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Above: Willard Jackson (left) of Edmonston is congratulated on his strike by Arlene Dulin (seated, left) of Laurel and Theresa Lartagirone of Glenn Dale during a Friday duckpin bowling league for senior citizens at the AMF College Park Lanes. Below: Francis Cabral of Adelphi takes his turn in a Friday duckpin bowling league for senior citizens at the AMF College Park Lanes.

A new bicycle-sharing program in College Park is set to launch this summer with the exception of one critical element: the bikes.

The program was planned to be an expansion of Capital Bikshare, a Washington, D.C.,-based program that allows users to rent bicycles for a few hours and return them to any bikeshare station in the area.

But PBSC Urban Solutions, the bike supplier subcontracted by College Park, declared bankruptcy in January, which will delay the program indefinitely, said Steve Beavers, College Park community development coordinator.

“We can’t order any bikes right now. The supply line is frozen because PBSC owns the patents for

these bikes,” he said. “We hoped to have the bikeshare by now, but that’s all up in the air right now.”

College Park was offered a state grant of around $350,000 in 2012 for the bikeshare program, and attempted to get it off the ground multiple times, Beavers said.

“For various reasons there were delays and we were just at the point that we were ready to go forward with it, then the bankruptcy was announced, so we were frustrated to say the least,” he said.

The College Park system would have 10 bike stations throughout the city and the University of Maryland, College Park, with around 60 bicycles users would ride and return to any Capital Bikeshare station, Beavers said. Users would pay a subscription fee, with the option to pay per day, month or year, and receive a key from the bikeshare company to unlock a bike, he said.

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Francis Cabral of Adelphi said he has been bowling at AMF College Park Lanes for more than 45 years.

The alley is one of only two in Prince George’s County that offer duckpin bowling, Cabral’s favorite form of the sport. Starting June 1, the duckpin lanes and the hundreds of senior residents who use them will be gone.

“We were told that as soon as our league finishes, they were going to shut us down,” said Cabral, 77.

Duckpin bowling is available in about 12 states and is characterized by shorter, lighter pins and smaller bowling balls with no finger holes.

This summer, College Park’s 20 duckpin lanes will be converted into the more popular 10-pin lanes, making Dee’s Lanes in Suitland the last remaining duckpin alley in the county, said Stan Kellum, executive director of the National Duckpin Bowling Congress.

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The remodeling will mean that about 12 duckpin leagues, mostly for senior citizens, can’t use the alley.

“Probably 200 or 300 bowlers will have to go somewhere else or not bowl at all,” said Bernard Floyd of Edgewater, president of the College Park Friendly Seniors Bowling League. “That’s what makes me upset. Most of these senior citizens live right in the area. It’s really a shame.”

The AMF College Park Lanes re-

design comes on the heels of a 2013 merger between bankrupt parent company AMF Bowling Worldwide Inc. and Bowlmor Lanes. The new $450 million company, Bowlmor AMF, runs about 270 bowling centers worldwide and employs 7,500 employees, according to a Bowlmor press release.

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Ford saleswoman takes on nine others in auto showdown BY

EMILIE EASTMAN STAFF WRITER

Laurel car saleswoman Nicole Smith assumed she’d gone though all the lengths to sell a vehicle until she found herself on an aircraft carrier and her sales tactics limited to her finger endurance.

Smith was one of 10 Ford salespeople selected from across the country to

take part in the “Fingers on a 4x4” contest, sponsored by “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” On his late night television show, Fallon said he would buy the first 2015 Ford 150 King Ranch truck from the salesperson who could remain touching the truck for the longest amount of time.

Smith and the nine other contestants took their places aboard an aircraft carrier on the Hudson River in New York on March 31, with referees keeping a close watch and video

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Nicole Smith of Lanham poses with latenight television show host Jimmy Fallon.

A bus driver has been arrested after he allegedly left his bus unattended Monday morning in Beltsville and it drifted across the street and struck a student waiting on the corner and injured four other students on the bus.

At about 7:15 a.m. Arturo Harris, 61, of the 6900 block of Northgate Parkway in Clinton parked his bus at the 3600 block of Powder Mill Road near High Point High School and then

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A $1 million deficit has Hyattsville council members weighing whether to raise property taxes or tap into reserve funds in hopes that city revenue will rise.

Acting City Manager Jim Chandler’s proposed fiscal 2015 budget does not currently include a tax increase, but uses approximately $885,000 of the city’s $7.3 million reserve fund to cover the deficit. The council is scheduled to adopt a budget May 28.

Councilwoman Shani Warner (Ward 2) said she is in favor of an in-

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crease in the city’s real property tax rate, from 63 cents per $100 of assessed value to 66 cents per $100 of assessed value, to reduce the amount the city would draw from reserve funds.

“I want to be a wise steward of the public’s funds, and I don’t want to push this off to a future council, which I think is what has been done in the past,” Warner said.

Last year, the council approved using $1.1 million of its reserve fund to cover a budget deficit caused by decreased property values.

“I’m concerned that, at our current rate, in three years we could wipe out all of our discretionary funds,” Warner said.

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allegedly left the vehicle unattended, Prince George’s County police reported.

Harris was not home as of press time, but Pam Garrison, who said she was Harris’ sister, said he is taking the accident hard.

“Oh my goodness, he is devastated,” Garrison said. “He’s a good guy. This is a horrible accident. He is really sad and heartbroken. Thank God the kids weren’t hurt.”

Drivers may not leave a bus unattended with children on it, according to Max Pugh, Prince George’s County Public Schools’ spokesman.

For unknown reasons, the bus drifted across Powder Mill Road, stop-

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Laurel yard sale to raise funds for July 4th celebration The Laurel Fourth of July Committee will hold an indoor yard sale Saturday to raise money for the city’s annual Independence Day celebration.

The sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Laurel Armory, located at 422 Montgomery St., and will also include a refreshment sale.

The committee raises money for the Independence Day celebration 11 months out of the year and most of the funding comes from donations, said committee member Carreen Koubek.

“We are hoping to raise money so we can provide the fireworks, the parade and the entertainment on the stage,” Koubek said. “It’s the community’s event and we love providing it. The more people who come out and support this type of fundraiser, the better the celebration can be.”

On April 26, the committee will hold a luau at the American Legion as another fundraising event, Koubek said.

Community members interested in purchasing a table for the yard sale can call 301-604-8149.

Mount Rainier to host Spring Greening Fair The Mount Rainier Nature and Recreation Center will hold its first Spring Greening Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 19.

The fair is a free community event that will feature live music, animals, children’s activities, vendor booths and workshops on topics like gardening, composting and mulching, said Rob Walker, a park naturalist with the center.

“It’s an initiative for us to allow the community and families to come out and understand what it means to be sustainable in their

EVENTS Xtreme Teens: Spring Egg Hunt,

3:30 to 4:30 p.m., College Park Youth Services Center, 4925 Nantucket Road, College Park. Contact 301-345-4425; TTY 301-445-4512.

Silence the Violence Charity Basketball Game, 7 to 9 p.m., Central High

School 200 Cabin Branch Road, Capitol Heights. Men Aiming Higher in collaboration with Mentoring to Manhood present the annual “Silence the Violence Charity Basketball Game.”

General admission: $5. Contact 516398-7080 or Dphyall@m2minc.org.

UMD Gymkana Home Show, 7 to 10 p.m., Comcast Center, 2001 Paint Branch Drive, College Park. University of Maryland’s exhibitional gymnastics troupe will perform traditional and nontraditional gymnastics. Cost: $7 - $10. Contact 301-928-7083 or eepearson@verizon.net.

APRIL 12 Indoor Yard Sale, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.,

Bond Mill Elementary School in

Laurel announced its Citizens of the

Week for the week of March 31.

Citizens of the Week are: Justin Davis, Delaney McGinniss, Aysia Davis, Isaiah Blanc, Patricia Dyson, Martin McCall, Aaliyah Minwah, Paxton Vernor, Lanae Street, Orlian Lambe, Gabby Clary, Kayla Smith, Jenna McCabe, Phillip Reese, Nolan Vernor, Marley Helton, Ian Neumeister, Laurencia Aparin, Ethan Bunkley, Jaden Edouard, Maya Miller, Anthony Young, Sydney Endres, Kenny Graninger, Jadan Mason, Arianna Brown, Adrian Jovel, Senai Carr, Riley Johnston-Napora and Charis Olashege.

Citizens of the Week are chosen on the basis of a variety of criteria, including academic achievements and exemplary behavior, according to school officials.

Contact 301-604-8149.

Prince George’s County Association of Realtors David Maclin Memorial Scholarship Fund 5K Fun Walk/Run,

8 to 11:30 a.m., Marlboro Ridge Club House, 11401 Marlboro Ridge Road, Upper Marlboro. $25, adult, through April 4; $30, adult, after April 4 and Race Day; $5, child (younger than 12 years of age). Contact 301-306-7900 or jostenso@pgcar.com.

West Laurel Rec Council Easter Event, 10 a.m., West Laurel Commu-

nity Building, 16501 Supplee Lane, Laurel. We will again have Breakfast with the Easter Bunny Buffet. Cost of the breakfast only is $5 per person or $15 for a family of four; children 2 and younger, free. Contact 301-3955063.

College Park AAUW Meeting, 10:30 a.m. to noon, Old Parish House, 4711 Knox Road, College Park. American Association of University Women College Park Branch meeting featuring Pat Stocker, AAUW MD state president.

Please RSVP to Raluca Rosca, rarosca@ gmail.com by April 11. Contact 301405-5180 or rarosca@gmail.com.

French-English Storytime/L’heure du conte bilingue en français et anglais, 10:30 a.m., Laurel Library, 507

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Brunch with Bunny, 11 a.m. to

1 p.m., College Park Community Center and Youth Soccer Complex, 5051 Pierce Ave., College Park.

Contact 301-441-2647; TTY 301445-4512.

MORE INTERACTIVE CALENDAR ITEMS AT WWW.GAZETTE.NET 7th St., Laurel. Please pick up free ticket at the children’s desk/Les billets sont gratuits et disponibles au bureau des enfants. Contact 301-776-6790.

Easter Egg Decorating, 1 to 4 p.m., Brentwood Arts Exchange at Gateway Arts Center, 3901 Rhode Island Ave., Brentwood. Children will receive their first two eggs for free. Additional eggs will be available to purchase, two for $1. Contact 301-277-2863; TTY 301446-6802.

Chess/Checkers Club, 1 p.m., Hyattsville Library, 6530 Adelphi Road, Hyattsville. Learn and play chess or checkers. Bring your own set or play one of ours. All ages welcome. Contact 301-985-4690.

Children’s Easter Party, 1 to 3 p.m., The American Legion Post 60, 2 Main St., Laurel. Meet and take pictures with The Easter Bunny followed by an Easter Egg Hunt. Contact 301-725-2302.

Women’s group announces scholarship Prince George’s Elected Municipal Women, a nonprofit for female elected municipal officers in the county, announced it is accepting applications for its annual Regina McNeill Scholarship Award for outstanding female scholars.

“This is one of the ways we give back to our communities, by supporting our future,” said Katrina Dodro, PGEMW president and New Carrollton councilwoman.

To qualify for the scholarship, a student must be a female high school senior graduating from a school in Prince George’s, public, private or homeschooled, or a county resident in the first two years of college, technical or trade school.

They must also be enrolled in an accredited two or four year college, technical or trade school.

The scholarships are $500 each.

The deadline to apply for the scholarship is May 2. More information and an application can be found online at pgemw.weebly.com/scholarship.html. Dodro can be reached for more information at 301-513-9239.

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SPORTS Longtime powerhouse programs Eleanor Roosevelt and Gwynn Park face off Friday in baseball and softball.

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Climate Change and Vegetable Gardening, 4:30 p.m., Joe’s Movement

Emporium, 3309 Bunker Hill Road, Mount Rainier. Cost: $5. Contact steveandmimi@gmail.com.

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Stock Investment Club Meeting, 5

to 6:30 p.m., Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Road, Greenbelt.

The Goddard Investment Club (GIC) is a group of amateur investors that discusses and invests in stocks. Contact jdea@hotmail.com.

Math Games, 6 p.m., Hyattsville Library, 6530 Adelphi Road, Hyattsville.

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APRIL 15 African American History & Culture Lecture Series, 7 p.m., Greenbelt

Library, 11 Crescent Road, Greenbelt.

Contact 301-345-5800.

APRIL 16 Montpelier’s Spring History Lecture Series: History Through a Drinking Vessel, 7:30 p.m., Montpelier Man-

sion, 9650 Muirkirk Road, Laurel. This is the second of three history lectures on the beverages, libations and social culture of 18th century life. Contact 301-377-7817; TTY 301-699-2544 or montpeliermansion@pgparks.com.

GAZETTE CONTACTS The Gazette – 13501 Virginia Manor Road Laurel, MD 20707 Main phone: 240-473-7500 Fax: 240-473-7501

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Laurel Armory, 422 Montgomery St., Laurel. The Laurel Fourth of July Committee will hold an indoor yard sale.

Cost: a table is $15 or get two for $25.

Bond Mill recognizes Citizens of the Week

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The event will be held at the Nature and Recreation Center at 4701 31st Place in Mount Rainier. For information, call 301-699-2544.

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Academic year extended six days to make up for closings

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The last day of school for Prince George’s public school students will be Friday, June 13, as students will need to make up six snow days following the approval of a two-day waiver from the Maryland State Department of Education.

The last day of school was

originally scheduled for June 5, barring any school closings due to inclement weather. The school calendar allowed for the school year to be extended by four days to make up for any closings; however, schools have closed a total of eight snow days so far this school year. With the waiver, the academic year will be extended six days, with the last day being a half day.

Only the state education department can approve waivers for closings in an effort to fulfill a state mandate of providing 180 days of instruction per year.

“Really, they’re giving us 178

school days, and then they’re including two free days with the waiver,” said school system spokesman Max Pugh.

The school system had originally applied for a four-day waiver, but that request was denied, Pugh said.

The last time PGCPS was granted a waiver was in 2010, when the school system was granted a five-day waiver for nine severe weather days missed during the school year, according to Pugh. janfenson-comeau@ gazette.net

Elementary school recognizes efforts of students with autism Skyline is one of seven in county to meet needs of growing autistic population n

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For Monica Evans, watching her son Miles, a third-grader, be honored at a ceremony at Skyline Elementary in Suitland was not just an opportunity to celebrate the accomplishment of the students, but the program that supports them.

Skyline’s Friday evening awards ceremony recognized student achievement and improvement 52 students in Skyline’s autism program.

“Having the children participate in the [awards] program gives us an opportunity to acknowledge them, our school, and to highlight the significance of this program to the community and the educational system,” said Evans of Upper Marlboro.

The program culminated in

a video featuring teachers and students dancing to the song “Happy” by Pharrell Williams, with many of the students dancing in their own styles.

Michael Dugger, special education coordinator at Skyline, said the school’s autism department started with three classrooms in 2005, and now has eight as the number of diagnosed cases of autism and need has increased.

Dugger cited a March 2014 11-state study from the Centers for Disease Control that found 1 in 68 eight-year-olds had Autism Spectrum Disorder, or ASD. That number is more than double the figure in 2000, when the CDC found 1 in 150 with ASD. “The numbers are on the rise. We don’t celebrate that,” Dugger said. “But the county will definitely have more and more responsibilities towards these students as the need increases in the county.”

Prince George’s County Public Schools has seven elementary school autism programs.

Dugger said many students with autism, provided adequate

resources and instruction tailored to meet their needs, are able to transition into general education classrooms.

Anastasia, a kindergartner, smiled when she was presented her trophy for highest academic achiever in her class.

“I won! I won!” Anastasia said, holding up her trophy and jumping up and down.

Crystal Hupp of Joint Base Andrews, Anastasia’s mother, said the school’s program has been great for her daughter.

“She’s happy. She’s learning and she’s comfortable and that’s the most important thing,” Hupp said.

Hupp said that despite their challenges, autistic children are like other children.

“From what I’ve experienced with my own child, and being around other kids, they’re mostly just the same,” Hupp said.

“There may be a few things that they do different from other kids, but they’re still just kids.”

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Above, Quinlan Ross, 7, Hazel Hayashi, 8, and Nella Higgins, 7, march with Hyattsville Elementary School in the city of Hyattsville’s 128th annual celebration parade Saturday. Bottom right, Hyattsville Cub Pack 224 walks in the parade. Bottom left, Olman Rojas, Chris Rojas and Blance Rojas of Hyattsville enjoy the parade.

Hyattsville still in step after 128 years T

he city of Hyattsville celebrated its 128th anniversary last weekend with fireworks, a parade and a carnival.

A carnival was held Friday and Saturday at Magruder Park in Hyattsville, with rides, games and other activities.

The parade began Saturday morning at Hyattsville Middle School on 42nd Avenue, and processed to Magruder Park for opening ceremonies.

Fireworks lit up the night sky from Magruder Park Saturday night.

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Mini-Maker Faire brings mix of arts and electronics activities

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With a do-it-yourself spirit, Greenbelt hosted its first Mini-Maker Faire, with more than 70 exhibits showcasing everything from knitting and wool weaving to homemade motors and 3-D printing.

“A Maker Faire is a combination of country fair and arts and crafts, and do-it-yourself electronics. It’s sort of a mix of everything,” said event organizer George Boyce of Greenbelt.

Boyce said that what differentiates a maker faire from a craft show is the wide range of work displayed, as well as the level of interaction and learning.

“Everything is supposed to be interactive. We don’t just want people selling stuff, although we have some of that,” Boyce said. “We have handson soldering at one end, and slime making at the other. The slime making may not sound very educational, but you can make it educational when you explain the chemistry behind it.”

Exhibitor Renata Atkinson of Greenbelt demonstrated the medicinal uses of kitchen herbs and spices such as garlic and fennel.

“All of the herbs and spices in our kitchens have really wonderful, health-supporting properties,” said Atkinson, who handed out samples of peppermint fennel iced tea.

Mariana Rico of Silver Spring attended the maker faire to show off her homemade motor, which runs on magnetic fields.

“A lot of people don’t know what they can make at home. These items that I used to make it are all things people can find in their homes, so anyone can make it,” Rico said.

Maker faires have been held in large cities across the U.S. and in other countries, attracting thousands of visitors.

Other cities in Maryland, such as Silver Spring and Linthicum, have held mini-maker

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Nathaniel Wesley-Hunt, 4, of Greenbelt and his father, Jeffery Hunt, try hammering copper Saturday at Greenbelt’s Mini-Maker Faire at the Roosevelt Center.

faires; Greenbelt’s Mini-Maker Faire is the first in Prince George’s County, Boyce said.

“Greenbelt has a rich history of fairs and festivals, the Labor Day Festival, the Green Man Festival, but a lot of those are really traditional in nature. If they have any maker activities, it’s purely arts and crafts, making jewelry and fashion and stuff like that. So the Mini-Maker Faire introduces robotics and technology into that mix,” Boyce said. “We even have a 3-D printer making jewelry.”

Boyce estimated that 2,500 people attended the Greenbelt Mini-Maker Faire.

Boyce said he hopes the fair will become a yearly tradition.

“We’re hoping this will be the first of an annual event,” Boyce said. janfenson-comeau@gazette.net

School system transfer season open Prince George’s County Public Schools is accepting school transfer requests for the upcoming school year from now until May 2.

Transfer requests will not be considered for schools that exceed state-rated capacity, nor for schools with separate admissions processes, such as charter or specialty schools.

“Any student, regardless of race, gender or special needs, can request a transfer,” PGCPS spokesman Max Pugh said.

A list of eligible schools can be found online,

at www1.pgcps.org.

The list will change as schools reach staterated capacity, and there is no guarantee that a student will gain admission to a listed school, as seats are not available at every grade level, Pugh said.An application for transfer can be found on the school system’s website, in English and in Spanish.

For more information, contact the Office of Student Records and Transfers at 301-567-8751.

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Berwyn Heights Elementary School students pose with council members and the mayor after a student mock town council meeting in which students posed as elected leaders and debated whether to have a book fair at the school.

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After a heated Town Council discussion Monday that split council member opinions down the middle, 12-year-old Elias Herrera-Guzman broke the tie with a mayoral vote in favor of a book fair at Berwyn Heights Elementary School and closed the meeting with a loud bang of the gavel.

“I have to base [my choices] on facts and not opinions, and not be biased,” Elias said. “I listen to my council, and I listen to every thought they have, and I try to see if their opinions make sense and if they’re adequate or not.”

Elias and four fellow Berwyn Heights Elementary sixth-graders took part in their school’s annual mock council meeting

Monday, sitting at a row of folding tables at Berwyn Heights Town Hall.

Elias presided over the book fair debate with input from his council members, Leah Baptiste, Eric Cruz-Mendez, Kaylee Kembumbala and Stephanie Arias. Elias said the tie-breaking vote was a tough decision, but that he felt persuaded by the arguments of the book fair proponents who stated the fair would bring students to the library and make money for the school.

Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo said the town has been hosting student mock councils for about 11 years. He and other council members sat behind the students during the meeting, whispering advice when necessary.

“This is a chance for their student government to come down here and see how a real government runs and sort of try it out for themselves, so it’s always fun,” Calvo said. “I think they realize that it’s harder than it looks. It’s easy to have an opinion, but it’s harder with the camera rolling to express it and go through the process of turning an idea into a government function.”

Calvo said he was impressed

by the students’ arguments and dialogue.

“That was a lot more contentious than I expected for a book fair,” he said.

Leah, 12, was against the book fair and made the argument that some books could be inappropriate for young children.

Kaylee, 12, counter-argued that librarians can monitor book content, and that book fairs offer social and financial benefits. “[Book fairs] brings students together, students that wouldn’t even visit the library,” she said. “[It is] exciting to know something is going on at your library.”

After the mock council meeting, Kaylee said she has considered a career in local government and that Monday’s experience gave her insight into the government process.

“As you can see, when you have two leaders that are fighting against each other, the tension kind of builds, which means you need to back up your evidence real good and you need to make sure it’s foolproof,” she said. “I’m thinking I’ll have to really prepare if I want to do this job.” eeastman@gazette.net

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Nearly five-year case closed

EMILIE EASTMAN STAFF WRITER

Laurel police helped close a sexual assault case and convict a man they began tracking nearly five years ago.

In a Washington, D.C., court, Enrique Menendez, 49, of Laurel was sentenced on March 14 to 20 years in federal prison for the first-degree sexual assault of a 9-year-old Laurel boy. Menendez’s attorney, James Klein, filed an appeal on March 25, according to court documents.

Menendez was arrested in July of 2011 and charged with assaulting the child in several locations in Laurel and in Washington, D.C, said Audrey Barnes, Laurel’s communication director.

Laurel investigators testified in the week-long trial and provided critical evidence to the case, said Sgt. Eric Lynn, of the

Laurel Police Department.

Lynn said city investigators first became involved with the case in 2009.

“We investigated the entire case, from start to finish,” he said. “The [evidence we found] played a large role [in the trial].”

Laurel police carried out several search warrants that included gathering DNA evidence from Menendez’s house, Lynn said. Lynn said the case took a long time because of the seriousness of the charges as well as complications with the Washington, D.C., court system, and that he has never personally seen a case remain open that long.

“This is a four-year-old case that my officers constantly worked,” said Richard McLaughlin, Laurel police chief.

“They were diligent about the collection, preservation and submission of all evidence.

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The Laurel Parks and Recreation Department received a Maryland Recreation & Parks Association award April 10 for its Facebook page and use of social media.

The award was presented at the association’s 17th annual Showcase of Marketing and Communications Awards, said Holly Harden, grants programs manager for Howard County Recreation & Parks.

Bonnie DuCote, a program

specialist at the Laurel Department of Parks and Recreation, started the Facebook page in 2012 and accepted the award on behalf the department.

She said several members of the department update content on the page multiple times each week.

“Everybody works together to make sure all the great stories in Laurel get posted for the community to enjoy,” she said.

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Student robotics team earns win in regional competition

BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAU STAFF WRITER

While the robot designed

by Greenbelt-based high school robotics group Team Illusion won’t be giving Lebron James any problems, the team’s “Table-Slayer” can definitely play ball.

Team Illusion, comprised of 18 high school students and their mentors, were winners in the Greater Washington D.C. Regional For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, or FIRST, Robotics Competition, held in Fairfax, Va. on March 27-29.

This year’s game, called Aerial Assist, requires robots to work in teams of three to move a large ball across a 54-foot field to shoot or push it into a goal, guarded by another trio of robots in a hybrid of basketball and soccer.

Team mentor Eli Barnett, 21, a mathematics student at the University of Maryland, College Park, said Table-Slayer earned its nickname after driving full-speed into a table during testing.

After securing the victory, the team earned a spot in the FIRST Robotics World Championship, held April 24-26 in St. Louis, Mo., where they will compete against approximately 400 other teams from around the country.

“The competition is a lot of fun,” said Chenelle Foster, 14, a homeschooled freshman from Mitchellville and member of Team Illusion. “You finally get to see what all of your work has led up to.”

The FIRST competition season begins in January, when teams receive an encrypted PDF containing the rules to a new game to be played by robots, said Teams then have six and a half weeks to design and build a robot capable of competing in the game.

“It is essentially a full-time job for six and a half weeks,” Barnett said.

During the build season, the group meets regularly in Greenbelt to work on the robot.

Foster said the build season is her favorite part.

“I really like the challenge of creating something new and then you get to see how it works, that’s amazing,” Foster said. “It’s stressful, but it’s a lot of fun.”

Barnett said that after the first four matches, their robot took damage to its throwing arm, disabling its ability to

Foster said she enjoys the challenge of building the robot.

“It takes very hard challenges and forces you to complete them under a very short amount of time, under a lot of pressure,” Foster said. janfenson-comeau@ gazette.net

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Team Illusion began over a year ago through a homeschooling listserv, but now includes public and private school members from Prince George’s and other counties, said Caleb Schaeffer, 16, a homeschooled sophomore from Bowie.

Some former Laurel High School students went back to school Friday – but this time to give notes instead of taking them.

Around 10 alumni attended Laurel’s Career Day event to share their experiences and answer questions about their professions. The career fields represented by the former students included the military, education, research and aviation, said Michelle McQuillan Thomas, a school coordinator.

Principal Dwayne Jones said he has been requesting alumni speakers for years, and would fill all the presentation spots with former students if he could.

“Who better to tell the young people that they can succeed in life if they do the right things than kids who have graduated — who sat in the same seats, have been in the same classroom and had some of the same teachers?” he said.

Rahshaan Engrum of Bowie graduated from Laurel in 1993 and is a program manager with the Coast Guard, he said. Engrum said he has participated in Career Day for the past 10 years.

“I truly enjoy being able to outreach with the kids and give them the opportunities somebody gave me,” he said. “Somebody came back during a career day [when I was in school] and talked to me, and it helped me figure out what I wanted to do.

And now I have the opportunity to give that back.”

Senior Makon Oma, 17, of Laurel said he has considered a career in the military, but is set on attending Bowie State University for a sports management degree. Oma asked several questions during Engrum’s presentation and said he found it useful.

Yang said she was inspired to become an educator because of a language and literature teacher at Laurel High School.

“She was a teacher who connected with her students and that’s what I want to do here,” Yang said.

Senior Ayrton Soumah, 17, of Laurel said he felt inspired by Yang’s description of her career and experience at the University of Maryland, College Park.

“Because she told me about what college life is, I think it’s going to be easier for me,” he said.

“I felt like I could achieve what she achieved.”

“I thought he did a great job on his presentation,” he said. “It just opened my mind to keep my options open.”

Grace Yang of Laurel said she graduated from Laurel High in 2006 and that Friday was her first time participating as a speaker. Yang, a graduate student and teacher at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, said she hoped to give students a fresh perspective.

“Sometimes students think they know what it means to be a teacher and what it takes to become a teacher, but what I’m trying to show is that we’re not one-dimensional people,” she said.

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“We’re still investigating why the bus driver left the bus unattended, and why it drifted into the road,” Hubbard said.

The struck student, who was pulled out from underneath the bus, suffered serious, but nonlife-threatening injuries while the four students who were still

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will be available, said company spokeswoman Leslie Carlson.

The PBSC bikes were specially designed for Alta’s system, she said.

“They’re not just bikes you can buy at a regular bike store,” Carlson said. “Once the sale of [PBSC] assets are complete, we’ll have a better idea

of when equipment for College Park could be purchased.”

While there are other bikeshare programs in the D.C. metro area and College Park has not officially signed the contract with Alta, Beavers said the city wants to join the Capital Bikeshare program so users can connect to the broad, local

network already established.

Bill Kelly, 74, of Ellicott City, the chairman of advocacy group College Park Area Bicycle Coalition, said continuity between the College Park and the District systems is vital.

“I think it’s important because a lot of people do [ride to the District],” he said. “It would

be neat to take a bikeshare bike to D.C. and park it at a station there. Connectivity I think is important.”

Kelly said he lived in College Park for 40 years and would often commute by bicycle to his job as a firefighter in the District.

Beavers said the city sees many benefits to the Capital

Bikeshare program and hasn’t given up yet.

“We are exploring other [options] but we’re still hoping to do Capital Bikeshare,” he said.

“That’s our goal, we’re just frustrated by the lack of progress.”

on the bus suffered minor injuries, Hubbard said. All of the students, who were all elementary-school level, were transported to the hospital and were released the same day, Hubbard said.

Harris has been charged with reckless endangerment, leaving a child unattended and other traffic-related charges, Hubbard said.

Hubbard said the cause of the bus drifting across the road is still under investigation.

Pugh said Harris has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.

Pugh said the bus is a newly

purchased 2014 model and mechanical error has been eliminated as a factor in the bus drifting across the road.

“The safety of our students is of the utmost priority. All Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) bus drivers receive ongoing safety and skill training.

Drivers who do not follow established procedures to ensure the safety of students are subject to appropriate disciplinary action,” Pugh said in a statement.

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Warner said the demand for city services has increased, even while revenues have fallen.

Councilman Timothy Hunt (Ward 3) said the city has an excess in its reserve fund, and that, given the size of Hyattsville’s budget, it should ideally have a reserve fund of $5 million.

Hunt said he is opposed to a tax increase and said the city should look for ways to save.

“Personally, I believe and a lot of my constituents believe that we should have leaner services,” Hunt said.

Councilman Patrick Paschall (Ward 3), who is in favor of the tax increase, said the ser-

vices the city offers are one of the reasons people are attracted to the city.

“I have a belief and a vision of Hyattsville that expands the services the city provides to its residents rather than contracting its services,” Paschall said.

Hyattsville resident David Marshall said he does not feel the city should raise taxes.

“Once they raise the tax rate, they never lower it. In the past two and a half decades, it has never gone down,” Marshall said. “As far as the city drawing from its reserve funds, that’s what it’s for.”

A public hearing on the tax rate will be held April 30.

lasted for 38 hours and 52 minutes.

Smith has worked for Academy Ford in Laurel for eight years, and sold plenty of F-150s, she said. Before working for the dealership, she was in the catering and food service industry, which she said helped her become a better saleswoman.

“If you can deal with the bridezillas on their wedding day, then you can deal with a customer who may or may not know what kind of vehicle they want,” she said.

Smith found out she was selected for the Fallon contest on March 28 and said the next few days were hectic and included meeting Jimmy Fallon and The Roots band, touring the NBC studio and getting to know her competitors.

“Jimmy Fallon is a trip,” she said. “It was a good time. We almost developed somewhat of a fraternity among the contestants.”

Smith said she exchanged numbers with her fellow contestants and left New York with a bag of “Tonight Show swag,” including a hooded sweatshirt

with earphones built into it.

Back in Smith’s home state, friends and coworkers were watching the live feed of the competition and cheering Smith on, said Rebecca Smith (no relation), marketing director for Academy Ford of Laurel.

“There was a lot of buzz at the dealership, everybody was excited,” she said. “We had some of her customers encourage her through Facebook and Twitter.”

Academy Ford owner Michael Lynch said he was glad Smith was able to participate and represent the dealership in the contest.

Lynch said the company supplied Smith with hand warmers, foot warmers and gloves before sending her off to the competition in New York and planned a celebration for her return on April 4. “[Smith] ranks at the top of our sales list every month,” he said. “She probably has the most product knowledge [of any] sales person I ever met.

We’re so proud of her.”

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Warner said most Hyattsville homeowners saw a decrease in their tax bill with the last assessment, when housing prices dropped due to the recession, and a three-cent increase would be less than $100 for most

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The sales team from Academy Ford of Laurel poses with foam fingers on a 4x4 truck to show support of saleswoman Nicole Smith, who competed in the ‘Tonight Show’ competition, “Fingers on a 4x4.”

cameras streaming the entire contest live.

“It was an awesome experience,” Smith said. “It was hard...I’m not going to say it was an easy thing. It was very cold – the first night was brutal.”

Smith said she was prepared to stand in the cold with no sleep for several days, but was eliminated after about five hours when she touched the truck just a few seconds after the allotted five-minute break time. Smith said she set her watch, but that the calculation must have been slightly off from the contest clock and she didn’t hear a referee announce the time.

“I was like, OK, it is what it is. I don’t want to let something like that overshadow the whole experience,” she said.

Smith said two other contestants were eliminated a few hours after she was for accidently taking their hands off the truck. The contest winner, Pete Porzio of Frankfort, Ill.,

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alley include making all 40 lanes conventional 10-pin lanes and obtaining a liquor license to serve hard alcohol in what Bowlmor AMF vice chairman Brett Parker referred to in the release as “creating what we envision as the ultimate American leisure company.”

After the merger, Cabral said, the alley eliminated its morning hours, opening at noon and turning on loud music and “psychedelic lights” in the evening.

“It’s like a nightclub, and that doesn’t interest me at all,” he said. “They’re spoiling it.”

Shirley Beachum of Lanham said the new additions and planned remodeling at College Park Lanes are making the venue less family-friendly.

“It [has been] very family-

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Francis Cabral (left) of Adelphi and Willard Jackson of Edmonston share a laugh during a duckpin bowling league for senior citizens at the AMF College Park Lanes. oriented. You see groups coming in with kids and parents coming with kids,” she said.

“The county can’t afford to lose one of the facilities that is important to the community in terms of drawing seniors and drawing families.”

Floyd, 67, said he already has made arrangements to transfer his league to the closest duckpin alley: White Oak Lanes in Silver Spring. At nearly 30 minutes away, Dee’s Lanes in Suitland is twice as far as the Montgomery County alley. Floyd said the new location will cost him a 45-minute commute and may be inaccessible for some league members who don’t get around well.

Floyd said each league using College Park Lanes can pay

about $700 a week to reserve the alley, whether they play or not.

“Our league is guaranteed money,” he said. “They’re not going to make that kind of money off walk-in bowling.

They don’t fill the 10-pin lanes as it is.”

Diane Morris of Bowie is the secretary for the St. Ambrose duckpin league, which formed more than 60 years ago, she said. Morris said she is planning to switch her team to White Oak, but the alley can only take 12 of her 14 teams.

“It’s a dying sport, but people still like it,” she said. “They just haven’t treated the duckpin leagues very nicely.” eeastman@gazette.net

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Then-Lt. Gov. Michael Steele (R) vows not to concede to his Democratic opponent in the U.S. Senate race in 2006. Many Prince George’s Democrats who endorsed Steele were criticized for crossing party lines.

The scarlet letters of politics It’s easy to forget there is more than one political party in Prince George’s. About 80 percent of the county’s 568,591 registered voters are Democrats, and every single county and state representative for Prince George’s is a Democrat.

It makes perfect sense that voters elect leaders who reflect their political views and ideas, and having a bloc of similarly minded legislators provides for a generally united effort in Annapolis — but that isn’t always a good thing.

Top leaders should bring diverse ideas and opinions to the table, challenge each other to try new strategies BELIEVE and consider different viewIT OR NOT, points. Some would say that having people with opposing DEMOCRATS views keeps leaders honest in AREN’T THE since shady, backroom ONLY ONES WITH part deals are more likely to be reGOOD IDEAS vealed when everyone isn’t in agreement.

Fortunately, there are candidates from a mix of parties running for office in the county’s upcoming elections — even though many of those who aren’t Democrats believe they don’t stand a chance of winning.

And, unfortunately, they are probably right.

Similar to author Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, “The Scarlet Letter,” in which a woman who has an adulterous affair is forced to wear a scarlet letter “A,” any letter behind a candidate’s name that isn’t a “D” is treated like a symbol of shame.

Few will forget when then-Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, a Republican and county native, ran for U.S. Senate in 2006.

County Democrats who dared to support him were considered by many to be traitors, not just because of Steele’s politics, but largely because he wasn’t a Democrat.

Voting should be based on which candidate has the best experience, ideas and strategies to make life better for residents — but all too often, those without the Democrat label aren’t even considered. As a result, some Democratic candidates seem to take the county’s votes for granted, occasionally bypassing Prince George’s during general election campaign stops since they assume voters will cast ballots along party lines.

A similar challenge is showing itself in Washington, D.C., where many are already referring to Muriel Bowser, the Democrat who won the mayoral primary election last week, as the mayor-elect. It’s assumed she will win the general election — even though she is facing a challenger who is running as an independent — because the District is so heavily Democratic. It’s as though voters aren’t expected to even consider any other parties, regardless of the candidates’ qualifications.

It’s not to say Republican, Green, Libertarian, unaffiliated or other political party members have better plans than the Democrats who are holding or seeking office.

But it’s irrational to think that there isn’t a single member of any other party living anywhere in the county that has good ideas and a strong record of achievement to back it up. After all, about 20 percent of the county’s voters are not registered as Democrats; surely, they should have a voice in the county, too.

Perhaps other parties aren’t stepping up to the plate and doing enough to help their strongest candidates shine — or perhaps they have come to believe it would be a waste of money, time and effort.

Either way, voters must push for greater diversity and ideas from the candidates running for office. It would be a shame for great plans to be silenced simply because the candidates behind them aren’t being heard.

Prince Georgians must insist on debates and forums so all candidates — not just those with the most money and popularity — can provide input on the county’s future.

Once that occurs, it’s possible Democrats will still retain most, if not all, the offices, but at least residents will be better informed and candidates will be sure to work for their votes.

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I am 10 and writing about the bill, the Fairness for All Marylanders Act of 2014, which says that people who are one gender but feel as if they are the other should be able to use the restroom that they feel like they are. There are many flaws in this.

First of all, would any parent want their child going into a public restroom and finding someone of the other gender in there? Second of all, if you wanted to go in the restroom with your child of a different gender than you because having someone of a different sex in there made you uncomfortable, you could not go into that bathroom.

Someone of the same gender as you could

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go into that bathroom if they felt like they were a man when they were a woman or vice versa.

Most people do not feel like they are a different sex than they are born. How is this a “Fairness Act” if the majority is now inconvenienced?

The different bathrooms are separated by body parts, not feelings. If we’re going to start having men in the women’s bathroom, and the other way around, why have separate bathrooms at all? That defeats the purpose.

This would make me and other children very awkward and uncomfortable, and we wouldn’t want to use public restrooms.

Elizabeth Ludwick, La Plata

Don’t sacrifice teacher quality Corporate profiteers continue to drive the debate around education reform.

Many contend that replacing highly qualified educators with less-experienced ones is an effective strategy for staffing challenged schools.

Please, do not believe this agenda is educationally sound or in the best interest of children!

It is more about creating exploitable COMMENTARY space in education KENNETH HAINES budgets and pillaging the public coffers to pad the bottom line. To accomplish this goal, one need only destroy the public’s confidence in those who devote their lives to children.

Their mission is nearly accomplished.

Teaching is more difficult than most

imagine. Great teachers usually require six to eight years to attain peak efficiency.

However, most reject the lifestyle of nearconstant labor and abandon the profession long before achieving mastery.

Today, career educators are advancing the cause of more rigorous teacher preparation standards, peer assistance and review programs, and certification by the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards.

Unfortunately, much of the public appears willing to accept the premise that a few weeks training will suffice for entry into the teaching profession. Welcome to the world of Teach for America.

Touted as part of the solution for supplying teachers in difficult-to-staff schools, Teach For America candidates receive a few weeks of training in pedagogy prior to entering the classroom. Then, they spend a couple years in the most challenging education environments imaginable. Un-

fortunately, TFAs are not immune to the well-documented travails of beginning teachers.

A case might be made for the program if these “alternatively certified” teachers demonstrated better practice in their first year, or more resiliency in the long term, than do “classically trained” educators.

Unfortunately, as a cohort, they do neither.

Nor do these marginally prepared educators staff America’s highest-performing schools. Instead, communities whose children exhibit the greatest need for highly effective, experienced educators find themselves where they have always been: recruitment fairs and employment agencies seeking to replace the career teachers they should have worked harder to retain in the first place.

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

The curious case of Julius Henson Julius Henson is a street hustler and a thug. He grew up in Lafayette Courts, one of Baltimore’s worst low-income housing projects, and completed Morgan State University’s course work but couldn’t graduate due to an unpaid bill. After a spotty career during which he sometimes lived out of his car, he found his calling in 1975 when he ran, unsuccessfully, for clerk of the court. “That’s what got me into politics,” Henson said. “I vowed to never lose another election.”

Since then he’s made millions runMY MARYLAND ning nearly 100 political campaigns, BLAIR LEE with a 90 percent success rate. And despite his reputation as a political hit man (he calls himself a “pure warrior”), Henson’s clients have included governors, congressmen, mayors, state lawmakers and local officials. His breakthrough win was Baltimore’s 1999 comptroller’s race, when Henson got his girlfriend, Joan Pratt, elected in a stunning upset against the establishment candidate.

Henson’s specialty is street tactics, dirty tricks, smears and whatever else works. “Henson has a level of enthusiasm and brass knuckles that Baltimoreans are not used to,” observed the late Art Murphy, one of the city’s savviest politicians.

“He runs an in-your-face campaign and does an excellent job. He is by far the best; he wins the big ones.” A Henson detractor, the late Del. Pete Rawlings, put it differently: “Like war, politics is not a genteel game, but there are rules of engagement and Julius violates them.” Here’s how Henson describes his unorthodoxy: “The people who made that rule are the ones in office and they want us to follow rules that benefit them. ... I’m not going to play their game.”

Despite Henson’s unsavory tactics, a host of otherwise reputable Democrats including Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Parris Glendening and Elijah Cummings put him on their campaign payrolls. But in 2010 Julius Henson made a big mistake: He hired out to Republican Bob Ehrlich’s gubernatorial comeback against Martin O’Malley.

Being a hired hit man for Democrats was one thing, but doing it for Republicans, particularly Ehrlich, was unpardon-

able. “What Henson did is akin to Karl Rove working to elect Democrats or James Carville flipping to the Republican side,” observed Frank DeFilippo, dean of Maryland’s political pundits. And for his unpardonable sin Henson paid a steep price.

Not surprisingly, it was Henson who came up with the Ehrlich campaign’s infamous last-minute robocall message advising 112,000 Baltimore and P.G. County black voters to relax and stay home because Obama and O’Malley had already won (Obama wasn’t even on the 2010 ballot).

Subsequently, Henson and Ehrlich’s campaign manager, Paul Schurick, were tried, separately, first for voter suppression, and second because the robocalls failed to include an “authority line” (i.e., every political campaign ad must identify the political sponsor).

Maryland’s voter suppression statute says “no person can willfully and knowingly influence or attempt to influence a voter’s decision whether to go to the polls ... through use of force, fraud, threat, menace, intimidation, etc.” I’m good with all but the “fraud” part. Clearly, Henson’s and Schurick’s phony robocalls attempted to keep black voters from going to the polls.

But where do you draw the line? Aren’t most political ads fraudulent? And aren’t political “dirty tricks” common in all campaigns?

Turns out, however, that it didn’t matter, and here’s where the story gets really slimy. Schurick was convicted on all counts, but Henson’s jury, 10 AfricanAmericans and two whites, acquitted him on the voter suppression charges and merely convicted him of conspiring to produce a political ad (robocall) that lacked an authority line, a misdemeanor. Apparently, Henson’s jury was sympathetic to his claim that he was being targeted by the Democratic establishment “for jumping over the line.”

Leaving the courthouse, a beaming Henson said he was “elated” and “grateful and thankful” for everyone’s support. If he’d known what was about to happen, he wouldn’t have been so happy.

The Baltimore Sun called the verdict “disappointing,” adding, “The judge has the chance to set things right at sentencing. Mr. Schurick got 30 days of home detention, 500 hours of community service and four years of probation for his offences. Mr. Henson deserves to be treated exactly the same ... .” Well, Schurick, the

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white man convicted of voter suppression, and Henson, the black man convicted of being party to a political ad that didn’t have a tag line, were not treated the same.

The judge threw the book at Henson: 60 days in jail, 30 days of home detention, 500 hours of community service and four years of probation during which Henson was prohibited from volunteering or working in any political campaigns.

That’s right, a man actually went to jail because a robocall he was hired to produce failed to say “I’m Bob Ehrlich and I approve this ad,” a common infraction for which no one is prosecuted, much less sent to jail. The judge, an O’Malley appointee, blatantly ignored the jury’s verdict and treated Henson as if he’d been convicted on all counts.

But wait, it gets worse. Always on the prowl for a headline, Attorney General Doug Gansler piled on by suing Henson for violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act because the robocalls failed to identify the name and phone number of the party placing the call. Gansler won a $1 million verdict against Henson while deciding not to bring the same suit against Schurick, who was convicted of the same violations.

Having served his jail sentence and being barred from making a living as a campaign consultant, Henson decided to run this year for the state Senate in one of Baltimore’s most impoverished, destitute districts. Henson’s sentencing judge tried to rule Henson’s candidacy a probation violation, but it appears Henson will win on appeal.

So Henson is challenging Sen. Nathaniel McFadden, a steadfast ally of Senate President Mike Miller. Henson calls Miller “a jerk” who rewards lawmakers “who are going to kiss his tail. I’m not going to kiss his tail. The only thing Mike Miller is interested in is making himself and his family richer.”

The die is cast: the Democratic establishment, the media and Mike Miller are going to make Julius Henson’s defeat their top priority. None of them want to see another person in the state Senate as smart, as talented and as ruthless as Miller.

Blair Lee is chairman of the board of Lee Development Group in Silver Spring and a regular commentator for WBAL radio. His past columns are available at www.gazette.net/blairlee. His email address is blairleeiv@gmail.com.

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BASEBALL: Gwynn Park at Eleanor Roosevelt, 4:30 p.m. Friday Two traditional county powerhouses face off for first time as division foes.

SOFTBALL: Eleanor Roosevelt at Gwynn Park, 4:15 p.m. Friday TRACK AND FIELD: Woodward Relays at Georgetown Prep, Saturday

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PHOTOS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT

Eleanor Roosevelt High School graduate Lasan Kromah was a key player for the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team. He helped the Huskies to the national title on Monday.

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hen Lasan Kromah played basketball at Eleanor Roosevelt High School, he used to have long conversations with coach Brendan O’Connell about the sport during car rides home from practice.

There, the 2009 graduate of the Greenbelt school learned about the nuances of basketball as he picked the brain of the longtime coach.

“When I think about Lasan, I think about all the hours we spent together when I drove him home from practice just talking — everything and anything — about basketball,” O’Connell said during a phone interview Saturday. “He ate, slept and breathed basketball. He didn’t live that far from school — just across the street — but ... it would be an hour later before I dropped him off.”

All of the discussions may have paid off for Kromah. On Monday, he helped the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team win its fourth national championship in 15 years. He scored four points, but made a pair of crucial free throws with 25 seconds left — the final

points of the game — to help the Huskies hold off Kentucky in the 60-54 victory at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

“It’s just one of those moments you will cherish for the rest of your life,” Kromah said of playing in the Final Four during a phone interview Monday prior to the title game.

Kromah is the first Roosevelt product to play in the Final Four and win a national title, according to O’Connell. Delonte West played in the 2004 Elite Eight with St. Joseph’s University and Darnell Dodson participated in the 2010 Elite Eight with Kentucky.

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Outfielder started in school’s camps and has been waiting years to start

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After three years of playing minor roles for one of the best baseball programs in the area, Riverdale Baptist School senior Brandon Ernest is having a big impact on the Crusaders this spring, his first as a full-time starter.

Ernest, who plans to play baseball for Division III Farmingdale College in New York next season, is no stranger

to the baseball facilities at Riverdale Baptist. When he was 5, he began attending longtime Riverdale Baptist coach Terry Terrill’s camps each summer and has not missed one since. His decade-long dedication to the program is finally paying dividends.

“I still remember the first time I went to one of Riverdale’s baseball camps,” Ernest said. “I was just hoping to learn as much as I could from the coaches and then someday come back and play for them. I made the team my freshman year, but the first three years I mainly came in and ran the bases and tried to steal a few bags, here and

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The names just kept on coming out of Omar Wilkins’ mouth. Elizabeth Seton High School’s track and field coach has had deep teams before, enough to win seven consecutive — and counting — Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championships. And yet, somewhat frighteningly, this team is what he says is without a doubt the deepest one he has ever had.

“We have quite a few,” the coach said. “We have our seniors, Ricca Graham especially, our sophomore Nina Crawford, our sophomore T’Reyah Johnson, who both run the 400 [meters], Autumn Johnson and then of course Javonne Antoine, who does an extraordinary job in the jumps. And then we have a freshman in Lauren Morgan and we have about four very talented freshmen who are hopefully going to come out of this group. We have a very large number.”

Large enough that he was able to split his team in half last weekend — one portion to the Largo Lion Invitational, the other to the Waldorf Track and Field Classic — and still have Roadrunners returning home with a decent haul of medals.

At the Waldorf meet, freshmen Jacqueline Simmons and Gabriella Johnson finished second and

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Riverdale Baptist School’s Brandon Ernest lays down a bunt against host Georgetown Prep on April 3.

There was a time when youth sports were mostly a recreational outlet for children; friends gathered in the park for a pick-up game of baseball, soccer or basketball. But as more emphasis is placed on early specialization, elite travel teams and college scholarships, as youth sports become increasingly commercialized, expenses to participate have risen.

“Sports must not become a province of the rich and privileged,” says a banner across the website for Kids Play USA Foundation, a Laurel-based nonprofit organization founded in 2012 by Darryl Hill aimed at breaking the financial barriers that stand between many underserved youth and participating in organized sports. But, for many such organizations geared toward helping children enjoy the benefits of extracurricular activities, the cost for the necessary equipment alone can be a major obstacle.

Enter neighboring Montgomery County native Max Levitt and his non-profit, Leveling the Playing Field, Inc. Levitt founded the organization, which provides at-risk children living in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area with sporting equipment in an effort to increase their athletic involvement.

The idea for such an organization came to Levitt while he was serving as the Syracuse University

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“I learned a lot from him and he really helped me out. ... He was always preaching about just playing hard and not taking any plays off.”

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ing to the Cal Ripken Tournament in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and Ernest has been a staple of the squad, batting leadoff and playing center field in all 10 games.

“Brandon really is almost like the embodiment of what our program stands for,” Terrill said. “I can still remember him when he started coming to the camps. He

was always just this small kid that wanted to chase down fly balls, run bases and he could handle the bat. ... He loves the game and he’s an unselfish baseball player.”

Ernest, who is hitting .368 with eight runs scored and eight runs batted in, has five sacrifice bunts and stolen six bases.

“I just love playing baseball,”

Ernest said. “There are going to be some days when you lead off every time up and you get to swing the bat and then run the bases, maybe steal some. But then there are other days ... when you just have to do the little things to help the team like sac bunts that move guys over. I like when coach gives me the bunt sign. I know that if I

lay down a good bunt I can beat it out and move the runners over.”

“He’s such a hard worker, on the field and in the classroom,” said Riverdale Baptist assistant coach Ryan Terrill, a former Crusaders’ center fielder who has worked with Ernest the past three seasons and coach’s son. “He’s a 4.0 student and he just shows up

every day and practices hard and plays hard. He doesn’t mind being one of the smallest guys on the team. He plays hard every game and he’s worked very hard to be our starting center fielder and leadoff hitter. Farmingdale is the perfect fit for him next year. He’ll go there and he’ll do really well.”

It was also the third straight year a high school alumnus from Prince George’s County played in college basketball’s premier event at the Final Four (DeMatha Catholic graduate Jerami Grant played in 2013 with Syracuse and former Riverdale Baptist star Thomas Robinson went to the 2012 Final Four with Kansas).

“It’s a big deal for us as a program,” said O’Connell, who said he watched several of Kromah’s games this winter on television.

“We’re all excited and it has been awesome watching him change and mature through the years.

He’s on the court in crunch time, pressure situations.

“His freshman year at Roosevelt he wasn’t even eligible to play. He then finished high school as an honor roll student and five years later, he’s going to have a degree from George Washington and UConn and play in the Final Four. That is pretty cool.”

Kromah, a 2009 All-Gazette

first team selection as a senior at Roosevelt, began his journey to a national title at George Washington University, where he started for the most part of three years. He missed the entire 2010-11 season as a sophomore due to a Lisfranc sprain in his left foot.

The injury, however, proved to be a blessing since it opened up a year of eligibility he would eventually use to transfer to Connecticut. Kromah, who earned a degree in criminal justice at

George Washington, used a NCAA rule that allows for immediate eligibility for fifth-year transfer graduate students that have a year of eligibility remaining. While pursuing a Master’s degree in Education Psychology:Cognitive,Instruction and Learning Technologies, the 6-foot-6, 201-pound guard/forward immediately became a major contributor at Connecticut. He played in all 40 games for the Huskies, starting 17 and averaging 22.4 minutes and 6.1 points per game.

Former George Washington coach Karl Hobbs is an assistant for second-year Connecticut coach Kevin Ollie. But Kromah, who hopes to play professionally somewhere next season, said his decision to transfer to Connecticut went beyond that; he just had “good conversations” and felt “real comfortable” the program.

“Not really,” Kromah said when asked if he could have imagined playing in the Final Four. “...

I’m happy with the decision.”

proached by an organization; the waste of perfectly good sporting equipment did not sit well with Levitt, he said. Though Leveling the Playing Field is based in Montgomery County, its presence is now rapidly growing in Prince George’s. Levitt said he has an interest in aiding Title I (improving academic achievement of the disadvantaged) schools and has already made equipment donations to the William W. Hall Academy in Capitol Heights. Levitt said he has also been in contact with Hill and is on the brink of working relationships with Kids Play USA, Prince George’s County Boys and Girls Club and the United States Tennis Association, which has a national training center in College Park.

“I did a lot of volunteer work with the Jewish Federation growing up and I’ve gone into areas where a lot of kids would kill for [what we were throwing away at Syracuse],” Levitt said. “I started looking deeper into it and in doing research I found out that the cost of sports equipment is a huge barrier for non-profits.”

Levitt said he found that one in five underserved households are not getting their kids involved in athletics because of the price of equipment. Aside from physical fitness — obesity rates have tripled in the last three decades, according to Level the Playing Field’s news release — athletics possess important mental benefits. According to Levitt, children who participate in athletics are 60

percent less likely to drop out of school.

In just a short time, what started off as a small collection of equipment Levitt stored in his parents’basementhasturnedinto an organization that has donated more than 5,000 sporting items to 35 youth programs in the Washington, D.C., area and impacting nearly 5,550 children, Levitt said.

That number is set to rise exponentially after Levitt and Level the Playing Field volunteers cleared out the Montgomery County Recreation Department’s warehouse Sunday. Leveling the Playing Field was given nearly 4,000 pieces of equipment no longer being used by the county.

Sporting equipment costs can add up to thousands of dollars,

Levitt said. Lynique Murray with Linkages to Learning in Montgomery County said Leveling the Playing Field’s donations have helped open up the program’s budget.

Whereas Levitt used to spend time calling around for whatever pieces of equipment he could find, an average of two organizations per week reach out to him these days, more and more coming from Prince George’s County.

In addition to Syracuse, Levitt’s organization has working relationships with the University of Maryland, College Park, Towson, Gallaudet and Goucher College and he said he intends to add to that list. While donations aren’t an issue, Levitt said seeking corporate funding will be important

as his organization and programs continue to grow. He has also joined forces with professional athletes and local teams, including the Washington Redskins and D.C. United, to provide a life skills component with his donations, Levitt said.

“Sport is a really good vehicle for teaching,” Levitt said. “There’s always something that can relate to real life. One lesson we’re trying to get across is when facing adversity the last thing you want to do is put your head down, with hard work and determination you can get out of your situation. That goes hand in hand with sports. If you’re losing a game you’re certainly not going to come back if you put your head down and feel bad for yourself.”

jumps (17 feet, 7 inches and 39-00, respectively) and added silver in the high jump (4-10).

Even with many of the top runners at the Southern Maryland meet, the Largo-bound Roadrunners managed to place fourth in the 1,600-relay (4:13.48), making their mark at both meets on the same day.

“Even our freshmen — our babies — and our sophomores are doing really well,” said Graham, who expects to be running for the University of Maryland, Baltimore

County next year. “I really like it because it gives everyone an opportunity to run and I don’t have to run in every event. It’s pretty cool.”

Most every coach who hopes to win a championship in any league or conference will be forced to slot his best athletes in the maximum four events allowed. Wilkins’ roster is so replete with top-level talent that this near-unanimous strategy doesn’t apply.

“We’re so deep that we can

have runners in open events and others in the relays,” he said.

“That’s outstanding when you can do that, when you don’t have to have to use your top athletes in the open and relays.”

His biggest weakness? The middle-distance events, namely the 800 and 1,600, and even in those two, “that’s probably [eight points], not a 10,” he said.

“This will be by far my deepest and most talented team across the board,” he said. “Bar none.”

If the results between the

Largo and Waldorf meets were not convincing enough, consider these numbers: Morgan is the top 100 runner in Maryland while Jasmine Robinson, a junior who teams with Morgan on the 400-relay team, is 18th; only five 100-hurdlers and four 300-hurdlers have logged faster times than Kennedy Holton. Two of the top four triple-jumpers, Antoine and Autumn Robinson, don the Seton red and black as do a pair of the top 12 shot putters, Jourdyn Beverly and Lauren Coleman.

“It’s cool,” Morgan said. “I’ve never been a part of an elite team because I did [Catholic Youth League] and CYL wasn’t that competitive.”

Suffice it to say that Seton, being the seven-time reigning conference champion, has been officially established as elite. It’s a program that Graham has done her part in building for the past four years, and when she packs up for UMBC, she knows she’ll be leaving it in good hands.

Prince George’s County Office of Central Services & Prince George’s County Economic Development Corporation present CITY OF NEW CARROLLTON PUBLIC NOTICE Charter Amendment Resolutions 14-03, 14-04, 14-05 and 14-06

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At a public meeting of the City Council of New Carrollton on Monday, March 11, 2014, the City Council passed the following four Charter Amendments: Charter Amendment Resolution 14-03, Amending City Charter, §C-1 “Incorporation; general powers” to reflect the language contained in the new Local Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland; amending City Charter, §C-2 “Boundaries” to reflect where the boundaries will be maintained; amending City Charter, §C-8 “Council meetings” to define “regular meeting” of the Council as the meeting of the Council on the third Wednesday of the month; amending City Charter, §C-11 “Enumeration of powers of the City” to remove from the Charter the enumerated powers of the City and replace them with a reference to all powers authorized by State law; amending City Charter, §C-23 “Legislative intent” to add clarifying language; such other amendments to reflect the recodification of Article 23A “Municipal Corporations” of the Annotated Code in the Local Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland; and all matters generally relating to the operation of City government.

Charter Amendment Resolution 14-04, Amending City Charter, §C-3 “Government of the City”, §C-9 “Treasurer’s and City Administrative Officer’s duties” and §C-10 “General powers of Council” to clarify the duties of the Mayor, Councilmembers and the City Administrative Officer; and such other amendments as are necessary to reflect the recodification of Article 23A “Municipal Corporations” of the Annotated Code in the Local Government Article of the Annotated Code; other non-substantive changes; and all matters generally relating to the powers and duties of elected and appointed officials.

Charter Amendment Resolution 14-05, Amending City Charter, §C-4 “Qualifications of officers” to require that elected officials be residents of the City of New Carrollton for a minimum of 180 days preceding the filing deadline for candidacy; amending City Charter, §C-5 “Board of Elections” to provide for the appointment of members of the Board of Elections at the first meeting of the Council in the month after an election and to clarify that the Board of Elections shall have certain responsibilities in connection with referendum petitions/ elections; amending City Charter, §C-6 “Qualifications and registration of voters” to remove certain voter qualification requirements; amending City Code, §C-7 “elections” to remove the hours that polls will be open on election days and to provide that the Council shall establish such hours by ordinance; amending City Code, §C-19 “Referendums” to clarify referendum procedures; amending City Charter, §C-21 “Recall of elected officials” to require that recall petitions meet the requirements of the City Charter at the time of submission; such other amendments that are necessary to reflect the recodification of Article 23A “Municipal Corporations” of the Annotated Code of Maryland in the Local Government Article of the Annotated Code; and all matters generally relating to terms of office and elections.

Charter Amendment Resolution 14-06, Amending City Charter, §C-12 “Taxes and assessments” to clarify that household furniture is not subject to municipal taxation, to provide that the City, not the Treasurer shall prepare a tax bill, to remove the limit on the city real property tax rate, and to provide that the Director of Finance, not the Treasurer shall handle tax sales; amending City Charter, §c-15 “benefit assessments” to further explain the benefit assessment procedure; amending City Charter, §C-16 “Borrowing authority and limits; approval” to amend the borrowing authority of the City to provide for all borrowing authority permitted under State law; amending the City Charter to repeal §C-17 “Settlement of claims”; and amending City Charter, §C-18 “Purchasing and contracts” to provide for purchasing procedures to be articulated in the City Code; such other amendments as are necessary to reflect the recodification of Article 23A “Municipal corporations” of the Annotated Code in the Local Government Article of the Annotated Code; other non-substantive changes; and all matters generally relating to City finances.

The foregoing constitutes a fair summary of each of the Charter Amendment Resolutions.

Charter Amendment Resolution Nos. 14-03, 14-04, 14-05 and 14-06 shall become and be considered a part of the City Charter, in all respects to be effective and observed as such, on April 29, 2014 unless, on or before April 19, 2014, a petition for referendum meeting the requirements of §4-304 of the Local Government Article of the Maryland Annotated Code is presented to the City Council by presentment or via certified mail, return receipt requested, bearing a postmark from the U.S. Postal Service, at 6016 Princess Garden Pkwy, New Carrollton, Maryland 20784-2800.

A copy of Charter Amendment Resolution Nos. 14-03, 14-04, 14-05 and 14-06 shall be available to the public for inspection in the office of the City Administrative Officer, at the above address during normal business hours.

Please call City Administrative Officer Graham Waters at 301-459-6100 to answer any questions.

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City Hall Bulletin Board MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEETINGS TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 7:30 P.M. MAYOR AND COUNCIL WORKSESSION TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2014 7:30 P.M. MAYOR AND COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2014 7:30 P.M. MAYOR AND COUNCIL WORKSESSION SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2014 7:30 A.M. COUNCIL/STAFF RETREAT TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014 PUBLIC HEARING ON CONSTANT YIELD TAX RATE 7:00 P.M. 7:10 P.M. PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED FY 15 BUDGET 7:30 P.M. MAYOR AND COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2014 7:30 P.M. MAYOR AND COUNCIL WORKSESSION All meetings take place in the 2nd floor Council Chambers of City Hall, 4500 Knox Road, College Park, MD unless noted. All meetings are open to the public except Executive Sessions. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 240-487-3501 and describe the assistance that is necessary.

All Mayor and Council meetings can be viewed live on Comcast cable channel 71 or Verizon channel 25. Regular Council Meetings and Worksessions are rebroadcast in their entirety at the following times: Wednesdays at 8pm, Thursdays and Fridays at 6pm, and Saturdays at 10am Worksessions and Council meetings may also be viewed live over the internet. Those interested in watching the live meetings from their computer should visit the City’s website at www.collegeparkmd.gov, and click on the menu item “Council Meetings Video”. You will be redirected to the Granicus, Inc. web site which will host the web streaming and archiving of Council meetings.

Meetings that are streamed will also be archived for future viewing through the City’s website.

Meeting Agendas are posted on the City’s website on the Friday afternoon prior to the meetings www.collegeparkmd.gov – and are available at the City Clerk’s office. Meeting back-up materials will be posted to the website on the Monday prior to the meeting.

Meeting schedule is subject to change. For current information, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 240-487-3501.

COUNCIL ACTION

During a Special Session held during the March 18, 2014 Worksession, the College Park City Council took the following action: • Approved a letter in support of HB 1265, Fairness for All Marylanders Act of 2014 (Kabir opposed).

During the Regular Meeting on March 25, 2014, the College Park City Council took the following actions: • Approved A Resolution Of The Mayor And Council Of The City Of College Park, Maryland Adopting The Recommendation Of The Advisory Planning Commission Regarding Request For Certification Of Non-Conforming Use CNU-2013-03 For University Gardens, Inc. 4620, 4622, 4624, and 4626 Knox Road, College Park, Maryland, Recommending Approval Of The Request For Certification Of NonConforming Use • Approved Field Use Requests for 1) Maryland Stingers Women’s Rugby Club, Duvall Field, Tuesday and Thursday evenings, March through June; 2) Boy Scout Troop 740 for Sunday use for a BBQ event on June 1; 3) Berwyn Christian School, Field Day, Friday, May 9.

• Approved amendments to the Declaration of Covenants and Agreement Regarding Land Use for MR. HILLCREST 1 Capital LLC (Monument Realty) and authorized the City Manager to sign the agreement.

• Approved a Resolution Of The Mayor And Council Of The City Of College Park To Grant A Waiver Pursuant To §175-13 Of The City Code, To MR. HILLCREST 1 Capital, LLC, And Approved A Revitalization Tax Credit For The Real Property Located At 91229128 Baltimore Avenue For A Period Of Three Years Beginning In The First Fiscal Year After Completion.

• Appointed Todd Waters, Josh Ratner, Chris Frye and Tricia McLaughlin to the Neighborhood Stabilization Committee and reappointed Jack Robson to the Airport Authority.

HOP IN FOR BRUNCH WITH THE BUNNY SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2014, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM COLLEGE PARK COMMUNITY CENTER, 5051 PIERCE AVENUE Free Admission – Entertainment For more information call 240-487-3570. Sponsored by the College Park Recreation Board and the Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission.

INTERESTED IN GOING SOLAR BUT NOT SURE WHERE TO START?

JOIN THE COMMITTEE FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT FOR AN INFORMATION MEETING WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014 AT 7:00 PM 2ND FLOOR COUNCIL CHAMBERS CITY HALL, 4500 KNOX ROAD Members of the UMD and College Park community are organizing a neighborhood solar bulk purchase. By going solar as a group we can save 2030% off the cost of a solar system. You’ll also have the support of the group instead of navigating an often-complicated process alone. Anyone in College Park and the DC metro area is welcome to join! We will cover the basics of solar and explain how the group purchase works. The group is working with Community Power Network, an independent, nonprofit organization that helps communities go solar.

For questions or more information, contact Steve Beavers 240-487-3541 or check out http://www.CommunityPowerNetwork.com/UMD.

MONDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES PRESENTS THE MOVIE “FRESH”

APRIL 21, 2014 – 7:00-8:30 PM COLLEGE PARK COMMUNITY LIBRARY 9704 RHODE ISLAND AVENUE, COLLEGE PARK “Fresh” presents new thinking about what we’re eating. “An exhilarating look at the whole range of efforts underway to renovate the way we grow food and feed ourselves” – Michael Pollan, Author.

The College Park Committee for a Better Environment donated eight movies to the library along with a number of environmental books all of which can be checked out by our members.

The movies will be held at the College Park Community Library, 9704 Rhode Island Ave. The library is located on the lower level of the Church of the Nazarene, however, the movies will be shown in the Church’s Sanctuary on the upper level.

BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETING

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014 AT 7:00 PM DAVIS HALL, 9217 51ST AVENUE, COLLEGE PARK Come hear an overview of the proposed FY2015 College Park budget, discuss proposed changes, ask questions and offer feedback.

Hosted by City Councilmembers: Alan Hew, Fazlul Kabir, Denise Mitchell, and Patrick Wojahn.

HOLLYWOOD FARMERS MARKET

OPENS SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2014, 9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM 9901 RHODE ISLAND AVENUE – HOLLYWOOD SHOPPING CENTER After a successful first season in 2013, the market returns with a roster of 20 vendors including several farms. The market is conveniently located in the same shopping center as MOM’s Organic Market, which makes for an easy one-stop trip for all your grocery needs. The market’s hours have moved back one hour based on customer and vendor feedback from last season. The market has plenty of free parking in the shopping center lot. For more information visit the website www.hollywoodmarket.org

DOWNTOWN COLLEGE PARK FARMERS MARKET

OPENS SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2014, 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM 4500 KNOX ROAD – CITY HALL PARKING LOT The market is entering its fourth season and will be opening with an expanded roster of 15+ vendors, including new items such as artisan bread, jam, meat, pickles, and wine. In addition to several new vendors, the markets returning favorites include Bill’s BBQ and Miller Farms. Enjoy free parking in Downtown on Sundays on the street or in the parking garage across from the market. For more information visit the website www.downtowncollegeparkmarket.org

Around Town!

STATE TAX REMINDER

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

COLLEGE PARK JOINS THE NATIONAL MAYOR’S CHALLENGE FOR WATER CONSERVATION APRIL 1 – 30

Mayor Andrew Fellows is joining mayors across the country in asking residents to make a commitment to conserve water and cut pollution by taking part in a national contest aimed at drastically slashing water and energy use across the nation during the month of April.

In return, residents can win prizes.

Residents can enter online at mywaterpledge.com, then make a series of pledges to conserve water on behalf of College Park. Cities with the highest percentage of residents who take the challenge in their population category are entered into drawings for hundreds of eco-friendly prizes, including home improvement gift cards, home irrigation equipment, and a Grand Prize Toyota Prius Plug-In. This event is presented by the Wyland Foundation and Toyota, with support from the U.S EPA’s Office of Water, National League of Cities, U.S. Forest Service, The Toro Company, WonderGroveKids.Com, Bytelaunch.com, and WaterSmart Software.

For more information contact: Steve Beavers, Community Development Coordinator, City of College Park, sbeavers@collegeparkmd.gov or 240-487-3541.

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH BASIC ACADEMY TRAINING

THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2014, 9:00 AM LOWER LEVEL CONFERENCE ROOM CITY HALL, 4500 KNOX ROAD Neighborhood Watch is a safety program for citizens by citizens to watch for and report suspicious and criminal activities.

For more information, please contact Dino Pignataro at 240-487-3570 or jdpignataro@collegeparkmd.gov.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2014, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM COLLEGE PARK YOUTH, FAMILY AND SENIOR SERVICES BUILDING, 4912 NANTUCKET ROAD Join us (rain or shine) at 10:00 am sharp for our Annual Egg Hunt. Fun for all ages and it is FREE! There will be arts and crafts, face painting, games and more!

This event is sponsored by College Park Youth, Family and Senior Services and Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission. For more information call 240-487-3550.

SATURDAY, APRIL 26 – 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CAMPUS The University of Maryland is celebrating Maryland Day. The must-attend open house on April 26 has become one of the most popular annual events in the Washington, DC/Virginia/Maryland region. The campus opens its doors from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (rain or shine) – offering more than 400 free events, free parking, free on-campus transportation, and many food choices.

For more information please visit http://www.marylandday.umd.edu/

COLLEGE PARK MOTHER’S DAY 5K

SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2014 AT 7:00 AM HOLLYWOOD SHOPPING CENTER 9800 BLOCK OF RHODE ISLAND AVENUE North College Park will hold its first 5K race celebrating running and fitness in a fun, family friendly way. The race will begin at 7:00 am sharp! so be there early to warm up.

The course will take runners 3.1 miles throughout north College Park; it starts and ends at the Hollywood Shopping Center on Rhode Island Avenue.

First-, second-, and third-place winners in both the Men’s and Women’s divisions will receive prizes donated by REI. Sponsored by the City of College Park, Carrollton Enterprises, and the North College Park Citizens Association, and organized by the Prince George’s County Running Club.

The cost of participating in the race is $15 for PGCRC members and children under 15 and $20 for non-members. To register, go to https:// runsignup.com/MD/College Park/CollegeParkMothersDay5k. Registrations made after April 30 will be $25.

For more information, contact Mark Shroder at 301-220-1450 or shroder_keller@yahoo.com.

COLLEGE PARK DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGE CORNER OF YALE AVENUE & KNOX ROAD Pay City parking tickets online with no additional fees at www.collegeparkmd.gov

April 10, 2014 BIKE TO WORK DAY

FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014 6:30 AM – 9:00 AM MAKE A PIT STOP IN THE PARKING LOT OF CITY HALL 4500 KNOX ROAD, COLLEGE PARK Please join us for Bike to Work Day. We will have food, refreshments, a free T-shirt* and prizes, information about biking in the area, and bike mechanics to inspect your ride!

Sign up right now at http://www.biketoworkmetrodc.org and select College Park City Hall as your pit-stop. *We can only guarantee T-shirts to people who have pre-registered online.

For more information contact: Steve Beavers, Community Development Coordinator, City of College Park, 240-487-3541, sbeavers@collegeparkmd.gov

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ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION

FRIDAY, APRIL 25 – 6:00 PM 7300 BLOCK OF RHODE ISLAND AVENUE Join us for the 2014 Arbor Day celebration and tree planting. We will meet on the bike trial at 7306-7308 Rhode Island Avenue, between Knox Road and Calvert Road. The City will receive our Tree city USA award for 2013. Everyone is welcome!

APRIL CLEANUP SATURDAYS

APRIL 12, 19, 26 – FROM 7:30 AM – 12:00 PM DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, 9217 51ST AVENUE There are still 3 Saturdays left for College Park residents to participate in the Saturday clean up month. You must show proof of residency in the City of College Park to participate.

Drop-off bulky trash, electronics and molded/block Styrofoam® for recycling, and yard waste. Electronics that may be recycled include, but are not limited to: TVs, computers, monitors, keyboards, mice, speakers, VCRs, CD, DVD & MP3 players, cell phones & PDAs, printers, scanners, fax machines, telephones, radios, stereos, electric tools, game systems, handheld games, microwaves, and cords/cables. Number 6 expanded polystyrene foam, commonly known as Styrofoam®, cannot be contaminated with tape, stickers, food, or other impurities. Additionally, we can only accept molded foam such as blocks used in packaging – no food or beverage containers or packing peanuts.

Hazardous materials will not be accepted (shingles, propane tanks, paint, etc.). Air conditioners, heat pumps, refrigerators and freezers may incur a disposal fee; tires will incur a disposal fee of $4.00 each.

Donations are also accepted during the clean up Saturdays! Clean out your homes, garages, and sheds, and bring over the items you no longer use or need and donate them for reuse. Items should be separated so they may be reused: • Building, remodeling, and gardening materials – any surplus or salvaged (in GOOD condition) items from your latest home or garden improvement job, including but not limited to: bricks and pavers, plumbing and light fixtures, tiles and flooring material, cabinets, doors, gardening supplies, and tools. These items will be donated to Community Forklift.

• Clothing and household items – cookware, dishes, books, linens, games, toys, clothes, shoes, and intact furniture items (NO upholstered furniture or mattresses). These reusable items will be donated to American Rescue Workers.

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COLLEGE PARK DIRECTORY

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

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

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

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

MAYOR AND COUNCIL

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

OTHER FREQUENTLY CALLED NUMBERS

EMERGENCY: FIRE-AMBULANCE-POLICE................................911 NON-EMERGENCY POLICE SERVICES Prince George’s Co. Police (Hyattsville Station).........301-699-2630 Prince George’s Co. Police Non-Emergency Svcs......301-352-1200 Prince George’s Co. Park Police................................301-459-9088 State Police (College Park Barrack)............................301-345-3101 University of Maryland Police....................................301-405-3555 College Park Community Center.....................................301-441-2647 5051 Pierce Avenue, College Park Branchville Vol. Fire & Rescue Squad...............................301-474-1550 4905 Branchville Road, College Park www.bvfco11.com College Park Vol. Fire Department...................................301-901-9112 8115 Baltimore Avenue, College Park www.cpvfd.org PEPCO - Power Outages, Lines Down...........................1-877-737-2662 WSSC: Water Mains........................................................301-206-4002 Prince George’s County Storm Drains..............................301-499-8520

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“DIE FLEDERMAUS” COMES TO THE CLARICE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

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Katie Baughman plays as Adele andKeith Browning stars as Dr. Falke in the Maryland Opera Studio’s production of “Die Fledermaus” at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

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e’ve all been there — a friend does something that really, really embarrasses you and you vow sweet, sweet revenge on them.

Sometimes the plan can be simple. Other times, the plot is extremely elaborate, involving multiple parties and scenarios. When Eisenstein leaves his drunken friend, Dr. Falke, in the middle of town to be mocked and laughed at the following morning, Falke spends a year coming up with the perfect revenge.

That Falke was dressed up like a

DIE FLEDERMAUS n When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Wednesday and April 19; 5 p.m.

Sunday n Where: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park n Tickets: $10-$25 n For information: 301-405-2787; claricesmithcenter.umd.edu

giant bat when he was left to be ridiculed probably didn’t help his ego.

Thus puts in motion Johann Strauss II’s hilarious operetta, “Die Fledermaus,” which is being brought

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Popular flutist Sherry Winston to entertain at arts center

BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE

HERITAGE FILM FESTIVAL

The Heritage Film Festival returns to Bowie this weekend, showcasing short movies by filmmakers of all ages. Pictured: “Ask A Slave,” a web series created by and starring Azie Mira Dungey.

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‘Generational’ program attracts filmmakers young and old

BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE

The Ninth Annual Heritage Film Festival will return to South Bowie Library on April 17 with the theme “Looking to the Future/Honoring the Past,” featuring short films created by students and adults from Prince George’s County and

around the world.

The film festival runs Thursday evening to Saturday with the average piece having a run time spanning from one to ten minutes.

Founder and director O.F. Makarah, a transplant from Los Angeles, launched the festival when she was new to Prince George’s County, and desired to be surrounded with films once again.

“I’m from L.A. and I so very much

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Sherry Winston plans to mesmerize the audience at the Montpelier Arts Center on Friday with her jazz-fusion flute renditions of popular songs, such as Beyonce’s “Naughty Girl,” as well as some classics.

Winston said that she plays smooth, light, melodic jazz, which she thinks is something that everyone can enjoy, including children. While the kids may PHOTO FROM SHERRY WINSTON

really want to hear some Beyonce, others can get excited for her rendition of “Another Star” by the legendary Stevie Wonder.

“I just want people to enjoy the music and have fun,” Winston said.

Although originally from

New York, Winston now lives in Connecticut and explained that she regularly travels to the Washington, D.C. area to play at private events, but hasn’t had a public show here for a while.

Winston is often hired to be the musical entertainment at private parties, receptions and dinners for different companies and non-profit organizations.

“I’m pretty much my own agent. I reach out to people, I

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PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY’S ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR For a free listing, please submit complete information to noravec@ gazette.net at least 10 days in advance of desired publication date.

High-resolution color images (500KB minimum) in jpeg format should be submitted when available.

THEATER & STAGE Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Maryland Opera Studio: Die Fledermaus, 7:30 p.m. April 11; University Chorale: Spring Concert, 8 p.m. April 11; Shared Graduate Dance Concert, 3 p.m. April 12; Maryland Opera Studio: A Night in Old Vienna, 7 p.m. April 12; Shared Graduate Dance Concert, 7:30 p.m. April 12, University of Maryland, College Park, claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.

Harmony Hall Regional Center, Con-

cert and Casino Night, 7:30 p.m. April 12, call for prices, 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, 301-203-6070, arts.pgparks. com.

Greenbelt Arts Center, alight dance company, season preview and dance concert, 8 p.m. April 11-12, call for prices, Greenbelt Arts Center, 123 Centerway, Greenbelt, 301-441-8770, www.greenbeltartscenter.org.

Joe’s Movement Emporium, More Than I Expected, 7 p.m. April 10; Boundless Eclectic presents Journey into Freedom, 7 p.m. April 11; Climate Change and Food Gardening, 4:30-6 p.m. April 13, 3309 Bunker Hill Road, Mount Rainier, 301699-1819, www.joesmovement.org.

Laurel Mill Playhouse, “You Can’t Take it With You,” to April 15, call for ticket prices, times, Laurel Mill Playhouse, 508 Main St., Laurel, 301-452-2557, www.laurelmillplayhouse.org.

Montpelier Arts Center, Chelsey Green and The Green Project, noon, April 10; Sherry Winston, Contemporary Jazz Flute,

8 p.m. April 11, 9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel, 301-377-7800, arts.pgparks.com.

Prince George’s Little Theatre, “The Fox on the Fairway,” May 2-18, call for tickets and show times, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Drive, Bowie, 301-937-7458, www.pglt.org.

Publick Playhouse, Global Beat: Washington Korean Dance Company, 4 p.m.

April 12, 5445 Landover Road, Cheverly, 301-277-1710, arts.pgparks.com.

2nd Star Productions, “Hello Dolly,” May 30 to June 9, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Drive, Bowie, call for prices, times, 410-757-5700, 301-832-4819, www.2ndstarproductions.com.

Tantallon Community Players, “Annie,” May 23 to June 8, Harmony Hall Regional Center, 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, 301-262-5201, www.tantallonstage.com.

VISUAL ARTS Brentwood Arts Exchange, “Exchanged

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III:” New work by Graduate and Undergraduate students at George Mason University and James Madison University, April 26, 3901 Rhode Island Ave., Brentwood, 301-277-2863, arts.pgparks.com.

David C. Driskell Center, “Charles White - Heroes: Gone But Not Forgotten,” to May 23, University of Maryland, College Park. www.driskellcenter.umd.edu.

New Deal Cafe, Jenny Chau, March through April, opening reception from 7-9 p.m. March 30, 113 Centerway Road, Greenbelt. 301-474-5642, www.newdewalcafe.com.

10; John Guernsey, 6:30 p.m. April 11-12; InTone Nation, 8 p.m. April 11; Bruce Kritt, 4 p.m. April 12; ilyAIMY, 8 p.m. April 12; Fez Tones Halfa, 6 p.m. April 13, 113 Centerway Road, 301-474-5642, www. newdealcafe.com.

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

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

Mount Rainier Nature Center, Toddler Time: hands-on treasures, crafts, stories and soft play, 11 a.m. to noon Thursdays, age 5 and younger free, 4701 31st Place, Mount Rainier, 301-927-2163.

University of Maryland University College, Printmaking: Faculty Art Invitational

2014, to June 1, 3501 University Blvd., Adelphi, 301-985-7937, www.umuc.edu/ art.

NIGHTLIFE New Deal Café, Mid-day Melodies with Amy C. Kraft, noon, April 10; Open Mic with James and Martha, 7 p.m. April

Everything shipshape at Port City Brewing BREWS BROTHERS STEVEN FRANK AND ARNOLD MELTZER Port City Brewing was the first bottling brewery to open in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area since the close of Old Dominion Brewing. The brewery’s name derives from Alexandria’s origins as an important colonial seaport, which later became a major brewing

center. Owner Bill Butcher recognized that Washington was the only large metropolitan area without a production brewery and decided to fill that vacuum, opening in February 2011.

Jonathan Reeves, a brewer with 17 years experience, was Butcher’s first hire. Reeves helped design and install the brewery and develops the beer recipes. Since its opening, brewing at Port City has increased from 3000 barrels the first year

to about 9000 barrels in its third year of operation. Port City has expanded its capacity each year to meet this growing demand and now is able to produce 14,000 barrels at its Alexandria industrial area location.

The facility has a tap room with between 8 and 14 different beers on draft for visitors, which average about 800 to 1000 each week. The brewery is open for visitors and tours on ThursdaySunday with hours posted on its

website, http://www.portcitybrewing.com. The tapping area provides a tasting glass and six samples for $9.

About 40 percent of Port City’s beer is bottled, with the remainder distributed in kegs and sold in growlers at the brewery.

Port City’s distribution includes the metro area, South Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, New York City and Quebec, Canada..

Port City brews five beers on a year around basis: Essential Pale Ale, Monumental IPA, Porter, Optimal Wit and Downright Pilsner. Periodically, the brewery makes an oyster stout using 3000 locally grown oysters and oyster shells per batch, with part of the proceeds going to an oyster recovery program for the Chesapeake Bay. Seasonals include Tartan Ale (Scottish Ale) in the spring, an American-style Bitter for the summer, Oktoberfest in the fall and a spiced Tidings Ale, using Maryland wildflower honey as its holiday

offering. Optimal Wit, a bottle conditioned beer and the brewery’s best seller, won a gold medal at the 2013 Great American Beer Festival. The brewery also took four other medals.

Porter (7.2 percent alcohol by volume, ABV) has an alluring aroma of roast, coffee and dark fruit which leads into a front showing muted roast, a splash of dark fruit and a soupcon of chocolate. The roast increases a tad in middle while adding both a nuanced vinous quality and a tempered bitterness. The roast and coffee grow to medium in the finish with restrained dark fruit emerging. All blend into the aftertaste with roast and dark fruit continuing and a subtle chocolate appearing. Ratings: 8/8.

Monumental IPA (6.3 percent ABV) has a bitter hop, fruit and citric bouquet. The slight bitter and sweet malt front continues into the middle with the malt coming to the front. In the finish, the bitter hops battle back

with some added floral hops to see-saw with the sweetness of the malt. Both last through the aftertaste and linger in this balanced IPA. Ratings: 8.5/9.

Essential Pale Ale (5.5 percent ABV) has a grapefruit and bitter hop nose. The soft, sweet caramel malt front segues into a middle where the malt increases and mild bitter hops join along with notes of grapefruit. The hops grow to medium in the complex finish but are nicely balanced by the malt while the grapefruit flavor becomes quite strong. The malt fades in the aftertaste as the bitterness and grapefruit linger. Ratings: 8/8.

Optimal Wit (5 percent ABV) is the brewery’s top seller. Optimal Wit had a nose of yeast, orange zest, lemon and coriander. The light lemon front grows slightly in the middle joined by a touch of orange sweetness. The finish adds a hint of pepper. A note of clove arises in the AT as the lemon and pepper remain. Ratings: 7/7.5.

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Continued from Page B-1 to life by the Maryland Opera Studio as part of the School of Music at the University of Maryland in College Park. The show, being staged at the Kay Theatre at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, is set to run four nights, starting Friday.

“Dr. Falke [plots revenge], and sets about this in a number of ways,” said director Nick Olcott, who serves as the interim director of the Maryland Opera Studio. “[He gets] Eisenstein’s wife to a party, his maids to a party and he has him humiliated by both. His wife is pretending to be a Hungarian countess that [Eisenstein] tries to seduce, and his maid is pretending to be a grand lady who he insults.”

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Continued from Page B-1 have many rolodexes filled with names,” Winston said with a laugh.

For the Montpelier show, a six-piece band made up entirely of D.C. area musicians will accompany Winston. She said that during her performances she enjoys walking out into the crowd and getting everyone invested in the music.

“I try to have a message for the audience, something that’s uplifting,” Winston said. “Besides just playing music I try to tell stories about the music I’m playing.”

Winston was surrounded by jazz music her whole life and played flute all throughout school. As a senior in high school she realized she wanted to study music and decided to attend Howard University because she wanted to be at a traditionally black university.

Although she entered the school playing classical jazz, she ended up shifting her focus towards the jazz-fusion she plays now.

“I really like meeting people afterwards and hearing how they feel about the music and if they’ve been affected one way

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Continued from Page B-1 missed the community of artists that I was associated with there,” Makarah said. “Sometimes if you want something done, you have to do it yourself.

I had an idea, I thought about it and developed it.”

THE HERITAGE FILM FESTIVAL n When: April 17-19 n Where: South Bowie Library, 15301 Hall Road n Tickets: Free, but attendees are encourages to bring a non-perishable food donation

One of the interesting aspects of “Die Fledermaus,” is that unlike most operas, there is actual dialogue to accompany the songs. For the performance at Clarice Smith, the spoken parts will be in English, but the songs will be sung in German.

Keith Browning, who plays Falke, said his knowledge of the German language has increased exponentially since his involvement with the show.

“This language happens to be my favorite language to sing in,” Browning said. “It hasn’t really been work. It’s just been more enjoyable to work on a language that I actually enjoy singing and speaking in.”

All of the students in the show were required to take a German diction class. Browning, who has plans to move to Vienna in a few years to work, is

also taking private lessons from a German tutor.

“Opera singers don’t usually have to speak lines in their own language or in another language,” Olcott said. “That is a big challenge for them. Actors, of course, do it all the time. Opera singers don’t. We really had to work on the dialogue much more than you’d have to with actors.

“However, opera singers are very used to going from one lan-

guage to another and it becomes almost seamless. Part of our program’s emphasis is making sure that when they’re singing in another language, they know exactly what they’re saying and that they’re using the words the way a native speaker would.”

More than anything else, Browning said he’s had a great time playing the “puppet master” in the show. Of course, it’s also the first show in which Browning has had to act com-

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“It’s a really fun experiment to just let everything go and act as crazy as you would, like a New Year’s Eve party, on stage in front of everyone just completely plastered,” Browning said. “In terms of other aspects of the show, I’m having a lot of fun doing something opera singers don’t usually do [with spoken dialogue] … This has been a great exercise for all of us.”

Olcott said the show does

have a reaffirming feel for all those involved, especially Falke and his wife. Unlike most revenge operas, however, “Die Fledermaus,” just provides a silly, good time for all.

“So many operas are about deep, dark, bloody revenge. This one is just about someone who’s just getting even for a practical joke on a friend. It has a very lighthearted look on friendship.” wfranklin@gazette.net

JAZZ FLUTIST SHERRY WINSTON n When: 8 p.m. Friday n Where: Montpelier Arts Center, 9652 Muirkirk Rd., Laurel n Tickets: $25 per person n For information: arts. pgparks.com/Our_Facilities/ Montpelier_Arts_Center.htm

or another, or affected by something I’ve said on stage,” she said.

In addition to her shows and recordings, Winston is also working on a book, “For Lovers Only.” She explained that the book is something she has been working on for a while and is guide, of sorts, on what to do when a guest comes over and how to make a home feel warm and inviting.

During her concerts, Winston likes to bring up following dreams and going through with the things that people really want to do in life, as she is.

“I talk a lot about living your dream and if what I have to say inspired them to start to really go after that, I feel really happy about that,” Winston said. ementary school to universities.

“We try to show as much student work as possible. It’s rough sometimes, but it never fails. After every piece from a student, the audience claps and yells, no matter what it was like, and you see the look on their face and they’re so happy about it,” Makarah said.

She explained that the film festival draws participants of all ages, calling it “generational.”

Makarah said that they really consider this a festival for everyone because everyone can find something they like.

“You may be watching a piece that you can’t get into, but then if you wait a minute there may be something that strikes you,” Makarah said.

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Makarah brought her idea to Robert Barshay, the former dean of liberal arts at Prince George’s Community College, and he immediately wanted to get behind it. The festival was held at the college for seven years until Barshay’s retirement, when The Heritage Film Festival moved to the South Bowie Library.

“One thing that makes us unique, and I’m very proud of this, is our festival is free for people to attend,” Makarah said, adding that in lieu of admission, guests are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item to donate to the Bowie Interfaith Pantry and Emergency Aid Fund.

Makarah explained that planning a film festival is a yearround effort and she is already planning for next year’s tenth anniversary.

Opening ceremonies for this year’s fest are at 6 p.m. on Thursday followed by its newest program, “Viral Video Viewing: Our Best Picks from the Web,” at 2 p.m. Friday. The Heritage Film Festival will conclude at 2 p.m.

Saturday with a Student Film Program, featuring short films from students ranging from el-

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“Captain America: The Winter Soldier” is a better-than-average Marvel superhero bash, intriguingly plotted and pretty clever in its speculations about 21st-century life for Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, the greatest of the Greatest Generation warriors, as he contends with contemporary American geopolitical ideals run amok.

The movie does its duty. It’s a reliable commodity, delivered efficiently and well, like pizza.

In its frenzied action style and overall visual approach, the film is interestingly different from the first “Captain America,” my favorite of the Marvel franchisees alongside the first “Iron Man,” which has been carbondated to a time when Robert Downey Jr. seemed like novel casting. But I’d be lying if I said I enjoyed “Captain America” 2 as much as I did “Captain America” the first.

Many are praising the sequel for its harsh realism and frenetic approach to hand-to-hand combat, both in staging and editing. The directors are siblings Anthony and Joe Russo, who haven’t made a feature since “You, Me and Dupree” eight years ago, but who are about to become big deals in Hollywood

thanks to the inevitable success of this thing. (They’re already attached to a sequel.)

The new “Captain America” copies the pummeling sales tactics of “The Avengers,” which made a billion-and-a-half dollars worldwide two years ago.

May 2015 brings the sequel to that all-star variety show, to be titled “Avengers: Age of Ultron.”

It’s beginning to feel as if the Age of Ultron, which could be another name for Hollywood’s Marvel-dominant era, will never end. Long after life on Earth has been extinguished, there’ll still be an “Iron Man” sequel coming out the following spring.

This “Captain America” works for several reasons, beginning with the script by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. It pauses occasionally to remind us that these are supposed to be human beings, however genetically enhanced, coping with real-world problems of trust and job insecurity, and battling trauma and fishout-of-water loneliness.

Chris Evans is back as Rogers, who is now 95 years old but looks 30ish thanks to the deepfreeze process initiated by his S.H.I.E.L.D. overseers, led by eye-patched and anger-fueled Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), whose temperament suggests he’ll someday be revealed to be the real Incredible Hulk. The first “Captain America” was set in and around World War II, with Cappy and his boomerang-y shield fighting the sinister forces

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They find ways to deliver the welcome wisecrack or the leavening zinger just so, before the next round of slaughter begins.

The worldwide success of these movies is in their superheroics, of course, and in the crazy degree of overkill involved.

There is no “just enough” in today’s computer-generated Marvel marvels; there is only “too much.” And there’s a stealth element of hypocrisy in a film like “The Winter Soldier,” which bemoans America’s bloodthirsty, weapons-mad impulses even as it exploits all the hardware and an obscene body count for fun and profit.

Something about even a good Marvel movie is starting to feel a little bit enough-already. But in “Captain America” 2 at least our own skepticism and ambivalence regarding where it’s all going is mirrored by a protagonist who favors swing-era standards, even if his buddy Falcon has the excellent taste to recommend he give Marvin Gaye’s “Trouble Man” a listen, too.

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$14,900 2013 Toyota Corolla LE........ $14,900 #E0322, Classic Silver, 1-Owner, 33K Miles $14,490 2012 Nissan Sentra 2.......... $14,490 #P8858A, CVT Trans, 13k Miles, Bright Silver $17,495 2011 Chevrolet Traverse LS. . $17,495 #363442A, 6 SpeedAuto, 1 Owner, Sport Utility, Blue Metallic $17,900 2011 Ford Ranger XL.......... $17,900 #467057B, 1-Owner, 30K Miles, Ext Cab, Oxford White

16,700

1-Owner

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13 Ford Escape S

19,995

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#372014A, 6 Speed Auto, 8K Miles, 1-Owner

12 Chrysler 300 LTD #469042A, $ 8 Speed Auto, 42K $ Miles, Grey

22,950

$19,900 2010 Nissan XTerra SE........ $19,900 #464098A, 5 SpeedAuto, 1-Owner, Silver Metallic, Sport Utility 2012 Toyota Camry SE........... $20,900 $20,900 #N0336, 6 SpeedAuto, 1-Owner, Magnetic Gray, 26K Miles 2012 Mitsubishi Outlander GT. $21,900 $21,900 #363225A, 6 SpeedAuto, 5k Miles, Sport Utility, Rally Red 2011 BMW 328i.................. $24,500 $24,500 #472196A, 7 SpeedAuto, Black 2013 Toyota Highlander Sport Utility $25,900 $25,900 #R1755, 5 SpeedAuto, 1-Owner, 16K Miles, Blizzard Pearl

2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid...... $25,995 $25,995 #432094A, CVT Transmission, 1-Owner, 13k miles

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14FordFocusSE #472144A, $ Auto, 4k Miles, $

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2014 NEW COROLLA LE

36 $

NEW2 2014 COROLLA LE AVAILABLE: #470514, 470519

3 AVAILABLE: #470519, 470530, 470517

$

99/ MO**

4 DR., 4 CYL., AUTO

AFTER $500 REBATE

APRIL APRIL SHOWER SHOWER

NEW 2014 VENZA 4X2 2 AVAILABLE: #474506, 474508

OF OF SAVINGS SAVINGS

23,990

$

4 CYL., AUTO

AFTER $1,500 REBATE

15,690

4 DR., AUTO, 4 CYL., INCL.

NEW 2014 SCION XD 2 AVAILABLE: #453028, 453031

$

169/mo.**

4 CYL., 4 DR., AUTO

NEW 22014 RAV4 4X2 LE AVAILABLE: #464110, 464132

NEW 2014 PRIUS PLUG-IN 2 AVAILABLE: #477438, 477437

$

4 DR., 4 CYL., AUTO

NEW 2014 PRIUS II

21,590

AFTER $1000 REBATE

4 CYL., AUTOMATIC

NEW 2014.5 CAMRY LE

2 AVAILABLE: #477410, 477417

$

21,690

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$

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 04/30/2014.

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