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EMILIE SHAUGHNESSY STAFF WRITER

For the second consecutive year, Prince George’s County should see a reduction in human trafficking and prostitution, according to data provided by the Prince George’s County Police Department.

In 2010, county police officers responded to more than 200

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Laurel High School’s marching band kicked off the Towne Centre Laurel grand opening celebration on Saturday afternoon.

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ALICE POPOVICI STAFF WRITER

Despite the 40-degree weather, patrons at Towne Centre at Laurel excitedly carried glow sticks and balloons to celebrate a mall they’d been awaiting for about nine years.

“There was nothing exciting here, there was nothing to keep you here.” said Diane Richards of Laurel, referring to an old indoor shopping mall that had been on the same site for about 31 years. “I’m glad they brought

it back to life.”

Representatives for Owings Millsbased property developer Greenberg Gibbons estimate about 2,000 people came out Saturday to shop, eat and look around during the grand opening, which featured music, a light show and free food samples provided by some of the restaurants in the town center.

Richards, who usually does her shopping at the Arundel Mills or Wheaton malls, said she was excited about the recently-opened Burlington Coat Factory, but wishes the re-

tail plaza had her two favorite stores: Macy’s and H & M. Laurel Mall, which opened in 1979, was anchored by a Macy’s department store and Burlington Coat Factory.

Richards’ 14-year-old daughter, Crystal Richards, said she has already started visiting the Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurt with her classmates from Laurel High School, and was eagerly awaiting the opening of Regal Cinemas this week.

“I really want to go to the movies, because Arundel Mills movie theater

– that’s really out of my way,” Crystal said.

Preview events at Regal Cinemas, including discounted movie screenings, began Monday and its grand opening is set for Thursday.

“It’s a great day for us in the county to be able to open a new state-of-theart facility like this,” said Tom Fitzpatrick, Greenberg Gibbons president and CEO. Among future stores, Fitzpatrick

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ALICE POPOVICI STAFF WRITER

Whether sprinting or walking through historic Laurel on Nov. 27, participants in the Turkey Trot fundraiser organized by Laurel Advocacy and Referral Services will be doing more than working off the evening’s Thanksgiving turkey and pumpkin pie.

For the 10th year in a row, they will be helping the nonprofit known as LARS provide resources for the city’s growing homeless and low-income

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Powerful endorsements and changing demographics may have helped push political newcomer Dinora Hernandez of Hyattsville to defeat incumbent Amber Waller in the tightly-fought District 3 school board race, according to political observers.

On Election Night — Nov. 4 — the candidates were separated by only seven votes, but ballots from a latereported precinct, provisional and

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Barbara Brewer picks out celery Friday at Laurel Advocacy and Referral Services. Brewer credits LARS for helping her to get back on her feet when she was homeless.

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Laurel nonprofit preparing to host 10th annual Turkey Trot population, said LARS officials. The 5K run begins at 8 a.m. and is expected to draw about 800 people.

Founded in 1987, the organization assists Laurel’s low-income and homeless population with groceries from its food pantry, transitional housing, rent and utility payments, job hunting and mental health resources, among other services, staff said.

“They have paid my rent, they have given me a lot of food, they have helped with Christmas, they have helped with Thanksgiving,” Barbara Brewer, 30, of Laurel said of LARS staff members. “I really love them ... They’ve been there when we needed them the most.”

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A group of third-graders at Thomas Stone Elementary School in Mount Rainier are hoping to become published authors themselves with the help of a local fiction writer.

Juliana Barnet of Mount Rainier is currently working on a sequel to her social justice mystery novel “Rainwood House Sings,” with the goal of writing 50,000 words in November, which is recognized as National Novel Writing

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NOV. 20 The Anacostia — River and Watershed, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., University of

Maryland, College Park, Adele H. Stamp Student Union, College Park. This oneday symposium is an opportunity to review the Anacostia’s history, the forces that have shaped it, the community’s investment in its revival and current research in, on, and about the river and its watershed. Contact kbru@umd.edu.

Pam the Kindersinger, 11 a.m., New Carrollton Library, 7414 Riverdale Road, New Carrollton. Join Pam the Kindersinger as she combines songs, classic games, and puppetry to delight little ones and encourage interaction with their caregiver. Ages 2 to 5. Contact 301-4596900.

Free Food Distribution to all, 1 to 3 p.m., Bladensburg Community Center, 4500 57th Ave., Bladensburg. Each third Thursday of each month, free food distribution fresh fruit and produce to attendees; first come first serve. Individuals need only to sign up for a bag of food regardless of the weather. Contact 301277-3775 or Seniors5@mail.com.

Family Game Night, 5 p.m., Bladensburg Library, 4820 Annapolis Road, Bladensburg. Come play games at the library.

Bring your own game or play one of ours.

Contact 301-927-4917.

NOV. 21 GEICO Gecko Series: “We The Peo-

ple,” 10:15 a.m., Publick Playhouse, 5445 Landover Road, Cheverly. TheatreWorks USA puts an energizing spin on the workings of democracy with a sizzling rock, R&B and hip-hop beat. Grades 4-8. Cost is $8 per person; $6 per person (groups of 20 or more). Contact 301-277-1710; TTY 301-277-0312.

Naturally Fun Campfires, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Mount Rainier Nature and Recreation Center, 4701 31st Place, Mount Rainier. Bring the whole family for an evening of fun. Share stories, both funny or scary, learn about nature, and roast marshmallows by the campfire. Marshmallows provided. SMARTlink#: 1518718.

Cost is resident: $2; non-resident: $3.

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

UMD Wind Ensemble: Fanfare, Fugue, Fiestas, 8 p.m., The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center’s Dekelboum Concert Hall, Stadium Drive and Route 193, College Park. Contact 301-405-2787 or tickets.theclarice@umd.edu.

NOV. 22 Thankful to Give Campaign, 9 a.m.

to noon at Target, 6100 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt. During this season of Thanksgiving, please join the Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force in collecting dona-

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tions to support victims of human trafficking. Donations can be made at select Target locations. Contact 410-303-1113.

Annual Holly Days Bazaar, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., St Philip’s Church, 522 Main St., Laurel. St. Philip’s Church in Laurel is holding its 48th annual Holly Days Bazaar in the parish center, adjacent to the church. Handmade gifts and ornaments, toys, baked goods and raffles will be available. St. Nick will visit from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Continental breakfast and lunch will be available at the “Holly Inn.” For more information call the church office at 301776-5151 or visit www.stphilipslaurel.org.

Bond Mill ES 32nd Annual Craft Fair, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Bond Hill Elementary School, 16001 Sherwood Ave., Laurel. Be sure to mark your calendar now for this fun event – you can get a start on your holiday shopping, purchase breakfast and/or lunch from the fifth grade, and enjoy homemade baked goods from the bake sale table. Proceeds from the food concessions and table rentals support the fifth grade end-of-year activities. he rental fee for a 6-ft, cafeteria-style table is $25.

Contact 301-497-3600.

Wright Aeroplane Rib-Making Workshop, 1 p.m., College Park Aviation

Museum, 1985 Cpl. Frank Scott Drive, College Park. The workshop will begin with a demonstration and then participants will build their own 1909 Wright wing rib. The $7 workshop fee includes supplies and museum admission Please call the museum in advance to register.

Private group workshops can also be scheduled. Contact 301-864-6029; TTY 301-699-2544.

Winter Festival of Lights Trot for a Turkey, 6 to 10 p.m., Watkins Regional

Park, 301 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro. Enjoy a walk or run through the Winter Festival of Lights. Throughout the 3.1 miles course, you will see dazzling light displays up close. Registration fee includes a commemorative long-sleeved shirt and will provide a family in need with a holiday turkey. Registration is available online through today before 5 p.m. Contact 301-627-7755; TTY 301-6992544.

Calder Quartet, 8 p.m., The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center’s Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Stadium Drive and Route 193, College Park. The Calder Quartet brings an immediacy to their performances that creates an artfully crafted musical experience bristling with energy. The group’s distinctive approach is exemplified by a bullet-proof technique and a driving curiosity. Cost is $25 public, $20 NextLEVEL, $10 student. Contact 301405-2787 or tickets.theclarice@umd.edu.

NOV. 23 La Vita Duo, 3 p.m., Montpelier Arts Center, 9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel. Con-

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The second annual Thanksgiving Glitter Fest, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

Brentwood Arts Center, 3901 Rhode Island Ave., Brentwood. Our annual Thanksgiving Glitter Fest is back. At this workshop, young artists and families will have the chance to decorate Thanksgiving centerpieces with glitter. Families are encouraged to bring their own items to decorate, but can also choose from a limited selection of free centerpiece items at the workshop. Contact 301-277-2863; TTY 301-277-2863.

MORE INTERACTIVE CALENDAR ITEMS AT WWW.GAZETTE.NET tact 301-377-7800 or montpelier.arts@ pgparks.com.

NOV. 24 N.A.M.I. Meeting, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Hyattsville Library, Hyattsville. Support group meeting for members of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Contact 301-275-3330 or seniors_place@yahoo. com.

MAC: Manga and Anime Club, 7 p.m., Hyattsville Library, 6530 Adelphi Road, Hyattsville. Watch your favorite anime, talk about and preview new manga, create art, comics and costumes, enjoy snacks. Join fellow anime and manga fans at the new Hyattsville Manga and Anime Club. Ages 13-18. Call 301-985-4690.

NOV. 25 Book Discussion, 6:30 p.m., Glenarden Library, 8724 Glenarden Pkwy., Glenarden. Mitch Albom’s “The First Phone Call from Heaven.” Contact 301-772 to 5477 or 240-696-3844.

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Roots rock with a twist comes to New Deal Cafe in Greenbelt as Frenchy and the Punk are set to perform on Saturday.

SPORTS Five public high school football teams are still chasing a state championship and DeMatha plays this weekend for the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference title. Keep track of their progress online.

Why is the pollen count high? What causes thunder?

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

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

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

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NOV. 26 Capitol Heights Bike with the Chief, 6 p.m., Capitol Heights Police Department, 401 Capitol Heights Blvd., Capitol Heights. Join us every other Wednesday to Bike with the Chief, Chief Anthony L. Ayers, Sr. of the Capitol Heights Police Department. Contact 301-420-2444.

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Gholson Middle falls in Science Bowl competition Oxon Hill Middle earns third spot in semifinals

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Oxon Hill Middle School held off a comeback by G. James Gholson of Landover to scrape through with a 200-195 nail biter that came down to the last question in Tuesday’s Science Bowl competition.

“I thought it was going to be a tie score,” said Science Bowl host David Zahren. “Both teams did extremely well. There was a real energy in the studio.”

The competition pits students from schools in Prince George’s County in Jeopardylike competitions where students answer science questions from different categories worth 5 to 25 points.

With the win, Oxon Hill has earned the third berth in the Middle School Science Bowl semifinals, which will take place March 17.

Oxon Hill’s team, comprised of eighth-graders Thomas Panteli, 13, Antonio Sosa, 13, and Matthew Mina, 13, all of Fort Washington, took an early lead in the playoff game. The trio answered questions about feral pigs and metric units to finish the first half with a 160-65 lead.

The Gholson team, comprised of eighth-graders Chigozie Agodo, 13, Zyion Kirkland, 14, and David Black, 13, all of Landover, made a comeback in the second half, answering several high-value questions about jellyfish, avian parasites and urine purification, until they closed to within five points of Oxon Hill.

“We were determined that if we were going to lose, it wasn’t going to be by 100 points,” Chigozie said.

Thomas said the team prepared by watching previous Sci-

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G. James Gholson Middle School students Zyion Kirkland, Chigozie Agodo and David Black compete Tuesday in the Science Bowl at the Bonnie F. Johns Educational Media Center television studio in Landover. ence Bowl matches online.

“We watched the old Science Bowl, and then we compete against each other to answer the questions,” Thomas said.

Gholson earned the spot in the playoff game after defeating William Wirt Middle School of Riverdale 175-70 earlier in the day.

“This is only the second time Gholson has had a Science Bowl team, and this is their first-

ever win, and I’m extremely proud of them,” sponsor Stacie Henry said afterwards.

Wirt’s team, comprised of eighth-graders Tabryia Hull, 13, Malik Taiwo, 14, and Kheeborne LaBoard, 13, all of Bladensburg, tied the score repeatedly in the first half, but failed to score in the second half.

“This was only my second time on the show, but I was confident, because I studied hard,” Zyion said.

Earlier in the day, Oxon Hill came from behind to defeat Thomas Johnson Middle School of Lanham, 290-230.

Thomas Johnson’s team, comprised of eighth-graders Kenya Fox, 13, and Michael Messina, 14, and seventhgrader Monette Mesina, 13, all of Lanham, answered several high-value questions regarding the eardrum, lactose intolerance and woody stems to lead 120-105 at the close of the first

half.

Antonio said they noticed the Johnson team did well in certain categories, so the Oxon Hill team went for high-point questions in other categories.

“Once we had a good lead, we tried to stall things by picking all the five-point questions,” Matthew said. janfenson-comeau@ gazette.net

Largo HS tops list for English learners school CASA seeks

BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAU STAFF WRITER

A new school for English language learners will likely be placed within Largo High School, even though community members say it might heighten tension between students.

Prince George’s County Public Schools CEO Kevin Maxwell said that although the location has not been finalized, Largo High is currently the top school under consideration for the` site of one of two high schools being designed as an option for students whose native language isn’t English.

“Right now, it’s our first choice, and we’d like to find a way to make it work at Largo,” Maxwell said, citing the school’s proximity to public transit and Prince George’s Community College, as well as

its current 62 percent enrollment.

Opponents to the school being located at Largo spoke out during the Nov. 13 school board meeting, which included a presentation on the new schools.

School board member Zabrina Epps (Dist. 1) said the schools should be a starting point for conversations around equity in the school system.

“How do you think the students at Largo will feel knowing and seeing their colleagues getting all of this, and they get nothing?” Epps said.

According to data provided by the school system, the vast majority of the system’s 19,240 ELL students are native Spanish speakers, 86.8 percent, followed by French speakers, 2.1 percent, and speakers of Tagalog, 0.6 percent, a language spoken in the Philippines.

Valerie White, Largo High PTSA president, said she would like to see Largo High’s current students receive the same amount of resources and support as students at the ELL school.

“We’re asking for our students to get the same quality education, and not be left behind,” White said.

School board member Curtis Valentine said the wing at Largo High currently housing the offices for Secondary School Reform staff will be used for the ELL school, and that it will not take space currently being used for Largo High School academics.

The two schools would share cafeteria, library and gym space, said Carlos Beato, one of the ELL school principals.

A site for the second school, which is expected to be located in the Langley Park area, has not yet been chosen, Maxwell said.

The schools are slated to open for the 2015-16 school year.

Maxwell said there is no strict deadline for choosing a site, but whether work can be completed in time to get the facility ready is a consideration.

The two schools are a partnership between the district and Internationals Network for Public Schools, or INPS, a

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volunteers

Court Appointed Special Advocates of Prince George’s County is looking for volunteers to advocate for the needs of children in foster care.

CASA pairs trained volunteers with children to advocate for them within the judicial system and ensure their needs, including need for a safe and permanent home, are met expeditiously, said Penny Gerber, program administrator.

Deadline for applications for the upcoming winter training session is Dec. 29. Training begins Jan. 22 and will be held at the Hyattsville Municipal Building, 4310 Gallatin St. Training is 37 hours, including approximately six hours of courtroom observation and a background check, Gerber said.

CASA Prince George’s will host an informational session for volunteers from 6 to 7 p.m. today at the Hyattsville Municipal Building.

— JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAU

Please help us Bridge the Gap! Our Bridge the Gap campaign will help us to bridge the difference between what is charged for tuition and the actual costs incurred to educate each child and properly run the school. For St. Mary of the Mills School this difference is approximately $3000 per child. This campaign will allow us to provide enhancements to the school’s educational programs, allow for long range facilities planning and maintenance as well as the overall financial needs of the school. Our goal is to raise $150K. We need the communities support to help give our student’s the education that they deserve. Please consider helping the members of your community by becoming a part of this campaign today! All donations are tax deductible.

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nonprofit providing education for English language learners at 19 schools in New York, California, Washington, D.C., and Virginia.

The start-up costs are being funded through a $3 million grant from the New York nonprofit Carnegie Corporation.

Figures on annual operating costs will not be available until next month, according to school officials.

Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk (D-Dist. 21) of College Park said that as a newly arrived immigrant in PGCPS, she faced a number of academic challenges not speaking English, and that she favored the new schools being considered for Largo and Langley Park.

“As a student, I often felt ostracized, shy and picked on,” Pena-Melnyk said. “We’re not serving the students, we’re not serving the community, the way things stand right now.

These International Schools are a solution.”

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Prince George’s County is the epicenter for expansive growth in the Washington Metropolitan area. Within the next five years, the County will have a national entertainment center, a regional health center, a new state agency, completed plans for a new Metro line, and massive retail/ residential developments. In addition to all of the aforementioned development, there is a 66% chance of the FBI relocating its headquarters from downtown D.C. into the County. All the new development builds upon the solid foundation of National Harbor, Tanger, the University of Maryland, Bowie State University, Prince George’s Community College, and the most Metro stations in the region.

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

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

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

During this time of tremendous County expansion, it is essential that every project yield local involvement and job creation. The Chamber of Commerce stands ready to work and advocate for local inclusion for building local investment in our County infrastructure.

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More than a dozen patients have been evaluated for possible Ebola virus infections in Prince George’s this fall. While the results were all negative, hospitals and first responders say they are equipped to respond to a potential county outbreak.

Ebola is a potentially fatal disease that is transmitted primarily through body fluids and has killed more than 5,000 people in West Africa this year, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, or CDC. Mark Arsenault, Dimensions Healthcare System’s vice president for emergency preparedness, said there have been 13 patients exhibiting symptoms similar to Ebola at Dimensions’ three campuses in Laurel, Bowie and Cheverly.

None of them were considered high risk and did not need to have blood drawn to rule out the virus, Arsenault said.

Arsenault said the hospital system formed an Ebola Disease Response planning committee in October, which meets once a week to discuss the latest information from the CDC. The system has also provided its campuses with additional hazmat suits and training,

he said.

“The biggest place we’re concerned about is emergency services,” he said. “If someone walks in and fits the criteria for further screening, we isolate them immediately and there’s a robust questionnaire we complete. If they are high risk, we draw some blood from them and send it to a state health department lab.”

While the response to an Ebola case in Maryland would be handled at the county or state level, some municipalities — like Bowie — are doing what they can to keep residents calm and informed, said Alan Creveling, Bowie’s director of emergency services.

Bowie staff met with county health officer Pamela Creekmur on Nov. 5 to discuss quarantine procedures and how Bowie could best inform residents about preventative measures, according to a memo from City Manager David Deutsch.

“We are basically a support for the county health system when it comes to infectious diseases,” Creveling said. “Our support right now is communication and education to our residents. We’re putting stuff on our websites, through Facebook and Twitter, so people know what universal precautions to take.”

A Lanham company, Staffing, Etc., won a CDC contract to help detect potential Ebola cases as soon as they reach American soil, said Nathan Porter, a spokesman for the company.

Staffing, Etc. will supply several dozen physicians and social workers to screen travelers at major airports this holiday season, Porter said.

“We feel confident we can really provide the best qualified and professional physicians to really deal with this crisis,” he said.

The county fire department dispensed around 600 hazardous material suits to stations across the county in October and has supplied firefighters/ EMTs with additional training on how to use the suits, said Mark Brady, fire department/ EMS spokesman.

“We have been following the state of Maryland protocol when it comes to how to treat and transport a patient suspected of Ebola,” he said. “We have equipped most of our first response apparatus with hazardous material suits” Brady said 911 call takers and dispatchers in the county have received updated information on the virus and its symptoms.

Both Creveling and Arsenault used the platform of the Ebola virus discussion to emphasize the importance of awareness and prevention against other types of infectious diseases.

“Ebola is concerning, but thousands of people die from influenza,” Arsenault said. “To me the carry away is if you’re concerned about Ebola you should get the flu shot.” eshaughnessy@gazette.net

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Prince George’s County Public Schools has no plans to follow Montgomery County’s lead and remove the names of religious holidays from the school calendar, according to school officials.

On Nov. 11, the Montgomery County Public Schools school board voted to strike the names of all religious holidays from its school calendar, following a request by Muslim organizations to add the holy day of Eid al-Adha to its calendar.

The dates of the holidays are still listed as non-school days, only religious names such as “Christmas,” “Easter” and “Yom Kippur” were removed.

The PGCPS school calendar has included Muslim holidays since the 2007-2008 school year calendar, said spokeswoman Lynn McCawley, and the major Hindu holiday of Diwali has been added to the 2015-2016 calendar.

“When the administration sent the draft calendar back to the calendar committee, they requested the Hindu holiday be added to the calendar,” McCawley said.

McCawley said the school system has not received negative feedback from other religious or secular groups regarding holidays on the calendar.

School board member Verjeana Jacobs (Dist. 5), who served as chairwoman of the board from 2006 to 2013, said PGCPS has always tried to be as inclusive as possible.

“I think this is an ongoing discussion we need to have every year with the calendar committee, so that every year, they’re looking at what we need to include and how do we need to include it,” Jacobs said. “This is just my perspective, but I’d rather see inclusion rather than just eliminating everyone.”

The board approved its calendar Nov. 13.

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Lauryn Felder of Cheverly said she figured a cybersecurity workshop at the University of Maryland, College Park, would teach her “how to protect the Internet” — but she wasn’t counting on picking locks.

Lauryn, 11, and her classmates from Thomas G. Pullen Creative and Performing Arts Academy in Landover were among about 350 middle school girls from Maryland who learned how to pick a lock, take apart a computer and decipher a code on Nov. 12, during a hands-on workshop meant to introduce girls to careers in cybersecurity.

The Cool Careers in Cybersecurity for Girls Workshop, hosted for the third year by the university’s Maryland Cybersecurity Center, brought together about 36 women working in cybersecurity for employers such as the National Security Agency and Lockheed Martin.

The event was started by Davina Pruitt-Mentle of the National CyberWatch Center at Prince George’s Community College in an effort to encourage girls to consider careers in the growing field of cybersecurity.

“It’s great to get them when they’re young and let them know this is a field that’s open to them,” said Gail Schnell of Accokeek, one of the professionals leading a session.

Schnell, who served in Afghanistan as an IT specialist with the U.S. Army, owns a consulting company called SchnellTech Solutions LLC.

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(From left) Thomas G. Pullen eighth-graders Dyamond Wallace and Erica Morrissey listen as Cyndi Gula of Tenable Network Security explains parts of a computer and how they are changing on Nov. 12 at the University of Maryland’s Maryland Cybersecurity Center cybersecurity workshop for girls.

Schnell said the lock-picking activity was meant to introduce students to the concept of security, beginning with something as familiar as a lock.

“It shows you how something as simple as breaking into a lock can open up a vulnerability into a system,” Schnell said.

“Physical security is just one layer of cybersecurity ... but the physical layer should be the first line of defense.”

Thomas G. Pullen and Hyattsville Middle School were the only Prince George’s County schools selected to participate in the National Science Foundation-sponsored event — with about 40 students each. Ronnie Lowenstein, an advisor with the Washington, D.C.,-based Alliance for Science & Technology Research in America, said she chose the schools for their commitment to integrating arts into their curriculum, which is a priority highlighted this year by county schools CEO Kevin Maxwell.

Leaders and experts in cybersecurity are reaching out to girls in particular because the

field is adding new jobs more quickly than it can find qualified employees, said Jan Plane, director of the university’s Maryland Center for Women in Computing. She said one way to fill the vacancies is to look to groups that are historically underrepresented in IT — such as women — and to help them discover all the possibilities the field offers.

Plane said young people often get a “small-slice idea” of what cybersecurity is, and may not realize that outside interests such as the creative arts can be applied to careers in computing.

“The arts actually encourage discipline,” she said. “Learning to read music and to understand that language is the same thing as learning a computer language.” apopovici@gazette.net

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Ashley Gibbs, Miss College Park Plus America 2015; Nichole Crutchfield, Ms. Clinton Plus America 2015; Shelly King, Ms. Laurel Plus America 2015 and Terri Ware, Miss Bowie Plus America 2015 will be honored during the Holiday Sip and Shop, hosted by L.B. Moore Signature, from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday at 10665 Stanhaven Place, Suite 3109,

White Plains, said Mrs. Plus Maryland 2014 Kristus Ratliff of Hyattsville, the state director for the pageant.

Attendees can meet with the contestants and learn more about the competition, which is open to women in the Maryland and Washington D.C. area size 14 and up, Ratliff said.

The Maryland and D.C. Plus America Pageant is an official regional pageant within the Miss Plus America Pageant system, which was created to recognize women for their service in their communities who might not have the opportu-

nity to compete in traditional pageants because of their size, said Melissa Stamper of Nashville, Tenn., executive director and founder of the national pageant.

“These women are a reminder that a woman’s capacity to serve and inspire should never be held back because of her dress size,” Ratliff said in an email. “They are using their past struggles as inspiration to help others.”

The pageant will be held April 24-25 in Annapolis.

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Bond Mill Elementary School in Laurel recognized its Citizens of the Week for the weeks of Oct. 27 and Nov. 5.

Those recognized are Brayden Chi, Bailey Batte, Kennedy Lyght, Neev Patel, Aashi Moola, Loren Davis, Alexis Gumapas, Joab Urbina, Claudia van der Have, Micah Rivera, Giovanni Mitchell, Afroja Khan, Shandler Villard, Patricia Dyson, Taylor Baker, Glory John, Olivia Dickerson, Noel Norman-Williams, Elena Lopez-Garcia, Mateo Walcott, Gurshan Nakai, Sneha Jose, Jadon Le, Kevin Hsu, Brianna Harper, Nya Singleton, Myles

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Students are chosen on the basis of a variety of criteria, including academic achievements and exemplary behavior, said school officials.

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College honors ‘partners’ Prince George’s Community College recognized Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D) of Baltimore and Lockheed Martin and Kaiser Permanente of the Mid Atlantic States, during its Partners for Success Awards Dinner and Gala, held Oct. 29 at National Harbor.

“The honorees..all exemplify true partnership, stakeholder engagement, and a desire to impact the landscape of education and jobs in our county, state and region,” Brenda Mitchell, executive director of the PGCC office on

institutional advancement, said in an email. “The work of strengthening the college’s ability to respond to community concerns and demonstrate innovative, win-win collaborations through federal and state-funded grants, privately funded grants, donations from corporations and a host of individuals who gave generously when we asked for their support - is a reflection of the commitment of our ‘Partners in Success.’”

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Energized by Republican governor-elect Larry’s Hogan’s Nov. 4 victory in Maryland, members of the Prince George’s County Republican Central Committee are moving quickly to mobilize support for the party in a county of mostly Democratic voters.

Some, like committee member-elect Robert Windley of Laurel, who was elected in June to represent District 23, have already started door knocking.

District 23 includes parts of Laurel, Upper Marlboro, Mitchellville and Bowie.

Windley, who began introducing himself to constituents in his precincts on Nov. 11, said Hogan’s victory is a sign that Maryland voters are ready for a change.

He said voters are unhappy with the high taxes imposed by the state’s previous administration, among other concerns, and Republican party representatives now have an opportunity to show voters the party wants to engage with them and listen to their concerns.

“If we’re going to try to win more seats in the legislature, the key is to get more involved with the people,” Windley said.

“We need to take the party to the people. We can’t just wait for people to contact us.”

There were 43,545 registered Republican voters in the county compared to 442,639 registered Democrat voters as of June 7, ac-

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Carl Carrington (right) of Laurel writes his contact information Nov. 11 for Robert Windley of Laurel, committee member-elect for the Prince George’s County Republican Central Committee. cording to the Maryland Board of Elections website.

In the two weeks since Hogan defeated Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown in the midterm gubernatorial election, Heather Olsen of Hyattsville, the county’s Republican chair, said she has received many calls and emails from people who want to get involved with the party. She said some people are reaching out because they are interested in running for public office in the state legislature or the County Council, and want advice on how to prepare their campaigns.

Audrey Scott was the last Republican to serve on the County Council, representing Bowie

and Greenbelt among other areas. Her term ended in 2002.

“I think a lot of people just felt that the situation was hopeless,” Olsen said. “Now people feel more hopeful, they feel like they can make a difference.”

The Republican Central Committee, based in Fort Washington, has 16 members. Olsen said that, according to documents she has seen, the party has been in existence in the county since at least the 1930s.

But one of the challenges the party faces in mostly-Democratic Prince George’s is the sense of discouragement felt by Republican supporters, said Lee Havis of College Park, commit-

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Havis said the challenge is getting people to believe that there is a future for the party beyond Hogan’s success.

Havis, who is trying to recruit canvas leaders to go out into the neighborhoods and talk with residents, said Hogan’s victory was “a shot in the arm” for party members.

“I think we’re going to have a much better opportunity now,” Havis said. “We just have to mobilize the people.” apopovici@gazette.net

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

District 1

Vehicle stolen and recovered,

For additional police blotters, visit www.gazette.net Theft from vehicle, 3400 block

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Bladensburg Road, 2:38 p.m.

Residential break-in, 9600 block Milestone Way, 3:54 p.m.

Residential break-in, 5000 block 56th Ave, 4:06 p.m.

Assault, 6000 block 64th Ave, 4:25 p.m.

Residential break-in, 9600 block Milestone Way, 4:43 p.m.

Robbery, 3400 block 54th Ave, 6:21 p.m.

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NOV. 10 Assault, 2000 block Univer-

sity Blvd, 1:36 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 1900 block

Saratoga Drive, 7:03 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 2200 block Metzerott Road, 7:29 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 5200 block Kenilworth Ave, 8:06 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 2500 block Avalon Place, 8:42 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 6300 block Landover Road, 8:55 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 7900 block Riggs Road, 9:05 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 8100 block Baltimore Ave, 10:02 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 2000 block University Blvd, 12:49 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 8200 block Baltimore Ave, 1:08 p.m.

Robbery on commercial property, 6200 block Annapolis Road,

1:13 p.m.

Theft, 4900 block La Salle Road, 3:27 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 8300 block Quentin St., 4:18 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 4800 block Calvert Road, 5:08 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 8000 block 18th Ave, 7:38 p.m.

Robbery, Norwich Road/ Rhode Island Ave, 7:49 p.m.

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Vehicle stolen, 5100 block

Mineola Road, 7:35 a.m.

Robbery, 1300 block Merrimac Drive, 9:12 a.m.

Theft, 5500 block Karen Elaine Drive, 10:30 a.m.

Residential break-in, 6300 block Landover Road, 10:32 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 8100 block Baltimore Ave, 11:27 a.m.

Residential break-in, 5800 block 64th Ave, 11:53 a.m.

Theft, 6900 block Decatur Place, 2:49 p.m.

Theft, 7400 block Riverdale Road, 2:53 p.m.

Assault, 7600 block Carroll Ave, 3:26 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, Nb Riggs Road/Amherst Road, 4:09 p.m.

Assault, 6300 block Landover Road, 4:24 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 8000 block New Riggs Road, 5:21 p.m.

Theft, 7500 block Topton St., 6:27 p.m.

Residential break-in, 6800 block Riverdale Road, 7:41 p.m.

Commercial property breakin, 6400 block New Hampshire

Ave, 7:46 p.m.

Residential break-in, 1400 block

6300 block 64th Ave, 9:39 p.m.

Residential break-in, 1900 block Erie St., 9:47 p.m.

NOV. 14 Theft from vehicle, 8100 block

15th Ave, 5:13 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 5800 block Annapolis Road, 5:16 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6400 block Landover Road, 6:40 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 6800 block Furman Pky, 7:17 a.m.

Theft, 6000 block Carters Lane, 8:12 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 6800 block Freeport St., 8:34 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6500 block 40th Ave, 8:49 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 15th Ave/ Kanawha St., 10:42 a.m.

Theft, 6000 block Springhill Drive, 11:17 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 8200 block Carrollton Pky, 11:28 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 5400 block 16th Ave, 1:19 p.m.

Theft, 6200 block Annapolis Road, 1:26 p.m.

Theft, 2200 block University Blvd, 6:20 p.m.

Robbery, East West Highway & Riggs Road, 6:50 p.m.

Assault with a weapon, 5800 block Eastern Ave, 8:50 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 7500 block Annapolis Road, 10:51 p.m.

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Brewer, who came to LARS on Friday to pick up food for her family and a friend who was in the hospital, said LARS helped her earlier this year, when she was homeless and living in a tent off of Route 198. She said that now she has a job and is living in a hotel, but still comes by for groceries once in a while.

“It does a lot of good for the community because it helps keep people in their homes, it helps keep their utilities on, it helps keep food on the table,” said Lori Proietti, the organization’s executive director. “Over the last couple of years we’ve seen a drastic increase in the amount of clients that we’re seeing.”

According to records from LARS, the organization provided food for 2,543 clients in fiscal 2014, compared to 2,094 clients in fiscal 2013.

Proietti said the Thanksgiving Day run, which is the organization’s biggest fundraiser, becomes more popular every year.

“It’s just becoming a part of everybody’s Thanksgiving,” she said. “It’s been a family tradition for everyone.”

Other funding sources for the organization include a silent auction fundraiser during the summer, various federal grants as well as donations from individuals, Proietti

Theft from vehicle, 2000 block University Blvd, 3:24 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 7400 block Riggs Road, 3:29 a.m.

Residential break-in, 5000 block 55th Ave, 8:54 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 1800 block Metzerott Road, 11:44 a.m.

Residential break-in, 6200 block 64th Ave, 12:36 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6600 block Annapolis Road, 4:43 p.m.

NOV. 11 Theft from vehicle, 8600 block Cunningham Drive, 8:56 a.m.

Theft, 6800 block Eldridge St., 9:29 a.m.

Residential break-in, 6200 block 20th Place, 10:21 a.m.

Residential break-in, 9300 block Adelphi Road, 11:19 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 1700 block Jasmine Terrace, 11:41 a.m.

Theft, 3500 block Bladensburg Road, 12:34 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6800 block 25th Ave, 12:47 p.m.

Theft, Eb Annapolis Road/ Ardwick Ardmore Road, 12:57 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6600 block Annapolis Road, 1:11 p.m.

Theft, 5700 block Nevada St., 3:18 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 6000 block 66th Ave, 5:01 p.m.

Theft, 2000 block University Blvd, 5:53 p.m.

Theft, 8300 block Baltimore Ave, 6:18 p.m.

Residential break-in, 1700 block Keokee St., 6:44 p.m.

Residential break-in, 6800 block Riverdale Road, 7:28 p.m.

Theft, 8100 block 48th Ave, 7:50 p.m.

Theft, 600 block Fairview Ave, 8:16 p.m.

Assault, 3800 block 37th Place, 8:56 p.m.

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Theft, 4200 block 74th Place, 1:00 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 3400 block Bladensburg Road, 2:17 p.m.

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Barbara Brewer loads bags of groceries into the trunk of her neighbor’s car Friday at Laurel Advocacy and Referral Services. said. She said the organization is now looking to identify new funding sources to keep up with growing demand for its services.

The Turkey Trot was started in 2004 by Kelly Miller of Laurel and other members of First United Methodist Church. Miller said that after three to four years of organizing the race, she passed the event on to LARS. Miller said the run has grown from a grass-roots effort attended by about 200 to 300 hundred people the first year into a large fundraiser.

LARS officials estimate that this year’s Turkey Trot will

raise more than last year’s record of $22,000.

“It’s just a great way to start Thanksgiving Day,” Miller said. “Both physically and spiritually, too, by doing something for the community.”

The run begins at 8 a.m. at First United Methodist Church of Laurel, 424 Main St. Registration, which is available through Nov. 27, is $40 and includes a long-sleeve race shirt.

For more information, or to register online, visit www. laureladvocacy.org. apopovici@gazette.net

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Continued from Page A-1 absentee ballots widened Hernandez’s lead.

According to unofficial results from the Prince George’s County Board of Elections, Hernandez received 5,700 votes to Waller’s 5,607 votes following the counting of the last absentee and provisional ballots.

Results were certified Tuesday, said Daneen Banks, deputy administrator of the Board of Elections.

District 3 includes Adelphi, Lewisdale, University Park, Hyattsville, Mount Rainier, Brentwood and North Brentwood.

Hernandez, 27, the child of immigrants from El Salvador, is the Latino liaison for County Executive Rushern L. Baker, who campaigned for her on Election Day. Waller, 65, was appointed to the board in 2007 to fill a vacancy and elected to her first full term in 2010. Waller was out of town and could not be reached for comment.

Hernandez said her pri-

orities include advocating for additional funding for school renovation and construction and expanding pre-kindergarten, saying research has indicated that the younger students from disadvantaged backgrounds start school, the smaller the achievement gap between them and their peers.

“I think it’s important to make sure our kids are starting off at the same level,” Hernandez said.

The Prince George’s County Democratic Central Committee also endorsed Hernandez

and Lupi Grady of College Park, who defeated incumbent Peggy Higgins of Greenbelt in another close election, 53.5 percent to 46.3 percent, according to the Board of Elections’ unofficial tally.

David Cahn, co-chair of Citizens for an Elected Board, said he felt it was inappropriate for either party to endorse candidates in the school board race, which are supposed to be unaffiliated.

“To inject partisan politics into a nonpartisan election is reprehensible. It taints the whole process,” Cahn said. “I served as an election judge, and it’s amaz-

ing how many people came into the polling place clutching the official Democratic ballots. I’m sure that had a lot to do in both races.”

Cheryl Landis, chair of the DCC, said that it has historically been the case that the committee endorses candidates in the school board race.

“Sometimes decisions are made that not everyone agrees with, but that’s the nature of elections,” Landis said.

Citizens co-chair Janis Hagey said demographics also may have had a lot to play in the election.

“There were concerns that

Hispanic issues had not been addressed by the board in the past,” said Hagey referencing issues like a lack of Hispanic teachers and administrators and a lack of support services for Spanish speaking students and their families.

Prince George’s Hispanic population has continued to grow, according to U.S. Census data, which estimates the county’s Hispanic population has increased from 128,972 in 2010 to 144,193 in 2013.

PROSTITUTION

bers, absolutely,” Coleman said.

College Park and unincorporated Hyattsville had the highest rates of prostitution since 2009, according to police data.

Coleman said his unit arrested a sex worker earlier this month who said she was told to stay away from College Park because of the chance of getting caught.

The June shooting of a New York woman who was solicited for prostitution in College Park drew attention to the issue and caused City Council members to reach out to state and county officials for resources, said College Park councilman Fazlul Kabir (Dist. 1).

Almost all of the activity in College Park over the past six years took place in three motels on Baltimore Avenue.

“The problem with motels is there is not a single entrance,”

Kabir said. “We have tried to talk with the owner about how the city can help by possibly turning the motels into something different that is safer.”

“Our issue in the county is domestic minor sex trafficking,” said D. Michael Lyles, who oversees the county’s human trafficking task force. “We find there are countless children being coerced in human trafficking and they don’t even realize it until they’re involved.”

Lyles said the task force trains hotel managers to recognize the signs of prostitution and sex trafficking.

“Just like many other crimes, it is sex-driven, but it is also money-driven,” he said. “So when we create a hostile business environment, it moves elsewhere.”

to its closing,” said Mayor Craig Moe during the grand opening ceremony, as he thanked residents for supporting the new town center. “Have a fun evening. Let me remind you to spend a lot of money.”

Laurel Mall was demolished in 2012 and construction of the new retail complex began in 2013, according to Greenberg Gibbons.

“It’s nice compared to the mall before,” said Simona Puiu of Laurel. Puiu said she was looking forward to shopping at the Harris Teeter, but would have liked the mall to have more large retailers.

“I wish they had more stores – department stores,” she said.

“They had a Macy’s before. I was

hoping it would come back.”

Representatives for Greenberg Gibbons said that, as of now, no department stores are planned at the town center.

“We do hope that this town center now will also attract visitors to shop there from Montgomery County, Howard County, Anne Arundel County,” said Scott Peterson, a spokesman for county executive Rushern Baker III, who added that the retail plaza has the county’s first Harris Teeter supermarket.

“The city of Laurel has always been a critical part of the Prince George’s economy.”

tember after reading her novel.

“Just having a real-life person in the community come in and speak to the students about what they do, that can be really inspiring,” Ellis said.

After several of the students expressed interest in becoming authors, Barnet said she and Ellis came up with the idea of the students writing a children’s companion novel to her sequel.

“The idea is that they are each writing these episodes that use the settings from my novels,” Barnet said. “The children take their own experiences

and work with them, and add to it and fold in characters and events from the book.”

The launch party for the project was held Oct. 31, and the goal is for students to have reached a combined 50,000 words by Nov. 30.

“It’s a big goal, but we hope if we keep plugging away we can reach that goal,” Barnet said.

Ellis said the students work on the project during writing class, after school and at home.

“My favorite part is that we get to write every day,” said Bintu Kanu, 8, of Mount Rainier.

Barnet said 16 third-graders are part of the writing team. Barnet has been meeting with the students, providing encouragement and advice.

Ellis said the students involved in the project has generated a great deal of excitement about writing among her students.

“They’re very enthusiastic about the project, and they’ve been carrying their journals with them, writing during school, at home, on weekends,” Ellis said.

“They’ve been so proud of how many words they’ve been writing.”

Madison Hamlet, nine, of Mount Rainier said her story involves a villainous character named Charles and various characters’ efforts to stop his plans.

“I think it’s kind of fun, and it’s been nice that [Barnet is] coming to help us do this writea-thon,” Madison said.

Ellis said the goal for the rest of the school year will be to work on revising the stories they produce.

Barnet has created a crowdfunding campaign to raise money to develop the students’ work into a finished novel, with the goal of raising $5,000.

For more information, visit Barnet’s website at www.julianabarnet.com.

Continued from Page A-1 prostitution-related incidents, and numbers remained high until 2013, which saw fewer than 100 incidents, according to police-provided data.

For the first quarter of 2014 — the most recent numbers available at press time — county police responded to approximately a dozen incidents, compared to around 35 in the first quarters of both 2010 and 2011.

Sgt. David Coleman, head of the county’s Vice Intelligence Unit, attributes the downward trend to the work of his unit and cross-agency initiatives like the county’s Human Trafficking Task force — both of which were created in 2013.

“We’re seeing reduced num-

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Continued from Page A-1 said Buffalo Wild Wings and Outback Steakhouse are slated to open in January while Ulta, a cosmetics retailer, is scheduled to open sometime in the spring.

The 130-million project, which includes clothing retailers Old Navy and Sports Authority, restaurants such as Mission BBQ, Panera and BJ Restaurant Brewhouse and a recentlyopened Harris Teeter grocery store, will open about 15 more stores through 2015, officials said.

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At the same time, she is also helping a group of third-graders write a companion novel for children.

“They’re really enthusiastic about the project,” said their teacher Jessica Ellis of Mount Rainier. “I’ve been very proud of how much they’ve been producing.”

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There’s good news and bad news in Bladensburg.

The good news is that a group of residents are themselves creating a searchable website of town documents to improve government transparency.

The bad news is that they have to do it at all.

The Citizens’ Action Committee of Bladensburg, a group formed last year over concerns of alleged “reckless spending” by officials, is now putting town financial records, meeting information, town ordinances and other official documents online so that residents can see how money is being spent and better monitor officials’ actions.

Their effort is commendable. All too often, residents turn a blind eye — or feel powerless — when they believe the government isn’t fulfilling its duties.

Unfortunately, while the website allows better review of what’s happening with town finances, it is evidence of a serious breakdown in government and community relations. Sure, residents can check out the results of audits and purchases — but after-the-fact comments aren’t as effective as suggestions made — and adhered to — before the spending occurs.

“Our problem is we’re not allowed to ask questions about their spending before they vote on things,” committee member Steve Weitz said. “We live here. This is our town, so we want to have some input.”

And while Mayor Walter James says town officials have been open and transparent, there is clearly an enormous difference of opinion when not only does a citizens group form around spending concerns but it also feels compelled to create a website focused on government transparency.

Committee members say their efforts have resulted in more timely information being posted on the official town website. Hopefully, that’s just the beginning.

It shouldn’t be up to a citizens group to file a Maryland Public Information Act request to make available documents that should be readily available to the public. Bladensburg officials need to step up and make sure public documents are available online in a timely manner on the town’s website and begin immediately working on ways to ensure the public is aware of and involved in upcoming decisions.

Kudos to the citizens committee for going above and beyond to keep the community informed.

Listen closely, and one can almost hear the tooth-gnashing and hand-wringing of the state’s largely Democratic electorate at the thought of a Republican occupying Government House in January.

Gov.-elect Larry Hogan is anathema to many Democrats: a Republican hellbent on cutting taxes, which will mean less government revenue, and by definition, fewer government services. But such consternation is premature.

Yes, he wants to cut taxes, but there’s no sign Hogan is a tea party conservative, straight out of Central Casting, who wants to shut down government.

Yes, he wants to end the “rain tax.” But he also told Gazette editors that he wants to replace Maryland’s funding of environmental programs, money that was raided in recent years to balance budgets.

That doesn’t sound like the kind of Republican who wants to choke the life out of state government.

We’re sure many Democrats in the legislature are worried that some of their priorities will be put on the back burner. Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown promised to provide relief to Maryland families, meaning he would have had to squeeze the Maryland budget himself, threatening some of those priorities anyway. Maybe Brown wouldn’t cut taxes as deeply as Hogan would, but no one should think Maryland would have had an overflowing larder of services and projects had the election results gone differently.

Among counties’ priorities, of course, are school construction projects. Despite attempts to make it appear Hogan wants to cut school construction completely out of the state budget, there still will be schools to build and money to build them. Economic development will be a hallmark of the future Hogan administration. Growing jobs and strengthening the economy will be important, just as much as maintaining our schools.

After all, in order to attract businesses to the state, Maryland must have a good education system.

Despite his opponents’ attempts to make it appear Hogan will halt transit programs, people still need to get to and from work. Maybe transit advocates will bristle at the miles of fresh pavement the new governor might budget. But too much of our transportation money has been siphoned off to pay for other priorities. Even the Coalition for Smarter Growth has been willing to take the man at his word, at least until his Jan. 21 swearing in. That organization supports the state’s signature big-money transportation project, the Purple Line.

“If Larry Hogan is worried about Maryland losing jobs to Virginia, then I can think of no better project to move forward than the Purple Line. We have faith when he says economic development is his No. 1 focus,” said Alex Posorske, managing director of the coalition, the morning after Hogan was elected. This might reveal that the coalition is giving Hogan the benefit of the doubt.

Hogan named a former member of the legislature and former Anne Arundel County executive — Bobby Neall — as an appointment to his transition team. Neall is a Democrat.

Matthew Crenson, a well-known political science professor, noted to a reporter from Capital News Service that Neall’s appointment is a sign that the governor-elect is reaching out across the aisle to create a bipartisan team.

This announcement might mean Democrats around the state have one less thing for which to criticize the governor-elect.

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Thank you for coverage of veterans Thank you for remembering our veterans with your front page feature, “Laurel group seeks out, celebrates WWII’s ‘Rosies,’” by Alice Popovici, Staff Writer, and The Gazette Forum Opinions to “Celebrate veterans every day.” It was great to open and read The Gazette front page and forum about veterans in the midst of this election season.

Our veterans made our freedom possible, and I am so pleased that The Gazette chose to highlight veterans before the official Nov. 11 holiday.

The Gazette’s remembering “Rosies,” about the women who served during World War II, was a welcome reminder of women’s contributions to our nation. If it weren’t for the Rosies’ service, women would not be able to stand up and seek political office in this 21st century, new millennium.

As The Gazette Forum’s call to “celebrate veterans every day” reminded us, “it is especially significant in Prince George’s County, home to the state’s largest population of veterans.” Who knew that, as the Gazette noted, “Of the 435,657 veterans projected to be living in Maryland this year, 61,938 reside in Prince George’s, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.”

Thanks too for including the letters to the editor from Lt. Col. David Dinkelman of Ft. Meade, a 22-year Army veteran, and his work with veterans about his “Entry-level job with

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Wilma Foster of Laurel, who was a riveter for Fairchild Aircraft, working on PT-19 planes during World War II, shares her story about being a “Rosie the Riveter.” benefits, strict dress code” and other opportunities. “Providing service for veterans” letter from Dennis H. Smith, director of the VA Maryland Health Care System, was informative also.

As the proud daughter of a late U.S. Army, Purple Heart medal recipient, I agree as The Gazette Forum’s Opinion noted, “Celebrate veterans every day.”

I look forward to more features about veterans in The Gazette, especially coverage of the Library of

Congress Veterans History Project, the congressional mandate that serves to “preserve and collect veterans stories” for archival history. I look forward to reading The Gazette’s coverage of the upcoming Veterans Concert on the National Mall.

Thank you again, Gazette, for “celebrating veterans every day” and shedding an important focus on veterans’ contributions to our America.

Jacqueline Miller Byrd, Greenbelt

Kind gesture made veterans feel special

On Veterans Day, we were taking advantage of the generous annual offer of a free meal for veterans at the Applebee’s in La Plata. Two very nice ladies sitting in the booth behind us must have overheard us talking with a fellow U.S. Navy veteran as he and his wife were leaving the restaurant. As the ladies

left, they stopped by our table, shook our hands and thanked us for our service.

Later, as we were finishing our meal and preparing to pay for the drinks we had ordered, the server from the table behind us informed us that our drinks bill had been paid by the ladies who had been sitting there.

She said they just wanted

to do something nice for veterans.

This anonymous gesture from two perfect strangers made us feel very special indeed, and we hope that somehow those ladies will know how much it meant that they so kindly recognized our military service.

We’d also like them

to know that we’ll “pay it forward” and do something nice for someone else in their honor.

Sandy and Val Wadsworth, Brandywine The writers are, respectively, a retired U.S. Navy chief warrant officer 3 and CWO2.

When do teachers get to teach?

Some years ago, a brilliant television advertisement for a well-known breakfast food featured two older siblings — both dubious about their mother’s choice of cereal — attempting to foist her latest selection upon their little brother saying, “Give it to COMMENTARY Mikey! He’ll KENNETH HAINES eat anything!”

While the advertisement was clever and memorable as a marketing ploy, the strategy seems to have been adopted nationwide in formulating job descriptions for educators.

For all professional educators, the phrase “other duties as assigned” has evolved into the bane of their professional lives. No task is too intrusive on the contractual day, or too mind-

numbingly menial, to prevent its inclusion on the long list of mandatory duties that have nothing to do with improving the cognition of students.

Give to the teachers; they’ll do anything.

The acquisition of a teaching credential does not require a three-credit course in “bus counting” prior to certification.

Nothing in teacher formation programs prepares teachers for their future in lunchroom crowd-control or supervision of the hallways.

At least those duties do not directly interfere with teaching time.

However, for eight weeks during the school year, the added task of proctoring standardized tests (Benchmarks, PSATs, HSAs, PARCC, etc.) interferes with the ability of teachers to deliver coherent instruction.

For those not directly involved in proctoring, the challenge becomes keeping entire classes “on standard” when a different 30 to 40 percent of the class is pulled out for testing for

‘It remains my privilege to represent you’ I want to extend my sincere thanks to all those that voted to send me on for a second term in the Maryland House of Delegates. I am grateful and honored by your support and confidence, and I look forward to the opportunity to serve the citizens of District 23A. I am forever grateful to the many volunteers that helped run our campaign. I was blessed with friends, family and many who just met me along the way and believed in me.

A successful government only works when the community and elected officials have effective communication channels. I promise to listen to your needs, issues and concerns, and act on that information in Annapolis. I appreciate the trust you’ve shown in my abilities, and I pledge to do my best in these

challenging economic times to follow through with that promise.

I will continue to participate in community events, visit neighborhoods and place the highest priority on maintaining good constituent communication. Please do not hesitate to contact my office when you would like me to attend events and meetings.

For those I no longer represent because of boundary changes, know that boundaries do not separate us and I am available to advocate on issues important to you and our great county.

With much appreciation, it remains my privilege to represent you.

Geraldine Valentino-Smith (D) of Bowie represents District 23A in the House of Delegates.

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45 days during the year.

Proctoring exams is not teaching.

Furthermore, teachers spend weeks reteaching concepts to children returning from the testing hiatus. No matter how you cut it, the current protocols for standardized testing disrupt instructional programs for everyone.

A teacher’s workday should be mostly devoted to diagnosing the needs of students, organizing lessons, delivering instruction and evaluating formative assessments. The inevitable collision with “other duties” too frequently results in a profound misuse of teacher expertise.

We can ill afford to continue filling the teacher’s contractual day with extraneous, non-instructional tasks while pushing to the margins the essential planning required to improve academic outcomes.

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

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FOOTBALL: DuVal at Roosevelt, 1 p.m. Saturday.

Roosevelt is undefeated, but they didn’t play the Tigers this season. DuVal is competing in its second straight region championship game.

FOOTBALL: DeMatha vs. G.Counsel, 2 p.m. Saturday.

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Cold forecast for Surrattsville Surrattsville High School football coach Robert Harris Jr. said he knows what a future NFL player looks like because he coached two in North Carolina KEN SAIN before they went SPORTS EDITOR off to college, former Cleveland Brown Mohamad Massaqoi and former Detroit Lion Kenneth Moore.

“He’s ahead of both of them when they were at this point,” Harris said.

“He” is senior running back Amaru Major, who needs 110 yards rushing on Saturday for back-to-back 2,000 yard seasons.

Major and the Hornets (7-4) face Friendship Academy of Engineering and Technology (10-0) in the Class 1A North Region championship game at 1 p.m. Saturday at Baltimore’s Polytechnic Institute.

Major rushed for 2,086 yards in 13 games last season, scoring 17 touchdowns. This year, he has 1,890 yards and 15 scores. Major has good size (recruiting sites list him at 5-foot11, but I’m 5-11 and was looking up at him on Saturday so I’d guess either 6-1 or platform cleats); he’s got enough speed to break 70-yard run after 70-yard run; and has great instincts.

All that is why I was surprised another national signing day came and went and Major still hasn’t received an official scholarship offer.

“The NCAA has certain requirements that have to be met, and he hasn’t met them all yet,” Harris said.

“But I’m confident he will. He’s almost there.”

Once Major does, colleges are lining up. Harris says Major’s been in regular contact with Maryland, Old Dominion, and others.

“He’s on the radar of a lot of schools, I just got letters from Michigan and Nebraska,” Harris said.

As good as Major is, he’s not alone. When teams put extra defenders in the box to stop the run, the Hornets have a passing game to make them pay. Harris’ son, Robert Harris III, has thrown for 1,152 yards and 15 touchdowns.

His favorite target is senior Trey Lancaster, who has 30 receptions for 523 yards and eight scores.

“Trey was on the team last year, but he was just starting to get involved in the passing game,” coach Harris said. “This year he’s been a big part of our offense.”

A senior-dominated team that was tested in one of the toughest leagues in the state and features a player with NFL potential ... sounds like it has everything needed to contend for the state title, but there’s one problem. Because of that difficult league featuring five playoff teams, Surrattsville is likely playing its state semifinal in Cumberland, against defending state champion Fort Hill, also known as the team that ended Surrattsville’s 2013 season.

The Sentinels (11-0) are loaded again, play before some of the loudest fans in Maryland, and that trip to the mountains of Western Maryland didn’t get any shorter. If the Hornets defeat FAET, and Fort Hill wins its region as expected, that’s where they’re going.

What do they remember most about last year’s game, a 42-0 loss?

“It was cold,” Lancaster said.

“It was real cold,” Harris III said.

Coach Harris chuckled when I relayed those comments.

“It had actually warmed up on game day, it had snowed there earlier in the week, but yes, it was cold,” he said.

In case it defeats FAET, Surrattsville is preparing for another cold night in Cumberland. They are practicing three nights this week under the lights at Friendly High School to adjust to both night games and colder weather, something they don’t see on Saturday afternoons.

“This year, we know what to expect,” Major said. “I think we’ll be ready for it.” ksain@gazette.net

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High Point High School’s Johnathan Avila played football, soccer and ran cross country in the fall.

Always on the run BY

ERIC GOLDWEIN STAFF WRITER

Johnathan Avila recorded one of his slower times at the Prince George’s County cross country championship, but it was understandable. After all, the High Point High School senior wasn’t even wearing running shoes.

Avila, 17, is a three-sport athlete and a soccer player first. On that race, he said he decided to go with comfort, and wear his Adidas F50 soccer cleats.

He still managed to place fourth (16 minutes, 49 seconds), but it was a sub-

par performance by his standards.

A week later, though, the 5-foot-7 speedster put his running spikes back on for the Oct. 30 Class 4A South Region. He captured the individual boys title (16:23.07) in that race, and at the Nov. 8 state championship, he placed 29th (17:15.40) to top all runners in the county. He accomplished all of this in the same season that he helped the Beltsville school win a county championship in soccer, and kicking part-time for the football team.

“He’s a soccer guy who loves to run,” said Omar Sharief, High Point’s

cross country coach. “… He’s a competitor at the end of the day.”

He is The Gazette’s boys Runner of the Year in cross country despite being a part-time racer, because in the few races he did compete in he was dominant. See the entire team on Page B-2.

Avila, of Beltsville, grew up playing soccer, but got into running after winning a community 5K as an eighth-grader. He’s been on and off the track team ever since. He excelled on the indoor track and field team as a freshman, and then focused on soccer most of his sophomore year. He tried

Senior plays soccer, kicks for football team, earns Runner of the Year returning to cross country late last season, only to get disqualified from the regional meet because he hadn’t participated in prior races, he said.

Avila increased his commitment during the ensuing indoor and

See AVILA, Page B-2

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ADAM GUTEKUNST STAFF WRITER

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Flowers High School senior De’Janae Boykin (center) signs a letter of intent Friday to play basketball for the University of Connecticut next season. She is flanked by her parents Jeff and Sheila Boykin.

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Charles H. Flowers High School senior De’Janae Boykin was the center of attention Friday as she signed her National Letter of Intent to join the powerhouse University of Connecticut women’s basketball team. But she said she didn’t want to make the morning exclusively about her.

Before the ceremony, she invited her family members to not only attend the signing, but sit beside her while she put the ink on paper. The historic moment was shared by De’Janae, 17,

and six of her closest relatives, who all wore UConn gear while sitting in front of her teammates, friends, coaches and administrators at the school’s media center.

“She loves her family,” said older sister Janiesha Boykin. “She likes to have [us] all around. She loves her coaches, she loves her siblings, She just loves everybody. She wanted everybody to be a part of this.”

De’Janae has been the star of the Jaguars the past two seasons, filling up the stat sheets and averaging 21.1 points, 15.8 rebounds 7.1 assists, 3 blocks and 3.2 steals in 2013-14.

But if not for family, she may have never played for the Springdale school. De’Janae attended Ernest Just Middle School (Mitchellville), then

See BASKETBALL, Page B-2

Last year, Clinton Christian High School basketball coach Chris Cole walked into a coach’s dream, he said. The former New Mexico State point guard was greeted with eight transfers from high schools around the Washington, D.C. area, including talents such as Develle Phillips, who recently signed his letter of intent to play at DePaul University, and Byron Hawkins, now a freshman at Towson.

Cole had fostered relationships with many of the players through his years as a trainer for elite level basketball prospects, but still the mass transfer of talent to Upper Marlboro school caused a bit of a stir on the local basketball circuit.

People called the Eagles an Amateur Athletic Union team in an attempt to perpetrate some of the negative stigmas surrounding the amateur sports organization onto the upstart program. But instead the collection of high-level AAU players on Cole’s roster served as an embrace of the changing times — an example of an era that now embraces interaction with the high-powered basketball organizations rather than shying away from it like many of their predecessors did, as a number of current high school coaches said.

“Everyone is going to have AAU kids,” Cole said. “If they’re trying to get the best players, they’re going to have to get players from [Team] Takeover and {D.C.] Premier.”

It’s no coincidence that some of the area’s most successful high school

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Potomac High School’s Randall Broddie competes against Largo during a game last season.

programs are stacked with players from these elite AAU programs. One would be hard pressed to find a varsity player at a program like DeMatha High School, Paul VI or Clinton Christian that aren’t affiliated with a program like D.C. Premier (formerly D.C. Assault) or Team Takeover.

But coaches haven’t always been so fond of dealing with AAU programs due to the negative attention some organizations have received in the media, some said. In May, D.C. Assault founder Curtis Malone was sentenced to 100 months in federal prison after he had pleaded guilty to distributing large amounts of cocaine and heroin.

In June 2013, a USA TODAY article revealed that the AAU coach of thenUniversity of Kansas standout Ben McLemore had taken large sums of

See AAU, Page B-2

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COACHES OF THE YEAR Andrew Zanghi

PRINCE J. GRIMES

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In an otherwise defensive battle between the DuVal and Wise high school football teams in Saturday’s Class 4A South Region semifinal playoff game, the “beast” inside of DuVal quarterback Antoine Brooks Jr. turned out to be the difference in a 2014 win for the Tigers.

With less than 2 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, and the game tied at 14, Brooks broke off a 17-yard run up the gut of the Wise defense for what turned out to be the game-winning touchdown.

The play resembled what Brooks was able to do all day, making it difficult for Wise defenders to tackle him — running despite defenders grabbing and pulling at him.

“The beast in me,” Brooks said of whatever it is that keeps his engine running. “It comes out at times [on game day].

“Coach just saw I was running hard, and running pretty hard in the middle. So they kept going, feeding me the ball.”

Brooks and a stout defense carried DuVal to its second consecutive playoff victory against Wise — this time on the road in Upper Marlboro. Last season, DuVal defeated Wise 14-12 in Lanham.

Outside of what Brooks was able to do, the Wise defense wasn’t bad either, but offensively, the Pumas struggled.

Wise didn’t get a first down until its fifth and final possession of the first half.

AAU

Continued from Page B-1 money from a middle man to try and steer the Jayhawks star in a particular post-college direction.

Even on a much more local scale, there has been an aura of negativity surrounding the Amateur Athletic Union, as a Nov. 14 tweet by the Capitol Christian Academy account (@ CCAWARRIOR) claimed that D.C. Thunder, a local AAU organization, attempted to “pawn” two of their players to Bishop O’Connell (Arlington, Va.) in exchange for a shoe deal.

Old school coaches have shied away from the AAU circuit, not wanting to get entangled in the politics and the sponsor allegiances that often rear their heads during recruiting. Longtime University of Maryland, College Park basketball coach had a well-known problematic relationship with many of the area’s premier amateur basketball organizations.

But, as Cole and other

BASKETBALL

Continued from Page B-1 began high school at St. John’s College High (D.C.) and transferred to Riverdale Baptist and played under coach Diane Richardson for her freshman season.

De’Janae said she transferred to Flowers in part to help her younger brother Joshua (now a junior at Flowers), who is visually impaired, transition from middle school to high school. The move also coincided with Richardson leaving the Upper Marlboro school for an assistant coaching position at George Washington University in June 2012.

De’Janae (6-foot-3) has the size of a center, the speed of a guard, and a skill-set that has made her one of the best young

AVILA

Continued from Page B-1 outdoor track and field seasons in his junior year. This fall, he and Sharief set up a plan that would allow him to continue on with the soccer team, while participating in several meets, and kicking footballs on the weekends. Competing in three sports made for a busy schedule, but Avila carved out time for each of the activities, while completing his school work during lunch and study halls, he said.

Built the girls team up to its best season in recent history with first county title in at least four years.

Raiders also won region meet and were county’s top performer at states.

Ashley Modeste

Also a member of school’s soccer team, Avila followed up 4A South Region final win with top 30 finish at state championship, best finish by a county runner.

Boasted county’s fastest time; won counties, finished second at regionals despite being sick and was highest female county finisher at states (49th).

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DuVal High School quarterback Antoine Brooks finds running room against host Wise during Saturday’s football playoff game in Upper Marlboro.

The Pumas were only able to keep the game close with a ‘bend-but-don’t-break’ defense.

They allowed yards, but DuVal only scored in the first half on a 38-yard run up the right sideline

by Brooks. At halftime, DuVal led 7-0. In the second half, Wise was able to steal the momentum thanks to a 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Myles Wolfolk. The two-point conversion gave Wise an 8-7 lead.

A lost fumble by Brooks on DuVal’s first play following the touchdown afforded the Wise offense field possession on DuVal’s 26, and the Pumas capitalized in three plays on a 2-yard touchdown run by Quincy Crawford. Less than two minutes into the second-half, a 14-point swing saw Wise take a 14-7 lead.

In the fourth quarter, following a shanked punt by Wise deep in its own territory, DuVal gained possession on the Wise

24. Brooks broke off a 14-yard run and a couple plays later Jimmy Williams scored on a 7-yard run to tie the game at 14.

Two possessions later, Brooks scored the game-winner, bringing his rushing total to 188 yards — a total that would’ve been more if not for a couple of sacks on pass attempts. “[DuVal] did a tremendous job,” Wise coach DaLawn Parrish said. “[Brooks], I thought was the best player in the league before the game, and he did nothing but prove it again. He’s a beast.”

“Best player in the state of Maryland,” DuVal coach Dameon Powell said of his quarterback. “That’s in my eyes. But hey, when you run around like that, through a big ol’ defense like that, that can hit and knock your heads off, you got to give [Brooks] some credit.”

coaches were quick to point out, the negativity people so often associate with AAU basketball should not overshadow the good that these organizations often foster.

“Any type of thing that goes on, there’s going to be something that goes wrong,” Cole said. “There just is. There will be people who take advantage of the system.

“But if you look at the good, I think the good that AAU basketball does outweighs any of the bad, no matter how bad it might be. I think it affords kids to go to college and that’s what it’s really all about.”

While schools such as Clinton Christian and the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference powers have the advantage of playing a national schedule that offers more exposure, AAU allows some of the standout players that choose to stay in public school the same opportunity to showcase their talents at a high level for the sake of recruiting.

Last season, Potomac standout Dion Wiley signed to play with Maryland, where he is now a

freshman. In October, Wiley’s former Potomac teammate, Randall Broddie, gave a verbal commitment to play at the University of Memphis.

Laurel High basketball coach and Athletic Director Torrance Oxendine has served as a coach with the Team Takeover program for six seasons, and was quick to praise the benefits AAU has to offer.

“In recent years, people have only looked at the negative connotations for AAU,” Oxendine said. “But it also gives kids the opportunity to play basketball, [it] keeps them in a safe environment and it helps a lot of kids who otherwise might not have gotten the exposure to college coaches or college programs.”

“Our goal in this generation is to get degrees, not only high school diplomas,” Cole said.

“When you look at AAU basketball and you count how many kids have gotten full athletic scholarships, I think it’s been a pretty good job.”

athletes in Prince George’s County. The height comes from her father, Jeff Boykin (6-4), who played basketball at McKinley Tech in Washington, D.C. “I see some things that she does and it reminds me of the stuff that I did,” Jeff said. “And she never saw me do it. So it’s kind of strange.”

Janiesha, 27, said she knew right away that college basketball was in her little sister’s future long before she started racking up Team USA gold medals and gaining national attention.

“She was always a team player. She always wanted to get her team involved, but whenever it was time for them to score, time for them to win, they would always look at her,” Janiesha said. “Even at eight years old, they would always look at

her to put the team over that hump.”

De’Janae said she is excited to play for coach Geno Auriemma at a school that’s won nine NCAA Division I titles. But for now, she’s looking forward to her final season with Flowers under coach Patrice FrazierWatson. It could be the last opportunity — for a few years at least — for the Boykins family to watch De’Janae play, without making the six-hour drive to Storrs.

“It just means a lot to know that they’re there all the time,” De’Janae said. “I’ll look in the stands, they’re there, if I’m down, they’re always picking me up. So, it’s great to have them.”

“I don’t really like staying home and being lazy,” he said.

Avila, the oldest of four, has been that way since he was a little kid, according to his mother, Elisa Avila.

“He was always asking, mom, can I go outside?” she said.

“He’s very active, which is good, and he always wants to be No. 1 in everything.”

Nicknamed “Squirrel” by his track and field teammates — “he can run for a long time and it’s hard to catch him,” captain Toye Barnard said — Avila said he is

Kenneth Washington

Johnathan Avila

Northwestern

Bowie, senior

Wildcats graduate is invested in growing this boys program; team jumped from outside the top 10 at counties a year ago to No. 6 and qualified for states with top 5 showing at region meet.

First Teams

Adel Akalu

Estifanos Asfaw

Edward Belsoi

Derse Feyssa

Joe Graham

Andrew Sheppard

Had county’s fourth-fastest time, he finished third at both county and region.

Posted county’s fastest time (16:21.4) en route to county title; second at region meet.

Finished second and fourth at county and region meet, respectively; top 50 at states.

Top 5 performer at county, region meets, posted county’s sixthfastest time.

Posted three top 10 finishes, including win at Don Stoner; top 20 at WCAC meet.

Finished seventh at counties, ninth at regionals and owns top 5 time (16:52.0).

Alyson Allen

Alexis Baynes

Cayla Coleman

Anne Dickerson

Gabrielle Glasco Wise Junior

Parkdale Senior

Posted county’s fourth-best time, returned from injury to place eighth at region.

Region winner finished in top 5 of six out of seven races heading into states.

Her third-place time at county championship (21:03.70) was county’s sixthfastest.

Consistent performer anchored Raiders; owner of county’s thirdfastest time.

Did best in postseason with top 10 finishes at both county and region meets.

Finished in the top five of all her races within county, fourth at region meet.

Oxon Hill Junior

Northwestern Sophomore

Roosevelt Sophomore

Parkdale Sophomore

DeMatha Senior

Bowie Junior

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Roosevelt Sophomore

Flowers Senior

hoping he can parlay his speed into a college scholarship.

With the fall season complete, he won’t have to worry about any sports besides track.

But while he’s done with the soccer team, don’t be so sure he’s done with his soccer footwear.

“To this day I still don’t like wearing my spikes. I just wear them because my coach tells me to,” Avila said. “… Every once in a while, I sneak in my indoor soccer shoes.” egoldwein@gazette.net

Roosevelt Senior

Obichi Onwukwe

Second teams Boys

Brandon Betts, Riverdale Baptist, freshman; Menelik Eldridge, Bowie, junior; Anthony Glasgow, Fairmont Heights, junior; Hylton Irons, Roosevelt, junior; Jabriel Jackson, Wise, junior; Chris Jeletic, DeMatha, senior; Markese Miller, Bowie, senior.

Girls

Darien Colson-Fearon, Roosevelt, senior; Mary Commins, Roosevelt, senior; Felicia Haidara, Bowie, junior; Jackie Jones, Flowers, senior; Nichole Magana, Bladensburg, senior; Michelle Njigna Njiguent, Central, junior; Taylor Williams, Bowie, junior.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FEARLESS FORECASTS

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

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KEEPING IT BRIEF Roosevelt girls basketball senior signs with Division I school Tolu Omokore wasn’t always an athlete. In middle school, she was more into designing dresses than playing sports. But since she was tall, and she could jump, her grandmother, Mary Woodward, suggested that she try out for the Greenbelt Middle School basketball team.

Omokore showed up to her first practice in sweatpants, low-top sneakers, and ankle socks. But while she didn’t dress like a basketball player, she played like one. After that, she started wearing reversible shorts, instead of pants, and soon earned the nickname “roadrunner” because of her speed and rebounding.

“People were like, ‘the way you jump and get all the rebounds. You can actually go far,’” Omokore said.

Five years after picking up the sport, the Eleanor Roosevelt High School senior has done exactly that. Omokore has become one of the top players in Maryland, using her size and athleticism to dominate

the glass. The 6-foot forward’s rebounding prowess helped the Raiders win last season’s Class 4A state championship, and more recently, awarded her a spot on the University of Central Florida women’s basketball team.

“I’m not really surprised because she’s somebody when she goes out to do anything, she puts everything into it, to make sure it’s the best,” Woodward said.

— ERIC GOLDWEIN

Bowie runner signs with Indiana Bowie High School middle distance runner Taylor Williams signed her letter of intent on Nov. 12 to run indoor and outdoor track on full scholarship for Indiana University in 2015-16, Bulldogs coach Rich Andrulonis confirmed. Williams, who owns Bowie’s all-time records in the 500-meter run (indoor track) and 400-meter dash (outdoor) and should be among the state’s best this winter and spring, was also on pace to contend for county and region titles this cross country postseason before a concussion sidelined her for three weeks.

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

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Batfrogs, a punk and a girl from France Duo to perform music from their new album

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FRENCHY AND THE PUNK n When: 8 p.m. Friday

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Combine punk, gypsy jazz, indie rock and world music, and you still won’t come close to describing the sound of musical duo Frenchy and the Punk.

For nearly a decade, Samantha Stephenson and Scott Helland have brought their eclectic sound across the country to festivals, conventions, bars, and cafes. They’ll return to Greenbelt Friday for a show at New Deal Café in support of their new album, “Bonjour Batfrog.”

Frenchy and the Punk bring dozens of musical influences to the table, from Hüsker Dü and The Ramones to Django Reinhardt and Motörhead, which can make their sound hard to pin down.

“Our music is so accessible to so many different types of people,” Stephenson said, “which is great and really difficult at the same time. We’re mixing so many styles, it’s hard to categorize us.”

Though they met in 1998 at office doing temp work, they didn’t start

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performing together for seven years.

Helland performed with punk bands Deep Wound and Outpatients — thus, “Punk” — and released seven solo CDs prior to forming Frenchy and the Punk with Stephenson, whose background is in dance. His hardcore side shines through his acoustic-electric guitar playing with a full, heavy strum that adds weight and grit to their songs.

Stephenson was born in France — thus, “Frenchy” — but grew up in England, where she took ballet and modern jazz, continuing when she moved to the U.S. The physicality of her arts background combined with a love for drumming influences her side of the music equation, providing the lyrics and percussion for their songs.

The culmination of Stephenson and Helland’s musical influences stood out

to one promoter they worked with as befitting the steampunk culture. The movement reimagines a 19th-century feel for the modern world, and as far as music often blends current musical trends with a lean toward the Victorian era.

“We didn’t actually go toward steampunk — steampunk embraced us,” she said. “I think it’s because we have sort of a vintage sound, it’s modern with an eclectic vibe.”

The band has appeared at steampunk gatherings, as well as other conventions and musical festivals — but they also perform at smaller venues such as bars and cafés around the country, to include New Deal.

“I love to tour and perform live,” Helland said. “For me, it’s why I do it.

Recording and writing songs is great, too, but touring is such a fun experience — I hate to say mystical, but it sort of is.”

Because their sound is so versatile, it works for a variety of different settings.

That approach is seen in their music itself, which has evolved throughout the years to fit different influences or ideas from the duo.

“This whole project from the beginning has been very organic,” Stephenson said, “it’s really just going with the flow.”

After nearly 10 years writing together, producing four albums and an EP along the way, they have a solid creative relationship that influences their work from all angles. The two designed their most recent cover art together, and Stephenson has even said there are times where she will hear one of Helland’s guitar riffs and begin to visualize

See FRENCHY, Page B-4

PHOTO BY FRANK SICILIANO

Frenchy and the Punk, made up of Samantha Stephenson and Scott Helland, bring their impossible-to-categorize sound to New Deal CafÈ on Nov. 21.

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The Billy Coulter Band is set to play at New Deal Cafe on Saturday.

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Roots rock with a twist

D.C.-area musician to unveil new music in Greenbelt

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After graduating American University in 1984, singer-songwriter Billy Coulter took a break from the microphone.

“I had a couple bands during that time, but after I graduated, I gave up playing,” Coulter said.

“I just did casual musical endeavours and then around 2000, some things changed in my life.”

With help from Steve

Thoma, a longtime musician who has collaborated with bands such as Fleetwood Mac, Coulter released his first self-titled, 12-track album in 2003, an endeavour he didn’t think possible without such support.

“One of the most remarkable things, when I look back, is the power of encouragement,” Coulter said. “To have someone take a listen to something that you poured your heart and soul into and say ‘Why don’t you come out to California?’ — he really believed in me. Having someone with his resume encouraged me and I had the desire and will to put a band together.”

Coulter said his upcoming show on Saturday at New Deal Cafe in Greenbelt will present a mix of familiar rock classics along with original material, including the debut of his new song titled, “Never Better.”

“We decided for this show to start out with a full band first set and by the time we get to the third set, we are going to dust off some songs we’ve rarely played in public,” he said. “That’s one of the joys of playing at New Deal Cafe — it’s a very familial atmosphere. It’s this shared experience and sometimes it’s like ‘Wow, I wish this didn’t have to

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April 10-April 25, call for prices, times, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Drive, Bowie, 301-805-0219, bctheatre.com.

The Clarice, Bach Cantata Series, 1:30 p.m.

Nov. 20; Maryland Opera Studio: Cosi fan tutte, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21; Faustin Linyekula: Look Back, Dance Forward, 8 p.m. Nov. 21; UMD Wind Ensemble: Fanfare, Fugue, Fiestas, 8 p.m. Nov. 21; Choreographers’ Showcase Auditions, 10 a.m.

Nov. 22; Tone of Silence, 3 and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22; Panaibra Gabriel Canda: Look Back, Dance Forward, 8 p.m. Nov. 22; Calder Quartet, 8 p.m.

Nov. 22; Choreographers’ Showcase Auditions, 10 a.m. Nov. 23; Tone of Silence, 3 p.m. Nov. 23; Maryland Opera Studio: Cosi fan tutte, 3 p.m.; How all women act? #yesallwomen, 6:30 p.m.

Nov. 24; Maryland Opera Studio: Cosi fan tutte, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 24; Maryland Opera Studio: Cosi fan tutte, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 25; University of Maryland, College Park, theclarice.umd.edu.

Hard Bargain Players, Theater in the Woods, 2001 Bryan Point Road, Accokeek, 240-7668830, hbplayers.org.

Harmony Hall Regional Center, Kid’s Day Out-Christmas with Santa, Dec. 10; Blue Sky 5, Jan. 10; 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, 301-203-6070, arts.pgparks.com.

Greenbelt Arts Center, “Death by Design,� through Nov. 23, call for prices, times, Greenbelt Arts Center, 123 Centerway, Greenbelt, 301-4418770, greenbeltartscenter.org.

Joe’s Movement Emporium, Windows to the Soul, Nov. 22 and 23, 3309 Bunker Hill Road, Mount Rainier, 301-699-1819, joesmovement. org.

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The Billy Coulter Band, a group based out of Washington, D.C., has made a name for itself since its inception. With an Americana and pop sound, Coulter’s music has attracted attention from The Washington Area Music Awards, otherwise known as “The Wammies,� his songs generating more than 30 Wammie nominations since 2004.

In 2008, his 10-track album “Dose� won Album of the Year and two of the record’s tracks titled “Party of One� and “Conscience� have received honorary

NIGHTLIFE New Deal CafÊ, Mid-Day Melodies with Amy C Kraft, Nov. 20; SAW Open Mic, Nov. 20; John Guernsey, Nov. 21; Frenchy and the Punk, Nov. 21; Jazz Jam w/Greg Meyer, Nov. 22; John Guernsey, Nov. 22; Billy Coulter Band, Nov. 22; Deaf Brunch, Nov. 23; LuLu’s Fate, Nov. 23; DragonSong, Nov. 25; Cajun Music Jam, Nov. 26; 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.

BILLY COULTER BAND n When: 8 p.m. Saturday n Where: New Deal Cafe, 113 Centerway, Greenbelt n Tickets: Free admission n More information: newdealcafe.com; 301-474-5642

songwriting recognition from the Billboard and Mid-Atlantic Song Contests.

For Coulter, who works 40 hours a week, never forgetting to walk his 11-year-old Lab “Sweet Peaâ€? at the day’s end, making time for rehearsals can be difďŹ cult.

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Presenting truth within his lyrics is also an important aspect of his craft, Coulter said. “More than anything else, what I’ve tried to do is be an earnest songwriter,â€? he said, “and write from my heart. I’m not afraid to get personal in my lyrics and for a lot of these songs, there’s a story behind it. There are some signiďŹ cant tales to be told to engage the listener in a way that they are going to hear that story unfold in a song.â€?

lationships with their fathers and their own experiences of dislocation.

Linyekula’s “Le Cargo,� tells of his return home to search for lost things and the dance, people and music he reclaims in the process.

Canda is the founder of Mozambique’s ďŹ rst contemporary dance company.

Tickets for the shows are $25, $10 for students.

For more information, visit theclarice.umd.edu or call 301-405-2787.

“Virus Attacks Heart,� which is the Venus Theatre’s 50th staged production, is currently running through the end of November in Laurel.

will even create bat ďŹ nger puppets for their merchandise table that “have a fan club of their ownâ€? among audiences.

The group’s aesthetic is appealing to fans of many genres without sounding generic.

Stephenson hopes that bands similar to Frenchy and the Punk continue to gain attention and turn everything people expect about music upside down. “The mainstream thing can be so robotic,� she said, “so hopefully people can get out and really explore bands that are doing something different, and that will have a ripple effect on society in general.�

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These guys, they’re just top notch. We don’t need a lot of preparation.�

So where does Coulter’s lyricism stem from? “My two favorite songwriters were John Lennon and Ian Hunter — they were both really genuine and sincere writers,� he said. “Both of them point to Bob Dylan as their inspiration for a lot of the music I grew up listening to. I never really cared for his voice but I do admire the way he can turn a phrase. You listen to his lyrics and they are downright poetic.�

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For two nights at The Clarice in College Park — 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday — the Kogod Theatre will feature “Look Back, Dance Forward: Tales of Home,� with Faustin Linyekula, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Friday, and Panaibra Gabriel Canda, of Mozambique, on Saturday.

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and transcendence for the two strangers who come to realize just how much they need each other. “Virus Attacks Heart,� wraps up a phenomenal season which saw new and groundbreaking shows performed in the small former Chinese restaurant on C Street.

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Mount Rainier Nature Center, Toddler Time: hands-on treasures, crafts, stories and soft play, 11 a.m. to noon Thursdays, ages 5 and younger free, 4701 31st Place, Mount Rainier, 301-9272163.

Prince George’s Audubon Society, Bird Walks, 7:30 a.m. ďŹ rst 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 ďŹ eld birds, and waterfowl. For beginners and experts.

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

NASA’S Music And Drama club (MAD), “Fanny� by S.N. Behrman and Joshua Logan, through Nov. 22, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays at the Charis Center for the Arts, 13010 8th St., Bowie. $20. For ticket sales and additional information, call 240-475-8800 or visit madtheater.org.

Publick Playhouse, Midweek Matinee: We the People, 10:15 a.m. and noon Nov. 21; 5445 Landover Road, Cheverly, 301-277-1710, arts. pgparks.com.

2nd Star Productions, “Twelve Angry Men,�

Dec. 5 through 30, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Drive, Bowie, call for prices, times, 410-757-5700, 301-832-4819, 2ndstarproductions.com.

Tantallon Community Players, “A USO Christmas,� Dec. 6 through 14, Harmony Hall Regional Center, 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, 301-262-5201, tantallonstage.com.

Venus Theatre, “Virus Attacks Heart,� through Nov. 30, 21 C Street, Laurel. venustheatre.org.

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2010 Routan SE...#VLP0102, Brown, 30,797 Miles...........................$17,991 2013 Dodge Charger SE...#VP0100, Black, 34,164 Miles................$17,991 2012 Mini Cooper S...#V034678A, Red, 33,011 Miles...............$18,351 2011 Golf...#VPR0098, Black, 7,392 Miles.........................................$18,991 2014 Passat Wolfsburg...#VPR0097, Silver, 8,459 Miles..................$19,361 2009 Jeep Wrangler Unltd...#V000346A, Red, 73,973 Miles....$19,484 2012 Jetta Sportwagen CPO...#V625092A, White, 40,267 Miles....$20,992 2013 Passat SEL...#V017623A, Black, 53,252 Miles........................$21,991 2012 Touareg TDI Sport...#V014506A, Blue, 38,962 Miles..............$36,995

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DARCARS VOLVO OF ROCKVILLE 2004 Honda Odyssey EX

2012 Fiat 500 POP #541010C, Manual, Convertible, 35K Miles, 1-Owner

11,977

$

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2012 Ford Fusion #441562A, Auto, 61K Miles, 1-Owner, SE Sedan

12,977

$

6,995

$

#G0031A, Automatic, Entertainment System, 3.5L V6

2008 Toyota RAV4

12,977

$

2009 SAAB 9-3

2010 Saab 9-3

12,977

$

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12,995

#526022A, Comfort Sedan,1-Owner 4-Cyl, Automatic

15,995

#526547A, Automatic, Volvo Certified, 2.5L Turbo, 36K Miles

#0SD001A, $ Auto, 1-Owner, EX-L Sedan, 2.4L Engine

14,977

$

15,995

$

2011 Volvo S40 T5 Sedan

2012 Volkswagen Beetle

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

15,995

$

2012 Nissan Altima

2013 Scion iQ Auto Coupe #E0492A, Automatic, 17K Miles, 1-Owner

12,977

$

$

18,995

$

2012 Volvo XC60 3.2L SUV

2012 Audi A3 2.0T Premium

2012 Honda Civix LX

11,995

$

$

#526547C, Auto, 10K Miles, 1-Owner, LE Sedan

#E0430, Automatic, 1-Owner, 39K Miles

#429053B, Auto, V6, Laredo SUV

2010 Dodge Charger SXT #P9021A, Automatic, 4DR, Sedan

2013 Toyota Corolla

#441556A, Automatic, 1-Owner, Black, 38K Miles

9,995

$

#G0046, 1-Owner, 33K Miles, Automatic, 2.2L

2008 Honda Accord

#448092A, Automatic, Sunroof, LTD SUV

2006 Jeep Cherokee

#526035A, Automatic, 13K Miles, 1-Owner

18,995

$

2012 BMW 128I Coupe

2011 Nissan Altima SL

14,977

$

#546106A, 2.5L Sedan, Automatic, 42K Miles

#P9172, 1-Owner, 34K Miles, Auto

19,995

$

#429025A, Auto, Volvo Certified, 1-Owner, 55K Miles, 3.2L

23,950

$

#P9170, Auto, 21K Miles, 3.0L, 1-Owner

25,950

$

2010 Jeep Compass......................................................... $12,995 2013 Subaru Forester.................................................... $19,995 2012 Nissan Rogue SV SUV

15,977

$

#449662A, Certified, Automatic, 1-Owner, 55K Miles

2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe #546033A, Automatic, 1-Owner, 46K Miles

15,977

$

#460053C, 2.4L Engine, Sport SUV, Auto, Bright Silver

#526513B, 1-Owner, 2.5X Premium SUV, 35K Miles

#G0040, Auto, 3.2L V6 Engine, Sedan

#526051A, Auto, 29K Miles, 1-Owner, True Blue

2007 Acura TL.............................................................................. $15,495 2011 Mini Cooper CountryMan S............... $20,995 2008 Volvo C70 Coupe.................................................. $16,995 2012 Volvo S60 T5................................................................. $21,950 #N0552, Auto, Black, 1-Owner, 2.5L Turbo Engine #P9097, Auto, Ice White, Volvo Certified, 1-Owner, Moonroof

2012 Chevrolet Express............................................... $19,995 2012 Volvo S60 T5 Sedan......................................... $25,950 #G0004, 2500 Cargo Van, Auto, 12K Miles, 4.8L Engine #P9158, Volvo Certified, 1-Owner, 9K Miles, Flamenco Red

2013 BMW Series 128i #E0369A, Automatic, Excellent Handling

20,977

$

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21,977

$

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AFTER TOYOTA $1,500 REBATE

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22,690

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AFTER $500 REBATE

$

2015 COROLLA LE

PRICES AND PAYMENTS INCLUDE ANY APPLICABLE MANUFACTURE’S REBATES AND EXCLUDE MILITARY ($500) AND COLLEGE GRAD ($500) REBATES, TAX, TAGS, DEALER PROCESSING CHARGE ($200) AND FREIGHT: CARS $795 OR $810, TRUCKS, SPORT UTILITY AND SIENNAS $810, $845 AND $995. *0.9% APR & 0% APR FINANCING UP TO 60 MONTHS TO QUALIFIED BUYERS THRU TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES. TOTAL FINANCED CANNOT EXCEED MSRP PLUS OPTIONS, TAX, AND LICENSE FEES. 0% APR 60 MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $16.67 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. 0.9% APR 60 MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $17.05 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. APR OFFERS ARE NOT VALID WITH ANY OTHER CASH BACK OR LEASE OFFER. NOT ALL BUYERS WILL QUALIFY.**LEASE PAYMENTS BASED ON 36 MONTHS, 12,000 MILES PER YEAR WITH $995 DOWN PLUS $650 ACQUISITION FEE, NO SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED. SEE DEALER FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. 2014 COROLLAU & PRIUS PLUG-IN LEASES ARE FOR 24 MONTHS WITH $995 DOWN. EXPIRES 11/30/2014.

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College Park

15911 Indianola Drive Rockville, MD 20855 888-797-1831 2015 NISSAN

2015 NISSAN

VERSA S+ CVT

MSRP: $14,980 Sale Price: $12,495 Nissan Rebate: -$500

$ 4

AT THIS PRICE

11,995 $

OR

w/automatic transmission MODEL #11125

VERSA NOTE S+ CVT

$

0

$

179/MO

39 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

AT THIS PRICE

MSRP: $23,505 Sale Price: $19,245 2015 NISSAN Nissan Rebate: $1,250 ALTIMA 2.5 S NMAC Bonus Cash: $1,000 Nissan Holiday Bonus Cash: $500

$

$

AT THIS PRICE

MODEL #13115

$

0

$ AT THIS PRICE

PATHFINDER 4X4 S

$

w/bluetooth MODEL #29014

MSRP: $32,040 Sale Price: $25,995 Nissan Rebate: $500 NMAC Bonus Cash: $500

$

$

$

0 DOWN

239/MO

36 MO LEASE 12K MILES/YR

w/bluetooth MODEL #12114

MURANO S

18,995

0

$

0

$

MSRP: $31,890 Sale Price: $27,495 Nissan Rebate: $3,500 Nissan November Bonus Rebate: $500 NMAC Bonus Cash: $500

AT THIS PRICE

22,995

OR

4

36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

139

$

/MO 36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

$

199/MO

MODEL #23214

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

0

$

279

$

/MO 39 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

MAXIMA 3.5 SV

24,995 OR

MODEL #25014

AT THIS PRICE

MSRP: $23,040 Sale Price: $19,495 NMAC Bonus Cash: $500

13,495 OR

4

2014 NISSAN

2014 NISSAN

2014 NISSAN

AT THIS PRICE

129/MO

36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

OR

4

36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

4

0

$

MSRP: $18,920 Sale Price: $15,495 Nissan Rebate: $1,000 NMAC Bonus Cash: $500 Nissan Holiday Bonus Cash: $500

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2014 NISSAN

159/MO

HOLIDAY SAVINGS!

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12,995 OR

$

2014 NISSAN

MSRP: $16,700 Sale Price: $13,995 Nissan Rebate: $500 NMAC Bonus Cash: $500

ROGUE SELECT AWD

16,495 OR

4

w/automatic transmission MODEL #11515

4

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

$ 4

AT THIS PRICE

w/leather, heated seats, moonroof MODEL #16214

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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 11/24/2014.

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