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Tom Michieka of Laurel (right) and Hank Crosswhite of Laurel talk at Denny’s on Jan. 9 during a regular breakfast meeting of the First Friends Breakfast group organized by members of Bethany Community Church in Laurel.

Breakfast, friendship and hope Laurel church group reaches out to men in need BY

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The conversation that unfolds every Friday morning over eggs and toast around a corner table at Denny’s in Laurel can range from cooking to sledding to Bible study — but to some the casual exchanges are a lifeline.

Daniel Thorpe of Laurel said the connections he has made through First Friends

Breakfast, a ministry of five men mostly from Bethany Community Church who meet at the restaurant with men who are homeless or struggling financially, have been a source of hope in recent weeks. The group began in 2013.

“The main thing is to surround yourself with positive people,” said Thorpe, 46, an outof-work home improvement contractor who attended breakfast at Denny’s on Jan. 9. “It’s

a support group.”

Thorpe said his life began to unravel in October, after he crashed his truck driving home from work late one night. Within weeks of the accident, he said he’d lost his job because he had no transportation, then he lost his apartment because he couldn’t afford the rent. As he looks for work, Thorpe now

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System sees largest improvement in over seven years

BY JAMIE

ANFENSON-COMEAU STAFF WRITER

Ninth-grade student promotion rates in Prince George’s County Public Schools are on the rise, and two high schools have made double-digit gains, due to a strong focus on students making the transition to high school,

according to school officials.

“Are we 100 percent where we need to be yet? I’d say no, but we are moving in the right direction,” said school system CEO Kevin Maxwell at the Jan. 8 school board meeting.

Preliminary figures from the Maryland State Department of Education show a 5.9 percent increase in the pass rate for ninthgraders, from 75.5 percent to 81.4 percent, according to school system officials.

The county still trails the state average, which increased slightly over the same period,

Prince George’s County leaders in the General Assembly are bracing for possible cuts in state funding, and hope to make the case to the incoming governor that what’s good for the county is good for the state.

“We are preparing for the worst,” said State Senator Douglas J.J. Peters (D.-Dist. 23) of Bowie, speaking on Jan. 12 to the Greater Prince George’s County Business Roundtable during its annual Board of Directors meeting in Clinton. “I’m nervous about what’s coming down.”

Peters, who is chairman of the Prince George’s County Senate Delegation, said Governor-Elect Larry Hogan (R) will want to satisfy the people who supported him, and that doesn’t include the majority of Prince George’s County.

“We weren’t there for his election. We weren’t,” said Peters. “It was 85 [percent] to 15 [percent] for Lt. Governor Anthony Brown.”

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from 86.3 percent to 86.8 percent.

“This 5.9 percent promotion rate increase represents the largest improvement for our district in over seven years,” said Anthony Whittington, performance specialist.

Janice Briscoe, special projects officer for the Division of Student Services, said research by the University of Chicago has shown that ninth grade is the high school grade students are most likely to repeat, and that less than a

A U.S. Mint employee with a background in finance and customer relations was selected from nearly 30 candidates to fill the Bowie City Council seat vacated by former councilman Todd Turner in November.

H. L. Dufour Woolfley, Jr. of the Long Ridge neighborhood in Bowie was appointed by the Bowie City Council on Monday after two days of interviews, said Una Cooper, the city’s communications coordinator.

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One of Bowie’s newest faith leaders is seeking to make his church and the city a more inclusive place — a mission he says is inspired by his faith and his journey as a Mexican immigrant who came to the United States

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at age 22, not knowing a word of English.

The Rev. Daniel Mejia, who will be celebrating his fifth year as an American citizen in February, was installed as pastor of St. Matthews United Methodist Church in July and has launched several community outreach initiatives that target the underserved and the vulnerable.

“Half of my life I’ve been in [the United States], but I’m an immigrant. It gave me a different perspective on what it means to me on the margins of society,” said Mejia, 41, of

Bowie. “I understand what it means to be left out and I think that’s why I’m very sensitive to inclusivity and to helping people who are not part of the group.”

In October, St. Matthews joined the county’s fight to raise awareness about domestic violence. In November, the church started a series of receptions for Bowie service members — including emergency responders and teachers – to thank them for their service.

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JAN. 15 Tiny Tots: Making Music Around the World, 9:30 a.m., Publick Playhouse, 5445

Landover Road, Cheverly. Students will learn about and play a collection of musical instruments from North America, South America, the Caribbean, Africa, Europe and Asia. All instruments are provided and the class is taught by instructors from CAFÉ Youth. Space is limited, please reserve a spot early. Contact 301-2771710; TTY 301-277-0312.

Eyes on the Prize, Noon at the Hyattsville Library, 6530 Adelphi Road, Hyattsville. Join us for continuous screenings of PBS’s “Eyes on the Prize,” as we honor the contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on his birthday. All ages are welcome, but some material may be disturbing to young viewers. Contact 301-985-4690.

Resume Tips and Tools, 2 p.m., Oxon Hill Library, 6200 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill. Searching for a job requires an effective resume. Learn some tips and tools for creating the best resume. Contact 301839-2400.

Vote for the Best Book Storytime, 4 p.m., New Carrollton Library, 7414 Riverdale Road, New Carrollton. Join a storytime featuring the books nominated for Maryland’s Black Eyed Susan Book Award. Vote for your favorites. Ages 6-9 and their families. Contact 301-459-6900.

JAN. 16 Play Day, 10:30 a.m., New Carrollton

Library, 7414 Riverdale Road, New Carrollton. Join us to play and socialize. Rain or shine, it’ll be a fun time. Drop in on the lower level of the library. Toddlers with caregiver. Contact 301-459-6900.

Comedy of Errors, 8 p.m., Laurel Mill Playhouse, 508 Main St., Laurel.

Performances run weekends through Feb. 1 with Friday and Saturday evening performances at 8 p.m. and two Sunday matinees which will be held on January 25 and Feb. 1 at 2 p.m. Cost is $20 for general admission, $15 for children 12 and under and seniors (65 and over). Contact 301452-2557 or maureencrogers@gmail.com.

JAN. 17 ManCore Leadership Program’s Our Lives Matter: When a Community Comes Together Forum, Noon to 2 p.m., South

Bowie Community Center, 1717 Pittsfield Lane, Bowie. We feel that it is necessary to be proactive in addressing the issue of black males and law enforcement, because as recent events have shown us, tragedies like these can occur anywhere.

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demic intellectuals, and political leadership to offer different perspective in the effort to make sure this does not happen in our community. Contact 301-249-1622 or pwilliams@mancore.org.

Tail Waggin’ Tutors, 2 p.m., Beltsville Library, 4319 Sellman Road, Beltsville.

Beltsville Branch’s own canine bibliophile welcomes children ages 6-12 to read to him. Registration required. Contact 301937-0294.

Read to Rover, 2 p.m., Greenbelt Library, 11 Crescent Road, Greenbelt. Children build their reading confidence by reading aloud to specially-trained therapy dogs that are glad to listen. Each child will read for 15 minutes. Registration is required. Call the branch for details. Ages 6-11. Contact 301-345-5800.

Book Discussion, 3 p.m., Hyattsville Library, 6530 Adelphi Road, Hyattsville.

Donna Tartt’s “Goldfinch.” Contact 301985-4690.

Community Family Game Night, 5 to 8 p.m., Berwyn Baptist Church, 4720 Cherokee St., College Park. All ages game night.

RSVP requested. Contact 301-474-7117 or secretary@berwynbaptist.org.

Xtreme Teens: Movie Night - “King”, 7 to 10 p.m., Berwyn Heights Community Center, 6200 Pontiac St., Berwyn Heights.

Join us as we watch the movie “King” to embark on an educational experience about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Contact 301-345-2808: TTY 301-445-4512.

JAN. 18 Glancing Back & Looking Forward: 100 Years of African American Culture and History in Prince George’s County,

Maryland, 10 a.m., Montpelier Arts Center, 9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel. This year’s exhibit will present information about the lives of selected Prince Georgians who had a variety of occupations and community roles. Contact 301-3777800 or sonya.kitchens@pgparks.com.

JAN. 19 Bowie Community Theatre Holding Auditions for Flyin’ West, 7 to 9:30 p.m.,

Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Drive, Bowie. Two-minute memorized monologue required. Cold readings from script will follow. Performances of “Flyin’ West” run April 10-25. For additional information, call director Estelle Miller at 410-757-4193 or email eimiller@ cablespeed.com.

JAN. 20 Book Discussion, 2 p.m., Beltsville Library, 4319 Sellman Road, Beltsville. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s “Americanah.”

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We Can All Get Along — A Tribute to Dr. King, 1:30 p.m.,

Hyattsville Library, 6530 Adelphi Road, Hyattsville. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. advocated for respectful interactions and peaceful conflict resolution strategies on every level. Gain a better understanding of mediation, when to use it and steps to resolve conflict in the moment. Registration required. Ages 13 and up. Contact 301-985-4690.

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Meet the EmPOWER Rangers, 4 p.m., Hillcrest Heights Library, 2398 Iverson St., Temple Hills. Bring the family and join a fun interactive presentation about our energy choices and what we can do today to make our homes and neighborhoods cleaner and greener. Learn how to reduce your energy use, save money and safeguard the earth at your library. Contact 301-630-4900.

Black Literature Book Discussion, 6:30 p.m., Surratts-Clinton Library, 9400 Piscataway Road, Clinton. Terry McMillan’s “Who Asked You?” Contact 301-868-9200.

Breast Cancer Support Group, 7 to 9 p.m., Doctors Community Hospital, 8100 Good Luck Road, North Bldg., fourth floor, Room 415, Lanham. Join women who are newly diagnosed with or are recovering from breast cancer. Contact 301-324-4968.

Book Discussion, 7 p.m., Greenbelt Library, 11 Crescent Road, Greenbelt. Tanis Rideout’s “Above All Things.” Contact 301-345-5800.

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Riverdale Baptist School Open House,

9 a.m., 1133 Largo Road, Upper Marlboro.

Riverdale Baptist School (RBS) is a place where students are encouraged to reach their highest potential. Our instructional goal is mastery of academic skills, not just a passing grade. We have an excellent reputation for preparing students socially, academically, and spiritually. Contact 301-249-7000, Ext. 103 or gsmith@rbschool.org.

Historical Book Discussion, 3 p.m., Hillcrest Heights Library, 2398 Iverson St., Temple Hills. Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women.” Contact 301-630-4900.

FastPencil for Libraries, 7 p.m., Bowie Library, 15210 Annapolis Road, Bowie. .

The do-it-yourself online writing service engages new or established authors to develop and edit works, along with the tools needed to get published. Get a hands-on workshop to get started — or get inspiration — on your own writing projects. Contact 301-262-7000.

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Maryland State Department of Education Superintendent Lillian Lowery listens Jan. 8 as High Point High School students Opeoluwa Mary Ledelokun, 16 (left), and Katy Morales, 17, explain their computer assignments.

Beltsville school joins tech academy

BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAU STAFF WRITER

Computer science students at High Point High School in Beltsville will now be able to pursue professional certification due to a partnership between the Microsoft Corporation and the Maryland State Department of Education.

“We’re very, very excited about this,” said High Point Principal Sandra Jiminez. “This is going to mean that we can give them the Microsoft certification, and it is going to enhance the programming we offer as well.”

High Point was selected as one of 25 high schools in the state, and the only school in Prince George’s, to participate in a technology pilot program to begin in the next school year, MSDE Superintendent Lillian Lowery said during a Jan. 8 press conference at the school.

Microsoft will provide High

Point and the other schools a free one-year license for its Microsoft IT Academy program, including online courses, tutorials and instructional tools, said Jamie Harper, Microsoft’s general manager for U.S. education.

Harper said the program allows students to pursue Microsoft Technology Associate certification in IT infrastructure, database design or software development.

“The goal is to expand information technology and computer science career programs,” Harper said. “These are skills that are already in high demand, and will be more so, in the coming decade.”

Lowery said the program is free in the first year and may be expanded to other schools, depending on funding.

Lowery said an estimate of the costs after the first year was not yet available.

Harper said the schools were selected based on a number of criteria, including the existence of computer science programs at the schools.

“We want to go where there

is current teaching in computer science and IT,” Harper said.

“You can’t just start a program like this quickly. We were also looking for programs ready to expand their offerings.”

High Point’s computer science program is now in its second year, and 56 freshman and sophomores are currently enrolled, with another grade to be added next year, according to school officials.

Harper announced that an agreement between Microsoft and the Maryland Education Enterprise Consortium will allow all public school students in Maryland, their families and teachers to download Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus on up to five computers and mobile devices at no additional cost.

“It’s going to save our families a lot of money, save our teachers a lot of money, and the access, up to five devices per person, is incredible,” said Kevin Maxwell, the Prince George’s County Public Schools’ CEO. janfenson-comeau@ gazette.net

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Cavitt spent 34 years of his life working for the federal government, serving as the director of the import policy division for the U.S. Department of Commerce, before embarking on what his wife, Sarah, and committee members call a “second career” of community activism.

“Even though he was a civil servant, this guy spent over 25 years of his life doing good for this county,” O’Neil said. “Bill sets an example of what it is to do it and not be paid.”

Cavitt and his wife, both of Fort Washington, joined the IHHAAC in 1990. Cavitt served as vice president from 2008 until 2012 when he became president, O’Neil said.

Although IHHAAC treasurer Joseph C. Henson said

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Bowie seeks Hall of Honor nominations Bowie city staff are now accepting nominations for the city’s “Hall of Honor,” which was established in 1991 and honors citizens who positively impacted their community.

Nominees must be deceased for at least one year as of the nomination deadline and have made a major and lasting contribution to the city, said Matt Corley, the city’s special

events coordinator.

Past Hall of Honor inductees include Robert Setera, who was behind the city’s popular “Bowiefest” festival; Patrick Murtagh, who helped found the Bowie Soccer Association and Malcolm C “Skip” Popp, a Boy Scout leader who gave his life saving one of his campers in 1971, Corley said.

The deadline to submit

nominations is 5 p.m. March 2. Send nominations to Bowie City Hall, 15901 Excalibur Road in Bowie.

For more information or to look through the city’s official Hall of Honor award binder, contact Matt Corley at mcorley@cityofbowie.org or 301809-3078.

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William “Bill” Cavitt, a Fort Washington community activist who was the most recent president of the Indian Head Highway Area Action Council, died Jan. 6 of a heart attack. He was 74.

Since joining the IHHAAC, a civic association dedicated to development and transportation concerns in southern Prince George’s County, Cavitt contributed to or spearheaded efforts to protect the Indian Head Highway, or Route 210, corridor.

Fellow IHHAAC members said he promoted roadway improvements on Indian Head Highway and Oxon Hill Road, pushed Milt Peterson and The Peterson Companies to bring high-quality businesses to National Harbor and led the council in its recommendation of National Harbor as the site of the county’s newest casino.

“He challenged the government to do better than what they had done in the past as far as becoming fiscally responsible and making sure the residents receive the services they paid for,” said IHHAAC vice president Archie O’Neil.

Cavitt was relatively quiet, he brought the council together and set the bar high for public officials and developers who wanted to bring radical change to the community.

“He was certainly a great leader,” said executive board member Richard Krueger.

“He took his job as president of IHHAAC very seriously and sought to use it for the betterment of quality of life in southern Prince George’s County.”

Survivors include his wife, Sarah; brothers John Grimm and Michael Cavitt and sister Jeannie Mitchell. He was predeceased by a brother, Nicholas Cavitt and a sister, Lana Grimm.

A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at St. John’s Episcopal Church, located at 9801 Livingston Road in Fort Washington. An informal gathering will follow the service in the church hall from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, the Cavitt family is encouraging the community to donate to The Dictionary Project, which provides dictionaries to students.

Checks can be mailed to the IHHAAC at P.O. Box 44013 in Fort Washington or directly to The Dictionary Project in the name of Mr. Bill Cavitt at P.O. Box 1845 in Charleston, S.C.

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Maj. Dan Weishaar (center), District 1 commander with the Prince George’s County Police Department, talks with residents of Camden College Park Apartments during a Jan. 8 meeting to discuss safety concerns.

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Residents at Camden College Park Apartments say a recent spate in break-ins already had them worried about safety — but some are now considering moving out of the complex after a man was shot and killed there on Jan. 1.

“This was basically the last straw for me,” said Ryan Pancavage, 29, who was among about 80 residents attending a Jan. 8 meeting with Prince George’s County Police Department officials, elected officials and Camden management. “As soon as I find a new place, I’m out of here.”

Pancavage and other residents at the 508-unit complex said they started hearing about robberies in neighbors’ apartments and car break-ins in October, but when they reached out to management they did not get much help.

Tim Gallen, a spokesman the Houston-based company said Camden management is “very concerned about the recent events” and plans to work with residents and officials to

tighten security in the garage and throughout the complex.

“It just takes time,” Gallen said. “It would be very unfortunate if anybody left because of this situation.”

On Jan. 1, police discovered Stefon Powell, 22, had been shot and killed inside the building’s parking garage, said Lt. Brian Reilly, a police department homicide unit commander who attended the meeting. Information on the police department blog listed Powell as a resident of District Heights, but management representatives said during the meeting that he may have been living at the apartment complex.

Police said the homicide is under investigation and urged residents to contact authorities if they see anything suspicious.

Residents said one of the problems they’ve noticed is unauthorized access to the garage due to tailgating — or entering the garage by following the car of a resident with a key card — as well as gates to the apartment complex that can be opened from the outside, and not enough security cameras.

Reilly said the parking garage where Powell’s body was discovered does have a surveillance camera, but that police were informed that this camera had stopped working on Dec. 29.

“We’ve been dealing with this issue for the past three months,” said Cory Fitzgerald Sanders, 33, president of the apartment complex’s neighborhood association. Sanders said he and other residents have noticed tailgating and building gates being propped open since about November.

“Sadly, a homicide caused for news and management to take notice,” Sanders said.

Sanders said he was happy with how management addressed residents’ concerns at the meeting and hopes they will follow up by improving security.

He said he and other residents would like to ensure gates to buildings are not easily accessible, and would like to look into the possibility of hiring a security officer.

City Councilman Patrick Wojahn (Dist. 1) said he was saddened to hear some people say they are considering leaving the apartment complex, and added that he will contact County Councilwoman Mary Lehman (D-Dist. 1) and reach out to management to try to resolve the security issues.

“I think we need to work with [Camden] management,” said Wojahn. “Sounds like communication is an issue.” apopovici@gazette.net

Sorority promotes lifetime of service Sisters from the Prince George’s County chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., will honor the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. and encourage middle and high school students to give to their communities.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service event will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Beltway Church of Christ, 6000 Davis Blvd. in Camp Springs.

The event will feature a community service fair and a panel discussion with members of law

enforcement and sorority members.

The event is organized by three graduate chapters — Iota Gamma Omega, Upsilon Tau Omega and Psi Epsilon Omega — and two undergraduate chapters, Eta from Bowie State and Theta Nu from the University of Maryland.

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The event is free, but participants are asked to bring donations of gift cards, winter attire and toiletries, which will go toward Hyattsville-based Veterans Forever Soldiers, Tanglewood Regional School in Clinton and Riverdale-based Court Appointed Special Advocates.

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Scotchtown Hills Elementary School students Deandre Torian, 11; Ethan Lac, 11; and Man Lun, 11, compete Tuesday during the Science Bowl at the Bonnie F. Johns Educational Media Center television studio in Landover.

Cheetos before the first match, both tactics team members said brought them good luck. But David Zahren, the show’s host and producer, said Scotchtown Hills simply took advantage of its opportunities to win.

“At the very end of those two games, they just grabbed it,” Zahren said.

Scotchtown Hills team members included sixth grade captain Ethan and fifth-graders Colin, Man Lun, Simona Goitom and Deandre Torian.

Yorktown team captain Moroni Morales said assists from teammates, in particular fifthgrader Lauryn Maddox, helped the team answer some of their

toughest questions in the quarterfinal match.

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Yorktown defeated the team from Mattaponi Elementary School in Upper Marlboro 235 to 100, but the team had a glimmer of hope in the second half when Mattaponi captain Samuel Eshetu correctly answered a 20-point trick question about the longest organ in the human body — the small intestine.

“We studied that in school, so we had already known the answer,” said Mattaponi team member Morgan Bailey, 11, of Upper Marlboro. The Mattaponi team included fifth grade team captain Samuel and fifthgraders Morgan, Jada Spriggs and Sydney Chandler.

Scotchtown Hills will challenge Kenilworth Elementary School in Bowie during its semifinal match Feb. 24. kpetersen@gazette.net

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Knit caps and Cheetos snacks may have been good luck charms for the Science Bowl team from Scotchtown Hills Elementary School in Laurel, but it only took three correct answers for the Scottish Terriers to win two victories and secure a spot in the semifinals.

Scotchtown Hills won its quarterfinal match against Yorktown Elementary School in Bowie 165 to 140 in the Jeopardy!-style quiz show for Prince George’s County elementary and middle schools. Scotchtown Hills overcame a 20-point deficit by connecting the Incredible Hulk to gamma rays, gaining 25 points, and then correctly defined “Aurora Australis,” a term for the Southern Lights that can be seen from the South Pole.

When Yorktown answered with the polar opposite response — the Northern Lights — Scotchtown Hills team captain Ethan Lac came through with the steal and gained 20 points for the team.

Scotchtown Hills pulled off a similar victory in its earlier match against Tulip Grove Elementary School in Bowie, winning that game with the final 25-point question.

“It was close most of the game,” said Scotchtown Hills team member Colin Athey, 10, of Laurel. “Last time we won it in the last second. This time we already had the lead.”

Team members who were not competing put on their winter caps and Ethan said he ate

help. She was the best one out of all of us,” Moroni said. The Yorktown team included fifth grade captain Moroni and fifthgraders Lauryn, Gabe Weikart, Dylan Frawley, Owen Mitchell and Nathan Brown.

The earlier match between Scotchtown Hills and Tulip Grove started slow — the score was only 75 to 70 at the break, with Scotchtown Hills in the lead — but Tulip Grove picked up points in the second half, holding on to the lead until the very last question.

With Ethan’s response of “possibly real” as a definition for “hypothetical,” Scotchtown Heights won the game with a score of 150 to 140.

“It was really a surprise for everyone,” said Tulip Grove team member Justin Hill, 10, of Upper Marlboro. The Tulip Grove team included fourth grade team captain Cara Craig and fifth-graders Justin and

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Roland Smith was 22-years-old and sitting in a jail cell when he heard the news that pastor and activist Martin Luther King, Jr. had been shot.

The Bowie State University student and Chillum resident had been arrested while in Annapolis protesting educational discrimination with about 220 of his peers and had finished calming some fellow demonstrators when another student told him about the assassination, he said.

“It was the first time I ever felt like I wanted to hurt someone, and that was not like me,” said Smith, who is now a professor of sociology at Rice University in Texas and holds a Ph.D. from Harvard. “I just felt this rage. That was the moment I came to the conclusion that if we abandoned nonviolent social action, then his death would have been in vain.”

Bowie State University is the oldest historically black university in Maryland, according to the school’s website, and was a reference point for much of the integration and equal opportunity discussion in the state, Smith said.

When BSU students analyzed the state’s budget and concluded that their school was being overlooked or purposefully neglected, they demanded audience with then-governor Spiro Agnew, symbolically took over school buildings and held a sit-in at an Annapolis government building, Smith said.

Agnew had students arrested and temporarily shut down the school in spring 1968.

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Student Government Association President Roland Smith (center) is arrested at a 1968 protest at Bowie State University.

As president of the student government association and the NAACP chapter at BSU, Smith was at the forefront of the student movement.

Doris Gillard of Bowie was a freshman when she was arrested alongside Smith and others in Annapolis on April 4, 1968. She, like Smith, remembers it was a rainy day and said she can still hear the sounds of students wailing after hearing about King’s death.

“I remember hearing such a piercing cry. There were cries, moans...and quietness,” she said. “I knew we weren’t moving. We were seeing it through.”

Gillard, who became a faculty member at BSU and retired in 2013, said she impressed on her students the importance of planning, determination and fighting for their rights.

One of the BSU students’ political supporters in the late 60s was then-state senator Steny Hoyer, who now represents parts of Prince George’s County as a U.S. Congressman.

Hoyer (D-Md., 5th), who said he was elected to his state position in 1966 by largely minority voters, said he and like-minded legislators met with the BSU administration

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around the time of the student protests to discuss the best way to support the university.

“I was appalled by the lack of capital investment — not just operating investment — at Bowie,” Hoyer said. “One of the top priorities of our senate and house delegation was to get additional investment in Bowie State because we thought it was an asset to our community.”

Hoyer refers to Bowie as a success story, noting how the school was able to adapt and grow, but said equal access to education is still one of the greatest civil rights issues.

Smith, who created the office of diversity and inclusion for Rice, said he hopes BSU students appreciate and learn from their predecessors. “[I hope] they have access to the same resources as other schools and that they take advantage of those facilities and other resources and not take it for granted,” he said. “I hope that people are not satisfied with the status quo that we’re always moving forward and asking the tough questions and taking action where needed to help improve things.” eshaughnessy@gazette.net

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Donald Conway of Beltsville stands with some of his Martin Luther King Jr. memorabilia that will be displayed at the 24th annual tribute to the civil rights leader Saturday at the University of Maryland.

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Donald Conway of Beltsville said he remembers standing a few hundred feet away from Martin Luther King, Jr. on Aug. 28, 1963, as the civil rights leader spoke before hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Washington, D.C. “You could see people all the way back to the [U.S.] Capitol,” Conway said of attending the March on Washington, where King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. “I got to witness the famous speech of all time in this country.”

Conway, a retired Prince George’s County Public Schools physical education teacher, said he will bring these memories along with a display of photographs, stamps and memorabilia featuring King to a Jan. 17 event commemorating the civil rights leader at University of Maryland, College Park.

The 24th Annual Tribute

to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., started as a community effort and has grown into a larger tribute supported by the City of College Park and the university, said Councilman Monroe Dennis (Dist. 2).

Dennis, who lives in Lakeland, a historically African American community in College Park, said the first tribute was organized in 1991 by members of the Lakeland Civic Association.

Dennis, who has helped plan the event since the late 1990s, said organizers have tried to honor King’s legacy by focusing on diversity and including groups from different ethnic and religious communities.

This year, he said members of the Chinese Bible Church of College Park will participate in the program, alongside members of the Baha’i community.

“Diversity and equal rights for everybody was one of [King’s] major philosophies,” Dennis said. “We just need to keep his efforts and his philosophies in front of us.”

This year’s program will include performances from

the Laurel-based Jayamangala School of Dance, and spoken word poet Alexander Butler, of College Park, said program coordinator Sharon Fletcher.

Fletcher said the program will also include choral performances from the College Park-based Friends Community School and Chinese Bible Church Youth Choir.

The keynote address will be delivered by Bonnie Thornton Dill, dean of the university’s College of Arts and Humanities.

Thornton Dill said in an email she plans to talk about the activism surrounding recent events in Ferguson, Mo. and New York as “a continuation of the protest tradition in the African American community and a contemporary example of the willingness of individuals to take risks to bring about justice and equality for all.”

The event, which begins at 2 p.m. Saturday at the university’s Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, is free and open to the public. apopovici@gazette.net

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While some couples in retirement take up hobbies like gardening or golf, Brenda and Byron Travis of Bowie launched a small business to assist hundreds of children needing help with speech and motor skills.

“I’m retired. I just go to work every day,” said Byron Travis, 62.

The Travis’ opened the Children’s Evaluation & Therapy Center in 2011 with a handful of children, no staff, no clients and two lone rooms in an office building on Laurel-Bowie Road, Brenda Travis said.

The center now brings more than 100 children a week through its waiting room — decorated with colorful murals and illustrations — to work with approximately 25 therapists and staff members, she said.

“The parents kept coming. They’ve come to us crying, they’ve come to us distraught,” said Brenda Travis, 58, a for-

mer speech pathologist. “We’re everyday people who saw a tremendous need in the community, so we did something about it.”

Byron Travis, who has a background in information technology, is the chief financial officer for the CETC, while his wife is president and CEO. Staff at the center work oneon-one with children experiencing developmental or emotional delays and disorders, Brenda Travis said.

“I was desperately looking for speech therapy services in my area. Right now, [my son Andrew] is basically nonverbal, so we’re trying to get him to talk,” said Brenda Ssali of Bowie.

“One of the major milestones is he sits still, he is beginning to repeat words and he comprehends better. My son loves [the therapists]. He’s so excited to get here.”

The couple started a private school in Bowie more than a decade ago and also ran a therapist staffing service for schools across the state, she said.

“We are an excellent team,” she said. “I think we really com-

plement each other and I think we both have a genuine love and concern for children families and community. So with that as the driving force, we believe we can do anything.”

Byron Travis said it was important to work with local families.

“The need was there, and it’s good to be able to satisfy that need right here in the county,” he said.

Douglas Noumbissi of Bowie said the Travis’ experience in the county drew him to CETC when searching for therapy services for his 4-year-old son, Kiran. “[Brenda Travis has worked] in the education system in Prince George’s County, so she knows what is done, what is needed,” Noumbissi said.

The company won a competitive bid to provide therapy services on site at county public schools, Brenda Travis said.

“We have a passion, we have a thirst and strong desire for what we do,” she said. “We want families in the county to know we’re here.” eshaughnessy@gazette.net

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Bowie State students create Prince George’s living history New learning community turns homework into theatrical performances

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The history of Prince George’s County and Bowie State University will come to life later this year as a group of BSU students takes four months’ worth of research and writing to the stage.

Unlike many students — whose math, English or science classes have nothing in common — participants in BSU’s Scholar’s Studio program spend their first semester of college relating each subject back to a central theme. For the Scholar’s Studio’s newest learning community, that theme was the history of their university, the county and the Civil Rights movement, said program coordinator Lisa Nardi.

Last semester, the theater learning community students created characters, plots and dialogues based on their class work and academic research, which will be used to inspire a theatrical showcase at BSU Day in Annapolis on March 3 as well as a historical play that will be performed in November as part of the school’s 150th anniversary celebration, Nardi said.

“The project ended up being a living history project, also one that traced the history of African Americans in central Maryland and Prince George’s County,” said Bowie State theater professor Bob Bartlett. “This is theater, so we’re political. We tell political stories and we’re looking for an engaging, dramatic story about change.”

The theater learning community was the first of its kind to be included in Bowie State’s Scholar’s Studio program this school year. Scholar’s Studio was launched in 2010 as a way to engage and support incoming

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Students from the Bowie State University Scholar’s Studio theater learning community re-create scenes from the university’s history. freshmen who wanted a more hands-on approach to learning, Nardi said.

Students in each learning community — and there were four communities this year — solve real-world problems in a semester-long project and enroll in classes that all relate to their project’s theme, she said.

Typically, the projects focus on some aspect of African-American culture or history, Nardi said.

“We find it’s very important for students to be able to connect with their heritage in a positive way. It’s really important for their growth and the understanding of who they are,” she said.

Bartlett, who led the theater course within the new learning community and will write November’s play, said students interviewed alumni, did library research and used concepts from their psychology and English

courses to form play characters and themes related to the historical black college’s history.

Aitana Garrison, 18, of Laurel said she enjoyed having smaller class sizes as part of the Scholar’s Studio. As a theater major, Garrison said she learned about what goes into creating a script and a plot and hopes to audition for the play once Bartlett puts it together.

“I’ve learned more about what it takes to create the charac-

ter and things like that,” she said.

Monica Turner, a Scholar’s Studio coordinator who taught the theater group’s freshmen orientation class, said the historical play was a fitting addition to the Scholar’s Studio projects this year. “[In the Scholar’s Studio program], we look for real problems the students can solve. With the sesquicentennial coming up, it was just the perfect opportunity to incorporate the arts with history and research,” she said. “Developing a play is not just about getting on stage and acting. We try to give students experiences that allow them to really own knowledge and information.” eshaughnessy@gazette.net

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Continued from Page A-1 Mejia also is starting a homeless outreach program and establishing a relationship with Bowie High School, which is located right next to the church.

The church plans to raise money for college scholarships for Bowie High School seniors and congregation members have attended school meetings and events, said Bowie High principal Drewana Bey. “I think it’s been great so far.

[Mejia] was just installed and he’s already tried to build a relationship with the school,” said Bey, who noted it was the first time in her four year administration a Bowie church had formally suggested a partnership.

“Any added community participation we can have in addressing the needs of our students is always great. It’s a win-win situation.”

Mejia, who came to the U.S. from Mexico when he was 22, said he has served at several churches in the greater Washington, D.C. area, including Emmanuel United Methodist Church in Beltsville.

His wife, the Rev. Michelle Thorne Mejia, is also a pastor and leads a congregation in Annapolis, he said.

“But we don’t write the same sermons,” he said with a laugh.

Shortly after moving to Bowie, Mejia said he noticed homeless individuals near Marketplace Shopping Center and that he organized a collection for hygiene kits and supplies and will begin visiting homeless camps later this month with members of his congregation.

Jen McClurg, director of youth ministries and congregational life at St. Matthew’s, said the church has been involved in many projects overseas and in different states, but that Mejia’s hometown focus has been eyeopening.

“There are a lot of issues people don’t think we really have or encounter in Bowie.

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Continued from Page A-1 sleeps at Laurel-area churches along with other homeless men and women, as part of the Winter Shelter program run every winter by area religious organizations.

Hank Crosswhite of Laurel, a Bethany Community Church memberwhostartedthebreakfast group in 2013, said First Friends currently meets with about 10 to 12 men, and he estimates the group has reached about 24 men since it started. He said the men find their way to the breakfast ta-

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Continued from Page A-1 quarter of those who did repeat ninth grade go on to complete high school.

“We identified targets and strategies geared towards increasing the ninth-grade promotion rate,” Briscoe said.

The school system expanded credit recovery to all high schools last year. Credit recovery allows students who fail

ble via word-of-mouth or referrals from church members or social workers.

“What we like to do is lift people up to a different level,” said Crosswhite, 68. “The reason a lot of people are in this situation is broken relationships.”

Crosswhite said he realized, after talking with men Bethany Community Church helps, that people need friendship just as much as they need food and shelter. He said he’s found that part of the reason people find themselveslivingontheedgeisbecause they’ve lost touch with their support network for one reason or an-

other. He said the purpose of First Friends — which pays for breakfast via the church — is to help restore the men’s relationships.

“To me it means a lot,” said Tom Michieka, 60, of Laurel, a former security guard who said he has been out of work since his leg was amputated in 2012 due to complications from diabetes. “I was always alone at home.”

Michieka, who has a place to live, said he looks forward to the Friday meetings because it’s a place to share stories and see other people.

“This is my family — Bethany and the people here are my fam-

ily,” said Eddie Fladung, 68, of Laurel who has been living with Crosswhite since December after a series of events left him homeless and with nowhere to go.

Fladung, a former construction worker, said his apartment building in downtown Laurel closed down in October, and he was house sitting for an acquaintance when he fell and ended up in the hospital with a broken ankle and broken ribs. He said he remained in the hospital three monthsaftercatchingpneumonia there.

“Life comes at you fast,” said Edward Jackson, 76, of Beltsville, a

member of the Beltsville Seventhday Adventist Church who said he wants to help those in need because he knows anyone could be just one misfortune away from losing everything. “Just trying to help each other out.”

Jackson said many people think of homeless people as the “stereotypical bums” who live in cardboard boxes and are addicted to drugs, but the reality is more complicated. He said he offers the men job leads when he has them, and otherwise tries to keep their spirits up.

Thorpe said he was applying to any job he could find after he

first became homeless, but feels discouraged because nothing has panned out. He said he can’t get the low-level jobs he applies for because of his background and experience as a contractor — but he can’t get any home improvement jobs without a working vehicle.

“I’m applying for the menial jobs because I need anything, but they know I’m not there for a career washing dishes,” he said. “It’s a lot worse than I ever thought it would be.”

a semester to attend after school or online classes to improve their grade, Briscoe said.

The school system also made use of an Early Warning Indicator Report, which used a variety of eighth grade data, including standardized test scores, reading levels, attendance and discipline, to flag those incoming students most likely to have difficulty passing ninth grade, Whittington said.

“Schools utilize these reports to design a comprehen-

sive plan of action to meet the needs of students by providing individualized supports and interventions for overall student success,” Whittington said.

School system spokesman Max Pugh said 1,609 first-time freshmen were identified as atrisk at the start of the 2013-14 school year.

Charles H. Flowers High School in Upper Marlboro improved its ninth grade promotion rate from 75.9 percent in 2013 to 93.2 percent in 2014, and

Potomac High School of Oxon Hill improved its ninth grade promotion rate from 66.2 percent in 2013 to 84.6 percent in 2014, according to school system officials.

Gorman Brown, principal of Flowers, said his school made use of the Early Warning Indicator Reports to identify at-risk students and made contact with their families before the start of school to coordinate in developing strategies for student success.

“This proactive approach

helped us to develop academic and behavioral interventions as appropriate. Because of this, many of our at-risk students successfully traversed the transition,” Brown said.

Robin Prince, principal of Potomac, said her school houses ninth graders in a separate building and uses a different color uniform, red shirts, to provide a stronger focus on ninth graders.

Prince said the red shirts were a reference to the college sports practice denoting an extra year

used to improve academic skills for freshmen.

“We’re red shirting them to have them think about and focus on the academic and behavioral success needed to move from ninth grade to 10th grade,” Prince said.

MSDE is expected to release high school data on the Maryland Report Card website later this month.

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Woolfley will be sworn in during the council’s next regular meeting on Tuesday and will serve until the city election on Nov. 3, Cooper said.

“It was not easy. It was a process,” Bowie Mayor G. Frederick Robinson said of the unanimous decision to appoint Woolfley. “I think it speaks well for the city that there were that many people who came out. There were some really good [candidates].”

Woolfley, 50, is a long-time Bowie resident who has served on several city committees, including the financial advisory committee and the elections task force, he said. While Woolfley has never run for election in Bowie, he has applied for a vacant council seat in the past, he said.

“I’m really excited for the opportunity to continue serving the community and I appreciate the confidence the council has demonstrated in selecting me,” Woolfley said. “I’m ready to put my nose to the grindstone.”

Robinson said Woolfely’s history of dedication to the city and his business background impressed the council members.

“He’s got a good track record of years of service in the city,” Robinson said. “He has shown up on his own to testify [at public hearings]. He’s been very engaged and I fully expect him to hit the ground running.”

Woolfley said his primary goals once in office will be to prioritize the city’s core services during budget discussions and to support new developments like Marketplace, which the council recently agreed to put nearly $1 million into redeveloping.

“The biggest and most important issue is the city budget,” he said. “That’s a significant amount of work.”

Initially, 36 Bowie residents applied for the At-Large council seat, but seven individuals withdrew, Cooper said.

City Manager David Deutsch said one applicant who withdrew said he could not devote the necessary time to the position, but the others did not give a reason for changing their minds.

Come November, Woolfley said his name will be on the ballot for Bowie voters to determine whether to extend his city council position.

“I plan to run for re-election.

I think that’s appropriate,” he said. ‘I think that ensures I’ll be attentive to the needs of the constituents.”

Peters said the incoming governor will also want to make good on his campaign promises, most of which centered around cutting spending and taxes.

Hogan is facing a projected $1 billion budget shortfall when he is sworn in Jan. 21.

Peters said Hogan is expected to present his first budget to the General Assembly on Jan. 23.

“On Jan. 23, we will know

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exactly where we stand as a county with his budget,” Peters said.

Peters said the county faces the potential to lose funding in a number of projects including $40 million for the new regional medical center in Largo, $68 million for school construction and $40 million in school funding.

Del. Jay Walker (D-Dist. 26) of Fort Washington said the county needs to decide what things are most important to fight for and keep funded.

“If you’re talking about cutting $40 million from the second largest school system,

that’s worth fighting for,” said Walker, chairman of the Prince George’s House Delegation.

Kevin Maxwell, CEO of Prince George’s County Public Schools, said that such a cut would be devastating for the school system.

“Forty million dollars is the equivalent of 500 teaching positions, at a time when we’ve grown by almost 4,000 kids in two years,” Maxwell said. “I’m not saying we’re cutting 500 teachers, but that’s what it’s the equivalent of.”

Maxwell said that unofficial conversations have indicated that funding for school

construction is likely to be cut under the Hogan administration. County schools have a $2.1 billion renovation backlog, Maxwell said.

Calls and email to Hogan’s spokesperson Tuesday were not returned.

Peters said it is important the county speak with one voice when fighting to protect important projects.

“If we do get these cuts, we’re going to have to work to restore them,” Peters said.

County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D) said it is important to make the case to Hogan from a business perspective.

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“Every single project we’re going to push forward in Annapolis is about jobs, jobs, jobs,” Baker said.

Walker said all of the projects have the potential to attract more business to Prince George’s.

“When you talk about improving the second largest school system in the state, that’s not just important to Prince George’s, but to the state of Maryland,” Walker said. janfenson-comeau @gazette.net

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We are Charlie

Two reminders of the importance of a free press emerged last week. One was deadly; the other boorish.

First, Kirby Delauter, a Frederick County councilman, took exception to a Frederick News-Post reporter’s coverage of him, protesting the use of his name in her story. He blasted her on Facebook. She responded politely that she’d continue to do her job. He threatened an absurd lawsuit if she didn’t get permission to use his name next time.

Through social media, the councilman’s bizarre online rant generated worldwide publicity. On the day he finally apologized for his PRESS FREEDOMS inflammatory temper — Jan. 7 — a terrorist attack at a ARE VITAL IN A Paris satire magazine killed FREE SOCIETY 12 people.

For years, extremists targeted the magazine, Charlie Hebdo, for its noholds-barred spoofs of religious sanctities and deities, including the Prophet Muhammad. This time, militants stormed the magazine’s office and shot to death its editor, other employees and police officers.

Very quickly, thousands of people in France and millions more worldwide denounced the heinous killings, declaring “Je Suis Charlie,” or “We Are Charlie,” in solidarity.

The Frederick County empty threat and the coldblooded slayings in France — while admittedly far apart in levels of severity — had more in common than timing.

Both were attempts to intimidate free communication and expression into submission.

Both failed; the media they targeted came back at them with gusto.

The United States is privileged to have press freedom built into its Bill of Rights, guaranteeing that watchdogs can gather and distribute essential information.

We’re also lucky that coercion of the press usually falls far short of physical violence.

Still, consider the words of Billy Shreve, another Frederick County councilman and Delauter ally. In a News-Post story about Delauter’s threat, Shreve said, “I think media outlets are cowards and they hide behind the label of journalists and that’s a bully pulpit to expand their liberal [agenda].”

Shreve, Delauter and their ilk exercise another freedom — speech — when they sound off. But it’s unacceptable for people entrusted with power to spout nonsensical invective.

We invite Shreve to visit the Committee to Protect Journalists website and scan the names of the more than 1,100 journalists killed worldwide since 1992. Some voluntarily work — and die — in war zones.

Cowards? Hardly.

Killings to silence truth happens in this country, too.

Oakland, Calif., editor Chauncey Bailey was gunned down in 2007 because of his exposé of a criminal enterprise. Drug traffickers plotted the shooting death of journalist Manuel de Dios Unanue in New York City in 1992 in retaliation for the dirt he dug up.

The Committee to Protect Journalists says: “In total, at least 60 journalists were killed globally in 2014 in relation to their work, compared with 70 who died in 2013. CPJ is investigating the deaths in 2014 of at least 18 more journalists to determine whether they were workrelated.”

American journalists sometimes face harassment, assault and tear gas when their presence is inconvenient, as we saw in the recent protests in Ferguson, Mo. Some are unfairly arrested and given improper orders to turn over cameras and images they’ve gathered.

Great responsibilities go along with press rights. Ethical journalists must strive to be accurate, fair, sensitive and much more. The public should be a watchdog of media in much the same way the press is a watchdog of governments and other societal institutions.

By all means, challenge journalists when they fall short.

But intimidation at the whims of those in power are far out of bounds and must be called out, too.

The public should never tolerate government stewards who don’t respect the press and its essential role in furthering a free society.

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‘No place for terrorism or extremism’ When I look at the Middle East, I cannot help but think why individuals are running towards ISIS. As an Ahmadi Muslim, we have always been taught to love, respect and have tolerance for all. [Recently], an individual defamed Islam and demonstrated the antithesis of the true Islam.

My prayers go out to every individual in

Australia that suffered through the hostage crisis. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association, to which I am a member, has begun a nationwide “Stop the CrISIS” campaign. I wish to see all at the nearest college or university where these events will occur.

There is no place for terrorism or ex-

tremism within any religion. Please join us as we educate and speak on the Islamic solutions for stopping the crISIS.

Ashfaq Khan, Laurel Editor’s Note: This letter was submitted prior to the tragedies last week in France.

Governor reached wrong conclusion on fracking Since Gov. O’Malley formed an Advisory Commission over three years ago to study whether Maryland should frack for gas in the western part of the state, the questions about public health, economics and the environment have been numerous.

The questions came from every sector of the population: politicians, health care and environmental advocates, industry and business, and of course local residents. It seems that there were a lot of questions, and after three years and two government agencies working on the answers, the governor came to the conclusion that fracking could be done safely in Maryland.

A lot of work for a poor result, since it appears now that to decide whether or not fracking could be done safely in Maryland only one question needed to be asked, which New York asked, and whose answer was both immediate and certain. The question was simple and was asked by New York Health Commissioner Howard Zucker: “Would I let my child play in a school field near [fracking]? ... The answer is no.” New York Governor Cuomo supported that answer saying, “… No one’s children should have to,” and with that Gov. Cuomo decide that hydraulic fracturing in New York state will not move forward.

We applaud New York for coming to the only rational decision to the question of whether hydraulic fracking can be done safely. How Gov. O’Malley came to a different conclusion is both confusing

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Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley pauses during the delivery of his final State of the State speech to lawmakers in Annapolis last year. and wrong. Even if we recognize the administration’s diligent work in presenting a “gold” standard of best management practices for fracking, pointing the regulatory way for other states, we still need to acknowledge that science shows the risks to be too great.

The state’s own UMD Institute for Applied Environmental Health report to the commission: “Potential Public Health Impacts of Natural Gas Development and Production in the Marcellus Shale in Western Maryland” pointed to a “high likelihood” of gas development causing pollution that could

harm residents and workers, such as a “moderately high” chance of problems with water, soil and noise pollution from fracking.

In fact, the report’s lead author, Dr. Donald Milton, admits “there is a significant concern for air quality.” The report also warns of strains on the health care system of the local counties and increases in crime, drug abuse, traffic accidents and other social problems arising from the influx of gas industry workers.

The governor said his decision would be based on science. It was not. The science

says that fracking is not right for Maryland. If the governor still has a question of why we disagree so adamantly with his decision, he might want to ask himself, “Would I let my child play in a school field near [fracking]?” and he would most certainly reach the same conclusion as New York and us: “No!” Andy Galli is Maryland program coordinator for Clean Water Action, an organization focused on protecting the environment, health, economic well-being and community quality of life.

Quality child care makes a difference I am writing to explain the importance of how high quality child care prepares children for kindergarten. As a kindergarten teacher and a member of the Maryland Association for the Education of Young Children, I am very passionate about teaching young children. Kindergarten has changed significantly due to the implementation of the Common Core State Standards. When children attend a high quality child care program prior to kindergarten, it develops the necessary skills for a child to succeed in kindergarten.

It is important for parents to complete proper research to ensure the program is licensed and offers a developmentally appropriate learning curriculum for their child.

In my experience, children who receive a proper early learning experience are more socially prepared for interactions in grade school. As these children are surrounded by other peers, they adapt to sharing and teamwork at an early age.

Through daily learning activities and

Teachers can clearly identify who has attended a high-quality child care center from those who have not had any prior schooling before attending kindergarten. scheduled meals, the child is taught structure and discipline, which are important components for learning. The separation of daily time spent away from their parents builds the child’s self-confidence, and he or she becomes more independent. Independence is especially important since

many kindergarten classrooms do not have an instructional aide.

All these experiences assist with the transition into kindergarten.

There are academic benefits to participating in high quality child care. Children get exposure to the alphabet and numbers.

Comprehension and vocabulary are developed from listening to stories. Critical thinking, exploration and problem-solving skills are established, which significantly contribute to the child’s learning.

Teachers can clearly identify who has attended a high-quality child care center from those who have not had any prior schooling before attending kindergarten.

Students need that jump-start to prepare them for the skills and standards that will be covered in kindergarten.

Rebecca Barnes is a member of the Prince George’s chapter of the Maryland Association for the Education of Young Children.

Follow the laws regarding illegal immigrants The Democrats and left-wing liberals in Maryland have now decided “never mind the law” and are issuing driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants.

Of course, this faulty far-left-wing progressive policy by the left-wing liberal Democrats and socialists has been a practice in Maryland for some time now. Not only do illegal immigrants obtain driver’s

licenses here that they have not earned and do not deserve, but they also go to their voting polls and illegally vote and get away with it because voters cannot be requested to identify themselves with a valid photo ID. All this is supported by the Maryland progressive left-wing Democrats and socialists and never mind what the law says.

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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Forestville at Crossland, 7 p.m. Friday

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Africans find home in county

Extra pounds leads to better wrestling When I wrestled in high school, I heard the horror stories.

“You won’t be able to eat.”

“You KENT ZAKOUR will have ASSISTANT SPORTS to sweat to EDITOR death.”

“Cutting weight is going to stink.”

Fortunately for me — I started at 215 pounds my junior and senior years — cutting weight was never a major issue. Yes, prior to the 2003-04 season I had to get down from 240 pounds after football season to scratch weight in less than three weeks, but all it took was a little bit more conditioning and eating right (shedding pounds now might be a little tougher).

Once I got down, I was fortunate and lucky enough to be able to eat regularly.

But I watched in amazement as some of my teammates — my good friend and practice partner comes to mind — struggle every day throughout the season. David Reich was our starting 189 pounder and on match day, he would weigh-in in the morning routinely five pounds overweight.

Meals would consist of a bagel and a bit of water. Sometimes he would wear multiple layers of sweats to school and workout during free periods.

At times it entertained us to watch him suffer, but we all supported him and David accepted it as part of being a wrestler.

Once the winter break started and a new year hit, David always appeared to be much more relaxed and performed better. I didn’t pay much attention to it then, but I’ve come to realize that was probably due to the fact he wasn’t cutting as much weight.

Every year, Dec. 25 has special significance for Maryland high school wrestlers. They don’t just receive Christmas presents: they get a two-pound growth allowance (the start date varies from state to state). That means a wrestler in the 170-pound weight class must compete at scratch weight for the first 20 days of the season. For the final two-plus months, they can weigh up to 172 pounds.

“Sucking weight the whole season can be really draining,” Magruder coach A.J. Tao said. “Getting those extra pounds — two pounds may not sound like a lot but it is when guys reach the level where they don’t have much more fat to burn — I guarantee all the wrestlers across the county love it.”

“We don’t have guys cutting a lot of weight, but kids are actually growing,” Parkdale coach Adam Forschner added. “The two pounds may be the difference in a guy eating a bigger meal the night before a match.”

The extra pounds allow for advantages for both the team and individual grappler.

“It gives us less worry about making weight and more concentration on actual wrestling,” Damascus coach John Furgeson said. “I think the kids get a little extra boost in energy. It adds a little bit of more flavor to your lineup and an ability to bump guys around.”

Added Quince Orchard coach Rob Wolf: “For some guys that are close, they have a little more flexibility. Other guys may be able to drop or go up a weight class.”

It also can be a mental benefit.

“I see it as more of a training and conditioning issue,” Northwest coach Joe Vukovich said. “The workout regimen is hardcore [to make scratch weight] and wrestlers are the most disciplined athletes on earth. …

But I think the two pounds does a lot for confidence mentally. You aren’t stepping off the gas pedal, but the wrestlers get a little bit of a reprieve.” kzakour@gazette.net

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BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN STAFF WRITER

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DuVal High School’s Crystal Nzenwa blocks High Point’s Mariiyam Sali during Tuesday’s girls basketball game at High Point in Beltsville.

Paying the price

Pallotti High School’s 6-foot-8 junior power forward/center Amanze Njoku-Ibe is a work in progress. He’s got the build for basketball, Panthers boys basketball coach Dennis Murphy said, and his size in the paint has certainly added a new dimension to Pallotti’s (14-2) game. But he’s only been playing organized basketball for a few months.

Njoku-Ibe’s friends back home in Nigeria played soccer. But his nearly 7-foot frame wasn’t exactly made for that sport, so, at age 15 he turned to basketball, a sport he said there was little exposure to or means to play when he was growing up.

“Soccer is the popular sport [in Nigeria],” Njoku-Ibe said. “But I grew too tall for soccer. Basketball was like an every Saturday thing, people came out of work and school and came to play basketball at the [recreation center]. We

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County girls basketball teams feel impact of stoppage of middle school sports BY

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ERIC GOLDWEIN STAFF WRITER

ariiyam Sali said she was looking forward to playing organized basketball for the first time when she arrived at Bucklodge Middle School in 2012.

When she began attending the Adelphi school, the then-seventhgrader was in for a rude awakening: there was no girls basketball team.

In fact, for two school years, there weren’t any sports teams.

In 2011-12 and 2012-13, Prince George’s County Public Schools didn’t offer middle school athletics. The programs, which cost about $1.232

that, which showed that I was behind everybody else.”

Several of Sali’s High Point teammates also missed out on the middle school sports experience, according to Lynette O’Reggio, coach at the Beltsville school. As a result, High Point has struggled to bring in experienced players; during one junior varsity practice, the players were told to line up for free throws, but they didn’t even know what free throws were, she said.

“We definitely have some deficits in terms of girls that have any knowledge of the game,” O’Reggio said.

Girls basketball programs across

million annually, were cut from the county’s budget, according to PGCPS Director of Interscholastic Athletics Earl Hawkins, leaving students such as Sali without the option to participate.

Though middle school athletics have since returned, the two-year hiatus has had a lasting impact on the county, particularly on its high school girls basketball teams.

“I think I would have got the foundation to play basketball that I needed because when I came to high school, I didn’t have the basics,” said Sali, now a sophomore on High Point’s varsity team. “I didn’t know basic movements and stuff like that so the coaches would have to take time to do

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Cyril Ogbuagu is a sophomore player at Riverdale Baptist, Tuesday January 13, 2015.

Roosevelt chases its No. 1 goal Raiders junior leads a team driven to return to its former dominance n

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Roosevelt High School wrestler Ricky Bryant (left) wrestles teammate Sean Schmaltz during a preseason practice at the school.

The athletic trophy cases at Roosevelt High School is an impressive collection of county, regional, and state championships.

One case lines the wall where the entrance to the basketball gym is. The other cases are on a parallel wall, sitting in between two doors of the same room. In that room, on a Tuesday night when most people were going to the gymnasium to see the Raiders boys basketball team play Flowers, the wrestlers were isolated — practicing with the fervor of a team hoping to add another trophy

to the cases just beyond the exit.

“It was stated at the beginning of the year what our intentions were for the year — for the county,” coach Brad Walker said. “And I would like to think we’re meeting that goal of being No. 1. Our goal was to be No. 1, and that’s what we’re shooting for.”

Walker is in his first season as the Raiders head coach after former coach Mike McRae stepped down prior to the season. Walker was previously an assistant under McRae who coached him when he was a Raiders wrestler in the early 2000s.

Many times, coaching changes come with an adjustment period for the athletes, getting used to a new voice and the demands of someone who may have a different approach to the sport. For Roosevelt, the wrestlers were able to enter this season without

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Clinton Christian learns it takes more than just talent Defending league champs have top players who are learning team basketball

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As his Clinton Christian School boys basketball team limped into the holiday break with a 3-5 record, second-year coach Chris Cole said the only thing he could do was trust the process. Sounds cliche, true. But Cole saw firsthand how it works last season when the Eagles won the Capital Beltway Athletic Association title after taking their lumps in the regular season.

Cole’s team had six Division-I level players and still, time was the only thing

that saw the Eagles realize their true potential.

“Towards the end of the year, we had great chemistry,” Cole said of his 2013-14 team. “Everybody was unselfish ... they wanted to win and they had a competitiveness to them.”

Many of the top players from that CBAA title team graduated. But the Eagles have new stars, including senior guard Kevin Dorsey and sophomore forward Melo Eggleston. Dorsey is a University of Minnesota recruit and Eggleston is a target for a number of top colleges. But they are not the only top players. There’s senior big man Develle Phillips, a DePaul recruit, and Ashante Shivers, another D-I talent, as well.

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Clinton Christian School’s Kevin Dorsey practices Tuesday at the school.

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Bowie holds Northwestern to three points in final quarter

BY ADAM GUTEKUNST STAFF WRITER

Midway through the third quarter of Tuesday night’s boys basketball game between Bowie High School and the host Northwestern, contest seemed to devolve into a track meet. Miss or make, every shot was succeeded by a stampede of players in the other direction as the game developed a pace almost too fast for the scorer’s table to record.

But in the midst of all the chaos, Bowie coach Cedric Holbrook said he knew he had the Wildcats’ veteran group right where he wanted them: playing at the Bulldogs’ pace.

Holbrook’s young Bowie team proved the kings of transition Tuesday, using a second half scoring surge and stifling fourth quarter defense to hand Northwesterntheirsecondlossinthree games, 59-51.

Holbrook, aware of Northwestern’s trio of talented players — senior guards Mike White and David Belle and junior center Saiquan Jamison — said he knew the Bulldogs would have to dictate the style of play from the opening whistle to beat such an experienced team.

“With their veterans, the big thing [was] to try to get the game in our favor,” Holbrook said.

“We have a younger team than them. If we let them probe and do whatever they want, it would put us in a [hole]. We wanted to get it up to our pace.”

While Bowie wasn’t completely successful in establishing their rapid pace until midway through the second half, defense kept the Bulldogs within striking distance. Bowie brought pressure from the opening pos-

session. The Bulldogs started out in an extended halfcourt man-to-man, trapping Northwestern point guard Mike White as soon as he crossed midcourt — an approach that forced the usually sure-handed White into a number of uncharacteristic turnovers.

Later, Holbrook’s group extended their pressure to fullcourt, forcing Northwestern into even more turnovers, which caused Wildcats coach Terrance Burke to burn three of his five timeouts in the first half alone.

Still, Northwestern was able to hold their younger foe at bay, leading 48-45 as the game entered the fourth quarter. But in the final eight minutes of play, the Wildcats — after shooting 20of-41 (48 percent) from the field in the first three quarters — were held to just three points on 0-of13 shooting.

The Bulldogs forced the ball out of White’s hands and staged an impressive display of interior defense, holding Belle to just two points on 0-of-8 shooting in the final quarter. A number of Belle’s drives to the rim ended in physical collisions, but the whistle remained silent — an absence that eventually earned Burke a technical foul as Bowie widened the gap in the final minute.

“It was awesome,” Holbrook said of his team’s defensive effort. “A lot will think we won this game because we made shots and free throws. We won this game because we played defense. We got stops.”

On the offensive side of the ball, Bowie turned to talented sophomore Quinton Drayton, a transfer from DeMatha, to spark its rally. Not only did Drayton answer the call with a game-high 22 points on a number of aggressive drives and finishes through contact, but he did so in an incredibly efficient manner. The Bulldogs sophomore shot 8-of-

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BY ERIC GOLDWEIN

Suitland wins wild one Suitland High School coach Keith Lynch has coached his fair share of girls basketball games, but there haven’t been many like the one against Wise on Jan. 9.

Down 15 points in the fourth quarter, the Rams used their press to create eight turnovers and escape with a 59-58 comeback victory.

Winning has become the norm for this season’s Rams.

Coming off a 7-13 campaign, they’re 5-2 this winter and have

BASKETBALL HOW THEY RANK The Gazette sports staff ranks the top 10 high school basketball teams in Prince George’s County.

Boys

12 from the field and a perfect 6-of-6 from the free throw line.

“I’m a driver, so I like to be in attack mode,” Drayton said.

“I knew it was going to be a hard game, so I just wanted to be in attack mode.”

Added Holbrook: “I honestly think he’s one of the best players in the conference, even now as a sophomore.Whenheplaystohis strengths, it’s very hard to defend [him].”

The Wildcats, just 24 hours removed from squeezing out a road win over Oxon Hill, were a different team in the final quarter of a game they led for over 28 minutes. But, as Burke eluded to afterward, he wouldn’t have done much differently.

“If I had to do it again, I would attack the basket,” Burke said. “I had them attack the basket and we didn’t get a call.”

The Wildcats will have little time to dwell on their third loss of the season as the next two weeks bring matchups with DuVal, Suitland and Roosevelt. Bowie, on the other hand, hopes the momentum of Tuesday’s road win will reignite the spark the Bulldogs captured during their 5-0 start to the season.

“We needed to get back on track,” Holbrook said. “We playedanoutstandingbasketball team and found a way to win the game.” agutekunst@gazette.net

Young Laurel girls developing to win The Laurel High School girls basketball team has been plagued by turnovers, bad freethrow shooting, and poor footwork on defense.

Or as coach Tom Harrison put it: “We’re young and inexperienced, and we’ve been playing like we’re young and inexperienced.”

The Spartans, 2-7 through Tuesday, are learning what it’s like to win with a lineup laden with underclassmen. The team has three returning starters, but graduated its top two scorers from last year in Lisa Jing and Megan Brown. Look for sophomore Nayieh Miller to continue playing well at point guard. She averages 7.9 points while junior Symone Grant is averaging a team-high 10.4.

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been one of the county’s better teams.

Charnise Tyler, a 6-foot-2 center, has led the Rams, but they have options outside of the North Carolina A&T recruit.

Tyler, who dealt with foul trouble in that comeback victory, provided a spark in the fourth quarter. Her teammates, however, hit big shots too. Alexis Chandler hit two fourth-quarter 3-pointers while Tia Thompson hit the go-ahead bucket in the closing seconds, Lynch said.

“It does quite a lot for our confidence level,” Lynch said.

“Any time you come back on a good team, automatically your confidence level is going to go up.”

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Girls

Rank School

Record Points

Rank School

Record Points

1. DeMatha 2. National Christian 3. Capitol Christian 4. McNamara 5. Largo 6. Douglass 7. Northwestern 8. Flowers 9. Clinton Christian 10. Riverdale Baptist

13-1 13-3 21-4 8-3 8-2 7-2 7-2 7-1 8-5 14-8

1. Roosevelt 2. Riverdale Baptist 3. McNamara 4. National Christian 5. Largo 6. Flowers 7. Parkdale 8. Forestville 9. Crossland 10. Suitland

7-1 12-7 10-4 10-6 6-3 6-3 6-1 6-2 7-2 4-1

60 54 45 41 38 31 22 18 9 6

60 53 49 39 37 32 20 19 14 6

Also receiving votes: Douglass 1.

Also receiving votes: Wise 5, DuVal 1.

BEST BET

BEST BET

n Rosevelt at DuVal, 7 p.m. Tuesday: The Tigers will look to make a statement in the midst of a challenging stretch of games.

n Largo at Gwynn Park, 7 p.m. Tuesday: Lions may be favored, but it’s usually a close game when these 3A/2A/1A rivals get together.

LEADING SCORERS

LEADING SCORERS

Player, school Games Points Abdulai Bundu, Largo 12 388 Christian Matthews, Nat. Christian 13 293 Edward Polite, DuVal 12 262 Kirk Hawkins, Laurel 11 232 Michael Speight, Wise 10 211 Shawn Moss, Oxon Hill 7 146 Walter Broddie, Potomac 9 185 Prince Obike, Bladensburg 7 140 Kavon Sclaffod, Fairmont Heights 5 98 David Belle, Northwestern 11 209 Kevin Simpson, DuVal 12 228

Avg. 32.3 22.5 21.8 21.1 21.1 20.9 20.6 20.0 19.6 19.0 19.0

Player, school Briel Palmer, Northwestern Ariana Romney, G. Brethren Dami Oloyede, High Point De’Janae Boykin, Flowers Chandler Davenport, Friendly Charnise Tyler, Suitland Kaila Charles, Eleanor Roosevelt Damoni Wells, Potomac Destinee McQueen, DuVal Imani Quinn, Fairmont Heights Jahnay Peterson, Suitland

Games Points Avg. 9 231 25.7 9 174 19.3 9 169 18.8 7 131 18.7 3 56 18.7 7 128 18.3 5 89 17.8 11 188 17.1 8 130 16.3 5 81 16.2 7 112 16.0

Coaches and team statisticians may email season team statistics to sports@gazette.net before noon on Mondays to be included.

SLAM DUNK OF THE WEEK FROM GAZETTE.NET/NETS Abdulai Bundu —. what else?

I remember sitting in the top row of the bleachers at Douglass on Dec. 12, watching as Largo center Abdulai Bundu nearly single-handedly defeated the Eagles himself.

Bundu was the Lions exclusive offensive weapon down the stretch after two guards fouled out of the game relatively early on.

Forty-seven points and 17 rebounds secured

Largo’s 70-66 win.

I thought it couldn’t be topped.

Well, during a 90-71 win over Monsignor Pace High School as part of the Junior Orange Bowl Classic in Miami, Bundu went for 54 points and 25 rebounds.

Those are video game numbers. My hat goes off to whoever can contain Bundu because it certainly hasn’t been done yet.

— ADAM GUTEKUNST

KEEPING IT BRIEF Bowie State tight end to play in all-star game Former Bowie State University tight end Khari Lee has been selected to participate in Saturday’s East-West Shrine senior game. Lee, a three-time All-Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association selection, led the Bulldgos with 34 receptions and 389 yards last fall.

The 6-foot-4, 235-pound Baltimore native was not heavily recruited and walked on for the Division II Bulldogs before earning a scholarship.

“Khari is the reason you coach college football,” Bowie State coach Damon Wilson said during a preseason interview.

— KENT ZAKOUR

Riverdale coach approaching milestone

other Prince George’s County programs Douglass and Largo, could reach the 600-win mark Tuesday when Riverdale faces Capital Beltway Athletic Association rival Capitol Christian in Landover.

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

Fourteen-year Crusaders boys basketball coach Lou Wilson started the winter with 584 career wins — spanning his whole career, not just at the Upper Marlboro school.

Now, the successful coach, who has also had successful stints at

Former Potomac guard moves back to Parkdale Kaine Wilson, a 6-foot-2 shooting guard who started the season as a member of Potomac High School’s boys basketball team, transferred back to Parkdale, the school he had spent his previous three years at, last week. Wilson, who was averaging around five points per game for the Wolverines, scored 25 points for Parkdale in Tuesday’s upset of Wise.

It was his third game back with the Panthers.

“The Parkdale program is a better fit for my game and I’ve grown comfortable with that system,” Wilson said.

— ADAM GUTEKUNST

Potomac grad going pro Florida State University junior cornerback and 2012 Potomac High School graduate Ronald Darby will forego his final season of college eligibility and enter the National Football League draft. Early projections have Darby being selected in one of the early rounds of the draft.

— PRINCE J. GRIMES

Newcomers lead Forestville

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The Forestville High School girls basketball team lost most of its starters from last year’s 11-8 team, but has picked up right where it left off.

The Knights have won their last five games and are off to an 8-2 start.

Freshman Noo Washington, coach James Washington’s daughter, is leading Forestville with 15.9 points per game and is one of the top scorers in Prince George’s County. Freshman Carrie Gross is chipping in 14.8 points while Friendly transfer Marche Sisco is averaging 14.3 points and sophomore Kristin Horne is averaging 14.1.

The Knights are trying to return to the state semifinals for the first time since 1985. They reached the Class 1A North Region final in 2014.

— ERIC GOLDWEIN

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Six games into the season, Cole and the Eagles were sitting at 2-4, with losses to Wise and Douglass. The talent was there, but so too was the challenge of meshing the pieces together.

“All of the sudden, when you put together great talent, at first it’s more of a problem than it is a good thing,” Cole said.

“If you have a lot of good players, you have a lot of guys who

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Continued from Page B-1 the county have seen their depth thin, and in some cases disappear. Even at Forestville, one of the top public school teams, players are coming in without organized basketball experience.

“They don’t know the difference between the baseline and the sideline. They think they

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Continued from Page B-1 having to make that adjustment, as Walker’s and McRae’s coaching styles and messages are in sync. And McRae is still involved with the team. The wrestlers have a goal to take back the county championship that the Raiders won for four straight years from 2008 to 2011.

“I’m very pleased about how everybody’s doing,” said

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Continued from Page B-1 didn’t have facilities as much, basketball isn’t taken seriously in Nigeria. We played on pavement and there was a rim. That was it.”

But this summer basketball opened up the surprise opportunity of a lifetime for the current 17-year-old. After being seen at a basketball camp, he was invited to move to America where he could use the sport as a tool for higher education. And he is not the only one. Several of Prince George’s County’s impact players are Nigerian-born, including Riverdale Baptist’s 6-6 sophomore Cyril Ogbuagu and National Christian’s 6-10 Georgia Tech recruit Sylvester Ogbonda.

“I came here to get a better education,” Njoku-Ibe said. “In Nigeria, in the current situation, it was better for me to study over here. I want to go to college and basketball can help me get there.”

Ogbuagu said the decision to uproot himself from his family — he has four siblings — and make a new home in a foreign land nearly 11,000 miles away was a difficult one that he grappled with. Ultimately, he said, his mother convinced him it was an opportunity he could not turn down. While he said he was unaware as a child of the doors basketball could open for him, he said he now has hopes his younger brother will be able to take advantage of them as well.

“I think it’s awesome when you have situations like this, kids coming [from other countries] looking for the opportunity for a better education, a better life than they’re having in their country,” said Riverdale coach Lou Wilson, who has helped several Africa-born student-athletes pursue college and professional basketball in the past. “It’s a blessing we’re able to help some of these student-athletes who come over.”

Njoku-Ibe (11.7 points per game), who lives with a host family in Upper Marlboro, and Ogbonda (13.3) are currently their teams’ third-leading scorers, Ogbuagu’s 5.9 points per game are fourth on the Crusaders’ scoring depth chart.

But they’re just scratching the surface of their potential, Wilson and Murphy said of their players. Ogbuagu said build is what recruiters see when they come to Nigeria but most of the players don’t have much organized basketball experience at all, which means Murphy and Wilson have some fine-tuning to do.

“Njoku-Ibe is a great boy, he works hard and I wouldn’t trade him for anything but he still has a ways to go in understanding the game, the angles and the anticipation, those kinds of things,” Murphy said.

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dominated the ball. So they’re not used to moving without the ball or learning the play without dominating their position. On the defensive end, they’re not used to having to play help side or stuff like that because they’re usually guarding the best player.

“It’s adjusting to new roles and putting their skill sets into roles that can help them succeed within the team.”

Many of the Eagles talents were at one time ball-dominant players on area teams. Phillips transferred from Bowie after

his sophomore year along with Shivers, who came from Wise.

Dorsey, a standout point guard at Paul VI last season, made the move to Clinton over the summer in large part due to his respect for Cole, whom he had trained with throughout the summers.

Phillips, a 6-foot-9 shot blocking machine, was part of last season’s transformation and remains confident that this year’s group can undergo a similarly favorable metamorphosis.

“It’s not really hard, we just

haven’t figured it out yet,” Phillips said. “It’s a long process.

We just talk constantly day after day.”

After their rough start, Clinton has began to show what Cole likes to call “flashes” of what the team can be. Since their Dec. 20 loss to Douglass, the Eagles have won six of seven games, outscoring their opponents by an average of 9.5 points per game in wins.

Dorsey, in his first and only season at the Upper Marlboro school, has proven to be the

spark plug for the Eagles and brings a competitiveness that Cole calls, “the heartbeat of this team.” The Minnesota recruit leads the Eagles in scoring with 18.8 points per game, but sets the tone for the Eagles with his defense — something he said he worked at when he was younger and not as talented offensively.

A Jan. 14 meeting with CBAA power National Christian could prove to be the turning point of Clinton’s season, according to Dorsey. When the Eagles finally click the Clinton point guard

and his teammates said they have some lofty expectations for the second half of the season.

“It’s really starting to mold together,” Dorsey said. “I think we can really do big things if we keep buying into what coach Cole is saying. The sky is the limit for us.”

“I say top 25 in the nation, definitely,” Phillips said confidently. “There’s no ceiling, really.”

can take three steps,” Forestville coach James Washington said.

“That’s the challenge. We get kids that like to play but they’re just beginners.”

The girls programs have been hit harder than the boys programs, with junior varsity participation on the decline and five schools not even carrying girls junior varsity teams, according to Hawkins.

“I think if you don’t get girls playing early, a lot of times they

don’t participate. They don’t join. I think that has something to do with it,” Hawkins said.

Shadaroil Pierce, a girls basketball coach at Gholson Middle School (Hyattsville) and former boys coach at Kettering in Upper Marlboro, said that girls are less likely than boys to continue playing without a scholastic option.

“I think it hit the girls program more because boys are going to go out and play, but you

have to nurture the girls,” Pierce said. “They weren’t able to [be nurtured] in a middle school setting, which prohibited them from playing in high school.”

During the 2011-12 and 1213 seasons, many middle school athletes participated on teams and in leagues that were unaffiliated with the county. This helped them continue developing their basketball skills in the absence of middle school athletics, but with it not being

run through the county, several schools didn’t have teams.

It may take another couple years for the high school game to fully recover from the middle school athletics stoppage, but coaches said they’ve seen progress. Next year will mark the first time since the 2011-12 season that all four classes of high school athletes will have been offered the full middle school athletics experience. The current freshmen — the Class of

2018 — all had the opportunity to play a season of middle school basketball, and that’s showing at schools such as High Point. Sali said her first-year teammates came in with more experience than she had when she was a freshman. They too, however, are still playing catch up.

“They know a little bit of the basics. But not completely,” Sali said.

team captain Ricky Bryant, who has been one of Roosevelt’s top wrestlers since he came in as a freshman. “Going in, I knew we had a lot of football players, and sometimes people think that [because] they’re football players, we just have to shove them in there, teach them a little bit, and hope for the best. But these guys are actually catching on to technique very quickly and as you see by the record, they’re putting it together pretty well.”

Roosevelt is 6-1 this sea-

son, only losing to Anne Arundel public school Meade. In six county wins, the Raiders have outscored opponents by an average of 25 points — although their biggest challenge will be a Jan. 21 tri-match against Bowie and the winner of the past three county titles, Parkdale.

At 138 pounds, Bryant has played an integral role in Roosevelt’s solid season, and his contributions extend beyond the mat.

“It’s the leadership he

shows off of the mat,” Walker said of Bryant. “Even through the offseason when we do our open-mats, when we do our preseason, things like that — he’s instrumental in making sure the kids are motivated. He gives speeches. He gives talks. He gives advice. He’s an extension of the coach. Everything you want in a captain. He has put in the work outside of this room as well as inside of this room. ... He deserves the respect inside of this county and outside of it.”

Bryant’s father is active with the team, offering support in any way he can. Bryant said his ability to lead developed from him being the oldest sibling while his father was away in the military.

Bryant said he started wrestling when he was about nineyears old. He brought an already developed skill-set to Roosevelt when he arrived at the Greenbelt school as a freshman in 2012.

He placed third at county’s that year.

Last season, as a sophomore,

Bryant took a step forward with his second-place finish, and he also qualified for the state championship tournament.

This season, it’s all about taking first place, Bryant said — for himself and the team.

“That’s No. 1,” Bryant said.

“Building up the team and coming into counties and taking No. 1. Not only for me, but for everybody else inside [the practice room].”

“What I’ve found over time is with these kids [who come here from Africa], they pass the eyeball test. They are physical specimens but they haven’t had the coaching. I think he’s good this year but with this [season]

and this summer, next year, I think there will be tremendous upswing and if I do my job, he will be ready for a scholarship.”

Wilson said while Ogbuagu was a little rigid early this season, he’s become more fluid

with his ball handling and has worked hard on his jump shot in an effort to become more valuable as a traditional small forward. Ogbuagu said he has his sights set on college and professional basketball but will never

forget his beginnings — he said he hopes to go back to Nigeria to help build youth basketball programs and better facilities.

“This is great, to be able to go to school and play basketball,” Ogbuagu said. “My dream

is to play in college and go to the NBA and then go back to Nigeria and help more children play basketball and have this opportunity.”

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Prince George’s Little Theatre has brought “A Shot in the Dark” to the stage for its 55th season, but audiences expecting a certain Inspector to show his face will find themselves way off mark.

The play comes from an adaptation of the French play “L’Idiote,” by Marcel Achard, and follows new French magistrate Paul Sevigne taking on his first big case in his new surroundings, a murder allegedly committed by the maid of banker Benjamin Beaurevers.

Unlike many murder mysteries, the entire play takes place in Sevigne’s office as he works to get to the bottom of the case, which many — both inside and out of his office — are eager to wrap up.

“It’s not your typical murder mystery where everyone’s in a dark castle somewhere and everyone gets bumped off one by one,” said director Keith Brown. “The murder’s already been committed, and he is go-

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Prince George’s Little Theatre’s production of “A Shot in the Dark” features Matt Leyendecker, Mary Koster, Erica Jureckson and Lea Scherini. ing to find the murderer or get pulled from the case.”

While “L’Idiote” did experience a run on Broadway as “A Shot in the Dark,” the title may

more readily bring the 1964 Pink Panther film of the same name to mind. However, audiences should keep an open mind and expect less slapstick

and more wit.

“Everyone is expecting Inspector Clouseau,” Brown

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In Gaithersburg, ale house patrons are greeted by a large staircase, which leads to more dining spaces upstairs. Downstairs has tables, but it’s more bar-adjacent.

The jumbo soft pretzel ($8) was on the “specials” menu, but it really should have a permanent place on the everyday menu. At just around eight

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said. “They took the name of this play, two pages worth of plot and created the movie. This will be a brand new experience.”

“When you’re all sitting down and there’s nothing else to focus on, you see a lot of the clever witticisms,” added Lea Scherini, who plays the magistrate’s wife, Antoinette Sevigne, “it keeps you mentally on your toes. That was the first thing I respected about it, this is an intelligent piece that’s not boring or thought-heavy.”

This is Scherini’s first show with Prince George’s Little Theatre, as well as her first outside of school. For her, it’s been great working with new people and getting close to the cast members as well as working with Brown.

“It’s been really exciting doing things not just out of school, but with different people,” she said. “You study theater, you take classes and do shows with the same people — there’s a level of familiarity.”

“A Shot in the Dark” is the first production for Erica Jureckson with the company, as well. She appears as Josefa Lantenay, the maid accused of killing her lover. Over the course of the play, details come out about the events leading up to the murder that cause Sevigne to doubt she committed the crime.

“What I really like about Josefa, and what I can relate to,” Jureckson said, “is she is honest to a fault, whether it’s hurting herself or someone else’s feelings. She wants to please people, not for her own benefit but because she likes to see other people happy.”

Danny Brooks plays Lablache in this production, but he’s no stranger to the company or to the play. His first show ever was several decades ago, when his ex who was active in a now-defunct theater group encouraged him to try out for the role of Beaurevers, which had not been filled two weeks into rehearsal.

“I suffered from stage fright, so it’s

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The Clarice, 24th annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luthur King, Jr., Jan. 17; 32nd annual Choreographers’ Showcase (two shows), Jan. 24; Macbeth, Jan 30; Macbeth (two shows), Jan. 31; Maryland Masti 9, Jan. 31; 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.

Harmony Hall Regional Center, Auditions-Missoula Children’s Theatre’s Aladdin, Jan. 19; Missoula Children’s Theatre-Aladdin, Jan. 24; Fast Eddie and the Slowpokes, Jan. 31; 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, 301-203-6070, arts. pgparks.com.

Greenbelt Arts Center, “Clybourne Park,” Jan. 30 through Feb. 21; call for prices, times, Greenbelt Arts Center, 123 Centerway, Greenbelt, 301-441-8770, greenbeltartscenter.org.

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Laurel Mill Playhouse, “The Comedy of Errors,” 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,” through Jan. 24, 2015, call for tickets and show times, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Drive, Bowie, 301937-7458, pglt.org.

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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, Laurel. venustheatre.org.

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2nd Star Productions, “I Hate Hamlet,” Feb. 6 through Feb. 22, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Dr., Bowie, call for prices, times, 410-757-5700, 301832-4819, 2ndstarproductions.com.

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New Deal Café; Better Off Dead, Jan. 16; Karen Collins and the Backroads Band, Jan. 17; Fez Tones Hafla, Jan. 18; Marv Ashby and High Octane, Jan. 23; New Time Orechestra, Jan. 24; 113 Centerway Road, 301-474-5642, newdealcafe.com.

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DANCING 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 410-3708438.

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

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

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

Saturdays, 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. 410-7656482.

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Martin Hayes, Matt Leyendecker, Erica Jureckson and Brian Binney appear in Prince George’s Little Theatre’s production of “A Shot in the Dark,” which opened Jan. 9.

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nothing I would have considered doing,” he said. “Even in high school I could not stand up and give a public speech. But opening night, 35 years ago, I walked out on stage and no problem, I’ve been doing

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My friend order the Mahi Mahi tacos with spinach instead of beans and rice. She received spinach on top of rice.

The manager was extremely pleasant about the incident (in fact, everyone at the restaurant was incredibly nice and helpful for the most part) and, about five minutes later, brought her the dish back without the rice.

The tacos were flavorful, although a bit on the spicy side. The sour cream helped to cut some of the spice, but the pico de gallo tasted flat and fresh out of a can.

I did have one major issue outside of the food — I asked for extra queso to go along with our pretzel. Not a problem, I was told. What I wasn’t told was that the extra queso cost $3. Had I known it was going to be an extra charge for it, I

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His love of theater has brought him full circle, and that passion is also what keeps the theater groups in the area such as Prince George’s Little Theater going for years and years.

“It’s a real cross-section of people: truck drivers and housewives and professionals, who all come together just because they love theater,” Brooks said.

“I love working with all the people I’ve met over the years who get together for the love of the theater,” Brown added.

“We all have regular daytime jobs, it’s something we do because it gives us a real kick — not just being on stage, but doing something creative.” kgroff@gazette.net

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The food at the Dogfish Head Alehouse is simply OK and, honestly, not worth the cost. Until some of these issues are addressed, I don’t think I could recommended dining there, even though the pretzels are really good. wfranklin@gazette.net

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FT, own car, incl Sat. Salary $12-$28/hr & commission. Apply in person at Doctors On Sight .

Call Sabrina 301-843-1000 or Candy 703-506-0000 for more info.

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B. Frank Joy seeks an individual to drive and operate material handling boom truck, as used in underground utilities in the construction industry. Previous boom truck experience stocking of construction material on local job sites. CDL-Class A License required. Send resume, MVA driving record/salary requirements to hr@bfjoy.com or apply in person at: 5355 Kilmer Place, Hyattsville, MD 20781

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Send resume & salary requirements to hr@bfjoy.com or apply in person: B. Frank Joy LLC, 5355 Kilmer Place, Hyattsville, MD 20781

Litigation Paralegal

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2-5 yrs. exp. required. Send resume, MVA driving record and salary requirements to hr@bfjoy.com or apply in person at: 5355 Kilmer Place, Hyattsville, MD 20781

Waldorf/Bowie law firm seeks paralegal.

Candidate must have outstanding communication and organizational skills. Personal Injury or Workers Compensation experience preferred.

Training available for highly qualified applicant.

Email resume and salary expectation to Rylie@dcmdlaw.com

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