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Hyattsville Middle School Principal Kimberly Washington (right) gives school background Tuesday to visiting Principal for a Day Jacqueline Tyson of Citadel of Prayer Church in Hyattsville while the two walk the halls during the Principal for a Day event.

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Victoria Samuels said she discovered that walking in a principal’s shoes isn’t easy, particularly when those shoes belong to Kathy Richard-Andrews, principal of the Academy of Health Sciences at PGCC.

“With Dr. Richard-Andrews, I’ve learned I must wear flat shoes because keeping up with her is a real challenge in and of itself,” said Samuels of Anne Arundel County, vice president of community relations for Greenbelt-based Educational Systems Federal Credit Union.

Samuels was one of approximately 260 business, nonprofit and government leaders who shadowed actual principals Tuesday in Prince George’s County Public Schools’ “Principal for a Day” community event.

The program begun in 2004 and is held in col-

Contested elections bring new leadership to municipalities

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KIRSTEN PETERSEN STAFF WRITER

Incumbents in Cottage City have lost their seats following landslide victories by a newcomer and a former town commissioner, while the appointed mayor in Brentwood was elected to the role for the first time during the May 4 municipal elections.

In the Cottage City Ward 1 race, newcomer Abel Núñez earned 127 votes while the incumbent, Commissioner Chair Richard Côté, earned 40 votes, according to preliminary election results from Cottage City. Official results will be announced when all absentee and provisional ballots are counted.

Gemma Miranda, 40, of

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Cottage City said Núñez, who is the executive director of the Central American Resource Center in Washington, D.C., will represent the Spanishspeaking community on the board of commissioners.

“He’s going to help us.

He’s going to be involved,” Miranda said.

In the race for the at-large seat, former at-large commissioner Demetrius Givens earned 127 votes, Commissioner Vice Chairwoman Patricia Gross received 28 votes and former Ward 3 commissioner Phyllis Robinson earned 16 votes, according to preliminary results.

Resident Jerry Ottley, 53, said he voted for Givens because he’s active in the Cottage City community.

“Other officials, you don’t see them,” Ottley said. “He makes a difference. Anytime

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Joseph and Vivian Whalen of Hyattsville wait for a checkup April 30 at the Greenbelt Radiation Oncology Center.

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The deck of the parking lot behind Burlington Coat Factory is mostly empty, while the bottom floor is about half-full April 27 at the Towne Centre at Laurel.

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Shopping center official says residents don’t realize new lot exists BY

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Officials from the Towne Centre at Laurel say they’re investing $10,000 in signs to encourage shoppers to park at

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its $3.1 million parking deck, which does not reach capacity during peak shopping hours.

During the April 14 planning commission meeting, three new signs directing shoppers to the parking garage were approved. There currently are no universal parking symbols at the parking deck. The signs, which combined cost $10,000, will be installed in the next four to six weeks.

Being married for over 50 years, Hyattsville residents Joseph and Vivian Whalen have shared so much of their lives together; bowling, travel and attending Baltimore Orioles games, but they never expected to undergo cancer treatment together.

“I asked God, please give me the strength to be there for her, and she asked for the same thing,” said Joseph Whalen, 71. “We understood what the other was going through, because we were both going through it.”

In August 2014, a lump was found in Viv-

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laboration with the Prince George’s County Chamber of Commerce.

“From the eyes of the principal, you’re seeing everyone they work with, you’re seeing how they interact with the students, and you’re really getting a chance to see the value in the whole education process,” Samuels said.

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Despite a proposed property and telecommunications tax hike, Prince George’s government is looking to eliminate 110 jobs and institute five-day furloughs for most county employees.

“The increase in the property taxes can only go to the schools. It can’t be used to save anyone’s job,” County Executive Rushern L. Baker (D) said during an April 14 forum in Capitol Heights.

The proposed FY16 budget includes $7.4 million in savings due to a Reduction in Force, or elimination of positions.

Thomas Himler, Baker’s chief budget officer, said the budget office estimates that amount would equal approximately 110 layoffs.

“That’s an estimate. The actual number

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MAY 7 The Battle of Bladensburg, 1 to 2 p.m., Bladensburg Waterfront Park, 4601 Annapolis Road, Bladensburg. The history of the Battle of Bladensburg: A recounting of events leading up to the battle, its participants and its outcome. Contact 301-7790371; TTY 301-699-2544.

Vote for the Best Book Storytime, 4 p.m., New Carrollton Library, 7414 Riverdale Road, New Carrollton. Join us for a storytime featuring the books nominated for Maryland’s Black Eyed Susan Book Award, and vote for your favorites. Ages 6-9. Contact 301-459-6900.

MAY 8 movies@hope presents “The Lives of Others”, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Hope Lutheran

Church, 4201 Guilford Drive, College Park.

This deeply moving German film shows the unintended human consequences of official surveillance — and is more timely than ever in light of subsequent revelations about our own country’s national security program. Admission and refreshments are free. Contact 240-264-7924 or prthomps1@verizon.net.

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a.m. to Noon at Parking lot of High Point High School, 3601 Powder Mill Road, Beltsville. Come early for the best selection of quality plants at reasonable prices from our members. A variety of annuals, vegetables, herbs, houseplants, shrubs, perennials and trees will be available.

Plants from the club’s greenhouse at the James E. Duckworth School will be for sale. Contact 301-937-3683.

Cycle Through Aviation History, 10 a.m., College Park Aviation Museum, 1985 Cpl. Frank Scott Drive, College Park.

Discover 250 years of flight in a guided bicycle tour along the Anacostia River trails, from the first balloon flight in America to intriguing 20th century inventions and industry. The ride will be a flat 10 mile loop with some riding on quiet streets, but mostly on off-road, paved trails. Bicycles and helmets are available and snacks will be provided. Persons 16 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Contact 301864-6029; TTY 301-699-2544.

Mornings at the Museum, 11 a.m., College Park Aviation Museum, 1985 Corporal Frank Scott Drive, College Park.

Explore exciting aspects of the College Park Aviation Museum’s collection on the second Saturday of each month with a

museum educator. May’s tour will focus on military history. Contact 301-864-6029; TTY 301-699-2544.

Pen & Pose: A Workshop in Yoga and Writing, 11 a.m., Montpelier Arts Center,

9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel. Yoga and writing both use literal and metaphorical vehicles to discover parts of ourselves that have laid dormant. Wear comfortable clothing, and bring a yoga mat and your favorite notebook and pen. Ages 18 & up.

Contact 301-377-7800 or montpelier.arts@ pgparks.com.

Gateway Arts District Open Studio Tour, Noon to 5 p.m., the Brentwood

Arts Exchange, 3901 Rhode Island Ave., Brentwood. More than 125 artists in the neighborhood will open their studios. Celebrate and peruse the abundance of art and culture in an area unlike any other in our region. Come spend the day exploring our creative spaces. Contact 301-277-2863 or phil.davis@pgparks.com.

Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month Hoopla Film Event: A Simple Life, 2

p.m., Glenarden Library, 8724 Glenarden Pkwy., Glenarden. Contact 301-7725477/240-696-3844.

Mom’s the Word, 3 p.m., Hyattsville Library, 6530 Adelphi Road, Hyattsville.

Drop in to hear a story about Mother’s Day and make a card to take home to your mom. Contact 301-985-4690.

Maestro Khan with Sistah Mafalda & Kuumba Performers, 8 to 10 p.m., Publick

Playhouse, 5445 Landover Road, Landover. Master of sitar, surbahar and tabla Maestro Khan performes classical Indian fusion in a program that includes Sistah Mafalda and the Kuumba Performers presenting African, Caribbean and American dance and drum pieces. Contact 301-2771710; TTY 301-277-0312.

MAY 10 Mother’s Day Brunch & Jazz, Noon to

4 p.m., Prince George’s Sports & Learning Complex, 8001 Sheriff Road, Landover.

Come celebrate all mothers, while enjoying a delicious catered Brunch and listening to the sounds of smooth Jazz. If that is not enough, participate in a Fashion Show and model your most elegant, impressive spring hats. Cost is resident: $30; nonresident: $36. Contact 301-583-2400; TTY 301-583-2483.

Mother’s Day Tours, 12:15 to 3:15 p.m., Riversdale House Museum, 4811 Riverdale Road, Riverdale. Bring your mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, or other special lady for a free guided tour of the house. Note: Limited to one free tour per paid admission. Adults: $3; seniors: $2;

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The 11th Annual Greenbelt Green Man Festival, 11 a.m.

to 5 p.m., Roosevelt Center in Greenbelt.

Celebrate our streams and waterways. Get involved. Bring your skills and interests to the mix.

Spread the word and tell the story of your favorite natural places. Visit www.greenbeltgreenmanfestival. org.

MORE INTERACTIVE CALENDAR ITEMS AT WWW.GAZETTE.NET students: $1; Ages 4 and under: free. Contact 301-864-0420; TTY 301-699-2544.

MAY 11 MAC: Manga and Anime Club, 7 p.m., Hyattsville Library, 6530 Adelphi Road, Hyattville. Watch your favorite anime, talk about and preview new manga, create art, comics and costumes, and enjoy snacks.

Join fellow anime and manga fans at the Hyattsville Manga and Anime Club. Contact 301-985-4690.

Chinese-English Preschool Storytime, 7 p.m., Greenbelt Library, 11 Crescent Road, Greenbelt. Enjoy children’s stories, songs, rhymes and other activities in Chinese and English. Pick up ticket at the Information Desk. Ages 3-5. Contact 301345-5800.

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University of Maryland Pops Concert presents a broad slice of Americana.

Playoffs begin this week in baseball and softball.

Keep up with the tournaments daily at Gazette.net.

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Email weather@gazette.net with your weather-related questions and they may be answered by an NBC 4 meteorologist.

Based on Books — Worms, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., the Patuxent Research Refuge National Wildlife Visitor Center, Powder Mill Road between the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and Route 197, Laurel.

Ages 4-5 Each program in this series begins with a beautifully illustrated children’s story about wildlife. Registration is required. Contact 301-497-5887.

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MAY 13 Art Afternoons, 3 to 5 p.m., Mount Rainier Nature and Recreation Center, 4701 31st Place, Mount Rainier. From graphics to media, explore the arts, exercise your talents and discover new ones.

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

Laurel Regional Hospital Senior Dining, 3 to 5 p.m., Laurel Regional Hospital

JR Jones Conference Room, 7300 Van Dusen Road, Laurel. Topic: Living Healthy With Arthritis. Cost is $1 payable at the door. Contact 301-497-7914.

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1. For the tax year beginning July 1, 2015, the estimated real property assessable base will increase by 6.1%, from $632,743,917 to $671,453,166.

2. If the City of New Carrollton maintains the current tax rate of $ 0.7059 per $100 of assessment, real property tax revenues will increase by 6.1 % resulting in $ 273,249 of new real property tax revenues.

3. In order to fully offset the effect of increasing assessments, the real property tax rate should be reduced to $0.6652, the constant yield tax rate.

4. The City of New Carrollton is considering not reducing its real property tax rate enough to fully offset increasing assessments. The City of New Carrollton proposes to adopt a real property tax rate of $.68 per $100 of assessment. This rate is 2.2% higher than the constant yield tax rate and will generate $ 99,375 in additional property tax revenues.

A public hearing on the proposed real property tax rate increase will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, May 18, 2015, at New Carrollton Municipal Center, 6016 Princess Garden Parkway, New Carrollton, Maryland 20784.

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Hyattsville Council President Candace Hollingsworth said she plans to focus on Hyattsville’s growth and development as she begins her first term as the city’s mayor.

“One of the immediate things to me is shoring up the relationship with the county and the state and those that work on our behalf,” Hollingsworth said. “We also need to get to work on some of the major projects that we have coming up, which include the RFP [Request for Proposals] for our administrative building and the development around the West Hyattsville Metro.”

Hollingsworth, who ran unopposed, received 1,044 votes out of 1,190 ballots cast in Tuesday’s city elections, according to unofficial election results. Nineteen write-in ballots were cast for mayor and 24 provisional ballots remain to be counted.

Hollingsworth will be Hyattsville’s first black mayor, and the second female mayor in the city’s history.

Kevin Ward, 37, who runs a software delivery project management office, won the seven-candidate race to fill Hollingsworth’s Ward 1 seat with 232 votes. He was followed

by Talib Karim with 107 votes, Carl Nielsen with 95 votes, Winnie Obike with 73 votes,

Jocelyn Nolasco with 13 votes, William Jenney with 12 votes and LaVonne Leslie with one vote.

“I’m just really excited to be representing the people of Hyattsville,” Ward said. “I look forward to working with Carl Nielsen and some of the other folks who ran in Ward 1 and integrating some of their ideas for improving Ward 1 and Hyattsville.”

In Ward 2, incumbent Shani Warner, 41, won reelection to the council with 284 votes. She was followed by Emily Straub with 64 votes and David Hiles with 43 votes. Warner was first

elected to the council in 2013.

Warner said the next few years are critical ones for Hyattsville as increased development, including the possible relocation of the FBI headquarters, comes to Prince George’s County.

“I think the next four years are going to be an exciting and dramatic time for Hyattsville,” Warner said. “I’m excited about the opportunity that we have to broadcast who we are as a community before the attention of the D.C. metro area shifts to Hyattsville,” Warner said.

Newcomer Thomas Wright, 57, received 110 votes in his un-

opposed race to fill the seat of outgoing councilman Timothy Hunt.

In Ward 4, incumbent Paula Perry, the council vice president, won reelection unopposed with 34 votes. Perry was first elected to the council in 1999.

In Ward 5, Joseph Solomon, 29, won reelection to the council with 94 votes. His oppo-

Police] Chief Holland to help us to delve deeply into Hyattsville’s community policing model, so that we can set up a dialogue with residents about the types of interactions they expect to have with police,” Solomon said. janfenson-comeau@ gazette.net

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Obituary Katharine Furgang Gardner of Bowie, MD, died on April 29, 2015, at the age of 102. She was born on July 31, 1912 to Ernest Duley Furgang and Blanche Garner Furgang and reared on the farm of her grandparents, Laura Duley Furgang and Morris W. Furgang at Cheltenham, MD. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert B. Gardner, and three brothers, Leonard, John and Francis Furgang and their wives. Two nieces, Bette McKown and Linda Kelly, survive her.

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She enjoyed gardening, sewing, and travel.

Private burial at Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery.

nent, Sonya Francis, received two votes. Solomon was first elected to the council in 2013 to fill an unexpired term.

Solomon said his main goals in his next term include rebuilding Neighborhood Watch groups and the development of a health and public safety committee.

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As Landover Hills celebrates 70 years since the town was incorporated, officials say the “Small Town Thinking Big”

is looking to expand its reach while keeping its close-knit feel.

Lee P. Walker, the town’s mayor since 1995, said Landover Hills is planning to build upon the accomplishments of the past 70 years with new projects and community initiatives. Walker said the town secured a bond bill to refurbish the Town Hall, which was a firehouse in the

1940s, and is exploring tutoring programs for youth in and outside of the town limits through the Landover Hills Community and Learning Center Coalition.

“Some have said it is the best kept secret around,” Walker said of the town, which is comprised of 500 single-family homes. “It’s a great town to live in.”

More than 200 people came

out Saturday to Town Hall 2 to celebrate Landover Hills, which was incorporated in 1945. The event featured vendors and performances from students attending the New Hope Performing Arts Center in Landover Hills.

The town’s population has grown steadily in the past 25 years, now reaching 1,700 resi-

dents, said town manager Kathleen Tavel. She said Landover Hills is like “an old fashioned little town, tucked back off the main highway,” but the annexation of commercial businesses along Annapolis Road has made it more important for the town to establish its own identity.

“Right now you’ve got a bunch of little shopping centers

that are all different. Try to get some sort of consistent architecture so it all looks like it all belongs together,” Tavel said.

“To me, then it would help with an identity.”

Town Councilman Robert Bullock (Ward 3) said the population growth may call for more annexation and more community services, such a recreational center.

“I think we’re going to grow.

The small town is moving up,” Bullock said. “We have to expand because the town is getting bigger.”

While the town has become more diverse and younger families are moving in, current and former Landover Hills residents say Landover Hills has remained a friendly community.

Linda Harris, who served as mayor from 1987 to 1991, said she sees the town as a “safe community place to live that values its people,” and said she was glad to see the town was still thriving.

“I see that for the most part, the condition of the homes, the town, looks really good,” Harris said. “It’s a vibrant neighborhood and I think this is good. I hope it stays that way.”

Kevin Fuentes, 13, of Landover Hills said he would like to see homes remodeled, sidewalks added and potholes fixed, but he also called the town a “big peaceful place” where nonEnglish speaking families are welcome.

“We have very kind neighbors,” Fuentes said.

Resident Oswaldo Ruiz, 22, said living in and attending church in Landover Hills have given him opportunities to make a difference, such as participating with the Royal Rangers mentoring program. Still, he said he sees the town’s potential to do more.

“I want to see the people coming together, cleaning the town of Landover Hills,” Ruiz said. “It would become unique.

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Four artists will be showcasing art inspired by jazz singer Nina Simone’s “Four Women” on Friday in Mount Rainier.

The event was organized to support local artists and celebrate creative expressions of female beauty, strength and power, said EmpowerTalk founder Opare Densua.

Featured artists include illustrator and painter Rose Jaffe, abstract artist Kimeko Torres, painter Jenai Asemoa, and abstract artist Sharron Johnson, who are all from Prince George’s County or Washington, D.C. “Everybody has a different element which is very important,” Densua said. “It speaks to the song, which is about four distinct women from four different paths who have different visions but can relate because they’re all female.”

The event is free, but attendees can donate to EmpowerTalk, which creates programming to uplift, inspire and empower women, by purchasing raffle tickets. Prizes include fitness and beauty products as well as gift baskets. The art on display will also be available for purchase, Densua said.

The Studio Gallery is located at 3808 34th St. in Mount Rainier.

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The Eleanor Roosevelt High School chapter of Students Against Destructive Decisions, or SADD, has been recognized for the 11th year in a row by a regional nonprofit and automobile insurance company.

The Washington Regional Alcohol Program, or WRAP, a nonprofit that works to prevent drunk driving and underage drinking, and automobile insurance company GEICO, presented its 2015 GEICO Student Award to the Greenbelt high school’s SADD group May 1 at Schrom Hills Park in Greenbelt.

The award is one of only

George’s County.

The award, which has been presented for 23 years, comes with a $1,000 donation to the award receipients, said WRAP president Kurt Erickson.

Erickson said that the judges, who come from regional public safety and public health groups, were very impressed with this year’s entry from Eleanor Roosevelt’s team.

“It was specifically your year-long effort, the constant drum-beat of the message that you were relentless JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAU/THE GAZETTE throughout the year in Joanne Read, sponsor of the Eleanor Roosevelt High School Students Against championing the message of Destructive Decisions group, receives a plaque and a check May 1 from Kurt safety,” Erickson said to the students.

Erickson (left), president of the Washington Regional Alcohol Program, for the Erickson said it is a huge Greenbelt school’s efforts to prevent underage drinking and drinking and driving. accomplishment for this five presented in the region, that was presented to a group group to receive the award and marked the only award or organization based in Prince 11 years in a row.

Buck Lodge teacher earns honor

Prince George’s County Public Schools has named Patrick Bonner, Spanish teacher at Buck Lodge Middle School in Hyattsville, as its 2015 World Languages Teacher of the Year.

“Winning this award is truly a tribute to my school and the many students who strive to succeed in class every day,” Bonner said in an email.

Laura Guzman, a teacher at Capitol Heights Elementary School, was the runner up for the award. To be selected, candidates must be nominated, submit an application and commit to attend at least one local world languages conference, according to the school system.

Bonner will represent PGCPS at the Maryland Foreign Language Teacher of the Year state competition.

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Erickson said that much of the credit for the school’s continual success goes to the group’s sponsor, Joanne Read.

Deflecting the credit, Read said that the students deserve the credit for holding events throughout the year to make their peers aware of potential destructive decisions.

Those events include a mock accident, seminars on teen dating, violence aware-

ness, anti-bullying and suicide awareness, a Homecoming pledge and a prom promise not to drink, and other events.

“The kids have worked very hard, and the officers have been very detail oriented,” Read said.

“They’ve all worked very hard to make a positive difference in the lives of their peers.” janfenson-comeau@ gazette.net

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CITY OF NEW CARROLLTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED FY 2016 EXPENSE BUDGET Notice is hereby given that the City Council of New Carrollton will conduct a Public Hearing on the proposed FY 2016 Current Expense Budget and the FY 2016 Fee Schedule during the following City Council Meeting: City Council Workshop Meeting on Monday, May 18, 2015, at 7:00 p.m.

went about her day at the Academy of Health Sciences. The academy is a high school held in cooperation with Prince George’s Community College in Largo. Students attend high school and college classes on campus and can graduate with both a diploma and an associate degree.

The school began in 2012, and is preparing to graduate its first class of 92 students later this month.

Richard-Andrews said it was a great opportunity to show members of the community what is going on at her school.

“The Principals for a Day get to see the real world in our schools,” Richard-Andrews said.

Kimberly Washington, principal of Hyattsville Elementary School, said the Principal for a Day event helps show what a principal’s day is like.

The meeting will be held at the New Carrollton Municipal Center, 6016 Princess Garden Parkway, New Carrollton, Maryland 20784.

Copies of the proposed FY 2016 Budget are available for inspection at the New Carrollton Municipal Center, Monday- Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

The public is encouraged to attend the Public Hearing and provide comments.

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Victoria Samuels of Educational Systems Federal Credit Union and Leah Williamson of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration speak Tuesday with students at the Academy of Health Sciences at Prince George’s Community College during Principal for a Day.

“I try to give them as much of the experience of what the work looks like, the best that I can in a day,” Washington said. “I try to be transparent. I talk about the challenges we have, we’re 84 percent Free and Reduced Lunch, I talk about the growth we’ve had over

four years, things of that nature.”

Hyattsville Middle’s visiting principal was Pastor Jacqueline Tyson of Citadel of Prayer International, a nondenominational Christian church in Hyattsville. It was Tyson’s first time as Principal for a Day. Tyson followed Washington throughout her day, touring the halls, attending teacher planning sessions and visiting classrooms. She said the experience was an eye-opener.

“She is very hands-on with the teachers as well as the students. She doesn’t just stay in her office and send someone else to do things,” Tyson said.

Tyson said the experience helps to counter negative media portrayals of young people in poverty.

“I see young people here who are respectful to her and the other leaders, they’re eager to learn and they’re working hard,” Tyson said. janfenson-comeau@gazette.net

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Continued from Page A-1 could go higher or lower,” Himler said.

Himler said that if that portion of the budget is approved by the council, each department will be asked to evaluate where cuts can be made, and what positions can be eliminated.

“That process will be a couple months at least, if the council approves it,” Himler said.

Himler said there are no specific limits at this point as to how many positions might be eliminated from a department, other than not eliminating public safety positions.

Himler said that actual filled positions will be eliminated, as opposed to vacant positions that have not been filled.

“There will be actual layoffs,” Himler said.

The budget also includes $7.4 million in savings from a five-day furlough of all General Fund county employees. General Fund employees, of which there are 6,097 in the proposed

budget, do not include full-time positions with the school system, Prince George’s Community College or the Prince George’s Memorial Library System.

Himler said the furloughs would be spread out over the 12-month period between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016.

“We’re not going to tell everyone in the first five days of the fiscal year to go home,” Himler said. “They’ll be spread out to minimize the impact.”

Archie O’Neil of Fort Washington, president of the Indian Head Highway Area Action Council, or IHHAAC, a nonprofit south county association of civic groups, said it is unfortunate the county is considering furloughs after providing a 2.6 percent Cost of Living increase this year.

“The county is giving with one hand and taking with the other,” O’Neil said.

O’Neil said any furloughs will be felt by employees and county residents.

“It’s sort of a double whammy. Not only are you not getting paid, but you’re not getting work done,” O’Neil said. “If

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Continued from Page A-1 ian Whalen’s breast that turned out to be cancerous.

“You stand back, and you hear the words, and you just say, ‘OK, do what you have to,’” Vivian Whalen said.

In September, Joseph Whalen was diagnosed with prostate cancer after his blood work came back showing high levels of prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, and a biopsy was performed.

“When Joe was diagnosed, we said, well, we’ll just make it a two-for-one,” Vivian Whalen said.

Both went for radiology treatments at Greenbelt Radiation Oncology Center. Vivian said the center was able to work with the couple to schedule their daily radiation treatments together, so they would only have to make one trip per day.

Vivian received a clean bill of health in February, and Joseph’s blood work came back normal late April.

“Theirs was a very unique situation,” said Dr. Vladimir Ioffe, Joseph Whalen’s oncologist. “But they both did very well with their treatment and we expect them to continue to do well.”

“One of us would be going in as the other one was going out, and we’d pass each other and give high-fives,” Vivian Whalen said.

Dr. Denise Gooch, Vivian Whalen’s oncologist, said the couple kept their spirits up and encouraged others during their visits.

“They brought the sunshine every day they came in,” Gooch said. “They just had such a positive attitude about their treatment, everyone loves them.”

Vivian Whalen said she was very grateful for the care and support she received from the clinic.

“The first time you walk through those doors, you know fear. When you go in the back and you go through that door with the radiation symbol, you know panic,” Vivian Whalen said. “But they

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you’re not at work and you can’t do the public’s business, then that is definitely going to have a negative impact on residents.”

The matter is now in the hands of the Prince George’s County Council, which concluded public hearings on the budget May 4 and began a series of work sessions on the budget May 5. The County Council must approve a budget by June 1.

Having served as the council’s legislative officer from 2007 until his election to the council in 2014, Councilman Todd Turner (Dist. 4) of Bowie said he’s personally aware of the impact furloughs can have.

“Unfortunately, there are only a limited number of things we can do in regards to funding options,” Turner said.

Turner said he would like to find other options to layoffs.

“Most of the departments don’t want to do this, and the council doesn’t want to do this either, but we have to be mindful of fiscal realities,” Turner said.

Continued from Page A-1 he’s in office he’s in the community helping out.”

In Brentwood, Rocio Treminio-Lopez, who was appointed mayor in November, defeated her challenger, former town councilman Verron Bretemps, 156 to 78, according to preliminary results from Brentwood.

Treminio-Lopez said she hopes to bring positive change to the community, including new economic development, while keeping the town’s neighborhood feel.

“We’re just one whole, diverse neighborhood,” Treminio-Lopez said. “My vision is to unify Brentwood and welcome new residents and businesses.”

After former councilwoman Aneeka Harrison was disqualified for failing to turn in her financial disclosure form on time, the race for council seats became uncontested, said A.C. Warden, Brentwood’s chief election judge. Incumbent Victor Olano, newcomer Tonya Harrison and former council members Jeff Clark and Regina Morlan will comprise the new Town Council, according to preliminary results.

In Mount Rainier, first-time candidate Tracy Hadden Loh defeated newcomer Charnette Robinson 194 to 79 for a Ward 1 seat, according to preliminary results from the Mount Rainier Board of Elections. Shivali Shah, who ran unopposed, earned the four-year Ward 2 seat with 174 votes. Bryan Knedler, also unopposed, retained the Ward 2 seat he was appointed to in December with 178 votes.

Mount Rainier resident Humberto Collado, 34, said he voted for Loh because of her fiscal conservatism and her visibility in the community.

“It was nice for her to do the outreach,” Collado said. “Someone who says they’re going to keep the taxes low, I’m for that.”

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“When Joe was diagnosed, we said, well, we’ll just make it a two-for-one.”

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put you at such ease, it was amazing, and when you came out, you felt comfort.”

Joseph Whalen said he and his wife were able to support each other through the radiation treatment process.

“The symptoms are very similar for almost everybody with the radiation. When she was low, I was low, and we both knew what the reason was,” Joseph Whalen said.

Joseph and Vivian Whalen married May 16, 1964, and settled in Hyattsville. Joseph Whalen worked for the Merkle Press printing company as a printer and bookbinder from 1962 until it closed in 1981, and then for the Washington Post until his retirement in 2003. Vivian Whalen was a stay-at-home mother and later worked as a secretary at St. Jerome’s School in Hyattsville from 1971 until her retirement in 2012.

Sandra Whalen of Rockville said her parents have remained very close over a half century of marriage.

“They don’t get out a lot anymore, but when they do, they’re never far apart, even if it’s just a trip to CVS,” Sandra Whalen said. “Whatever they do, they do together.”

The couple said they are grateful to be able to celebrate their 51st anniversary together after their shared ordeal.

“It was hell going through it, but at least we had each other,” Vivian Whalen said.

Continued from Page A-1 “We don’t think a lot of people come down Fourth Street and realize there is a whole parking deck behind Burlington,” said Tom Fitzpatrick, president of Greenberg Gibbons, the Towne Centre’s developer. “We’re trying to get better way-finding signs on the property to indicate where additional parking might be found.”

Fitzpatrick said shoppers entering the Towne Centre from Cherry Lane or Baltimore Avenue may not consider the parking deck. As many as 612 cars can park on the bottom and top floors of the deck, but only 500 park there at the most during peak hours, said Michelle Schiffer, vice president and assistant director of asset management for Greenberg Gibbons.

“The only issue with parking is sometimes we fill up, which is why we want to indi-

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In New Carrollton, three council seats were up for election. Former councilwoman Sarah Potter Robbins earned 246 votes, the most of any candidate, and incumbent council members Richard Bechtold and Lincoln Lashley retained their seats. Lashley bested incumbent council member Jim Wildoner by eight votes, according to preliminary results from the New Carrollton Board of Elections.

Potter Robbins, who served on the council from 1989 to 2005, said her goals include promoting code enforcement, supporting the Md. Route 450 corridor and improving roads leading to Doctor’s Community Hospital.

“The city really needs to be on top of Good Luck Road and Princess Garden Parkway and put pressure on the county to get those two fixed,” Potter Robbins said. “To think that the roads leading to a hospital are so rough, a person’s got to be suffering while they’re in an ambulance. Going over those bumpy roads is just a sin and a shame.”

After incumbent Fairmount Heights mayor Lillie Thompson Martin chose not to run for reelection, two current councilwomen ran to replace her. Councilwoman Patricia Waiters defeated fellow councilwoman Jacqueline Wood-Dodson 89 to 53, according to preliminary results from Fairmount Heights. WoodDodson will resume her council seat, which will be up for election in 2016.

Waiters’ council seat will be filled by appointment, as her term expires in 2016, said town clerk JoAnn Tucker. In the race for council seats, incumbents Timothy Burley and Patricia Ukkundo’Oohwaka kept their seats while Sherri Downing will take over incumbent Harry D. Saunders’ seat, according to preliminary results.

Staff Writer Derek Johnson contributed to this report. kpetersen@gazette.net

cate to people if the front lot may be full, there’s a deck on Fourth Street,” Fitzpatrick said.

Jack Brock, the city’s director of community planning and business services, said the deck may not be a popular parking spot because there’s a lingering misconception that it’s a Laurel Mall garage.

“That was totally torn down to the dirt and rebuilt,” Brock said. “It’s not refurbished, it’s not patched, it’s a brand-new parking garage.”

Brock said an engineering study conducted before the former Laurel Mall was torn down concluded that the garage was too deteriorated to be repaired, so it was demolished in December 2012. The new deck was built without any of the old garage’s concrete, Brock said.

“I understand people have been afraid to use it because they thought it was the old one that had been repaired, but it isn’t,” Brock said.

Melissa Solis, 26, of Laurel parked under the deck April 26 and said the new lot is “not

exactly the same” as the Laurel Mall garage.

“I felt safe parking in that one, too,” Solis said.

Resident Gregory Blakey, 52, said the old garage was crumbling and unstable — nothing like the new deck. He added that residents who are confused about the security of the deck should look at the concrete.

“I don’t have any safety concerns,” Blakey said. “It’s much better. It’s totally redone.”

The deck features an elevator between the ground and deck levels and is monitored by a security company that patrols the lot in a marked vehicle.

Laurel resident Ahmet Celik, 38, said the quality of the deck and the security vehicle make him feel safe physically and personally.

“The garage is pretty safe because there are all new places and there are people around,” Celik said. kpetersen@gazette.net

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The Gazette All too often, in the many debates and discussions about the school system, one very important group gets overlooked: the educators.

The reason, possibly, is because their job seems fairly straightforward on the surface.

They work with youths, teach a pre-planned curriculum, and generally get to enjoy summer and spring break, right?

The truth, however, is that teachers have quite a difficult task — and the many changes in society are making their jobs even tougher.

In the past few years alone, Prince George’s County teachers have had to implement an entirely new statewide curriculum, Common Core. Not only did they have to

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learn to teach the lessons, but they also were on the frontlines as parents complained and students struggled to adjust to the changes.

Dwindling resources are taking their toll, as well. Let’s remember that teachers are the ones who ensure each student has a pencil (glue, paper, tissue, etc.) to use for class work, even when a child forgot to bring the item or simply can’t afford to purchase it. Making sure all students and schools have the supplies and equipment needed for successful learning has been a growing battle, especially as technology increases have made the

playing field even more uneven and budget cuts have spurred teachers to use their own money for classroom needs.

The challenges become even more obvious when you add in the pressure of high stakes standardized tests, overcrowded classrooms, disciplinary issues, school safety concerns, parental involvement challenges, after-school activities and meetings, lesson preparations, and the many other physical, financial and emotional demands of the job.

Their work cannot and should not be taken for granted.

While it’s important that we take time to express our gratitude to the county’s teachers year-round, it’s even more significant this

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week. Teacher Appreciation Week is May 4 through May 8. Take this opportunity to say thank you to county educators for their many efforts, large and small.

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Baker’s plan is needed for school success Great public schools don’t become so through some magic or by accident. Great public school systems are the result of planning and vision, individual school leadership, highly effective classroom teachers, parental and community support, and targeted fiscal resources.

All these pieces must work together toward a common goal: excellence and achievement for all students.

For the first time in nearly a decade of living in Prince George’s County, I can begin to see that our school system is on the right path toward sustained, across-the-board success. Our schools CEO is in the job for the right reasons, our school board supports his strategic plan for education success, and our county executive has created a serious funding stream for PGCPS through his proposed budget. However, more improvement is needed to ensure academic achievement for every student.

As president of the Prince George’s Association for Talented and Gifted Education (PGTAG), I’ve spent countless hours researching the pros and cons of Dr. Maxwell’s strategic education plan and County Executive Rushern Baker’s budget to fund our school system. I’ve reached the conclusion that it’s critically needed to move our system from islands of excellence to a great countywide system.

It takes an extraordinary amount of resources to address the myriad needs of a school system this large and diverse. Our school system simply cannot compete with other school systems in Maryland and the Washington metropolitan area at current funding levels.

I urge every member of the County Council to vote “Yes” on the budget proposed by County Executive Baker.

Barbara Michelman, Cheverly

Council should reject tax increase There is no guarantee whatsoever that Rushern Baker’s proposed $133 million tax increases will result in $133 million in additional dollars for education. What it will do is put $133 million more into the hands of politicians to use it any way they want.

Money is fungible. Any dollar can substitute for any other dollar. I don’t doubt that every penny of the tax increase will go to education. But we will never know how much of that would free up other money to be spent on other things.

Baker seems to be puffing up the egos of the council, telling them that their nine votes (really five is all they need) are more important than the thousands of votes that we citizens have consistently cast for TRIM — that they know better than we do what is good for us. Yes, in a representative government, we usually permit our elected officials to make decisions for us.

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When it comes to tax increases, however, we have reserved that power to ourselves.

The honest and honorable thing to do would have been to put the tax increases on the 2014 election ballot, as called for in the County Charter. But even though Baker was unopposed for re-election in November, he and his crew must have been afraid of a voter backlash and surely a rejection of higher taxes in these difficult times.

So he decided to go around the people.

His cronies in the General Assembly already made it possible for him to break his oath to uphold the County Charter, as long as he pretended that the money would go to education, but the County Council does not have to be complicit in his charade. The honorable members of the council should be just that — honorable — and reject Rushern Baker’s tax increase.

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Ned Sparks, the executive director of the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association, is retiring effective Aug. 1.

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Editor’s note: Ned Sparks, who has been executive director of the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association since 1981, is retiring effective Aug. 1. This is the first of three columns looking at his tenure and the big issues facing high school sports today.

It’s bad, but it’s probably going to have to get worse before the state steps in, Ned Sparks said.

I interviewed Sparks last week to look back at his tenure as he enters the final three months on the job before retiring as executive director of the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association, a position he’s held for 34 years.

I asked about the recent increase in high school students who find changing schools to be as easy as switching jerseys.

“Yeah, that might be an issue,” Sparks said. “In the Eastern Shore, I know they have ... a sit-out period, if you transfer you have to sit out. It might KEN SAIN come to that, in the near SPORTS EDITOR future, if it seems to be the case that the motivation for transferring is for athletics and not academics.”

Sparks said those conversations among decision-makers have already started, but, to make that kind of change, many more people would need to recognize that there is a problem.

One reason for the recent increase in transfers is education reform. The consortiums in Montgomery County and clusters in Prince George’s County have made it a lot easier for students to switch schools. All you need to do is claim that you want to be part of a program that is only offered at that school, and you’re in.

“It’s complicated matters, but it’s something that is here to stay,” Sparks said. “In some states, they have school choice throughout the whole state.”

I brought up the subject because of a recent thread on the MoCoFootball.com message board where it names 11 football players who have, or will be, transferring schools and playing for new teams in the fall.

I confirmed most of those transfers through the players’ Hudl.com pages. There are probably more transferring that I haven’t heard about.

I usually don’t hear about Prince George’s County transfers until August.

The Bayside Athletic Conference on the Eastern Shore has a 45-day waiting period starting from the day of enrollment for students who transfer between schools in that league.

They may not participate in practice or games during that time. There are exceptions (foreign exchange students, freshmen, change of residence).

Not sure that would have much an effect statewide. Most of these transfers have already made the decision, and some have already changed schools. But the state could adopt a longer waiting period.

The Washington Catholic Athletic Conference has long had a rule that stipulates any athlete who transfers to a WCAC school after the start of his sophomore year is ineligible to compete in athletic competition for one year.

DeMatha Catholic Athletic Director Ed King said that the league is currently revamping its bylaws, and the transfer rule could change.

“We’ve had talks about that, you know, if you transfer how long do you have to sit out, how long do you have to wait,” Sparks said. “I know my colleagues in other states have some of those rules.”

Sparks said that they have to be careful in setting any rules. Now, a student can claim he wants to learn Latin and switch schools. How can the state know what’s truly in his heart?

“What’s the motivation? It’s never to play sports, but it is,” Sparks said. “How do you separate the kid who is really sincere from the person who is just doing that to get their way into the school because they want to play for this coach?”

A mandatory waiting period might be the answer. If a kid is willing to miss half a season or more, that should discourage some of these transfers. ksain@gazette.net Listen to my interview with Ned Sparks at Gazette.net.

BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN STAFF WRITER

It doesn’t seem like much but High Point High School softball coach Mike Wisniewski might consider just a bag or two of dirt to be quite the prized possession these days. While he spends five-plus hours each week tending to the Eagles’ field, which is situated at the lowest point of the Beltsville school’s campus, there’s not a whole lot he can do to fix the long and rather deep indentation — a likely water runoff — that runs between first and second base without a good supply of dirt.

“This is the fourth or fifth year with-

out dirt,” Wisniewski said. “The unfortunate situation is every time [the county’s contracted company] has come to drop off dirt, they haven’t dropped off dirt. ... They say the field is too wet to drive it down. I’ve tried to relay the message that if they even want to drop it off at the top of the hill, I will get it down to the field. To my knowledge they’ve only come once this season.”

There is a wide range of softball field conditions across Prince George’s County — and High Point’s isn’t even at the bottom of the list — and while coaches agreed safety is their No. 1 concern, uneven infields and outfields — which are more difficult to do anything with — provide a number of obstacles.

Among them, coaches said, are players’ ability to learn proper fielding and base running techniques and having an over-

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High Point High School’s softball team practices in its outfield on Tuesday. The lip between the infield and outfield has eroded away enough that in some places the height of the sod is higher than the diameter of a softball.

Colleges catching on to senior n Division I recruit embraces leadership role as playoffs begin

BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN STAFF WRITER

Wise senior softball star Lorrin Malerie Turner was admittedly apprehensive the first time she played behind the plate to catch for her under-14 travel team. She had played just about every other position on the field and had no idea what to do but the move ended up being an important turning point for the current NCAA Division I softball and soccer recruit; Turner said at this point she plans to play softball in college.

“I was more of an outfielder or a second baseman but my team needed a catcher and I didn’t want to be on the bench,” Turner said. “I told my coaches to just tell me what to do and I’d do it.

I was lost, confused and scared at first. But as a catcher, you need to take control of the game.”

At the time Turner said she was more of a follower, but she quickly embraced the role of a leader and the skills necessary to manage the field from behind the plate. The caliber player Pumas coach Jason Gordon said is typically lost

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Baseball coaches work to overcome inexperience Seton High School’s Autumn Robinson owns the state’s best mark this spring in the long jump.

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Four years ago, eighth-grader Autumn Robinson was dominating the middle school track scene, collecting District of Columbia Interscholastic Athletic Association titles. After winning the 400 meters the year before, Robinson followed with a sweep of the 100, 200 and 400 in her final year

of middle school, even adding in a solid performance in an event she had never really tried before: long jump.

“I actually did it my eighth grade year just to get points,” said Robinson, now a senior at Elizabeth Seton High School. “I came in fourth — I don’t even remember what I jumped.”

The jump was not a priority then for Robinson, who said she intended to continue her stellar track career at the all-girls Bladensburg school.

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see that she was multi-talented,” Seton coach Omar Wilkins said.

“We didn’t really put field into the equation when she first came. It was pretty much running.”

It wasn’t until her sophomore season that Robinson’s admittedly “love-hate relationship” with track events reached a tipping point. She loved the competition aspect, but couldn’t stand practice; struggled to get solid starts on the short-distance events, but hated the endurance required of anything much longer. And so, Robinson came to

Northwestern High School junior baseball player A.J. Hardy tracked down a fly ball in right field, preparing to secure the final out of a win against Crossland on May 1. A year ago, the ball might have dropped, allowing the game to continue, but on that day Hardy settled under the ball as it fell into his glove in shallow right.

For a seasoned baseball player, the catch may have seemed routine, but Hardy, similar to many other players on Prince George’s County teams, didn’t start playing until high school.

Hardy didn’t start until his sophomore year.

“That kid couldn’t be happier he just made that catch. The biggest play of his life,” Northwestern coach Chris Burrows said of his refined right fielder. “Last year, he couldn’t throw a ball and he couldn’t field a ball and he couldn’t swing the bat. But he worked hard in the offseason.”

Attempting to field a top team in Prince George’s usually requires a lot of hard work, not only from the players but their coaches as well. Inexperience is not a challenge exclusive to Northwestern. The majority of county teams

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Roosevelt’s top singles players makes the move to doubles BY

ERIC GOLDWEIN STAFF WRITER

The Eleanor Roosevelt High School coed tennis team is wrapping up yet another undefeated season, and it’s been as dominant as ever, dropping just three individual matches as of Tuesday.

But while it ain’t broke, there’ll be some lineup fixing going into the Prince George’s County district tournament, scheduled to begin Monday.

Though the Raiders thrived in the regular season, coach Paragi Shah said that the top girls singles players (Kristin Watson and Jasmine Jack) will be teaming up and playing doubles like they did a year ago. Having them play together, rather than individually, may give them the best shot at getting back to the state tournament. (The final four singles players/doubles teams in each district draw qualify for regionals, and the regional champions/runner-ups qualify for states.)

Switching up the lineups — merg-

Eleanor Roosevelt High School’s Kristin Watson practices on Monday. ing the No. 1 and 2 singles players — is common practice in Prince George’s County, where state tournament cali-

FIELD

Continued from Page B-1 all sense of pride in their facility — something coaches agreed can have a major affect on performance.

“It means a lot to the kids when they can take pride in their field,” said first-year Bowie coach Luanne Smith, who spent 15 years at Central. “It makes a difference when kids feel good about their field. I always want the girls to have the best field possible. I did the same thing at Central.”

Wisniewski, who said anything he does to even out the peaks and valleys of High Point’s infield is just a temporary fix, is not the only coach who spends much of his or her free time working to make his or her softball field playable.

And while Smith said field maintenance largely comes down to coaches’ and athletic directors’ investment, Prince George’s County Public Schools programs are supposed to have help.

Five or six years ago, PGCPS Director of Athletics Earl Hawkins estimated, the county entered into contracts with two facility management companies. Representatives are supposed to get out to every school once a week to drag and line the fields and deliver dirt, if necessary. But several coaches expressed concern over the fre-

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Continued from Page B-1 have to deal with this imbalance.

Coaches find themselves having to teach small aspects of the game that most casual fans know, let alone prospective players.

“There’s things they don’t know that I knew when I was in Little League. Just the nuances of the game,” Burrows said. “It’s a lot more coaching, but it’s also a lot more reward.”

Generally, bringing students up to speed on the game is met with positivity by coaches, but it isn’t without the frustration of growing pains.

Some teams find a niche in pitching, with a few guys who can throw strikes and maybe even a defense that can make the routine plays. Other teams find a way to put the ball in play with good swings, either connecting for solid hits or taking advantage of a defense at the beginning of its own learning curve. One thing almost every team has in common is athleticism.

Basketball and football dominate the athletic world in Prince George’s County. Often times,

Even a portable fence would do, and they’re typically set about 220 feet from home plate. Without them, there’s no telling how far a ball can roll if it hits an uneven patch and gets past an outfielder.

During her team’s win at High Point earlier this month, Bender expressed concern over an abundance of uncharacteristic defensive errors.

Then her players pointed out the water runoff line through the middle of the field and the major lip where the outfield meets the infield. Wisniewski said it was several weeks into the season before he could work on base running and sliding with his players.

Wisniewski and his coaching staff spend their planning periods and even hours before school starts to make their field as playable as possible. And so do many coaches across the county. But there is only so much that can be done without proper means; like dirt.

“It’s the constant use of a shovel, rake and dragging,” Wisniewski said. “I have a drag with big teeth that I use to try and dig into the hard dirt, it’s almost like clay. ... [The contracted company] has only come once this season and only came one last season. All I want is a chance to work on [the field].” jbeekman@gazette.net

a lot, I’ll put her behind the plate.

Otherwise she is at shortstop [so she can manage the middle infield]. She also comes in relief duty if our other pitcher [is struggling]. When I need a play, she’ll come up with a play. With a game like softball, you have to be around it a lot in order to be really good. Her year-round play definitely helps her focus and know the inner nuances of the game. On top of that she’s extremely coachable.”

Turner’s softball knowledge is quite extensive, especially for someone who didn’t start playing competitively until she was 11 years old — rather late for such a high-caliber

player. Though soccer was the first sport she played — she started when she was 5 — she’s been around softball diamonds basically since she was born. It runs in her family — both her mother and grandmother played, competitively.

While Turner said many young children are first introduced to baseball and softball through throwand-catch with their fathers, it was Turner’s mother, Renee, who took her out. The elder Turner still plays some softball — she plays both fastpitch and slow pitch — but has slowed her participation down in recent years as her daughter’s travel schedule has picked up.

The younger Turner said she was reluctant to try anything other than soccer at first but since she was at virtually all her mother’s practice, it only made sense. And it was well worth the jump, Turner said. The versatile switch-hitter — she can slap bunt from the left-handed side of the plate but Gordon said he likes to have her hit for power — is currently batting a team-high .692 with no strikeouts and a .765 on-base percentage. She has stolen 18 bases in 13 games and has not made a de-

fensive error.

“My mom is the catalyst for me doing so well,” Turner said. “[Her being a softball player] is one of the great things that has brought us together. Every time I’ve had a tournament, she’s always there. If I have a question about the game ... it’s been special, most people are not able to see their parent be good at a sport and compete.”

There was a time — before she put on a catcher’s mask for the first time — when Turner would’ve shied away from her role as a leader and a standout her team relies on for production. Now, she said, she relishes in it. Gordon said she’s become an excellent teacher of the game and has viewed her like a second coach on the field this spring.

“Every opportunity I have to help someone, I think it’s good to hear things from a player’s perspective,” Turner said. “I like to give player to player perspective. ...I hope the underclassmen see my passion for the game and hopefully I’ve been able to help them develop a passion for the game.”

these are the same players coming out to play baseball.

“This year, we got maybe eight football players that never played baseball,” Fairmont Heights coach Louechie Wiggins said. “They’re athletes so they pick up things very well.”

These multi-sport athletes often have skills that can translate well on the baseball diamond, but only after they learn the game.

Aside from the basics such as throwing, catching and hitting, players have to learn intricacies of the game such as how to run bases — tagging after an out was a recurring theme coaches mentioned — how to get a lead, how to work a pitch count and who’s the cut-off man. Even traditions of the game such as wearing caps, what’s acceptable to say on the sideline, calling the umpire “blue,” are unknowns Forestville coach Carlton Smith said.

“It just takes time to get them to remember a lot of the things we do, and why we do the things we do,” Smith said. “So I try to keep it light now. A lot of encouragement.

Just take it one player at a time.”

Whichever teams are coached up the quickest have the opportunity to be the aggressors and take

advantage of underdeveloped teams.

“You see where the arms are that you can run on,” said Crossland coach Gregory Aiken, who coached at Bluefield College. “You see where you can put little gimmick plays in to take extra bases.

You, unfortunately, sometimes have to take what you would call a Little League play, pull it out because you know it’s going to be successful. And you gotta do what you gotta do to win.”

Burrows also said he gets aggressive, but only if players are doing it the right way. Wise coach Andrew Gilliam agreed, but said it’s a limit because he doesn’t want to run the score up.

Aiken, who doesn’t yet have a junior varsity program, said he doesn’t cut anyone who comes out for baseball. Everyone makes the team for the experience, and for life lessons that can be learned through the sport. He said he’s noticed an increase of players with experience prior to high school at Crossland thanks to the county restarting the middle school baseball programs last year. Aiken and his coaching staff are working with the Department of Parks and Recreation to establish a Little League

program.

In the meantime, as current high school players still need more coaching, Gilliam thinks the state should allow more time for coaches to work with players “out of season.”

Under current Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association rules, “any school group or team gathering consisting of three or more players that has assembled for the purpose of drilling or instruction would constitute a violation” outside of the season. Spring sports season is from March 1 until the final date of the local conference, district, regional or state championship.

“We need more time to work with them, to teach them the game,” Gilliam said. “Because a lot of kids, some of them don’t play in the summer. Some kids play two sports. So they don’t get all of the things they need in 20 days. That’s what needs to be revisited. I think if we were able to rectify that, as far as when we can participate, when we can work with these kids, you would start seeing quality baseball all the way around.”

Continued from Page B-1 to a private school program or found at Prince George’s County’s top teams, Eleanor Roosevelt and Bowie, Turner’s leadership and patience while working with her teammates of lesser softball experience have been integral for Wise’s middle-of-the-pack program. The Pumas are scheduled to face Flowers Thursday in the first round of the Class 4A South Region tournament.

While catching quickly became Turner’s primary position, she plays all over the field for Wise, including in the pitcher’s circle depending on where Gordon most needs her playmaking ability. Remaining versatile, she said, has been a conscious effort as it will make her more useful to a college coach and will likely provide her more playing opportunities, especially early on in her collegiate career.

“She’s my best pitcher,” Gordon said. “She’s my best catcher.

She’s my best infielder. She’s my best outfielder. If a team likes to run

ber athletes are few and far between.

Though Watson and Jack had success in the regular season, the competi-

quency of these visits.

Hawkins said to his knowledge every school’s field is tended to once a week. But he did admit this spring’s inclement weather has made it more difficult for the companies’ employees to get on the fields — the use of heavy equipment on a wet field and dragging it will worsen conditions.

“I think some of the coaches get upset because they don’t know the scope of the contract,” said Shawn Nance of Washington, D.C.-based Community Bridge, Inc. “On Mondays and Tuesdays we cut the fields and on Wednesdays and Thursdays we drag and chalk. We send two different crews out there. The only time anything changes, is if the field is wet. ...If the coaches want [more] it would be up to them to get together and put together another contract. We do everything we’re supposed to do and I know the other company [TruGreen] does the same.”

Largo coach Keith Hutchins, whose pitchers spent the early portion of the season pitching out of a hole in the middle of the infield, said the Lions’ field went two-plus weeks earlier this month without service but since asserting himself, his field has been a lot more well-maintained.

Flowers coach Molly Bender said even if the playing surfaces can’t always be up to par, they could at least look more like softball fields. True fastpitch softball fields have fences, she said.

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tion is different outside the district (the county is split into two districts), and significantly tougher outside the region when they compete against Maryland’s best.

“Prince George’s County is very deceiving,” Shah said.

Coaches’ lineup decisions vary depending on their circumstances. At Fairmont Heights, coach Brian Wilson said he plans on having his No. 1 boys singles player, Enoch Adekola, enter the doubles draw with Prince Tchokouani. But the No. 1 girls singles player, Eden Gregory, will try to defend her region title. She may have to get by Suitland’s Yasmin Eubanks, the 2014 runner-up. “[Eden is] going to represent, I have a strong feeling she’ll represent the county,” Wilson said.

Flowers coach Rob Vinson said he is ambivalent about changing lineups for the district tournament. This spring he’ll have his top boys and girls players (Nuku Monu and Ngozi Alia) enter the singles draw, which will give the two juniors — neither of which are favorites — additional tournament experience. Last year, though, he said his top singles players played doubles.

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Wise High School’s’s Lorrin Turner throws at Bowie on Monday.

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At Roosevelt, the top boys player, Elliot Tapscott, will be in the singles draw while Bruno To and Lance Jewell are playing doubles. On the girls side, seniors Jack and Watson are teaming up after winning the 2014 district tournament and then reaching the region finals and losing to Bowie sisters Maddy and Tori Simmons (Class of 2014). Jack has a strong forehand while Watson — a UMBC volleyball recruit — has a dominant serve, and the two had success despite playing mostly singles prior to the district tournament.

“Kristin and I just clicked. It was really fun and we got really far doing that,” Jack said. “... The chemistry should still be there.”

This time around, with Bowie’s sibling duo graduated, Watson said she’s hoping they can take the next step.

“Our mentality is to go in and try to win as many matches, hopefully get back to states again,” Watson said. egoldwein@gazette.net

SportsBriefs DeMatha, McNamara baseball players make All-WCAC teams Several athletes from the DeMatha Catholic and McNamara high school baseball teams were recognized by the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference.

From the Stags, Jack Alkire made first team All-WCAC; Andy Rozylowicz made second team; Aaron Brooks, Jarrett Faunce, Chris Jeletic, Ellis Jones, Andrew Keith and Brad Thaxton and were honorable mwwentions.

From the Mustangs, Kyle Benjamin and Chase Ragsdale made second team; Tim Hanible, Will Vickers and Nicholas Washington were honorable mentions.

— ERIC GOLDWEIN

DeMatha guard headed to NFL DeMatha Catholic High School graduate Arie Kouandjio will get an opportunity to play professional football in the same county he grew up. In the fourth round of the National Football League draft, Kouandijo, an offensive guard who attended the University of Alabama, was selected by the Washington Redskins. His younger brother, Cyrus Kouandijo, was drafted by the Buffalo Bills last year.

— PRINCE J. GRIMES

College Park teen earns French Open wildcard Appearances in two semifinals and a quarterfinal in three clay court tournaments this past month helped College Park native Frances Tiafoe, 17, earn the U.S. Tennis Association’s French Open wildcard berth.

Tiafoe is scheduled to make his Grand Slam main draw debut at Roland Garros later this month. The second Grand Slam of the year begins May 24. Tiafoe, who turned pro last month, is currently ranked No. 293 in the ATP Tour world rankings, up from No. 1,136 at the end of 2014.

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

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Continued from Page B-1 her coaches with an idea: she wanted to try jumping.

Two years later, the senior has the state’s top long jump, one of the state’s best triple jumps, and a spot on the track and field team at Michigan State University awaiting her in the fall of 2015. Needless to say, Robinson has no regrets in changing the path of her athletic career.

“Oh no, I came to love jumping,” Robinson said.

“I do not regret leaving the running behind at all.”

While her success wasn’t immediate, Robinson’s talent for the jumping events was noticeable from theverystarttoWilkinsand his coaching staff. The first step, the longtime Roadrunners coach said, was convincing the then-sophomore she had a place in the event.

“Her [jump] coach, Rafiu [Barkare], definitely said she can be a good — a great — long jumper,” Wilkins said. “I think we just had to convince her because at that time we had a couple good jumpers as well and she was trying to fit in somewhere.

But she fit in great. By the time her junior year came, she really embraced it. I think she said this will be my ticket to getting out of running.”

Not only have jumps proven to be Robinson’s ticket out of running, they’ve also provided a ticket to the next level, as the Seton senior’s leaping

ability drew the interest of a number of colleges before she ultimately selected Michigan State. And it’s not hard to see why the schools were interested. In early April, Mile Split Maryland named her the “Performer of the Week”, as her long jump mark of 18 feet, 8 inches and triple jump of 38-2 1/2 were both best in the state by a significant margin.

Since then, Robinson’s jumping feats have only grown. Though she no longer holds the state’s top mark in the triple, her long jump of 19-4 at the Taco Bell Classic (S.C.) in midApril only increased her already state-best distance.

For the former basketball and lacrosse player that quit all her other sports upon enrolling at Seton, the summers and winters of perfecting her craft are paying off.

“It just shows that I’m capable of doing big things,” Robinson said.

Though she may make it look easy at times, Robinson’s efforts in the field certainly aren’t lost on the coach of the eight-time defending Washington Catholic Athletic Conference champions. But Robinson has weathered the pressure of being the favorite quite well, as Wilkins noted, providing a consistent scoring boost along the way that he called, “very needed.”

“We can always count on Autumn to do what she needs to do,” Wilkins said.

“She’s not a person who will fold under the pressure.” agutekunst@gazette.net

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ANIKA REED

SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE

Musicians of all forms will come together to perform and conduct popular musical pieces when the annual Pops Concert returns for its 39th year Saturday at The Clarice.

The concert will feature performances from the University Band, the Maryland Community Band and the UMD Wind Ensemble. Each piece fits this year’s theme of Americana music, with

selections that have themes laced with quintessential American values.

“You get to see and experience three levels of performer[s],” said assistant conductor Craig Potter. “You have everyone from the community in the community band of any age ... the university band is made up of primarily nonmusic majors and then the wind ensemble is made up primarily of undergraduate music majors.”

Each musical group has a different conductor, with Eli R. Osterloh conducting the University Band, John E. Wakefield

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PHOTO FROM ALISON HARBAUGH

The annual Pops Concert will take place this Saturday at The Clarice in College Park.

‘A Raisin in the Sun’ comes to the Greenbelt Arts Center

Theater’s staging of Broadway classic places emphasis on story n

BY JOE ANTOSHAK SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE

Rikki Howie Lacewell just wants to tell a story.

As the director of the Greenbelt Arts Center’s upcoming production of Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun,” that’s what she’s boiling this play down to.

“This entire show really is just about the ability to tell a story,” Lacewell said.

“You’re telling an outright story about what’s happened in other people’s lives.”

Her job is made easier by widespread familiarity with the play’s storyline, she said. Since its debut on Broadway in 1959, it’s been twice adapted to film, twice revived on Broadway and once made into a musical.

“It’s very well-known, so it’s a real easy one to kind of put out there,” Lacewell said. “Even as an actor, if you forget your line ... you know the storyline.”

“A Raisin in the Sun” follows the story of the Youngers, a black family struggling in 1950s Chicago to hold its spot in a world that hands them steep adversity and the consistent weight of racial prejudice.

Lacewell was approached with the offer of directing this production last

year, when the Greenbelt Arts Center was constructing its season show list. She recommended they push it back several months to follow the February run of “Clybourne Park,” a play that premiered in 2010 as a sequel to “Raisin.”

“People like history, so if you tell them the end story, they’ll all of a sudden want to come back to see how it all started,” Lacewell said.

Assembling the cast for this show began earlier this year, she said. The cast and crew — a group of people Lacewell said helped to make this “the easiest production I’ve done in a long time” — have been in rehearsal since the beginning of March.

“It has been a really good mixture

of people that are new to theatre and people that are seasoned to theatre,” she said. “So to see them pull all their talents together and make it a really believable family unit that you’re watching on stage has been amazing for me. It’s been a rather smooth process all the way through.”

Because Lacewell has focused so heavily on the story aspect of the play, she said she and the cast have spent a lot of time discussing different scenarios of backstory.

“We’re layering in more of the interpersonal relationships and how they affect the choices that these people are

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‘A RAISIN IN THE SUN’ n When: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, May 15 to June 6; 2 p.m. May 24 and May 31 n Where: Greenbelt Arts Center, 123 Centerway, Greenbelt n Tickets: $20 for general admission, $16 for students, seniors and military, $12 for ages 12 and younger with adult n For information: 301-4418770, greenbeltartscenter. org

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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. Highresolution color images (500KB minimum) in jpg format should be submitted when available.

THEATER & STAGE Bowie Community Theatre, “Whose Wives Are They

Anyway?” July 17 through Aug. 2, call for prices, times, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Dr., Bowie, 301-805-0219, bctheatre.com.

The Clarice, “The Human Capacity,” May 7; Opera Scene Study, May 7; “The Human Capacity,” May 8; Opera Scene Study, May 8; Eyes Wide Open: Kreativitiy’s End of Semester Performance, May 8; UMD Women’s Chorus & UMD Men’s Chorus Spring Showcase, May 8; “The Human Capacity” (two shows), May 9; Annual Pops Concert, May 9; Ballet Company M, May 10; Honors Chamber Music Recital, May 10; UMD Percussion Ensemble, May 11; Hair, Health and Neighborhood Stories: Installation Unveiling, May 13; My Fancy Late and Early: A Springtime “Greeriade,” May 13; University of Maryland, College Park, theclarice.umd.edu.

Hard Bargain Players, “Down the Road,” June 12June 27, Theater in the Woods, 2001 Bryan Point Road, Accokeek, 240-766-8830, hbplayers.org.

Harmony Hall Regional Center, Be’la Dona, May 9; Cuba Gooding and the Main Ingredient, May 16; 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, 301-203-6070, arts. pgparks.com.

Greenbelt Arts Center, “A Raisin in the Sun,” May 15 through June 6; call for prices, times, Greenbelt Arts Center, 123 Centerway, Greenbelt, 301-441-8770, greenbeltartscenter.org.

Joe’s Movement Emporium, Home Decor Party, May 9; “BOXES the Play,” May 15; Design Your Distress, May 16; 3309 Bunker Hill Road, Mount Rainier, 301-699-1819, joesmovement.org.

Laurel Mill Playhouse, “Little Shop of Horrors,” through May 17, call for ticket prices, times; Laurel Mill Playhouse, 508 Main St., Laurel, 301-452-2557, laurelmillplayhouse.org.

Montpelier Arts Center, Pen & Pose: A Workshop in Yoga and Writing, May 9; 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,” through May 16, call for tickets and show times, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Drive, Bowie, 301937-7458, pglt.org.

Publick Playhouse, Maestro Khan and Sistah Mafalda & The Kuumba Performers, May 9; 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, 301832-4819, 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,

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Venus Theatre, “Dry Bones Rising,” May 21 through June 14, 21 C Street, Laurel. venustheatre.org.

NIGHTLIFE New Deal Café, Beggars Tomb, The Moxie Blues

Band, May 8; Stream & the Blue Dragons, May 9; Djesben, May 10; 113 Centerway Road, 301-474-5642, newdealcafe.com.

Old Bowie Town Grill, Wednesday Night Classic Jam, 8 p.m. every Wednesday, sign-ups start at 7:30 p.m., 8604 Chestnut Ave., Bowie, 301-464-8800, oldbowietowngrille.com.

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 410-370-8438.

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: handson treasures, crafts, stories 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, 10:30-11:30 a.m. second and fourth Thursdays of every month, activities for pre-schoolers, $4, $3 seniors, $2 ages 2-18, 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, 7:45-9:30 p.m. Thursdays, 402 Compton Ave., Laurel, 301-520-8921, annickkanter@gmail.com.

11th Annual Gateway Open Studio Tour, May 9, Gateway Arts District located along Route 1 (Rhode Island Avenue). An after-party will take place at the Gateway Art Center from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.

Theater Project Beltsville presents “Two Across,” Fridays and Saturdays, May 8 through May 23 at 8 p.m. and Sundays May 10 and May 17 at 3 p.m., at Abiding Presence Lutheran Church, 10774 Rhode Island Ave. in Beltsville. There is limited seating and reservations are encouraged by contacting producing director Franklin Akers at frankakers@comcast.net. Payment may be made at the door. Tickets are $10, $8 for seniors and students.

conducting the Maryland Community Band, and Potter and Anthony Rivera conducting the University of Maryland Wind Ensemble.

In preparation for the performance, the bands practice three times a week for an hour and a half. The Maryland Community Band and the University Band will each play four pieces, while the Wind Ensemble will play two pieces.

“I think what most inspires us is the music itself and what message the music tells us and what message we create with the ensemble to give to the audience,” said assistant conductor Rivera.

The show, presented by the University of Maryland School of Music, features more accessible and likeable song choices, which typically draws a large audience. One of this year’s most popular selections will probably be the music from “West Side Story,” the famous musical about star-crossed lovers and the pressures they face from their warring families and friends.

“I think the Pops Concert is a celebration in itself,” Rivera said. “It’s the final concert of the season and we get to share music that we normally don’t get to do on every concert, and I think it goes back that we chose pieces ... because of the story [they] tell.”

All of the conductors have musical backgrounds, which contributes to their love for the musical numbers they conduct.

“I think that’s what excites me most about this concert is in this 23 minutes is how can I tell this story about love and struggle and triumph and defeat in one go,” Rivera said.

Osterloh is the assistant director of the university’s athletic bands, and aids in the direction of “The Mighty Sound of Maryland” Marching Band, Basketball Pep Band and the University Band. He is an accomplished clarinetist currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in wind instrument conducting.

Wakefield is director of bands emeritus at the University of Maryland, and was a member of

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Continued from Page B-4 actually making in their lives,” she said. “Which makes the story more believable not only to the actor but also makes it more believable for the people watching it, because there’s more depth in the character.”

And while there is a racial element within “A Raisin in the Sun” — at one point, a white man tries to buy the Youngers out of their new home to avoid the neighborhood’s integration — Lace-

PHOTO FROM ALISON HARBAUGH

The annual Pops Concert will take place this Saturday at The Clarice in College Park.

POPS CONCERT n When: 8 p.m. Saturday n Where: The Dekelboum Concert Hall at The Clarice, Stadium Drive, College Park n Tickets: $10-$25 n More information: 301-405-7794; theclarice.umd.edu

the School of Music for 40 years before retiring in 2005. He led a Pre-Olympics Massed Band Festival with concerts in Beijing and Shanghai, China, before the 2008 Olympic Games.

Potter and Rivera are both enrolled in the Doctor of Musical Arts program, with Potter studying tuba performance and Rivera studying wind conducting. For both men, it is their first time conducting in the Pops Concert.

“When dress rehearsals go awry,” Potter said jokingly when asked about what makes him the most nervous prior to a performance of this magnitude.

“I think we’ve been fortunate this year in that, building up to our performances, we’ve been in a good position to explore the music without having to worry so much about, ‘Are they going to play the right notes today?’ And we can think more of, ‘Are we going to make good music today?’” Potter said.

“My mindset is let the music speak and let the music tell the story, especially in this piece that I’m conducting,” Rivera said.

well noted that recent tension across the country, including the recent unrest in Baltimore, did not provide the main impetus for the production.

The story shouldn’t be tied to one political theme, she explained. “‘A Raisin in the Sun’ isn’t really about racial inequality, it’s about people that are struggling to live and making do, and how choices they make on a daily basis can affect not only their future, but other people’s futures,” Lacewell said. “And that happens

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When asked about who would benefit the most from seeing the production, she said families.

This will be the second time Lacewell has staged this play, but that doesn’t mean it is any less appealing to her.

She said she’s still excited and interested by the story.

“No matter how many times you do the show, there’s actually something new that you learn or gleam from it each time as you’re putting it on,” she said.

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“The Human Condition,” a play by Jennifer Barclay, will continue its run through May 9 at The Clarice’s Kogod Theatre in College Park.

The drama, written by Barclay, centers in on East Berlin before and after the wall was torn down.

The show follows Alonza — a fictional character — who is tortured in 1972 after she is discovered trying to scale the Berlin Wall to get to her newborn son on the other side. The officer in charge of punishing her, the character Dietrich Richter, finds himself deeply troubled by Alonza’s persistence, but he follows through on his orders to destroy her family. He sentences her husband to 10 years in solitary confinement and informs the two that their son has died in West Berlin.

Jump ahead 18 years, and the wall has been leveled. The country dissolves and Dietrich finds himself out of a job. To maintain some anonymity and limit the number of secrets revealed, he volunteers at a newly opened library.

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