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Anita Rollinson, 54, of Clinton reads through a copy of her book “If You Were Me,” with her son, Burnice “Burnie” Rollinson, 18. Anita Rollinson wrote the book about her son’s life with Asperger’s syndrome and he illustrated each page.

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or years, Clinton resident Anita Rollinson, 54, said she knew she would write a book about her autistic son, Burnice “Burnie” Rollinson, 18, but she didn’t know he also would have a hand in the final product.

After watching TV specials showing families estranged from their disabled children, Anita Rollinson said she wanted to write a book offering support to these families and others.

“I felt parents and families need to be encouraged, that this particular diagnosis is not the end,” Anita Rollinson said.

The collaboration, a children’s book called “If You Were Me,” introduces readers to Burnie Rollinson, who has Asperger syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder. Individuals with Asperger syndrome have difficulty with

“It makes me feel happy because she trusted me to see if I could draw some of the people. They can read it anytime they want and I hope they’ll enjoy it.”

Burnie Rollinson, Illustrated “If You Were Me” communication, including challenges with back-and-forth conversation, lack of eye contact and trouble maintaining relationships, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and

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Anita Rollinson wrote the book in her son’s voice while he illustrated each page.

“It makes me feel happy because she trusted me to see if I could draw some of the people,” he said. “They can read it anytime they want and I hope they’ll enjoy it.”

The book, which was self-published through Author House in 2012, was added to the Autism Speaks Resource Library earlier this month, Anita Rollinson said.

Ali Watters, the assistant director of projects and content for Autism Speaks, said in an email to The Gazette that any book that would benefit the autism community is added to the library.

“Burnie being able to create the illustrations for the book gave him a way to express to others, ‘This is my world

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The holidays were happy at Towne Centre at Laurel as customers and center officials say they were pleased with the new arrivals at Laurel’s newest shopping destination with more poised to debut this year.

“I’m glad it’s here,” said Courtney Crews of Laurel, 28, after seeing “Annie” with her daughter, Madison, at Regal

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Prince George’s shoppers may soon be asked to help foot the bill to reduce the school system’s $2 billion school maintenance backlog.

“If Prince George’s County is going to excel, if we are going to give our students a 21st century education in safe, modern buildings, then we need to get our schools in shape,” said General Assembly

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Del. Jay Walker (D-Dist. 26) of Fort Washington, co-sponsor of the bill.

Prince George’s 413-15, sponsored by Walker and Del. Alonzo Washington (D-Dist. 22) of Hyattsville, would allow the county to create a 1 percent sales tax, with the funds to go to school renovation and construction.

The bill would require approval from the County Council and referendum approval by voters in the 2016 November General Election.

Walker said the bill, if approved, would generate at least $60 million yearly in revenue for major renovation and construction projects.

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Daniel Coleman’s favorite radio station is an unusual pick for a 13-year-old boy – classical music station WBJC 91.5 – but thanks to the teen’s weakness for Wagner and Bach, his school will be receiving a large donation of refurbished orchestra instruments this month.

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Fitzpatrick said he was happy to see a large turnout for recent events at the town center, with about 2,000 people attending the grand opening on Nov. 15 and about 4,000 people attending the lighting of the Christmas tree on Nov. 22.

“It was really wonderful to see the community really embrace our project,” Fitzpatrick said.

Fitzpatrick said the 400,000 squarefoot, $130-million town center, which began opening stores in the spring is currently 85 percent leased, and will continue leasing and opening stores

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Cinemas. “It really helps because it’s right down the street — less gas money.”

Officials with Owings Mills-based developer Greenberg Gibbons said the shopping center had a successful holiday season, as stores did well on Black Friday and business remained steady through late December.

“We’re very pleased with the performance of the town center,” Tom Fitzpatrick, president and Chief Operating Officer at Greenberg Gibbons. “This has far exceeded our expectations.”

Fitzpatrick said sales figures for the holiday season are not available yet, but he said he has learned from conversations with retailers that business has

The new year is looking to be full of uncertainty, Prince George’s County officials say, as they consider the impact of Maryland’s new governor Larry Hogan (R) and how his priorities’ will impact the county’s long-term goals and objectives.

“This is a very different legisla-

tive session, with a Republican governor taking office, and what the county is going to be able to do in terms of school construction funds or capital projects,” said Scott Peterson, spokesman to County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D).

One of the top items on the county agenda for 2015 will be getting final approval for the new regional medical center in Largo, Peterson said.

In October 2013, the county applied for a Certificate of Need from

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Daniel Coleman, an eighth-grader at Benjamin Tasker Middle School, helped the school receive instruments.

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JAN. 2 Senior Days, 8 a.m. to noon at the Prince George’s Sports & Learning Complex, 8001 Sheriff Road, Landover. Let’s move and get fit. Seniors (Prince George’s County residents only) are allowed use of both the fitness center and pool during the above times. Contact 301-583-2400; TTY 301-583-2483.

College Park Needle Arts Society, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Old Parish House, 4711 Knox Road, College Park. Crafters meet to work on quilting, knitting, embroidery and counted cross-stitch projects. Contact 301-277-9630 or cpneedlearts@earthlink. net.

JAN. 3 Glow in the Dark Dodgeball, 6 to 8 p.m., Largo/Kettering/Perrywood Community Center, 431 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro. Ages 10 to 17. Admission is free. Contact 304-390-8390.

JAN. 4 Low-Cost Shots & Microchipping for cats and dogs, 1 to 3 p.m., 8210 D’Arcy

Road, Forestville. Rabies and distemper shots: $10 each. Home AgainTM Microchip: $25. Cash and credit card (Visa/ MasterCard) only; no checks. Bring an up-to-date rabies certificate; otherwise, your pet will be given a one-year vaccine.

Cats must be in a carrier, dogs must be on a leash. Contact 301-262-5625.

Joel Sharbaugh Classical Guitarist, 2 p.m., Bowie Center for the Performing Arts, 15200 Annapolis Road, Bowie.

Joel Sharbaugh classical guitarist will be performing live at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets will be available at tbhe door and are $15. Seniors and children are $10. Contact 301-805-6880 or mary@bowiecenter.org.

JAN. 5 Prince George’s County Commission for Veterans Monthly Meeting, 6 p.m.,

Department of Family Services, 6420 Allentown Road, Camp Springs. The mission of the Commission for Veterans is to elevate, develop and promote new and existing programs and services for Veterans and their families within Prince George’s County. Meetings are free and open to the public. Contact 301-265-8404.

JAN. 6 CMIT annual Student Art Exhibit, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Montpelier Mansion/

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Each year, different venues host the annual CMIT art exhibit. Montpelier is honored to display the work of these talented young artists from this Laurel charter school. The theme for this year’s exhibit is “Autumn Landscapes & Scenes.” students have interpreted this theme and will display a major art piece from the school year. Exhibit is free with cost of admission. Contact 301-377-7817; TTY 301-699-2455 or montpeliermansion@ pgparks.com.

JAN. 7 Lions Blood Drive, 1 to 6 p.m., United

Methodist Church, 9601 Rhode Island Ave., College Park. The College Park Lions Club is sponsoring a Blood Drive with the Anne Arundel Medical Center Blood Mobile. To schedule an appointment go to www.mysignup.com/cpl. All donors in January will be entered for a chance to win a 50” flat screen TV. Contact cplionsclub@aol.com.

JAN. 8 Folk Life and Faraway Places Film Series: Wattstax, 2 p.m. at the New Car-

rollton Library, 7414 Riverdale Road, New Carrollton. “Wattstax” is a documentary film by Mel Stuart that focused on the 1972 Wattstax music festival and the African American community of Watts in Los Angeles, Calif. Discussion follows the film.

Viewers under the age of 17 must be accompanied by a parent or adult guardian.

Contact 301-459-6900.

JAN. 9 Free Bariatric Surgery and Weight Loss Lecture, 8 a.m., Doctors Community

Hospital, 8116 Good Luck Road, Professional Office Bldg., Suite 210, Lanham.

Obesity is often linked to diabetes, sleep apnea, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and arthritis. Losing weight may reduce or eliminate the need to use some of the medications taken to manage such conditions. Attend this lecture to learn whether weight loss surgery is right for you. Registration is required by calling 301-324-4968.

“The Me I See” Symposium, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Peppermill Community Center, 610 Hill Road, Landover. Review clips and engage in a panel discussion on self-esteem issues due to skin color, features and hair texture. The evening will also include spoken word, hip hop dance and vocal

GoGo Fitness, 9 to 10 a.m., Glenarden Community Center, 8615 McLain Ave., Glenarden. This 60 minute, high-intensity dance fitness workout incorporates various dance styles — and the classic call-and-response of a live GoGo. Cost is $25 for a six-week session or $5 for a drop-in class. Contact 301772-3151; TTY 301-218-6768.

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JAN. 10 Book Discussion, 1 p.m., Beltsville Library, 4319 Sellman Road, Beltsville. T. D. Jakes’ “The Memory Quilt: A Christmas Story for Our Times.” Contact 301-9370294.

Chess Club, 2 p.m., Accokeek Library, 15773 Livingston Road, Accokeek. Learn to play or improve your game. Instructor: Mark Bowie. Contact 301-292-2880.

Mockingjay: From Page to Screen — A Book Discussion, 2 p.m., Oxon Hill

Library, 6200 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill.

Share your opinions about the movie and book, “Mockingjay” by Suzanne Collins.

Contact 301-839-2400.

JAN. 13 The ABCs of Starting a Business Workshop, 5 p.m., the Greenbelt Library,

11 Crescent Road, Greenbelt. Learn more about the steps involved and discover the many resources that are available to support you as you start your business.

Presented by the Maryland Women’s Business Center. Contact 301-345-5800.

JAN. 14 Ideas & Info Luncheon Training: Foundation Funding Opportunities, Noon to 2

p.m., the New Carrollton Library, 7414 Riverdale Road, New Carrollton. The first meeting of the New Year will feature presentations from representatives of three large foundations. It is an opportunity to learn about funding priorities and processes for each foundation, their funding cycle and what they are looking for when they consider applications. Registration required. Contact 301-429-0414.

Stroke Support Group, 1 to 3 p.m., Bowie Senior Center, 14900 Health Center Drive, Bowie. Join stroke survivors and caregivers to explore resources as well as learn about stroke prevention, healthy lifestyles and empowerment strategies.

For more information, call 301-324-4968.

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Flags at city facilities in Laurel have flown at half staff in honor of the man officials say helped reshape development in Laurel in recent years.

Laurel’s economic development officer, Karl Brendle, 60, died Dec. 24 after suffering severe respiratory distress, said City Administrator Kristie Mills. The cause of death has not been determined, Mills said.

“Anything that’s happened in Laurel in the past 15 to 20 years, in terms of economic development, Karl’s had a hand in,” said Laurel Mayor Craig Moe. “He was well-respected throughout the state for his knowledge, and he will be greatly missed.”

Brendle of Laurel is survived by his sister, Joyce Krow of Laurel.

Mills said donations may be made in Brendle’s name to the Laurel Advocacy and Referral Services, or LARS, a local nonprofit serving homeless and low income individuals.

A Celebration of Life service will be held at 1 p.m. Jan. 10 at Partnership Hall, 811 5th St., next to the Laurel Police Department station, said city spokeswoman Audrey Barnes.

Brendle was hired as city planner in 1979, Mills said.

He left for the private sector in 1986, returned in 1990 and left again in 2001. Brendle

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was persuaded to return to in 2003 by Moe, who named him director of the Department of Community Planning and Business Services, Mills said.

In October, Brendle was named the city’s first full-time economic development officer.

“Karl had a great vision, and he knew what it took to make a community grow, and grow in the right direction, and he really had a handle on that,” Moe said.

Mills said Brendle oversaw many annexations, new developments such as the Towne Centre in Laurel, and several commercial and residential redevelopments.

“He loved the city of Laurel so much, and he did everything he could to make it a great place to live, work and play,” Mills said. “He had a heart as big as he was, he was honest to a fault, and he was an all-around great guy.” janfenson-comeau@ gazette.net

Shortchanged a significant amount of requested grant funding, Upper Marlboro officials and business owners now have to revamp their strategy for downtown improvements.

Property owners say they’re disappointed that the town only received $35,000 of a requested $300,000 in grant funding to spruce up store fronts through a Maryland Community Legacy grant program.

Upper Marlboro and Maryland-National Park and Planning Commission officials submitted a grant application in July to fund the town’s Facade Improvement Program, which was designed to improve storefronts and signs on Main Street.

If the town had been awarded the full $300,000 it requested, a 50 percent match could have been available for up to nine major facade improvement programs and six business signage upgrades, said Christina Pompa, an M-NCPPC planner coordinator.

“It’s very competitive and with more and more communities being approved as Sustainable Communities, there are more and more applicants,” Pompa said. “We are happy to be able to initiate the program for the town and we look forward to its implementation.”

Sixty-seven projects in areas designated as Sustainable Communities were funded with $5.7 million in grant funds, according to the Maryland Department of Housing and Community De-

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Businesses within the structure at 14703 Main St. in Upper Marlboro on Friday. Town officials and business owners are considering how to improve the business district with the aid of grant funding. velopment.

Since the Facade Improvement Program was planned with the intention of receiving $300,000, Pompa said the town will need to meet with property owners and business owners to reevaluate how the funds will be spent.

Donnell Long, the business owner of the Olde Towne Inn restaurant, said he would have been first in line to fix up his signs if the town had received more funds, but he feels other buildings have a greater need for improvements.

“I love the town, but you always want to have an extra incentive, the extra push for people to say, ‘Oh, this is a nice building,’” Long said. “Some of the buildings are just beat up.”

Property owner Angela Val-

lario said the five buildings she owns downtown are in dire need of new windows, but she can’t justify a replacement without matching Facade Improvement Program funds.

“I think that would have brought light to the town and it would have also been a positive way of saving energy,” Vallario said. “It’s too costly without the incentive.”

Vallario said she would like to see the funds spent on a uniform improvement to the downtown shops, such as power washing the buildings, painting the shutters or upgrading signage.

“I think something like the signs would be a good one so each establishment has a sprinkle of this money or some incentive to do an improvement they

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William Haskell, a partner with the personal injury law firm Haskell & Zimmerman, shares ownership of his building and said a uniform improvement wouldn’t suit the town.

“It’s a very eclectic mix of buildings because the town was built up over so many years,” Haskell said. “I don’t know that color coordination would really be appropriate.”

Pompa said she hopes to meet with property owners and business owners sometime in January. Property and business owners who are interested in participating in the program should call Town Hall, Pompa said.

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Continued from Page A-1 the Maryland Health Care Commission, the last major hurdle before construction can begin on the $650 million project.

“It’s going to transform health care in this county and throughout the region so we have to make sure that the commitments made in Annapolis stay sound,” said Mel Franklin (D-Dist. 9), chairman of the Prince George’s County Council.

“We’re hopeful that even with the new changes in leadership in the governor’s mansion that we will have a strong partner in making sure the regional medical center happens.”

David Iannucci, Baker’s chief economic policy advisor, said the state is in the final stages of the Certificate of Need process, and a response is expected later next year. The state has authorized the county to proceed with the architectural contract.

“The hospital is being designed as we speak,” Iannucci said. “It’s taken longer than we would have liked, but it’s being worked on by all parties.”

Another question is the Purple Line Light Rail project, which would connect Bethesda and New Carrollton. Hogan has said in media reports that he may consider cancelling the project due to its $2.5 billion cost.

“We’re hopeful that Governor-Elect Hogan is going to see the business case for the plan,” Franklin said. “If we can’t grow our infrastructure, it hurts our business community badly, so the Purple Line is a huge key, and it gives us an opportunity to create some new transit-oriented development hubs that are inclusive and economically relevant for the residents of the county.”

Iannucci said the Purple Line is too important to the county to even consider the impact of its being cancelled.

“The focus is on convincing all parties the Purple Line has to go ahead,” Iannucci said.

Additionally, Peterson said the county will continue to advocate for the new headquarters for the Federal Bureau of Investigations, even though the Government Services Administration isn’t expected to make a

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“I’ve been to every school in my district, and I’ve seen there’s a great need for new schools, and school renovations,” Washington said. “This is an investment we need to make, because our students deserve better facilities than they currently have.”

Walker stressed that funds from the tax would only go to school construction and major renovations.

“It’s not going to be used for teacher salaries or special programs. Only for school construction and renovation,” Walker said.

The bill stipulates that the money would be collected by the county, which must provide a yearly report to the General Assembly on the amount col-

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through 2015. He said soon-toopen businesses include an Outback Steakhouse restaurant set to open in January and an OshKosh B’gosh children’s clothing store and an Ulta cosmetics store, which are expected to open this spring.

Andrew Kowalewski, 24, of Laurel, who attended the treelighting event on Nov. 22, said

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An architect’s rendering of the Prince George’s County regional medical center, to be developed in Largo. The county is waiting on a response to its Certificate of Need application. decision until 2016 or 2017.

Two sites in Prince George’s County — one in Landover and one in Greenbelt — are among the three final contenders to house the FBI, which is expected to bring 11,000 jobs and $180 million in annual tax revenues.

The third site is in Springfield, Va. Iannucci said the county is working with the private developers and the State Highway Administration to support the environmental impact studies and refine the estimates as to what modifications need to be made to both sites to make them accessible.

“We’ll continue to work with both sites to ensure that one of those two sites are chosen over the Virginia site,” Peterson said.

Obtaining additional funds for school construction is also a high county priority, Franklin said.

The school system has a $2.1 billion required maintenance backlog, according to school system officials, and funding is urgently needed to replace and modernize the system’s aging inventory of buildings.

School system CEO Kevin Maxwell’s Fiscal 2015-16 budget includes a request for $177.2 million from the county and $68.7 million from the state for capital improvements.

“One of the spending concerns that I have is that we’re hearing, not directly, but as one of those things that gets

out, that school construction funding may be reduced as the state looks to cover its predicted shortfall,” Maxwell said.

Maryland is facing the possibility of a $593 million budget shortfall in the upcoming fiscal year, according to a November 2014 report from the Maryland Department of Legislative Services.

Maxwell said he would like the county to develop a plan to reduce the maintenance backlog, saying it is primarily a local responsibility.

“The county needs to develop a plan,” Maxwell said. “A five-year plan, a 10-year plan, a 15-year plan, at least get a plan.

Let’s come together and get it done.”

Maxwell’s FY 2016 operating budget for the school system, which includes expansions of specialty programs, pre-kindergarten, special education and the creation of two international high schools and a Saturday high school, depends on finding $75.92 million in savings from freezing some hiring, spending and high school programs and also on the state and county providing an additional $87.17 in funding over last year’s totals.

“We cannot build a world class school system with a below average investment,” Maxwell said.

lected and how it was spent.

Riverdale Park Mayor Vernon Archer said the schools in his town, Riverdale Elementary and William Wirt Middle School, are in need of substantial improvements or replacement, like many other schools in the county.

A feasibility study was recently completed on Wirt, recommending the school be replaced, but no funding has yet been assigned to the project.

“This bill is trying to create the financial mechanism to address these issues so that the line is not so long that communities are trying to push each other out of the way,” Archer said.

M.H. “Jim” Estepp, president of the Greater Prince George’s Business Roundtable, said the bill could have a chilling impact on the county’s attempts to attract additional business.

“It [the bill] imposes additional regulations on businesses, additional requirements,” Estepp said. “It sends a message that we’re not business friendly,

and I don’t think that’s the message we want to be sending right now.”

Estepp said the county already has the highest stormwater management tax and minimum wage in the state.

“To add another 1 percent to the tax rate and to do it in just Prince George’s County is not what we need right now,” Estepp said.

Estepp said that while the county does have pressing school construction needs, he didn’t think a new tax was the best way to meet those needs.

Walker said the county needs to find its own funding source for new school construction and renovation to deal with the $2 billion backlog.

“It’s telling the people of Prince George’s County to put their money where their mouth is,” Walker said. “If you want better schools, you’re going to have to pay for it.”

he likes the design and “welcoming feeling” of the shopping center. He said he is particularly excited about the arrival of Outback Steakhouse.

“While you’re in here you forget you’re in Laurel,” he said.

“It feels like it’s more upscale.”

But Maria Sanchez, 36, of Laurel said she has mixed feelings about the town center.

Sanchez said she likes Towne Centre because it’s close to her home, but she doesn’t

like how crowded it has become in recent months, as more and more stores and restaurants have opened. Between work and taking care of her four children, Sanchez said she is on a tight schedule and driving to the town center is sometimes frustrating.

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the media center’s first Library Author Reading. He received an award from Principal Raynah Adams and signed copies of the book after the reading.

Plana-Hutt said the reading allowed Burnie Rollinson to get the acclaim he deserves for contributing to the book.

“The more individuals with intellectual disabilities come up with books like this and are able to present how their world looks to the rest of the world, the more understanding other people will be with regard to disabilities,” Plana-Hutt said.

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Anita Rollinson, 54, of Clinton said she originally asked an artist friend to illustrate her book, “If You Were Me.” But when her son, Burnice “Burnie” Rollinson, 18, tried his hand at it, she said she was impressed with the detail in each image.

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think the fine arts in our schools is something that’s overlooked on a regular basis and I think

Daniel, an eighth-grader at Benjamin Tasker Middle School in Bowie, was listening to his favorite station earlier this year when he heard an advertisment for the newly formed charity Elville Center for the Musical Arts.

Founded by attorney Stephen Elville of Columbia-based Elville and Associates, the organization hopes to support local music students through instrument rentals and donations, Elville said.

Daniel — whose hobbies include karate and drawing — doesn’t play an instrument, but immediately thought of his school’s orchestra when he heard the commercial, he said.

“I heard it on the radio station and I knew my school was having issues giving the students instruments, and I thought, ‘hmm, I can use this radio station,” Daniel said.

Tasker doesn’t currently have middle schooler-sized versions of large instruments like the bass or chello, so most of the orcehstra members have to play the violin or viola, said Holsey Kevin Gillis, the school’s orchestra instructor.

Daniel and his mother — Tasker’s PTSO president Ann Marie Coleman — contacted a radio station representative who then put them in touch with the Elville Center, Daniel said.

“I was surprised [when they contacted me],” said Elville, who said Tasker is the first school the Elville Center has assisted. “I was definitely surprised by Daniel having the initiative and I was surprised by the need. We found out that places like this school have a lot of children who need instruments.”

The center paid to restore a donation of 14 used musical instruments which will be given to the school in January — the first installment of possibly several, Elville said.

Daniel, who is no stranger to community service and recently started an anti-bullying campaign at his school, said he was motivated by his fellow students and by his love for classical music.

“The melody and rhythm, it really helps me,” he said. “It makes my mind feel mushy and it kinda clears my mind when I’m stressed about things — school and studying for things.”

Coleman said she was thrilled when Daniel told her about helping the Tasker orchestra and hopes other Bowie schools will be able to benefit from the Elville Center and similar organizations.

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Anita Rollinson said the words came to her early in the morning in November 2012 and she “jumped out of bed” to type the text. She asked an artist friend to illustrate the book, but later realized that her son, who enjoys writing menus and drawing food, could do the job.

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uine and authentic if the drawings were coming from him,” Anita Rollinson said.

Burnie Rollinson was detailed in his approach, paying attention to specifics such as leaving “personal space” between his parents and a doctor and only drawing himself with glasses in public, as he doesn’t wear glasses at home.

“I didn’t know he was that talented,” his mother said. “He pays attention to detail and I thought that was pretty amazing.”

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Mischief and madness ensue

Rockville daredevil publishes first novel

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BY IMAN SMITH STAFF WRITER

It’s the story of two sets of identical twins, accidentally separated at birth.

And although it’s a tale riddled with slapstick comedy and relentless mischief and mayhem, one of William Shakespeare’s earliest works, “The Comedy of Errors,” holds deeper meanings, presenting themes of alienation and the search for identity.

Director Joshua McKerrow’s upcoming adaptation at the Laurel Mill Playhouse upholds the integrity of the original text.

“I want to maintain the spirit of what I see in the original text, which would mean that it is very slapstick,” McKerrow said.

“It’s people chasing each other around the stage and beating each other with sticks. It’s all about mistaken identity. That’s how I read the text of the original Shakespeare play. That’s where the magic comes from.”

McKerrow, 41, of Baltimore, a photojournalist by trade, said his passion for directing occurred unexpectedly about three years ago.

“I would take pictures for

PHOTO BY JOSHUA MCKERROW

Antipholus (Matthew Purpora) and Dromio (Kyle Kelley) are bewildered by the town of Ephesus, where they are constantly being mistaken for their long lost twins in Laurel Mill Playhouse’s production of William Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors.” Directed by Joshua McKerrow, the classic slapstick farce opens Jan. 16 and runs for three weekends. theatre shows sometimes for freelance gigs,” McKerrow said, “and this one show talked me into doing lights for them and eventually they noticed that I showed up on time sober. They were like, ‘Oh, we should get this guy to direct a show one day,’ and they asked me to do it and

I fell in love with it.”

Rehearsing since late November, McKerrow and his team of about 12 actors are scheduled for an opening night of Jan. 16, equipped with a vibrantly colored pre-turn-of-the-century Ottoman Empire resemblant set design and hand crafted cos-

tumes created by his wife, Kat. The preface of the drama centers on an obfuscated search for family, relying heavily on witty dialogue and constant identity mishaps. Characters featured include two sets of

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A dare inspired Joyce Tarpley’s first novel. The Rockvillebased editor and researcher had never before attempted fiction and doubted she had the necessary skills to accomplish the task — until “a prolific writer friend insisted that I at least try.”

Having previously pondered why “someone couldn’t write a novel with characters who more closely resemble real people, that is, older or physically imperfect in some way,” Tarpley proceeded to do just that. She adopted the pen name Elaine Joyce, a combination of her first and middle names she felt would be easy for readers to remember (unfortunately, she learned too late that another author has the same name), and took what she felt was a long time to write and self-publish “The Paralyzed Heart.”

“It is the story of a woman who, while trying to rebuild her life after a traffic accident that leaves her confined to a wheelchair, finds herself the target of a killer,” the new author said. “She also falls in love, which poses

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Joyce Tarpley’s first book, “The Paralyzed Heart,” can be found on Amazon.

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Presumably, the love part is unlike the romance genre. Tarpley said that during an almost year-long stint reviewing 15 or so romance novels, she “actually

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Continued from Page A-7 twins — Antipholus of Ephesus and Antipholus of Syracuse along with Dromio of Ephesus and Dromio of Syracuse. Each twin exists unbeknownst to each other, which causes farcical confusion when the group of siblings finally meet.

McKerrow has a myriad of community theatre actors aboard.

“We have teenagers who are going to high school during the day who are coming to do it after school and full-time professionals who are working and then coming to do it,” he said. “It’s community theatre — it moves people in a way that not much other media does these days. No one is getting paid, so everyone who’s doing it is doing it purely out of love.”

Jennifer Hasselbusch, 27, of Joppa, Md., plays Luciana, the object of Antipholus of Syracuse’s affections.

“I think the way that Josh is sort of honing the characters — he wants them to be real people and a lot of the productions that have been seen before are very archetypal,” Hasselbusch said.

“With Luciana, it’s really easy to make her just a really nice sweet girl who happens to be in the middle of all this. I’m excited that he wants them to be real people.”

Kyle Kelley, 25, of Laurel,

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Continued from Page A-7 enjoyed two or three.”

Although Tarpley said her story is not autobiographical, it does have some elements she knows. Her protagonist takes a job as a voiceover artist, a field in which Tarpley has trained, and is paralyzed in an accident caused by a distracted driver, which the author said is a pet peeve.

Tarpley, who moved from Greensboro, N.C., where she was born, to Washington, D.C. with her family at about age 5, has lived in Rockville for about 47 of her 65 years. Both her parents nurtured her love of reading; her father was a fan of westerns, and her mother,

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Dromio (Arrington Foster) comes face to face with his long lost twin also named Dromio (Kyle Kelley).

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said his portrayal of Dromio of Syracuse offers eclectic experimentation and a counter to his personality.

“Even just in the writing of the character, you can feel this energy the character has,” Kelley said. “You can tell that he’s sort of bouncing off the walls all the time and that is really fun to portray. I am personally a pretty quiet and reserved person but I change a lot when I’m on stage.

It gives me an opportunity to bring out maybe some hidden parts of my personality.”

For McKerrow, whose resume includes his production of Martin McDonagh’s “The Lieutenant of Inishmore,” a piece that was awarded an Washington Area Theatre Community Honors, the Playhouse’s stage, a 20-by-15-foot performance space, allows for intimate theatre.

a teacher, made sure her “very shy” daughter knew how to read before elementary school.

Tarpley’s current favorite genres are mystery, humor, especially P.G. Wodehouse; poetry and David McCullough histories. She dislikes novelists Tom Clancy and Stephen King, the latter as a result of “his tendency to overdo the blood and guts.”

At Howard University, Tarpley started out as a business administration major.

But, she recalled, “At the end of my first accounting course, the professor kindly took me aside and suggested that I consider switching my major to English. He was not being cruel — merely realistic. When I wrote, and was lauded for, my first English essay, I knew that

would influence my future.”

After earning a degree in English and journalism, Tarpley worked for a defense contractor, first as a technical editor, then as assistant to the director of corporate communications.

Later, she founded JET AccuWrite, providing communications, research and publications assistance to organizations and federal agencies. She has been a volunteer reader with the Washington Metropolitan Ear, a closed-circuit radio service for the blind and visually impaired, and trained in both voiceover and narration as well as acting.

Her work has been published in The Washington Post and The Gazette, and her book, “Life By Aphorism: Thirty-seven years of collected witticisms, cynicisms, sayings, notions, thoughts,

“It’s a fun place to direct,” he said. “It’s relatively small — the audience is very, very close to the stage, so you can get away with an awful lot in a restrained, very intimate space. It’s advantageous for a comedy because hopefully the action on stage will be contagious to the people in the audience.”

The Laurel Mill Playhouse, a nonprofit community theater that has been in business for more than 20 years, presented its first show on Main Street in March 2003, said Maureen Rogers, artistic director and public liaison for LMP. The more than 100-year-old performance building can accommodate 50 patrons and strives to bring arts to the Laurel community.

Rogers, along with Larry and Diana Simmons, is among the few producers of McKerrow’s play.

Running at 90 minutes, McKerrow’s production of “The Comedy of Errors,” reinforces the classical motifs and meanings behind the works of the world’s pre-eminent dramatist.

“There are two sets of twins, and they are being mistaken for each other in this town. A lot of it has to do with like ‘Who are you, exactly?’ There’s a reason we’ve being doing these plays for 400 years. A lot of what we know about being human, we get from Shakespeare,” he said.

“Doing these plays again, finding these characters again … it’s important. ideas, and advice (good and bad),” came out in 2005.

As for the future, Tarpley said she might be tempted to try putting together another similar collection — despite the first one’s lack of commercial success. And “the germ of an idea for another novel involving the same two characters [as ‘The Paralyzed Heart’] is drifting about in the back of my mind, too. For the moment, I am trying to ignore it,” she said.

“But who knows?” Perhaps a friend will pose another challenge.

“The Paralyzed Heart” is available at amazon.com.

Search under the title rather than the author’s name because there is more than one Elaine Joyce.

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THEATER & STAGE Bowie Community Theatre, “Flyin’ West,” April 10 through 25, call for prices, times, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Drive, Bowie, 301-805-0219, bctheatre.com.

The Clarice, Vincent E. Thomas/VTDance, Jan. 8; University of Maryland, College Park, theclarice.umd.edu.

Hard Bargain Players, Theater in the Woods, 2001 Bryan Point Road, Accokeek, 240-766-8830, hbplayers.org.

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

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Harmony Hall Regional Center, Blue Sky 5, Jan. 10; 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, 301203-6070, arts.pgparks.com.

Greenbelt Arts Center, “Julius Caesar,” Jan. 9 through 11, call for prices, times, Greenbelt Arts Center, 123 Centerway, Greenbelt, 301-441-8770, greenbeltartscenter. org.

Joe’s Movement Emporium; 3309 Bunker Hill Road, Mount

Rainier, 301-699-1819, joesmovement.org.

Laurel Mill Playhouse, “The Comedy of Errors,” Jan. 16 through Feb. 1, call for ticket prices, times, Laurel Mill Playhouse, 508 Main St., Laurel, 301-452-2557, laurelmillplayhouse.org.

Prince George’s Little Theatre, “A Shot in the Dark,” Jan.

9 through 24, call for tickets and show times, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Drive, Bowie, 301-937-7458, pglt.org.

NASA’S Music And Drama club (MAD), “The Musical of Musicals

(The Musical)” winter show, Charis Center for the Arts, 13010 8th St., Bowie. $20. For ticket sales and additional information, call 240475-8800 or visit madtheater.org.

Publick Playhouse, Tots Making Music Around the World Workshop, Jan. 15; 5445 Landover Road, Cheverly, 301-277-1710, arts.pgparks.com.

2nd Star Productions, “I Hate Hamlet,” Feb. 6 through 22, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Dr., Bowie, call for prices, times, 410-757-5700, 301-8324819, 2ndstarproductions.com.

Tantallon Community Players, “Harvey,” Feb. 28 through March 8; Harmony Hall Regional Center, 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, 301-262-5201, tantallonstage.com.

Venus Theatre, 21 C Street,

Ballroom dance and lesson, with instructor Dave Malek at 7 p.m. every Thursday. A beginner’s lesson precedes the dance, which starts at 8 p.m. Cost is $10. The dance is located at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 6111 Columbian Way, Bowie. For more information, email dave@dancin-dave. com or call 410-370-8438.

OUTDOORS Dinosaur Park, Dinosaur Park programs, noon to 4 p.m. first and third Saturdays, join paleontologists and volunteers in interpreting fossil deposits, 13200 block Mid-Atlantic Blvd., Laurel, 301627-7755.

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

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

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

ET CETERA College Park Aviation Museum, Peter Pan Club, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. second and fourth Thursdays of every month, activities for preschoolers, $4, $3 seniors, $2 ages 2 to 18, 1985 Cpl. Frank Scott Drive, College Park, 301-864-6029, collegeparkaviationmuseum.com.

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Seeing transfers from both sides

I miss my youth.

In my 20s I was the most brilliant person I knew. (Yes, I was also the most arrogant person I knew).

I had a clear opinion on any subject because everything was black and white and I KEN SAIN was never wrong.

SPORTS EDITOR Those days are long since gone.

Today, I am very aware of my failings and realize how little I actually know.

Perhaps it is age, or maybe three decades of being a journalist, that has taught me to consider all sides and not rush to judgment.

Case in point, the outbreak of transfers in high school sports.

Before this basketball season began I ran into DMV Elite’s Marcus Helton, who covers that sport full time. I picked his brain to get myself ready for boys basketball season.

I’d mention I thought DuVal should be pretty good this year, then Marcus would tell me last year’s sophomore sensation, AJ Wilson, transferred to Montrose.

Well, certainly Whitman is a team to watch after reaching the state title game?

Maybe, but they’ll have to do it without last year’s leading scorer, because Kyle DePollar also transferred to Montrose.

Well, who should be good then, Marcus?

Springbrook — they have Donovan Walker this year.

What? You mean Donovan Walker who was at Paint Branch before transferring to Goretti last season is now at Springbrook?

Yes. It was a somewhat depressing conversation I had with Marcus.

Anyone who has been paying attention to high school sports knows that transfers are on the rise. It’s not quite free agency, but it is definitely changing the landscape of high school athletics.

Walker’s not even unique, with three schools in three years. Before him came quarterback Wesley Wolfolk (Largo to Wise to Suitland) and point guard Michael Cunningham (Carroll to Paul VI to DuVal).

The 20-year-old me would have hated this. The thought of a talented athlete leaving behind the friends he grew up with to chase personal glory by playing with the hated rivals, that’s a storyline few could embrace.

But then you look closely at some of the reasons for these transfers.

Some have nothing to do with sports.

A family tragedy forces a decision that the best thing for a young man is to move in with a relative in a different district.

Athletics was the last thing on their mind.

It was about making sure this boy had a positive influence on his life.

Other transfers are just lazy. Kids didn’t take care of their work in the classroom, and faced with the possibility of being ruled ineligible on their public school team they decide to go to a private school where academics are not the priority. I can understand the embarrassment of everyone knowing they didn’t have the grades, but I don’t understand not making education a priority.

Some reasons are justified. If you’re the second-string quarterback and the starter is the same year as you, you may never know how good you could be. Going to another school might lead to you becoming All-Gazette. If you believe in yourself, shouldn’t you at least try?

And some are forced to change schools by their parents. There are so many high schools, and only so many college scholarships. College coaches have other responsibilities and can’t spend all their time watching recruiting videos.

It’s an unfair world. You will get more notice playing at some schools than others. Who am I to tell a family whose only hope of sending their child to college is by scholarship that he should stay with a 1-9 team?

I’ve covered all four major professional sports in my career. I’d rather cover high school sports. I don’t want to write about free agency, and business contracts, and salary negotiations. I don’t want to deal with a media relations department whose No. 1 job is protecting the athletes from the media.

Give me a high school game any day.

The older me can rationalize the reasons for the transfers, but there’s still enough left of the 20-year-old me who finds it very sad. ksain@gazette.net

Top 10 county stories in 2014 BY

PRINCE J. GRIMES STAFF WRITER

Looking back at the Prince George’s County sports scene in 2014 shows a plethora of first time champions. There were also a few headlines that mattered not just locally, but on a national level.

In addition, some trends began in 2014 that should continue going forward. But there is one constant, basketball is still king in the county.

10. Representin’ For decades, Prince George’s Community College has fielded a baseball team, but it wasn’t until this year that PGCC was able to reach the NJCAA Division III College World Series for the first time in school history. While the Owls ended up dropping each of its games in the series, it was an improbable finishing spot for a team that went 12-23 throughout the season.

Slightly younger, the Prince George’s Storm, a county youth football team completed its undefeated 14-0 season with a national championship win.

9. Giveth and taketh away In early November, the Bladensburg High School boys soccer team won its first region title since 2005 with a 2-1 victory against Eleanor Roosevelt. The Mustangs would go on to lose to eventual state champion Whitman, but there was a bigger loss looming for Bladensburg. Later in the month, Prince George’s County Public Schools stripped the Mustangs of their region title for playing an ineligible player in the title game against Roosevelt.

8. When there’s a will Track fans in Maryland already knew about the speed possessed by DeMatha Catholic track star Darryl Haraway Jr., but the rest of the world found out at the New Balance Outdoor National’s in Greensboro, N.C. The junior 100-meter sprinter won first place at nationals with a time of 10.20 seconds. The time was good enough for second in the nation amongst high school sprinters.

7. Lady Husky

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Douglass High School’s Quinton Jordan (left) and Jacardi Brooks celebrate a playoff victory against South Carroll. The Eagles won their first football state championship in 2014 after an undefeated season.

Flowers High School girls basketball player De’Janae Boykin capped off a season of milestones by officially committing to the University of Connecticut at a news conference held at Flowers in November. It was long confirmed that Boykin would become a Husky, but the signing ceremony made it official.

The commitment became just another accolade in a 2014 year that included being named the Maryland Gatorade Player of the Year and winning a gold medal in the Czech Republic with the USA women’s Under-17 team. Boykin averaged 21 points, 16 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 blocks, and 3 steals for the Jaguars last season.

6. Bannister in the rafters McNamara High School wrestler Alfred Bannister became Maryland’s all-time leader in high

school wins before graduating from the Forestville private school. He finished with 272 career wins, which is good enough for third in the history of the nation. He also won his fourth straight Maryland Independent School State title, a feat accomplished by only four other wrestlers in state history.

5. Uncharted territory Prince George’s County Public Schools scheduled an open-week at the start of the football season allowing Bowie and Wise High School’s to play in New Jersey in the I-95 kickoff classic to start the season. Bowie lost 14-7 to Hackensack and Wise lost to St. Peter’s Prep 35-9, but the out-of-state games garnered attention for each program.

Oxon Hill played the majority of its games on

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PRINCE J. GRIMES STAFF WRITER

For most high school wrestlers, placing at a state championship tournament would be a milestone accomplishment, whether they won the tournament or not. For Pallotti High School senior Justin Chenault, who placed fifth at last February’s Maryland Independent School State Tournament, the feat is no longer enough.

Chenault’s fifth-place finish as a junior (126 pounds) was on par with how he ended both his freshman (106) and sophomore (113) seasons, albeit at different weight classes each time. He said this season, he wants to place higher than fifth.

“It’s frustrating getting fifth

three times in a row,” Chenault said.

Placing at states was great at first, he said.

“I think this year, I definitely got to get higher than fifth. I’ll be upset if I don’t.”

In order to accomplish the best state finish of his high school tenure, Chenault only needs to build on the success he’s already enjoyed in the early stages of this season.

Chenault has used his controlling and crafty style of wrestling to jump out to an 18-1 start as of Sunday.

“He’s only had one match that he just lost [this season] and it was just a straight defeat,” Pallotti coach Andrew LaCroix said. “Every other match he’s been in, he’s been battling or he’s destroyed kids. He has like 16 pins.”

Chenault said what is equally frustrating to finishing fifth at states each year is failing to place

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Riverdale Baptist track members Taylor Woods, Jaela Jay, Ayanna Johnson and D’Nia Freeman Saturday at the Prince Georges Sports Center. The four could be one of the top relay teams in the nation.

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Pallotti High School wrestlers Justin Chenault and Tommy Runner practice Friday at the school in Laurel.

The first few weeks, even months, of the winter indoor track and field season can often seem like a series of experiments as coaches and athletes alike figure out the right lineup combinations, especially when it comes to relays. But when Riverdale Baptist High School’s girls 800 relays got set for its first race of the season Dec. 18 at the Prince George’s County Relays Invitational held at the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex, it was no test.

The winning squad by four seconds — and five seconds ahead of the next Prince George’s County team, Bishop McNamara — started the season ahead of the curve with three of four legs returning from a 400 relay combination that finished sixth in the

small schools championship at the prestigious Penn Relays last spring.

Because of illness, that was Taylor Woods, D’Nia Freeman, Indiana University recruit Jaela Gay and Ayanna Johnson’s only 800 race together of the season so far, and their time of one minute, 43.42 seconds still sits atop Prince George’s County’s times, according to athletic.net. It is now the No. 8-ranked time in the state; at the time, it was ranked in the nation’s Top 5 and certainly has a shot at being one of the country’s best combinations come season’s end, Crusaders coach Orlando Williams said.

“From [Penn Relays] we bonded as a team and our chemistry came together, we knew the next year we would have a chance to be one of the top teams in the nation,” Freeman said.

But the Crusaders would have to find a replacement for graduated Bryana Williams, who is in her

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at the National Prep Tournament, which he has wrestled at for three straight years. Just as Chenault has become accustomed to placing fifth at states, he has fallen one match short of placing at nationals each time.

In fact, Chenault said placing at nationals is his biggest goal this season. Doing so would make him the first of his siblings to accomplish that. His two older brothers, John (21) and James (25) were also successful wrestlers, and like Justin, John came up one match short of placing multiple times.

While Justin Chenault deals with the frustration that his brother once faced, he said he wants to overcome that hurdle.

There’s a competitive nature amongst the brothers that drives him, he said.

“We always talk about wrestling,” said Justin Chenault, who started wrestling around second or third grade. While John Chenault set the highest bar for Justin to chase, James Chenault is who initially sparked the interest in his younger brothers as a wrestler at Laurel High School. “[We] talk about who’s better with the accomplishments and stuff.”

Despite his lofty goals this year, regular season tournaments still bring out the best in Justin Chenault. He said he wants to continue doing what’s been working for him and win the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association B conference title.

“We’ve been doing a lot

freshman season at Eastern Kentucky University, and that’s easier said than done.

Crafting the most successful relay lineups is more complicated than it seems. It’s not just about putting the team’s four fastest girls in one group, Williams said. Clean handoffs alone are the result of trust in one another, the four girls agreed, and each of the four legs bring a different strength to the race.

“For one, chemistry is very important and these four girls, they all have the same goals, they all want to run on the college level,” Williams said. “They all want to be the best and they’re competitive within. They compete with each other [while maintaining a good friendship]. It’s not like, ‘OK, you’re faster, I’ll just let you lead.’ They each want to be the lead. They have that competitive spirit on the team as well as having that same friendship outside of the track and building that bond. When you’re around someone so long and can sense when a person is down and pick up the slack, I just think it’s just kind of intertwined, running as well as knowing each other.”

Though Johnson, a sophomore, is new to the team this year and doesn’t attend Riverdale during the day — she’s home schooled but permitted to run for the Crusaders because it is an independent program — she’s

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Pallotti High School senior Justin Chenault wrestles during practice Friday at the school in Laurel. of conditioning and I haven’t been tired as much anymore,” Chenault said. “That’s kind of working for me. Before I used to get real tired.

“LaCroix is just working with me a lot more, teaching me the small things I’m doing wrong.

He’s fixing it for me. I actually do think I’m hitting my peak.”

LaCroix added: “I think he’s turned the corner mentally. I think he’s embraced his leadership role as the captain, and I think he knows that the other kids look up to him. And he just wants to do well for himself.” pgrimes@gazette.net

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“For one, chemistry is very important and these four girls, they all have the same goals, they all want to run on the college level. They all want to be the best and they’re competitive within. They compete with each other [while maintaining a good friendship].”

Orlando Williams, Crusaders coach been around Riverdale track for years since watching her older sister compete and Freeman, Gay and Woods, who also know her through club track, said they had no doubt she’d be the perfect fit as the fourth leg.

Johnson isn’t the only new team member on the Riverdale track this winter. Recent success — the Crusaders have perennially boasted some of the state and nation’s top individual athletes — has resulted in some notoriety, not just in the school’s hallways but for incoming freshmen, Williams said.

A year ago current senior Rashad Manning topped the state in shot put, the Crusader boys 3,200 relay of Edwin Brown, Anthony Gordon, Justin Davis and Brandon Betts is currently seventh in the state and on the rise and Churchill transfer Jalen Hill

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boys won that title defeating Oakdale, 64-51.

In the private school ranks, the Riverdale Baptist boys defeated Clinton Christian to win the Maryland Private School state title. Seton won the tournament for the girls although the Riverdale Baptist girls went on to become National Association of Christian Athletes champions.

Continued from Page B-1 the road this season as it awaited the completion of its new stadium, which wasn’t ready until the second-to-last Clippers home game. Once completed, the stadium featured the firstever artificial playing surface at a Prince George’s County public high school.

Capitol Christian entered uncharted territory when the Landover private school played two football games in two days, less than 24 hours apart — and the Warriors won both games.

3. Sting is back Fairmont Heights High School made the playoffs in football, capping a 6-5 winning season. The Hornets had been a struggling program for years, but an improbable 4-0 start to the season under second-year coach Jeff Johnson propelled Fairmont to its first playoff appearance since 1998. The Hornets would eventually lose in the first half to Friendship Academy of Engineering and Technology.

Also making the football playoffs were Forestville, Douglass, Surrattsville, Potomac, Suitland, Wise, Roosevelt, and DuVal.

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Potomac High School’s Quadree Smith holds up the Class 2A boys basketball state championship trophy that he and his teammates won last March.

For the first time, the Bowie High school boys outdoor track team won a state championship.

The Bulldogs used a blazing fast set of relay teams and sprinters mixed with solid middle-distance runners to rack up the points.

This came following an indoor season where Bowie fell short of that title by just three points.

Also winning for the first time in school history were the Wise girls. They swept the county, region, and state tournaments but barely hung on to win a state title thanks to a late comeback effort

by Magurder to tie the Pumas.

Douglass’ boys track team dominated the field in almost every way possible to win the Class 2A title. Graduate Terrell Green led the way in distance events. Devin Butler and Kollin Smith were key athletes in field events, and an all-around performance by the Eagles earned them a sweep of all championship meets, both indoor and outdoor.

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The Eleanor Roosevelt High School girls basketball team went undefeated en route to the first of what might be consecutive state championships. The Raiders defeated North Point 64-30 and return all of their players.

Wise brought a basketball title to the county’s Class 4A boys ranks. The Pumas defeated Montgomery County’s Whitman, 70-43.

As for Class 2A, the Potomac

will add a spark to the sprint and middle distances. Woods was the state’s best long jumper last year.

Riverdale has more than doubled in size since last year, from 35 to 73 studentathletes, which means Riverdale is much more than a bunch of athletes just doing well in their individual events. Though Williams said he is careful about putting too much pressure on his athletes, increased depth means the Crusaders can truly contend for some championships this winter.

That in itself, Freeman said, takes some of the pressure off athletes.

“We got a lot of new kids this year and it’s been a real motivation,” Woods said.

“Also it’s on us vets to help motivate the underclassmen, too.”

It took Douglass High School football coach JC Pinkney 17 years and four state title game appearances, but the Eagles coach finally won a championship for the Upper Marlboro school.

Douglass defeated Dunbar 38-0 to put a stamp on a season just as dominant as the championship performance. The Eagles shut out eight teams on their way to a perfect 14-0 record.

The offense averaged 43.6 points while the defense allowed just 3.9. Defensive tackle Amir Fenwick was named the All-Gazette Player of the Year and Pinkney was named coach of the year. pgrimes@gazette.net

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Roosevelt’s Tolu Omokore looks to pass during Saturday’s 60-50 overtime victory against Good Counsel in the National Title IX Holiday Invitational.

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The Roosevelt High School girls basketball team earned a hard-fought 60-50 overtime victory over Good Counsel in Saturday’s first round of the sixth annual National Title IX Holiday Invitational Tournament held at the D.C. Armory.

Freshman guard Asia McCalla led the Raiders (5-0) in scoring with 24 points; Roosevelt was playing without junior leading scorer, Kaila Charles.

“With [Charles] gone, I knew somebody needed to step up to help with the scoring and the defense,” McCalla said. “I thought that I would help out because I had been given the starting position, and give something back to the coach.”

McCalla scored 17 points in the second half including backto-back second-chance buckets to end the third quarter, and four points in the decisive overtime period.

“I don’t like to key on one person and say, ‘Give her the ball,’ but we had to get her the ball,” Roosevelt coach Delton Fuller said. “She was hot. She reminded me of Joe Dumars back in the day, a little microwave — when she heats up, she goes.”

Senior Tolu Omokore also heated up in the overtime period for the Raiders, scoring six of her 19 points in extra time while adding three blocks.

“I thought Omokore did a really good job,” Falcons coach Tom Splaine said. “She got a lot of rebounds, and she just outhustled us at times.”

Roosevelt built a 22-16 lead by halftime but a slow start after the break led to a six-point deficit four minutes into the third quarter. According to Fuller, it was the first time the Raiders were forced to play from behind all season.

“I knew [ Nicole Enabosi] makes them go, and she was in a little bit of foul trouble so I wanted us to keep going after her,” Fuller said. “I just told the girls it was a great win, one for Kaila not being here, and two to be able to stick to it and finish the game, because we never played from behind this year.

It really showed us, as a team, coming together, and secondly that they can step up when we are down.”

Enabosi led Good Counsel with 15 points, Cara Judkins added 10 points and Lindsey Pulliam and Maya Ridley finished with nine points apiece.

Pulliam knocked down a pair of free throws in the final 30 seconds to send the game to overtime, but the Falcons (7-4) were unable to hold Roosevelt off in the overtime period.

BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN STAFF WRITER

For years, when the holiday season came around shortly after the start of winter sports, swimming was the only Prince George’s County high school sport that seemed to be relegated to an involuntary break in momentum. “[Prince George’s County Public Schools Director of Interscholastic Athletics] Earl Hawkins is a strong supporter of swimming.

[Hawkins] said, ‘Everyone else has a holiday tournament, why not swimming?’” Laurel High School swim coach John Venit said.

Monday the Fairland Aquatic Center hosted the fourth annual Holiday Invitational swim meet, a Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association sanctioned event sponsored by PGCPS Athletics. The competition, which continues to grow in participation each year, featured 20 teams, 10 of them from within the county. A total of five counties were represented by 362 athletes.

The Laurel girls team’s fifth-place finish was its best at the meet in four years and was the county’s highest. Friendly, in eighth place, topped the county on the boys’ side.

Spartans junior Carolyn Sutton’s win in the 100-yard backstroke was the county’s only

race victory Monday.

In what Venit said was the closest competition in the meet’s history, only 14 points separated the top three boys teams. St. Mary’s County’s Leonardtown won the invitational with a 377-368 advantage over Anne Arundel County’s Severna Park. Archbishop Spalding finished third with 363 points and Broadneck (318 points) and Old Mill (162) rounded out the Top 5.

Only 10 points separated Prince George’s top three finishers. Friendly edged Bowie, 63-60. Laurel (53) took 10th place.

Anne Arundel’s Broadneck High won the girls competition with 426 points, ahead of second-place Severna Park (392) Leonardtown (331), Chopticon (175) and Laurel (146.5) finished third through fifth. The Spartans trailed by two points heading into the final two events of the meet. No other county team finished in the Top 10 on the girls’ side; Bowie’s 11th-place (45) result was the county’s next best.

Perennial power Eleanor Roosevelt participated in the meet for the first time and finished 12th on both sides. Though the result is not overly indicative of what’s to come the rest of the season as the Raiders were missing most, if not all of their top performers, it certainly was a good boost for teams such as the Laurel girls to see anything can happen on any given day, Venit said.

While Prince George’s County teams were somewhat overmatched Monday, Venit said it’s important for the county’s ath-

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The invitational was also a good opportunity for some newcomers to gain championship meet experience. Laurel’s girls, who finished fourth at last year’s county championship, have a chance to break back into the county’s Top 4 this winter and the Spartans top scoring trio of Sutton, Mia Rutherford and Megan Hendershot, should lead the way. But in order to build a team truly in contention during the postseason, filling out the depth chart is important and Venit has done that this season. Sutton also finished fourth in the 100-yard butterfly; no other county athlete finished in the Top 4 of an event.

Monday was Spartan sophomore Brittney Miller’s introduction to a championship format. A dancer turned swimmer for the winter season — Miller said she was interested in joining a sports team and knew she could be a decent swimmer — she’s proved to be quite effective in the backstroke and was part of Laurel’s Top 10 400-yard freestyle relay Monday.

“That’s what you need,” Venit said. “You need those extra kids to fill out relays. In our three dual meets so far she’s had two thirdplace finishes and a second in the backstroke.” jbeekman@gazette.net

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“We didn’t use enough of our bench at times, so they’ve got to be ready to go. That enables you to be able to run in the fourth quarter, and that’s the hard part if you want to be able to run all four quarters plus overtime, especially against a team like that.”

Roosevelt advanced to the title game of the bracket where it was scheduled to play Whitney Young (Ill.) for the championship on Tuesday night. The result of that game came after after deadlines for this edition.

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2003 Saturn Ion............V007540A,Blue,107,139 Miles................$4991 2006 Jetta Sedan.........V021107A,Blue,106,666 Miles................$9,991 2011 Jetta Sedan.........VLP0105, Black, 47,803 Miles.................$10,892 2012 Golf Sedan...........V0264462A,Gray,66,913 Miles................$11,775 2011 Honda Fit..............V044163A,Silver,71,661 Miles.................$11,991 2013 Ford Fiesta...........V034406A, Platinum,35,310 Miles...........$12,504 2012 Mazda3................VP0117,Black,31,363 Miles.....................$12,971 2009 Mini Cooper.........V008158A,White, 72,319 Miles...............$12,991 2012 Jetta Sedan.........LP0118,Silver,33,694 Miles.....................$12,991 2012 Beetle...................V0621679A,Silver,22,689 Miles...............$13,523 2010 Jetta Sedan.........V542666A,White,109,915 Miles..............$13,991 2011 Dodge Charger....VPR0100A,Silver, 60,717 Miles................$14,991 2012 Mini Cooper ........V034678A,Red, 33,011 Miles..................$15,895 2014 Ford Focus...........V329220A,Black,38,811 Miles................$16,991 2014 Jeep Patriot.........VP0102A,White,9,359 Miles....................$16,991 2012 Jetta Sedan.........V615887A,Silver,26,804..........................$17,623

2013 Golf Sedan...................VPR0098, Black,7,392 Miles..............$18,315 2014 Jetta Sedan.................VPR0114,Platinum,6,705 Miles..........$18,321 2014 Jetta Sedan.................VPR0113,Silver,5,825 Miles...............$18,321 2014 Jetta Sedan.................VPR0112,Black,6,921 Miles...............$18,321 2011 GTI.................................V040108A,Black,45,589 Miles...........$18,490 2012 GTI.................................VP0107,Red,54,244 Miles.................$18,862 2012 Tiguan...........................V511462A,Black,37,637 Miles...........$18,992 2013 Passat...........................VO#017623A,Black,53,252 Miles......$19,254 2011 Tiguan...........................V520327A,Pearl, 69,623 Miles..........$19,592 2014 Passat...........................VPR0110,Silver,7,578 Miles...............$20,631 2014 Passat...........................VPR0109,White,5,375 Miles..............$20,631 2014 Passat...........................VPR0111,Black,10,500 Miles.............$20,631 2014 Passat...........................VPR0108,Silver,9,040 Miles...............$20,631 2013 Tiguan...........................V006405A,Gray,17,099 Miles............$22,352 2013 Beetle Convertible......V0099351Z,Black,9,202 Miles...........$23,982 2014 Passat...........................V044301A,Gray,15,182 Miles............$23,991

15401 Frederick Rd, Rockville, MD

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

See dealer for details. 0% APR Up To 72 Months on all models. See dealer for details. Ourisman VW World Auto Certified Pre Owned financing for 72 months based on credit approval thru VW. Excludes Title, Tax, Options & Dealer Fees. Special APR financing cannot be combined with sale prices. Ends 01/02/14.

1.888.824.9165

3371 Fort Meade Road, Laurel

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2015 COROLLA LE

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PRICES AND PAYMENTS INCLUDE ANY APPLICABLE MANUFACTURE’S REBATES AND EXCLUDE MILITARY ($500) AND COLLEGE GRAD ($500) REBATES, TAX, TAGS, DEALER PROCESSING CHARGE ($300) AND FREIGHT: CARS $795 OR $810, TRUCKS, SPORT UTILITY AND SIENNAS $810, $845 AND $995. *0.0% APR & 0% APR FINANCING UP TO 60 MONTHS TO QUALIFIED BUYERS THRU TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES. TOTAL FINANCED CANNOT EXCEED MSRP PLUS OPTIONS, TAX, AND LICENSE FEES. 0% APR MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $16.67 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. 0.9% APR 60 MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $17.05 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. APR OFFERS ARE NOT VALID WITH ANY OTHER CASH BACK LEASE OFFER. NOT ALL BUYERS WILL QUALIFY.**LEASE PAYMENTS BASED ON 36 MONTHS, 12,000 MILES PER YEAR WITH $995 DOWN PLUS $650 ACQUISITION FEE, NO SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED. LEASES FOR COROLLA AND CAMRY ARE 24 MONTHS WITH $0 DOWN PLUS TAX, TAGS, PROCESSING AND $650 ACQUISITION FEE. SEE DEALER FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. EXPIRES 12/31/2014.

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