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After opening her business in Hyattsville 32 years ago, Gail Rennie said she may have to close shop because of proposed road restrictions in the town next door. Edmonston’s “Green Street,” a $1.3 million environmentally friendly stretch of roadway on Decatur Street, has suffered damage from large trucks traversing the road, ofﬁcials said, and

Survivor helps students support patients ERIC GOLDWEIN STAFF WRITER

Victorianne Russell Walton of New Carrollton said a strong support system — and inspirational letters from her mother and sister — helped her overcome a ﬁve-year battle with breast cancer. Now, as a survivor, she wants other cancer patients to have the same encouragement. Walton, 48, recently founded It’s in The Genes LLC, a nonproﬁt that partners with other organizations to offer programs and resources for cancer patients. She is also the events coordinator for the Cancer Support Ministry at First Baptist Church of

Glenarden in Upper Marlboro. Inspired by the letters from her family when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007, she also launched the Ribbon of Love Project, in which she collects uplifting letters from children and delivers them to cancer patients. “We need to remind them: You’re going to beat this,” Walton said. The ribbon project was created after she took part in an event last school year at Carrollton Elementary School in New Carrollton, when Walton said she was handed an uplifting letter from a student. Walton, who received notes from family members in Virginia during her

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Parents frustrated over Lanham school’s move

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Victoria Russell Walton (center) of It’s in the Genes, a nonproﬁt that offers programs and support for cancer patients, helps Carrollton Elementary School fourth-graders make cards for cancer patients on Oct. 30.

they want to implement a five-ton truck restriction to end the problem. “I don’t see how I’m going to get my customers in here, and I don’t think it’s worth the ﬁght,” said Rennie, whose Trailer N Tractor Inc. maintenance and repair services business on Lafayette Place relies on trucks that travel through Decatur Street. The proposed trafﬁc regulations would prohibit large commercial trucks from driving on the “green” stretch of Decatur Street from 46th Avenue to Kenilworth Avenue. If the legislation passes, trucks would have to enter and exit Edmonston’s industrial area by way of U.S. 1,

battle with cancer, approached Carrollton Principal Brian Galbraith about teaming up with the school. Since then, Walton has periodically visited to talk to students about cancer, provide school supplies and collect letters. Carrollton fourth-graders participated in the ribbon project Oct. 30. “I don’t care if you are a kid, man or woman,” fourth-grader Chiemeziem Chukwu’s letter stated. “I just want you to get better and beat cancer.” Carrollton fourth-grader Tyniah Snowden said her friend suffered from cancer and described the experience as “scary.” She said she

Ofﬁcials say move would only increase number of seats, not space BY SOPHIE PETIT STAFF WRITER

After a cramped decade of sharing with another school, Robert Goddard French Immersion School in Lanham is slated to move into its own building, but parents say they’re confused as to why the school won’t have access to the entire site. “It’s mind boggling,” said June Evans, president of the Robert Goddard French Immersion parent-teacher

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association. “They’re only giving us just enough to maintain what we have now. One of the reasons we’re moving is so that we can expand.” The school has shared a 133,631-square-foot building with Robert Goddard Montessori School since 2002. French Immersion is on track to move next school year into the old Greenbelt Middle School building, which is undergoing $3.5 million in renovations, said county schools spokesman Max Pugh. The move has been in the works since 2009, but planning and funded issues resulted in multiple delays, said school ofﬁcials. In 2011, parents formed a

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ELECTIONS ACROSS PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY

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College Park’s ﬁrst contested mayoral election in nearly a quarter century ended Tuesday night with an overwhelming victory for incumbent Andrew Fellows. Fellows, 54, ﬁrst elected unopposed in 2009, received 1,127 votes while challenger Robert “Bob” McCeney, 48, received 278, according to preliminary election results released Tuesday night. College Park’s last contested mayoral election was in 1989, when incumbent Anna Owens defeated challenger Craig Little.

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Incumbents edge out challengers in at-large race BY JAMIE

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Laurel voters chose to return the full slate of incumbents to office in Tuesday’s election, rejecting the bids of three challengers. Tuesday night’s results are unofficial until they have been certified by the Board of Election Supervisors. Provisional and absentee ballots have not been counted. A total of 1,033 ballots were cast, less than 7 percent of Laurel’s 16,065 registered voters, said Kim Rau, the clerk of the board of election supervisors. Rau said 99 absentee ballots were cast. Absentee ballots were going to be counted later Wednesday. The council incumbents, billing themselves “Team Laurel,” campaigned as a group. Councilman at-large Mike Leszcz, 66, defeated a challenge

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Greenbelt mayor pro tem receives most votes Greenbelt voters returned all the at-large council incumbents to office, with current Mayor Pro Tem Emmett V. Jordan edging out incumbent Mayor Judith “J” Davis for most number of votes. The Greenbelt City Council will vote to elect the mayor and mayor pro tem from amongst their number Monday evening. Although traditionally the council has voted the highest vote-getter mayor and the second-highest vote-getter mayor pro tem, this is not a requirement. If the council does follow tradition, Jordan would be the city’s first black mayor, in addition to being its first black council member. In addition to Jordan, who received 1,476 votes, and Davis, who received 1,368 votes, Rodney Roberts received 1,300 votes,

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land or the wildlife refuge. Registration required. Contact 301-497-5887. Veteran’s Day Celebration, 2 p.m., Veteran’s Living Memorial Site, intersection of Wells Parkway, Clagett Road and Eversﬁeld Drive in University Park. Program will honor all veterans and all active-duty military from University Park. Contact 301-277-0414 or amkobbe@aol.com. Veteran’s Day Celebration, 8 p.m., Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park. Clarinet professor collaborates with his faculty colleagues on a concert of works by Poulenc, Mozart and Beethoven. Contact 301-405-2787 or tickets.claricesmith@umd.edu.

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Exploring Chair Zumba, 1 to 3 p.m., Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Road, No. 200, Greenbelt. Designed for adults who need to use a chair for extra support or who are wheelchair-bound, but movements can also be done without a chair. Contact 301-397-2208.

U.S. Army Field Band and Soldiers’ Chorus Concert, 7 to 9 p.m., Laurel

High School, 8000 Cherry Lane. Laurel Board of Trade asks the public to join them as the U.S. Army Field Band and Soldiers’ Chorus tell the story of America’s Army. Contact 301-483-0838.

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Fourth annual Community Celebration Day, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., My

Girlfriend’s House, 9244 East Hampton Drive, Suite 621, Capitol Heights. Free event will feature fun games and activities along with our annual purse stufﬁng. Contact 301-560-0506 or marketing@mygirlfriendshouse.org. Berwyn Heights Clean-up Day, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Berwyn Heights Town Center, 5700 Berwyn Road, Berwyn Heights. The Berwyn Heights Recreation Council is looking for volunteers to help clean up litter around town and at Indian Creek. Participants should wear pants, long sleeves and closed-toe shoes. We have all other supplies. Contact 301-974-2389 or taralewis20740@live.com. Story Time in Paris, 10:30 a.m., Laurel Library, 507 7th St., Laurel. Story Time in Paris with snacks, songs and stories in French and English. Contact 301-776-6790. College Park AAUW, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Old Parish House, 4711 Knox Ave., College Park. Interested in applying to one of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) fellowships or scholarship programs? Wanting to meet a fellow supported by

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University of Maryland’s School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies presents “Moliere Impromptu.” SPORTS Going into the final week of the football regular season, only one playoff berth is still available to either Wise or Bowie. Check online this weekend for coverage of both their games.

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World of Wheels for CASA: TouchA-Truck and Family Festival, 10 a.m. to

2 p.m., DeMatha Catholic High School, 4313 Madison St., Hyattsville. CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Prince George’s County presents a family-friendly afternoon. Proceeds beneﬁt abused and neglected children in foster care. Cost: $5 general admission, $10 VIP includes a bag with snacks, drink, sponsor freebies and moon bounce pass, free for ages 2 and younger. Contact 301-209-0491 or wow4CASA@gmail.com.

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Harmony Hall Regional Center in Fort Washington is exhibiting works by collage artist Ronnie Spiewak of Cheverly. The exhibit, “It Happened One Night,” runs through Dec. 27. Her collage “Homage to Avery” is a tribute to one of her favorite artists, painter Milton Avery. For information, visit http://arts.pgparks.com.

MORE INTERACTIVE CALENDAR ITEMS AT WWW.GAZETTE.NET the AAUW College Park fund talking about her experience? Then join the AAUW College Park Branch for a Focus on Fellows and Grantees program. The free meeting is open to the public. Contact Raluca Rosca at rarosca@ gmail.com. Youth Basketball Skills Challenge, 1 p.m., The Robert J. DiPietro Community Center, 7901 Cypress St., Laurel. Youth ages 12 to 17 are welcome to enjoy this free event. This NBA-style skills challenge includes an obstacle course, three-point challenge and other skill challenges. Contact 301-725-7800.

NOV. 10 Seasonal Selections: Fall Feast, noon, Riversdale House Museum, 4811 Riverdale Road, Riverdale Park. Using produce from the garden and orchard, Kitchen Guild members demonstrate

foodways in the dependency kitchen. Selections inspired by seasonal cycles of a 19th century farm. Watch demonstrations on selected Sundays. Contact 301-864-0420; TTY 301-699-2544. Health Check 2013, noon to 3 p.m., Langley Park Community Center, 1500 Merrimac Drive, Langley Park. Every test, screening, information and consultation is free — including dental/oral screening, HIV-test, blood pressure test, glucose test, vision screening and more. Languages: English, Spanish, French. Contact 301 445-4508 or actionlangleypark@yahoo.com. Maryland Animals, 1 to 2 p.m., Patuxent Research Refuge National Wildlife Visitor Center on Powder Mill Road between the BaltimoreWashington Parkway and Md. 197 in Laurel. Join Echos Of Nature for a very special program featuring live animal ambassadors that are native to Mary-

Pleasant Activity Center, 5720 Addison Road, Seat Pleasant. Event is free and open to the public. Contact 301-3362600. Contact 301-336-2600 or darlinda.sanders@seatpleasantmd.gov. Stock Investment Club Meeting, 5 to 6:30 p.m., Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Road, Greenbelt. The Goddard Investment Club (GIC) is a group of amateur investors that discusses and invests in stocks. GIC is currently seeking additional members of like-mind people willing to meet the second Monday of the month. Contact jdea@hotmail.com.

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Beavers: Makers of the Marsh,

10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Patuxent Research Refuge National Wildlife Visitor Center on Powder Mill Road between the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and Md. 197 in Laurel. Learn about nature’s most famous builder and witness ﬁrsthand their role in wetland formation. Registration required. Ages 8 to 10. Contact 301-497-5887.

Joint Public Hearing on the Preliminary Plan Prince George’s 2035, 7

p.m., County Administration Building, 14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro. Contact 301-9524584, TTY 301-952-4366.

Same Sex Marriage and the Faith Community: A Conversation about Equal Rights, 7:30 p.m., Clarice Smith

Performing Arts Center, College Park. A conversation about Maryland’s marriage equality law and its effect on the faith community. Contact 301-4052787 or tickets.claricesmith@umd.edu.

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Laurel nonprofit aims to get donations flying with Turkey Trot Laurel Advocacy and Referral Services will hold its ninth annual Thanksgiving Morning 5K Turkey Trot and One-Mile Historical Fun Run beginning 8 a.m. Nov. 28 at the First United Methodist Church of Laurel, located at 424 Main St., according to LARS program coordinator Laura Wellford. “Funds raised will go to continue to enhance our programs,” Wellford said. “Our services include eviction prevention, utility assistance and stocking our food bank.” The run begins at 8 a.m. and is followed five minutes later by the fun walk, which is sponsored by the Laurel Historical Society, Wellford said. Online registration is available at https://runsignup.com/ Race/MD/Laurel/LARS5KTurkeyTrot and paper registration forms are also available for download on the LARS website at www.laureladvocacy.org, Wellford said. Adult registration is $30 before Nov. 17, or $35 afterward. Youth registration is $25. Individuals may also register on the morning of the race beginning at 7 a.m. at the church. The event occurs rain or shine, and no pets are allowed, but strollers are permitted, Wellford said. “We have a low administrative overhead, around 10 percent, so 90 cents of every dollar goes to our direct services,” Wellford stated. For more information, call 301-776-0442, Ext. 27, or email lwellford@laureladvocacy.org for more information.

Free business expo aims to help entrepreneurs The Prince George’s County government’s Supplier Development and Diversity Division will hold its second annual Prince George’s County Business Conference and Expo for corporate, local, small, minority, disadvantaged and veteranowned businesses from 7:30

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Brentwood plans youth soccer event The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission is partnering with Brentwood to host a children’s soccer event at 4 p.m. Dec. 6. The activity will be held at Bartlett Park at 4300 39th Place in Brentwood, and include game play and clinics from MNCPPC sports instructors, said Alvin Whitley, a program specialist at the North Brentwood Community Center. Whitley said he wants this event to spark interest in soccer among children in Brentwood and Prince George’s County. “We’re trying to get a base so we can start a league,” he said. For information, call 301864-1611.

Laurel Emancipation Day committee recognized

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“Scruff the Crime Dog” gives a high-ﬁve to sixth-grader Guillermo Galacia, 11, of Hyattsville during an anti-drug assembly Oct. 31 at Rosa Parks Elementary School in Hyattsville. The students also heard about the dangers of drugs from Patricia Ramseur, prevention coordinator with the Prince George’s County Health Department. a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 14 at the University of Maryland, College Park, campus, according to outreach program manager Denise Roberts. Roberts said the theme for this year’s expo is “Opportunities Knocking at Your Door,” focused on showing companies how to access capital, propel their businesses and build relationships. Roberts said there will be several morning breakout panels, forums, an exhibitor’s gallery and networking sessions. The business conference and expo is free, and will be held in the university’s Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center. Registration check-in begins at 7:30

a.m., and the opening session begins at 9 a.m. For more information or to pre-register, visit online www. princegeorgescountymd.gov/ sddd or contact the Prince George’s County Supplier Development and Diversity Division at 301-883-6480.

New Carrollton hosts decorating contest The New Carrollton Recreation Council is hosting its annual Holiday House Decorating Contest on Dec. 19 for residents interested in decorating their houses, apartments or condominiums for the holiday season.

Decorations will be judged in three categories: best window and/or door, best all-around decorations and most appealing to children. Apartment and condominium decorations will be judged in a separate best all-around category. “It’s something positive for the community,” said Miranda Braatz, assistant city administrator. Contestants must register at the city’s Municipal Center at 6016 Princess Garden Parkway in New Carrollton by Dec. 18. Winners may receive prizes provided by the recreation council. For more information, call 301 459-6100.

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The Laurel City Council recognized the members of the Emancipation Day Planning Committee in a brief ceremony during the council’s Oct. 28 regular meeting. Laurel’s Emancipation Day celebration, which recognizes the abolition of slavery in Maryland, has been held annually since at least 1910, and is one of the oldest annual city celebrations in the country, Mayor Craig Moe said. This year’s celebration was held Sept. 7 in Emancipation Park and was attended by approximately 300 people, according to event organizers. “They did an outstanding job. It was well-coordinated, and the parade was excellent,” Moe said. Moe and Council President Frederick Smalls presented awards to committee members Chantel Ashley, Tanya Johnson, Tiara Matthews, Vaune Williams, Bria Wilson, Nicole Nicholson, Danielle Gibson, Tenaya Gibson, Jim Cross, City of

Laurel Ofﬁce Manager Kay Harrison, and Lt. John Hamilton and Capt. Pat Bray of the Laurel Police Department,

Nonproﬁt hosts holiday toy and food drive Community members are invited to participate in a food and toy drive hosted by Mission of Love Charities Inc., a Capitol Heights-based nonproﬁt dedicated to serving underprivileged and impoverished residents across the region. Residents are asked to bring unwrapped toys and nonperishable food to the building located at 6180 Old Central Ave., Capitol Heights. Mission of Love Charities is also hosting a Business Mitten Mixer 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 12 at FedEx Field at 1600 Fedex Way in Landover. Residents are asked to bring winter gear, nonperishable food and unwrapped toys. For information, contact 301-333-4440.

Brentwood helps collect toys for tots Brentwood invites community members to participate in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program by bringing wrapped toys to the Town Hall at 4300 39th Place. Residents can drop off toys from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, between Nov. 1 and Dec. 7. For more information, contact 301-927-3344.

DEATHS James Roland Smith James Roland Smith, 91, of Charlotte Hall and formerly of Capitol Heights passed away Oct. 31 at Hospice House of St. Mary’s in Callaway. Arrangements are being handled by BrinsﬁeldEchols Funeral Home, P.A., of Charlotte Hall.

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Cottage City chaos sparks advisory group

Academy gives youths another shot at their goals

Residents ﬁnd their voice by hosting community meetings n

Online school aims to help ‘ﬁfth-year students’ get into college n

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Aaron Brown, 20, said being able to attend Laurel Prep Academy and play on the basketball team has kept him out of trouble and given him a second chance to shoot for his dreams. “If I couldn’t be doing this, I’d probably be trying to get some money somehow, probably doing something I shouldn’t be into,” said Brown, one of 20 students at Laurel Prep Academy, a private prep school program that opened this year for “ﬁfth-year” high school students. The school, run by the Laurel Boys & Girls Club, lets students who have not met their diploma requirements complete online high school courses and continue competing in basketball, according to club president, academy founder and basketball coach Levet Brown, who is no relation to Aaron Brown. Laurel Prep belongs to the East Coast Prep School Athletic Conference, composed of similar schools in the region that compete against each other. Fifth-year high school students who can no longer play basketball at Maryland public schools — they have turned 19 or played the maximum four seasons — can play at Laurel Prep.

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James Kirksey, 17, a student at Laurel Prep Academy, goes for a dunk during warmups at practice. “That conference allows ﬁfth-year seniors and what they call postgrads to compete in athletics. And that allows those kids to be evaluated by college athletic programs,” Brown said. Brown said he has seen many students with athletic skills struggle with academics. “Some of them, the system has failed them, and some of them have failed themselves,” he said. “They need someone to mentor them, lead them through the process.” The courses are taught through National High School, an online high school program that also offers credit recovery. It is accredited through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement. Playing basketball isn’t a requirement to attend the academy. Four students don’t

play on the prep school’s basketball team. Harriet Cox, Laurel Prep’s academic administrator, said students have an online instructor and attend online lectures. Students’ work is monitored on computers at the club, and three volunteer tutors assist them on-site. Brown said tuition runs between $2,000 and $7,000, depending on how much work a student needs to make up. All current students are attending on scholarships from the club’s fundraising efforts. Aaron Brown said he failed Algebra II in high school, but now he hopes to do better and get a college basketball scholarship. “At the end of the day, we all want the same thing: improvement,” he said. “We’re all trying to get somewhere, get into college.” janfenson-comeau@gazette.net

Finance Park for schools set to open in 2014 Facility will allow students to assume adult budgeting roles

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Financial lessons in Prince George’s County will soon have a new resource, as the groundbreaking was held Oct. 30 on a new $2.5 million facility expected to help students learn how to manage money. “I think this is going to be an amazing, amazing opportunity for our students here in Prince George’s County,” said school board Vice Chairwoman Carolyn Boston (Dist. 6). “Financial literacy is just as important as the ability to read and write.” The 13,000-square-foot Finance Park — a partnership between Junior Achievement of Greater Washington, Prince George’s County Public Schools and Capital One Financial Corp. — is being built on the G. James Gholson Middle/Cora L. Rice Elementary School campus, and is expected to open

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The Prince George’s County Finance Park, shown here in an artist’s rendering, is being built on land adjacent to G. James Gholson Middle School and Cora L. Rice Elementary School in Landover. in the fall of 2014, said JAGW Chief Executive Ofﬁcer and President Edward J. Grenier III. The construction cost is being paid by Capital One through its philanthropic program. Junior Achievement will own the building and provide the curriculum that accompanies eighth-graders’ visits to the park. The school system will pay an estimated $147,000 yearly for upkeep and utilities, as well as $23 per student for course materials,

according to school system documents. After about ﬁve weeks studying Junior Achievement’s ﬁnancial literacy curriculum in math and social studies classes, students will attend a role-playing scenario at the park, where they will be given a real-life situation stipulating their occupation, income, marital status and dependents, Grenier said. janfenson-comeau@gazette.net

When Irvin Peterson of Cottage City attended town meetings in the past, he said, he would leave angry and frustrated because of the yelling, screaming and overall dysfunction among the town commissioners. “Citizens just want to get up and walk out,” he said. Tension within the commission has led to governmental instability; four different commissioners have sat in the chair position since May 2012 due to infighting. Concerned residents such as Peterson now have a new outlet to discuss town matters — the Cottage City Advisory Group. Launched in August, the group meets monthly at Town Hall to express concerns and offer ideas to improve the town. The purpose is to gather residential feedback and provide it to the commission, according to group co-founders Joan Copeland and Ann Young of Cottage City, who declined further comment for the story. About 25 people attended the inaugural meeting. Although attendance at the third meeting, on Oct. 28, was about 10, it still outnumbers Town Council attendance, said Donna Hayes, a resident who takes part in the meetings. About five to seven residents have attended the last few town meetings, she said. At the 90-minute October meeting, residents tackled multiple topics, including the city commission form of government and the town budget. Residents said ineffective governance has led to inefficient budgeting and cost the town grant funding. They said the city commission form of government is ineffective because having commissioners with all equal power, there is no single leader to be held accountable.

In response, the group created a committee to examine different forms of municipal governments. Former Commissioner Demetrius Givens, who leads the committee, said the group’s goal is to educate residents about the different structures of government. Givens — who did not seek re-election in May, citing the contentious nature of the commission — said he has had disagreements with commissioners, but has been willing to discuss issues in a civil manner. “Of course, we can have differences in opinion. But we can be amenable to those differences in opinion. Ultimately, we’re all trying to achieve the same goal,” Givens said. Jim Peck, director of research and information management for the Maryland Municipal League, said residents rarely form advisory groups; they are difficult to run and organize. “This is highly unusual territory for municipal governments,” Peck said. Commissioner Richard Cote (Ward 1) lauded the group and said it gives residents an additional outlet to discuss community matters. He said the commission has been receptive to the group’s feedback and is optimistic that improved communication will lead to legislative action. “It’s got the commission’s ears. That’s for sure right now,” Cote said. Commissioners have not attended since the first meeting, following the group’s request. “It makes people at ease when they don’t have that authority figure,” Cote said. Peterson said the advisory group meetings are more constructive than town meetings. “People are actually listening to each other. Just that much is improvement,” Peterson said. The next meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Nov. 25 at Town Hall, at 3820 40th Ave. egoldwein@gazette.net

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As Greenbelt Police Department’s 2013 Officer of the Year, Gerald “Jerry” W. Potts III said he is proud to carry on a family tradition. Potts, 26, of Savage is the department’s first and currently only second-generation police officer. He joined the department in 2009, shortly before his father, Gerald Potts Jr., a 19-year veteran died from cancer at the age of 43. “I’m happy to be following

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(From left) Gerald “Jerry” W. Potts III, Greenbelt Police Department’s 2013 Ofﬁcer of the Year, and Mike Moore, Greenbelt American Legion Post 136 commander, listen while Greenbelt Police Chief James Craze shares statistics from Potts’ career during the annual Public Safety Awards Banquet. in his footsteps,” Potts said. “I’ll never be the ofﬁcer he was, but he showed me the way, and I’m

happy to be here in Greenbelt where he served.” Potts was honored Nov. 1

during the 26th Annual Public Safety Awards Banquet, hosted by the Greenbelt American Legion Post 136. Potts said it was always his dream to become a police officer like his father. George Mathews, the department’s information officer, said Potts Jr. was twice nominated for Officer of the Year, but lost out to another candidate both times. Greenbelt Police Chief James Craze said Potts’ list of accomplishments and exemplary work ethic as a patrol officer led to this honor. Craze said that in the past year, Potts has initiated 756 traffic stops resulting in 2,100 violations and removed 66 intoxicated drivers from the roads, in addition to apprehend-

ing 177 adults and 14 juveniles, including 29 fugitives wanted in other jurisdictions. In his four-year career, Craze said Potts has been the recipient of 18 departmental commendations, including one for the arrest of a child sex offender who allegedly attempted to abduct a 14-year-old girl. Craze said he received a letter of appreciation from an elderly woman who ran out of gas. Potts brought her a gas can and refused money she offered in payment, Craze said. “We are looking at the future of law enforcement in this young ofﬁcer and the future is looking pretty darn bright,” Craze said. Potts was nominated by his supervisor, Sgt. Tom Mooreland. “I have been impressed by

Officer Potts’ dedication and work ethic,” said Mooreland. “He is extremely hard working, and his professional demeanor sets a fine example for the entire department.” Also honored were Officer Matthew J. Manning of the U.S. Park Police; firefighter Charles “Doug” Hess of the Greenbelt Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad and Brian Abbott of the Greenbelt Department of Public Works. Potts and the other honorees also received awards of recognition from the City of Greenbelt, the Prince George’s County Council and the American Legion. janfenson-comeau@ gazette.net

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Pullen heads to Science Bowl semiﬁnals Maxwell receives top

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Landover’s Thomas G. Pullen Creative and Performing Arts School Science Bowl team buzzed early and often, scoring a combined 690 points in their Nov. 5 games to qualify for the semifinals of the 28th Science Bowl competition. The Science Bowl is a televised science quiz competition between Prince George’s County public elementary and middle schools. Pullen’s team, comprised of eighth-grade captain Kainoa Sittman, eighth-grader Mya Pierce, seventh-grader Kendall Bryant and seventh-grader Deborah Omotoso, employed a quick-trigger response strategy and defeated Fort Washington’s Oxon Hill Middle School 360-90 before beating Suitland’s Benjamin D. Foulois Creative and Performing Arts 330-115. “I have a lot of confidence. How fast we were today, I wasn’t expecting that,” Mya said. Host Dave Zahren asks questions worth five to 25 points and the first team to buzz in with the correct answer is awarded the points. “They know the M.O. here and how important it is to ring in quickly,” Zahren said. Thomas Pullen sponsor Roy Manning said he was focused on making sure the team responded to questions without hesitating. “I had confidence in myself. I figured it might be close and I did expect that I might win, but I didn’t realize I was going to beat them by that much,” said Kainoa, an aspiring marine biologist. Thomas Pullen students prepared by watching YouTube videos of Science Bowl games. “We just watch Science Bowl. So they think like Science Bowl,” Manning said.

BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAU STAFF WRITER

Kevin Maxwell, CEO of Prince George’s County Public Schools, has been named Maryland Superintendent of the Year by the Public School Superintendents’ Association of Maryland for his work in Anne Arundel County. The award came during the annual Maryland Negotiating Service Awards Banquet on Oct. 31 in Ocean City, according to the school system. Maxwell was selected by a committee of his peers in the association, according to Carl Roberts, executive director. Maxwell was superintendent of Anne Arundel County Public Schools for seven

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The Thomas G. Pullen school Science Bowl team — Kendall Bryant, 13; Kainoa Sittman, 12; and Deborah Omotoso, 12, consult each other about an answer during the Science Bowl competition Tuesday. Zahren said he was impressed by Thomas Pullen’s team — Kainoa in particular. “He is just amazingly bright. I was impressed with how he’s up on the news and all the cultural references we use in the questions,” Zahren said. “He was right on them.” Benjamin Foulois’ team, comprised of eighth-grader Nasir Phillips, eighth-grader Preston Upchurch and seventhgrader Samuel Merritt, won 230-155 in its ﬁrst game against Hyattsville’s Nicholas Orem

Middle School. Nasir, competing in his fourth Science Bowl, said his past experience helped him gain confidence heading into this year’s event. “The atmosphere. Every minute I learn something new, just about how science can help contribute to life, and what you can do with science,” Nasir said. Oxon Hill’s team included seventh-graders Antonio Sosa, Kamiya McCoy and Enzo Martinez. Elizabeth Tedder, an Oxon

Hill sponsor, said the experience will help the students in next year’s Science Bowl. “They know what it’s like to have the lights beaming on them and all the pressure,” Seddle said. Nicholas Orem’s team included eighth-graders Blain Solomon, Mahendra Dudar and Crystal Lazaro. “I was really excited. I was hoping we would do a good job, and we did,” Blain said. egoldwein@gazette.net

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years before being selected by Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D) to head Prince George’s schools this year. “Dr. Maxwell is a very student-oriented leader, he is a very community-oriented leader, and he is devoted to closing the student subgroup disparency gap,” Roberts said. Maxwell was president of the association during the 2012-13 school year. “This is one of the highest honors I have received in my 35 years in education,” he said in a statement. As Maryland’s Superintendent of the Year, Maxwell is a candidate for National Superintendent of the Year award from the American Association of School Administrators at its National Conference on Education Feb. 14-15 in Nashville, Tenn. janfenson-comeau@ gazette.net

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POLICE BLOTTER This activity report is provided by the Prince Georgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s County Police Department as a public service to the community and is not a complete listing of all events and crime reported.

District 1 Headquarters, Hyattsville, 301-699-2630, covering Adelphi, Beltsville, Berwyn Heights, Bladensburg, Brentwood, Calverton, Cheverly, Chillum, College Park, Colmar Manor, Cottage City, Edmonston, Greenbelt, Hyattsville, Landover, Landover Hills, Langley Park, Mount Rainier, New Carrollton, North Brentwood, Riverdale, Riverdale Park, University Park and West Lanham Hills.

OCT. 28 Commercial property breakin, 3100 block Nicholson St., 7:06

a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6800 block

New Hampshire Ave, 8:15 a.m.

Commercial property break-in,

5300 block 85th Ave, 8:58 a.m.

ONLINE For additional police blotters, visit www.gazette.net Theft, 7400 block 50th Ave, 10:58 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 4600 block Knox Road, 11:25 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 4800 block Edmonston Road, 1:48 p.m. Robbery, 7600 block Topton St., 2:16 p.m. Theft, 6800 block Riggs Manor Drive, 4:03 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 2500 block Woodberry St., 5:04 p.m. Theft, 7300 block Baltimore Ave, 10:54 p.m.

OCT. 29 Commercial property breakin, 3100 block Queens Chapel

Road, 3:21 a.m. Theft, 7100 block Allison St., 6:09 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 7500 block Annapolis Road, 6:48 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 3200 block Kenilworth Ave, 8:07 a.m. Carjacking, 5800 block Riggs Road, 9:45 a.m. Theft, 6300 block New Hampshire Ave, 10:24 a.m. Theft, 6900 block 23rd Place, 11:26 a.m. Theft, 7300 block Baltimore Ave, 12:34 p.m. Sexual assault, 6700 block Block Belcrest Road, 1:15 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 4400 block 68th Place, 3:17 p.m. Sexual assault, 3600 block Block Dean Drive, 3:19 p.m. Theft, 4000 block 73rd Ave, 3:42 p.m. Residential break-in, 6700 block Darby Road, 3:49 p.m. Residential break-in, 4500 block Amherst Road, 4:17 p.m. Robbery, 8200 block 14th Ave, 10:50 p.m.

OCT. 30 Theft from vehicle, 6700 block New Hampshire Ave, 12:18 a.m. Residential break-in, 4000

block College Heights Drive, 2:03 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 4000 block Beechwood Road, 5:27 a.m. Vehicle stolen, 4700 block Lydell Road, 5:39 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 800 block Thurman Ave, 6:19 a.m. Theft, 4900 block Edgewood Road, 6:38 a.m. Break-in, 4900 block Annapolis Road, 8:17 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 8000 block 14th Ave, 8:49 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 4900 block Kenilworth Ave, 8:53 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 3500 block Bladensburg Road, 9:16 a.m. Theft, 3400 block Bladensburg Road, 9:19 a.m. Theft, Taylor Road/Decatur St., 10:53 a.m. Residential break-in, 4100 block Beechwood Road, 11:57 a.m. Vehicle stolen, 5300 block Quincy St., 12:05 p.m. Robbery on commercial property, 7500 block Annapolis Road,

1:25 p.m.

Theft, 7400 block Riverdale Road, 1:58 p.m. Theft, 6400 block Riggs Road, 3:37 p.m. Residential break-in, 1900 block Erie St., 3:47 p.m. Vehicle stolen, 5400 block Landover Road, 4:04 p.m. Theft, 1400 block University Blvd, 5:17 p.m. Residential break-in, 2400 block Parkway, 6:16 p.m. Assault, 4800 block Guilford Road, 7:35 p.m. Residential break-in, 2000 block Van Buren St., 8:17 p.m. Theft, 4300 block Sellman Road, 8:42 p.m. Theft, 9100 block Bridgewater St., 9:04 p.m.

OCT. 31 Residential break-in, 9300 block 51st Ave, 12:48 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 7900 block 15th Ave, 6:39 a.m. Theft from vehicle, Toledo Terrace/Belcrest Road, 9:23 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 8400 block Ravenswood Road, 10:07 a.m. Theft, 7000 block Adelphi Road, 10:44 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 9500 block 50th Place, 11:39 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 8300 block Annapolis Road, 11:40 a.m. Residential break-in, 3300 block Toledo Place, 7:37 p.m. Theft, 4400 block 68th Place, 9:30 p.m. Assault, Eb University Blvd/ Riggs Road, 10:41 p.m.

NOV. 01 Vehicle stolen, 6300 block

60th Ave, 12:32 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 2000 block University Blvd, 2:38 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 6300 block 64th Ave, 4:18 a.m. Theft, 3000 block Hospital Drive, 7:53 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 2400 block Queens Chapel Road, 8:19 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 6300 block Landover Road, 9:40 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 2400 block Queens Chapel Road, 9:52 a.m. Theft, 4800 block Trenton Road, 12:05 p.m. Residential break-in, 5100 block Trinidad St., 12:35 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 2400 block Queens Chapel Road, 12:44 p.m. Vehicle stolen, 6200 block Annapolis Road, 1:00 p.m. Robbery on commercial property, 4500 block Knox Road, 1:08

p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6600 block

Annapolis Road, 1:15 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 2400 block Queens Chapel Road, 3:55 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 4700 block Cherry Hill Road, 5:26 p.m. Robbery, Merrimac Drive/15th Ave, 8:07 p.m.

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Theft from vehicle, 4400 block Hartwick Road, 1:53 a.m. Residential break-in, 2000 block Oglethorpe St., 4:08 a.m. Assault, unit block of Fraternity Drive, 7:10 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 7900 block Legation Road, 9:37 a.m. Theft, 200 block Denton Drive, 12:16 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 500 block Greenlawn Drive, 12:23 p.m. Vehicle stolen, 4800 block 52nd Ave, 12:55 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 7800 block Powhatan St., 12:58 p.m. Theft from vehicle, Eb Annapolis Road At Cooper Lane, 2:13 p.m. Theft from vehicle, Eb Annapolis Road/Cooper Lane, 2:37 p.m. Theft, 7400 block Riverdale Road, 2:47 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 6600 block Riggs Road, 3:53 p.m. Theft, 2100 block Lewisdale Drive, 3:55 p.m. Robbery, 1400 block Chillum Road, 5:31 p.m. Robbery, 3800 block Coopers Lane, 10:44 p.m. Theft, 1500 block Timber Ridge Lane, 10:50 p.m.

NOV. 03 Assault, 6100 block 64th Ave,

1:16 a.m.

School break-in, 2200 block University Blvd, 1:34 a.m. Robbery, 5400 block Hamilton St., 4:30 a.m. Assault, 4500 block Fordham Lane, 7:29 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 9500 block 49th Ave, 8:16 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 9200 block 48th Place, 9:16 a.m. Vehicle stolen, 5900 block Knollbrook Drive, 9:26 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 7400 block 18th Ave, 10:10 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 9000 block 49th Place, 11:43 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 8400 block Annapolis Road, 1:12 p.m. Theft, 7300 block Baltimore Ave, 3:05 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 600 block Sheridan St., 4:04 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 6500 block Riverdale Road, 4:34 p.m. Residential break-in, 7900 block Riggs Road, 5:47 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 5400 block 85th Ave, 6:22 p.m.

District 3 Headquarters, Palmer Park, 301-772-4900. Chapel Oaks, Cheverly, Glenarden, Fairmount Heights, Kentland, Landover, Palmer Park, Seat Pleasant, Forestville, Suitland, District Heights and Capitol Heights.

OCT. 28 Carjacking, 5400 block Dole

St., 3:37 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 2300 block Brooks Drive, 11:26 a.m. Theft, 8450-A Darcy Road, 12:57 p.m. Robbery, 3700 block Donnell Drive, 2:06 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 3300 block Donnell Drive, 4:21 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 4900 block Marlboro Pike, 4:27 p.m. Theft, 2800 block Kaverton Road, 4:36 p.m. Robbery, 62nd Ave/Eastern Ave, 5:55 p.m. Assault, 1900 block Ray Leonard Road, 6:52 p.m. Robbery, Addison Road/ Doewood Lane, 8:48 p.m. Residential break-in, 2100 block County Road, 9:11 p.m. Theft, 7800 block Parston Drive, 9:38 p.m.

OCT. 29 Robbery, 6900 block Walker Mill Road, 3:29 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 8500 block Martin Luther King Jr Highway, 7:19 a.m. Vehicle stolen, 4100 block Southern Ave, 7:33 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 1700 block Ritchie Station Court, 7:56 a.m. Commercial property breakin, 8700 block Edgeworth Drive,

8:23 a.m.

Robbery, 1700 block Olive St.,

8:32 a.m.

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Theft from vehicle, 6500 block West Forest Road, 8:52 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 5500 block Marlboro Pike, 9:15 a.m. Theft from vehicle, 600 block Stretford Way, 9:41 a.m. Theft, 1100 block Glacier Ave, 10:02 a.m. Theft, 1200 block Nova Ave, 10:09 a.m. Theft, 7400 block Landover Road, 12:32 p.m. Theft, 3900 block Suitland Road, 1:05 p.m. Theft from vehicle, 6500 block Ronald Road, 1:44 p.m. Theft, 3700 block Donnell Drive, 3:31 p.m. Theft, 2700 block Crestwick Place, 8:12 p.m. Residential break-in, 3900 block Suitland Road, 10:31 p.m. Robbery on commercial property, 4800 block Marlboro Pike,

10:43 p.m.

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Continued from Page A-1 rather than Kenilworth Avenue. “At this point we’ve noticed damage and want to protect that roadway,” said Edmonston Police Chief Stephen Walker. Rennie said the proposed legislation forces trucks to drive over the CSX railroad crossing and make a difﬁcult turn from

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Continued from Page A-1 belt Middle School task force to pressure the county to deliver on its promise to move the school and guarantee more space, said Yolanda Rogers, the task force president. When the school board initially voted to relocate the school about a year ago, the space allotted was smaller than what the school already had, Rogers said. Task force members petitioned school board members, who eventually allotted the school more space. Rogers said the task force is now working on getting the county to give the school and

and onto 46th Avenue, causing vehicle damage. She added that driving through U.S. 1 would be more time-consuming and costly for the trucks. “It’s just going to be a nightmare,” she said. Walker said the town wants to change the road structure between the CSX railroad crossing and 46th Avenue to make turning onto 46th Avenue easier on trucks. However, he said it does

not have funding for the project, estimated to cost up to $300,000. Walker said the town will have a public hearing on the proposal Nov. 6 and will vote on the restriction Dec. 11. “I can’t give you an answer on where we’re going on this,” he said. GeorgeC.MartinJr.,managing member of Martin Industrial LLC, which owns Martin Industrial Park on 46th Avenue, said the proposal

was an “unprecedented and unlawful denial of truck traffic.” Martin said he estimates that 90 percent of the truck trafﬁc is served by Kenilworth Avenue, adding that the CSX railroad crossing is too steep and dangerous for trucks to drive across. “This is a daunting engineering challenge without an apparent answer,” Martin said. “Despite this serious safety issue, the council is intent on moving

forward with this amendment at our and their peril.” Daniel Glazer, who owns property in Edmonston’s industrial area, said a restriction would increase transportation costs for his tenants. He suggested the town budget for regular repair of Decatur Street’s green section instead of forcing out local businesses that generate tax revenue. “It’s a trickle-down effect

that could ultimately affect not only the tenants, but the landlords,” he said. Edmonston Town Councilwoman Tracy Farrish (Ward 2) is undecided about the proposal, saying she wants to protect the environmentally friendly street without hurting businesses. “We’re just as concerned as the businesses are,” she said. “We just want to do what is right.”

its 573 K-8 students the entire Greenbelt Middle building, which can hold 1,092 students. French Immersion will share the 141,125-square-foot Greenbelt building with city of Greenbelt ofﬁces and any leftover area will be designated as swing space, Pugh said. Swing space is space reserved in school buildings to temporarily house other schools when needed. For example, if French Immersion needed to immediately move out of its current building, its designated swing space is located at DuVal High School in Lanham, said French Immersion principal Nasser Abi. “We really don’t want to share the building. If we’re leav-

ing one space, what are they going to do with that? That can be used as swing space,” Rogers said. “It doesn’t make sense because they’ll have swing space in both schools.” French Immersion currently uses six temporary classrooms outside and holds art class in the hallway, which doubles as a classroom, Abi said. “Just go to [French Immersion] and take a walk. We have classrooms in closets there. Just to be able to operate well, you need space,” said former school principal Kona-Facia Nepay. Nepay took over the school in 1992 and resigned in 2012 for reasons that included the continual delay of the school’s move

to a bigger building, she said. The actual square footage that French Immersion will occupy will not increase, but because of the way the 75-year-old Greenbelt Middle building is built, the

number of classroom seats will, said Segun Eubanks, the county school board chairman. The school will then technically be able to enroll more students and expand its program, he

said, but the county hasn’t budgeted for that yet, Eubanks said. Abi said he has not discussed with county school ofﬁcials how the Greenbelt Middle building will be divided.

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Continued from Page A-1 her letters to help improve the health of cancer patients. “I want to reach out for them,” she said. Jen Burdette, a mission delivery specialist for the American Cancer Society Inc., said letters from children can be particularly meaningful for cancer patients lacking a support system. “It gives them a reason to smile when they may be feeling

sick, exhausted, disheartened or scared,” Burdette said. Washington Cancer Institute of Washington Hospital Center patients will receive letters from the Ribbon of Love Project this week, said Glenda Cousar, an oncology nurse at the hospital. “They will mean a lot to the patients. It will be a source of hope and encouragement to reinforce that they’re not in this by themselves,” Cousar said. Galbraith said having a cancer survivor in the classroom helps children learn more about

the disease. “It gives it real meaning to them,” Galbraith said. Vivian Dixon, assistant director at First Baptist Church of Glenarden’s Cancer Support Ministry, said Walton has helped provide resources for cancer patients and developed creative events that lift their spirits. One time she arranged for the group to get facial spa treatments, Dixon said. “She’s just a fireball. She comes up with some of the darnedest things that you wouldn’t even think about doing,” Dixon said. Walton said she still reads the letters sent from her mother and sister. “Those letters, I still have [them], and they make my day,” Walton said. To learn more about the Ribbon of Love Project, contact Walton at dosomething@ itsinthegenes.com. egoldwein@gazette.net

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Continued from Page A-1 The total does not include absentee ballots and validated provisional ballots, which were due to be counted after press time Wednesday. According to the preliminary results, 1,531 out of the city’s 17,268 voters, approximately 8.9 percent, voted Tuesday. Voters returned incum-

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Continued from Page A-1 from youth advocate Adrian Rousseau, 50, by a 604-389 vote. Rousseau said he would continue to be active in the city whether he won or lost. “I’ll continue to do what I do. Serve the community. I’ve been a volunteer for over 25 years, and I don’t plan to stop

Obituary Carol J. (Milkowski) McDonagh was called home on October 26, 2013. She was born April 24, 1933 and preceded in death by her parents Clem and Betty Milkowski and her brother Gerald Milkowski. Carol is survived by five children, Kevin, Michael, Anna Marie, William and Mary (Peterson) as well as eight grandchildren. Carol’s sense of humor was legendary and she would wake her children by singing to them until they were so annoyed, that had to get out of bed. Carol’s goal was to make her family and friends laugh until tears streamed down their face. Her simple and sheer joy was infectious and anyone near her always caught it. Thank goodness there isn’t a vaccine for that.

bents in both of College Park’s contested district races. In District 1, incumbents S.M. Fazlul Kabir, 50, and Patrick Wojahn, 38, received 472 and 443 votes respectively while challenger Benjamin Mellman, 23, received 125 votes. In District 3, incumbents Robert Day, 49, and Stephanie Stullich, 52, received 466 and 359 votes, respectively, defeating a challenge by Matthew Popkin, 22, who received 292 votes. Voters can vote for two canthat,” Rousseau said. “I’m still going to be here.” In Ward 1, incumbents Valerie Nicholas, 49, and H. Edward Ricks, 68, received 430 and 410 votes, respectively, while challenger John M. Smith, 55, received 149. Smith said most people running for office don’t win the first time, and he is considering another bid in two years. “It was my first time out, so it was a good experience,” Smith said. “I was glad to get

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janfenson-comeau@ gazette.net out there and meet people, and also to help people realize that everyday people like me can run for ofﬁce, that it’s not just career politicians.” In Ward 2, incumbents Donna Crary, 54, and Council President Frederick Smalls, 63, received 335 and 288 votes, respectively, while challenger Thomas Matthews, 52, received 218. janfenson-comeau@ gazette.net

Stewart received 992 votes while William “Bill” Orleans received 317 votes in his second bid for council. A total of 1,917 voters cast ballots, 14.6 percent of Greenbelt’s 13,113 registered voters. janfenson-comeau@ gazette.net

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One of the most telling quotes from Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler, as his gubernatorial candidacy became mired in controversy recently, was: “I’m a big boy.” Gansler was declaring that he can admit when he’s wrong. But the line works equally well in summarizing his decision-making, as shown in two examples recently discovered by area newspapers. A few weeks ago, The Washington Post reported on complaints by Maryland State Police troopers assigned to drive him around. The troopers alleged that Gansler directed them to use lights and sirens so he could get places CONTROVERSIES quickly. Sometimes, Gansler got antsy and flipped on the HAVE DETRACTED lights and sirens himself — FROM or he’d take the wheel, the GUBERNATORIAL Post reported. More recently, The BaltiISSUES more Sun published a story and photo showing Gansler standing among a roomful of teenagers at a party at a Delaware beach house. Instead of focusing on whether he’s qualified to govern Maryland, voters have been sucked into dissecting his inclinations for driving fast and permissive parenting. Gansler has denied the driving allegations, claiming a state police “henchman” is generating political fodder. (Wouldn’t that require a conspiracy among troopers filing false statements?) But Gansler couldn’t refute a picture of what looked like a raucous party, possibly with alcohol. Never mind that Gansler, 50, sounds like a teen trying to talk himself out of a grounding by his parents. The questions that accompany these controversies are real and worth debate. Should the attorney general initiate and condone potentially illegal behavior? Gansler might dismiss the driving controversy as dirty politics, but he should pledge unequivocally to obeying the laws of the road and not interfering as troopers do the same as part of their jobs. As for the teen party, even outside of his jurisdiction, the attorney general should be a legal and moral model. It’s hard to fathom him knowingly participating in a plan to give teenagers free rein — likely with beer — at a rented house. This is questionable behavior as a parent, but unthinkable as the state’s top legal officer. Gansler, commendably, has spoken out in the past against underage drinking, but he loses credibility with his regrettable permissiveness. We look forward to returning to the issues of the gubernatorial campaign, of which there are many. First, Gansler has soul-searching and explaining to do.

Don’t let deer ruin the day It’s fall, and that means love is in the air — for deer. The Maryland State Highway Administration has been reminding drivers that in the coming weeks, deer will be entering “rutting” season, where deer are looking to mate. Around this time, SHA notes there tend to be more vehicle collisions with enamored deer as they carelessly cross roadways, lured by doe eyes or a set of impressive antlers. Also, hunting season has begun, which means deer have another reason to be on the move. While the SHA notes that collisions with deer increase around this time of year, it is urging motorists to “never veer for deer.” In a statement, the SHA says veering, or making sharp turns to avoid hitting a deer, is dangerous, “as it could place a driver in the path of oncoming traffic or cause the vehicle to strike a fixed object such as a tree or a utility pole.” SHA offers several tips to lessen chances of colliding with a deer including: •Slow down in known deer areas; •Be aware or your surroundings. Deer feed primarily between sunset and sunrise and often live in forested areas or rural regions near watersheds; •Be familiar with deer behavior. Deer travel in herds. If you see one, the chances are good that there will be more; •Stay alert. When traveling through a known deer crossing area, keep both hands on the wheel and eyes on the road; •Drive carefully at night. Use your high beams where possible and when there is no oncoming traffic. High beams illuminate a wider area and often reflect the eyes of deer standing along the road; •Use peripheral vision. Scan the entire area around the road for movement that would indicate the approach of animals. The SHA further cautions that should you strike a deer, do not approach it; pull over to a safe location, turn on hazard lights and call the police. These tips are common sense approaches to avoid colliding with a several-hundred-pound animal. Deer are a problem for various reasons year-round, but drivers should keep in mind they are on the move more during this time of the year.

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Renewing a promise to our veterans tunity to reﬂect and re-commit ourselves to making good on our promise. At the end of October, the House of Representatives passed, and I supported, a set of four measures designed to improve veterans’ beneﬁts. The Department of Veterans Affairs has a backlog of over 400,000 claims that have been pending for more than 125 days. Ending this backlog must be a top priority. HR 2189 establishes a commission or task force to evaluate the VA’s backlog in processing disability claims. The commission would then recommend improvements to the VA to either implement the recommendations or to justify to Congress the refusal to implement them. Many veterans, especially our newest veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, need assistance in the transition from their military service to civilian life. HR 2481 creates a new Veterans Economic Opportunity Administration to oversee the VA’s vocational rehabilitation, educational assistance, housing loan and small busi-

Each year on Veterans Day, we give thanks to the brave men and women who have served in the nation’s armed forces. They are heroes, in peace time and in times of conﬂict, who protect our freedom and our liberty. Many bear physical and psychological scars from their service. We owe each and every one a solemn debt of gratitude. Observing Veterans Day to honor our veterans is incomplete if we do not provide the services and support they have earned. For the almost 450,000 veterans living in Maryland and millions more across the country, the repayment of this debt is our promise to support them at the highest standard. No veteran should be on the street because he was unable to ﬁnd a job or continue his education upon returning home. No veteran should be addicted to drugs or alcohol because she did not have access to a treatment program. No veteran should be left to struggle alone with posttraumatic stress disorder because they did not know where to get help. On Veterans Day, we have an oppor-

ness programs. This new entity will help ensure that the VA is doing everything it can to ease the transition. Other legislation would ensure that veterans receive an appeals form with any denial of benefits, and create an advisory committee tasked with improving veteran education and job training. Having grown up in a military family, I am committed to supporting our veterans at every opportunity and to telling their stories of service and sacrifice. I know firsthand the challenges and struggles that military families face and hope future generations will learn from our veterans’ service, through such programs as the Veterans History Project. Despite this era of partisanship, I trust that Congress will build on these important steps and continue to unite around helping our service men and women, our veterans and their families by passing this important legislation.

U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Dist. 4) of Fort Washington

Uncertain future for the teaching profession In an old behavioral psychology study that remains relevant today, scientists placed a canine in a 30-by-30-foot room. The ﬂoor was covered by 3-foot square electriﬁed panels. They delivered small electrical charges at random intervals to each of the 30 panels, and for six hours, man’s best friend dutifully rose and moved to another panel after each shock. Merely six hours later, the “subject” recognized the inevitability of the punishment and realized the futility of moving to avoid the discomfort. The old dog learned a new trick, lay still and passively accept the random charges. In 1986, a professor of cognitive psychology asked a room

full of soon-to-be-teachers what this study meant to us. The consensus in the room was that the dog represented children in the classroom, and that teachers need to avoid “pain” as a behavior modiﬁer or children would eventually just shut down and accept the shocks. Most of us resolved to work on providing positive and dignifying feedback for children during instruction as frequently as possible. Teachers need children to be willing to “move” with them toward cognition. The end of my teaching career is approaching at blinding speed. Perspectives do change with time. Today, for me, professional educators have become the test subjects, and

burnout, although still relatively infrequent, is the logical extension of a prolonged negative feedback loop. Simply to survive in the modern classroom entails some coping mechanism for all the thousand different shocks to which teachers are heir. Teachers are subjected to unforgivably long hours, marginal compensation and lack of professional respect, inadequate facilities, scarce material resources and scant parental support. All of these, together, often fail to drive teachers to complacency. However, throw in business-model accountability standards, top-down policymaking, negative portrayal in the media, attacks on collec-

tive bargaining from the far right, the occasional bullying supervisor in the workplace, too many students held to too few behavioral standards, and yes, that new passing fancy of an instructional model barely arouses a yawn at the biweekly faculty meeting. Are there any hopeful signs on the horizon? It appears that many of the 20-something Teach for America candidates are starting to grouse about their exploitation as a labor force after just a few years in the classroom. Much to the chagrin, we can be sure, of the “No Excuses” sect … . Kenneth B. Haines is the president of the Prince George’s County Educators’ Association.

The Gansler beat down For gubernatorial candiate Doug Gansler, name recognition is no longer a problem. Recently, his name and photo got widespread national attention including NBC’s “Today Show,” ABC’s “World News With Diane Sawyer,” MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” CNN, FOX, Jay Leno’s “Tonight Show,” every Maryland and D.C. television news broadcast, every Maryland and D.C. newspaper, multiple editorials and op-ed columns, endless radio talk shows and all the political blogs. That’s the good news. The bad news is that the widespread photo is of Gansler standing in the middle of a teenage beach party that looks like a Roman orgy. What followed was a public free-for-all MY MARYLAND over Gansler’s duty BLAIR LEE to stop the underage drinking made worse by Gansler’s lame attempt to talk his way out of it. “Beachpartygate” followed on the heels of “Ticketgate” (Gansler’s failure to pay a D.C. speed camera ticket) which followed on the heels of “Troopergate” (allegations that Gansler pressured his state trooper drivers to bypass traffic jams by going off-road with emergency lights), which followed on the heels of “Videogate” (a spy secretly recorded Gansler telling campaign supporters that his opponent, Anthony Brown, was counting on his race to get elected). The media is having a field day with Gansler’s misdeeds but you don’t need to be a Doug Gansler fan to wonder if there isn’t something just a little bit fishy about all this. First, there’s the timing. The “Troopergate” allegations date back to December 2011 but only become “newsworthy” on Oct. 13, this year. Why the 23-month delay? And how come it appeared on The Washington Post’s front page the day before Gansler’s big news conference announcing his running mate? Clearly “Troopergate” was held back and rolled out to

overshadow and ruin Gansler’s campaign event. Likewise, “Ticketgate” stems from a June 12, 2012, trafﬁc ticket that didn’t get media attention until Oct. 23 of this year. Why the 16-month delay? Even “Beachpartygate” dates back to June, a four-month pause until the infamous Instagram made its way onto the front pages. My grandfather once told me that “politicians shouldn’t do anything they don’t want to read about in tomorrow’s newspapers.” He was right about the conduct part, but he was wrong about the “tomorrow’s newspaper” part. What he should have said was “politicians shouldn’t do anything they don’t want their political enemies saving up and feeding to the media during the next election.” Look, the news reporters aren’t digging up those damaging Gansler revelations. They’re being fed to the reporters by people who don’t want Gansler elected. You have to be criminally naive to believe otherwise. Second, there’s the overkill. As a result of “Beachpartygate,” The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza gave Gansler his “Worst Week in Washington” award. Wow, even worse than the Obamacare roll-out or NSA’s latest spy scandals? Chancellor Angela Merkel might disagree. A Frederick News-Post editorial demanded that Gansler quit the governor’s race and The Baltimore Sun ran a front page, over-the-top story comparing Gansler to criminally convicted Marvin Mandel, Marion Barry and Dale Anderson. Then there were the letters-to-theeditor blaming Gansler for everything short of the Kennedy assassination (“it was a Landon School student who murdered [Yeardley Love] and allegedly spent many days in a drunken state”). Welcome to the Doug Gansler beat down, anyone can play. I don’t blame the media for running with the juicy “tips” being dropped on them. But I blame them for not asking, who is dropping these dimes? Why? And are we complicit in a “dirty tricks” effort at voter manipulation? Ironically, Gansler, a Democrat, is getting the politics of personal destruc-

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tion usually reserved for Republicans and the tea party. Remember how the media dredged up Mitt Romney’s high school haircut hazing caper? Or George Bush’s ancient DUI? Or Virginia candidate Bob McDonnell’s 35-year-old college thesis? Or the great fun the media had speculating whether Sarah Palin’s grandchild was really her own child? It’s always open season on Republicans, and no blow is too low. Teenage drinking? That tragedy struck the O’Malley household, but I don’t recall any front-page stories or media smear campaigns. Likewise, Anthony Brown has had some personal problems that the media properly chose to ignore. Poor Doug Gansler isn’t used to brass knuckles politics because he’s a product of Montgomery County’s pillow-ﬁght politics, where a “dirty trick” is putting-up your lawn signs a week early or starting a whisper campaign that your opponent is a global warming denier. Over the years, no one has been more critical of Doug Gansler than me. When he was state’s attorney, I went after him for grandstanding and improper conduct. I even wrote that he was a “hot dog” (that’s when he stopped talking to me). And I’ve criticized his attorney general’s opinions on free speech and gay marriage because I thought he was demagoguing. But just because I was born at night doesn’t mean I was born last night. I know a political smear campaign when I see one. In politics, “when you’re explaining, you’re losing,” and Gansler’s enemies want this election to become a referendum on Gansler’s conduct instead of a referendum on the real issues facing Maryland. That’s a huge diservice which the media should resist even if the beat down sells newspapers. Meanwhile, Gansler’s enemies have accomplished the impossible: they’ve actually made me feel sorry for Doug Gansler. Blair Lee is chairman of the board of Lee Development Group in Silver Spring and a regular commentator for WBAL radio. His column appears Fridays in the Business Gazette. His past columns are available at www.gazette.net/blairlee. His email address is blairleeiv@gmail.com.

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PGCC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACH EXPECTS NEW RULE TO HELP THE OWLS THIS YEAR, A-11

SPORTS

Changing course

HOW THEY RANK Football

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 6. 8. 9. 10.

DeMatha Stags Gwynn Park Yellow Jackets Suitland Rams DuVal Tigers Bowie Bulldogs Wise Pumas Surrattsville Hornets Flowers Jaguars Douglass Eagles Forestville Knights

9-1 60 pts 9-0 52 pts 9-0 50 pts 8-1 42 pts 5-4 35 pts 6-3 31 pts 8-1 22 pts 7-2 18 pts 7-2 12 pts 7-2 6 pts

Also receiving votes: Riverdale Baptist 2.

STANDINGS Prince George’s 3A/2A/1A League

Team

All Div.

Gwynn Park Surrattsville Douglass Forestville Potomac Friendly Largo Central Crossland Fairmont Hghts

9-0 8-1 7-2 7-2 5-4 4-5 2-7 2-7 1-8 0-9

7-0 6-1 6-1 5-2 5-2 3-4 2-6 1-6 1-7 0-7

Prince George’s 4A League Team

All Div.

Suitland DuVal Flowers* Wise Bowie* E. Roosevelt Oxon Hill Northwestern Laurel Parkdale Bladensburg High Point

9-0 8-1 7-2 6-3 5-4 5-4 4-5 3-6 2-7 2-7 2-7 2-7

Private schools Team

Riverdale Baptist Capitol Christian DeMatha Pallotti McNamara National Christian

PF PA

360 81 279 147 301 116 321 114 283 162 270 244 88 266 110 317 76 337 92 384

PF PA

8-0 7-1 6-2 5-3 5-3 5-3 3-5 3-5 2-6 2-6 1-7 1-7

315 81 236 93 287 95 205 83 230 152 293 104 176 202 97 236 157 398 124 262 116 307 100 245

All

10-0 6-0 9-1 6-4 5-5 2-6

336 202 320 205 293 134

105 71 170 190 301 240

Last week’s scores

Surrattsville 38, Friendly 28 Forestville 43, Largo 0 DuVal 40, Flowers 19 Riverdale Baptist 20, Chavez 0 Pallotti 20, AA Christian 14 OT Cap. Christian 60, Wright (D.C.) 0 Silver Oak 29, National Christian 6 Suitland 49, Parkdale 6 DeMatha 27, Carroll 6 O’Connell 61, McNamara 36 Eleanor Roosevelt 60, Laurel 20 Bowie 42, Oxon Hill 24 Wise 44, High Point 0 N’western 27, Bladensburg 26 OT Gwynn Park 38, Fairmont Heights 6 Douglass 44, Central 0 Potomac 53, Crossland 0

BEST BET Flowers at Wise, 2 p.m. Saturday. Wise would make the playoffs with a win. Flowers is trying to avoid entering the playoffs on a three-game losing skid. Bowie will be watching closely, since the Bulldogs need a Flowers victory just to have a chance at the playoffs.

LEADERS Top rushers A. Major, Surratts. J. Baynes, R. Bapt. K. Strong, Potom. T. Deal, DeM. M. Sesay, Bowie A. Gillis, Wise R. Williams, McN.

Carries 154 113 80 132 121 106 128

Yards Avg. TDs 1526 9.9 16 1202 10.6 14 1184 14.8 21 966 7.3 12 801 6.6 7 791 7.5 13 778 6.1 10

Top passers

Cmp-Att. Yards Int. TDs R. Wllms, McN. 157-262 2654 10 24 J. Green, Bowie 96-203 1689 6 14 M. Duckett, Lau. 100-222 1672 11 19 W. Wolfolk, Suit. 74-122 1600 5 17 A. Brooks, DuVal 67-116 1180 2 11 J. Adams, G.Park 49-92 1112 4 8 J. Lovett, DeM. 69-116 1036 0 11

Top receivers J. Crockett, McN. C. Murray, McN. C. Phillips, DeM. M. Roberts, Bowie C. Walker, Lau. C. Brenden, Lau. M. Phillips, Bowie

Rec. 55 63 37 27 29 21 17

Yards 1213 872 678 658 495 483 430

Avg. 22.1 13.8 18.3 24.4 17.1 23.0 25.3

TDs 17 9 10 5 6 6 2

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Parkdale High School teammates pile on each other after their double overtime victory against Bowie in the boys’ soccer 4A South Region title game held Tuesday at Walker Mill Park in Distirct Heights.

New arrival

HELPS PARKDALE REACH SEMIFINALS

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Bowie High School’s Josh Wilkins won the Prince George’s County Cross Country Championship at Fort Washington Park and is the county’s top contender at this week’s state championship.

Saturday’s state championships at McDaniel will allow runners to avoid hills at Hereford BY

NICK CAMMAROTA STAFF WRITER

Panthers need double overtime to beat Bowie, reach state tournament for ﬁrst time

Parker was chaotic. Fans poured out of the metal bleachers and sprinted onto the turf to form a jumping circle of jubilation with Parkdale’s players. After shaking hands with Bowie, Parkdale’s players and supporters again circled up to sing, over and over, “campeones” and posed for pictures with the region champions plaque. The Panthers will have a chance to make more history Saturday when they face 4A North champion James H. Blake at Richard Montgomery in Rockville for a trip the state championship game. “We lost nine seniors last year,”

Widely regarded as one of the more difficult cross country courses in the nation, the layout at Hereford High School serves as the ultimate test annually for athletes competing Maryland’s state championship meets. Rolling backhills, the infamous “Dip,” and twists and turns through woods and cornfields always seem to dominate the day’s discussion as runners from across the state push themselves to the limit in the final race of their high school season. This year, however, for only the third time since 1980, Hereford will not play host to the championship race because parts of the school are under construction. That honor belongs to McDaniel College in Westminster. “I’m going to anticipate fast times because it’s basically a flat course,” said longtime Bowie coach Rich Andrulonis. “I’m sure there are a number of coaches that are probably glad that we’re running it at McDaniel. Some teams that ran at Hereford nearby might be disappointed to see it, but I anticipate everybody might have some fast times.” Andrulonis and other county coaches have been forced to speculate, however, on just how different the three-mile stretch, which winds through the golf course at McDaniel, is from Hereford. The Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association, as specified on their website, is not permitting any to access the course prior to Saturday’s championships, so all walk-throughs will be done the day of the event. There is, however, a link to a course video posted on the MPSSAA website. “No one knows what the course is going to be like,” said Central coach Malcolm Walker. “It looks like there might be inclines here and there, but it’s an even playing field because no one’s able to practice on the course ahead of time. You can’t strategize days before.” During the 4A South Region championship meet a week ago, Bowie High’s Josh Wilkins finished in first, as he has all season against county competition, in pacing the boys’ team victory. Wilkins has a shot to win a state title if the course treats him well. “Josh Wilkins is our best shot to have a chance in the top five and might have a chance to challenge for the state championship depending on

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NICK CAMMAROTA STAFF WRITER

As Parkdale High School junior Daniel Rojas described his gamewinning double overtime goal in great detail — a goal that etched this Panthers in the history books as the first from the Riverdale Park school to reach the Maryland state semifinals — he stumbled toward the beginning. Not with the events that unfolded during the 95th minute of Tuesday night’s thrilling match against Bowie, but with the name of one of his teammates. So new to receiving minutes on Parkdale’s varsity side is sophomore Celio Gracias that a majority of the Panthers only know him by his nickname, Rojas included. Chances are they’ll remember his full name from now on. Gracias played an integral part in Parkdale’s 2-1 double overtime victory Tuesday night at Walker Mill Park in the 4A South Region final against a club with as vast a soccer history as any in Maryland. The Bulldogs have 21 appearances in the state semifinals and finals to their name and have won nine state championships, most recently in 2011. For Parkdale? This was a memorable first. “The kid who assisted the game-winner and scored the equalizer, he’s from the [junior varsity] team. He was called up three games ago,” Parkdale coach Sadak Abukar said. “Those long balls we

RAPHAEL TALISMAN/FOR THE GAZETTE

Parkdale High School’s Denis Lopez ﬁnds space to move the ball as Bowie’s Oluwatoby Motajo trails during the second half of Tuesday’s 4A South Region championship game. need? He supplies them.” Gracias’ wonderfully-placed a free kick from roughly 40 yards out sprung Rojas for the golden goal and his equally-majestic free kick from 45 yards away helped the Panthers tie the match in the 68th minute. “I knew [Gracias] was going to put it in the middle, so I just had to run through, run past the other defender and put a head on it,” said Rojas, who called the goal the biggest of his high school tenure. “It feels great.” The scene immediately after the moment Rojas’ header landed in the goal beyond the outstretched arms of Bowie goalkeeper Niles

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Former Surrattsville lineman helps Capitol Christian to undefeated ﬁrst season BY

DAN FELDMAN STAFF WRITER

Capitol Christian Academy football coach Terry White wanted to test his players’ strength before fall practices got too far underway, but the team had no weight room. So, coaches set up weight benches and weights outside Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in Beltsville, where Capitol Christian had been practicing. They set up two stations, a 135-pound bench press for underclassmen and a 185-pound bench press for upperclassmen. Jaylen Harris waited quietly as his teammates went through their lifts. When his turn came, he informed his coaches 185 pounds

would be too light for him. They’d already exhausted their weights to set up these makeshift lifts, so Harris had to wait until the underclassmen ﬁnished to combine weights. With everyone watching, Harris did 27 reps, as he recalled. (White pegged it at 34.) “That’s college already,” White said. “In fact, that’s borderline NFL right there. He’s a very powerful young man. “Everybody that was out there was just in absolute awe,” White said. “And his mannerism and his attitude about it was so nonchalant, like, ‘OK, why is everybody looking at me?’” Now, Harris is one of several talented Capitol Christian players trying to get looked at — by college coaches. Harris, a ﬁfth-year senior, played junior varsity at Friendship Collegiate Academy

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Capitol Christian Academy football player Jaylen Harris practices with teammates on the Jericho City of Praise campus in Landover last week.

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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

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Prince George’s Community College basketball standout Shanice Warren practices her free throws during practice on Monday.

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KENT ZAKOUR STAFF WRITER

Prince George’s Community College women’s basketball coach Tiona Harris is interested to see how the 2013-14 season unfolds throughout the National Junior College Athletic Associations’ ranks. A new rule, which could drastically impact her sport, was approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel in June. Women’s college basketball now has a 10-second time limit in the backcourt for the first time since the NCAA began administering women’s championships during the 1981-82 season. Previously, teams had no time threshold — they could take the entire 30-second shot clock — to cross the mid-court line. In turn, the five-second closely guarded rule in the backcourt was also eliminated. But the five-second closely guarded rule in the frontcourt remains with an alteration. Closely guarded is now defined as within six feet of the offensive player instead of three. “For me, I like it because of our style of play,” Harris said. “I think it will be beneficial for everyone eventually, but for the women’s game — particularly at [the Division III junior college level] — some teams may really struggle until they adapt and get good ball handlers. Ask me at the end of the season.” Harris’ Owls, who finished last season 7-20 and lost 70-49 in the opening round of the Region XX tournament to Montgomery College, will implement their usual up-tempo style of play. Harris says her small, guardheavy and athletic team, which is off to a 2-1 start this winter, is deeper and more talented than in recent memory. Harris expects 5-foot-8

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Continued from Page A-10 then transferred to Surrattsville where he sat out his sophomore year and then played two varsity seasons. As a senior, he was rated as the state’s strongest player at the coaches’ association combine, according to Surrattsville coach Robert Harris. Jaylen Harris had interest from Middle Tennessee State, Howard, Towson, Bowie State, Virginia State and Virginia Military Institute and made the AllGazette second team. Six-foot-5 and 340 pounds, he also has athleticism reminiscent of his late uncle, Len Bias, the Maryland basketball player who died two days after the Boston Celtics drafted him No. 2 overall. Yet, knowing he’d need to spend another year elsewhere to get his grades up, Harris disenrolled from Surrattsville last school year. It seems everyone on the Warriors’ rag-tag team — including breakout juniors, quarterback Reggie Robinson and running back Davon Julian, and senior Marcus Byrd, who transferred mid-season from Mount Saint Joseph — has a story for why Capitol Christian offers the opportunity they needed. But they’ve come together to go 6-0 and hope to preserve their undefeated record when they close their season Friday at McDonough.

sophomore forward Porchia Smith (Northwestern graduate), freshman 5-foot-7 guard Sabriena Shubert (Bowie), 5-foot-7 sophomore guard Tashiana Hill (Suitland) and 5-foot-7 sophomore guard Shanice Warren (Frederick Douglass), who transferred from St. Francis (Pa.) University, to form the Owls core. Freshmen Tanisha Cardwell (Gwynn Park) and Jaida Jenkins (Charles H. Flowers) are also expected to contribute. “For me, I like the run, score, press and go,” Harris said. “We are a pretty quick unit and a tight-knit group.”

Men PGCC ﬁnished last year’s 1811 campaign, which featured a late-season 11-game win streak, with a loss to the Community College of Allegheny County in the Region XX semiﬁnals. And coach Xavier Joyner believes this edition of the Owls (1-0) has many reasons for optimism despite just two veteran players. “I feel really good about this group this year,” he said. “We’ve worked really hard in the offseason to prepare and the kids have meshed really well.” Returning sophomore guards JaSahn Johnson (6-3, Douglass) and Gabriel McCray (6-6, Woodstream Christian Academy) are expected to contribute along with several newcomers. Joyner says freshman 5-foot-9 guard Donnell Diggs (Takoma Academy), Community College of Baltimore CountyCatonsville transfer sophomore guard Che’Von Giles (5-9, Largo), freshman forward Lerenzo Foote (6-4, Roosevelt), freshman guard Robert Tyler II (6-2, Riverdale Baptist) and Coppin State sophomore transfer Niiwayo Adjei (60, Springbrook) will likely be key pieces as well. “You’ll experience the same style of pressing and running,” Joyner said. “Hopefully we can force some turnovers and score with our speed and quickness.”

Capitol Christian at McDonough Forestville at Potomac Laurel at DuVal High Point at Suitland Bowie at Bladensburg Fairmont Heights at Crossland Eleanor Roosevelt at Northwestern Flowers at Wise Parkdale at Oxon Hill Friendly at Gwynn Park Largo at Central Douglass at Surrattsville St. Vincent Pallotti vs. St. John’s Catholic Prep Richard Wright at National Christian Perry Street Prep at Riverdale Baptist DeMatha vs. Good Counsel

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Continued from Page A-10 Abukar said. “It was a challenge getting this team together and disciplined and ready to play but we did it.” Parkdale dominated a majority of the match, especially in the first half. Junior midfielder Denis Lopez nearly converted multiple opportunities resulting from scrambles in front of the goal or on runs down the flank. His speed and technical ability in the midfield presented problems for the Bulldogs all night but, as has been the case all season, Bowie’s backline

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held and helped the teams into the half tied at 0-0. Everything changed, however, on one free kick in the 43rd minute. Bowie defender Peter Dean blasted a shot on target from well outside the area that bounced off the near post and rolled into the goal to give the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead. “When they scored, it really did put us down,” Rojas said. “But we had to get back at it. That’s all we had to do.” The Panthers were noticeably deﬂated after Dean’s strike, which held up for nearly 25 minutes. Then, in a near mirror-image of Dean’s goal and following a scrum near

midﬁeld, Gracias lined up over the ball from 45 yards out. His kick sailed toward Parker, who was ﬁlling in for regular Bulldogs starter Brenden LeMaster (concussion), tipped off the crossbar, off Parker’s hands and in. Eight minutes later, Bowie forward Kingsley Nwosu found himself barreling in on goal with only Parkdale ’keeper Angel Maza to beat. Once the two reached one another in a full sprint, they collided in the box. While unclear whether Maza touched the ball before the collision, no penalty was awarded to Bowie as both players remained on the ground in

pain for two minutes. It was the Bulldogs’ last pure scoring opportunity of the match as the Panthers largely controlled the overtime before Rojas’ winner. “They did a good job. Parkdale’s always been tough for us,” Bowie coach Rich Kirkland said. “The season’s over. That’s going to take some getting used to.” Lopez, who dazzled all evening in the midﬁeld and maintained an impressive work rate, summed things up about as casually as one could in the face of such an historic night for Parkdale. “I think we played a good game,” he said. “We did a good job. That’s all. I’m tired.”

runners because they simply don’t encounter those types of courses during the regular season, McDaniel could provide an opportunity for improved times on the biggest stage for the county’s better performers. Charles H. Flowers girls’ distance runners Imani Matthews and Alexis Baynes ﬁnished ﬁrst

and second, respectively, at the regional meet and appear to be in position to make some noise at states. In the 1A North region, Forestville Military Academy’s boys’ team and Central’s girls’ both did well. Forestville came in second, nine points behind Pikesville, and featured the second-, third- and fourth-place

runners. Meanwhile, Central senior Mercedes Stokes won the girls’ race with a time of 21:50. “She works hard at it and I knew she was capable of doing it,” Walker said. “She’s really expecting a lot out of the state meet. For the whole team, really, it’s such a great accomplishment. ...”

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“We’re like the Bad News Bears,” White said. “I’m not surprised one day if (Capitol Christian founder and headmaster Van Whitfield) writes a book about this team. Most teams start a football program from the ground. We started under the ground. We didn’t have any equipment. We had no ﬁeld. We had no schoolhouse. We had no locker room. We had no footballs. We had nothing.” For his part, Harris said the school’s SAT-prep courses have helped him. Described as “a great kid” by Robert Harris, Jaylen Harris spent the summer interning with the Upper Marlboro Courthouse’s court reporters. “I have a lot of friends at Surrattsville right in my neighborhood, so I thought it was more of a distraction,” Harris said. “It was a lot of people that weren’t really focused on academics.” Byrd was another player who needed a fresh start. Claiming offers from Massachusetts, Marshall, Towson, Stony Brook, Old Dominion, Eastern Michigan and Boston College and interest from Maryland, North Carolina State, Byrd became Capitol Christian’s highest-proﬁle recruit when he transferred. “By me coming here and putting the school on the map, being already a kid with a couple offers, I thought that would help the school,” Byrd said. “It didn’t really affect it.”

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Imagine Prince George’s County Public Schools is proud to be this year’s Platinum Sponsor of The Gazette’s “My Favorite Teacher” contest.

Go to www.favoriteteacher.net starting October 24th to vote for the finalists in The Gazette’s My Favorite Teacher contest.

We currently operate four public charter schools in Prince George’s County, providing a challenging learning environment for students in Kindergarten through Grade 8. Although our campuses vary in size and structure, all adhere to the belief that providing every child with a world-class education is the single most effective way to achieve individual life opportunities and a better society. Our schools include: • Imagine Andrews Public Charter School (www.imagineandrews.org) • Imagine Foundations at Leeland Public Charter School (www.imagineleeland.org) • Imagine Foundations at Morningside Public Charter School (www.imaginemorningside.org) • Imagine Lincoln Public Charter School (www.imaginelincoln.org)

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Educational Systems FCU is proud to be part of the Maryland education community as we celebrate amazing teachers. As longtime sponsors of the Gazette’s “My Favorite Teacher” award, we recognize how important educators are to the success of students everywhere. We wish to thank the Gazette for providing a platform where students are given the chance to show their appreciation for some of the most amazing educators around. To learn more about Educational Systems FCU, including how you can join others in the Maryland education community as Credit Union members, visit esfcu.org.

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(From left) Terra Vigil, as Sybil, Kathryn Huston as Aunt Ola and Rinn Delaney as Weetsie rehearse a scene from “The Cover of Life” on Sunday at the Bowie Playhouse. GREG DOHLER/THE GAZETTE

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Nicholas Hanni plays Irish terrorist and cat lover Padraic in a rehearsal from Laurel Mill Playhouse’s “The Lieutenant of Inishmore.” The black comedy opens Friday and runs to Nov. 24.

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ife magazine was a popular publication in the United States from 1936 until its demise in 2000. Featuring beautiful photos that told the story just as much as the actual words, journalists and photographers alike knew they had made it when their stories and photos graced the cover of Life. In 1996, R.T. Robinson wrote the play “The Cover of Life,” which centers around the lives of three brides in Louisiana whose husbands were off ﬁghting in World War II. Bowie Community Theatre will present “The Cover of Life,” starting Nov. 8 at the Bowie Playhouse. “It is just a wonderful piece of writing,” said director Bob Sams. “I like that and I like that this is a rather unusual play in that there are no bad parts. It is really, really nicely done. The more I’ve gotten into it, the more interesting it has become. The themes that are touched on I ﬁnd to be remarkably relevant to what’s going on today

THE COVER OF LIFE n When: 8 p.m. Nov 8-9, 15-16, 22-23; 2 p.m. Nov. 10, 17, 24 n Where: Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Dr., Bowie n Tickets: $10-$20 n For information: 301-805-0219, bctheatre.com

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Stage director Josh McKerrow once worked in a Halloween fun house, where his job was to scare people. “There’s a little bit of the haunted house, where the monTHE LIEUTENANT sters jump out at you,” he said about his latest directorial effort, OF INISHMORE Martin McDonagh’s “The Lieun When: 8 p.m. Fridays tenant of Inishmore.” The black and Saturdays, Nov. comedy opens Friday at the Lau8-24 rel Mill Playhouse and runs to Nov. 24. n Where: Laurel Mill Featuring a cast of eight, the Playhouse, 508 Main play is about a deranged Irish St., Laurel militant who tortures drug dealn Tickets: $12-$15 ers, robs ﬁsh-and-chip shops and seeks revenge when his beloved n For information: black cat, Wee Thomas, is killed. 301-617-9906, “It has modern cinematic laurelmillplayhouse.org sensibilities, like a Quentin Tarantino movie,” said McKerrow. “It’s been fun to block — we’ve got characters pointing pistols at each other.”

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Erin Wagner, playing aspiring Irish terrorist Mairead, brandishes an air riﬂe in a rehearsal from Laurel Mill Playhouse’s “The Lieutenant of Inishmore.” The black comedy opens Friday and runs to Nov. 24.

in our society. … People being off to war, not only are they changed but the people who are left behind are changed often in ways they don’t expect and may not even like. There are changes that occur. “When the warriors return, sometimes it’s difﬁcult for relationships to be restored.” Caity Brown, who plays the youngest bride Tood, said that one of the things she’s learned about the show is the history and said that’s thanks to Sams and his wife. “They know so much about everything,” Brown said. “It’s opened up my eyes to the experiences … obviously, I don’t have a lot of experience being someone waiting for their husband to come home from war and I’m not from the rural South, so it’s really kind of opened up my eyes that way. What I like about this play is that it has a lot of really great roles in it.” The show, which Variety magazine said had “the kind of roles actresses dream of,” features six roles for women.

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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,” Nov. 8-24, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Drive, Bowie, 301-8050219, 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,

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Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Masterclass with Lluis

Claret, Cello, noon, Nov. 8; Molière Impromptu, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10; Mavis Staples, 8 p.m. Nov. 8; UMD Wind Orchestra: Fairy Tales and Legends, 8 p.m. Nov. 8; Recital: Lluis Claret, cello, 8 p.m. Nov. 8; UMD Symphony Orchestra: Ginastera’s Harp, 4 p.m. Nov. 10; Faculty Artist Recital: Robert DiLutis, clarinet, 8 p.m. Nov. 10; University of Mary-

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Harmony Hall Regional Center, AFTERNOON TEA: Maribeth & Bradford Gowen, 2 p.m. Nov. 20; call for prices, 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, 301-2036070, arts.pgparks.com. Greenbelt Arts Center, “See How They Run,” Nov. 8-30, call for prices, times, Greenbelt Arts Center, 123 Centerway, Greenbelt, 301-441-8770, www.greenbeltartscenter.org. Hard Bargain Players, TBA,

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2001 Bryan Point Road, Accokeek, www.hbplayers.org. Joe’s Movement Emporium, Silk Road Dance Festival, 8 p.m. Nov. 9, 3309 Bunker Hill Road, Mount Rainier, 301-699-1819, www.joesmovement.org. Laurel Mill Playhouse, “The Lieutenant of Inishmore,” Nov. 8-24, call for ticket prices, Laurel Mill Playhouse, 508 Main St., Laurel, 301-452-2557, www.laurelmillplayhouse.org. Montpelier Arts Center, The Montpelier Classic Recital Series, Sharon Cheng, soprano, 3 p.m. Nov. 17, 9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel, 301-377-7800, arts.pgparks. com. National Harbor, Cavalia’s “Odysseo,” Fridays through Sundays, to Nov. 17, 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, “Aesop’s Fables,” 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Nov. 7; “Junie B. Jones - Jingle Bells, Batman Smells,” 10:15 a.m. and noon, Nov. 14, 5445 Landover Road, Cheverly, 301-277-1710, arts.pgparks.com. 2nd Star Productions, “Funny Money,” coming in January, 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,” Dec. 6-15; Harmony Hall Regional Center, 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, 301-262-5201, www. tantallonstage.com.

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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, Nov. 7; open mic with Paige Powell, 7 p.m. Nov. 7; John Guernsey, 6:30 p.m. Nov. 8-9; Bud Skeleton, 8 p.m. Nov. 8; Bruce Kritt, 4 p.m. Nov. 9; The Joy Bodycomb Band, 8 p.m. Nov. 9; Drum Melody, 7 p.m. Nov. 12; Caroline Ferrante and the Whole Magila, 7 p.m. Nov. 13; Open mic with James and Martha, 7 p.m. Nov. 14; The Bad Weather Boyz Band, 8 p.m. Nov. 15; Jaqui MacMillan, drum circle, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16; Akoma Drummers, 8:30 p.m. Nov. 16; Djesben, 10 p.m. Nov. 16; 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, 301-627-7755. 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.

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Funny then, funny now 17th century playwright still wrings laughs from audiences, actors

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Director Matthew R. Wilson holds a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University, a master’s degree from the Academy for Classical Acting and is currently working on his PhD in Renaissance theatre history at the University of Maryland. But ask him what makes the work of famous 17th century French playwright Moliére’s work so enjoyable, and his answer is quite simple. “It’s funny,” Wilson said. “The bottom line is, Moliére’s work was funny then and it’s funny now.” Wilson will direct his ﬁrst play at the University of Maryland, “Moliére Impromptu,” presented by the university’s School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies and opening Friday at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Translated and adapted by American playwright Rinne Groff, “Moliére Impromptu” is based on three of Moliére’s pieces: “The Doctor in Spite of Himself,” “The Forced Marriage” and “Impromptu Versailles.” The premise of the slapstick comedy is a director’s nightmare as he tries to rein in an ill-prepared cast for an important performance. The concept is based on actual events in the 1660s when Moliére’s theater company performed for the King of France. They were eventually selected as the King’s Players. Considered a master of comedy, Moliére was one of the pioneers of slapstick and farcical comedy. “It’s your basic confusing, ‘I thought you were this person, I thought you were this person, now we’re married and

MOLIÉRE IMPROMPTU n When: Nov. 8-16, see website for speciﬁc show times n Where: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Stadium Dr. and Rt. 193, College Park n Tickets: $10-$25 n For information: 301-405-2787, claricesmithcenter.umd.edu

it all works out,’” said actress Rebecca Ballinger. A senior theater major, Ballinger plays Mademoisells DeBrie, the star actress in the play within a play, who often has the role of the “charming ingénue character.” “She recognizes that she’s ... the celebrity of the cast,” Ballinger said. Over the summer, Ballinger and her cast mates spent time watching classic comedy ﬁlms to prepare them for their roles in “Moliére Impromptu.” “I gave them a lot of homework over the summer of things to watch,” Wilson said. “The Marx Brothers or Steve Martin or Buster Keaton. All different forms of comedy that are now classics of TV ... We came in thinking about the nuts and bolts of comedy ... Why does this still work? What did you ﬁnd funny and what made it dated or cheesy?” Ballinger and her castmates said they returned from their summer vacation with the notion that the simplicity of Moliére’s humor is one of the reasons his work is timeless. “I think what it is, is it’s just such a classic form of comedy,” Ballinger said. “It just takes us back to the roots of what makes something funny. The humor is so basic anybody can laugh at it. Anybody can get the joke.” In addition to his academic

pursuits at the University of Maryland, Wilson is also a professional actor (he has a role in an episode of the second season of Netﬂix’s “House of Cards”), director, playwright and the artistic director of Faction of Fools Theatre Company based in Washington, D.C. The group specializes in Commedia dell’Arte, a style that began in Italy in the early 16th century and has inﬂuenced opera, vaudeville, television sitcoms, Shakespeare and Moliére himself. The style is characterized by its use of masks, physical comedy and archetypes. “The masks would represent different stock characters,” said Kara Waala, a mask and makeup designer for the show. Waala is working on her masters degree in costume design at the university. “[The masks] allow the actors to say things they normally couldn’t have said ... [They] kind of let the actors be free ... lowbrow people have the chance to poke fun at the highbrow comedy.” His ability to poke fun is another reason Wilson said Moliére has remained relevant over time. “One of the reasons Moliére has stayed contemporary and still speaks to us today is that he had this great knack for mocking high society and mocking the standards of culture that existed in Paris while still obviously wanting to be part of the society ...” Wilson said.”He had a real strong sense of irony, self-depreciation and a humorous point of view on how human beings create culture and create status.” chedgepeth@gazette.net

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Continued from Page B-1 McKerrow said it’s been a challenge to ﬁnd just the right tone for the mix of comedy and violence. “If it’s too serious, it’s disturbing, and if it’s too light, you’re not taking the subject [or playwright] seriously,” he said. First presented in 2001 in London, the play was written by Irish-English playwright and filmmaker McDonagh, who also wrote and directed the movies “In Bruges” and “Seven Psychopaths,” both featuring Colin Farrell. McDonagh also wrote “The Pillowman,” a 2003 play about investigators in a totalitarian state who begin to suspect a

man who writes stories about murdered children, believing him to be guilty of the actual crime. (“The Pillowman” is currently running to Nov. 23 at the Silver Spring Stage in Montgomery County.) McDonagh sets“The Lieutenant of Inishmore” in 1993 during the start of peace negotiations in Ireland. It tells the story of Padraic, a psychotic gunman who has been kicked out of the Irish Republican Army for being too crazy. “As an actor, it really challenges you to show the true emotions while also [keeping] the comedic timing,” said Nicholas Hanni who plays Padraic. “You’re being funny and being serious and getting the audience to laugh, and be completely horriﬁed by what’s hap-

pening.” Hanni, 22, a Harpers Ferry resident who recently graduated from West Virginia University, studied “The Lieutenant of Inishmore” in college and sees parallels to McDonagh’s “Seven Psychopaths.” “Both take you to the heights of comedy, and then dash you down to the pits of tragedy, horror and disgust,” he said. McDonagh draws you into the characters — you begin to get to know them and laugh — and then all of a sudden, something brutal and violent happens. “It’s very much a roller coaster ride,” said Hanni. “What just happened? You get emotionally thrown off.” Like McKerrow, he said the

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play makes him think of Tarantino but with a difference. “It’s the same kind of violence, but more on the comedy,” he said. “The high level of comedy is what makes the low all the lower,” said Hanni.

Cat dragged in As the play begins, Padraic is busy torturing drug dealer James (Jeffrey Gangwisch), who sells marijuana to Catholic school girls in Dublin, when his father, Donny (Stephen Deininger), calls to say that Wee Thomas is feeling poorly and that Padraic better come home to Inishmore island. Unknown to Padraic, Donny’s long-haired teenage neighbor, Davey (Matthew Purpora),

found a black cat with a crushed skull on the side of the road and takes it to Donny, thinking it’s his. Both terriﬁed of Padraic’s murderous temper, Davey and Donny try to create a substitute for Wee Thomas by painting an orange cat called Sir Roger with black shoe polish. Sir Roger, however, belongs to Davey’s younger sister, Mairead (Erin Wagner), a 16-year-old who shoots out the eyes of cows with an air riﬂe to protest the meat industry and, like Padraic, loves her cat, Mad about Padraic and glad he’s back on the island, she sings “The Patriot Game” with him, a song sung by the real IRA in the 1950s. “She seems to have real feelings about freeing Northern

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Ireland,” said Wagner about her character, who also sings “The Dying Rebel,” a song about losing a son in the 1916 Easter Rising revolt in Dublin. The young lovers decide to make a life together and start their own splinter group, Wee Thomas’ Army. When three men from Ulster come to town in search of James, the stage begins to pile up with blood, gore and body parts. Wagner, 24, who lives in Washington, D.C., earned a bachelor’s degree in theater at Cornell University and also studied Shakespeare in London for a year. She’s seen two of McDonagh’s plays and likes what he’s doing in “The Lieutenant of Inishmore.” “He has some very clever lines, and I love the language,” she said. “[He’s created] a very musical way of talking, and the characters enjoy saying the words.” Actors speak with Irishsounding accents, she said. “I’m deﬁnitely a fan,” she said. “I think he writes very absurdly, which I like.” She also said McDonagh’s “sheer overblown violence” is a form of black comedy that he writes very well. But she also notes that the play is about “a real issue that happened.” “When you step back and think about it in real terms, you [realize] the cost of all these issues,” she said. McKerrow agreed with Wagner that the play can be seen as a way of coming at serious issues through the method of black comedy. “He’s writing about terrorists but underneath they’re psychopaths. … They’re using the political situation to act out their madness on the world,” he said. Hanni said for him, the play is fundamentally about human nature, which everyone can relate to. “A lot of the characters are driven by emotions” he said. “They go with their gut feelings instead of using logic, which is what causes [all] the drama.” vterhune@gazette.net

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Kathryn Huston (left) as Aunt Ola and Caity Brown as Tood in a scene from “The Cover of Life” at the Bowie Playhouse.

Continued from Page B-1 “There’s so many women’s roles that are just the wife of the mother, the sister, something that’s not really developed,” Brown said. “These characters are all developed. They’re all clear people who have multiple layers to them and that’s really exciting to be able to do that.” “There are parts in here that people always say they would like to have ones like that but they’re never written,” Sams added. “They are written in this play. [There are] some very

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Thursday, November 7, 2013 lr strong women’s parts, some very touching women’s parts also. There are opportunities for actresses to really excel in it.” Although Sams was excited to direct the show, he’s ﬁrst to say that he came into the show in a rather unusual fashion. “The person who had originally been scheduled to direct the show had to withdraw the week that auditions were scheduled,” Sams said. “I had read the show once. They came to me and said ‘We’re in a bad way, will you do it?’ I said sure, I’ll take it on because it’s such an interesting show, but this is Tuesday … I’m not going to be able to do auditions on Friday. Could you give me a couple of weeks?” Sams said after the theater postponed the auditions, he had about two weeks to put together what a director normally does in two or three months. During auditions, Sams was thrilled to have “a wonderful set of ac-

tresses come out for the show.” Meanwhile, Brown said she hopes audiences see the characters are real people and not caricatures of Southerners. “One thing I kind of ﬁnd about a lot of plays set in the South is that ... as soon as someone opens their mouth and they have a thick, Southern accent, we immediately think that they’re less intelligent,” Brown said. “I hope what people would take out of this show is they can see it and realize these are real people just like me. It might be a totally different setting and surrounding, but they’re facing similar issues that kind of everyone faces. I hope people will see the kind of humanity of it. “I hope in some ways people realize ‘OK, women have come farther in the past 70 years, but maybe we have a little farther to go.” wfranklin@gazette.net

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RELIGION CALENDAR To submit a calendar item online, go to calendar.gazette. net and click on the submit button in the lower left-hand corner. To ﬁnd an item, go to The Gazette’s home page at www. gazette.net. You can mail them to The Gazette, 13501 Virginia Manor Road, Laurel, MD 20707; fax, 240-473-7501. Items must be received by Wednesday to appear the following week.

NOV. 8 A Concert in “Total Praise,” 7

p.m., 1701 Enterprise Road, Mitchellville. Featuring Niyi Adams. Contact 202-285-5971.

NOV. 9 Bazaar/Community Event, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Redeemer Lutheran Church, 3799 East West Highway, Hyattsville. Open to the public. Outdoors features a community yard sale, moon bounce and playground, local police squad car and possible visit by the K-9 unit, and tentatively a medical/dental bus. Indoors there are seasonal crafts, bake sale, thrift store, books and cards and informational booths. Contact 301-277-2302 or gpmwyoung@hotmail.com.

St. Mary of the Mills Christmas Bazaar, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 114

St. Mary’s Place, Laurel. Shop at Granny’s Attic, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Kelley’s Jellies or home baked goods table. Enter a rafﬂe/auction or participate in children’s activities. Contact 301-725-3080 or

cﬁchter@stmaryofthemills.org.

The 2013 Winter Coat Giveaway for families, 1 to 5 p.m.,

Upper Room Church, 78 Ritchie Road, Capitol Heights. Pick up winter coats for the entire family. Men, women, children. All sizes. Free hot dogs, chips. sodas. Contact 240-274-2279. Community Spaghetti Dinner, 4 to 6 p.m., Christ Episcopal Church, 8710 Old Branch Ave., Clinton. Contact 301-868-1330 or christchurchclinton@verizon.net. Glenn Dale UMC’s annual Smorgasbord, 4 to 6:30 p.m.,

Glenn Dale United Methodist Church, 8500 Springﬁeld Road, Glenn Dale. During the smorgasbord, the church will hold a White Elephant Sale with old and new treasures and handmade Christmas decorations. Contact 301-2622299. Spaghetti Dinner & Salad Bar, 4 to 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 424 Main St., Laurel. Sponsored by the United Methodist Women. Cost: $8 per adult, $6 for ages 6 to 2, free for children younger than 6. Contact 301-7253093 or ofﬁce@fumcl.org.

H.E.A.L. Workshop: Take Charge of Your Health, 4:30 to 6

p.m., Capitol Free Mission, 8201 Cryden Way, Forestville. H.E.A.L. is an eight-session lifestyle workshop for those who want to improve their health by dealing with chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, heart failure, stress, depression and pain. The workshop will be led by a specially trained intervention coach, and there will be cooking and wellness demos.

March 14, 2014 - 7pm

To register, call 301-494-5550, visit helpdesk@mygospelworkers.org or visit www.capitolcitymission.org.

NOV. 10 The United States Army Field Band Soldiers’ Chorus Concert,

6 to 10 p.m., Grace Baptist Church, 7210 Race Track Road, Bowie. This is a community concert for Veterans Day. Please invite your family, friends and a veteran. Contact 301-262-1767 or secretary@gbcbowie.org.

NOV. 12 Same Sex Marriage and the Faith Community: A Conversation about Equal Rights, 7:30 p.m., Cla-

rice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park. Join Derrick Harkins, one of the leaders of the Democratic Party’s faith outreach efforts; Cedric Harmon of Many Voices, a black church movement for gay and transgender justice; Delman Coates from Mount Ennon Baptist Church and All Souls Church Unitarian’s Susan Newman, along with choreographer David Rousséve as they answer questions and converse about Maryland’s marriage equality law and its effect on the faith community. Contact 301405-2787 or tickets.claricesmith@ umd.edu.

invited. Cost of $6.50 for textbook. Contact 301-474-7117 or secretary@berwynbaptist.org.

Mount Rainier Christian Church will conduct Praisercise, a Chris-

tian exercise group meeting at 10:30 a.m. Saturdays at the church, 4001 33rd St., Mount Rainier. The exercise group will have exercise education about nutrition and more. Professional instruction from University of Maryland, College Park, kinesiology students and the program. Open to people of all ages and ﬁtness levels. Free. Call 301864-3869 or visit www.facebook. com/groups/praisercise/ or email brianpadamusus @yahoo.com. Largo Community Church is revising its ﬁtness program, Mon-

days and Wednesdays, to include Latin-infused dance. Classes start at 7 p.m. and the fee is $5. The church is at 1701 Enterprise Road in Mitchellville. E-mail justﬁt4life @yahoo.com.

Body and Soul Fitness presents “I’m All In,” Bethany Community

Church, 15720 Riding Stable Road

ONGOING Women’s Bible Study, 9 to 11 a.m. every Thursday, Berwyn Baptist Church, 4720 Cherokee St., College Park. Study the book of Romans. Women of all ages are

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in Laurel. Sessions start with cardio/strength classes from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday, with a co-ed session from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. For more information, call Abby Dixson at 301-5491877, email abbyﬁtness@aol.com or visit www.bodyandsoul.org. Touch of Love Bible Church, conducts weekly support group meetings for people who are separated or divorced, 11 a.m. every Saturday at the church, 13503 Baltimore Ave. in Laurel. Call 301210-3170.

11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every Saturday. Abigail Ministries offers the meetings in Hyattsville. Call 301277-3775 for exact location.

Baptist Church, 1:45 p.m. Tuesday afternoons at the church, 326 Brock Bridge Road in Laurel. Free nursery. Call Tammie Marshall at 301-498-3224 or visit mdcitybaptist @yahoo.com.

New Broken Vessels Ministry Women’s Bible Study and Discussions, 9 a.m. every Friday at It’s

Ladies Bible Study Class on the book of Esther, Maryland City

Free First Place 4 Health series, 7 p.m. Tuesdays at Berwyn

Baptist Church, 4720 Cherokee St. in College Park. Call 240-601-1640.

Anti-domestic violence and stalking support group meetings,

Maryland Family Christian Center’s Praise Dance Ministry, 7

p.m. Tuesdays at North Forestville Elementary School, 2311 Ritchie Road in Forestville. Ministry teaches people to dance. Call 240392-2633.

New Creation Church Bible study meetings, 7 p.m. Wednes-

days at the Bladensburg High School auditorium, 4200 57th Ave. in Bladensburg. Sunday services are at 10 and 11 a.m.

God’s Choice Christian Bookstore, 1454 Addison Road South in Capitol Heights. Call 301-499-5799 for information.

Vocalists/singers needed to harmonize “Inspirational Music,”

every Saturday at 8221 Cryden Way in Forestville. Call 301-5990932 or 301-219-4350.

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