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Lower speed limits on U.S. Route 1, a median fence to discourage jaywalking and overhead crossing signals at intersections are among new safety measures city, state and University of Maryland officials are taking to prevent

fatal accidents involving pedestrians in College Park.

In a news conference Monday, officials from the Maryland State Highway Administration, the University of Maryland, College Park, and the city of College Park announced several immediate steps being taken in response to three fatal accidents that occurred since the beginning of the year.

By Aug. 1, the highway administration said it plans to lower the speed limit between Guilford Road and Berwyn Road from 30 mph to 25 mph; by the end of August, the agency plans to

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install a temporary median between Knox Road and Hartwick Road to prevent pedestrians from crossing Route 1; and by the end of October, it plans to install a flashing, button-activated overhead pedestrian signal at the intersection of Route 1 and Hartwick Road, which will stop traffic and allow pedestrians to cross the intersection.

The total cost for the project is more than $1 million, which is coming from the highway administration’s budgets for maintenance and major projects.

Decline mirrored by state as Maryland moves toward Common Core

BY JAMIE

ANFENSON-COMEAU STAFF WRITER

Prince George’s County test scores are down, but that drop is comparable to drops seen across the state as Maryland adopts the Common Core education standards and prepares for a new assessment.

“I think we all anticipated the drop as we’ve been adjusting to the new Common Core

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standards,” said Prince George’s County Public Schools CEO Kevin Maxwell, referring to the new education standards. “It’s very comparable to the drops in test scores we’ve seen across the state.”

On Friday, the Maryland State Department of Education released the 2014 scores for the Maryland School Assessment, or MSA, which is given to students in grades 3 to 8.

The percentage of Prince George’s elementary students scoring proficient or better in reading was 77.6 percent, a drop

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“I think we all anticipated the drop as we’ve been adjusting to the new Common Core standards. It’s very comparable to the drops in test scores we’ve seen across the state.”

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Amy Palma, 9, of Colmar Manor puts out baked goods during a bake sale at Monroe Park in Colmar Manor on Saturday. Residents raised money for the installation of speed bumps on Monroe Street.

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Three Colmar Manor middleschoolers are using treats to make their town safer.

Ashley Sydney, 13; Amy Palma, 9; and Lilly Panameno, 10, hosted a bake sale from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Mayor’s Park in Colmar Manor.

About 50 people attended, includ-

ing Town Councilwomen Doreatha Epps (Ward 4) and Vivian Jackson (Ward 3) and Mayor Sadara Barrow, said Maria Keyser, bake sale coordinator. The Colmar Manor Police Department took part in the event, registering bicycles for at least 20 children and talking about safety.

The fundraiser, proposed about a month ago by the three girls and their parents, looked to raise about $150 for

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The president of the Laurel Boys and Girls Club faced a firing line of questions from Laurel council members after a television station investigation prompted city officials to take a closer look at the nonprofit organization’s finances and the programs it runs.

NBC News 4 reports on June 23 included interviews alleging that Laurel Prep Academy, a clubrun school that aims to give young men who are struggling in high school a chance to attend college

one speed bump installation on Monroe Street, Keyser said. Keyser said the bake sale brought more than $200, which will allow for a portable rubber speed bump.

Panameno said the bake sale was prompted after an incident that occurred while she and her friends were playing outside.

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by way of basketball, was not actually providing the students with an education. Other issues mentioned in the television and online reports included questionable financial practices by the former president of the club’s board, Levet Brown, who allegedly ran the organization with little financial oversight.

Among other reasons, council members said their main objective for calling the meeting July 10 with Nancy Lilly was to clarify who was running the organization, its financial situation and the transition of its leadership from one board to the next.

Councilman H. Edward Ricks (Ward 1) said after the meeting

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ANFENSON-COMEAU STAFF WRITER

The Prince George’s County school system has been awarded a $3 million

students, announced the grant Tuesday during a news conference in Langley Park.

Lidia Orellana Rivas of Langley Park, parent of a child in elementary school, said after the announcement that she welcomed the addition of an ELL high school to her community.

“As a mom, I am very happy that we are going to have this new school in our community,” Rivas said through a

Casa of Maryland translator. “It will allow teachers and students to have more involvement in the community.”

Casa of Maryland will provide wraparound services and programs to the new schools, according to Tehani Collazo, Casa’s senior director of schools and community engagement.

The grant came from the Carnegie Corp. of New York, which provides grants to promote equity, education

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grant for the creation of two English Language Learner, or ELL, high schools in Langley Park and one other county location that has yet to be determined.

Prince George’s County Public Schools, along with its grant partners Casa of Maryland, an immigrant advocacy organization based in Langley Park, and the Internationals Network for Public Schools, a New York-based education nonprofit serving immigrant

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and citizenship programs, according to its website.

One of the schools will be located in Langley Park, but the specific site has not yet been determined, said schools CEO Kevin Maxwell. The school will aim to serve the immigrant community of Langley Park, he said. The second school will be located within an existing

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JULY 18 Prince George’s Summer Shakespeare Festival’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,”

7:30 p.m., Montpelier Mansion Grounds, 9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel. A Midsummer Night’s Dream has young lovers, fairies, clowns and a talking wall, guaranteed to entertain the family. Contact 301-4463232 or Christel.Stevens@pgparks.com.

Friday Flicks Outdoor Movies 2014: “The Nut Job,” 8:15 p.m., Granville Gude

Park and Lakehouse, 8300 Mulberry St., Laurel. Surly, a curmudgeon, independent squirrel is banished from his park and forced to survive in the city. Contact 301725-7800.

Xtreme Teens (Safe Summer): Nail Design Workshop, 9 p.m. to midnight, Gle-

narden Community Center, 8615 McLain Ave., Glenarden. Learn the basics of creating a manicure, complete with designs.

Contact 301-772-3151; TTY 301-218-6768.

JULY 19 The Capital Area Food Bank’s Mobile Marketplace, 10 a.m. to noon, rear parking

lot of SHABACH, 3600 Brightseat Road, Landover. Community service providers will be onsite to provide helpful information about services available to you. Contact 202-769-5612.

Dinosaur Program, noon to 4 p.m., Dinosaur Park, 13200 block of Mid-Atlantic Blvd., Laurel. Dinosaur Park is a 41-acre park in Laurel, Maryland, featuring a rare deposit of fossils from the Cretaceous Period. On the first and third Saturdays of the month, you can join paleontologists and volunteers onsite to interpret fossil deposits. Contact 301-627-7755 or 301627-1286; TTY 301-699-2544.

Hyattsville Library Architect Community Meeting, 2 to 4 p.m., College Park

Community Center, 5051 Pierce Ave., College Park. Prince George’s County Memorial Library System will hold three community meetings for residents to share what they would like to see in the new Hyattsville Branch Library. Contact 301-699-3500.

Grand Finale: Project America’s Next Top Master Artist, 5 to 8 p.m., Brentwood

Arts Exchange at Gateway Arts Center,

3901 Rhode Island Ave., Brentwood. It all ends July 19. Your vote counts. Don’t miss this grand finale as we crown the winner of America’s Next Top Master Artist. Contact 301-277-2863; TTY 301-446-6802.

Safe Summer: 3-Point Shootout, 9:30 to 11:30 p.m., Seat Pleasant Activity Center, 5720 Addison Road, Seat Pleasant.

Show us your skills in this 3-point shootout contest. Contact 301-773-6685; TTY 301-218-6768.

JULY 21 Club 300 Group Walk (Woodrow Wilson Bridge), 9:30 to 11 a.m., Oxon Hill

Manor Historic Site, 6907 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill. Hey seniors, join Club 300 for our Summer Walking Program. Please arrive on time and meet us at the Oxon Hill Manor parking lot. Contact 301-446-3400; TTY 301-446-3402.

Horror Classics Series at Joe’s: “The Body Snatcher (1945),” 7:30 p.m., Joe’s

Movement Emporium, 3309 Bunker Hill Road, Mount Rainier. Contact 301-6991819.

Xtreme Teens (Safe Summer): Arena Football, 9 p.m. to midnight, Glenarden

Community Center, 8615 McLain Ave., Glenarden. Safe Summer participants will break up into two teams of seven players and play two hand-touch football. Contact 301-772-3151; TTY 301-218-6768.

JULY 22 Classical Conversations Information Meeting, 10 a.m. to noon, Buddy Attick

Park, 555 Crescent Road, Greenbelt. We will discuss classical Christian education and how our programs can equip you to effectively incorporate this model in your homeschool. Contact 301-699-5395 or thebarringers2@yahoo.com.

Xtreme Teens: 5 Spot Basketball Tourney, 10 a.m. to noon, Bladensburg

Community Center, 4500 57th Ave., Bladensburg. Bring a friend and join us for our 5-on-5 weekly basketball tournaments.

We’ll also have a foosball challenge. Contact 301-277-2124; TTY 301-445-4512.

Eco-Investigators at North Tract, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Patuxent Research Refuge North Tract, Md. 198 between the Balti-

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p.m., Bladensburg Waterfront Park, 4601 Annapolis Road, Bladensburg. Join a naturalist for a paddling excursion. Kayak or canoe to Kenilworth Gardens with a group. Please note: Children 16 and younger must be a accompanied by an adult. Cost: residents, $10; non-residents, $12.

Contact 301-779-0371; TTY 301699-2544.

MORE INTERACTIVE CALENDAR ITEMS AT WWW.GAZETTE.NET more/Washington Parkway and Md. 32, Laurel. Investigate wildlife habitats and how plants, animals and people interact in these environments. Ages 11-13. Contact 301-497-5580.

Opening of Riverdale Hills Playground (rescheduled event), 4:30 p.m., 6200 Sheri-

dan Ave., Riverdale Park. Rain or shine event. Please RSVP by July 21. Contact 301-446-3300; TTY 301-446-3302.

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Hard Bargain Players bring women’s monologue play to life.

Elementary School, 1400 Nalley Terrace, Hyattsville. Motivational speaker and advocate for people with disabilities, LeDerick Horne, will speak to PGCPS parents, teachers and administrators on the impact of school culture. Contact 240-441-3657 or kpztalley@msn.com.

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

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

JULY 23 Senior Dance Party, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Martin’s Crosswinds, 7400 Greenway Center Drive, Greenbelt. Calling all seniors 60 and better to celebrate the National Day of Dance. SMARTlink #:1429517. Cost: resident, $20; non-resident, $24. Contact 301-446-3400; TTY 301-446-3302.

Safe Summer: DJ & Skatemobile, 9 to 11 p.m., Seat Pleasant Activity Center, 5720 Addison Road, Seat Pleasant. Safe summer participants will enjoy the latest tunes while roller skating in our gymnasium. Contact 301-773-6685; TTY 301-4463402.

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Repair timeline for Route 1 sidewalks comes under fire BY

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Donna Weene of College Park said she is glad the State Highway Administration is working on a plan to replace broken and missing sidewalks along U.S. Route 1 — but she said she has been pushing for sidewalk improvements on the state road for about 20 years and wishes officials would move the project along more quickly.

“There’s literally no place to walk,” said Weene, who has lived off of Hollywood Road near Route 1 since 1984. “You’re literally like, walk, stop, walk, stop.”

State Highway Administration officials working on designs to retrofit the sidewalks along Route 1 said the earliest start date for the $450,000 project would be the summer of 2016, and work should take about three months to complete. The improvements would cover a portion of the road of just over one mile, from University Boulevard to Interstate 495.

“It’s definitely an area that

state highway would like to move forward,” said Kate Mazzara, assistant district engineer with the highway administration.

Mazzara said funding for the project will be available next year, but the work will take more time because the highway administration will need to coordinate with about 60 businesses to acquire “right of entry,” allowing access to their property to build the sidewalk.

But there is another potential delay for the project. The highway administration is asking College Park to build a sixfoot-tall retaining wall in front of a business that sits along a steep portion of the road.

Mazzara and other highway administration officials presented their plan for the Route 1 improvements, including the retaining wall with a suggested cost of $200,000, to the College Park City Council during a July 8 work session.

“The retaining wall is going to be challenging because it is an expensive item,” Mazzara said after the meeting.

While the highway administration will cover the cost of the sidewalk improvements, she said the property where the

retaining wall should be built is not state property. However, there are alternatives for the city, she said, such as building the wall using less expensive materials.

College Park Councilman Fazlul Kabir (Dist. 1) said the Route 1 sidewalks have been a safety hazard for years, but the highway administration’s improvement project has been dragging along since he took office two years ago.

“It feels like things are getting a little slower than they should be,” he said, adding that Route 1 is not owned by the city.

“We do have huge limitations.

We want something to happen quickly but we can only ask them to make it happen.”

Patricia Campbell, who lives off Hollywood Road, said she watches people struggling as they walk along the road.

She said she has seen mothers with small children trying to cut across the road because of the missing sidewalks.

“To have to walk into the street is not just unsafe, but an unpleasant experience,” she said. “That little area is kind of rough.” apopovici@gazette.net

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BY IMAN SMITH STAFF WRITER

Nancy Meyer of Hyattsville noticed something slightly out of the ordinary during her bike ride around the Anacostia River on May 25.

On the northeast branch of the river, large amounts of fish were trapped, Meyer said, in various areas of the CSX transportation construction site in Hyattsville.

“I was shocked to see that,” she said. “When I got down there and saw people from the Anacostia Watershed Society and bicyclists helping, I just had to jump in and try to save the fish.”

The incident has environmental officials and residents concerned about the impact of the construction on the river’s wildlife. About 700 fish died in the incident, said Jorge Bogan-

tes, natural resources specialist for the nonprofit Anacostia Watershed Society.

Rob Doolittle, a spokesman for CSX Corp., said some fish became trapped after the excessive water receded in cofferdams, underwater tubes used for pumping out water to create a dry work space.

In cooperation with the Maryland Transportation Authority, CSX began adding track near the intersection of Decatur Street and Baltimore Avenue in Hyattsville in August, Doolittle said. The project is expected to be completed by early 2015 with about 2.75 miles of new track.

Doolittle said CSX has implemented a solution for its contractor, Shirley Contracting Company, to follow in the event of another storm.

“To prevent a similar situation, they are to remove any fish that might be caught up in the cofferdams within 24 hours and use nets to ensure the safety of the fish,” Doolittle said.

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Brian Forehand of Landover plays the saxophone with his band, Tribe Inc., during the Lake Arbor Jazz Festival on Saturday.

Protecting the Anacostia’s wildlife is a priority for CSX, Doolittle said.

“Our objective is to minimize our impact on the environment when we are doing this kind of work,” he said. “We are committed to complying with all the regulations and protecting the environment.”

Mary Abe, director of stewardship programs for the Anacostia Watershed Society, said preparing the site before rainstorms occur is important.

“What we have issue with is that we didn’t feel there was anything in place [beforehand], and the result was hundreds of fish left dead,” Abe said.

Bogantes said the solution proposed by CSX should suffice.

“For this site, I think that’s a good solution,” Bogantes said, “but it would be better for the long-term to have guidelines to handle these situations ahead of time.”

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The Capitol Heights Volunteer Fire Department celebrated 100 years of service with a fire truck parade and blessing of the helmets Saturday afternoon.

Approximately 100 people turned out to see fire engines from nine fire companies cruise through the town of Capitol Heights, according to Jim McClelland, president of the Capitol Heights Volunteer Fire Department.

In addition to the modern fire trucks, two antique engines joined the parade, one from Silver Hill and another from Bladensburg, he said.

Twenty “old-timers” who joined the fire department in the late 1930s and 1940s came out to the event, McClelland said.

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“They were excited,” McClelland said. “It was a good, fun day.”

After the parade, fire department members gathered in the station’s quarters for a blessing of the helmets by fire department chaplain Dwayne Frost.

McClelland said the blessing was inspired by a ceremony held by a fire department chaplain in New York.

“It seemed like an interesting thing to do, a blessing to protect the firefighters and EMTs who respond to the calls, and it wouldn’t hurt,” McClelland said. “A lot of people hadn’t been to a ceremony like that, and it got good reviews.”

Although the fire department was first organized in 1905, it was not incorporated until 1914, McClelland said. Back in 1914, fewer than 20 people had joined the department, McClelland said. Today there are more than 45 active members of the fire department, McClelland said.

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BY IMAN SMITH STAFF WRITER

About 900 people took part Saturday in a health-themed block party, hosted by Community Forklift, a thrift store for modern and vintage home improvement in Edmonston.

Ruthie Mundell, outreach director for Community Forklift, said the high number attendees during the Community Block Party and Health Expo was surprising.

“We were thrilled that so many folks stopped by,” she said. “Community Forklift is intended to be much more than just a thrift store; our mission is to lift up communities, and the event was a great example of how we bring people together.”

Community Forklift serves as a reuse center, filled with surplus and reclaimed materials, Mundell said. The store has

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Mundell said about 15 players from the Bladensburg High School football team assisted with the event’s festivities, such as lifting heavy produce for senior citizens and helping with cleanup.

“It was nice to have young strong kids to help out and have all ages involved,” Mundell said. “ Malik Harris, wide receiver and free safety for the Bladensburg Mustangs, said Saturday’s expo spread awareness for the importance of wellness.

“It was good to come out there because we saw a lot of good food,” Harris, 16, said.

“It’s good to know about health because there are a lot of diseases out there.”

The event included free massages, healthy dining options, music, workshops and one-minute puppet performances showcased by Wit’s End Puppets, an experimental theater based in Washington, D.C. “This is kind of a fun thing to get people to stop for a min-

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Instructor Kendra Blackett-Dibinga (right) of Bikram Yoga Riverdale Park leads (from left) Sherri Joyner of Hyattsville, Kevin Raymond of Lanham and Suman Mukhopadhyay of Springfield, Va., in warmup exercises for a yoga class during the Community Block Party and Health Expo at Community Forklift in Edmonston on Saturday. ute, put a smile on your face and see a little fun story,” said Cecilia Cackley, artistic director of Wit’s End Puppets.

Sara Hayden, 39, of Takoma

Park said she attended the block party because of her love for Community Forklift.

“I love Community Forklift’s mission,” Hayden said. “I

think reusing is something that we all should aim for over new.

It’s sustainability, you know?” ismith@gazette.net

Summer reading just got easier for students at Ridgecrest Elementary in Hyattsville.

Teachers have volunteered to staff the school library during the school break for a few hours each week to provide access to books their students might not otherwise have.

Carolyn Marzke of University Park, a fifth-grade reading teacher at Ridgecrest, started the program this year, and solicited teachers to help with the effort.

“Most weeks, it’s open at least one day, often two,” Marzke said. “The principal arranged robocalls to families ... letting them know when the school library is going to be open.”

Marzke said that year after year, she sees the loss in reading skills over summer break and hoped the library effort will help prevent the problem.

“There’s a huge problem with summer reading loss,” Marzke said. “It’s very, very discouraging, because you don’t want to keep going over the same ground, spinning your wheels, as a teacher.”

Katie Willse, chief programming officer for the Baltimore-based National Summer Learning Association, said that according to studies by her organization, students lose an average of two to three months of instruction over the summer.

“Children from low-income backgrounds are disproportionately affected, particularly in terms of reading loss,” Willse said. “Families that have means are able to arrange opportunities for summer learning, such as camps or programs, but not all of those opportunities are evenly distributed across economic backgrounds.”

More than 94 percent of Ridgecrest’s students qualify for free and reduced meals, according to the Maryland State Department of Education.

Marzke said that for her students, it’s difficult to get books.

Many do not have books in the home, and for the majority of students who live near the school, getting to the nearest public library themselves requires two bus changes and a walk across the very busy Riggs Road, Marzke said.

“The kids don’t have access to the [public] library; it’s too far for them to go, their parents are working and can’t take them,” Marzke said.

Marzke said she has set a goal for third- through sixthgraders: reading at least 30 minutes a day for 80 percent of their days off. The prize for students meeting that goal has yet to be determined, Marzke said.

“We thought we’d try this experiment. We wanted to see if we kept this library open for a portion of time, combined with this little incentive, would they come,” Marzke said.

Ridgecrest Principal Denise Dunn said having the program is a huge asset to the school.

“Many students in our school do not have access to books at home and research shows that in order for children to improve in reading they need to read every day,” she said. “We want to minimize ‘summer loss’ when students return after the break, and hopefully this will help.” janfenson-comeau@ gazette.net

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Vintage parts sculpture among College Park council delays new Gateway art to be displayed action on rental unit bill Creation is part of initiative pairing businesses with artists

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What’s made of cast iron, stands about nine feet tall and glows in the dark? Hint: It has claw feet.

It’s a riddle many are likely to ponder as they pass a sculpture by artist Alonzo Davis that will be installed in about a month outside Vintage House Parts & Radiators on Rhode Island Avenue in North Brentwood.

And Davis said he’s hoping the sculpture will pique people’s interest. He wants people to stop and take a closer look at the two claw-foot bathtubs standing on top of two vintage radiators, with color-changing LED lights glowing softly from inside.

“How can this be visible from the street, how can it say ‘vintage salvage’ as well as how can it say ‘sculpture?’” Davis, 72, of Hyattsville said he asked himself as he worked on the design. The artist, who is now working on the piece with the help of an assistant, said he hopes the sculpture will draw attention to the business that salvages and sells vintage tubs, sinks, radiators, doors and other fixtures from old homes.

The sculpture is part of the Biz-Art Match-Up program, a Hyattsville Development Corp. initiative to highlight businesses in the Gateway Arts District while engaging the community through public art, said Justin Fair, the organization’s economic development coordinator.

The initiative, which pairs 10 artists with 10 businesses in North Brentwood, Hyattsville and Riverdale Park to work on projects ranging from sculpture to interior design to photography, is funded by local and nationwide art grants and matching funds from the businesses.

“It’s really allowed the business owner to think outside the box,” Fair said. “Here’s some money, here’s an artist; what can you guys do together?”

All of the projects are expected to be complete by Aug. 15.

Other partnerships include interior designers working on a project at Authentic Bartending School of Maryland in Hyattsville; a collage artist working on an installation at Spice 6, a restaurant in Hyattsville; and a photographer working on a photo shoot at The Ivy Lounge Salon in Riverdale Park. Fair said total funding for the project was $11,000.

After the businesses and the artists were selected separately, Fair said the businesses were allowed to select the artists with whom they were interested in working.

“This project is our first small step in what we hope will become an example of how the arts can become a better economic tool,” Fair said.

Andrew Gordon, a longtime employee of Vintage House Parts & Radiators, said he and store owner Saul Navidad liked Davis’ work and felt the artist’s ideas about the project were similar to their own.

“We liked his passion for this material,” said Gordon, referring to the radiators, clawfoot tubs, wooden doors, chandeliers, doorknobs and many other 19th-century fixtures the business salvages from old

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College Park residents concerned about an increase in student-occupied rental housing in their neighborhoods could see relief soon if the Prince George’s County Council moves forward with a bill designed to encourage families rather than investors to move into the city.

But after discussing the pros and cons of County Bill 42 in a July 8 council work session, College Park council members said they needed more time to study its provisions and did not take a formal position on the legislation. The bill was presented to the Prince George’s County Council on June 30.

The bill, known as the Single Family Neighborhood Stabilization Overlay Zone, introduced

by County Councilman Eric Olson (D-Dist. 3) of College Park, would require a rental home to be at least 800 feet away from another rental home in a designated zoning district within a two-mile radius of the University of Maryland, College Park, campus.

College Park council members said the rule would only apply to new rental units, and existing properties would be “grandfathered” in. But the discussion underscored the city’s ongoing struggle to strike a balance between serving the needs of its permanent residents and the college students who rent many of the city’s off-campus housing units.

City officials said there were 922 single-family homes registered as rentals as of July 11.

“The dynamic, over the past 20 years or

more, has been a steady decrease of owner-occupied houses,” said Councilwoman Stephanie Stullich (Dist. 3), adding that there has been a corresponding increase in rental units in that time period. “The intent of [the bill] is to give College Park a tool that we could use.”

Councilman Patrick Wojahn (Dist. 1) said the bill would address “the overabundance of rental properties that we have,” which he said he believes hurts the city’s reputation and drives down property values.

But Councilman Fazlul Kabir (Dist. 3) said the bill would have a negative effect on the housing market.

“If we have more restrictions in terms of inviting investors to our housing market, we will probably have more vacant houses,” Kabir said.

Councilman Robert Day (Dist. 3) said the bill is “a tool” that could offer the city some opportunities, but the council needs more time to consider its details as well as discuss it with constituents.

“We need to understand what it’s going to do to our community,” Day said. “We need to do our homework.”

Olson, a former College Park councilman, said he proposed the bill after hearing many constituents “demand action” to address the growing number of rental properties in the city. He said the bill would simply create an ordinance “on the books” which could be enacted later.

Proposed changes were made to the legislation during the County Council’s Planning, Zoning and Economic Development Committee meeting July 15, including reducing the distance between rental properties to 400 feet, according to the committee’s agenda. A committee will revisit the bill at a later date. apopovici@gazette.net

Pedestrian fatally hit in Beltsville A 27-year-old Beltsville man died Monday after being struck by a vehicle on Muirkirk Road in Beltsville.

Prince George’s County police reported that they responded to a pedestrian collision around 5 p.m. Monday and found Mohammed Toyin Bello of Ellington Drive suffering from critical injuries. Bello died several hours later at a hospital, police said.

Police believe Bello was attempting to cross the road after getting off a bus when he was hit by a van traveling west on Muirkirk Road, according county police spokeswoman Nicole

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At top, Avalberto Mendez of Hyattsville prepares a tub for artist Alonzo Davis of Hyattsville (bottom photo) for a sculpture Davis is building with parts from old claw-foot bathtubs and radiators at Vintage House Parts and Radiators in North Brentwood. At bottom, Davis looks at plans for the sculpture. homes, repairs and resells. “It’s not just a sculpture of random pieces, it’s a sculpture of pieces we have out here for sale.”

Gordon said the business, one of about four stores in the Washington, D.C., and Baltimore area that focus on “repurposing architectural antiques,” has found a niche clientele

among homeowners who are looking for well-made antique and vintage pieces for their homes.

“Some people see trash,” Gordon said. “Other people see history and art and architecture.” apopovici@gazette.net

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Hubbard. The driver of the van was not injured and remained on the scene after the incident occurred, police said.

Police spokesman William Alexander said the incident appears to be directly related to the weather, which was rainy and windy at the time, according to the National Weather Service.

Police are asking community members with information about the incident to call the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit at 301-7314422.

— EMILIE EASTMAN

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Continued from Page A-1 of 1.8 percentage points from 2013, and the percentage of elementary students scoring proficient or better in math was 65.9 percent, a drop of 9.6 percentage points.

Statewide, elementary reading and math scores dropped 2.1 and 8.1 percentage points, respectively.

The percentage of Prince George’s middle school students scoring proficient or better in reading was 71.9 percent, a drop of 3.8 percentage points from 2013, and the percentage of middle school students scoring proficient or better in math was 48.5, a drop of 11.6 percentage points.

Statewide, middle school reading and math scores dropped 3.8 and 9.1 percentage points, respectively.

In elementary school math and reading scores and middle school math scores, Prince George’s ranks 22nd out of the 24 Maryland school districts, outpacing only Dorcester County and Baltimore city school systems.

In middle school reading,

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Continued from Page A-1 “We were riding on the road and a car was driving really fast, and they beeped at us,” Panameno said. “These cars drive like 100 miles per hour, and kids drive on the roads with bikes. We don’t want to die on the road.”

Keyser said she became involved with the bake sale after witnessing the incident. The girls also use Keyser’s driveway as a bicycle ramp, making

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Continued from Page A-1 school elsewhere in the county, but the site has not yet been selected.

Maxwell said the start-up and ongoing costs for the two schools has yet to be determined, and will depend in part on the facilities chosen.

The schools would open at

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Continued from Page A-1 that “the tipping point” for him was when he learned from the NBC report that three teenagers had been living for months in the club’s locker room under unsafe conditions. He said he wanted to “see the club move forward in a successful way.”

Lilly, who has been president of the board since April and will step down as soon as a new president is elected by the end of July, defended the mis-

Prince George’s ranks 21st.

Despite the drop, the middle school scores’ overall ranking is comparatively better than last year, when Prince George’s ranked 22nd in reading and 23rd in math.

“The drop was not as severe as anticipated, and I think that is a credit to the job our teachers have done in preparing students in a changing environment,” Maxwell said.

This year marks the last year the MSA will be administered; beginning in 2015, Maryland students will take the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC. In spring 2014, a random sampling of students in Prince George’s County and across the state took the PARCC instead of the MSA as a “field test” of the new assessment. The students who took part in PARCC are not represented in the MSA results.

“The cohort isn’t really comparable from last year,” Maxwell said. “There are some students missing from the pool.” janfenson-comeau @gazette.net

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Greenbelt campers share ‘Message to Tomorrow’

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Creative Kids Camp participants perform the play “Message to Tomorrow” at the Greenbelt Arts Center on Friday. In the final scene, children standing with “Grandma,” played by Sue Smithers, are (from left) Ryleigh Adams, 11; Hanan Kemal, 12; Mila Shapiro, 9; Sean Brittan-Powell, 12; and Lucas Arayus, 12.

her feel responsible for their safety, she said. Keyser said the children involved are adamant about their safety.

“They really are setting an example for other children,” Keyser said. “It’s impressive how these children are taking a hold of this to the extent they can.”

The girls presented the fundraiser idea to Barrow, made posters, created a menu of treats and handled funds during the sale. Saturday’s treats included cupcakes, Rice Krispies treats and cookies,

Keyser said.

Epps said the fundraiser draws awareness to important safety concerns in the community.

“I’ve been [in Colmar Manor] for almost 20 years, and there’s more children in the neighborhood,” Epps said.

“I think the fundraiser will alert a lot of people. It’s showing the community that the children are concerned about their own safety.”

The tenacity of the three middle-schoolers is a testimony to the bake sale’s suc-

cess, Keyser said.

“The turnout amongst the children is a direct result of [the girls’] enthusiasm, their marketing and professionalism,” Keyser said. “The traffic on the block was a little slower than usual since the bake sale.”

Palma said playing safely is important.

“I think that kids should be safe because we don’t want to be in danger,” Palma said. “We don’t want to die because that would be really scary.”

the start of the 2015-2016 school year, Maxwell said.

“We’re in the start of our planning year, and so all of those questions are not resolved yet,” Maxwell said.

Maxwell said the schools are not intended to segregate immigrant students but to provide an additional option for parents, allowing for targeted services for their specific needs.

Students would need to apply to

the schools, which will accept 100 freshmen per year once they open.

“It’s just one of a number of school choice options available for our children,” Maxwell said.

Claire Sylvan, executive director of the Internationals Network, said the number of ELL students in Prince George’s has more than doubled in the past decade.

“For us, who have also

worked with other school districts facing new immigrant populations, or existing English Language Learner populations, this is a huge opportunity to learn from the districts, from our partners ... and to develop a collaborative vision with the community, with the school district, to serve students,” Sylvan said.

Approximately 12 percent of county students receive ELL services. In the 2012-13 school year,

the four-year graduation rate for ELL students was 63 percent, whereas the overall four-year graduation rate for all county students was 74.1 percent, according to information from the Maryland State Department of Education.

“We need to do better for our young people,” Collazo said.

“There is a critical need for new models in educating Langley Park students and ELL learners

throughout the county.”

Maxwell said schools will be run by PGCPS in collaboration with the Internationals Network, which has provided assistance in the creation of international high schools serving immigrant students in New York and California.

sion of Laurel Prep, saying that the young men who participate in the program benefit from the mentorship it offers, She also addressed council members’ concerns about the rapid departures and resignations of staff members still listed on the club’s website.

One of the questions council members repeatedly asked Lilly was why Brown, who she said had resigned from the position in “May-June,” still had checkwriting authority in the organization and holds the passwords for its banking transactions. Lilly

answered that she has not “had the time to make that transition happen.”

After Lilly gave the council members a summary of the club’s expenses, income and outstanding debt, Ricks said the organization’s aging building is contributing to its financial problems.

“You’re $192,000 a year in the hole. Does that sound like a good business decision to you?”

Ricks asked Lilly. “You must recognize that the building is what’s dragging you all down.”

Lilly said she is trying to

work with the resources she has to keep the organization going.

“The priority of the club is its programs,” she said. “Right now, in order to have income coming in, I need to have tenants ... . If I have tenants, I have to ensure that they have heat, that they have air conditioning and they have a safe place to be.”

Among the building tenants listed by Lilly are Transitional Zone, a nonprofit organization focusing on crime prevention, literacy and mentoring, and Bernadette’s House, a nonprofit organization working to empower

teen girls through characterbuilding classes and workshops.

The organizations rent space for their programs in the building of the Boys and Girls Club.

Councilman Mike Leszcz (At-Large) asked Lilly why the organization is spending money on a basketball program for adults, in reference to Laurel Prep, which was described by Lilly as a mentoring and basketball program for 18- and 19-year-old boys. She said the program benefits boys who are missing male role models in their lives.

“Somebody did not take the time to teach these boys how to be men, and we’re doing that,” she said.

But Evelyn Williams of Laurel, a new board member whose children are involved in the club’s athletic activities, said the organization should focus on children’s programs.

“You can’t run a program for adults when children’s programs are lacking,” she said to The Gazette after the meeting.

“You have to nurture what you

have in the smaller children ... you can’t take men and try to change them.”

Sherylyn Roberson of Laurel, whose children also attend activities at the club, said she wants the club to address its building code violations and get funding to offer activities besides basketball.

“We can’t even get doubledutch in there,” she said. “We just need to get some programs.”

Council president Frederick Smalls (Ward 2) said the meeting was productive.

“This kind of laid the groundwork,” Smalls said after the meeting. “It got us from where we had been for so many years... to a point where there’s dialogue.”

Going forward, Ricks said City Council members plan to hold regular follow-up meetings with the club’s new leadership.

“We want the club to survive,” he said. “We want it to be successful.”

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of the accident and was later arrested, was under the influence of alcohol.

Measures already implemented by the highway administration as part of the task force include adjusting cross signal timing so pedestrians have more time to cross intersections, median signs that read “No Pedestrian X-ing” and more signs advising drivers to stop for pedestrians in crosswalks.

Among the new safety measures is a proposal by College Park Mayor Andrew Fellows to enforce the lower speed limit in College Park by expanding the time during which speed cameras operate. The City Council will vote on this measure during its meeting July 15.

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The measures are part of a pedestrian safety initiative that has been underway since the fall, but the immediate steps were prompted by the recent increase in fatal accidents, said State Highway Administrator Melinda Peters.

“We had already started to develop a list of actions,” Peters said after the event. “Because of the tragedies, we worked to figure out what short-term things we could pull out.”

In the most recent accident, a 21-year-old woman was fatally hit by a car on July 6 as she crossed Route 1, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department. Police believe the driver, who fled the scene

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Teamwork helps the city work Youth clubs almost always need a few extra dollars for uniforms, equipment and other items — which is why the Bowie Boys and Girls Club’s recent donation of $3,000 to the city is so spectacular.

The city had approved YOUTH CLUB’S $7,000 for goal posts to be DONATION TO added to a Bowie field, alBOWIE IS GOOD lowing the club’s football teams to play and practice EXAMPLE OF closer to home. In a surprise COMMUNITY move, the club raised $3,000 PARTNERSHIP last month — and gave it to the city.

“For me, it was [about] showing my members and the City Council that we’re in this together,” said Brian Jamison, South Bowie Boys and Girls Club football commissioner. “Instead of us always coming to [the city] and asking, asking, asking, we could contribute. We’re one unit. We are the city of Bowie.”

Sure, the football program has other needs, but Jamison was committed to showing city officials, children and entire Bowie community that providing for the city’s children is a team effort.

Too often, municipalities and youth groups struggle to find common ground, but when they work together, everyone benefits. Providing positive activities for children keeps them out of trouble, which helps the community as a whole.

Kudos to Jamison and the other club members for setting such a good example for the children in the club, and for other organizations and municipalities. Their efforts show how a true community-city partnership should work.

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Elected officials are to blame for cameras

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Speed cameras, such as this one in Laurel, have long been a source of contention.

Supporters say they improve safety, but critics say they invade privacy.

Don’t blame speed cameras; blame drivers

My first response and suggestion to the Letter to the Editor [“Speed camera program is ‘poorly managed’”] in the July 3 GazetteStar by Ms. Lowery-Bell is that it would be better if drivers would better manage their driving habits instead of being critical of poorly managed speed cameras. Ms. Lowery-Bell seems to think it is probably OK to speed as long as there were large obvious speed camera signs, with blinking lights, etc., to warn them that they are approaching a speed camera. How about all of those speed limit signs that are posted on just about every street in this country? Those aren’t speed suggestions, they are speed “limits.”

If you exceed the posted limit,

you should get a speeding ticket.

She also mentions that a speeding ticket from a speed camera isn’t necessarily proof that she was speeding; however, I read somewhere that a person can actually go 10 miles over the limit before the camera is triggered, so even if the camera wasn’t 100 percent accurate, she had a cushion of speeding by going much faster than the posted limit.

Ms. Lowery-Bell admits in her letter that she has gotten one or more citations in the mail, so here is a suggestion for her and others: Don’t speed and you won’t get a ticket.

David Boone, Bowie

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I have read — with some amusement, I must confess — [the July 3] letter [“Speed camera program is ‘poorly managed’”] from Jennifer Lowery-Bell, another irate citizen like myself, railing about speed cameras.

Her arguments against them were so familiar to me.

As one who has fought practically every speed-camera ticket that I ever received and actually won a few times, I could feel her pain from going up against Prince George’s County’s iron-willed automated enforcement legal and judicial apparatus. There is just no give in this system. You got a speed-camera ticket? You have a right to a hearing in which you will be told that you are guilty and that you must pay up — and that’s that.

It’s got me to wondering: What is it about these things that burns me up so much? I don’t get half as angry when a police officer gives me a speeding ticket.

I feel like I deserve it and I feel certain that the officer is right. I don’t contest it. Why does getting a printout in the mail from this Tinkertoy on the side of the road make me want to go to court almost every time?

The reason, I am sure, is that I feel as if my rights of privacy are being violated.

If I am driving fast on a road and I see a police cruiser, I feel obligated out of respect for that officer to slow down. But if I drive by a hidden, unmarked box that is secretly taking my picture when a mechanism inside of it detects me exceeding a certain speed, I feel like an automated “peeping Tom” has broken into my personal space, even if I am indeed exceeding the speed limit by more than 12 miles an hour.

The people to blame for setting up this scam are our elected officials in the Prince George’s County and Maryland state governments and the speed camera manufacturers who have lobbied them to install these devices. You would think that the politicians, at least, would care about your privacy, but no — all the persons involved are simply out to make a buck. I have confronted politicians who have come to my door this recent primary election season to determine their positions on speed cameras, and they all sheepishly profess that they can do nothing about them.

What malarky!

You, as a citizen, can do only one thing to put a stop to these automated highwaymen that make you “stand and deliver” your hard-earned 40 bucks. You can go to town hall meetings that your politicians stage occasionally, stand up and demand that speed cameras be removed and banned. Keep doing that until those politicians finally get the message. Eventually, they will — in about a decade.

Steven Glazer, Bowie

Maryland’s sports divide Maybe it was just a coincidence that Washington’s and Baltimore’s baseball teams met on the field of battle last week, just when we were commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Battle of the Monocacy.

The Civil War — now that was a real rivalry still being waged in places like Washington and Lee University, where students want the Confederate flags removed and the university renamed for Spike Lee instead of the General (I made up that last part).

The WashingtonBaltimore sports rivalry isn’t as bitter MY MARYLAND for the following BLAIR LEE reasons.

1.

Because Washington’s and Baltimore’s teams are in different leagues and conferences, they play each other too infrequently.

The NFL Redskins play in the NFC; the Ravens play in the AFC. The Major League Baseball Nationals play in the National League; the Orioles are in the American League. Last week’s four interleague games between the Nats and the O’s are it for the season. Meanwhile, the Redskins and Ravens can go years without meeting. It’s hard to build a rivalry between teams that don’t play each other.

2. Baltimore doesn’t have enough pro teams to keep the rivalry going.

Washington has major league teams in football, baseball, basketball, ice hockey and soccer. Baltimore has only football and baseball. It has minor league ice hockey and soccer teams, but I can’t remember their names.

3. The sports rivalry is one-sided; Baltimore fans hate D.C.’s teams, but D.C. fans are oblivious, which just makes Baltimore angrier.

Baltimore, battling its chronic inferiority complex, has become D.C.’s Brooklyn, a bedroom community commuting down Interstate 95 every morning. It’s the town where quarterback John Elway refused to play, the town that the Colts abandoned

and the town that lost its NBA Bullets franchise to Prince George’s County. When the Reagan administration’s list of top terrorists targets didn’t include Baltimore, a miffed mayor Donald Schaefer fumed that his city was worthy of terrorist attack.

And here’s what The Baltimore Sun’s editorial page wrote when the Redskins won the 1983 Super Bowl: “Congratulations to the Washington Redskins for bringing cheer to a joyless town. This collection of un-drafted rookies, rejects and retreads, the nearest thing to an all-volunteer army, beat the great Miami Dolphins. Even Washington can be No. 1 for the first time in 41 years.”

Baltimore fans root for “whoever’s playing the Redskins,” while D.C. fans view Baltimore’s teams as just another game.

D.C.-area fans find Baltimore “quaint” with its crab cakes and Bromo Tower, a city that doesn’t appear on the Weather Channel map, a place they fly over on their way to New York.

Rivalry, no. Animosity, yes. Orioles manager Buck Showwalter opened some old wounds during last week’s series saying, “You realize how big an (sports market) area this was for the Orioles before our owner (Peter Angelos) was kind enough to let the (Nats) have a team here.” Buck, stick to managing.

The battle over who controls the Washington/Baltimore sports market has been raging for decades. Back in 1954, the Washington Senators let Baltimore acquire the Orioles in exchange for $300,000 and some advertising revenue. Subsequently, the Senators abandoned D.C. for Minnesota and then, later, a replacement Senators team fled to Texas, leaving D.C. without baseball for 34 years.

In 2005, when the Montreal Expos relocated to D.C., the Orioles’ owner, Angelos, got most of the Nats games’ TV revenue subject to future adjustment. Now, when that adjustment is due, Angelos is stonewalling the Lerner family, who own the Nats. Nice.

Meanwhile, back in 1985, when Orioles owner Edward Bennett Williams threatened to move the Orioles to D.C., the state’s taxpayers rescued Baltimore by building the Camden Yards stadium and giving the

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Don’t let good plans suffer from bad traffic

Nearly every part of Prince George’s County shares one common concern: traffic congestion.

In Bowie, residents are worried that a planned mixeduse development near the intersection of Pointer Ridge Drive and U.S. Route 301 will add to current traffic problems, and feel the county isn’t doing enough work on the front end to make sure adequate traffic plans are in place.

In Oxon Hill, the upcoming MGM casino has residents in an THOROUGHLY uproar over traffic they ADDRESSING’ believe will make curCONGESTION rently congested roads a CONCERNS BENEFITS complete nightmare.

EVERYONE “You don’t know if you haven’t been there and experienced it,” County Councilman Obie Patterson (D-Dist. 8) of Fort Washington said Monday. “We are heading for a train wreck when it comes to transportation out there.”

And in the northern part of the county, there’s U.S. Route 1, a long-standing example of gridlock.

In some of the older, more developed portions of the county, figuring out a way to lighten the load on roads understandably can be challenging. However, in areas where upcoming developments are the cause of consternation, all options should be seriously considered.

For example, in Bowie, residents and city officials are asking for a stoplight at the entrance of the new development, Amber Ridge, to keep traffic off nearby roads that are already used as shortcuts and suffer from speeding.

They also asked for an additional traffic pattern analysis.

Both were denied by the county’s zoning hearing examiner.

Granted, other traffic plans were approved by the examiner, but given the city’s ongoing concerns, it would benefit everyone to take another look at the rejected requests. Worst case, the county discovers it had properly addressed concerns the first time around, the development enjoys well-managed traffic, and residents’ fears are allayed. Everyone wins.

Of course, in any development project there are likely to be some living nearby who will never be satisfied with even the best thought-out road plans, largely because they oppose the development itself. But most residents and officials are merely hoping for a solution that maintains their quality of life and doesn’t force them to endure hours in traffic.

As county officials move forward with some of the big projects on the horizon, it’s important to go above and beyond to ensure road concerns are addressed. After all, given the headaches that traffic congestion is already causing around the county, it’s better to be overprepared in our plans rather than underprepared.

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O’s a longterm, sweetheart lease.

The battle over football is even more contentious. When Bob Irsay moved the Colts to Indianapolis in 1984, Jack Kent Cooke, the Redskins’ owner, tried cornering the Washington/Baltimore market by moving the Redskins from D.C. to Laurel, in the middle of the football fan base.

After all, reasoned the Redskins, if the Orioles can serve the entire Washington/ Baltimore baseball market, why can’t the Redskins serve the entire football market?

But Maryland Gov. Donald Schaefer would have none of it — the state will build a Redskins stadium in Baltimore, but nowhere else in Maryland, said Schaefer, the first American governor to reject an NFL franchise!

So, instead, Cooke built his own NFL stadium in Landover. Subsequently, after years of complaining about their Colts being hijacked, Baltimore turned around and swiped the Browns from Cleveland and the state built Baltimore a football stadium right next to Camden Yards.

The intrastate animosity even extends to college sports. Baltimore has never fully supported University of Maryland sports because the Terps play in College Park, not Baltimore. And recruiting Baltimore athletes has always been tough for the Terps. As a peace offering, the University plays some big Terps football games in Baltimore, which only infuriates D.C.-area Terps fans.

The two regions couldn’t even work together on attracting the 2012 Olympics.

Should they apply as the WashingtonBaltimore partnership or as the BaltimoreWashington partnership? When they couldn’t agree on a name, the effort died.

Still, the two regions’ semi-rivalry has its moments of humor. At last week’s Monday night game in D.C., the camera caught a couple decked out in opposing colors: he in an orange Orioles jersey, she in a red Nats jersey. She stood waving a sign that read: “We dated before he told me.”

Blair Lee is chairman of the board of Lee Development Group in Silver Spring and a regular commentator for WBAL radio. His email address is blairleeiv@ gmail.com.

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All ‘Vital Signs’ point to yes Play covers range of stories, emotions from female point of view

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“Time Dilation” is a kinetic work by Billy Friebele exploring Einstein’s theory of relativity as it relates to our perception of the passage of time.

Exhibit brings art, science together ON VIEW

BY CLAUDIA ROUSSEAU A fascinating and important exhibition of sculpture (in the largest sense of that word) is now on view at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in the art gallery space on the ground floor of their building on 12th Street and New York Avenue in Washington, D.C. The exhibit, organized by the Washington Sculptors Group in collaboration with the AAAS Art of Science and Technology Program and the AAAS Art Committee, was juried by local curator Sarah Tanguy. Of the 24 artists represented, a fair number are residents of Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. WSG is celebrating its 13th anniversary

this year, and all the artists are members of the greater Washington, D.C., metro community.

“Gedankenexperiment” is the German term used by Albert Einstein to describe his use of conceptual, rather than actual, experiments. Literally translated as “thought experiment” the idea can imply some kind of imaginative or intellectual device used to investigate a proposition, particularly the effects of a hypothesis or theory that can’t easily be proved in the physical world. The challenge then to the artists was to conduct their own thought experiments, but to demonstrate them in artistic expressions of a very wide variety, employing an equally broad range of media to do that.

The star of the show, hands down, is Billy Friebele, who hap-

pens to be a resident of Prince George’s County, as well as a current Hamiltonian Fellow — a prestigious grant won by competition at the eponymous gallery on U Street. Friebele was the most interesting of three of the artists who were on a panel presenting their work and ideas at the opening of the exhibit. The son of two scientists, he studied philosophy in college, but eventually gravitated toward making art of a very unusual genre.

Working with found objects in ways that recall Dada and Marcel Duchamp, Friebele makes kinetic assemblages that fit the bill perfectly as “Gedankenexperimenten,” each of them addressing, as he has said, “subtle, temporal events that occur at the periphery of perception.”

For the AAAS exhibit, Frie-

bele created a work exploring Einstein’s ideas about relativity as they relate to our perception of the passage of time. “Time Dilation” consists of a record turntable, complete with the playing arm resting on a 33 1/3 record.

At its central axis, the artist has mounted an ordinary analog wall clock. Four similar clocks are attached to steel arms coming out from beneath this. The work is connected to an electric timer which periodically causes it to spin. “The spinning motion references the cyclical nature of time,” Friebele has written, “and the rotation of the Earth.”

Although all five clocks were initially set to the same time, during the course of the exhibit they will become out of phase with each

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Following a male actor-heavy season, the Hard Bargain Players are bringing women back to center stage for “Vital Signs,” opening Friday.

The play, written in 1990 by Jane Martin, collects a series of one- to two-minute monologues presented by a cast of seven women. Each is meant to tug at the heartstrings, inspire laughter or make the audience think.

Director Suzanne Donohue is no stranger to “Vital Signs,” having performed in it back in college. After the first choice of production fell through, the team had to scramble to find a replacement. With a shorter reading period, Donohue found herself coming back to the play while going over options.

“I had shied away from it because I had already done it, and why repeat something when there’s so much out there,” she said. “But we kept returning to it; it was well-written and the characters and pieces were so much fun.”

Because of the time crunch, Donohue and her crew brought in people they knew or had seen before in other productions in lieu of an open casting call. With seven cast members and dozens of different monologues, the Hard Bargain Players held a read-through to get a feel for each other and the varying tones of the pieces.

While each section of the play

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Katie Bolt stars in the Hard Bargain Players’ upcoming production of “Vital Signs.”

stands on its own and doesn’t rely on any of the other monologues for context, they all form one cohesive unit — much like the cast members performing them.

“In theater it’s not just the actors and how they perform, it’s how they work together,” Donohue said. “They really clicked right away, which doesn’t always happen regardless of if it’s a cast of men, women or a combination.”

The team worked to make sure each cast member didn’t have several pieces in a row or stuck to one emotion throughout the performance in order to truly access a range of characters and stories.

In order to keep the tone of each intact, little else is done as far as dressing up the show. Aside from a few set pieces like wicker patio furniture and a café table and chairs, the costumes and backdrop are minimal in order to

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Better than the thrift store You don’t really know what to expect from a band called 49 Cent Dress. Those curious to find out will be rewarded with solid music that appeals to the masses.

49 Cent Dress, set to perform at New Deal Café in Greenbelt at 8 p.m. on Friday, plays everything from rock ‘n’ roll to blues and soul.

Fans should not be surprised to

Local group 49 Cent Dress will be performing at New Deal Café on Friday.

hear familiar songs by such artists as Amy Winehouse, Van Morrison, and more.

Led by Melissa Orr on vocals, Erik Robelen, John Rowny, and Steve Andrzejczyk make sure the crowd always goes home happy.

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Coming out swinging

Wise words of Mr. Root Jamaal Collier — aka Mr. Root — is a versatile professional hip hop artist. With a great stage presence, it’s no wonder he’s a popular guy.

Collier will be performing at Harmony Hall in Fort Washington at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 23.

For more than a decade, Collier has performed all around the MidAtlantic region. He also incorporates workshops, which are popular with young adults.

With a passionate appreciate for his art, Collier won the Mic-ology Spoken Word Slam Championship in 2007.

Tickets are $5. For more information, visit mncppcapps.org or call 301-699-2255.

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It may be its debut season, but don’t tell that to the Maryland Lyric Opera. The group will bring two powerful operas to life, starting this weekend at the Kay Theater at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland in College Park.

“Cavalleria Rusticana,” and “I Pagliacci,” will open at 7 p.m. on Saturday with three additional performances on Sunday and the following Saturday and Sunday.

Tickets for the performances are $45, $35 for seniors (ages 62+) and $20 for students. For more information, visit theclarice.umd.edu, marylandlyricopera.org, or call 301-405-2787.

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Soprano Sara Beth Pearson will star as Nedda in Maryland Lyric Operaís production of “I Pagliacci,” at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

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THEATER & STAGE Bowie Community Theatre, “Sex Please We’re Sixty,” through July 26, call for prices, times, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Dr., Bowie, 301-805-0219, bctheatre.com.

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Maryland Lyric Opera:

Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci, 7 p.m., July 19, 2 p.m., July 20, 7 p.m., July 26, 2 p.m., July 27; Summer Sing: Brahms German Requiem, 8 p.m., July 26, University of Maryland, College Park, claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.

Hard Bargain Players, “Vital Signs,” through Aug. 2, 8 p.m., call for prices, Theater in the Woods, 2001 Bryan Point Rd., Accokeek, 240-766-8830, hbplayers.org.

Harmony Hall Regional Center,

Jamaal Collier, 10:30 a.m., July 23, call for prices, 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, 301-2036070, arts.pgparks.com.

Greenbelt Arts Center, “Eugenio,” July 18 through July 27, call for prices, times, Greenbelt Arts Center, 123 Centerway, Greenbelt, 301-441-8770, greenbeltartscenter. org.

Joe’s Movement Emporium, Wine Tasting & Comedy Show Soiree, 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.; July 19; Horror Classics: The Body Snatcher, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., July 21; Horror Classics: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.; July 28, 3309 Bunker Hill Road, Mount Rainier, 301-6991819, joesmovement.org.

Laurel Mill Playhouse, “Disney’s Peter Pan Jr.,” Aug. 1 to Aug. 24, call for ticket prices, times, Laurel Mill Playhouse, 508 Main St., Laurel, 301-452-2557, laurelmillplayhouse.org.

Prince George’s Little Theatre, “Brighton Beach Memoirs,” Aug. 29 to Sept. 13, call for tickets and show times, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Drive, Bowie, 301-937-7458, pglt.org.

Publick Playhouse, 5445 Landover Road, Cheverly, 301277-1710, arts.pgparks.com.

2nd Star Productions, “Chil-

dren of Eden,” opening Sept. 26, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Dr., Bowie, call for prices, times, 410-757-5700, 301832-4819, 2ndstarproductions. com.

Tantallon Community Players, “August: Osage County,” Coming in September/October 2014, Harmony Hall Regional Center, 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, 301-262-5201, tantallonstage.com.

Venus Theatre, “We Are Samurai,” coming in September, 21 C Street, Laurel. venustheatre.org.

NIGHTLIFE New Deal Café, Mid-Day Melodies with Amy C Kraft, noon to 2 p.m., July 17; Open Mic, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., July 17; John Guernsey, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. July 18; 49 Cent Dress, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., July 18; Bruce Kritt, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. July 19; John Guernsey, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., July 19; Billy Coulter Band, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., July 19; Deaf Brunch, 10:30 a.m. to noon, July 20; Kids’ Open Mic, 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., July 20; Fez Tones Hafla, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., July 20; 18Rabbit, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., July 22; Cajun Music Jam, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., July 23, 113 Centerway Road, 301-4745642, newdealcafe.com.

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

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, 301627-7755.

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.

Prince George’s Audubon Society, Bird Walks, 7:30 a.m. first Sat-

urdays, Fran Uhler Natural Area, meets at end of Lemon Bridge Road, north of Bowie State University, option to bird nearby WB&A Trail afterward; 7:30 a.m. third Saturdays, Governor Bridge Natural Area, Governor Bridge Road, Bowie, meet in parking lot; for migrating and resident woodland and field birds, and waterfowl. For beginners and experts. Waterproof footwear and binoculars suggested. Free. 410-765-6482.

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Continued from Page A-8 other because the outside clocks are subject to greater force when they spin. Very much at the intersection between art and science, but in an amusing and even play-

ful way, the piece demonstrates the “ephemeral and relative nature of our experience of time,” something that is, by definition, impossible to see.

Another show stopper is Paul Daniel’s kinetic “Chase Pier Model.” This elaborate construction involves a basin filled with

water with four sail-like forms attached to a spinning brass mechanism. These cause two blue spirals to turn lifting the water. The whole is powered by wind from an electric fan. As a model for a way to turn the Chase Pier in Baltimore into a wetland, the piece is a kind of “what if …”

given concrete form.

Jeffery Cooper, a Montgomery County resident, worked as a mathematician for many years. His “thought experiment” is about the improbabilities of evolution. Noting that nature has produced animals that have two or four legs, but not three

Thursday, July 17, 2014 lr legs, Cooper’s “Mutant” alludes to that possibility. A hand carved wooden “head” rests on a tripod of iron rebar. While the idea is interesting, as a work of art, the rebar is a big mistake. It calls attention to itself as a construction material, a jarring contrast to the carved and sanded wood. Mate-

rials are important in sculpture, and their selection is meaningful.

Some polished steel legs would have been a better match.

Jeff Chyatte’s impeccably crafted “Elements” is based on mathematically significant relationships deriving primarily from a reading of Euclid’s famous treatise of the same name. As a “thought experiment” the work is a diagrammatic fusion of Euclid’s golden rectangles, Plato’s solids, the Borromean rings, and the Fibonacci sequence in an elegant work of sculpture. Chyatte is Professor of Anatomy and Physiology at Montgomery College in Takoma Park/Silver Spring, where he also resides. His interests in crossovers between art and science and in ways that mathematics can be translated into form have long been the inspiration of his work as a sculptor.

Ruth Lozner’s very attractive “Dr. Mesmer’s Principles of Animal Magnetism” is an assemblage of antique collectibles and handmade ceramics.

Although intended to allude to those strange ideas, I couldn’t see the fit with the “thought experiment” theme. On the other hand, James Mallos’ “What’s Eating Alaska: a Gravitational Collapse of 435 Congressional Districts” is a conceptual computer generated drawing that, although its aesthetics are less than arresting, is an intriguing and curious proposition.

Among other works that were particularly striking were Roger Cutler’s “Scale of Archimedes.”

Based on demonstrating the physical principle of leverage, it consists of a heavy wooden beam perfectly balancing a steel anvil and a feather. Forrest McCluer’s “Floppy” looks like a space vehicle, but is actually a meditation on the theory of duality in mathematics made from the remnants of 30 discarded computers. Finally, Elsabé Dixon’s “Black Pod” was, with reason, among the most popular works at the opening. An openwork structure made of plaster, the “Black Pod” is home for a group of living silk worms. When placed on the sculpture, they adapted perfectly, weaving silk and creating their cocoons. For the artist, the work is a demonstration of “objects of biological intelligence;” that is intelligent design evidenced in biological processes and structures.

Gedankenexperiment, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1200 New York Ave., NW, Washington, D.C., 20005, June 16 through Aug. 22, 2014. Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday through Friday. 202326-6400.

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“Jane has an uncanny ability to touch on universal feelings that we as women, as well as all people, tend to have but maybe don’t express all of the time,” Donohue said. “Most of the stories aren’t extremely specific or incredibly outrageous, but as you listen they resonate with you.”

The pieces focus on relationships with family, friends and coworkers. They are spoken from females of all ages, teens and elderly alike. They mention concrete subjects like softball and abstract feelings like a preference for beginnings, middles or ends.

Even though the pop culture references of prior decades are kept in place, the stories don’t become any less relevant to today’s audience.

Every piece has a different intended audience – there are soliloquies, a group being addressed or an unseen conversational partner sprinkled through the performance. The audience sitting in their seats, however, is meant to watch as a third party and reflect on the women’s stories, much like the cast members themselves do every night.

“We sit in rehearsal and talk about and work on these pieces, and it touches us as well,” Donohue said. “I think sometimes it’s good to know that you’re not the only one.” kgroff@gazette.net

VITAL SIGNS n When: 8 p.m. July 18, 19, 25 and 26 and Aug. 1 and 2 n Where: The Theatre in the Woods, 2001 Bryan Point Rd., Accokeek n Tickets: $10, $8 for students and seniors n More information: hbplayers. org; 240-766-8830 143945G

FOOTBALL: 7-on-7 passing league, Sunday at Towson

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Some of Prince George’s top football programs, including DaLawn Parrish’s Wise team face off.

BASEBALL: American Legion All-Star Game, noon, Friday, Jericho Park, Bowie.

BOYS’ BASKETBALL: Blair vs. Capitol Christian, 7:05 p.m. Monday at Lamond Recreation Center.

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Usue Arconada trains at the Junior Tennis Champions Center in College Park. Below: Jordi Arconada trains at the Junior Tennis Champions Center in College Park.

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College Park siblings are among world’s best junior tennis players

BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN STAFF WRITER

There’s nothing out of the ordinary about a mother watching her children’s tennis lesson. But Tuesday’s maternal audience is not something College Park residents Jordi Arconada, 17, and his 15-year-old sister Usue Arconada, see every day at the Junior Tennis Champions Center in College Park.

The Argentina-born siblings, who moved with their family to Puerto Rico nearly a decade ago, were around 9 and 11, respectively, when they left for Florida in pur-

suit of elite-level training. They received a scholarship to the IMG Academy Bollettieri Tennis Program, where many players, such as Maria Sharapova and Andre Agassi, started their tennis careers.

After a year-long stint in Atlanta, the two followed coach Frank Salazar to College Park, where they’ve lived with friends and trained for four years.

“My parents thought it would be easier for us to play tennis over here, to play pro tournaments and college, there’s more opportunities than in Argentina,” Jordi Arconada said. “It’s easier to travel to more tournaments [in the United States].”

The children of national team volleyball and gymnastics coaches, Usue Arconada said she and her

Over the past decade, the Washington, D.C. region has been a breeding ground for some of National Basketball Association’s top talent.

Two of those players, Ty Lawson and Victor Oladipo, decided to give back to the region by sponsoring the inaugural Ty Lawson and Victor Oladipo All-American Camp last week at DeMatha Catholic High School.

Sixty of North America’s top high school players, including eight from Prince George’s County, were selected to take part in the camp, which included drills, workouts and games with direction from some of the area’s top instructors, including Lawson.

Lawson, a Clinton native, attended Bishop McNamara in 2003 before transferring to and graduating in 2005 from Virginia’s Oak Hill Academy. He was drafted by the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves and

traded to his current team, the Denver Nuggets, in 2009.

He said that when he was in high school, there weren’t a whole lot of camps such as this one for youth to display their skills in front of college coaches.

From the day the camp opened on July 9 to Friday when it ended, more than 100 coaches from major collegiate athletic programs lined the perimeter of DeMatha’s Morgan and Kathy Wootten Gymnasium to get a glimpse of some of the region’s top prospective basketball talent.

But that was only part of the reason why Lawson wanted to be apart of the camp.

“This is where I came from. I was born and bred here,” Lawson said.

“So, just coming back and seeing kids from here doing well makes me feel good.”

The eight Prince George’s participants were Potomac’s Randall Brodie, Largo’s Abdulai Bundu, DeMatha’s DJ Harvey, National Christian’s Christian Matthews, Riverdale Baptist’s Taron Oliver and Kenny Wormley and Paul VI’s Franklin Howard (Suitland resident) and Co-

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Taron Oliver participates Friday in the Ty Lawson and Victor Oladipo All-American camp at DeMatha Catholic High School. Lawson (Denver Nuggets) and Oladipo (Orlando Magic) both starred locally in high school play in the NBA.

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Deetjen replaces longtime, successful Bowie boys’ soccer coach

BY TED BLACK STAFF WRITER

Inside the main gymnasium at Bowie High School earlier this week, nearly a dozen members of the Bulldogs’ boys’ soccer team, some without shoes, took turns passing, shooting and sliding.

Bowie has been among the prominent soccer programs in Prince George’s County for the past four decades, winning nine Class 4A state titles. But the Bulldogs begin anew this fall in one respect. Longtime coach Richard Kirkland, who guided the Bulldogs to four states titles during a 25-year career in which he went 287-97-18, retired from teaching and coaching at the end of the 2013-14 school year.

The Bulldogs, however, have hired

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Bowie High School first-year boys’ soccer coach Frantz Deetjen (left) encourages Jesse Frimpong and Precious Cisse Tuesday at the school.

DeMatha swimmer stays competitive as he prepares for winter

BY TED BLACK STAFF WRITER

With his team set to host the Prince-Mont Division C championships this Saturday, Montpelier Marlins’ swimmer Dylan Buehler was looking to gain a psychological advantage over his local rivals on Saturday evening at the 33rd annual Laurel Invitational at the Fairland Aquatic Center.

Buehler, a rising senior at DeMatha High School, challenged West Arundel swimmers Ryan Webb and Jay Venit through each leg of the 15-18 boys’ 100-meter individual medley and then down to the final wall where Webb, a rising senior at Reservoir High, narrowly prevailed by seven one-hundredths of a second.

“The one thing I like about this meet is that you get to face all the Laurel swimmers,” Buehler said.

“A lot of these guys I’ve competed against here since I was eight years old. It’s a fun meet and it gets loud.

I knew it was going to be close between me and Ryan. He’s been having a really good summer and I’ve taken a break from swimming for a while. I’ll probably start back in the fall.”

Buehler, who is expected to be the Stags’ top performer this winter in the breaststroke and butterfly, had earlier edged Webb in the 50 butterfly (28.13) by one-tenth of a second. But Buehler was upended

by Venit in the 50 breastroke. Venit, who finished less than two seconds behind Webb and Buehler in the 100 individual medley, was disqualified from third in that event for an apparent stroke violation. Webb won the 15-18 boys’ 100 freestyle (58.10) by nearly three seconds.

West Laurel swimmer Erin Kane, a recent Spalding graduate and rising freshman at Rennselear Polytechnic Institute in New York, was among the top female performers on the day. Kane won the 15-18 girls’ 50 butterfly (31.07) by more than a full second over Montpelier’s Carolyn Sutton, a rising junior at Laurel High, edged Eanna Hehir-Keys (Laurel City) in the 1518 girls’ 50 breastroke (37.80) then completed a triple by taking the 100 individual medley (1:10.46) by 3.6 seconds over Sutton, who had earlier won the 50 backstroke.

“I liked what I was able to do in all my events,” said Kane, a lifeguard at Montpelier. “I really like the IM because you can do all of the strokes and not have to spend the whole event doing one stroke.

This has always been one of my favorite meets. I get to see a lot of the

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Continued from Page B-1 Laurel girls that I practically grew up with, like Kellianne [Venit] and Andrea [Sturgis].”

Montpelier swimmer Suzannah Mills also continued her stellar summer. Mills, who is homeschooled, easily won the 13-14 girls’ 50 butterfly (33.52), 50 backstroke (33.64) and 100 individual medley (1:14.75). Her older brothers, Nick Mills and Rocco Mills, finished one-two in the 15-18 boys’ 50 backstroke.

Among the youngest swimmers at the meet, Michael Venit (West Arundel) won both the 9-10 boys’ 25 butterfly and 25 backstroke, but finished second to Dominic Kazzi (Russett) in the 25 freestyle. Kazzi also won the 9-10 boys’ 25 breastroke, but settled for second to Venit in the 25 butterfly. Both swimmers are rising fifth graders at Brock Bridge Elementary in Laurel and could face one another on July 26 in the PrinceMont All-Star meet at Belair Swim & Racquet.

West Laurel’s Taylor Murray also completed a triple on Sunday.

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Murray captured the girls’ 9-10 fly, 25 freestyle and 25 backstroke. Tavon Thompson (Russett) captured the 13-14 boys’ 50 freestyle and 50 breastroke and was second in the 50 butterfly. West Laurel swimmers Cara Samson and Noelle Dawson were one-two in the 13-14 girls’ 50 free, while West Laurel’s Christian storzer and Julia Knisley were onetwo in the 9-10 girls’ 25 backstroke.

Montpelier’s Conner Reynolds and Frankie Spitza each won two events. tblack@gazette.net

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Nick Mills of the Montpelier Community Swim team competes in the 200-meter medley relay during the Sunday’s Laurel Invitational at the Fairland Aquatic Center.

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rey Manigault (Upper Marlboro).

“They’re pretty talented,” Lawson said about the players in attendance.

“I was just saying that, I think they’re better than us when we [were] in high school. Everybody’s a little more athletic than I think we were. It’s a pretty good crop.”

The players were selected by a panel of writers and scouts who traveled for the specific purpose of finding the top players for an invitation to the camp, according to camp manager Keith Stevens.

The players didn’t have to pay for anything besides their travel expenses to and from Maryland.

Stevens, who also heads Team Takeover, one of the top Amateur Athletic Union teams in the country, said that the camp lived up to his expectations.

“The biggest thing was garnering the kids exposure,” Stevens said. “We have so many kids — you know you get the LeBron [James] camps, the Reebok camps, which are prestigious camps, but it’s not enough for everybody.

“And you could probably never get enough for everybody, but I thought this was another platform where we could give them the opportunity to get exposure in a intimate setting with proper coaching.

And have guys come and watch,” Stevens said.

He said that Lawson and Oladipo were all-in once he approached them with the idea for the camp.

Brodie, a rising junior, said that it helps to see guys from the same part of the world be successful but still come back.

“It shows that the DMV is very talented in basketball,” Brodie said. “Not just on the West Coast or East Coast.”

Harvey, one of the youngest players at the camp, appreciated every moment he had to learn

a recognizable face in Frantz Deetjen, who spent the previous seven seasons as an assistant under Kirkland and teaches micro-economics at the school.

“This summer, the kids have been very receptive to the wokrouts and the conditioning program,” said Deetjen, who played three seasons at Long Island University. “In fact, they’re more motivated than I ever thought they would be. They want to get better. We want to get stronger, get faster and get better. I think we spend one-fourth of each workout in the weight room, the next hour on conditioning and then we do some skills.”

Deetjen expects to carry 22-25 players on the varsity roster. Jim Flynn, another longtime Bulldogs’ assistant, is back for his 13th season.

Bowie’s first scrimmage is set for Aug. 21 at Sherwood.

Rising senior Darwin Granados, who skipped his first two high school seasons to play club soccer with the D.C. United Academy program, is looking forward to playing centermidfield this fall.

“Really, my only goal this season is to get through the regionals and win states,” Granados said. “I don’t care how many goals I score or how many assists I have as long as we win.

We lost in the regional final last fall, but that just taught us what we have to do to get better.”

Rising junior Jesse Frimpong, who scored seven goals last fall, agreed.

“This year, for me, it’s all about getting back to states and winning a state title,” Frimpong said. “I think we have the talent to do that. I think our style of play will be a little different this year with coach Deetjen. Last year with coach Kirkland, we would kick the ball in deep and then chase it down. But this year we’re more about making the extra passes to help set up our scorers.”

“I think the kids are really going to enjoy playing for [Deetjen],” Kirkland said. “He knows the game, he played the game and he understands how to teach the game. I think you’re going to see a smooth transition. I’m looking forward to seeing a couple of games this season. He’s going to do a terrific job and when I show up I’ll be there as a fan and not as a coach.”

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Keith Stevens manages the Ty Lawson and Victor Oladipo All-American camp and All-Met Elite basketball program at DeMatha Catholic High School. Pictured on Friday in Hyattsville, Stevens offers final words to the players and coaches. Ty Lawson is a former Prince George’s County athlete and current player for the NBA’s Denver Nuggets. Victor Oladipo is also a former Prince George’s County athlete that plays for the Orlando Magic. from everyone.

“It was great — playing against older kids,” Harvey said. “Great mentors led by example — told me what I did wrong, told me what I did right, told me what I can work on, told me always keep my head up.”

ney a lot easier.

“They come from athletic parents with a coaching background who understand the mentality and what it takes [to become a professional athlete],” Salazar said. “It definitely takes a level of commitment. They knew where they were living the opportunity was less. They’ve been away from home since they were little, now it’s just become part

The rising senior, Oliver, felt like he showed the coaches in attendance some versatility.

“I feel like I showed them a different side of my game that I’m pretty sure they haven’t seen,” Oliver said.

The one common theme

of their lives. But it’s benefitted them to be here as brother and sister. And they push each other.

If one does well, the other one wants to do just as well.”

Jordi Arconada, who won a round at Junior Wimbledon last month, is currently the No. 75-ranked boy in the International Tennis Federation junior rankings (18-under). Usue Arconada, who reached the semifi-

among the player reactions was that they all had a good time.

Stevens said that he expects there to be a second camp next year. pgrimes@gazette.net

nals of the doubles competition at Wimbledon, is No. 31 in the girls’ ITF rankings. At 14, she became the second-youngest player in history to win a WTA match with her victory in the first round of qualifying at last year’s Citi Open in Washington, D.C.. She won the Citi Open Wildcard Challenge last month to gain entry into qualifying again, but is already committed

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to represent the U.S. — Jordi Arconada plays under the Argentinian flag — in an international team tournament to be held at Wimbledon.

The Arconadas, who said they relish the opportunity to be role models for younger JTCC athletes — Usue mentors a 10-year-old girl — display similar speed, tenacity and competitiveness on the court.

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They are, however, on slightly different tracks. Jordi Arconada, who boasts a world-class twohanded backhand, committed to Texas A&M University last month. His ultimate goal remains professional tennis and Salazar said the teenager has the ball-striking ability, speed and fight to make it there. But college tennis will give Arconada time to get on a regimented weight training schedule in order to put more body mass behind his shots, as well as more match experience under good coaching.

Usue Arconada, whose impeccable timing and hand-eye coordination allow her to take the ball early and hit hard, flat shots through the court off both wings, benefitted from being the youngest of three siblings — the two have an older brother who plays college tennis in Puerto Rico — and began training and playing at a high level at a much earlier age.

Already headed toward the top of the rankings with three more years in the 18-under category, Salazar said, the younger Arconada, who credits her older brothers with pushing her from the start, could be winning junior grand slams in the next couple of years. She is set to increase her professional tournament schedule in the fall, Salazar said, and could be part of a new wave of American tennis in the next few years as she gets older; something she said she has her sights on.

“It’s been really important to have my brother with me,” Usue said. “My family is all over the place. It was a lot of sacrifice leaving everyone behind but training here is good and we need it to improve on our tennis. ... I really want to make a mark [on American tennis]. I know the [U.S. Tennis Association] is looking for new upcoming talent.

There are a lot of girls my age who are pretty good but surely I want to make it up there.” jbeekman@gazette.net

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Juwan Cofield brought the ball up the court with a little more than seven seconds on the clock.

His Surrattsville High School boys’ basketball teammates were scattering to different parts of the perimeter with their palms out, waiting on a catch-and-shoot opportunity.

Instead of passing, however, Cofield found an open space along the 3-point arc and pulled up for a game-tying shot attempt. The ball rolled off the rim as time expired Thursday and the Hornets lost to Richard Montgomery 54-51 in a More Than Basketball summer league game at Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington, D.C. “[We’re] going to win or lose on me,” said Cofield, a rising junior. “Today I just — we lost. But I’ll take it” “I started to call a timeout,” Surrattsville coach Demario Newman said. “But I said, ‘You know what, let me see what he can do ... give him an opportunity.’ It’s as simple as that. It’s basketball man.”

A season ago, Cofield averaged 10 points per game, but with Evonte Hill, who averaged 21, and David Curtis, who averaged 11.5, now gone to graduation, Cofield will be one of the leaders of a young Surrattsville team.

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Kordell Kershaw (right) of Surrattsville High School drives to the basket against Julian Watson of Richard Montgomery during Thursday’s summer league basketball game at Woodrow Wilson. think the scoring load is all on Cofield.

He said he likes the team they have returning, and that the offense will not be an issue with different players capable of and expected to contribute.

“This year is definitely going to be a team effort,” Newman said. “Right now, I do lean on him a lot for a lot of different things. Basically for leadership ... and also Kordell [Kershaw], [our] point guard

— leadership.”

Kershaw is only listed at 5-foot-5, but the rising senior played bigger than that in Thursday’s game.

He made difficult shots in the lane

over taller defenders on Richard Montgomery’s roster.

“Good point guard play. He can handle the ball, pass the ball, shoot the ball.

So I think that’s going to be the facilitator for our team this year,” Cofield said about his teammate.

Last season, the Hornets went 5-19, continuing a trend that started in 2010 of alternating winning seasons and losing seasons. They were 13-11 in the 2012-2013 season and they likely want to continue that trend for at least one more year. But in order for them to be better, Newman and Cofield agreed, they need to work on defending and boxing out this summer.

“Like I said, I’m excited for what we have coming back,” Newman said. “Just got to constantly put some work in over the summer. Finish out the summer, come back into the fall, get in the weight room. Just keep working.”

Similarly, Richard Montgomery lost it’s top scorer, Noah White (9.2), to graduation, but the margin in points scored between he and rising senior Renzo Farfan (8.5) is not as wide.

Farfan, and a cast of other rising seniors who played in Thursday’s game, including Nick Jackson, David Bottenberg and Justin Nikakhtar hope to improve on an 11-13 record from last season.

Thursday marked the final night of the More Than Basketball regular season. Every team participates in the playoffs, which are set to begin on Monday.

The final is scheduled for Thursday. pgrimes@gazette.net

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Hampton averaged about 12 points a game for the Stags last season, helping them to a 29-6 record and a runner-up finish to Paul VI in the WCAC. He was expected to be one of the top returners for the Stags this season.

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Sharaya and Sharaiah Dunwell gained entry to the U.S. Tennis Association Mid-Atlantic Section tournament scheduled for Aug. 8-10 in Charlottesville, Va. Matches are played in a World Team Tennis format — one set of each girls’ and boys’ singles, girls’ and boys’ doubles and mixed doubles — where every individual game counts toward the final score. “[The team aspect] is really the thing I like most about JTT,” PGTEF director of programs Zach Tobias said. “Tennis is such an individual sport, a lot of times it can be a lonely game. I really loved college tennis because of the camaraderie, the family environment. Junior Team Tennis is the closest duplication of that at the junior level.”

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Records set at Bowie City swim meet The 43rd annual Bowie City swim meet at Whitehall Pool & Tennis was halted after 32 of 49 events July 7, but seven meet records were established.

Whitehall recorded six of the seven records. Joseph Hayburn won the 9-10 boys’ 25 butterfly (15.92 seconds), 50 freestyle (32.71) and 25 backstroke (17.43)

in record fashion. Annie Hayburn won the 15-18 girls’ 50 fly (29.03) and 100 free (59.77) in meet, pool and team record times. Jimmy Hayburn took the 13-14 boys’ 50 fly (29.30).

Belair Swim & Racquet standout Geordie Enoch, a rising freshman at Harvard University, won the 15-18 girls’ 50 breast (34.35) to establish a new meet, pool and BSR team mark. Belair Bath & Tennis won the overall meet with 369 points, three more than Whitehall (366) and roughly 100 more than Pointer Ridge and BSR.

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Fort Washington residents receive Division I offers Friendly High School football seniors Isiah Ryans and Ronald Bell have received offers to play football at Hampton and Howard universities.

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That’s the start, I’m blessed.”

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BSU puts six on preseason All-America team The Bowie State University football team had six football players, two from Prince George’s County, named to the Beyond Sports Network preseason All-America team.

Seniors Khari Lee, Keith Brown (Temple Hills), Austin Hochman, Anthony McDaniel (Fort Washington), Mario Diaz-Aviles and Justin Nestor were part of the 25-member team.

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#526546, 2.4L, Automatic, Sunroof, 1-Owner

#526544, Automatic, 48K Miles

2011 Infiniti G25 Sedan

#P9028, 1-Owner, Auto, 42K miles, Blue Slate

2014 GOLF 2.5L 4 DOOR

#3001704, Automatic, Power Windows/Power Locks, Keyless Entry, Heated Seats, Bluetooth, Cruise Control

14,999

$

2014 PASSAT S #9009449, Power Windows, Power Locks, Keyless Entry

MSRP $22,765

BUY FOR

17,995

$

MSRP 24,715 $

18,999

$

BUY FOR

21,299

$

DARCARS

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

OR 0.9% for 60 MONTHS

2014 TIGUAN S 2WD

2014 GTI WOLFSBURG EDITION

#13595050, Automatic, Power Windows, Power Locks, Keyless Entry

MSRP $26,685

#4002727, Automatic, Power Windows/ Power Locks, Keyless Entry

MSRP 27,285 $

21,999

$

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

BUY FOR

22,927

$

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

2008 Infiniti G37 Journey Coupe

#526316A, 3.7L V6, Automatic, 47K Miles

22,590

$

DARCARS

17,999

MSRP $26,150

21,999

$

2014 PASSAT SE TDI

#9094730, Power Windows, Power Locks, Sunroof

MSRP $27,730

23,829

$

OURISMAN VW WORLD AUTO CERTIFIED PRE OWNED 32 Available...Rates Starting at 1.64% up to 72 months

2009 KIA Rio.....#V230683B, Blue, 105,885 Miles.....................$6,491

2011 Jetta TDI...........#VP0059, Black, 41,750 Miles................$18,494 2011 GTI.....#VP0065, Gray, 41,445 Miles.................................$18,991

2008 Honda CR-V....#V092531A, Blue, 78,527 Miles...............$13,591

2013 Jetta SEL....#V410519A, Black, 31,625 Miles.................$19,991

2013 Passat CPO. ....#VPR0053, Maroon, 46,478 Miles...........$14,994

2014 Camry SE....#V001251A, Silver, 7,448 Miles...................$20,991

2013 Beetle MT/CPO.....#V063133A, Black, 7,112 Miles.........$15,994

2014 Jetta SEL....#V272749A, Black, 10,320 Miles.................$22,491

2010 Jetta TDI Sedan.....#V411469A, Red, 35,705 Miles......$16,990

2013 CC....#V303995A, Blue, 78,527 Miles...............................$23,991

2013 Beetle CPO.....#V000536A, Black, 10,333 Miles.............$16,991

2014 GTI HB Wolfs....#V537179A, Black, 3,520 Miles..............$24,991

2011 Tiguan SE..........#VP0062, Red, 30,864 Miles.................$17,992

2012 Honda CR-V EX-L.....#V274812A, Silver, 34,278 Miles....$24,994

All prices exclude tax, tags, title, freight and $300 processing fee. Cannot be combined with any previous advertised or internet special. Pictures are for illustrative purposes only.

See dealer for details. 0% APR Up To 60 Months on all models. See dealer for details. Ourisman VW World Auto Certified Pre Owned financing for 60 months based on credit approval thru VW. Excludes Title, Tax, Options & Dealer Fees. Special APR financing cannot be combined with sale prices. Ends 07/31/14.

Ourisman VW of Laurel

Online Chat Available...24 Hour Website • Hours Mon-Fri 9 am-9 pm • Sat 9 am-8 pm

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3371 Fort Meade Road, Laurel

1.855.881.9197 • www.ourismanvw.com

VOLVO

1.888.824.9165

$

2010 Dodge Journey....#V1032C2A, Black, 62,614 Miles.......$12,491

#P8974, Automatic, 4K Miles, AWD, Flamingo Red, 3.0L Turbo

www.darcarsvolvo.com

#2806407, 2.5L Turbo, Power Windows/Locks, Power Top

BUY FOR

17,990

$

15401 Frederick Rd, Rockville, MD

MSRP $21,915

BUY FOR

#429043A, Automatic, 30K Miles, 1-Owner, 2.4L

2011 Nissan Rogue SV SUV..................................$21,990 2013 Volvo S60 T6 Sedan............................................$33,980

2014 JETTA SEDAN TDI 2014 BEETLE CONVERTIBLE

#7278701, Automatic Power Windows, Power Locks, Bluetooth

2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid

#P9048, Automatic, 2.5L 5-Cyl Turbo, Certified, 1-Owner

#526514A, 1-Owner, Black Amethyst, Automatic, 17K Miles

#1601415, Automatic, Power Windows/Power Locks, Keyless Entry, Sunroof

BUY FOR

13,990

$

#526536A, Automatic, 2.5L 5-Cyl Turbo, 1-Owner, Certfied

#526519A, Automatic, 3.2L V6 Engine

2014 BEETLE 2.5L

MSRP $21,085

MSRP $17,775

#460053C,SportSUV, Auto,BrightSilver,2.4L

2008 Audi A6 Quattro Sedan................................$21,980 2012 Volvo S60 T5 Sedan............................................$25,990

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#7370872, Power Windows, Power Locks, Keyless Entry

2010 Jeep Compass

#526037A, Automatic, 29K Miles, 1-Owner

#N0434, Automatic, 2LT Sedan, 1-Owner

ON ALL 2014 TURBO MODELS

2014 JETTA S

21,980

$

9,980

$

#G0021, 2.4L Sedan, Automatic, Passion Red

2012 Chevrolet Malibu LT ...........................................$15,990 2012 Volvo S60 T5 Sedan............................................$25,880

SUMMER SAVINGS!

$1,000 BONUS

BUY FOR

21,690

$

16,980

$

2006 Volvo S40

2012 Ford Focus SE............................................................$14,990 2011 Acura TSK Sedan...................................................$23,980

OURISMAN VW

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#526507B, 3.5L V6, Automatic, Crystal White

12,990

$

2007 Lexus RV 350 SUV

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

YOU ALWAYS GET YOUR WAY AT OURISMAN EVERYDAY

BUY FOR

15,980

2008 BMW Z4 3.0I Coupe

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2012 Fiat 500 M/T Crossover

#P9012, Manual, 13k Miles, 1-Owner

$

9,980

#526017A, Automatic, 1-Owner, Sedan

11,980

$

2009 Volvo S40 Sedan

(301)288-6009

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$

2007 Mitsubishi Raider LS

INSTANT CASH OFFER

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8,980

#P9038A, 4-Cyl, Hatchback, Automatic

2004 VW Passat GLS

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DARCARS NISSAN DARCARS

2003 Nissan Altima S

7,977

$

#P9042A, Automatic, Sedan

See what it’s like to love car buying.

2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer

10,977

$

#P9055A, Auto, Leather, LT SUV

2014 NISSAN VERSA NOTE S

MSRP: Sale Price: Nissan Rebate: NMAC Bonus Cash:

$14,975 $12,995 -$500 -$500

11,995

$

2009 Pontiac G6 Sedan

#11454 2 At This Price: VINS: 410059, 425457

#340192A, Automatic, “Ltd Avail”, Nuance Leather

2014 NISSAN SENTRA$18,975 SV MSRP: Sale Price: Nissan Rebate: NMAC Bonus Cash:

#12114 2 At This Price: VINS: 258544, 256538

$

2014 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 S

MSRP: Sale Price: Nissan Rebate: NMAC Bonus Cash:

17,995

Selling Looking for

13,995

2013 KIA RIO LX Sedan #441519A, 1-Owner, Auto, 29K Miles

MSRP: Sale Price: Nissan Rebate: NMAC Bonus Cash:

$

#29014 2 At This Price: VINS: 201149, 706165

2014 NISSAN MURANO S AWD MSRP: $31,755

choices?

Sale Price: Nissan Rebate: NMAC Bonus Cash: Murano Bonus Cash:

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13,977

$

2012 Nissan Altima 2.5L Sedan

$22,960 $19,995 -$500 -$500

14,977

$

#446025A, Automatic, 1-Owner

2008 Volkswagen R32 Coupe

14,977

$

#445124A, Automatic, 1-Owner

2011 Toyota Camry LE Sedan

15,977

$

#445125A, Auto, Alloys, Sunroof, 34K Miles, 1-Owner

18,995

$26,995 -$3,500 -$500 -$500

22,495

$

11,977

$

#13114 2 At This Price: VINS: 390386, 903681

2014 NISSAN ROGUE SELECT AWD

Your Car just economical got easier!

2008 Volkswagen Passat #P9007B, Turbo Sedan, Manual

$15,495 -$1000 -$500

$23,815 $19,995 -$1,500 -$500

$

10,977

$

2011 Nissan Altima 3.5L SR Sedan

18,977

$

#P8986, Leather, Sunroof, 1-Owner, 18K Miles

2012Mercedes-BenzC-ClassC250Sport #E0338, Automatic, RWD, Navigation, Sunroof, 1-Owner

26,977

$

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#23214 w/Bluetooth 2 At This Price: VINS: 506225, 507007

DARCARS NISSAN of ROCKVILLE

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888.824.9166 • www.DARCARSNISSAN.com

888.805.8235 • www.DARCARSNISSAN.com

15911 Indianola Drive • Rockville, MD (at Rt. 355 across from King Farm)

15911 Indianola Drive • Rockville, MD (at Rt. 355 across from King Farm)

Prices include all rebates and incentives. NMAC Bonus Cash requires financing through NMAC with approved credit. Prices exclude tax, tags, freight (cars $810, trucks $845-$995), and $200 processing charge. Sentra Conquest Bonus requires proof of current ownership of any Toyota, Honda, or Hyundai vehicle. Prices valid only on listed VINS. See dealer for details. Offer expires 07/21/2014.

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2014 NEW COROLLA LE

$

109/ MO**

SIZZLING S I ZZ L I N G SUMMER SUMMER S SALE ALE

4 DR., 4 CYL., AUTO

NEW 2014.5 CAMRY LE 2 AVAILABLE: #472541, 472583

$

149/ MO**

$

AFTER $500 REBATE

17,990

2 AVAILABLE: #472533, 472540

2 AVAILABLE: #477470, 477456

149/ MO**

$ 4 DR., 4 CYL., AUTO

18,790

NEW 22014 RAV4 4X4 LE AVAILABLE: #464290, 464334 MONTHS+ % 0 FOR 60 On 10 Toyota Models

169/mo.**

4 CYL., 4 DR., AUTO

AUTO, 4 CYL., 4 DR

AFTER TOYOTA $1,500 REBATE

NEW 2014 SCION XD 2 AVAILABLE: #453028, 453089

$

HATCHBACK 4 DR., AUTO, 4 CYL.,

NEW 2014.5 CAMRY LE

NEW 2014 PRIUS PLUG-IN

$

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

NEW2 AVAILABLE: 2014#477565, PRIUS C 477527

$

4 CYL., AUTO

15,690

DARCARS

See what it’s like to love car buying

$

22,490

4 CYL., AUTOMATIC

AFTER $500 REBATE

1-888-831-9671

15625 Frederick Rd (Rte 355) • Rockville, MD n OPEN SUNDAY n VISIT US ON THE WEB AT www.355Toyota.com

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NEW2 2014 COROLLA LE AVAILABLE: #470655, 470749

2 AVAILABLE: #470709, 470734

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 07/31/2014.

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