. At a recent televised meeting of the PGCPS Board of Education meeting, a member of the board asked if the system has any special activities planned to mark “Math Month” in April. Within seconds, my iPhone buzzed with an incoming text message from a rank-and-ﬁle teacher. It said, “Sure, more tests.” How could the sacriﬁce of so much time from teaching and learning reasonably be expected to improve student achievement? Kenneth B. Haines of Beltsville is the president of the Prince George’s County Educators’ Association.

POST COMMUNITY MEDIA Karen Acton, Chief Executive Ofﬁcer Michael T. McIntyre, Controller Donna Johnson, Vice President of Human Resources Maxine Minar, President, Comprint Military

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City Hall Bulletin Board MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEETINGS TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2015 7:30 P.M. MAYOR AND COUNCIL WORKSESSION SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2015 7:30 A.M. BUDGET WORKSESSION— ALL DAY TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2015 7:15 P.M. PUBLIC HEARING – FY ’15 BUDGET AMENDMENT 7:30 P.M. MAYOR AND COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2015 7:30 A.M. BUDGET WORKSESSION – IF NEEDED TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2015 7:30 P.M. MAYOR AND COUNCIL WORKSESSION TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2015 7:30 P.M. MAYOR AND COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING All meetings take place in the 2nd floor Council Chambers of City Hall, 4500 Knox Road, College Park, MD unless noted. All meetings are open to the public except Executive Sessions. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 240-487-3501 and describe the assistance that is necessary. All Mayor and Council meetings can be viewed live on Comcast cable channel 71 or Verizon channel 25. Regular Council Meetings and Worksessions are rebroadcast in their entirety at the following times: Wednesdays at 8pm, Thursdays and Fridays at 6pm, and Saturdays at 10am Worksessions and Council meetings may also be viewed live over the internet. Those interested in watching the live meetings from their computer should visit the Mayor and City Council page on the City’s website at www.collegeparkmd.gov, and click on the menu item “Council Meetings Video”. You will be redirected to the Granicus, Inc. web site which will host the web streaming and archiving of Council meetings. Meetings that are streamed will also be archived for future viewing through the City’s website. Meeting Agendas are posted on the City’s website on the Friday afternoon prior to the meetings www.collegeparkmd.gov – and are available at the City Clerk’s office. Meeting back-up materials will be posted to the website on the Monday prior to the meeting. Meeting schedule is subject to change. For current information, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 240-487-3501.

COUNCIL ACTION At their Regular Meeting on March 10, 2015, the College Park City Council took the following actions: • Approved a letter to the management of the Camden apartments inviting them to a Worksession to discuss resident concerns. • Moved to override the appointment process required by Resolution 10-R-33 and reappoint Cole Holocker as the Student Liaison for 2015-2016, and authorized recruitment for a Deputy Student Liaison for 2015-2016 • Authorized the Mayor and any Councilmember to sign a letter to Sen. Cardin in support of Innovation in Surface Transportation Act of 2015 (Smart Growth America). • Reappointed Melissa Day to the Education Advisory Committee, Dan Blasberg to the Citizens Corps Council, and appointed Dave Dorsch to the Aging-In-Place Task Force. • Appointed John Robson (Designated as the Chief), Terry Wertz, Mary Katherine Theis, Janet Evander and Maria Mackie to the Board of Election Supervisors for the 2015-2017 term, and set their compensation. • Introduced Ordinance 15-O-02, An Ordinance of the Mayor and Council of the City of College Park, MD to Amend the Fiscal Year 2015 Operating and Capital Budget of the City of College Park, MD. The Public Hearing will be held on April 14, 2015 at 7:15 p.m. in the Council Chambers.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE 15-O-02

TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2015 – 7:15 P.M. CITY HALL, 2ND FLOOR COUNCIL CHAMBERS 4500 KNOX ROAD, COLLEGE PARK An Ordinance of the Mayor and Council of the City of College Park to Amend the Fiscal Year 2015 Operating and Capital Budget of the City of College Park, Maryland. Copies of this Ordinance may be obtained from the City Clerk’s Office, 4500 Knox Road, College Park, MD 20740, call 240-487-3501, or visit www.collegeparkmd.gov.

2020 STRATEGIC PLAN

The City Council has released a draft 2020 Strategic Plan, and needs to hear from you! Please download a copy at http://www.collegeparkmd.gov/government/ administration/StrategicPlan/Framework___FINAL_150303.pdf. You can also pick up a copy in the Lobby of City Hall, 4500 Knox Road or Davis Hall, 9217 51st Avenue. You can submit individual comments electronically at http://goo.gl/ MoEkCF, or hold a “Meeting in a Box” with a few neighbors or others to discuss the draft plan and provide comments. For more information, go to: http://www.collegeparkmd.gov/programs_and_initiatives/ 2020strategicplan.php All comments should be submitted by April 10.

STATE TAX REMINDER

Please remember to specify “College Park” as your “Incorporated City” on your Maryland Tax Return.

Around Town! SPRING EGG HUNT

SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2015 – 10:00 A.M. TO 12:00 P.M. 4912 NANTUCKET ROAD, COLLEGE PARK Free admission and activities including: Egg Hunt; Roller Skating; Games & Prizes; Face Painting; Arts & Crafts and meet the Beltsville fire crew and Blaze the Buffalo! Sponsored by College Park Youth and Family Services and the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission Department of Parks and Recreation. For more information call 240-487-3550.

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STORMWATER SURVEY

The Environmental Finance Center at the University of Maryland and the City of College Park want to know about your stormwater concerns. Resident and business feedback helps the City to understand stormwater issues and prioritize capital improvement and stormwater management investments. Please take 5 minutes to complete the College Park Stormwater Survey by going to the City’s homepage www.collegeparkmd.gov and clicking: “Take the Stormwater Suvey”.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2015 – 9:00 A.M. TO 1:30 P.M. COLLEGE PARK COMMUNITY CENTER 5051 PIERCE AVENUE, COLLEGE PARK Students, faculty, staff, alumni and local residents are invited to join the community for Good Neighbor Day, a partnership between the University, the City of College Park, The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission and local civic and faith-based organizations. We will have food donation boxes for non-perishable food – for the benefit of the College Park Food Bank and University of Maryland Campus Pantry – at City Hall, 4500 Knox Road and at Public Works, 9217 51st Avenue, College Park. This year’s activities include: • Volunteer for beautification projects • Attend enriching workshops • Get FREE health and wellness screenings • Meet local service and community organizations • Join the “Lose It to Win It” 5K Fun Run/Walk Online registration now open, for more information, visit www.goodneighborday.umd.edu

COLLEGE PARK “LIVE SMART, EAT LOCAL” TOUR

MONDAY, MARCH 30, 2015 – 7:00 P.M. THE JERK PIT, 9078 BALTIMORE AVE., COLLEGE PARK The next installment of the “Live Smart, Eat Local” tour will be held on Monday, March 30, at 7:00 p.m. at The Jerk Pit. The featured speaker is Martin Wollesen, Executive Director of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

HOP IN FOR BRUNCH WITH THE BUNNY

SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 2015 – 11:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M. COLLEGE PARK COMMUNITY CENTER 5051 PIERCE AVENUE Free Admission • Entertainment • Arts & Crafts For more information call: 240-487-3570. Sponsored by the College Park Recreation Board and the Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission.

AGING-IN-PLACE IDEA AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE

MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2015 – 6:30 P.M. ST ANDREWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 4512 COLLEGE AVE, COLLEGE PARK WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Any and All Persons Interested in Issues of Aging-in-Place. 6:30 – 7:00 P.M. Dessert and Coffee 7:00 – 8:00 P.M. Speaker Panel with Question/Answer Panel – CP Taskforce on Aging, Greenbelt Assistance in Living, Forming a “Village” Need Transportation? Call 240-487-3550 by Wednesday, April 1, 2015. For more information email carolnezzo@gmail.com or call 301-935-5111.

SENIOR SPRING LUNCHEON

APRIL 7, 2015 – 10:00 A.M. TO 12:00 P.M. 4912 NANTUCKET ROAD, COLLEGE PARK, MD 20740 Seniors are invited to join us at the College Park Youth Services Center for a free Spring Luncheon. Let us know what type of events or clubs you would like to see in our community while enjoying light refreshments and chatting with friends and neighbors from College Park. To attend you must RSVP by April 2 with CPYSC by calling us at 301-345-4425. Transportation may be available for those living in College Park. To request transportation, contact us by April 2 at 301-345-4425. Sponsored by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission.

COLLEGE PARK COMPLETE STREETS WORKSHOP

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2015 – 7:00 P.M. CITY HALL, 2ND FLOOR COUNCIL CHAMBERS 4500 KNOX ROAD, COLLEGE PARK The City of College Park invites you to an informative presentation and hands-on workshop to re-imagine active transportation within our city. Complete streets provide equal access to all modes of transportation from driving to biking to walking. They also provide safe access to all types of users including children, seniors and the handicapped. Complete streets provide important safety features such as sidewalks, bicycle lanes and crosswalks as well as green elements such as trees and rain gardens. Join us on April 8th to see how we can make our streets more accessible and more pleasant for everyone to enjoy. For more information, contact Steve Beavers at sbeavers@collegeparkmd.gov

DOWNTOWN COLLEGE PARK FARMERS MARKET

OPENS SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 2015 – 10:00 A.M. TO 2:00 P.M. 4500 KNOX ROAD – CITY HALL PARKING LOT The market is celebrating its fifth season of operation, which will be its biggest yet with more than 20 vendors expected to attend throughout the season. Products available this year will include BBQ, beer, bread, cheese, chocolate, crepes, fudge, gluten-free baked goods, meat, pickles, produce, root beer, tea, wine, and much more. Enjoy free parking in Downtown on Sundays on the street or the parking garage across from the market. For more information visit www.downtowncollegeparkmarket.org

COLLEGE PARK MOTHERS DAY 5K RACE

SUNDAY, MAY 10, 2015 – 7:30 A.M. HOLLYWOOD SHOPPING CENTER 9800 RHODE ISLAND AVENUE, COLLEGE PARK Registration is open for the second annual College Park Mothers Day 5K race! The College Park Mothers Day 5K is an event focused on promoting health and family togetherness. Proceeds of the race will benefit College Park Community Foundation (CPCF), which raises money to support charitable projects in College Park. Runners, families, and running families are invited to join us to run or walk the five kilometer course, which starts and ends in the Hollywood Shopping Center on Rhode Island Avenue. The race features a separate start for parents with strollers as well as families racing with children. For new and lapsed runners, or anyone interested in meeting their neighbors, CPCF is coordinating several Couch to 5K groups, with meet-ups available during the day as well as the evening. Groups will start convening in Mid-March, and you can opt-in to a group during the race registration. Registration is just $25 (including parents with strollers), or $55 for a family ticket, good for up to three teens or adults. Children 8 and under are free to run. Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 runners in each group, and all paid participants will receive a t-shirt. To find out more or to register for the event go to https://runsignup.com/ Race/MD/CollegePark/CollegeParkMothersDay5Krace. Sponsored by the College Park Community Foundation and the City of College Park.

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APRIL IS SPRING CLEANUP MONTH!

The City of College Park Public Works Department (9217 51st Avenue) will be open for City residents all four Saturdays in April from 7:30 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. The clean up days on April 4, 11, 18, and 25 are available for City of College Park residents only; you must show proof of residency in the City of College Park to participate. Residents may drop-off bulky trash, electronics and molded/block Styrofoam® for recycling, and yard waste. Electronics that may be recycled include, but are not limited to: TVs, computers, monitors, keyboards, mice, speakers, VCRs, CD, DVD & MP3 players, cell phones & PDAs, printers, scanners, fax machines, telephones, radios, stereos, electric tools, game systems, handheld games, microwaves, and cords/ cables. Number 6 expanded polystyrene foam, commonly known as Styrofoam®, cannot be contaminated with tape, stickers, food, or other impurities. Additionally, we can only accept molded foam such as blocks used in packaging – no food or beverage containers or packing peanuts. Hazardous materials will not be accepted (shingles, propane tanks, paint, etc.). Air conditioners, heat pumps, refrigerators and freezers may incur a disposal fee; tires will incur a disposal fee of $4.00 each. SMARTLEAF® compost and wood mulch will also be available for sale – residency is NOT required. We will also be working with Community Forklift again this year to divert items from the landfill that are still in good condition. We’re also now partnering with GreenDrop, an organization selected by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, the National Federation of the Blind and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Philadelphia, to raise funds through the generation and collection of donated clothing and household items. All donations are tax deductable. Clean out your homes, garages, and sheds, and bring the items you no longer use or need and donate them for reuse. The following types of items will be collected separately so they may be reused: • Building, remodeling, and gardening materials – any surplus or salvaged (in GOOD condition) items from your latest home or garden improvement job, including but not limited to: bricks and pavers, plumbing and light fixtures, tiles and flooring material, cabinets, doors, gardening supplies, and tools. These items will be donated to Community Forklift. • Clothing and household items – cookware, dishes, books, linens, games, toys, clothes, shoes, and intact furniture items (NO upholstered furniture or mattresses). These reusable items will be donated to GreenDrop.

HAZARDOUS WASTE

The City is not permitted to collect hazardous material; please do not include with your trash or recycling. Car batteries are considered hazardous waste and will not be collected by the City of College Park. Prince George’s County accepts hazardous materials Thursday-Saturday from 7:30am to 3:30pm at the Brown Station Landfill, located at 11611 White House Road, Upper Marlboro. Please call 310-883-5045 or visit www.goprincegeorgescounty.com for more information. Proof of residency is required.

SMARTLEAF® COMPOST

SMARTLEAF® compost (screened compost) is available for sale at the Department of Public Works for $23.00 per cubic yard (includes tax). Wood mulch remains unavailable. Material may be picked up at Public Works Monday through Friday, 8:00 – 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 – 3:30 p.m. Deliveries have been suspended for the season. If you would like to be notified when deliveries resume and/or when wood mulch is available, sign up to College Park Connected by clicking on the green “Sign Up Now” button on the left-hand side of the City website. For questions and availability, please call 240-487-3590 or email publicworks@collegeparkmd.gov.

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COLLEGE PARK DIRECTORY

City of College Park Main Number...........................240-487-3500 CITY HALL, 4500 Knox Road, College Park, MD 20740 Hours: M-F 8am-7pm; Sat. 1-5pm; Sun - Closed City Hall Departments City Manager/City Clerk...........................................240-487-3501 City FAX Number.....................................................301-699-8029 Finance.....................................................................240-487-3509 Human Resources.....................................................240-487-3533 Parking Enforcement Div. (M-F 8am-10pm/Sat. 1-7pm)......240-487-3520 Planning/Economic Development.............................240-487-3538 Housing Authority (Attick Towers) 9014 R.I. Ave....301-345-3600 Public Services Department, 4601A Calvert Rd.........240-487-3570 Animal Control, Code Enforcement, Public Safety and Recreation. Parking Enforcement is at City Hall.

24 Hour Hotline........................................................240-487-3588 For Urgent Code Enforcement, Noise Control, Animal Control Issues.

Public Works Department, 9217 51st Ave.................240-487-3590 Trash Collection, Recycling and Special Pick-ups.

Senior Program (Attick Towers) 9014 R.I. Ave.........301-345-8100 Youth and Family Services, 4912 Nantucket Rd.........240-487-3550 Drop-In Recreation Center........................................301-345-4425

MAYOR AND COUNCIL

Mayor Andrew M. Fellows 5807 Bryn Mawr Road..............................................301-441-8141 Councilmember Fazlul Kabir (District 1) 9817 53rd Avenue....................................................301-659-6295 Councilmember Patrick L. Wojahn (District 1) 5015 Lackawanna Street...........................................240-988-7763 Councilmember P.J. Brennan (District 2) 4500 Knox Road.......................................................301-220-1640 Councilmember Monroe S. Dennis (District 2) 8117 51st Avenue....................................................301-474-6270 Councilmember Robert W. Day (District 3) 7410 Baylor Avenue.................................................301-741-1962 Councilmember Stephanie Stullich (District 3) 7400 Dartmouth Avenue..........................................301-742-4442 Councilmember Alan Y. Hew (District 4) 9118 Autoville Drive.................................................240-391-8678 Councilmember Denise C. Mitchell (District 4) 3501 Marlbrough Way.............................................240-460-7620

OTHER FREQUENTLY CALLED NUMBERS

EMERGENCY: FIRE-AMBULANCE-POLICE................................911 NON-EMERGENCY POLICE SERVICES Prince George’s Co. Police (Hyattsville Station).........301-699-2630 Prince George’s Co. Police Non-Emergency Svcs......301-352-1200 Prince George’s Co. Park Police................................301-459-9088 State Police (College Park Barrack)............................301-345-3101 University of Maryland Police....................................301-405-3555 College Park Community Center.....................................301-441-2647 5051 Pierce Avenue, College Park Branchville Vol. Fire & Rescue Squad...............................301-474-1550 4905 Branchville Road, College Park www.bvfco11.com College Park Vol. Fire Department...................................301-901-9112 8115 Baltimore Avenue, College Park www.cpvfd.org PEPCO - Power Outages, Lines Down...........................1-877-737-2662 WSSC: Water Mains........................................................301-206-4002 Prince George’s County Storm Drains..............................301-499-8523

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GAMES GAZETTE.NET IS STAFFING

Bowie sophomore, Roosevelt senior lead All-Gazette swimming teams. B-2

Posted online by 8 a.m. the following day. TRACK: Central Invitational, 10 a.m. Saturday at Central High School. Falcons play host to this 24-team meet, including defending 4A indoor champion Northwest, defending 4A girls co-champs Wise and private-school powerhouse Riverdale Baptist.

SOFTBALL: Seton at Holy Cross, 4 p.m. Friday.

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Bowie swimmer overcomes injury

Putting scholar back in athlete There are many ways to define winning other than the scoreboard. Yes, here I go again getting all philosophical on you. What has me in the mood today? Check out the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association’s reclassification plan for next year, KEN SAIN and you’ll notice SPORTS EDITOR three new Prince George’s County schools are joining Class 1A. Welcome to varsity, Chesapeake Math and Information Technology Academy in Laurel, Croom Vocational in Upper Marlboro and Tall Oaks Vocational in Bowie. Actually, they’ve already competed in individual varsity level competition in golf, tennis and track, MPSSAA is just catching up. But next winter, they could join team varsity competition with boys basketball. Both Croom and Tall Oaks have been fielding junior varsity teams for two years. “It’s up to the schools,” Prince George’s County Public School’s Director of Interscholastic Athletics Earl Hawkins said about when they’ll make the jump. Chesapeake is a public charter school in Laurel where students have to win a lottery to get in. Many of its students have some of the top scores in the state. So, this column isn’t about Chesapeake. It is about Croom and Tall Oaks, two vocational high schools with small enrollments and where many of the students who attend are there because they had some disciplinary issues or other challenges at some point. Winning on the scoreboard will be a challenge. Consider: Oxon Hill is a Class 3A school and a likely league rival for either. It has an enrollment of 3,600. There are 120 Tall Oaks students, and 20 fewer at Croom. There are no freshmen or sophomores at either vocational school, so there is no feeder system and building of a long term program. “It’s almost one and done,” Croom Athletic Director William Hartwell said. Neither school has a gym fit for holding varsity competition. Croom has played all of its basketball games on the road. The only two games Tall Oaks has hosted were against Croom, held at the Bowie Annex. That would likely continue until they can find a proper home court if they make the jump to varsity. So winning games will be a huge challenge and Hartwell said that is a concern. “I can see some games where we lose by 30 or 40 points,” he said. That doesn’t mean they won’t be winners (queue the philosophical part). “I can’t tell you what a difference it made in those boys just to have a junior varsity team last year,” Tall Oaks boys basketball coach Michael Tummings said. “It was something to see, how they became different people, better.” To play on the team, students must meet eligibility requirements in the classroom. Acting out is a sure way to be kicked off the team, or at least see less playing time. Sports became a means for these athletes to become better students. Moving up to varsity, if they decide to make that jump next year, would only be more motivation. “These guys want to compete,” Hartwell said. “We know they may not do very well, and there’s some concern about the kids’ morale. But they want to compete against the best.” And that is exactly why varsity sports should be at both schools. The boys may not be alone. There has also been talk about forming a girls team, but neither school has done so yet. Eligibility issues has been the main hurdle. It would be nice if high school students recognized the benefits a quality education could give them for the rest of their lives and put in the effort without any extra motivation. But if sports can be that extra motivation to get teens to study more and get into less trouble, then I say that’s a win no matter what the scoreboard says. ksain@gazette.net

County’s top swimmer came back from torn rotator cuff

BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN STAFF WRITER GREG DOHLER/THE GAZETTE

Bowie High School’s DeAngela Fobbs returned from a rotator cuff injury this winter to have a strong season.

A year ago, current Bowie High School sophomore DeAngela Fobbs wasn’t sure she would ever swim competitively

again, she said. A shoulder injury sustained during a University of Maryland Aquatic Club practice just after the county championship — where she won the 50- and 100-yard freestyle races — turned out to be a lot more serious than anticipated. “I was doing backstroke and I heard a pop and then couldn’t really move my shoulder,” Fobbs said. “I had a torn rotator

cuff. The doctor told me [at least one year] off swimming and I did several months of physical therapy. There was a possibility I wouldn’t be able to swim again.” Not only did Fobbs, who still won two region titles with a torn rotator cuff last winter, make it all

n All-Gazette swimming teams, B-2

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DeMatha lacrosse starts slow Stags starts over after graduation losses from 16-4 season

ERIC GOLDWEIN STAFF WRITER

in the Prince George’s County Region II ﬁnals. A 2014 All-Gazette second team selection, Desire Johnson remains one of the top talents in Prince George’s County tennis this spring. “He’s certainly in a league of his own,” Northwestern coach Tim Ghazzawi said. “It was very clear from the start that he was at a different level. “... The biggest thing is that he’s very cool under pressure. To go undefeated as a freshman is relatively unprecedented in Prince George’s County.”

This isn’t the DeMatha Catholic boys lacrosse team of yesteryear. The Stags graduated 13 seniors and eight Division I players, losing the heart of their offense, the anchor of their defense and many players in between from last year’s team. As coach Scott Morrison put it, “We have quite a few holes to fill.” That’s evident two weeks into the season, with the Hyattsville school off to a 2-4 start through Wednesday following its 16-4 campaign in 2014. The offense has been out of sync and the defensive rotations haven’t been crisp as players — such as All-Gazette midfielder Greyson Torain (Class of 2014), goalkeeper Nick Ramsey and defender Johnny Surdick — that DeMatha once leaned on are no longer there. That’s led DeMatha to a rocky start and an uncharacteristic three-game losing streak. Morrison said the team has the depth and talent to overcome this obstacle, though not overnight. The Stags have had flashes of strong play even as they’ve stumbled out of the gate. In their March 11 season opener against Bullis — one of Montgomery County’s top teams — they overcame a 4-1 deficit to tie the game 5-5, but the wheels fell off after that in an 11-6 loss to a Bulldogs team they defeated in a close game a year ago. “Once we started falling behind, we didn’t know how to react and it just kind of went downhill from there,” senior

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Northwestern High School’s Desire Johnson hits a shot during Tuesday’s match against Laurel.

Northwestern tennis

Sophomore takes a leading role Singles player was undefeated as a freshman in regular season

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Desire Johnson grew up around tennis. Before he started playing, he would tag along with his father, James Johnson, and watch him teach lessons at the non-proﬁt Washington Tennis & Education Foundation (WTEF) in Washington D.C. By the time Desire Johnson was 6 years old, he had picked up a racket and started learning the

sport. Just a few years later, he became a force on the youth national tournament circuit. “He was around tennis all the time,” James Johnson said. “That’s how he fell in love with the game. It was just natural.” Now a sophomore, Desire Johnson has looked like a natural on the Northwestern High School coed tennis team. That’s a rarity for both the Hyattsville school, and Prince George’s County. As a freshman in 2014, he went undefeated in the regular season and won a district championship but ended up falling to Roosevelt’s Vijay Golla (Class of 2014)

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Shayla Lightfoot is one of the best Division II collegiate bowlers in the country, but she rarely, if at all, practiced with her team this season. It didn’t matter. Named the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Bowler of the Year with a 172.16 pin per game average, the senior helped lead Bowie State University to its best season in program history. “It feels great and it’s kind of bittersweet that my college career is over,” Lightfoot said. “But it is time to move on to bigger and better things.” Lightfoot, a sports management major, has spent the spring semester interning in the CIAA’s compliance department ofﬁces in Hampton, Va. She hopes to attend graduate school in the fall and eventually work in the sports business industry.

“Shayla would join us for our matches and practice on her own,” longtime Bowie State coach Ken Scott said. “It’s the first time I’ve ever allowed that to happen. But she was mature enough to handle it and besides, she’s a student-athlete. She had a chance to get her career going. How can I have a problem with that?” Lightfoot, a Henrico, Va. native, has been bowling since she was 4 years old. Her parents and grandparents still bowl in competitive leagues and she said she plans to continue her career after college. “It’s one of those family things,” said Lightfoot, who added — with a laugh — that she’s the best bowler in her family now. “My whole family bowls and roller skates. “Bowling in college wasn’t really one of my primary goals but it is good to have options. I came to Bowie State because it had my major.” It wasn’t just Lightfoot that carried the Bulldogs. Bowie State (45-1 CIAA, 35-1 Northern Division) cruised to its fifth CIAA championship on Sunday by defeating Virginia State in the finals. The

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Bowie State University senior Shayla Lightfoot is one of the best women’s bowlers in the country. She was named top bowler in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association.

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SWIMMING

200 MEDLEY RELAY

DeAngela Fobbs

Bowie Sophomore, 100 freestyle

Elizabeth Seton

Emma Tarnosky, junior Kiara Leath, senior Grace Reavis, freshman Nina Berard, sophomore

SWIMMERS OF THE YEAR

Noah Gonzalez, senior Xavier Fuller, freshman Dylan Buehler, senior Cameron Neely, senior

Won this and 100 butterﬂy at both county and region championships, setting meet records in both at the latter. County-best (2:03.44) was good for 11th at state competition; took sixth in butterﬂy.

GIRLS’ FIRST TEAM

200 RELAY

DeMatha

Roosevelt Senior, 200 individual medley

Bulldogs came within eight points of becoming ﬁrst team other than Roosevelt to win counties in 16 years and Fobbs accounted 21 percent of team’s scoring. County champion in this and 50 free also set region records in both events.

Topped county relay performances by ﬁve seconds, ﬁnished 15th at WMPSSDLs with 2:04.30.

200 MEDLEY RELAY

Christian Dixon

County’s best time by four seconds (1:43.35) good for 16th at Metros.

200 RELAY

BOYS’ FIRST TEAM

DeMatha

Elizabeth Seton

Sterling Smith, sophomore Sean Barbour, junior Dylan Buehler, senior Cameron Neely, senior

Tyla Jackson, sophomore Nina Berard, sophomore Akeyla Holley, seniors Niyette Johnson, sophomore In a ﬁeld that featured an Olympic gold medalist, ﬁnished sixth at WMPSSDLs in 1:45.37.

400 RELAY Elizabeth Seton

Tyla Jackson, sophomore Kiara Leath, senior Akeyla Holley, senior Niyette Johnson, sophomore Finished 12th at WMPSSDLs with county-best 3:57.02.

Finished ﬁfth at WMPSSDLs with county’s best time (1:30.43).

Amanda Hong

Tyla Jackson

Roosevelt Freshman 500 freestyle

Elizabeth Seton Sophomore 100 back

County champion’s thirdplace ﬁnish at South Region meet was best by county swimmers.

Among the county’s best in several events, ﬁnished top 15 at WMPSSDLs in this and 100 butterﬂy.

Niyette Johnson

Catherine Peterson

Elizabeth Seton Sophomore 100 butterﬂy

Roosevelt Sophomore 200 freestyle

County-best 1:00.83 earned 10th place at WMPSSDLs; owns top times in 200 IM and 200 freestyle.

Followed up county win with thirdplace result at region meet, the highest county ﬁnisher.

Sean Barbour

DeMatha Junior 100 butterﬂy Recorded county-best 52.75 in 15thplace at prestigious Metros; seventh at WMPSSDLs.

Don Brazelton

Charlie Dawson

Flowers Junior 100 back

Roosevelt Freshman 500 freestyle

County and region champion posted county-best time (55.58) in seventh-place ﬁnish at states.

County runnerup dropped 8.25 seconds off seed time to ﬁnish fourth at region meet in 5:26.25.

DeMatha

Roosevelt Sophomore 200 freestyle 500 free county champ was county’s highest ﬁnisher in 200 at region; runner-up at county meet.

Sean Barbour, junior Noah Gonzalez, senior Xavier Fuller, freshman Sterling Smith, sophomore Posted county’s top time in Metros prelims (3:22.72); with Cade Jackson ﬁnished 15th in ﬁnals (3:25.79).

COACH OF YEAR

Dave Sellers

Kelsey Carter

Parkdale

Rebuilt a team that had fallen to the lower rung of county swimming back into a top 10 contender. Panthers’ eighth place ﬁnish at county meet was their best since 2011 and a major improvement from 17th a year ago.

Elizabeth Seton The Roadrunners took major steps toward becoming a legitimate factor in the uber competitive Washington Metropolitan Prep Schools Swimming and Diving League; moved from 17th to 13th in standings.

400 RELAY

Nathan Donoghue

Carolyn Sutton

Kristen Toth

Alexis Waterman

Ernesto Evans

Sidney Horton

Sterling Smith

Posted best PGCPS time (2:23.31); also won 100 backstroke county and region titles.

Boasted county’s top time (1:11.23) by six seconds, ﬁnished 17th at Metros.

Finished sixth at WMPSSDL championship behind a county leading 25.44.

Followed county meet win with record-setting performance at South Region meet (22.76).

County, region champ in this and 100 breaststroke, set region meet mark with countybest 48.91.

Posted countybest 100.71 and ﬁnished sixth at WMPSSDL competition.

Laurel Junior 200 IM

Pallotti Junior 100 breast

McNamara Junior 50 freestyle

Largo Senior 50 freestyle

Flowers Senior 100 freestyle

DeMatha Sophomore 100 breast

Second Team is available online at Gazette.net

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Continued from Page B-1 the way back for the 2014-15 high school season but she somehow managed to drop even better times this postseason after 12 months off of practice to help Bowie nearly knock Roosevelt out of the county’s top spot for the ﬁrst time in 16 years. She is The Gazette’s girls swimmer of the year for 2015. After dropping to third place in the county standings for two years after more than a decade in the runner-up spot, the Bulldogs came within eight points of the Raiders in February’s county meet. Fobbs won both of her individual events and anchored Bowie’s second-place 200 freestyle relay to account for 72 points, 21 per-

cent of the Bulldogs’ overall 338 points. She dropped nearly two seconds off her time in the 100 freestyle from last winter. Fobbs followed that performance up by setting two meet records at the Class 4A/3A Region championships last month, lowering her own mark in the 50 freestyle to 25.88 seconds — from 26.21 — and breaking Roosevelt graduate Natasha Chomko’s 2012 record in the 100 freestyle (56.66). Both were improvements over last winter. A 15th-place ﬁnish in the 100 freestyle at the Class 4A/3A state competition was Fobbs’ best so far. But this year’s accomplishments just set the standard for which the Bulldogs’ top swimmer said she hopes to eclipse next season. Fobbs said she also has her sights set on some long-standing county meet records.

She is within close reach of the 18year 50 freestyle mark, which is 25.08. The 100 freestyle record (52.77) has been standing since 1987 for a reason but it also is not completely out of reach. And if anyone can do it, it’s Fobbs. Coach Maggie Fletcher praised her young leading scorer’s work ethic and devotion to helping her team in whatever way possible. “She works really hard,” Fletcher said of Fobbs earlier this season. “But as a swimmer, she’s also very interested in the team rather than some [top] swimmers you run into who are more concerned with their own individual performance.” Shoulder injuries can be careerthreatening to swimmers. But Fobbs, who now typically sticks to sprint freestyle but can be quite versatile, said she

could not fathom the thought of turning her back on the sport she’d devoted so much time to and the racing atmosphere in which she truly thrives. So, after a less than desirable diagnosis, she set out with the natural internal drive of a top-level swimmer — and willingness to push her body to and beyond its limits — on the road to recovery. The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and tendons that surround the shoulder joint and work to keep it in place. Fobbs spent months in physical therapy working to strengthen those muscles — and continues to do those exercises and stretches to maintain that strength. While she was only cleared to use her arms at full capacity in the water “three or four months ago” and said there were some initial fears of how her

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midfielder Matt Brisolari said. DeMatha went through a similar slump against Good Counsel on Tuesday. Despite generating numerous scoring chances, defensive lapses put the Stags down 7-1 heading into intermission. They tightened up in the second half and got back in the game, but it was too little too late in an eventual 9-5 loss. Senior Colin Peacock, a long stick midfielder, said the players are still in the process of learning the plays and adjusting to their new roles, especially on the back line, which Surdick and Ramsey led a year ago. “Coming into the season we’re all trying to get familiar with each other, see who’s good where, who can do what, and what skills people have, who we can rely on,” Peacock said. The chemistry isn’t there yet, but Brisolari, the Stags’ second-leading scorer in 2014, said he expects that to change as DeMatha gets more game experience. “Those are the things that are going to make this team good once we figure out what everybody’s tendencies are,” said Brisolari, an All-Gazette honorable mention. The Stags are looking to win their first Washington

well-rounded team also swept the league’s postseason awards, with Scott and redshirt freshman Sierra Davis receiving coach and rookie of the year honors, respectively. Senior Ambrianna Bankston, who is student-teaching near campus, and her younger sister, junior Keyandra Bankston, were also named to the All-CIAA team. Lightfoot and Ambrianna Bankston also shared the CIAA

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Sports Briefs McNamara, Seton basketball recognized

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DeMatha Catholic High School boys lacrosse player Matt Brisolari is expected to lead the Stags this spring. Catholic Athletic Conference title since 2009 by ending Gonzaga’s ﬁve-year reign as league champions. “There will be a learning

curve,” Morrison said. “... It won’t happen overnight but it will happen in April.” egoldwein@gazette.net

Bishop McNamara High School’s Morgan Smith and Myka Johnson-Matthews, along with Elizabeth Seton’s Raven Fox were selected to the 2015 Washington Catholic Athletic Conference girls basketball ﬁrst team. McNamara’s Kyara Frames made second team while Seton’s Tatyana Carver was a third team selection. Nicole Enabosi from Good Counsel (Olney) was named WCAC Player of the Year.

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shoulder might react to the swimming motion or reinjury, Fobbs said she made sure to stay in the best shape possible by working out her lower body. That, she said, has led to a more powerful kick, which has proven quite helpful when her shoulder starts to fatigue. Considering how well the Bulldogs sophomore has done during an injury-riddled ﬁrst half to her high school tenure, there are likely some exciting developments on the horizon next winter. “When I injured myself, during the whole process of sitting out and the possibility of not swimming, it really was good motivation to come back and work hard,” Fobbs said. “There’s no other sport that I really like.”

championships’ most valuable bowler selection. “I’ve had talented individuals and teams before, but never anything like this group of girls with the commitment and determination,” Scott said. “These girls liked each other and they went the extra steps I hadn’t seen before. The girls practiced up at the bowling center when we didn’t have practice, and had personal and team goals they worked on in the offseason. Bowie State also won the CIAA Team Highest Grade-

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Continued from Page B-1 Tennis runs in Desire Johnson’s family. His father, James Johnson, grew up training at WTEF — a tennis organization for underserved children in Washington, D.C. — and has coached there for more than 22 years, he said. Desire Johnson’s siblings also play; his older sister, Charrisha Watkins, trained at WTEF and played women’s tennis at Gettysburg College. Tennis isn’t Desire Johnson’s only sport. When he’s not dominating the county competition on the courts, he’s running routes and knocking down passes for Northwestern’s football team. James Johnson said it’s hard to judge how Desire Johnson’s football and tennis skills —

jbeekman@gazette.net Point Average Award with a cumulative 3.23 GPA, an honor that Scott said he is most proud of. “As a coach, you don’t always focus speciﬁcally on GPA,” he said. “You check grades and get tutors, but there is only so much you can do. So when you receive an award like that, it is a very special moment. Not only do you have the best bowlers, you have the smartest, too. That is really astonishing and a hallmark moment.” kzakour@gazette.net

one is a team sport and the other individual — but that his work ethic is consistent across both sports. “I can tell you this much,” James Johnson said. “He competes just as hard.” Desire Johnson said he wants to compete after high school. He’s undecided about what school and which sport — “Whichever one gets me the most money” — but for now he’s trying to have another dominant season in Prince George’s County tennis by winning districts and regionals. “I should do pretty good this year. Maybe even better,” Desire Johnson said. “[I’ll need] to be consistent. Play well, every time, every match.” egoldwein@gazette.net

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Bowie ready to contend for state titles After successful indoor seasons, Bulldogs could sweep outdoor titles

ADAM GUTEKUNST STAFF WRITER

Bowie High School boys track standoutAntonioColeman,sporting an inquisitive look, turned to teammate Maxwell Willis at the beginning of a Tuesday afternoon practice as he pondered the question before him: Do the Bulldogs have a loaded roster this season? Without uttering a word, Willis offered his opinion to his senior captain, scrunching his nose and leaning his head to the side. This year’s roster didn’t match up to last year’s group that captured the 4A state title. “Not compared to last year,” Coleman said. “Last year’s team was definitely loaded.” Still,withColeman—asenior, who up until last week held a national-best time of 1 minute, 4.13 seconds in the indoor 500 meters — and Willis — a junior who went undefeated in the 200 last spring — leading the way, Bowie looks again to be the class of the Prince George’s public schools in boys competition. But the expectations don’t stop there for a Bulldogs program that earned two second place finishes at the indoor state meet in February. Pulling in behind Coleman and Willis after a warm-up jog around track was senior Taylor Williams, an Indiana University recruit and 2015 All-Gazette Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year — the leader of a girls team that figures to be just as much in play for a state title this spring as its male counterparts. “I definitely think we can come back and win titles because we have people in field events that we didn’t have last year,” Williams said. “I definitely think our team has grown.” For longtime Bulldogs coach Rich Andrulonis, there is one goal for both programs: a state title. “Our goal is to win both boys and girls county, region, district

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DeMatha Catholic High School’s Mitchell Howell (center) shoots on goal Tuesday in Olney against (from left) Good Counsel’s Jonathan Hanson, Luke Strang and Phillip McIntyre.

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Bowie High School’s Maxwell Willis is expected to be a key contributor for the Bulldogs this spring. and state championships,” Andrulonis said. “[It’s] an attainable goal.” The girls, who ﬁnished tied for second place at the indoor state meet with 35 points, fell to state champion Clarksburg, which ﬁgures to be the Bulldogs greatest competition this spring. But the addition of events such as the long jump and triple jump that come exclusively with the spring season will bolster the girls scoring capabilities, Andrulonis said, pulling them that much closer to the bar the Coyotes set in February. Williams posted the country’s seventh-fastest time in the 500 this winter — an event she swept over the course of the season. Joining Williams in the 400 are junior Felicia Haidara and freshman J’Tae Joyner, who excels in the triple jump and long jump. On the distance side of things, the Bulldogs, who are relatively thin in the longer events this year according to their coach, will

look to All-Gazette senior Ashley Modeste, who claimed the county’s best times in the 1,600 and 3,200 over the winter. “I definitely think we can do it, but this team is pretty young, so it will take them some learning to fully understand that we’re coming back as favorites,” Williams said. “They’ll just have to embrace the pressure that comes along with it and I’ll just have to help them get through that because I know how it feels.” On the boys side, the gap between the Bulldogs and their Montgomery County competition is less pronounced. Bowie finished in second place behind Northwest at the indoor state meet, after Willis, who appeared to have won the 300, was disqualified for a lane violation. “We were so close, but we couldn’t get it done,” Coleman said of the prospect of sweeping consecutive outdoor and indoor state titles. “Hopefully we just get

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it together and get it down.” For that to happen, Willis said, the team will need to develop more toughness — something the Bulldogs junior said is the biggest difference between this year’s team and last year’s state champions. “We have to get better at being tough at practiceso that we’re naturally tough in the meet,” Willis said. “Getting tough means when you’re tired, don’t lose your form. If you know you’re tired, use your arms and don’t give up.” It’sthatmentaledge,Andrulonis agreed, that will take the Bulldogs to newer, golden heights. “We don’t want to beat ourselves,” Andrulonis said. “If we don’t, I think we have a chance to win … Everyone needs to mentally pick it up a notch. They need to pick it up a notch and know, ‘Hey, I’m tired, but I need to do it for the team.’” agutekunst@gazette.net

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Good Counsel High School coach Matt Durkin calls them the “oh no moments.” They happen when a defender misses a rotation, or simply loses track of his assignment, giving the opposition a clear shot from point-blank range and leaving the goalie hanging out to dry. The Falcons boys lacrosse team (2-2) had plenty of those moments in its Washington Catholic Athletic Conference opener against DeMatha (2-4) on Tuesday. But when the defenders made mistakes — and they made plenty of them, particularly early on — junior Luke Strang was there to bail them out. The 5-foot-9 goalkeeper steered away about 20 shots, including three in one first-quarter possession, as the host Falcons defeated the Stags, 9-5, at Dancel Field in Olney. “Some days you’re just feeling it,” Strang said. “The

ball is like a beach ball to you and it’s just huge. So it’s just one of those days.” Strang, who backed up Dylan Szot (Class of 2014) last season, is the anchor of a defense that has several players adjusting to new roles and that’s been dealing with several injuries, Durkin said. Mike Harris is coming off an anterior cruciate ligament injury while long stick midfielder Chris Montgomery has been out with a concussion. That, combined with the inexperience, led to several defensive breakdowns. But Strang made tough saves at pivotal moments, helping the Falcons take a 7-1 lead into halftime despite both teams getting a similar amount of shots on target. “He definitely makes saves that you wouldn’t expect most goalies to make,” Durkin said. DeMatha came back in the second half and cut the deficit to 8-5 in the fourth quarter, but Good Counsel’s John McGovern put the game away by causing a turnover deep in the Hyattsville school’s territory and giving the Falcons an insurance goal. egoldwein@gazette.net

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All we are saying is give teens a chance Playhouse features young adult actors in festival of one acts

KIRSTY GROFF STAFF WRITER

Laurel Mill Playhouse seeks to remind the community that age is only a number when they bring back their Young Adult Spring One Act Festival, premiering March 27. The festival features seven one act plays, performed by a cast of young women from 12 to 19 years old. They may not have decades of acting under their belts yet, but their dedication and skill rival that of seasoned veterans, according to director Larry Simmons. Simmons has worked on the playhouse’s one act festivals for about five years, and home theater group the Burtonsville Players has included them in their seasons off and on for almost two decades. Having one act festivals focusing on younger actors fits in with Laurel Mill Playhouse’s goal to connect with the community across age levels. “Our mission is to reach out to adults, seniors and kids,” said executive producer Maureen Rogers. “We have a really good following of young people who like to get involved, so we’re putting our effort into them so they’ll continue doing this and be a part of this later on.” Both of Simmons’ daughters were involved in the theater at a young age, which led to him and his wife, producer Diana Simmons, developing a relationship with Laurel Mill. “I’m fond of telling people, ‘I really first only came to drop off my kids,’” he said. “My older daughter is still involved every

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(From left) Morgan Wenerick and Erica Ridge prepare for their roles in “The Prodigal Cow,” a one-act play by Mark Harvey Levine featured in the Young Adult Spring One Act Festival at Laurel Mill Playhouse, opening March 27.

YOUNG ADULT SPRING ONE ACT FESTIVAL n When: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and April 10-11; 2 p.m. Sunday and April 12 n Where: Laurel Mill Playhouse, 508 Main St., Laurel n Tickets: $20; $15 for students 12 and younger, active duty military and seniors n More information: 301-617-9906, option 2; LaurelMillPlayhouse.org

now and then, but primarily my wife and I are carrying on the family tradition.” Throughout his years working with the playhouse, Simmons has watched young actors grow and develop their abilities and knew they had something special. It was his increased familiarity with the talents of some of these teenagers that led to him

ﬁrst taking on a young adult one act festival at Laurel Mill Playhouse. While most years have featured a different mix of actors, many of this year’s cast worked with him for last summer’s festival. “Some of these girls have been with Laurel Mill since they were 9 years old,” said Simmons. “There’s really only one brand new actor — she was shy

at ﬁrst because she didn’t know anybody, but with theater kids, they just kind of assimilate new ones into the group.” Simmons’ familiarity with many of the actors helped in casting for the seven one acts. Since each play is short, Simmons could use decently-sized portions of the works during auditions and factor in reactions to each piece in determining who would take on which roles, as well as what he’s previously seen in prior Laurel Mill productions. It’s been great for Simmons, he said, to see each of the girls include more of themselves into each of their characters as rehearsals have moved forward. For him, characters are most believable when an actor

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Barolo and Barbaresco are a class apart

There is clearly something magical in the soil of Italy’s Piedmont region. In addition to being a source of the highly esteemed white truffle, it is also the region where the Nebbiolo grape is transformed into Barolo and Barbaresco, two of Italy’s greatest wines. Like the elusive truffle, the best examples of these wines are pricey, with many costing hundreds of dollars. They are also very tannic when young, with a harshness that requires years of cellaring to mellow before becoming truly drinkable. But for winelovers with patience and disposable income, Barolo and Barbaresco grown in their namesake regions evoke the same level of praise as the finest Burgundies and Bordeaux although based upon a uniquely different flavor profile. Nebbiolo is notable for its intense florallike aromatics and a difficult to describe, but still characteristic, aroma that seems part earthy and part savory with some tobacco and bitter fruit mixed in as well. The flavor profile includes fruits like blackberry, plum, cherry, strawberry and currant, along with some spice, high acidity and massive tannins while young. For those who are intrigued but lack the finances and forbearance to purchase Nebbiolo wines from the more famous Barolo and Barbaresco producers, there are more reasonably priced alternatives. Recent releases of Barolo and Barbaresco from the Luca Bosio Vineyards are drinking remarkably well while young including the Luca Bosio Barbaresco DOCG 2011

GRAPELINES BY LOUIS MARMON that displays red floral, menthol and earthy aromas leading into attractive spice, coffee and chocolate accented dark berry, plum and strawberry flavors. Nicely balanced and very food friendly, there is also a notable minerality in the long finish. Since no two growing seasons are ever identical, it is always fascinating to observe the impact of this variation in vintages. The Luca Bosio Barolo DOCG 2009 seems to explode with scents of cranberry, leather and hints of smoky tea that combine with mushroom, kirsch, cola and dark fruit flavors within a full bodied frame of notable but not massive tannins, good balance and oak that make it drinkable and yet also age-worthy in the short-term. Despite being a year younger, the Luca Bosio Barolo DOCG 2010 is actually drinking better right now. It is softer with velvety tannins and nicely developed red berry and floral aromas along with herb infused blackberry, raspberry and citrus notes leading to a lengthy, bright finish. Bosio also produces some other interesting wines such as their 100 percent Barbera named after one of the family’s favorite dogs that is adept at finding truffles. Their “Leda, the Truffle Hunter” Barbera d’Asti DOCG 2013 is a value priced, easy drinking, mediumbodied wine that expresses ripe red berry and cranberry aromas and flavors along with citrus and some bittersweet chocolate at the end. Consider as well the Luca Bosio Arneis DOCG 2013,

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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. THEATER & STAGE Bowie Community Theatre, “Flyin’

West,” April 10 through April 25, call for prices, times, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Drive, Bowie, 301-8050219, bctheatre.com. The Clarice, Wake Up!, March 27; Wake Up!, March 28 (two shows); UMD Mayuri: Mayuri 2015, March 28; UNIVERSES: Party People Salon, March 28; UMD Symphony Orchestra & Wind Orchestra Symphonic Scenes, March 28; Common Tone: Chelsey Green and the Green Project, March 29; Rip the Floor Dance Competition, March 29; Divergent Perspectives: Foodways, March 31; University of Maryland, College Park, theclarice.umd.edu. Hard Bargain Players, Theater in the Woods, 2001 Bryan Point Road, Accokeek, 240-766-8830, hbplayers.org.

Harmony Hall Regional Center, Friday Movie Matinee, “The Big Wedding,” 11 a.m. March 27; The Marcels, March 28; Kid’s Day Out: Dinorock Junkyard Pirates, 10:30 a.m. April 1, 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, 301-203-6070, arts.pgparks.com. Greenbelt Arts Center, “Evil Dead The Musical,” through March 28; call for prices, times, Greenbelt Arts Center, 123 Centerway, Greenbelt, 301-441-8770, greenbeltartscenter.org. Joe’s Movement Emporium, Ashley Malloy Hip Hop Workshop. 3 p.m. March 29, 3309 Bunker Hill Road, Mount Rainier, 301-699-1819, joesmovement.org. Laurel Mill Playhouse, Young Adult Spring One Acts, March 27 through April 12, call for ticket prices, times, Laurel Mill Playhouse, 508 Main St., Laurel, 301-4522557, laurelmillplayhouse.org. Montpelier Arts Center, The Sweater Set, 8 p.m. March 27; 9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel, 301-377-7800, arts.pgparks.com. NASA’S Music And Drama club (MAD), Barney & Bea Recreation Center, 10000 Good Luck Road, Bowie. For ticket sales and additional information, call 240-4758800 or visit madtheater.org. Prince George’s Little Theatre, “Suite Surrender,” May 1 through May 16, call for tickets and show times, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Drive, Bowie, 301-937-7458, pglt.org.

Publick Playhouse, World Dance Showcase, 8 p.m. March 28; Jeff Majors, 4 p.m. March 29; GEICO Gecko Series: Slim Bodyology - “FANTASTIC YOU,” 10:15 a.m. and noon, March 31, 5445 Landover Road, Cheverly, 301-277-1710, arts.pgparks.com. 2nd Star Productions, “Kiss Me, Kate,” May 29 through June 27; Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Dr., Bowie, call for prices, times, 410-757-5700, 301-8324819, 2ndstarproductions.com. Tantallon Community Players, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” May 22 through June 7; Harmony Hall Regional Center, 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, 301-262-5201, tantallonstage.com. Venus Theatre, “God Don’t Like Ugly,” through April 12, 21 C Street, Laurel. venustheatre.org.

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6:30 p.m. March 27-28, April 3-4; Jelly Roll Mortals, 8:30 p.m. March 28; Art Reception, 3 p.m. March 29; Wynne Paris & Groovananda, 6 p.m. March 29; Susan Jones Jazz Quartet 7 p.m. March 31; The War and Treaty, 7 p.m. April 1; Mid-Day Melodies with Amy C Kraft, noon, April 2; Songwriters Association of Washington

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Continued from Page B-4 can ﬁnd him or herself in the role. It’s worked well with his approach as a director, inﬂuenced by his experience on the other side of theater. “I’m an actor’s director, I guess, I allow them to make their own decisions unless there’s something really wrong,” he said. “But for the most part they’re naturals, it works.” “Larry works excellently with the young adults,” Rogers said. “They really respect his knowledge and experience.” This year’s one act festival is composed of seven works, a mix of published and unpublished, younger and older playwrights. Some writers have more than one piece included in the festival, and the one act plays deal with topics ranging from the life of a box of crayons to the perils of America’s higher education system, from issues between siblings to bullying. “I’m trying to get the kids to be able to stretch themselves as actors,” said

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(From left) Juliet Beach, Erica Ridge and Morgan Wenerick appear in “Misfortune,” a oneact play by Mark Harvey Levine featured in Laurel Mill Playhouse’s Young Adult Spring One Act Festival. Simmons. “They’re just amazing to watch on stage, and the energy these kids have and the dedication they give to the craft is just amazing.”

Continuing to produce one act play festivals speciﬁcally for young adult actors stems in part from the notion some people hold — and one that Simmons

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DANCING Ballroom dance and lesson, with instructor Dave Malek at 7 p.m. every Thursday. A beginner’s lesson precedes the dance, which starts at 8 p.m. Cost is $10. The dance is located at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 6111 Columbian Way, Bowie. For more information, email dave@dancin-dave.com or call 410-3708438.

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. Mount Rainier Nature Center, Toddler Time: hands-on treasures, crafts, stories

and Rogers have encountered — that younger actors aren’t as good as performers in the ﬁeld who have decades of training and experience. Often, in Simmons’ opinion, this group of performers is marginalized by theater companies who only put them in musicals. By creating opportunities to feature younger performers, Laurel Mill Playhouse hopes to prove that they can hold their own — and even at times outshine — their older counterparts. “Some people are dismissive because it’s all young adults, and we have found that not to be true,” Rogers said. “They’re every bit as good as experienced actors.” “I’ve always felt that way, probably because both of my daughters liked to do it,” added Simmons. “A lot of these kids really do have a drive to be better as an actor, and sometimes you have to ﬁnd the things that get them out of sing and dance mode. You’ve got to give them a chance to show you what they can do.” kgroff@gazette.net

and soft play, 11 a.m. to noon Thursdays, age 5 and younger free, 4701 31st Place, Mount Rainier, 301-927-2163. Prince George’s Audubon Society, Bird Walks, 7:30 a.m. ﬁrst Saturdays, Fran Uhler Natural Area, meets at end of Lemon Bridge Road, north of Bowie State University, option to bird nearby WB&A Trail afterward; 7:30 a.m. third Saturdays, Governor Bridge Natural Area, Governor Bridge Road, Bowie, meet in parking lot; for migrating and resident woodland and ﬁeld birds, and waterfowl. For beginners and experts. Waterproof footwear and binoculars suggested. Free. 410-765-6482.

ET CETERA College Park Aviation Museum, Peter Pan Club, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. second and fourth Thursdays of every month, activities for pre-schoolers, $4, $3 seniors, $2 ages 2 to 18, 1985 Cpl. Frank Scott Drive, College Park, 301-864-6029, collegeparkaviationmuseum.com. Women’s Chamber Choir Auditions, by appointment for the concert season of women’s chamber choir Voix de Femmes, 7:45 to 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, 402 Compton Ave., Laurel, 301-520-8921, annickkanter@ gmail.com.

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UNIVERSES explored “Party People Salon” arrives at The Clarice this Saturday, devised by award-winning ensemble UNIVERSES, which combines theatre, poetry, jazz, hip-hop and Southern blues to create a unique viewing experience. Reﬂecting the revolutionary spirit of the Black Panthers and Young Lords Movements of the 1960s and 1970s, the performance is interspersed with conversations among veteran Panthers and Lords, including former Black Panther Party member Aaron Dixon and Denise Oliver-Velez, who was a member of both the Young Lords and Black Panther Parties. Dixon and Oliver-Velez share personal stories of everyday people who became leaders and activists. Show time is 8 p.m. Saturday at the Kogod Theatre. For more information, visit theclarice.umd.edu.

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‘Health crusader’

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Award-winning ensemble UNIVERSES will bring its blend of traditional theater, poetry, jazz, hip-hop and Southern blues to The Clarice at the University of Maryland, College Park when it presents “Party People Salon” at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Kogod Theatre.

The GEICO Gecko Series will present Slim Goodbody in “Slim Bodyology — FANTASTIC YOU” at 10:15 a.m. and noon Tuesday at the Publick Playhouse, 5445 Landover Road, Cheverly. The health and body musical is designed to introduce children to the heart, brain, lungs, bones, muscles, senses and the digestive system through a combination of song, dance and audience participation. Spotlighting the importance of nutrition, ﬁtness, hygiene and a positive self-image, Slim Goodbody has been entertaining children while educating about healthy living for almost four decades. The performance is supported by the GEICO Philanthropic Foundation and is free to Title 1 Schools in Prince George’s County. Tickets are $8. For more information, visit arts.pgparks.com.

Bomp-a-bomp-bomp

FROM THE MARCELS

Famed doo-wop group The Marcels will perform Saturday at the Harmony Hall Regional Center in Fort Washington.

A ‘Blue Moon’ is on the rise Saturday when American doo-wop legends The Marcels grace the Harmony Hall Stage in Fort Washington. The group’s 1961 recording of the oft-crooned tune sold more than two and a half million copies, thanks in large part to their unique cover treatment that brimmed with their trademark ‘bomp-a-bomp’ and ‘dip-da-dip’ contributions. Current members include Jules Hopson, Kenny Mitchell, Richard Harris and Ted “Reno” Smith, who have performed in venues from New York’s Apollo Theatre to Madison Square Garden. Show time is 8 p.m. For more information, visit http:// arts.pgparks.com. For more on the group, visit themarcels.com.

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From Carnegie Hall to The Clarice, recording artist Chelsey Green continues to reinvigorate live string performance via her talents on the violin and viola with a concert at 7 p.m. Sunday at Busboys & Poets in Hyattsville. The concert is being presented as part of the Common Tone series, which aims to connect young artists and the community. Green, a classically trained musician and a doctoral candidate at the University of Maryland, College Park, has performed alongside such luminaries as Stevie Wonder and, in 2010, was named Artist-in-Residence at The Music Center at Strathmore. For more information, visit theclarice. umd.edu.

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2015 NISSAN

PATHFINDER 4X4

AT THIS PRICE

MODEL #25015

0 DOWN

239/MO

36 MO LEASE 12K MILES/YR

17,995 OR

AT THIS PRICE

MODEL #67115

2015 NISSAN

/MO 36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

$ 4

AT THIS PRICE

AWD MODEL #22415

2014 NISSAN

AT THIS PRICE

249

/MO 36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

MSRP: $35,815 Sale Price: $30,995 Nissan Rebate: $4,500 NMAC Bonus Cash: $500

$ Leather, Heated Seats, moonroof MODEL #16214

22,495 OR

MAXIMA 3.5 SV

289

MSRP: $26,970 Sale Price: $23,495 Nissan Customer Cash: $750 NMAC Bonus Cash: $250

ROGUE SV

24,995

MSRP: $22,070 Sale Price: $19,745 Nissan Customer Cash: $750

2015 MURANOS

24,495 OR

NV200

14,995

189/MO

MSRP: $32,000 Sale Price: $27, 995 NMAC Bonus Cash: $3,500

Complimentary Level 2 Home EV Wall Mount Charging Station $ (installation not included)

SENTRA SV

AT THIS PRICE

2015 NISSAN

MSRP: $19,360 Sale Price: $16,245 Nissan Rebate $1,000 NMAC Bonus Cash: $250

36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

2015 NISSAN

AT THIS PRICE

139/MO

36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

AT THIS PRICE

MSRP: $24,135 Sale Price: $20,245 Nissan Customer Cash: -$1,250 NMAC Bonus Cash: -$1,000

2015 NISSAN

13,995 OR

w/automatic transmission MODEL #11615

9330 Baltimore Ave College Park, MD 20740 888-693-8037

25,995 OR

299

/MO 39 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

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Prices include all rebates and incentives. DARCARS Nissan DOES NOT Include college grad or military rebates in price! NMAC Bonus Cash require financing through NMAC with approved credit. Prices exclude tax, tags, freight (Cars $810, SUVs and Trucks $860-$1000) and $300 processing charge, Lease payments are calculated with tax, tags, freight, $300 processing charge and first payment due at signing, and are valid with tier one approval through NMAC. Prices and payments valid only at listed VINS. See dealer for details. Offer expires 03/31/2015. G560725