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Principal Sandra Jiminez has a vision for High Point High School in Beltsville as a state-of-the-art facility. Unfortunately, she said, her dream is clashing with the reality of leaking pipes, faulty air conditioning and a decaying 59-year-old building. “It’s just plain old worn out,” Jiminez said. Parents and students at the school agree. About 100 attended a meeting with school officials Oct. 8 asking that a new school be built rather than having ongoing repairs. “The amount of money they are going to spend on more and more renovations is not going to be worth the benefits,” said Abraham Ajenifuja,
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Evan Drake, 3, of Hyattsville “helps” volunteer firefighter Trevor Wortman of Mattawan, Mich., put out a pretend fire during the Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Department’s celebration of 125 years of continuous service and the groundbreaking ceremony for its new firehouse.
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Mike Crotts, who volunteers at Fire Station 10 in Laurel, travels the state as Hector the Fire Safety Clown, helping instill a fire safety and fire prevention message.
While the more than 400 people at the Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Department were there for a groundbreaking on a new $12 million facility, most in attendance described the event as more of a family reunion. “As soon as I walked in, I felt back at home,” said Jeff Shaw of Rochester, N.Y., a livein from 1995 to 2000. Shaw was one of several alumni from 20 states returning to the station at 6200 Belcrest Road. The station, built in 1959, will be torn down by mid-2014
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president of the High Point Parent Teacher Student Association and a parent of a junior at the school. Sarah Woodhead, director of the Prince George’s County Public Schools Capital Improvement Program, said the school system is doing a feasibility study to determine High Point’s needs and whether they can be accommodated in the current building. “At this point, a major renovation or replacement of High Point isn’t in our capital improvements budget,” Woodhead said. “The community here feels that it should be, and when we walk around the school, we can see why. There are significant structural issues.” Completed in 1954, High Point is the second-oldest high school still in use in Prince George’s County — a few years behind Suitland High
and replaced with a multipurpose facility shared by the Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Department, the Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department and the American Red Cross. Construction of the new building is set to be completed in 2016 and the station will temporarily relocate to the American Red Cross building on 6206 Belcrest Road in the interim. A strong live-in program and a supportive alumni group have helped the department grow, said Donald Moltrup, the chief from 1970 to 2005. “It gives us a pipeline for new local members,” said Moltrup, who lives in Florida, but adds he visits the Hyattsville department every couple
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Starting Jan. 1, serving on the College Park City Council will be a little more rewarding. The City Council voted 5-2 on Oct. 8 to increase council members’ pay from $5,000 annually to $7,000 with the mayor’s pay rising from $7,500 to $10,500. Council members last voted to increase their salary by $600 in 2007. Councilman Robert Catlin (Dist. 2), who is not seeking re-election, proposed the salary increase. Catlin said he would have retired from the council in 2011, but no one was willing to take his place, and he did not wish to leave his ward with
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only one representative. College Park’s four districts have two council members each. “We do have two contested ward races, but neither one is contested by long-term residents. They’ve both contested by student candidates,” Catlin said. “I believe we need to do something to encourage more people to run, or if they’re already in office, to stay in office.” Councilman Marcus Afzali (Dist. 4), who is also not seeking re-election agreed on the difficulties of securing candidates. “Oftentimes the city has had to literally beg people to run for council,” he said. Councilman Fazlul Kabir (Dist. 3) proposed an amendment to Catlin’s resolution that would have reduced the increase to 10 percent, but his amendment was rejected by a 5-2 vote.
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In danger of losing state funding, Hyattsville is scrambling to complete three years of audits — a problem officials are blaming on high administrative turnover and a lack of communication between leaders. “When you’re not getting an audit done ... it is, in my opinion, a symptom
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of other organizational dysfunction,” said Council President Candace Hollingsworth (Ward 1). All municipalities are required by the state to complete annual financial audits, according to Abby Sandel, Hyattsville’s community services director. City Administrator Jerry Schiro said failure to complete audits could damage the city’s bond rating and result in losses of state funding, but his biggest worry “is that the city doesn’t have an understanding of where they are as far as their financials are concerned.” Schiro said Hyattsville is using an accounting firm to assist with the au-
dits and that his goal would be for the fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2012 audits to be completed by the end of December. The deadline for the fiscal 2013 audit is Nov. 1. City officials blamed the delays in part on high turnover in city offices. Four people have served in the city administrator position since Elaine Murphy completed her 11-year tenure in 2011. City Treasurer Elaine Stookey, who announced her resignation Sept. 20 after working for the city for three years, served as treasurer and interim city administrator from April 2012 until Schiro was hired in May.
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Stookey could not be reached for comment, and officials declined to discuss why she resigned. Employee turnover could have contributed to Hyattsville’s audit delinquency, said Jim Peck, director of research and information management for the Maryland Municipal League. “That can certainly make it difficult because new individuals have to take their place,” Peck said, adding that the state has the authority to revoke charters from municipalities that fail to complete audits, but that has not happened since 1964. Council members said they were
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aware the city was behind in filing audits, but were not informed of the severity of the situation until August. The city has not met a fiscal audit deadline since 2007, according to information from the Maryland Department of Legislative Services, Office of Legislative Audits, and the city has received multiple letters warning of the ramifications of failing to complete the audits. Mayor Marc Tartaro said it is not the mayor’s responsibility to share such letters with the council. “Prior years, [they] were not shared
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Martin Thompson (Vandergelder), Gabriel Macedo (Scanlon) and Rachel Grandizio (Gertrude) rehearse for “The Matchmaker.” Thornton Wilder’s comedy continues through Oct. 19 at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. For more information, visit http://claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
MORE INTERACTIVE CALENDAR ITEMS AT WWW.GAZETTE.NET OCT. 17 Alzheimer’s Association Support Group, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Laurel-Beltsville Senior Activity Center, 7120 Contee Road, Laurel. Groups are facilitated by trained group leaders and are ongoing, free and open to the community. Please call the Alzheimer’s Association 24/7 Helpline at 800-272-3900 before attending a group for the first time to verify meeting information. Contact 301-613-6087.
OCT. 18 Free groceries, 9 to 11 a.m., Lydia’s Pantry, 8740-6 Cherry Lane, Laurel. Lydia’s Pantry is providing a free emergency supply of groceries to anyone in need. Items include meat, fresh produce, canned goods, rice, pasta, tuna and more. Bring picture ID and proof of residence. Contact 888-346-4440 or agocjc@yahoo.com. Exploring Diversity, 1 to 3 p.m., Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Road, No. 200, Greenbelt. Explore love poems at Explorations Unlimited. The time will fly by as you hear tender, cynical, vengeful, joyous and special little gems of poems. Contact 301-397-2208. Physics is Phun, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Physics Department Lecture Halls, Physics Building,
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University of Maryland, College Park. Shows educate and entertain through the use of interactive and faculty-led demonstrations. Handson demonstrations are set up for visitors to use, with volunteer supervision, 30 minutes before the program begins at 7:30 p.m. This program is geared toward a high school level. Contact lecdemo_outreach@physics.umd.edu.
OCT. 19 Emergency Response Team Class, 9 a.m.,
Laurel Municipal Center, 8103 Sandy Spring Road, Laurel. Provides special training to prepare for, mitigate against, respond to and recover from a major emergency or disaster situation. Program prepares citizens to help themselves, their families and their neighbors in the event of an emergency. Contact 3017325-5300, Ext. 2242. City of Laurel’s ERC Yard Sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Laurel Municipal Center Parking Lot, 8103 Sandy Spring Road, Laurel. All proceeds from the reservation of tables will benefit the City of Laurel Employee Relations Committee. Contact 301-725-5300, Ext. 2303. Fifth annual American Indian Festival, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Patuxent River Park, 16000 Croom Airport Road, Upper Marlboro. Cel-
ebrate Native American Indian culture. Free activities: live traditional and contemporary music, drumming, singing, dancing, exhibits, storytelling, hands-on demonstrations, crafts, games, archery. Some activities may satisfy requirements of Scouting organizations. Rain or shine. Contact 301-627-6074 or 301-297-4575 or karen.marshall@pgparks.com. Greenbelt Rhythm & Drum Festival, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Roosevelt Center, 113 Centerway, Greenbelt. World drumming and music festival. Free African, Afro-Cuban and fusion drum classes, as well as drum circles. Drums provided or bring your own. Contact 202-361-4095 or katy@musicheals.us. Wright Aeroplane Rib-Making Workshop, 1 p.m., College Park Aviation Museum, 1985 Corporal Frank Scott Drive, College Park. Participants will build their own rib for a Wright 1909 flyer. Contact 301-864-6029; TTY 301-699-2544. Physics is Phun, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Physics Department Lecture Halls, Physics Building, University of Maryland, College Park. Shows educate and entertain through the use of interactive and faculty-led demonstrations. Handson demonstrations are set up for visitors to use, with volunteer supervision, 30 minutes before the program begins at 7:30 p.m. This program is geared toward a high school level. There is also a program for families from 2 to 3 p.m. Contact lecdemo_outreach@physics.umd.edu.
OCT. 20 Intersections/Secrets of the Elements art exhibit, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Gallery at The Ameri-
First-ever Greenbelt Rhythm and Drum Festival comes to Roosevelt Center on Saturday. SPORTS Check online this weekend for coverage of the biggest high school football games, including Gonzaga at DeMatha and Suitland at Wise.
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Furloughed employees gain free access to some centers In the wake of the U.S. government shutdown, the city of Laurel and a Greenbelt community group are providing free access to facilities. Laurel staff announced that it will provide free access to fitness rooms and drop-in gymnasiums at the Robert J. Dipietro Community Center and the Laurel Armory Anderson-Murphy Community Center to all city residents furloughed during the government shutdown. “It’s a service we wanted to provide to anyone who has been furloughed,” said Laurel spokesman Pete Piringer. Piringer said federal employees and federal contractors furloughed are eligible. “We’re not going to turn someone away who has been furloughed because of the shutdown,” Piringer said. Proof of Laurel residency and federal identification or contractor identification are required. For more information, call the Parks and Recreation Department at 301-725-5300. In Greenbelt, Club 125 founder George Boyce announced the community clubhouse at the Roosevelt Center has waived all membership fees for the duration of the federal shutdown. The clubhouse is open from 3 to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. It features laptops with Internet access, a kitchen, a social area, and games for children. More information can be found at club125.com.
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Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks (left) dons a helmet with the help of Capt. Dana Brooks at the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute. Alsobrooks and others were at the institute on Oct. 11 to learn what it takes to be a firefighter.
Hyattsville students to perform in Nashville Two students from DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville were selected by the National Association for Music Education, or NAfME, to perform at a benefit concert in Nashville.
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Senior Gladstone Butler of Washington, D.C., and junior Chad Lilley of Olney will join more than 670 high school musicians from the United States at the Oct. 30 concert. “The music teachers are extremely proud of these students and their hard work and accomplishments,” said band director Jim Roper. “It is a great
Colmar Manor officials invite students to dress up for Harvest Fest, a free event held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 26 at the Colmar Manor Community Center, located on 3701 Lawrence St. A parade march will take place 5:30 p.m. at the corner of 38th Avenue and Newton Street, weather permitting. Games, hayrides, prizes and food will be provided for free at Harvest Fest. “It’s good for children and good for their self-esteem,” said Mayor Michael E. Hale. For information, call 301-277-4920.
Bladensburg students join Walk to School Day Almost 200 students, teachers and volunteers walked from Bladensburg High School to Rogers Heights Elementary School as part of International Walk to School Day, an event designed to bring healthy solutions to local communities. The walk was led by members of
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the Port Town’s Youth Council Wellness Ambassadors, an educational group overseen by the nonprofit Riverdale-based End Times Harvest Ministries. It was also attended by Olympian and health advocate Dominique Dawes, a Silver Spring native. “Walking — whether to school or just for fun — and eating healthy foods isn’t as easy as it should be in some neighborhoods,” said Celeste A. James, director of Community Health Initiatives, Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States. “So when we reinforce opportunities like today’s walk ... together we may reduce rates of obesity and other chronic conditions.”
Community Forklift hosts upcycle event Community Forklift in Edmonston is partnering with Prince George’s County organizations to host “Upcycle Your Life,” a free event designed to lift up the community. Free resources and workshops will be offered from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the nonprofit thrift store, located on 4671 Tanglewood Drive. The programs at the event include food distribution, health screenings and a workshop on affordable housing. “It’s about empowering people to be healthy and lead long, full lives,” said event coordinator Tiffany Jackson. For information, contact 301-9855180.
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Rosa L. Parks Elementary School students Yoselyn Guzman (left) and Cindy Maldonado, both 12, gather with their sixth-grade classmates after an antibullying assembly at their Hyattsville school on Oct. 9.
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They wore orange shirts, carried orange balloons, made orange decorations, and some even wore orange headbands and hair ties. But the sixth-graders at Rosa Park Elementary School in Hyattsville weren’t making a fashion statement — they were taking part in National Unity Day, an initiative promoting bullying awareness. “Everybody is rallying against bullying,” said sixth-grader Cindy Maldonado, 12, who helped lead the Oct. 9 event. Cindy said she read about National Unity Day in Time for Kids, a news magazine for children. “I got an idea in my head: ‘Why shouldn’t we do it?’” Cindy said. Cindy said she and her classmates asked their homeroom teacher, Casey Wainwright, if they could participate in the event. The idea spread to other sixth-grad-
ers, then — after students wrote a letter on orange paper to Principal Tara Minter — to the entire school. Wainwright said students and faculty were wearing orange because it is the color associated with anti-bullying. “Even the custodians, the office workers. Everybody dressed in orange,” she said. Cindy and her classmate Yoselyn Guzman of Hyattsville said they stayed after school making anti-bullying posters in the days leading up to the event. “This, to me, was a great learning experience for the students,” Minter said. National Unity Day was founded by the Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights National Bullying Prevention Center, a Minnesota-based nonprofit engaging and educating communities nationwide to address bullying. “Having one day where there’s a very simple action can make a really big difference in getting people involved,” said Sarah Busch, an associate at the center. Busch said it was important for sixth-
grade students to understand how to combat bullying since it is prevalent at that grade level. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 28 percent of students ages 12 to 18 experienced bullying in school. During an assembly, Rosa Parks Elementary sixth-graders discussed the pitfalls of bullying and the importance of bullying prevention. “National Unity Day brings about a certain awareness. [The students] want to show that we are in tune to bullying and we’re not going to do it,” school counselor Victor Butler said. Cindy and Yoselyn said they want to hold additional anti-bullying events throughout the school year. “Hopefully, they celebrate it next year, too,” Yoselyn said of the National Unity Day event at the school. egoldwein@gazette.net
New liaison to bring issues closer to county executive BY SOPHIE PETIT STAFF WRITER
To better represent Prince George’s growing Latino population, County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D) has appointed his first full-time Latino liaison. Dinora A. Hernandez, a lifelong resident of Hyattsville, said she will speak directly with members of the Latino community, serving as a point of contact for Latinos to discuss their concerns, which she will in turn discuss with and advise Baker on. “The county executive often talks about the county’s diversity and how it’s one of the strengths of the county, so I believe this position will help us better connect with the Latino community, which I think we’ve been missing,” Hernandez, 27, said. Prior to her Oct. 10 appointment, Hernandez received her law degree from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Michigan then served for a year as a legislative aide to Baker. “Dinora Hernandez has demonstrated a true passion for Latino affairs on both a personal and professional level,” Baker said in an Oct. 10 statement. “I am confident that she will work diligently to
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“I believe this position will help us better connect with the Latino community, which I think we’ve been missing.” Dinora A. Hernandez, Latino liaison improve the [county’s] service and interaction with our Latino citizens.” Prince George’s has the second highest percentage of Latino residents in the state, and the numbers are growing, according to data provided by the Pew Hispanic Center in Washington, D.C. Over the past decade, the number of Latinos living in the county has nearly doubled to 132,496, making up 15 percent of the county’s population, according to the data. Gustavo Torres, executive director of CASA of Maryland, a Latino and immigrant advocacy nonprofit based in Langley Park, said he was excited to hear about the new liaison, especially since so many Latinos call Prince George’s home. “We need someone who is bilin-
gual and bicultural, who understands our community and who, I believe, can make a difference,” Torres said, adding language barriers are a huge issue facing Latinos. Hernandez said her fluency in Spanish and familiarity with Latino culture as well as the immigrant experience will help her to engage the community. “Both my parents were immigrants from El Salvador here to the United States and the county, so I know the Latino experience,” she said. “I know that for my parents, language barrier was a lot. A barrier to getting them more involved with the county.” The District, Montgomery County and Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley’s office all have Latino liaisons, said Baker spokesperson Scott Peterson. Will Campos served as the county’s last Latino liaison under Jack Johnson, the county’s executive from 2002 to 2010. “The Latino population is a growing community in our county,” Peterson said. “[Baker] has found it very important to have someone such as Dinora Hernandez in his specific office advising him on the issues, the challenges as well as the opportunities that exist in the Latino community and to improve service for our Latino residents from the county government.” spetit@gazette.net
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Edmonston officials said trucks are ruining their prized $1.3 million “Green Street,” and they’re proposing new restrictions to prevent further damage. The environmentally friendly version of the roadway, Decatur Street, opened in November 2010 and is equipped with rain gardens — filtration systems preventing stormwater runoff from entering waterways — as well as low-energy street lamps, bike lanes and permeable pavement. Edmonston Police Chief Stephen Walker said large trucks regularly use Decatur Street, causing the street to sink and deteriorate. “Already, we’re starting to see quite a bit of stress on that roadway,” Walker said. Edmonston Town Councilwoman Tracy Farrish (Ward 2) said areas on the street will require maintenance, though the town has not yet conducted a damage assessment. In an Oct. 9 meeting, Edmonston’s council introduced traffic regulations that would prohibit vehicles weighing more than five tons, such as large
commercial trucks, from traveling through the half-mile stretch of Decatur Street — from Kenilworth Avenue to the CSX railroad crossing — often referred to as “Green Street.” “It’s got to stop,” said Town Administrator Guy Tiberio. The new legislation would designate the mostly industrial 46th Avenue off Decatur Street as the access route for the trucks. To access 46th Avenue, vehicles would need to enter Edmonston through U.S. 1, rather than Kenilworth Avenue. Johnny Bivar, assistant manager at Autopart International on 46th Avenue, said trucks already follow that route and he was not concerned about additional traffic. “It is an industrial park. Trucks have to get in here somehow,” Bivar said. The new restrictions will be voted on in November and would take effect in January if approved, Walker said. Before restrictions are enforced, letters would be mailed to the businesses whose trucks would be rerouted, and large signs would be posted on prohibited sections, he said. “This is not a matter of us trying to complicate the situation. It’s just a matter of us preserving our streets,” said Edmonston Councilwoman Sophia Layne-Bee (Ward 1).
Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler, a Democratic hopeful for Maryland governor, has named Del. Jolene Ivey as his running mate for 2014. A two-term delegate and former journalist, Ivey (D) of Cheverly represents District 47 in Prince George’s County, the home county of one of Gansler’s opponents in the gubernatorial race, Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown (D). While voters generally vote the top of the ticket, who a gubernatorial candidate names as a running mate can indicate what that candidate is thinking, said John Willis, professor of government and public policy at University of Baltimore. Adding Ivey to his ticket shows Gansler is not afraid to fight for votes in Prince George’s, Willis said. As a general rule, a candidate needs to carry three of the four big Democratic voting jurisdictions — Prince George’s County, Montgomery County, Baltimore County and Baltimore City — to win, he said. With most Democratic voters concentrated in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, approximately 37 percent, Willis said it make sense for Gansler — who calls Montgomery home — to pick a running mate from Prince George’s. It doesn’t mean Baltimore,
with 15 percent of Democratic voters, is irrelevant. But perhaps what matters more than geography is the compatibility between Ivey and Gansler, Willis said. Within hours of the announcement Monday, Brown’s campaign issued a his-and-hers list of where Gansler and Ivey stand, and differ, on policies. Maryland history tells a cautionary tale against picking a running mate with divergent views, Willis said, citing the first term of former Gov. Harry R. Hughes (D). He said Hughes chose former Prince George’s Councilman Samuel W. Bogley (D) as lieutenant governor but came to disagree with Bogley enough to pick a new lieutenant governor for his second term. During his campaign tour in September, Gansler promised to bring more diversity to Annapolis and Willis said naming an African-American female as a running mate is a positive move. Brown’s running mate is Howard County Executive Ken Ulman. Del. Heather Mizeur (DDist. 20) of Takoma Park has not named a running mate. Republican candidate and current Harford County Executive, David R. Craig, chose with Del. Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio (R-Dist. 37B) of Newcomb as his running mate. Craig’s challengers for the Republican nomination, Del. Ronald A. George (R-Dist. 30) of Arnold and Charles Lollar, have yet to name running mates. kalexander@gazette.net
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For the first time in nearly a quarter of a century, the College Park mayoral race has two candidates — Mayor Andrew Fellows, now nearing the end of his second term, is being challenged by former council candidate Robert “Bob” McCeney — and both say their primary focus is on city relations with the University of Maryland, College Park. McCeney, 48, a Montgomery County middle school science teacher, has run unsuccessfully for City Council five times — in 1989, 1991, 1993, 2009 and 2011. McCeney said that by running for mayor, all College Park residents will have an opportunity to choose the direction for their city, something which hasn’t happened since the last contested mayoral race in 1989. Fellows, 54, said the city has made great strides in developing a close relationship with the university during the past two years. “I feel really positive
MORE ONLINE Election stories and candidate biographies at www.gazette.net. about it. I feel the expansion of the Student Code of Conduct last spring is an example of the city and university working together to improve public safety,” Fellows said. “Similarly, I feel the development of College Park Academy is an example of the city and the university working together to improve education.” In May, the University of Maryland Senate voted to expand the Student Code of Conduct to include off-campus behavior and expanded the University of Maryland Police Department’s jurisdiction to include several neighborhoods with high student populations. College Park Academy, a charter school collaboration between the university and the city, opened this year in Hyattsville, following complaints from College Park residents who did not want the new school in their neighborhood. Fellows said the council has done a lot to reduce friction among city groups, and that the creation of a task force composed of council members, university officials, longtime
residents and landlords to seek solutions to city challenges has done a great deal to heal past rifts. “It’s a great tone of civility we’ve developed over the past two years,” Fellows said. McCeney, a city resident since 1968 and former code enforcement officer, said the city has at times hurt its relationship with the university as the council is overly influenced by residents who resent the presence of college students in the community. “They’ve tried to make inroads, but ... I think they need to do a little bit more,” McCeney said. “You can’t just view the university as an intrusion into College Park, and there are many people who do so. There would be no College Park without the University of Maryland.” McCeney also said the city needs to do more to encourage public safety such as creating a police auxiliary program, to walk through neighborhoods. “They could do a lot of the tasks that don’t require a law enforcement officer,” he said. The last time College Park had a contested mayoral race was in 1989. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 5. janfenson-comeau @gazette.net
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Greenbelt has a city election Nov. 5, but some residents don’t expect much change as they say the electoral system keeps the same people in office. Greenbelt’s seven council seats — including the mayor — are at-large, meaning all voters can vote for up to seven candidates. “What does the president get? Two terms? I feel the same should be for the council as well,” said central Greenbelt resident Floretta Freeman. “I have nothing against them personally, but I think other people should have a chance in office.” Greenbelt is the only one of the five largest municipalities in Prince George’s County to use an all at-large system. This year, the seven incumbent council members — Mayor Judith “J” Davis, Konrad Herling, Emmett Jordan, Leta Mach, Silke Pope, Edward Putens and Rodney Roberts — are all seeking re-election. Two challengers, Susan Stewart and William “Bill” Orleans, are also
MORE ONLINE Election stories and candidate biographies at www.gazette.net. seeking a seat on the council. In the 2011 election, approximately 14.7 percent of Greenbelt’s registered voters turned out to the polls to send all seven incumbents back to the council. Orleans was the sole challenger. The longest-serving current council member is Putens, who was first elected to the council in 1981 and has served continuously. “After four years, they should get cut off. Give somebody else a chance,” said Stephanie Fielder, another central Greenbelt resident. Greenbelt voters also do not vote for mayor as according to the Greenbelt Charter, the council elects the mayor and mayor pro tem from among its members. While the council has traditionally elected the highest vote-getter mayor and the second-highest mayor pro tem, there is no requirement for the council to do so. “I was mistaken. I thought we elected seven people and the one with the most votes got to be mayor. I always felt it was best to vote for just one person, which would be J Davis,” said Greenbelt East resident Rich-
ard “Rich” Storty. “They’re all going to get in anyway. They’ve been in, they’ll get in, and they do a fine job. It’s just that I felt I was selecting the mayor, by voting for only one candidate.” Davis has been elected by the council to serve as Greenbelt’s mayor since 1997. In 2008, the Prince George’s County NAACP challenged Greenbelt’s at-large system, noting that no minorities had ever been elected to the council. In 2009, the council increased its seats from five to seven, and Jordan was elected as the council’s first and to date the only black council member. Prince George’s NAACP president Bob Ross said his organization is still concerned about voter rights in Greenbelt and would like to see more atlarge representation. Polls open at Greenbelt’s five polling sites from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Nov. 5. Early voting will be held 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at Schrom Hills Park, 6915 Hanover Parkway; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 26 and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 27 at the Springhill Lake Recreation Center, 6101 Cherrywood Lane, and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. all other weekdays at the Greenbelt Municipal Building, 25 Crescent Road.
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Laurel’s Ward 2 council incumbents have said cooperation on the City Council is the key to its success, but a candidate seeking one of the Ward 2 seats says a little disagreement could be a good thing. Political newcomer Thomas Matthews is challenging incumbents Donna Crary and council president Frederick Smalls for one of the two Ward 2 council seats up for grabs in the Nov. 5 election. Matthews, 52, described himself as a “watchdog and advocate” for Laurel. He said he attends most Laurel council meetings. “I never hear about the council having any arguments, any disagreements. It tells me this is like a brotherhood, like a club,” Matthews said. “I feel as though they have been together for too long a time.” Laurel’s council seats are open to election every two years, but this is the first time there have been challengers in the Ward 2 race since 2006. A lifelong resident of Laurel, Matthews is a tractor-trailer driver and an assistant funeral director in training. Matthews
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said he would be a voice for Laurel youths, including financial support for programs at the city’s Boys & Girls Club. A city task force recently recommended the creation of a commission to provide city funding for recreational nonprofits in need, such as the Boys and Girls Club. “It was important in my life, and I want it to be available for the youth today, but I don’t think the city has been treating them fairly,” Matthews said. Smalls, 63, said that the council does disagree at times but finds ways to work together. “We have five very opinionated council members, plus a strong mayor, and we do not always agree. The key is, we all have an interest in moving our city forward,” Smalls said. Smalls said one of his goals is to maintain and improve public transportation in the city. “I’ve talked with many residents who would like to see an enhancement of our public transit,” Smalls said. Smalls, first elected to the council in 2002, works as deputy secretary of operations for the Maryland Secretary of State, and also serves as chairman of the Laurel Municipal Hospital
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board. Smalls cited Laurel’s community garden as an example of collaboration. Smalls worked with the mayor, city staff and volunteers to bring the garden to fruition this year. Crary, 54, a Laurel attorney, said one of her goals is to work with the council on allocating $350,000 for park security upgrades. A string of playground fires that hit Laurel in March provided some impetus in bringing the idea before the council, but the need for more security in the city’s playgrounds has been on her radar for years, she said. “I guess, being a woman and going around to some of our parks has just made me more aware,” Crary said. Crary, first elected in 2008, said her involvement in the Maryland Municipal League has made her glad for the level of cooperation in Laurel. “I think we’re very lucky. Even though we each have our own pet projects, we all come together to do what needs to be done,” Crary said. Laurel Ward 2 voting opens from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Robert J. DiPietro Community Center, located at 7901 Cypress St. Early voting is held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 2 at the Laurel Municipal Center for both wards. janfenson-comeau@ gazette.net
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Above, the new Konterra Solar Microgrid in Laurel features two electric vehicle charging stations with infrastructure for four additional stations. Below, Scott Wiater (left), president of Standard Solar, shows the electric vehicle charging station to Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) on Tuesday during the opening of the Konterra Solar Microgrid.
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Laurel-based real estate developer Konterra Realty is hoping to light the way towards renewable energy by hosting Maryland’s first commercial solar microgrid system. “The Konterra Solar Microgrid is a prime example of Maryland’s innovation economy moving forward,” said Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley (D), who attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the solar microgrid Tuesday afternoon at Konterra’s headquarters in Laurel. By hosting one of the first commercial solar microgrids in the country, Konterra is helping Maryland lead the way in the emerging renewable energy industry, he said. “That means more jobs for Maryland fathers and mothers,” O’Malley said. Melissa Gould, director of sustainability initiatives for Konterra, said the grid would allow the building to maintain power even during an outage. The system’s 402 kilowatt canopied solar array is estimated to generate 20 percent of the electricity needed to power Konterra’s Laurel headquarters, said Scott Wiater, president of Rockville-based Standard Solar, which developed the microgrid
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in collaboration with Philadelphia-based Solar Grid Storage, which provided the energy storage system. Wiater said the microgrid system differs from a solar panel array in that it is capable of storing the electricity produced, which can be used to power Konterra’s headquarters in case of a power grid failure. The microgrid, along with the Konterra building’s emergency generator, could power the building indefinitely, depending on conditions, Wiater said. “A regular solar array shuts down if the grid goes down. For safety reasons, it stops producing any power,” Wiater said. “A microgrid, when the grid goes down, continues producing electricity. Instead of going to the grid it goes to storage, and the building can still be powered.” Additionally, two electric vehicle charging stations have been installed for vehicles for a small fee, and charging sta-
tions can be added as demand increases, said Warren Woo, Standard Solar project manager. The microgrid system cost approximately $2 million, said Konterra CEO Kingdon Gould, III, and was facilitated through a $250,000 “Game Changer” grant from the Maryland Energy Administration. The Game Changer competitive grant provides funds to early-commercialization stage clean energy projects based in Maryland, according to the state website. O’Malley said one of his strategic goals is to increase the state’s renewable energy portfolio to 20 percent by 2022. “These are the things that actually make the real estate business we’re in continually interesting, as we try and upgrade and do things that are a little better for the environment,” Kingdon Gould said. janfenson-comeau@ gazette.net
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OCT. 7 Vehicle stolen and recovered,
5600 block Gallatin Place, 12:57 a.m. Theft, 4900 block Tilden Road, 8:13 a.m. Break-in, 6800 block Riverdale Road, 10:30 a.m. Vehicle stolen, 6000 block Longfellow St., 11:16 a.m. Residential break-in, 2700 block Hughes Road, 12:08 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 5000 block Indian Lane, 12:42 p.m. Theft, 1400 block University Blvd, 12:43 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 6700 block Belcrest Road, 1:16 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 5400 block Annapolis Road, 2:21 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 8400 block Annapolis Road, 2:27 p.m. Theft, 8400 block 20th Ave, 3:05 p.m. Robbery on commercial property, 5800 block Eastern
Ave, 3:16 p.m.
Theft from vehicle, Toledo Terrace/Toledo Place, 3:19 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 6800 block Annapolis Road, 4:41 p.m. Theft, 3500 block Duke St., 4:48 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 8500 block Madison St., 6:39 p.m.
OCT. 8 Vehicle stolen, 5100 block
72nd Ave, 6:29 a.m.
Theft from vehicle, 700 block
Chillum Road, 7:32 a.m. Assault, 2300 block University Blvd, 7:47 a.m. Theft, 1000 block Chillum Road, 8:23 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 6700 block New Hampshire Ave, 8:55 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 8900 block 58th Ave, 9:50 a.m. Theft, 4200 block 57th Ave,
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block State St., 10:59 a.m. Theft, 8400 block Annapolis Road, 12:04 p.m. Theft, 4200 block 57th Ave, 1:04 p.m. Theft, 7700 block Riverdale Road, 2:18 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 1000 block University Blvd, 2:22 p.m. Residential break-in, 9300 block Cherry Hill Road, 3:21 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 5000 block Crittenden St., 4:24 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 7700 block Annapolis Road, 5:08 p.m. Theft, 3100 block Queens Chapel Road, 6:11 p.m. Vehicle stolen, 7900 block Riggs Road, 6:35 p.m. Theft, 6900 block Lamont Drive, 6:38 p.m. Residential break-in, 4700 block Tecumseh St., 6:39 p.m. Robbery, 39th Ave/Newton St., 6:50 p.m. Residential break-in, 9300 block Cherry Hill Road, 7:26 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 1100 block Navahoe Drive, 11:33 p.m. Robbery, 3600 block Dean Drive, 11:34 p.m.
OCT. 9 Theft, Woodberry St./23rd Ave, 1:18 a.m. Break-in, 6400 block New Hampshire Ave, 8:33 a.m. Theft, 7700 block Riverdale Road, 8:49 a.m. Assault, 4700 block Cherry Hill Road, 9:05 a.m. Theft, 5100 block Annapolis Road, 10:34 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 4200 block Newton St., 10:34 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 5300 block 46th Ave, 12:19 p.m. Theft, Nb Kenilworth Ave Before Eb Greenbelt Road, 12:54 p.m. Commercial property breakin, 3300 block Bladensburg
Road, 1:46 p.m.
Theft from vehicle, 6700 block Annapolis Road, 2:17 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 8400 block Annapolis Road, 2:25 p.m. Vehicle stolen, 7700 block Frederick Road, 4:13 p.m. Commercial property breakin, 3300 block Bladensburg
Road, 5:04 p.m. Robbery
property, 5500 block Landover Road, 8:04 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 3300 block East West Highway, 8:21 p.m.
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Robbery, 800 block Berkshire Drive, 2:36 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 3500 block Dean Drive, 5:12 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 4600 block Cooper Lane, 1:01 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 8400 block Annapolis Road, 1:33 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 7500 block Annapolis Road, 2:16 p.m. Vehicle stolen, 4800 block Lawrence St., 2:43 p.m. Theft, 3500 block 54th Ave, 3:11 p.m. Theft, 2600 block Osage St., 3:43 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 6100 block Sligo Pky, 5:01 p.m. Theft, 6200 block Westchester Park Drive, 5:27 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 4300 block 37th St., 7:19 p.m. Vehicle stolen and recovered,
3000 block Hospital Drive, 8:13 p.m. Sexual assault, 6800 block Red Top Road, 11:14 p.m.
OCT. 11 Commercial property breakin, 5800 block Eastern Ave, 4:26
a.m.
Theft from vehicle, 5100 block Kenilworth Ave, 5:54 a.m. Vehicle stolen, 7200 block Good Luck Road, 7:19 a.m.
Commercial property breakin, 2400 block University Blvd,
8:06 a.m.
Theft from vehicle, 5800 block Riggs Road, 8:32 a.m. Vehicle stolen, 4500 block Fordham Lane, 9:20 a.m. Theft, 4700 block Berwyn House Road, 9:27 a.m. Residential break-in, 3000 block Muskogee St., 11:43 a.m. Theft, 5600 block 56th Ave, 11:49 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 10100 block Baltimore Ave, 1:17 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 10100 block Baltimore Ave, 1:22 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 9000 block Baltimore Ave, 3:00 p.m. Theft, 8000 block New Hampshire Ave, 3:07 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 2200 block Phelps Road, 3:37 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 9000 block Baltimore Ave, 3:53 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 4000 block 38th St., 4:27 p.m. Theft, 8400 block Annapolis Road, 4:35 p.m. Commercial property breakin, 3300 block Bladensburg
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When Evgenia LuzhinaSalazar emigrated from Russia 22 years ago, she barely knew how to speak English or how to sew. Now she’s a successful costume designer and more recently a celebrated fashion designer, appearing in one of New York’s fashion shows. “My life is very funny. Everything I have reached now is by mistake,” said Luzhina-Salazar, 56, who has lived in Bowie for about 10 years. Luzhina-Salazar said her first “mistake” was meeting Andrei Malaev-Babel, co-founder of one of Russia’s first private theater companies, who hired her as the costume designer for his new company in Moscow. Malaev-Babel, 46, said he began collaborating with American theatre companies in the early 1990s and decided to permanently move to the United States, eventually directing a production at the Prince George’s County Community College in Largo. “I couldn’t think of a better designer to collaborate with, so I was able to convince Prince George’s Community College to sponsor Evgenia’s visa as a guest artist to come and design my production at the college,” he said. Malaev-Babel went on to co-found the Stanislavsky Theatre Studio in Washington, D.C., in 1997 and put Luzhina-Salazar in charge of costume and set design. “She built things out of nothing ... She was wonderful at working under budget with the very meager means we could offer her,” he said. It was the first time LuzhinaSalazar actually made a cos-
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Fashion designer Evgenia Luzhina-Salazar of Bowie shows her designs in New York Couture Fashion Week’s Spring 2014 collection show in September. tume, she said. “Here, you have to design and make it,” she said. “I learned by myself. I’m not sure even if now I’m doing it correct or not.” Luzhina-Salazar made her second “mistake” when the Stanislavsky theater closed in 2006 and she took home all the costumes she had made, she said. That same year, she transformed them into elaborate dresses and put on her first runway show — “Passion Runway.” She debuted the show in her backyard, then at the Russian Embassy and Sylvan Theatre Stage in the District, she said. To her surprise, she was se-
lected to appear in New York Couture Fashion Week’s Spring 2014 collection show from Sept. 6 - 8, she said. This year was her third appearance in the show. “Suddenly everybody knows me and the next year, they invite me to [New York] Couture Fashion Week,” she said. Luzhina-Salazar said she promises herself after each fashion week show, after all the hard work, it will be her last, but she is already creating her next collection in her head. “By mistake, I became a fashion designer,” she said. spetit@gazette.net
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Continued from Page A-1 “... I think a 40 percent hike is too much, especially in a year when we raised residents’ taxes,” he said. “It just doesn’t feel right. Doesn’t feel good. I think the reasonable amount is 10 percent.” Mary Cook, a north College Park resident and former council member, said she considered a 10 percent increase “very reasonable.” “I know how much work being on the council is,” Cook said. “I’m willing to give you 10 percent out of my own pocket, but not 40 percent.” Cook suggested that in the future, mayor and council pay increases should be put to a referendum vote. Councilman Patrick Wojahn (Dist. 1) said the increase would help promote a healthier democracy in College Park. “If we say that we shouldn’t increase the salary because people who do this job ... are generally able to support themselves, with benefits, with
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Continued from Page A-1 with the council. I’m not exactly sure why that convention was,” Tartaro said at a Sept. 19 meeting. State legislative auditor Thomas J. Barnickel III said Hyattsville sent a letter to the department dated Sept. 23, indicating the backlog was being addressed. The city will avoid potential ramifications, like losing state funding, if it is pro-
the jobs they already have, then we’re basically shutting the door on people who don’t have that kind of job, who don’t earn that kind of money,” Wojahn said. Resident Margaret Kane said the pay increase could encourage more people to run. “I think this increase could encourage people who want to run who need a second job, but might not need a second job with this small supplement to their income.” Resident, Tim Miller, spoke out against the increase, accusing the council of fiscal irresponsibility, raising taxes while giving out pay increases to employees and now itself. “The mayor and certain members of the City Council are taking this city straight into bankruptcy within 15 to 20 years from now,” Miller said. Kabir and Councilwoman Denise Mitchell (Dist. 4) cast the two ‘nay’ votes to the 40 percent increase. Councilman Monroe Dennis (Dist. 2) was absent. janfenson-comeau@ gazette.net active, he said. “We’re watching their progress closely. As long as we see progress, perhaps nothing will happen,” Barnickel said. Councilman Tim Hunt (Ward 3) said he is confident the city can catch up. “What you’re seeing is a council now that takes [this] very seriously and wants to be held accountable to the public,” Hunt said. egoldwein@gazette.net
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Continued from Page A-1 months when he is in the area for part-time work obligations. An average of about 70 active volunteer fire, rescue and EMS responders operate out of the station, which expanded its facility and added an apparatus bay in 1988, according to Dave Iannone, Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Department vice president. Overall responses have increased from about 3,500 annually to 6,000 in the last 20 years, he said. Iannone said strong leadership has helped bolster the department. “We’ve been able to retain more and more of those members for the long haul,” Iannone said. Jonathan Ransom, former president of 20 years, is one of many volunteer alumni to stay connected to the department. Ransom, 55, said he became involved in the department in 1978 after meeting volunteer members as an employee of a nearby Radio Shack. Five years later, he was president. “I came over here and joined, and just never left,” said Ransom, who continues to serve in an advisory role. “There are very few people that come to the department and just turn their back to it,” he said. Thomas Falcone, 37, president of the department, said he has been volunteering since he was 16 years old. “It’s a second family to me,” Falcone said. Falcone said he has enjoyed watching the department and its members grow. “It’s heartwarming and it’s a privilege to know you had something to do with their upbringing,” Falcone said. Zach Valko, one of the Hyattsville department’s 12 live-in members, said he often hears stories about former volunteers and
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Continued from Page A-1 School in Forestville, which opened in 1951. A “new” wing was added to High Point in 1963, Jiminez said. During the summer, condensation from the pipes caused leaks in classrooms, Jimenez said. Buckets were placed to catch the water, but new leaks constantly cropped up, she said. At the start of the school year, the air-conditioning unit stopped working, leaving the
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Jim Williamson of University Park brought his children, Annie, 2, and Henry, 4, to the Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Department’s celebration of 125 years of continuous service and the groundbreaking ceremony for their firehouse. the work they have done in the community. “It’s nice to actually put a face to the names,” he said. Councilwoman Paula Perry (Ward 4) said the volunteers are not only very respon-
school sweltering on hot days. “With as old as the system is, things are constantly breaking down,” Jiminez said. High Point senior Daniel Diasgrenados said the building’s problems affect student performance. “When the school gets cold, not all of the building has heating, so the students are forced to wear jackets or coats indoors,” Diasgrenados said. “It affects teaching, and it makes it harder for students to concentrate.” A replacement school for High Point would cost an esti-
sive, but active in the community. “Their professionalism and kindness really went a long way,” Perry said. egoldwein@gazette.net
mated $82.3 million, according to a 2012 PGCPS facility assessment report. Addressing the current problems would require about $37.2 million in renovations. The county has a backlog of school maintenance and replacement needs. According to the 2012 assessment, it would cost $2.1 billion for renovations to correct all deficiencies in county schools, or $4.3 billion to replace all of the outdated schools. “It’s a school that needs significant investment, but for us, it’s part of an inventory of
schools that need significant investment,” Woodhead said of High Point. Rita Marshall of Calverton, a parent of two High Point alumni and grandmother of a ninth-grader, said patchwork renovations fail to address larger concerns associated with the building’s age. “If they put any more money into this building, I feel bad, because they’re wasting good money,” Marshall said. janfenson-comeau@ gazette.net
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Alisha Rollins-Taylor puts a flier publicizing a 5K walk/run in a mailbox in her Beechtree community in Upper Marlboro. The event is being held to raise breast cancer awareness.
Battling cancer, one community at a time
Prince George’s has gone pink for October. Across the county, there are signs of people celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness Month — pink firetrucks, pink buses, pink ribbons — but for one community, wearing the special color signifying awareness wasn’t enough. Sarah Rollins and her daughter, Alisha Rollins-Taylor, both residents of the Beechtree community in Upper Marlboro, have organized a race/walk for the cure in their neighborhood as a way of uniting the community UPPER MARLBORO against the deadly disease. RESIDENTS SHOW Like many walk participants, the family has COMMUNITY been impacted as Rollins’ POWER WITH grandmother died after a AWARENESS WALK two-year battle with breast cancer in 1998. Their effort is especially significant since there is no other breast cancer awareness walk held regularly in the county — even though Prince George’s has the highest breast cancer mortality rate in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. About 30.2 per 100,000 people in Prince George’s die from breast cancer annually. Maryland hosts two official Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure events: the Hunt Valley chapter, which hosts its 21st annual event Oct. 20, and an April event in Ocean City now in its third year. While Prince George’s is well represented in May’s annual Race for the Cure in Washington, D.C., taking part in Maryland events can be a challenge. Fortunately, Rollins and her daughter are filling the void and hosting a community 5K on Oct. 26, aiming to raise $5,000 to go toward finding a cure for breast cancer. Even if they fall short, the effort is commendable. According to Susan G. Komen Maryland, about $100 covers the cost of a mammogram for an uninsured woman. That number is welcome news in Prince George’s as the study cited 29 percent of women 45 to 64 years old were uninsured, and 72 percent may lose insurance due to the high costs of treatment. Last year, the nationwide Komen effort donated $58 million to breast cancer research and paid for 600,000 breast cancer screenings, according to its annual report. Also on the bright side, county residents appear to understand the need for screenings, as 81.3 percent of women ages 40 and older have had a mammogram in the last two years, according to a 2010 study by The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure National Capital Area. Of course, Beechtree isn’t alone in its efforts to raise awareness. For the third year, county firefighters and paramedics will be wearing and selling pink uniform shirts through the end of the month. The department raised nearly $9,000 in sales last year that was used for patient assistance, and cancer research and screenings. Sister’s Network Prince George’s County, a county nonprofit that supports breast cancer awareness and aids survivors, and other organizations are working throughout the month to motivate residents to get breast cancer screenings. But the Rollins family effort speaks not only to the goodwill of a family, it also highlights the power of a close community. Too often, residents wait for government leaders, businesses or nonprofit organizations to take the lead on making a change. However, like a tree, true growth doesn’t start at the top, it begins in the roots. Rollins and her daughter aren’t organizing the race to be in the spotlight, but to help others. Their effort could lead to another woman receiving an early cancer diagnosis that significantly increases her chances of recovery. Imagine the impact if residents led similar efforts in each of the county’s 27 municipalities and elsewhere in Prince George’s. On top of it all, the walk provides a chance for neighbors to meet each other, bond and unite around a common cause — all while helping save lives. Kudos to the Rollins family for taking on such a worthy cause. Hopefully, their grassroots effort will branch out to more Prince George’s communities.
The Gazette Douglas S. Hayes, Associate Publisher
LETTERS TOT HE EDITOR
No sympathy for workers So the federal government is shut down. We have needed to get rid of all the high-paid folks in Congress for a long time. Too bad our hands are tied, and we can’t vote them all out. I don’t have much sympathy. Yes, the government workers will be without a pay for a few days. But they will have a few days off and then actually get paid later. I worked for the government for 37 years, and a few
“I am proud of Bowie, my hometown of 52-plus years, but I am not proud of our city government,” I said at a Bowie City Council meeting last summer. Bowie is the all-American city. Good government in America begins with good government in Bowie. There is a city election next month, yet up until now you would not know it from driving around town or by reading the newspapers. Bowie city elections were once a proud tradition. The political monopoly which has controlled the city for over
times I was furloughed. However, I did get paid for the time off. The government could save some money. I loved the benefits, and I am still loving the benefits. When I went to work on a commuter bus, at the end of the month I got paid for coming to work. If you took Metro, a vanpool or a bus, you got reimbursed to go to work. We left early many times for something going on in the city or the weather.
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Conney Cox, La Plata
‘It is time to clean up Bowie’ 20 years has crushed all opposition to the point where people have become complacent and do not care anymore. Has anyone else noticed how trashy our city has become? It is time to clean up Bowie. I have placed my name on the ballot for mayor because other than District 3, there would not have been a meaningful city election in Bowie. By City Charter, the mayor does two things in Bowie: chairs the City Council meetings and acts as the ceremonial figurehead of Bowie. The unelected city
manager who has been in office for 20 years is the chief executive officer of Bowie and the head of the city of Bowie. Our city manager/City Council form of government obfuscates and hides who is really in charge of the city administration (executive branch). I think that is wrong. We only have to look as far as the current city attorney who inherited her position from her father to see nepotism in Bowie city government. I believe Bowie city government belongs to everyone, and not just to a small few for
a lifetime. Having said this, I am capable of running a City Council meeting and acting ceremonial. I would like to fulfill Mayor Dick Logue’s 1992 public pledge to bring Bowie State University into the corporate city limits. I support limiting the term of our City Council and limiting the term of our city manager. And, I would add that my fireworks return to Allen Pond Park will be better than Mr. Robinson’s fireworks at the stadium. I humbly and respectfully ask for your vote on Nov. 5.
Richard A. Dahms, Bowie
Make the Purple Line a bus lane Fake houses built in an attempt to disguise noisy electrical substations in residential neighborhoods would not be necessary if decision makers would switch to the less expensive, invasive and intrusive Purple Line option — a dedicated bus lane instead of light rail. My understanding is that long ago, before the financial collapse of 2008 changed the economy, the much less problematic dedicated bus line was rejected because, “people don’t like buses.” If that was ever true, it’s changed, especially with the advent of the very comfortable, clean and inexpensive buses that go from the Washington, D.C., area to New York City. I used to be a train-only person, but like everyone I know I’ve changed. The cost of constructing a dedicated
bus line alongside current roads is significantly less than the light rail option, and the result is more flexible and less of a neighborhood blight. Those unpopular electrical stations wouldn’t be needed, and if there was an emergency, or local event, or community building recreational activity (like a bikeathon or marathon) the extra traffic lanes could temporarily be put to good use — not so with train tracks. A dedicated bus lane would also mean less long-term expense and inconvenience. Bus lanes do not require the costly, disruptive kinds of maintenance that train tracks do, so fares could be kept lower, tax revenue could be put to other uses, and passengers would not be inconvenienced while the work on the tracks and trains is
being done. The Metro trains have become expensive to ride and on weekends the system is inconvenient to the point of almost being useless because of maintenance work — all this weekend five Red Line stations are closed. People are increasingly riding the bus lines we already have instead of the Metro trains. Well-planned and smoothly functioning public transportation is a laudable goal. A dedicated bus lane would serve this purpose, but the Purple Line light rail option is too costly and disruptive in both the short and long term to be good for our neighborhoods.
Jennifer Bellis, Silver Spring
Honoring members of the health care team
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FRESHMAN EARNS THE STARTING QUARTERBACK JOB AT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, A-11
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Yes Indeed: Reed opens pro boxing career with 5-0 start
HOW THEY RANK Football
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
DeMatha Stags Gwynn Park Yellow Jackets Suitland Rams Flowers Jaguars DuVal Tigers Surrattsville Hornets Forestville Knights Wise Pumas Bowie Bulldogs Douglass Eagles
7-1 60 pts 6-0 53 pts 6-0 49 pts 6-0 41 pts 5-1 37 pts 6-0 30 pts 5-1 23 pts 3-2 14 pts 2-3 10 pts 3-2 6 pts
Clinton-based boxer is anxious for his sixth pro fight Friday at Rosecroft n
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Also receiving votes: Riverdale Baptist 4; Bishop McNamara 6.
STANDINGS Prince George’s 3A/2A/1A League
Team
Gwynn Park Surrattsville Forestville Douglass Friendly Potomac Central Crossland Largo Fairmont Hghts
All Div.
6-0 6-0 5-1 4-2 3-3 2-4 2-4 1-5 1-5 0-6
4-0 4-0 3-1 3-1 2-2 2-2 1-3 1-4 1-4 0-4
Prince George’s 4A League Team
Flowers Suitland DuVal Wise Oxon Hill Bowie Northwestern Parkdale E. Roosevelt Laurel High Point Bladensburg
All Div.
6-0 6-0 5-1 4-2 3-3 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4 1-5
Private schools Team
Riverdale Baptist Capitol Christian DeMatha McNamara Pallotti National Christian
PF PA
230 67 209 70 222 42 178 98 138 126 118 128 84 164 64 233 61 176 44 224
PF PA
5-0 5-0 4-1 3-2 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 1-4 0-5
228 22 218 63 136 54 105 62 98 132 98 96 62 144 106 145 117 78 117 225 82 141 60 208
All
PF
7-0 4-0 7-1 5-2 4-3 2-3
253 112 262 230 125 97
PA
88 61 143 197 150 145
Last week’s scores
Pallotti 21, Mount Carmel 14 DeMatha 61, Bishop McNamara 27 Capitol Christian 22, Carroll 12 Laurel 48, Parkdale 36 DuVal 28, Bowie 7 Suitland 49, Bladensburg 6 Wise 8, Eleanor Roosevelt 0 Surrattsville 22, Forestville 20 Oxon Hill 14, Northwestern 13 Douglass 34, Potomac 32, 2OT Flowers 35, High Point 0 Friendly 40, Crossland 20 Central 22, Fairmont Heights 14 Gwynn Park 36, Largo 0 Riv. Baptist 35, Cesar Chavez 20
BEST BET Gonzaga vs. DeMatha, 7 p.m. Friday at PG Sports & Learning Complex in Landover. DeMatha and Gonzaga are the only undefeated teams in Washington Catholic Athletic Conference play. DeMatha, which lost four straight to Gonzaga before winning in last season’s WCAC semifinals, would guarantee itself the No. 1 seed in the playoffs with a victory.
Laurel High School quarterback Mason Duckett looks to make a play during Monday’s game against Parkdale.
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Laurel quarterback threw for 301 yards, six TDs in Monday’s victory against Parkdale
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NICK CAMMAROTA STAFF WRITER
ate in the fourth quarter of Monday afternoon’s football game at Parkdale High School, Laurel quarterback Mason Duckett squatted down on the visiting sideline. He held a bag of ice firmly to his right elbow, centimeters above the protective sleeve he wears, and winced in pain. Duckett had already thrown five touchdown passes and rushed for another score, but with two minutes remaining and his team ahead by five points, the victory was far from assured. The Spartans had the ball, too, which made things even more painful for the 6-foot-1 signal caller. One drive earlier, Duckett watched as backup quarterback Justin Williams was sacked for a 4-yard loss on fourth down, a play that helped set up Parkdale’s most recent touch-
down. So Duckett re-entered the game only to hobble off the field as pain again coursed through his elbow following a hard tackle. On Laurel’s next play, Williams lost five yards. Surrounded by teammates with Duckett’s best interest in mind, the quarterback sprung from his squat, snapped on his helmet and jogged toward the field. “Don’t do it Mason,” said one defensive lineman. “It’s not worth it,” said another. “Don’t, Mason. Don’t.” They yelled to Laurel coach Todd Sommerville, pleading with him to not allow Duckett back into the game having seen how uncomfortable he was seconds earlier. But Sommerville was too far away to hear them and No. 14 broke Laurel’s huddle on the field. Duckett handed off to Malik Harvin on second down for a 7-yard gain. The next play call came in. Sommerville wanted to pass.
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LEADERS Top rushers
Carries J. Baynes, R. Bapt. 99 A. Major, Surratts. 89 T. Deal, DeM. 113 K. Strong, Potom. 50 A. Brooks, DuVal 75 R. Wigfall, Suit. 56 R. Williams, McN. 76
Top passers
Yards 1048 1019 861 594 580 536 495
Cmp-Att. R. Williams, McN. 99-171 M. Duckett, Lau. 73-162 J. Green, Bowie 57-132 J. Lovett, DeM. 63-108 W. Wolfolk, Suit. 40-70 A. Brooks, DuVal 42-73 J. Adams, G.Park 30-56
Top receivers J. Crockett, McN. C. Murray, McN. C. Phillips, DeM. C. Walker, Lau. B. Clinton, Lau. M. Harvin, Lau.
Rec. 42 41 28 20 13 15
Avg. 10.6 11.5 7.6 11.9 7.7 9.6 6.5
Yards 1818 1372 1081 927 824 719 609
Yards 975 557 499 424 334 331
Int. 8 7 4 0 4 2 4
TDs 11 11 10 8 9 8 6 TDs 20 14 10 9 8 6 3
Avg. TDs 23.2 16 13.6 7 17.8 8 21.2 4 25.7 4 22.1 4
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Potomac’s Dews plays to intimidate foes Multi-position player, Tennessee recruit is turning heads throughout the county n
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TRAVIS MEWHIRTER STAFF WRITER
Jerome Dews is not your friend, at least, not if you’re wearing anything other than a Potomac High School jersey and you’re standing on the same football field he is. There are Largo and Gwynn Park linemen that know this and likely a few on every other team that has crossed the Wolverines’ path this season.
“I want to hit them in the mouth on the first play,” said Dews, a senior and a University of Tennessee recruit. “I love contact. That’s the best thing about football. That’s the reason you should play football — to make a big play. I mean, I’d rather make a big hit than get an interception. When I’m at defensive end, I want people to say, ‘Man, I never want to play Jerome Dews again.’ And when I’m playing on a receiver, man I just want to beat them up all day.” Much to Dews’ pleasure, coach Ronnie Crump slots him at just about every position on the field, where he can lay a hit on just about anybody. Dews was originally recruited by the Volunteers to play outside linebacker,
but has since been told he will likely play receiver in the Southeastern Conference. Crump, meanwhile, regularly rotates the 6-foot-4, 200 pound athlete between linebacker, receiver, cornerback, defensive end and tight end. “That’s the intriguing thing about Jerome,” Crump said. “You don’t know what he’s going to be best at. He’s just very athletic, freakishly athletic. He can play a lot of positions. He can line up at wide receiver. He can line up at tight end. He can be a defensive end with his hands in the dirt and he can stand up and play linebacker.” This kind of versatility has Crump
See DEWS, Page A-11
Mike Reed still remembers the day seven years ago when he first walked into Dream Team Boxing Gym in Clinton. Then an open canvass waiting to be filled with equipment, Reed’s father, Michael “Buck” Pinson, the gym’s owner and operator, had big plans for the space. So he solicited the help of his sons. Reed has four older brothers and one younger brother. Included among them are Tyrell Newton and Victor Brown, both of whom helped cultivate Reed’s love of boxing since he turned 10. Being the youngest of the trio at the time, Reed’s job in helping start a gym that has since become a hotbed of boxing talent that houses the likes of heavyweight Seth Mitchell was simple. “I was on the cleanup crew,” Reed said. “Every now and then my dad would ask me to measure something or where I thought the speed bags should go. But there was a lot of sawdust in the gym as we built the ring, so he would have me sweeping up the sawdust most of the time.” Reed, 20, nicknamed “Yes Indeed,” doesn’t have to worry much anymore about sweeping up sawdust — just brushing away his next opponent. The recently-turned professional fighter is 5-0 with four knockouts in his young career and is scheduled to spar another undefeated boxer, Randy Fuentes (McAllen, Tex.), on Friday at Rosecroft Raceway in a six-round fight. “I feel as though after turning pro in March I’m definitely moving at a good pace,” said Reed, who was born in Washington, D.C., but now lives in Waldorf. “I’m trying to fight every month because the most important thing to do as a professional is stay active.” Reed’s boxing career nearly was over before it began. The 5-foot-6, 140-pound pugilist out of Westlake High School lost his first four ama
See REED, Page A-11 Boxer Mike Reed, who trains in Clinton, will box his sixth professional fight Oct. 18 at Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington against Randy Fuentes (4-0-1). PHOTO FROM JUAN MARSHALL
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Freshman QB shows poise for Central After earning first start three weeks ago, Sumpter leads Falcons to win vs. Fairmont Heights n
BY HARVEY VALENTINE SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE
In describing Central High School quarterback Damarii Sumpter, coach Ken Amaker used a word several times not normally associated with freshmen. “He’s real poised for a young guy,” Amaker said. “He’s played a lot. He’s ready to compete. I thought he could help us on the varsity so we moved him up.” Sumpter, who took over the starting duties three weeks ago, threw a touchdown pass and engineered the winning drive in 22-14 Falcons’ victory Monday at Fairmont Heights in the inaugural Addison Road Bowl. It was his first win as a starter and improved Central to 2-4 overall, 1-3 in the County 3A/2A/1A League. In leading the Falcons down a muddy field in a tie game in front of a boisterous rival crowd, Sumpter looked like he’d done it all before. “I was nervous my first game at Surrattsville, then after that — Forestville and this game — I’m never nervous,” he said of his new role. “I’m just relaxed.” The game-winning drive came after Fairmont Heights had intercepted a Sumpter pass and drove 35 yards to tie the game at 14, but Sumpter wasn’t dwelling on that when he came back out on the field. “I was just thinking, ‘My team is going to go down and score and win the game,’” he said.
And it did, going 62 yards in 11 plays. Junior Deion Peterson rushed for 38 yards on the final drive while Sumpter completed both of his pass attempts for 18 yards. Peterson eventually scored from the 1-yard line, but not before the quarterback suggested a different play to his coach. “I asked him, ‘What’s the play?’ I said, ‘QB sneak?’ But he said, ‘No,’” Sumpter said, laughing. Sumpter gave Central the lead late in the first half when he found senior Kamron Gayle for an 18-yard score. “He did a lot of good things in boys’ club football,” Amaker said. “He’s real poised for a 14-year-old. Got a pretty decent arm. He’s got a lot of strengths.” Sumpter said he expected to be the Falcons starting quarterback, but not until next year. Amaker decided to speed up the timetable. “Davonne Gray was starting,” Amaker said of he senior. “We thought we could use his athleticism in a lot of places because we had the young guy that could do it [at quarterback].” In fact, Gray’s athleticism played a big role in Monday’s win as he returned an interception for a 68-yard score. Sumpter meanwhile will continue to get on-the-job training for what could be a lengthy tenure as the Central starting quarterback. In addition to working on his completion percentage, he said he also wants to get faster. “I’ve got to work on my speed. The speed of the game is real fast and I’ve got to get faster,” he said. “So I’ll be running track.”
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Continued from Page A-10 teur fights. He thought long and hard about whether or not boxing truly was something he wanted to do. In the past, Reed played youth football and basketball, but quit those team sports because he said he couldn’t handle the losing. Now in a sport where so much pressure is placed on the individual as opposed to the team, Reed slipped at the start. “I wanted to stop boxing after my fourth fight,” said Reed, who earned his catchy nickname from his ninth-grade teacher while they watched highlights. “But my dad, he saw good potential in me. He saw potential that I didn’t see in myself and he told me I can’t quit. That I needed to keep going. Ever since then,
PAIN
Continued from Page A-10 “It hurts when I bend it, but when I’m in full motion I forget about it,” Duckett said after the game, his right elbow nearly twice the size of his left when held next to one another. So it was that on third-and-8 from Parkdale’s 48, Duckett uncorked the final of his 30 passing attempts on the day — a strike across the middle to senior Brenden Clinton for the gameclinching touchdown with 46 seconds on the clock. “I knew he could still throw the ball,” said Clinton, who scored three times. “When he came in, I was hugging him because I know we have a good chance to win the game when he’s in there.” Playing through pain for nearly the entire contest, Duckett delivered the performance of a lifetime in Laurel’s 48-36 victory against the Panthers. Seven touchdowns (six passing, one rushing), 381 all-purpose yards (301 passing, 80 rushing) and one developing bruise. If those numbers seem surprising, however, they shouldn’t. Duckett’s been one of Prince George’s County’s top quarterbacks all season. “It makes it really easy coaching when you’ve got a guy who understands how and when to throw the ball,” Sommerville said. “I expected good stuff out of him, but he’s been well beyond my expectations.” In six games, Duckett has thrown for 1,372 yards and 14 touchdowns. He’s completed 73-of-192 passes with seven interceptions while running the ball 64 times for 260 yards and two scores. In every game this season, Duckett has thrown for at least 100 yards, four times eclipsing the 200-yard mark and
FEARLESS FORECASTS The Gazette sports staff picks the winners for this week’s games involving Prince George’s football teams. Here are this week’s selections:
Prince George’s County record All games
Bladensburg at High Point Friends vs. Pallotti Gonzaga at DeMatha Model at Riverdale Baptist Capitol Christian at Caesar Chavez (D.C.) Wise at Suitland Bowie at Laurel Oxon Hill at DuVal Parkdale at Eleanor Roosevelt Fairmont Heights at Friendly Flowers at Northwestern Surrattsville at Gwynn Park Potomac at Central Largo at Crossland Douglass at Forestville McNamara at St. John’s College
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Continued from Page A-10 drawing comparisons to Marlon Moore, who played at Potomac under Eric Knight in the late 1990s and helped the Wolverines reach the state championship game in his sophomore year. Added to Dews’ everlengthening list of positions this season was one he had struggled with in years past: leader. Earlier this fall, Crump approached Dews and told him that “you’ve become a different Jerome,” Dews said. “He said I wasn’t being an ‘I’ player, that I was out there for the team more. I haven’t been getting on kids for messing up but showing them how to be better.”
the rest is history.” Yes, indeed. Reed, a southpaw, won his next 16 amateur bouts and went on to dominate the circuit. He’s competed in nine states spanning from Colorado to Georgia, won five national titles in various competitions (Ringsides, Golden Gloves, Silver Gloves) and accumulated a 90-13 amateur record before making the jump to the professional ranks. His father’s been with him every step of the way. “Our father and son relationship works out great in boxing because I know him better than anyone,” Pinson said via email. “I know when he’s not having a good day, and when he is. I know so many things about his personal life, and when he’s having a problem, he knows he can come talk to me.”
twice turning in 300-plus yard performances. “As a team, I know we’re capable of so much more,” said Duckett, who also nursed a thumb injury throughout the weekend. “This effort [against Parkdale] should carry on throughout the season. If we do that every time, we’re good.” Duckett’s injury Monday
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Dan Feldman
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Kent Zakour
87-21 175-41
89-19 175-41
87-21 171-43
91-17 172-44
85-23 170-46
80-28 165-51
High Point Pallotti DeMatha Riv. Baptist Capitol Christ. Suitland Bowie DuVal E. Roosevelt Friendly Flowers Gwynn Park Potomac Largo Douglass St. John’s
High Point Pallotti DeMatha Riv. Baptist Capitol Christ. Suitland Bowie DuVal E. Roosevelt Friendly Flowers Gwynn Park Potomac Crossland Douglass St. John’s
Bladensburg Pallotti DeMatha Riv. Baptist Capitol Christ. Suitland Bowie DuVal E. Roosevelt Friendly Flowers Gwynn Park Potomac Crossland Douglass St. John’s
High Point Pallotti DeMatha Riv. Baptist Capitol Christ. Suitland Bowie DuVal E. Roosevelt Friendly Flowers Gwynn Park Potomac Crossland Forestville St. John’s
High Point Pallotti DeMatha Riv. Baptist Capitol Christ. Suitland Bowie DuVal E. Roosevelt Friendly Flowers Gwynn Park Potomac Largo Forestville St. John’s
High Point Pallotti DeMatha Riv. Baptist Chavez Suitland Bowie DuVal E. Roosevelt Friendly Flowers Gwynn Park Potomac Largo Douglass St. John’s
During preseason practices, when players were getting into pads for the first time since the close of the 2012 season, Dews was working out with the linemen. His role was to get to a dummy quarterback. The player’s role across from him was to keep that from happening. On the first repetition, Dews drove him back so far he took him halfway up a hill — a good 15 yards past where he needed to be. With Dews the clear victor, the senior barked at the line coach to line him back up until his partner did it right. And so they ran it again and again until Dews was satisfied his quarterback would be in good hands with his partner protecting him. “We work so hard in practice,” Dews said. “We forget all about the pain in our legs. We
“... It’s better for us if I hit someone and they’re basically playing with 10 guys on the field because one of them is scared and we’re playing with 11.” just keep going.” And Dews keeps hitting. When Dionzae Foote’ intercepted a Jay Adams pass at the goal line in an eventual 18-12 loss to the Yellow Jackets, Dews cracked a would-be tackler so hard that the fans were celebrating not so much the timely pick, but the hit. “It’s not funny,” Dews re-
sponded when asked if he ever felt a little remorse if someone he hits has to be helped off the field. “But I’m sorry, I’m not your friend. I want to intimidate you. It’s better for us if I hit someone and they’re basically playing with 10 guys on the field because one of them is scared and we’re playing with 11.”
Mike Reed (left) poses with his father and trainer Michael Pinson at their Dream Team Boxing gym in Clinton.
In addition to training throughout the week, Reed attends school at the College of Southern Maryland in La Plata where he’s studying to be an accountant. “The biggest thing I’ve taken away from the start of my career is I can kind of see why fighters don’t want to retire,” said Reed, who has yet to sign with a promoter but has attracted a great deal of interest. “The feeling of hearing your name chanted in the ring is an amazing feeling and sharing that with friends and family is special. “That’s one of the things that drives me. Since I was a little kid, I’ve always had a good support system, but with me being a professional fighter, it has grown a lot.”
PHOTO FROM JUAN MARSHALL
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stemmed from a violent collision in the first quarter after he threw the first of his two interceptions. Parkdale’s Will Massey, who caught six passes for 205 yards and four touchdowns, returned the turnover along the home sideline and collided helmet-to-helmet with Duckett. Massey’s facemask drove directly into Duckett’s forearm as the two hit the ground.
Duckett appeared sorest early in the fourth quarter when, after he was stopped for no gain on a run, he told coaches on Laurel’s sideline that he couldn’t run the ball anymore. Two plays later he was sacked and Williams lined up under center for the first time. “I don’t like to lose,” said Duckett, who has been playing football since he was 6. “It
looked like we were off to a bad start [when I was out], so I wanted to finish the game the way we started. I wanted us to finish hard.” A backup quarterback for the Spartans last season, Duckett didn’t complete a pass, going 0-for-4 with an interception. But after a summer spent practicing and attending local camps, he’s
on pace to lead the county’s public school quarterbacks in passing — whether he has to play hurt or not. “He played like a warrior [Monday],” Sommerville said. “He did more than any coach could ever ask of a guy. It was phenomenal.” ncammarota@gazette.net
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Congratulations to Kara Hibler of Bladensburg! She was randomly selected to win an Apple iPad for nominating Ms. Sheehan, her religion teacher at Elizabeth Seton High School in our My Favorite Teacher contest! Here is what Kara had to share: I am so grateful and happy to have won an iPad through the Gazette’s “My Favorite Teacher” contest. When I wrote the essay about my teacher, I knew I would be eligible to win one but that’s not why I entered; I have a passion for writing so I take any chance I get for others to see my work. This contest was perfect. When I first heard about it, I knew exactly who I was going to write about. I knew from day one of freshmen year of high school I had an amazing teacher. Fortunately I’m able to have her yet another year as my sophomore religion teacher. With writing my essay, I realized how truly blessed I am to have such a loving and caring teacher who’s passionate about what she’s teaching. With writing this essay, I was also able to realize all she does for me as her student. I know whenever I need someone to talk to, she’ll be there. She takes time out of her day to talk to you and give you advice when needed. Everyone at Seton loves her, she’s just that great of a person.
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The backpacks have been filled, the laptops are charged and students have welcomed a new school year throughout our community. MGM National Harbor is proud to be a sponsor of the “My Favorite Teacher” contest and support educational opportunities for students at all levels. Education empowers us with knowledge to tackle the challenges of today. With each educated man, woman and child, our community and society takes one giant step forward. Stepping up to the plate for students is one more way MGM National Harbor is strengthening communities through education.
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Rock ’n’ roll fans can go back to the late 1960s when British bands paid a visit to Maryland in “Led Zeppelin Played Here,” a documentary by local filmmaker Jeff Krulik, showing Sunday as part of the ninth annual Utopia Film Festival in Greenbelt. “He’s so popular, and he’s selling out crowds,” said festival director Susan Gervasi. The 90-minute film is one of 40 that will screen during the festival running Saturday and Sunday in Greenbelt. Films will be shown at four
“DPRK: Land of Whispers,” a documentary about a 2012 trip to North Korea, will screen on Saturday in Greenbelt as part of the city’s annual Utopia Film Festival running this weekend. PHOTO BY ETHERIUM SKY PHOTOGRAPHY
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locations, and most of them, including Krulik’s, feature Q&As with the filmmakers or related discussions. Entries run the gamut from rock to sci-fi to community building in the United States and around the world, a theme which reflects Greenbelt’s inception as a planned, affordable “Utopian” community during the Great Depression. Krulik’s film focused on the community of Wheaton in Montgomery County, where, urban legend has it, the British band Led Zeppelin played in 1969.
UTOPIA FILM FESTIVAL n When: Noon to 10 p.m. Saturdayand Sunday n Where: P&G Old Greenbelt Theatre, 129 Centerway Road; Greenbelt Municipal Building, 25 Crescent Road; Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Road; Academy Theaters at Beltway Plaza Mall, 6198 Greenbelt Road. n Tickets: $3 per film: $10 one-day pass; $18 two-day pass n For information: utopiafilmfestival.org
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Musician, storyteller to perform live in Greenbelt BY
WILL C. FRANKLIN STAFF WRITER
Singe r/son gwrit er Trist an Omand is quick to point out he’s a folk musician in every sense of the term. “Most of my songs tell a story,” Omand said. “If you go back hundreds of years, folk songs always tell some pretty great stories. That’s the cornerstone of folk music.” The folk musician from New Hampshire will perform on Tuesday at the New Deal Café in Greenbelt. According to Omand, having great stories to tell is a must for any successful folk artist. “If you go back and listen to the songs Johnny Cash used to sing … or Pete Seeger, that’s the theme is that there’s a great story,” Omand said. “It’s hard for me to identify with songs that have just words that are there to fill up space. I like to try
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TRISTAN OMAND n When: 7 p.m. Tuesday n Where: New Deal Cafe, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt n Tickets: Admission is free; donations accepted n For information: 301-474-5642; newdealcafe.com; tristanomand.com
Folk singer Tristan Omand will perform on Oct. 22 at New Deal Café in Greenbelt.
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Drums from different cultures set the beat in Greenbelt BY
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Converging on Greenbelt on Saturday will be drummers performing music and rhythms from West Africa, the Middle East and Brazil, capped by a world music show at the New Deal Café in the evening. “We wanted to make sure it was a diverse [lineup],” said Kristen Arant, one of the organizers of what local drummers hope will become an annual gathering — the first-ever Greenbelt Rhythm & Drum Festival. The day-long outdoor event featuring professional performances, workshops and vendors will take place at the Roosevelt Center in the historic section of Greenbelt.
GREENBELT RHYTHM & DRUM FESTIVAL n When: 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Saturday n Where: 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt n Tickets: free n For information: greenbelt rhythmand drumfestival.org
“If someone came from outer space, they’d say Earthlings play drums and percussion and a few other things,” said music educator Bill Jenkins of Mount Rainier. Drumming is a common thread running through many cultures, he said. “I think drums attract us all,” said Jenkins. “There’s something deep there.” Cheick Hamala Diabate and his band will kick off the performances at noon with music from Mali. He plays the n’goni, a plucked lute from West Africa that is the ancestor of the American banjo. Also performing will be Arant’s group, the Akoma Drummers, which she founded with her husband, Ghana native Michael Kweku Owusu. Owusu also performs with the Washington, D.C., based-group and also makes and sells drums. Also in the line-up is Drum Call: the Pulse of Africa, which focuses on West African drumming,
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Musician Cheick Hamala Diabate from Mali plays the n’goni, a plucked lute from West Africa, the predecessor of the American banjo. He will be joining other musicians and drummers from Africa at the Greenbelt Rhythm & Drum Festival on Saturday in Greenbelt.
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Complete calendar online at www.gazette.net
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY’S ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR For a free listing, please submit complete information to noravec@gazette.net at least 10 days in advance of desired publication date. High-resolution color images (500KB minimum) in jpeg format should be submitted when available. THEATER & STAGE Bowie Community Theatre, “The Cover of Life,” coming in November, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Drive, Bowie, 301-805-0219, www.bctheatre. com. Bowie State University, TBA, Fine and Performing Arts Center, Bowie State University, 14000 Jericho Park Road, Bowie, 301-8603717, www.bowiestate.edu. Busboys & Poets, Hyattsville, TBA, 5331 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, 301-779-2787 (ARTS), www.busboysandpoets.com. Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, “The Matchmaker,” to
Oct. 19, University of Maryland, College Park, claricesmithcenter. umd.edu.
Harmony Hall Regional Center, Swing Machine, 8 p.m. Oct. 19, call for prices, 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, 301-203-6070, arts.pgparks.com. Greenbelt Arts Center, “Avenue Q,” to Oct. 26, call for prices, times, Greenbelt Arts Center, 123 Centerway, Greenbelt, 301-441-8770, www.greenbeltartscenter.org. Hard Bargain Players, “Evil Dead: The Musical,” to Oct. 19, 2001 Bryan Point Road, Accokeek, www.hbplayers.org. Joe’s Movement Emporium, LateNight Expressions, 10 p.m. Oct. 19; Lesole’s Dance Project, 8
p.m. Oct. 26, 7 p.m. Oct. 27, 3309 Bunker Hill Road, Mount Rainier, 301-699-1819, www.joesmovement.org. Laurel Mill Playhouse, “Bell, Book and Candle,” to Oct. 27, call for ticket prices, Laurel Mill Playhouse, 508 Main St., Laurel, 301-452-2557, www.laurelmillplayhouse.org. Montpelier Arts Center, Jason Marsalis, 8 p.m. Oct. 18; One Maryland One Book Discussion, 2 p.m. Oct. 19; Historic Haunt, 7 p.m. Oct. 25; Film: “The Devil’s Backbone,” 10 p.m. Oct. 25, 9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel, 301-3777800, arts.pgparks.com. National Harbor, Cavalia’s “Odysseo,” to Oct. 27, White Big Top, National Harbor, Maryland. Tickets on sale now. www.cavalia. net, 1-866-999-8111. Prince George’s Little Theatre, TBA, call for tickets and show times, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Drive, Bowie, 301-957-7458, www.pglt.org. Publick Playhouse, Balé Folclórico da Bahia, 12 p.m. and 8 p.m. Oct. 17; “Skippyjon Jones,” 10:15 a.m. and noon, Oct. 25; “Splat the Cat,” 10:15 a.m. and noon, Oct. 29, 5445 Landover Road, Cheverly, 301-277-1710, arts.pgparks.com. 2nd Star Productions, “Little Shop of Horrors,” to Oct. 26, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh
Park Drive, Bowie, call for prices, times, 410-757-5700, 301-832-4819, www.2ndstarproductions.com. Tantallon Community Players, “Miracle on 34th Street,” coming in November, Harmony Hall Regional Center, 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, 301-2625201, www.tantallonstage.com.
VISUAL ARTS Brentwood Arts Exchange, “Her Words,” to Oct. 19, opening reception scheduled for 5-8 p.m. Sept. 14, 3901 Rhode Island Ave., Brentwood, 301-277-2863, arts. pgparks.com.
Harmony Hall Regional Center, Passages Revisited - Paintings by Tinam Valk, to Oct. 11, gallery hours from 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, 301-203-6070. arts.pgparks.com. David C. Driskell Center, “Still...” by sculptor Allison Saar, to Dec. 13, University of Maryland, College Park. www.driskellcenter. umd.edu. Montpelier Arts Center, “Hiroshima Schoolyard,” Nov. 4 to Dec. 1, reception scheduled for 3-5 p.m. Nov. 10, gallery open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, 9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel, 301-377-7800, arts.pgparks.com. University of Maryland University College, TBA, call for prices
and venue, 3501 University Blvd., Adelphi, 301-985-7937, www. umuc.edu/art.
NIGHTLIFE Hand Dancing with D.C. Hand Dance Club, free lesson from 4 to
5 p.m., dancing from 5 to 9 p.m.
Sundays at the Coco Cabana, 2031-A University Blvd. E., Hyattsville, $10 cover, www.dchanddanceclub.com. New Deal Café, Mid-day melodies with Amy C. Kraft, noon, Oct. 17; Open Mic with Joe Harris, 7 p.m. Oct. 17; John Guernsey, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 18-19; The Goodfellas, 8 p.m. Oct. 18; Stream & the Blue Dragons, 8 p.m. Oct. 19; Fez Tones Hafla, 6 p.m. Oct. 20; Tristan Omand, 7 p.m. Oct. 22, 113 Centerway Road, 301-474-5642, www. newdealcafe.com. Old Bowie Town Grill, Wednesday Night Classic Jam, 8 p.m. every Wednesday, sign-ups start at 7:30 p.m., 8604 Chestnut Ave., Bowie, 301-464-8800, www.oldbowietowngrille.com.
OUTDOORS Dinosaur Park, Dinosaur Park
programs, noon-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, 10:30 a.m.-noon Thursdays, age 5 and younger free, 4701 31st Place, Mount Rainier, 301-927-2163. Prince George’s Audubon Soci-
ety, 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
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SOMETHING’S BREWING Greenwich Village witch Gillian Holroyd (Kat McKerrow) shares a cup of tea with neighbor Shep Henderson (Ken Krintz) in Laurel Mill Playhouse’s production of the romantic comedy “Bell, Book and Candle,” to Oct. 27. For more information, visit laurelmillplayhouse.org. migrating and resident woodland and field birds, and waterfowl. For beginners and experts. Waterproof footwear and binoculars suggested. Free. 410-765-6482.
REC CENTERS Prince George’s Sports & Learning Complex, Senior Days at
the Sportsplex, 8 a.m.-noon Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, seniors allowed free use of the fitness center and pool, age 60 and up, 8001 Sheriff Road, Landover, 301-583-2400.
Seat Pleasant Activity Center, Line Dancing, 6:30-8 p.m.
Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Saturdays, $40 series, $6 drop-ins, age 18 and up, 5720 Addison Road, Seat Pleasant, 301-773-6685.
ET CETERA College Park Aviation Museum, Peter Pan Club, 10:30-11:30 a.m. second and fourth Thursdays of every month, activities for preschoolers, $4, $3 seniors, $2 ages 2-18; Afternoon Aviators, 2-4:30 p.m. Fridays, hands-on aviationthemed activities for age 5 and up, $4, $3 seniors, $2 ages 2-18, events free with admission, 1985 Cpl. Frank Scott Drive, College Park, 301-864-6029, www.collegeparkaviationmuseum.com.
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dance and folklore. The group is associated with Baile McKnight, who sells and repairs drums in Forestville. During the mid-afternoon, Fez Tones Hafla will perform music and belly dancing from the Middle East, followed by the Afro-Brazilian, samba-reggae sound of Batala Washington. At 8 p.m. the Stream & the Blue Dragons will be playing world music with lutes, didgeridoos, drums and other instruments inside the New Deal Café. Between performances, facilitators will lead free 30-minute drum circles. All ages are welcome, and no experience is needed to join. Drums will be available for those who don’t bring their own. Jenkins will lead a drum circle for children. For more than 20 years, he has demonstrated instruments from around the world to young children in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties, as well as orphanages and hospitals overseas. Children can move quickly from making noise to making music in a facilitated drum circle. “Drumming does that right away,” he said. “You can get there in five or 10 minutes, not five or 10 weeks [like a violin].” Children may already know the basic four-beat rhythms of songs like “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” or “Row, Row Your Boat.” But if they don’t, they soon learn that hitting a drum to a regular beat sounds better than random banging, especially in a group. “It teaches cooperation, group cohesion and cultural awareness” Jenkins said. The adults also benefit from drumming as a way to relax and relieve stress.
“It can be calming or it can be energizing,” said Jenkins. “It can be spiritual, sensual and universal.” Also scheduled for the festival are five free drum classes in the afternoon at the Greenbelt Arts Center. Percussionist Jason Walker, who plays with the Afro beat big band Chopteeth, will lead a class in Afro Cuban rhythms made famous by Latin music greats such as Carlos Santana and Tito Puente. “We’re not in large part ... a rhythmic culture,” said Walker. “Most people get the melody, which can stick in their head, but they don’t know the rhythm to something like ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb.’” Latin rhythms and their variations may sound complex, he said, but they can be learned by first fully mastering simple beat patterns. Walker will also demonstrate how to draw different tones from a Cuban conga drum by hitting it in different places in different ways. “There are four basic voices,” he said. Hitting with the whole palm and fingers creates a base tone; hitting with half the palm and fingers, a mid-range tone. The slap uses the fingers to create a higher sound, and leaving the fingers briefly on the drum acts to deaden the sound. For drummers who want to make a day of it, there are restaurants in the area as well as a vegan food truck that will join other vendors selling clothes, jewelry and percussion instruments. “It’s a one-stop shop if you’re looking to buy drums,” said Arant. For a festival guide, visit greenbeltrhythmanddrumfestival.org. vterhune@gazette.net
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Continued from Page B-1 A Bowie native who now lives in Silver Spring, Krulik set out to do a rock documentary about the 1969 Laurel Pop Festival at the Laurel Park race track, where the band performed that year along with Sly and the Family Stone, Jethro Tull, Jeff Beck and other bands. But then he read a book called “Capitol Rock” by Greenbelt author Mark Opsasnick, who reported that Led Zeppelin had played at the Wheaton Youth Center in 1969. Intrigued, Krulik switched topics and spent years interviewing people who claimed to have been there and other people who said it never happened. The film has screened in Silver Spring, Frederick and Baltimore. Recently back from showing it in New York City, Krulik and Opsasnick will host a Q&A after the screening in Greenbelt. “The film is about the emergence of the rock concert industry, something we take for granted today,” Krulik said, adding it has the effect of stirring the memories of people who remember those days. “They apply their own experiences,” Krulik said. Playing Saturday at the festival is “The Ghastly Love of Johnny X,” a black-and-white movie (106 minutes) about a gang of misfits banished to Earth that includes actor Kevin McCarthy’s last role as The Grand Inquisitor. MCarthy starred in the 1956 movie “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.” Known mainly as a character actor, he also appeared “Death of a Salesman” and “The Best Man,” as well as many other movies and TV shows up to his death in 2010. It’s “a truly mad concoction, blending 1950s juvenile delinquents, sci-fi melodrama, song-and-dance, and a touch of horror,” according to the festival program. Most of the remaining festival entries, which conform more with the Utopia festival’s theme of community building, run about an hour or less. “You can tell the story without it taking two hours — they pack more of a punch,” said Gervasi, who screened the entries with the help of volunteers. Chris Lynn, who helped found the festival in 2005 and now lives in Silver Spring, will present for a seventh year a collection of urban-rural “landscape” films contributed by different artists. “It’s like a shorts program,” said Lynn. “There’s very little dialogue.” Lynn’s contribution to the compilation, “Ships Passing on the Huangpu River,” was filmed from one location at different times of the day in Shanghai. “It’s how the filmmaker interprets the place,” he said. “You discover the rhythms of the landscape. ... It’s meant to be meditative, reflective. I collected different sounds of the docks on the river.” In “Farewell to Factory Towns?” director Maynar Eider questions whether the Massachusetts Museum on Contemporary Art, which opened in North Adams, Mass., in 1999 in a shuttered electronics plant, has since generated the jobs the project promised. “A Girl Like Her” is about closed adoptions in the Ozzie and Harriet days of the 1950s and early 1960s. Director Ann Fessler interviews women who were unmarried at the time and had to give up their babies. “It’s about how the sad reality played out behind the scenes,” Gervasi said. Visiting from New York will be the makers of “Sousa: Make a Better World,” about a group of Jewish and Dominican teenagers living in New York’s Washington Heights who work together to create a musical about “the Dominican rescue of 800 Jews from Hitler,” according to the program. “They came to a new recognition of each other,” Gervasi said. “Flying Paper” is about Palestinian children living in the Gaza Strip and participating in a summer program run by UNESCO who set out to break the Guinness world record for the most kites ever flown at once. A representative from the United Nations is scheduled to introduce the film and answer questions afterward. Filmed in Europe, the “Wheelchair Diaries: One Step Up,” is a documentary by director Reid Davenport that tells the
story of a college student in a wheelchair who traveled in Europe to see how accessible it was to people with disabilities. “It was pretty awful what he found,” Gervasi said. Also screening is “DPRK: Land of Whispers,” a 59-minute film by director and producer Matt Dworzancyzk about a trip to North Korea, where he tries to get around government officials to connect with local people. Dworzancyzk was able to do it because he had an agreement with a tour company to do a promotional film for the company, said Gervasi. “The guides keep trying to control his movements,” she said. “It’s a window into something [for people] who could never travel to North Korea.”
“Flickering Angels” is a documentary about a group of young girls in India in the care of nuns who continue to thrive despite being separated from their parents in prison. The film screening on Saturday is one of nearly 40 films running this weekend at the annual Utopia Film Festival in Greenbelt. UTOPIA FILM FESTIVAL
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The Prince George’s County chapter of The Arc, the world’s largest grassroots organization dedicated to the wellbeing of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, is the second largest in the state of Maryland. And thanks to a grant the group received more than a year ago, the local branch recently launched The Transformation Project, an initiative that provides opportunities for Arc participants outside of the day center, through community partnerships. “The goal is to be out in the community rather than in the four walls of the day center,” said Jessica Neely, director of family services at the Prince George’s County Arc. One of The Transformation Project partners is the Brentwood Art Exchange. For the last year, Brentwood has offered multi-week sessions in a variety of disciplines including painting, ceramics and multimedia. Classes at Brentwood are taught by art instructor Rowena Bowman while occasional classes at the day center are taught by Melissa Ezelle, The Arc’s director of community partnerships. Participant pieces are currently on display at The Prince George’s Sports & Learning Complex in an exhibit running through Dec. 1.
“For us, it sounded like a great opportunity,” said Phil Davis, acting director at the Brentwood Art Exchange. “We didn’t have anything similar going on.” Davis said he and the Brentwood staff see their participation in The Transformation Project partnership as a means of serving their local community. “One of the things we try to do is make sure everyone in the county gets equal service,” Davis said. “This is a group of people who are under-served.” Neely said for The Arc participants and their staff, the relationship with Brentwood and other partners means the ability to take advantage of some of the unique opportunities in a newly bustling arts district. “There is just so much going on here,” Neely said. “We’re very fortunate in this county that we have the Gateway Arts District. We went out into the district looking at different organizations and what kind of classes we would create ... we have a similar partnership with the African American Cultural Arts Center.” Close to 20 Arc participants with varying levels of artistic experience are enrolled in each session. Artist Joe Warthen came to Brentwood with some previous painting experience thanks to classes he took in middle and high school. In addition to the works he does at Brentwood, Warthen said he also “likes to work on stuff on his own time as well.” Warthen, who lives in Bowie, has been enrolled in the Brentwood classes for six months and said he intends to sign up for more sessions in the future. Having his work on display has been an added bonus to the classroom experience. “I think it’s neat for people to come and see your artwork,” Warthen said. “You see the expression on their face and it’s really neat.”
THE ARC n When: 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.to 8 p.m. Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 1 n Where: Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex, 8001 Sheriff Road, Landover n Tickets: Free n For information: 301-277-2863, arts.pgparks. com or thearcofpgc.org
Warthen also expressed interest in taking other art courses outside of the group sessions currently offered. It’s something Ezelle said The Arc is looking into for the future. “Right now there are group classes but that is something we would like to find where I would enroll Joe into his own class,” she said. In addition to the painting, ceramics and multimedia courses, The Arc has also offered classes in dance, movement and theater. Neely said the organization is looking to offer opportunities for participants to volunteer in the community and other activities to help them “achieve personal and civic growth.” Neely added it’s key to point out that the Brentwood art classes are not modified for Arc participants. “It’s a traditional curriculum,” she said. “Its not art therapy and it’s not adapted. And that’s important because that’s part of our goal; to have it be an experience that anyone would have. I think that when you approach something without a label, you don’t have a bar set. And we want [participants] to take it as far as they can ...” chedgepeth@gazette.net
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Mixed-media art pieces inspired by an art exhibit at the PGAAMCC Art Museum, as part of the Museum In a Box Series.
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‘Captain Phillips,’ a solid tale of man versus pirates BY
MICHAEL PHILLIPS CHICAGO TRIBUNE
“Captain Phillips” is a Tom Hanks movie. It also is a Paul Greengrass movie, and the cinematic tumult director Greengrass adroitly captures and sustains in the service of a narrative has a way of keeping his stars unmoored — in a good way — while trumping conventional Hollywood notions of a star vehicle.
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS n 3 stars n PG-13; 134 minutes n Cast: Tom Hanks n Director: Paul Greengrass
Heroism exists in a Greengrass picture. But the Britishborn, documentary-trained director, best known for “United 93” and the second and third “Bourne” thrillers, is more interested in messy, lucky-tobe-alive, real-world heroism than in movie-world heroism. Greengrass sees the world as a complicated place; his preferred, jabbing editing rhythms and camera proximity ensure that audiences experience it the same way. Capt. Richard Phillips is all business, and so is Hanks’ portrayal. In 2009, the Massachusettsborn, Vermont-based U.S. Merchant Marine commander of the cargo ship Maersk Alabama, overseeing three different sets of union crews and union crew regulations, encountered four pirates who made their way to the U.S.-registered ship in
a small craft off the coast of Somalia in the Gulf of Aden. Phillips’ crew of 20 had been undergoing a safety drill; then the radar signified the approach of an unidentified intruder. Because the container cargo ship was sailing in notorious pirateinfested waters, Phillips knew how much potential trouble was afoot. Written by Billy Ray, inspired by Phillips’ own account of what happened next, the film tightens the screws for 134 minutes and relays how Phillips ended up in a lifeboat with his captors, on dwindling rations, waiting for Navy SEALs to resolve a highly pressurized situation. To honorably mixed results, Greengrass and Ray do their best to allow the Somali characters and the actors (new to professional acting) playing them some room to establish Phillips’ adversaries as human beings, albeit brutal and desperate ones. Barkhad Abdi, hired out of the Somali immigrant community of Minneapolis, plays the rifle-slinging leader, a fisherman by trade, forced into his second and treacherous line of work by economic and political crises (touched upon briefly in the early scenes, probably too briefly). The world’s instability is connected by human threads, as is made clear in a prologue conversation on the way to the airport between Phillips and his justifiably worried wife (Catherine Keener, reduced to a one-scene player in the final edit). The pair talk about the uncertain universe their children, about to enter a difficult global workforce, are inheriting. But as the rest of the movie makes plain, there are difficult eco-
Tom Hanks stars in Columbia Pictures’ “Captain Phillips.”
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Continued from Page B-1 to tell some sort of narrative or story.” Omand said he started out playing and singing in bands, but he never really knew why he was singing the songs he was singing. That changed for him once he ventured out on his own and started writing his own songs. “I started to figure out that, going around the country and playing in these new places, if you tell an interesting story, people don’t necessarily have had to of heard of you already to be interested,” Omand said. “Kind of like bands that have a signature song. It may have taken them countless years of playing for people to get to know them, but I’ve played shows where people have appreciated my guitar playing and story-telling and they can get into it right away.” Since he was young, music has been a major part of Omand’s life, and he was set on either becoming a musician — or a baseball player or a cowboy. “I gave up on baseball a long time ago,” Omand said. “Obviously the whole cowboy thing isn’t really an option, being from New Hampshire. It was a little kid dream, but yeah, as far back
nomic straits and then there are poverty-stricken-Somali-fishermen-turned-pirates economic straits. We get to know members of the cargo ship crew only in fits and starts (Chris Mulkey, a valuable character actor, plays one). It’s Hanks’ show, though some may be surprised to see how little of the usual emotional hooks and beats intrude on the procedural at hand. “Captain Phillips” is one of Greengrass’ good films, if not one of his three or four terrific ones. There are times, in the screaming close-ups of the Somali actors, when you wish Greengrass and his excellent regular cinematographer, Barry Ackroyd (who also shot “The Hurt Locker”) would back off a little. Going for clarity of line and context, the script stints on offhanded details of character. For better or worse, Greengrass’ preferred method of fact-based storytelling sees the forest first and the trees second. But at the risk of hyping its impact, when Hanks comes out the other side of his reallife character’s blood-spattered experience, there’s a scene as strong as any I’ve seen this year, and as strong as any either Greengrass or Hanks has managed in other sorts of movies. It’s not a long scene (though one wonders if we’re destined to sit through bits of it, over and over, come awards nomination season). It is, however, just about perfect in its wrenching emotion, expressed by an actor clearly up to the challenge of acting in a Paul Greengrass docudrama — which is to say, acting with as little capital-A Acting as possible.
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(From left) Faysal Ahmed, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman and Mahat Ali appear in Columbia Pictures’ “Captain Phillips,” starring Tom Hanks.
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as I can remember, I’ve always just wanted to play music.” Omand started playing the guitar when he was 9 years old and started writing songs shortly thereafter. Soon after, Omand said it hit him that people actually got paid to sing and write songs for a living. “It’s taken me a little over 15 years to work towards carving out a career,” Omand said. “It’s been a lot of trial and error, but ever since I can remember this is what I wanted to do. In school, it was hard for me to focus because I just wanted to get through the day so I could get out and play my guitar. I’ve never really been good at making money or saving it for that matter. That has never made sense to me, but songs and the guitar … it’s kind of my language.” While Omand hopes people are entertained and enjoy his music, he’s happy if his songs give people a welcome distraction from everyday life. “If they can forget about the mortgage and all the boring stuff that populates most people’s lives for an hour or two and just forget about the painful things they have to think about sometimes,” Omand said. “I think that’s really cool and I totally appreciate that. That’s all I ask.” wfranklin@gazette.net
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draiser, 3 to 7 p.m., Hemingway Memorial AME Church, 6330 Gateway Blvd., District Heights. Fundraiser is being held to raise funds for two of the youth ministries of Hemingway Memorial AME Church. Contact 301-5689127. Old-Fashion Prayer Meeting, 7:30 to 9 p.m., Abyssinia Baptist Church, 4705 Addison Road, Capitol Heights. Prayer meeting sponsored by the Abyssinia Baptist Church’s 81st Anniversary Committee. Contact 301-7734712 or arobinson51@hotmail. com.
OCT. 19 Community Walk of Worship, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Abyssinia Baptist Church, 4705 Addison Road, Capitol Heights. Abyssinia Baptist Church commemorates its 81st church anniversary. Congregants will take to the streets in witness to the goodness of Jesus with prayer and praise. Contact 301-773-4712 or arobinson51@hotmail.com.
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2012 Jetta TDI...............................#149435A, Coffee 22,328 mi...........$18,994 2013 Passat S...............................#P7630, Silver, 4,428 mi..................$19,500 2011 CC.............................................#FR7183, White, 32,893 mi.............$19,991 2011 Routan SE............................#P6065, Blue, 37,524 mi.................$20,991 2013 Passat SE.............................#PR6026, Gray, 4,501 mi.................$21,994 2012 Jetta Sportwagen TDI. .#100859A, Black, 60,262 mi...........$21,999 2013 Tiguan S................................#FR7177, Gold, 6,949 mi.................$22,991 2012 Golf TDI..................................#691809A, Black, 17,478 mi...........$22,995
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14,985
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21,985
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10,985
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13,985
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19,855
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21,985
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