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n Forest Heights passesresolution, forms petition

against National Harbor location

BY CHASE COOKSTAFF WRITER

Southern Prince George’s resi-dents are ramping up opposition to aproposed casino at National Harboras the selection process for develop-ers begins Monday.

Forest Heights passed a resolutionOct. 7 officially opposing MGM Inter-national Resorts building a casinoat National Harbor, less than a milefrom homes in the town and in OxonHill. The town also created an onlinepetition that went live Oct. 10, col-

lecting signatures against the harborsite. Residents from Oxon Hill, FortWashington and Forest Heights pro-tested at the site Oct. 9, holding signsand T-shirts with the words, “No to acasino.”

“We don’t want to think of PrinceGeorge’s County as, ‘That’s where thecasino is,’” said Forest Heights MayorJacqueline Goodall. “We want peopleto think of it as a place to raise theirchildren.”

Goodall said the casino shouldn’tbe built at National Harbor becauseit is too close to the community. Thebest option would be Rosecroft Race-way in Fort Washington, she said, be-cause people who live there boughttheir homes after the raceway was

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n More than a dozen Bowieresidents called 911 reportingsounds of gunfire

BY SOPHIE PETIT

STAFF WRITER

After hearing a loud boom fol-lowed by sounds of what appeared tobe explosions around 3:30 a.m., MaryLampe, 70, of Bowie, said her hus-band, Don, promptly called 911.

“We thought it was gunfire, andit sounded like it was coming fromthe direction of Melford,” said MaryLampe, who lives on Forest Drive,recalling the Oct. 7 incident. “It wasdisturbing to be honest.”

At 4:23 a.m., a Prince George’sCounty police helicopter crew thatwas surveying the area discovered thesounds were coming from an unan-

nounced military training exercisein Davidsonville, said Bowie PoliceChief John K. Nesky. The drill scarehas prompted military officials to an-nounce future drills.

“We had no idea, so we kind ofconverged on the area, set up a perim-eter and tried to judge where thingswere coming from. The county heli-copter was able to determine it was amilitary exercise,” Nesky said.

The Lampes were one of 18 Bowiehouseholds that called 911 reportingsounds of explosions and gunfire, saidCharlynn Flaherty, a spokespersonfor the county’s Department of PublicSafety that manages the emergencydispatch center.

The United States Air Force basedin Joint Base Andrews near UpperMarlboro conducts regular trainingexercises in Davidsonville. However,

Military to alertBowie for next drill

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Sarah Rollins (right) puts a flier in a mailbox while her daughter, Alisha Rollins-Taylor (left), and friend, Kris Richardson, walk through theBeechtree neighborhood in Upper Marlboro to publicize their Oct. 26 breast cancer awareness 5K walk/run.

BY CHASE COOKSTAFF WRITER

Sarah Rollins hasn’t missed abreast cancer awareness walk since1998, when her maternal grandmotherlost a two-year battle with breast can-cer.

“When we lost her to breast can-cer, it was a very hard blow,” said Rol-lins, who lives in Upper Marlboro.

Rollins said she would find what-ever breast cancer walks she couldeach year. This year, she decided toform her own with her daughter, Ali-sha Rollins-Taylor, in their Beechtreecommunity.

The walk is 5 kilometers — about3.1 miles — and will take place from8 a.m. to noon Oct. 26, starting at theBeechtree Community Center, 15511Beechtree Parkway in Upper Marl-boro.

Prince George’s County has the

highest breast cancer mortality rateper 100,000 women in the Maryland,Virginia and Washington, D.C., region,according to a 2010 study by Susan G.Komen, the nonprofit organizationthat raises money for awareness, re-search and assistance for women im-pacted by breast cancer.

This money could pay for smallgrants to help women pay for medi-cal bills or meals for themselvesand their children when undergo-ing treatment, said Brittany Fowler,Susan G. Komen Maryland’s spokes-

woman. It also could go to healthdepartments to help fund preventivecare.

Seventy-five percent of the moneystays in Maryland, Fowler said.

Registration costs $25 before theevent and $30 the day of the event.The money is collected through a Su-san G. Komen online donation portal.Cash donations are collected, thendeposited in the donor’s name, Rol-lins said.

“There is no reason anyone shoulddie [because of] breast cancer,” Rollinssaid. “Do the preventative care and dothe mammograms.”

Rollins, a surgical technician, saidher experiences in the operating roomhave shown her that breast cancer canbe beaten if women get screenings andare willing to have mastectomies to get

n UPPER MARLBORORESIDENTS ORGANIZE FIRSTAWARENESS EVENT

n Russian native transforms theatercostumes into couture dresses

BY SOPHIE PETIT

STAFF WRITER

When Evgenia Luzhina-Salazar emi-grated from Russia 22 years ago, she barelyknew how to speak English or how to sew.Now she’s a successful costume designerand more recently a celebrated fashion de-signer, appearing in one of New York’s fash-ion shows.

“My life is very funny. Everything I havereached now is by mistake,” said Luzhina-Salazar, 56, who has lived in Bowie for about10 years.

Luzhina-Salazar said her first “mistake”was meeting Andrei Malaev-Babel, co-founder of one of Russia’s first private theatercompanies, who hired her as the costume de-

signer for his new company in Moscow.Malaev-Babel, 46, said he began collabo-

rating with American theatre companies inthe early 1990s and decided to permanentlymove to the United States, eventually di-recting a production at the Prince George’sCounty Community College in Largo.

“I couldn’t think of a better designer tocollaborate with, so I was able to convincePrince George’s Community College to spon-sor Evgenia’s visa as a guest artist to comeand design my production at the college,” hesaid.

Malaev-Babel went on to co-found theStanislavsky Theatre Studio in Washington,D.C., in 1997 and put Luzhina-Salazar incharge of costume and set design.

“She built things out of nothing ... Shewas wonderful at working under budget withthe very meager means we could offer her,”he said.

It was the first time Luzhina-Salazar actu-

ally made a costume, she said.“Here, you have to design and make it,”

she said. “I learned by myself. I’m not sureeven if now I’m doing it correct or not.”

Luzhina-Salazar made her second “mis-take” when the Stanislavsky theater closed in2006 and she took home all the costumes shehad made, she said.

That same year, she transformed theminto elaborate dresses and put on her firstrunway show — “Passion Runway.” She de-buted the show in her backyard, then at theRussian Embassy and Sylvan Theatre Stage inthe District, she said.

To her surprise, she was selected to ap-pear in New York Couture Fashion Week’sSpring 2014 collection show from Sept. 6-8,she said. This year was her third appearancein the show.

“Suddenly everybody knows me and the

Bowie resident’s ‘mistake’ led to N.Y. runwayFashiondesignerEvgeniaLuzhina-Salazar ofBowie, inNew YorkCoutureFashionWeek’sSpring 2014collectionshow inSeptember.PHOTO BYLISA HOLTE

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OCT. 17Children’s Farm Craft & Story, 2 to 3 p.m.,

Old Maryland Farm, 301 Watkins Park Drive,Upper Marlboro. Children will enjoy a storyand craft based on a farm-related topic. Reser-vations required. Cost: $2 per resident, $3 pernon-resident. Contact 301-218-6702; TTY 301-699-2544.

OCT. 18Puppet Show, 2 to 3 p.m., Watkins Nature

Center, 301 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marl-boro. Enjoy a seasonal puppet show and meet alive animal. Reservations required. Cost: $2 perresident, $3 per non-resident. Contact 301-218-6702; TTY 301-699-2544.

OCT. 19Fifth annual College & Career Fair, 8:30

a.m. to 1 p.m., Oxon Hill High School, 6701Leyte Drive, Oxon Hill. Students plan for futuresuccess with experts from the U.S. Depart-ment of Education and others. Learn about freemoney for college, on-the-spot admissions,on-the-spot scholarships, 21st Century top ca-reers, trade and technical careers, winning ap-

plications, resumes and cover letters. Contact301-516-7601.

Fifth annual American Indian Festival, 10a.m. to 4 p.m., Patuxent River Park, 16000Croom Airport Road, Upper Marlboro. Cel-ebrate Native American Indian culture. Freeactivities: live traditional and contemporarymusic, drumming, singing, dancing, regalia, ex-hibits, storytelling, hands-on demonstrations,crafts, games, archery, live birds of prey. Someactivities may satisfy requirements of Scoutingorganizations. Rain or shine. Contact 301-627-6074 or 301-297-4575 or [email protected].

Annual Autumn Festival, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,Mount Airy Mansion, 9640 Rosaryville Road,Upper Marlboro. Wine tasting and sales, cheesetasting and sales, craftsmen wares and muchmore. Contact 301-856-1954.

Way of Food, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., NationalColonial Farm, 3400 Bryan Point Road, Ac-cokeek. Presented by the farm’s manager ofinterpretation, the “Way of Food” programcelebrates food in all of its glory, from whereand how it is grown, to a demonstration ofdishes unique to the Southern Marylandregion. Contact 301-283-2113 or [email protected].

Open House and Fire Prevention Day, noonto 3 p.m., Morningside Volunteer Fire Depart-ment, 6200 Suitland Road, Morningside. Firesafety presentation with Hector the Fire Clownand a moon bounce. Light refreshments served.Contact 301-883-7727.

Adult Line Dance Social, 8 p.m. to midnight,Indian Queen Recreation Center, 9551 FortFoote Road, Fort Washington. Adults social-izing, mingling and enjoying the latest line andhand dances with style. Very light refreshmentsserved. Cost: $10 per resident, $12 per non-resi-dent. Contact 301-839-9597; TTY 301-203-6030.

OCT. 20Halloween on the Farm, 4 to 7 p.m., Old

Maryland Farm, 301 Watkins Park Drive, UpperMarlboro. Crafts, games, a costume contest andhayrides. Contact 301-218-6770; TTY 301-699-2544.

OCT. 21Reading Stories with Ranger Steph: Fall on

the Farm, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Oxon Hill Farm/Oxon Cove Park, 6411 Oxon Hill Road, OxonHill. As the days get shorter, the farm bustleswith activity. Every third Monday of the month,come listen to stories, sing songs and enjoyother activities. This month, find out whathappens on the farm during the busy autumnmonths. For babies, toddlers and preschoolers.Meet Ranger Steph in the Visitor Barn. Contact301-839-1176 or [email protected].

Prince George’s County Casino ProposalsPublic Hearing, 6 p.m., Friendly High School,1000 Allentown Road, Fort Washington. Inresponse to a February 2013 Request for Pro-posals, three applicants submitted proposalsto operate the sixth casino due to open inMaryland. Applicants are required to makeindividual oral presentations before a license isawarded. Contact 410-230-8725.

Investing During a Volatile Market, 7 to 9p.m., Harmony Hall Regional Center, 10701Livingston Road, Fort Washington. Get backto basics and learn about products that are de-signed with investor safety in mind. Cost: $5 perresident, $6 per non-resident. Contact 301-203-6040; TTY 301-203-6030.

OCT. 232013 Speaker Series, 10:30 a.m. to noon,

Board Room, Fourth Floor, County Adminis-tration Building, 14741 Governor Oden BowieDrive, Upper Marlboro. Hear a review of thecomponents of the Environmental ProtectionAgency publication “Essential Smart GrowthFixes in Urban and Suburban Zoning Codes.”This document provides local and regional gov-ernments with ideas, strategies and best prac-tices to make revision to zoning codes. Contact301-952-3594.

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Bowie residents are neededfor the city’s Stream TeamCleanup from 9 a.m. to noonSaturday. Residents will becontacted about where to meet,said Bowie’s watershed man-ager Tiffany Wright.

“I try not to finalize sitesuntil a week or two before andthen I get back in touch withpeople and assign them todifferent sites,” Wright said.“I don’t want to send peoplewhere there’s no trash.”

Since the city’s first streamcleanup in 2008, about 2,000volunteers have collected15,880 pounds of trash and14,675 pounds of recycling from80 different sites across Bowie,she said.

The cleanup is held twicea year in April and October,Wright said.

Students who participatecan receive Student ServiceLearning credit and scouts re-ceive badges, she said.

City staff provides waterand all supplies, but residentsshould wear resilient shoes orboots, long sleeves and a hat,she said.

To sign up, call Wright at301-809-3043 or email her [email protected].

Kettering resident makesUM’s dean’s list

De’Ante J. Childers of Ketter-ing, a senior majoring in ChineseLanguage and Literature, made

the dean’s list at the Universityof Maryland, College Park, forthe 2012-2013 school year, saidhis grandmother, Catherine E.Childers of Kettering.

Upper Marlboro residentreceives scholarshipAn Upper Marlboro resi-

dent received a scholarshipfrom Anheuser-Busch, which

is awarded to prestigiousstudents of historically blackcolleges.

Amber McGill, who at-tends Bennett College inNorth Carolina, received the$5,000 Legends of the CrownScholarship by applying tothe program, according to anAnheuser-Busch news release.

The scholarship was givento 30 students who wereselected out of hundreds of

applicants, according to therelease.

In addition to the $5,000scholarship, McGill also re-ceived a trip to St. Louis for atwo-day leadership sympo-sium at the Anheuser-Buschheadquarters and will have acompany executive as a men-tor during the school year, ac-cording to the release.

Fort Washington studentsjoin Walk to School Day

Students at Indian QueenElementary School in FortWashington donned orangeand walked about a half-milearound their school Oct. 9 topromote National Walk or Biketo School Day.

About 160 students partici-pated in the event, smiling andholding signs as they walkedaround their campus. The Na-tional Walk or Bike to Schoolday is an event held each year topromote active living by havingstudents walk or bike to school ordesignate a starting place at theschool if it is too far from home,according to the event’s website.Principal Aundrea McCall saideven though a lot of her childrenwalked to school she wantedthem to group up with the par-ents and walk together.

“It was a motivator forschool spirit,” McCall said. “Theparents wanted to come outand support the students.”

Clinton doctor receivesPatient’s Choice Award

A Prince George’s Countydoctor received the patientreviews Patient’s Choice Awardfor the fifth time.

Dr. John Hakim, a cardiolo-gist in Clinton, received the awardthanks to positive reviews frompatients, according to The Ameri-can Registry news release.

The registry tracked 200,000patient reviews on sites likeVitals.com, which record therating of the doctor, patient sat-isfaction and patient outcome,according to the news release.

Hakim received the awardin 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012,according to the news release.The award is provided by TheAmerican Registry, an orga-nization that recognizes topbusinesses and professionals,according to the news release.

Bowie reminds residentsof upcoming bag banStarting Jan. 1, Bowie resi-

dents will have to remembernot to place leaves, grassclippings, branches and oldChristmas trees in plastic bagsoutside their homes if theywant them picked up duringPrince George’s weekly yardwaste collection.

Yard waste must be set outin heavy-duty cans or paperbags, according to a city report.Boxes will not be accepted.

Bowie is included underthe new policy since residentsreceive the county’s compost-ing services, said city managerDavid Deutsch.

“Our staff has developeda fairly significant public rela-tions plan so our residents un-derstand what they need to do,”Deutsch said. “We’ll continueto hammer that home over thenext couple of months.”

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n Brown campaignquickly fires back

BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFF WRITER

Attorney General DouglasF. Gansler, a Democratic hope-ful for Maryland governor, hasnamed Del. Jolene Ivey as hisrunning mate for 2014.

A two-term delegate andformer journalist, Ivey (D) ofCheverly represents District 47in Prince George’s County, thehome county of one of Gansler’sopponents in the gubernatorialrace, Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown(D).

While voters generally votethe top of the ticket, who a gu-bernatorial candidate namesas a running mate can indicatewhat that candidate is thinking,said John Willis, professor ofgovernment and public policyat University of Baltimore.

Adding Ivey to his ticketshows Gansler is not afraid tofight for votes in Prince George’sCounty, Willis said.

As a general rule, a candi-date needs to carry three of thefour big Democratic voting ju-risdictions — Prince George’s

County, Montgomery County,Baltimore County and Balti-more City — to win, he said.

With most Democraticvoters concentrated in Mont-gomery and Prince George’scounties, approximately 37 per-cent, Willis said it make sensefor Gansler — who calls Mont-gomery home — to pick a run-ning mate from Prince George’s.

Within hours of the an-nouncement Monday, Brown’scampaign issued a his-and-herslist of where Gansler and Iveystand, and differ, on policies.

During his campaign tour inSeptember, Gansler promisedto bring more diversity to An-napolis and Willis said namingan African-American female as arunning mate is a positive move.

Ivey has been a voice forwomen and families, accordingto a news release from Gansler’scampaign.

Her legislative record in-cludes efforts to pass legislationthat protects families, children,and small businesses, the re-lease said.

Brown’s running mate isHoward County Executive KenUlman. Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Dist. 20) of Takoma Park has notnamed a running mate.

Gansler picks Iveyas running mate

n Many members workingwith limited staff, someregional offices closed

BY RYAN MARSHALL

STAFF WRITER

The federal governmentshutdown has closed federalagencies, national parks andthe National Zoo’s PandaCam, but the effect on con-gressional offices aroundMaryland has been mixed.

Several members havekept their offices open dur-ing the funding battle thathas seen government work-ers around the country fur-loughed until Congress canreach a resolution.

Other congressional mem-bers have kept some officesopen and closed others andsome have shut down officescompletely.

Rep. John Delaney (D-Dist. 6) of Potomac an-nounced at the beginning ofthe shutdown, on Oct. 1, thathis offices in Washington,D.C., Gaithersburg and Hager-stown would stay open duringthe shutdown.

Delaney cited a need tocontinue representing hisconstituents.

The office has suspendedoffice hours in Cumberlandand McHenry during theshutdown, Delaney spokes-man Will McDonald said onOct. 10.

“I think everyone’s hope-ful we can get a deal done andget the government open andback to doing the people’sbusiness,” McDonald said.

Staff for Rep. Steny Hoyer

(D-Dist. 5) of Mechanicsvilleand Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Dist. 4) of Fort Washingtonsaid that their regional officeswould continue to taking callsduring normal business hours.

“Congresswoman Ed-wards is keeping her of-fices open,” spokesman BenGerdes wrote in an Oct. 10email. “Her district is hometo 760,000 residents, and thecounties she represents have90,000 federal workers andretirees. It’s essential thatthey receive assistance whilethe Congresswoman fightsfor a clean funding bill toopen the government for allAmericans.”

Offices in Washington,

D.C., and Towson for Rep.John Sarbanes (D-Dist. 3) ofTowson were open, but of-fices in Burtonsville and An-napolis are closed, accordingto a statement from his of-fice.

Calls to all offices are beingforwarded to the open officesduring business hours.

Meanwhile, a phone mes-sage at the Washington, D.C.,office of Sen. Benjamin Car-din (D) of Pikesville said thatthe senator’s offices wouldremain closed until the shut-down is over.

A message on Cardin’swebsite announced thatphone calls, emails and lettersto staff would not be returned

until the shutdown has endedand that communicationwould not be possible.

The shutdown marks onlythe second time Sen. BarbaraMikulski (D) of Baltimore hasclosed her offices during her27 years in the Senate, accord-ing to a statement from heroffice.

But while the office re-mains closed, the phones atMikulski’s Washington officeare being monitored, and con-stituents can leave messagesfor the senator on Twitter andFacebook, according to the re-lease.

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Shutdown forcing some office closures

A notice on Sen. Benjamin Cardin’s website notes the office is closed.

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Bowie resident Mary Locker (right), 17, a member of the Bowie Volunteer Fire Department, helps Emerald Ferguson, 4, of Upper Marlboro work afire hose Saturday as her brother, Sage, 1, awaits his turn during Fire Prevention Day at Station 39 in Bowie. The event also featured demonstra-tions on preventing and extinguishing fires in the home.

n New staffer hiredto improve outreach

BY SOPHIE PETITSTAFF WRITER

To better represent PrinceGeorge’s growing Latino pop-ulation, County ExecutiveRushern L. Baker III (D) has ap-pointed his first full-time Latinoliaison.

Dinora A. Hernandez, alifelong resident of Hyattsville,said she will speak directly withmembers of the Latino commu-nity, serving as a point of contactfor Latinos to discuss their con-cerns, which she will in turn dis-cuss with and advise Baker on.

“The county executive of-ten talks about the county’s di-versity and how it’s one of thestrengths of the county, so Ibelieve this position will help usbetter connect with the Latinocommunity, which I think we’vebeen missing,” Hernandez, 27,said.

Prior to her Oct. 10 appoint-ment, Hernandez received herlaw degree from the Thomas M.Cooley Law School in Michiganthen served for a year as a legis-lative aide to Baker.

“Dinora Hernandez hasdemonstrated a true passion forLatino affairs on both a personaland professional level,” Bakersaid in an Oct. 10 statement. “Iam confident that she will workdiligently to improve the [coun-ty’s] service and interaction withour Latino citizens.”

Prince George’s has the sec-ond highest percentage of La-tino residents in the state, andthe numbers are growing, ac-cording to data provided by thePew Hispanic Center in Wash-ington, D.C.

Over the past decade, thenumber of Latinos living in thecounty has nearly doubled to132,496, making up 15 percent

of the county’s population, ac-cording to the data.

Gustavo Torres, executivedirector of CASA of Maryland,a Latino and immigrant advo-cacy nonprofit based in LangleyPark, said he was excited to hearabout the new liaison, espe-cially since so many Latinos callPrince George’s home.

“We need someone who isbilingual and bicultural, whounderstands our communityand who, I believe, can make adifference,” Torres said, addinglanguage barriers are a huge is-sue facing Latinos.

Hernandez said her fluencyin Spanish and familiarity withLatino culture as well as the im-migrant experience will help herto engage the community.

“Both my parents were im-migrants from El Salvador hereto the United States and thecounty, so I know the Latino ex-perience,” she said. “I know thatfor my parents, language barrierwas a lot. A barrier to gettingthem more involved with thecounty.”

The District, MontgomeryCounty and Maryland Gover-nor Martin O’Malley’s office allhave Latino liaisons, said Bakerspokesperson Scott Peterson.

Will Campos served as thecounty’s last Latino liaison un-der Jack Johnson, the county’sexecutive from 2002 to 2010.

“The Latino population isa growing community in ourcounty,” Peterson said. “[Baker]has found it very important tohave someone such as DinoraHernandez in his specific officeadvising him on the issues, thechallenges as well as the op-portunities that exist in the La-tino community and to improveservice for our Latino residentsfrom the county government.”

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n Upper Marlboro schoolto face Berwyn Heights

BY SOPHIE PETIT

STAFF WRITER

It was all smiles on bothsides — winning and losing —after Mattaponi Elementarybeat Bowie’s Pointer Ridge El-ementary 230-170 in the firstelementary school quarterfi-nal round of this year’s ScienceBowl.

The Upper Marlboroschool will next competeagainst Berwyn Heights Ele-mentary during the semifinalson Jan. 28.

“I like kids who have anobvious good time,” said Sci-ence Bowl host Dave Zahren.“Not one of the teams gaveup. There was never a loss ofheart.”

The Science Bowl is atelevised game show thatquizzes Prince George’s pub-lic elementary and middleschool students on their sci-ence knowledge. Questionsare worth up to 25 points andpoint values are based onquestion difficulty.

Mattaponi performedstrongly throughout the en-tire competition, but PointerRidge made some high-scoringcomebacks to the very end.

“It was very competitive.I am quite surprised we wonbecause those other teamswere really good,” said RenniePearson, 11, a Mattaponi sixthgrader.

The Pointer Ridge teamof Bowie fifth-graders CarlosBrockenborough, 10, teamcaptain Madison Green andBryanna Hurst, both 11, saidthey were happy to be there nomatter what the outcome.

“The game went perfectlyfine. Everyone has their com-petitions where they win orlose. This was our time to lose,”Carlos said.

Both teams scored a num-ber of 25-point answers at theend.

The Mattaponi team cor-

rectly answered that gasolineis graded by density, and thePointer Ridge team was thefirst to the buzzer with the an-swer “respiration” when askedwhat process dries out food.

The Mattaponi team offifth- and sixth-graders BryceStephens, team captain Noo-rah Baukman, 11, Pearson andalternate Nilah Blackmon, 11,all of Upper Marlboro, got asmooth start with a 275-130win against Tayac Elementaryin Fort Washington.

The Tayac team of fifth-graders Gabrielle Stephens,team captain Aldrin Duranand Nathan Campusano, all 10years old, answered one of theday’s toughest questions.

“I’m still amazed at the ‘ToKill a Mockingbird’ answer,”Zahren said, referring to a25-point question asking play-ers to name the singing birdspecies that’s also mentionedin a famous book.

“All of the answers wereon the tip of my tongue, I justcouldn’t answer in time,” Al-drin said, calling the game“pretty nervously awesome.”

Pointer Ridge started outdefeating the Forest HeightsElementary team of sixth-grad-ers Josseline Palacios, 11, teamcaptain Amy Monzon, 12, andTyante Rollins, 11, by a score of215-165.

Forest Heights competedfor its first time in the ScienceBowl’s 28-year history, Zahrensaid.

The school earned a last-minute spot about two weeksago after Greenbelt Elemen-tary dropped out because theteam wasn’t ready in time, hesaid.

Prince George’s Countyhas more than 150 elementaryand middle schools, but only40 can compete in the ScienceBowl. Schools are selected ona first-come-first-serve basis,but schools that have alreadycompeted are automatically

selected for future games,Zahren said. This year, sev-eral schools dropped out sowait listed schools like ForestHeights had a chance to com-pete.

“We thought they did fairlywell,” Zahren said, adding it’stough for first-time teams toget used to the game’s format.

Forest Heights PrincipalChester Brookover said hehopes to have a team returnnext year.

“We’re just so happy tohave the opportunity to comeand participate,” Brookoversaid.

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Mattaponi Elementary School students Bryce Stephens, 10, Noorah Baukman, 11, and Rennie Pearson, 11, com-pete Monday in the Science Bowl at the Bonnie F. Johns Educational Media Center in Landover.

During the U.S. governmentshutdown, Laurel federal em-ployees can receive free facilityaccess.

Fitness rooms and drop-ingymnasiums at the Robert J.Dipietro Community Cen-ter and the Laurel ArmoryAnderson-Murphy CommunityCenter are available to all cityresidents furloughed during theshutdown.

“It’s a service we wantedto provide to anyone who hasbeen furloughed,” said Laurelspokesman Pete Piringer.

Piringer said federal em-ployees and federal contractorsfurloughed are eligible.

“We’re not going to turnsomeone away who has beenfurloughed because of the shut-down,” Piringer said.

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Laurel-based real estatedeveloper Konterra Realty ishoping to light the way towardsrenewable energy by hostingMaryland’s first commercial so-lar microgrid system.

“The Konterra Solar Mi-crogrid is a prime example ofMaryland’s innovation econ-omy moving forward,” saidMaryland Governor MartinO’Malley (D), who attended aribbon-cutting ceremony forthe solar microgrid Tuesday af-ternoon at Konterra’s headquar-ters in Laurel.

By hosting one of the firstcommercial solar microgrids inthe country, Konterra is helpingMaryland lead the way in theemerging renewable energy in-dustry, he said.

“That means more jobs forMaryland fathers and mothers,”O’Malley said.

Melissa Gould, director ofsustainability initiatives for Kon-terra, said the grid would allowthe building to maintain powereven during an outage.

The system’s 402 kilowattcanopied solar array is esti-mated to generate 20 percent ofthe electricity needed to powerKonterra’s Laurel headquarters,said Scott Wiater, president ofRockville-based Standard Solar,which developed the microgridin collaboration with Philadel-phia-based Solar Grid Storage,which provided the energy stor-age system.

Wiater said the microgridsystem differs from a solar panelarray in that it is capable of stor-ing the electricity produced,which can be used to powerKonterra’s headquarters in caseof a power grid failure.

The microgrid, along withthe Konterra building’s emer-gency generator, could powerthe building indefinitely, de-pending on conditions, Wiatersaid.

“A regular solar array shutsdown if the grid goes down. Forsafety reasons, it stops produc-ing any power,” Wiater said. “Amicrogrid, when the grid goesdown, continues producing elec-tricity. Instead of going to the gridit goes to storage, and the buildingcan still be powered.”

Additionally, two electricvehicle charging stations havebeen installed, providing electri-cal charge for vehicles for a smallfee and charging stations can beadded as demand increases,said Warren Woo, Standard So-lar project manager.

The microgrid system costapproximately $2 million, saidKonterra CEO Kingdon Gould,

III, and was facilitated through a$250,000 “Game Changer” grantfrom the Maryland Energy Ad-ministration.

The Game Changer com-petitive grant provides funds toearly-commercialization stageclean energy projects based inMaryland, according to the statewebsite.

O’Malley said one of hisstrategic goals is to increase thestate’s renewable energy port-folio to 20 percent by the year2022.

“These are the things thatactually make the real estatebusiness we’re in continually in-teresting, as we try and upgradeand do things that are a littlebetter for the environment,”Kingdon Gould said.

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Scott Wiater (left), president of Standard Solar, shows the electric vehiclecharging station to Gov. Martin O’Malley on Tuesday during the opening ofthe Konterra Solar Microgrid in Laurel.

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POLICE BLOTTERThis activity report is pro-

vided by the Prince George’sCounty Police Department as apublic service to the communityand is not a complete listing ofall events and crime reported.

District 2Headquarters, Bowie, 301-390-

2100 Glenn Dale, Kettering, Lan-ham, Largo, Seabrook, Woodmore,Lake Arbor, Mitchellville and Up-per Marlboro.

OCT. 7Theft from vehicle, 12200

block James Madison Lane, 2:19a.m.

Residential break-in, 9100block Piper Ridge Court, 3:51a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 4700 blockCrain Highway Se, 7:16 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 2200 blockBarnstable Drive, 7:57 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 10000block Greenbelt Road, 7:59 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 8000 blockPenn Randall Place, 8:11 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 12200block James Madison Lane, 8:40a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 7100 blockMarius Court, 8:45 a.m.

Residential break-in, 5800block Marietta Station Drive,8:55 a.m.


Residential break-in, 4800block Brookstone Terrace, 9:41a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 7000 blockInnsfield Court, 10:11 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 7000 blockInnsfield Court, 10:17 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6300 blockBrightlea Drive, 10:43 a.m.

Residential break-in, 9000block Taylor St., 11:43 a.m.


Vehicle stolen, 5500 blockCordona St., 2:07 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 3500 blockEmperor Court, 2:22 p.m.

Theft, 8600 block CiprianoSprings Court, 4:55 p.m.

Theft, 10500 block ClearyLane, 5:40 p.m.

OCT. 8Assault, 12100 block Sutton

Lane, 1:32 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 8400 block Old

Marlboro Pike, 8:12 a.m.Theft, 6000 block High Bridge

Road, 10:27 a.m.Assault with a weapon, 16300

block Elkhorn Lane, 10:47 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 13400

block Overbrook Lane, 11:07a.m.

Theft, 8000 block Penn Ran-dall Place, 11:10 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 7800 blockPenn Western Court, 11:31 a.m.

Break-in, 1500 block DantonLane, 2:23 p.m.

Theft, 16000 block ElegantCourt, 11:34 p.m.

OCT. 9Theft, 4700 block Halloran

Court, 8:07 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 16700

block Governors Bridge Road,8:52 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 8900 blockDarcy Road, 8:59 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 9400 blockAnnapolis Road, 9:09 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 9700 blockGood Luck Road, 9:43 a.m.

Carjacking, 6500 blockDawnwood Drive, 10:48 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 8100 blockTriple Crown Road, 11:34 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 7400 blockForbes Blvd, 12:12 p.m.

Theft, 14900 block DoveheartLane, 1:12 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 13400block Lord Dunbore Place, 2:21p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 1200 blockCapital Center Blvd, 3:13 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 900 blockLargo Center Drive, 5:16 p.m.

Theft, 15200 block AnnapolisRoad, 5:45 p.m.

Theft, 9400 block KynastonCourt, 7:17 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 8100 blockTriple Crown Road, 7:27 p.m.

Theft, 2000 block RobertBowie Drive, 8:44 p.m.

OCT. 10Commercial property break-in,

9300 block Annapolis Road, 3:21a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 8500 blockGreenbelt Road, 7:29 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 1000 blockLargo Center Drive, 7:45 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 11200block Hannah Way, 9:12 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 8400 blockChervil Road, 9:22 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 4600 blockMargie Court, 11:28 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 12100block Forge Lane, 11:33 a.m.

Theft, 15500 block EmeraldWay, 1:04 p.m.

Theft, 13900 block CarleneDrive, 3:28 p.m.

Assault, 15900 block Excali-bur Road, 4:17 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 9500 blockFranklin Ave, 5:10 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 9900 blockGood Luck Road, 5:30 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 9700 blockApollo Drive, 6:21 p.m.

OCT. 11Theft from vehicle, 500 block

Mount Lubentia Court W, 4:35

a.m.Theft from vehicle, 300 block

Tamarack Court, 7:30 a.m.Theft, 9400 block Annapolis

Road, 11:56 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 12400

block Winding Lane, 12:29 p.m.Theft, 300 block Largo Road,

12:49 p.m.Residential break-in, 14600

block Governor Sprigg Place,1:07 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 4000 blockWilliam Lane, 1:14 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 2600 blockFair Lane, 2:42 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 4000 blockWilliam Lane, 2:59 p.m.

Residential break-in, 11300block Joyceton Drive, 7:54 p.m.

Residential break-in, 7200block Hanover Pky, 10:14 p.m.

OCT. 12Vehicle stolen, unit block of

Joyceton Terrace, 9:33 a.m.Theft, 12100 block Central

Ave, 10:24 a.m.Theft, 8900 block Presiden-

tial Pky, 11:54 a.m.Theft, 8900 block Presiden-

tial Pky, 3:58 p.m.Vehicle stolen, 1300 block

Durham Drive, 7:08 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 15600

block Excelsior Drive, 10:15 p.m.Robbery, 3200 block Shekhar

Court, 11:05 p.m.

OCT. 13Sexual assault, 8800 block

Block Lottsford Road, 7:27 a.m.Theft, 1800 block Robert

Lewis Ave, 12:07 p.m.Residential break-in, 12500

block Brewster Lane, 1:31 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 3400 block

Everette Drive, 5:05 p.m.Theft, 600 block Crain High-

way Sw, 5:11 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 13700

block Central Ave, 6:15 p.m.Theft, Parkside Drive/Wood-

song Lane, 7:55 p.m.Residential break-in, unit

block of Castleton Drive, 9:15p.m.

District 4Headquarters, Oxon Hill,

301-749-4900. Temple Hills, Hill-crest Heights, Camp Springs,Suitland, Morningside, Oxon Hill,Fort Washington, Forest Heights,Friendly, Accokeek and Windbrook(subdivision in Clinton).


Southern Ave, 6:05 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 2100 block

Belfast Drive, 6:20 a.m.Residential break-in, 5600

block Wyville Ave, 7:12 a.m.

Vehicle stolen and recovered,Henson Drive/Old Temple HillsRoad, 7:13 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 2700 block Ke-ating St., 12:55 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 3700 blockBranch Ave, 2:02 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 3700 blockBranch Ave, 2:32 p.m.

Robbery on commercial prop-erty, 6100 block Oxon Hill Road,3:33 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 4200 block28th Ave, 4:04 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 5100 blockIndian Head Highway, 4:08 p.m.


Theft from vehicle, 6100 blockLivingston Road, 4:42 p.m.

Theft, 3300 block BrinkleyRoad, 7:28 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 1900 block Ar-rowroot Court, 7:44 p.m.

Theft, 12700 block Old FortRoad, 9:50 p.m.


Candy Apple Lane, 6:41 a.m.Theft, 2900 block St. Clair

Drive, 10:21 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 4500 block Al-

lentown Road, 11:07 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 5100 block

Indian Head Highway, 11:59a.m.

Theft, 3000 block BrinkleyRoad, 12:20 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 1400 blockIverson St., 12:47 p.m.

Theft, 2100 block Alice Ave,2:10 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 5300 blockBroadwater St., 2:19 p.m.

Residential break-in, 3200block Lumar Drive, 3:00 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 1400 blockIverson St., 4:27 p.m.

Residential break-in, 3300block Huntley Square Drive,6:43 p.m.

Theft, 1100 block KennebecSt., 6:57 p.m.

Theft, 4000 block 24th Ave,7:18 p.m.

Theft, 10600 block Cedar-wood Lane, 7:56 p.m.

Residential break-in, 500 blockWilson Bridge Drive, 9:23 p.m.

Residential break-in, 5300block Haras Place, 9:59 p.m.

Robbery on commercial prop-erty, 6400 block Auth Road, 10:39p.m.

OCT. 9Vehicle stolen, 6500 block Liv-

ingston Road, 12:28 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 100 blockRolph Drive, 2:04 a.m.

Commercial property break-in,6200 block Oxon Hill Road, 3:13a.m.

Residential break-in, 5100block Sharon Road, 5:44 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 3200 blockKingsway Road, 6:58 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 11300block Glissade Drive, 7:28 a.m.

Commercial property break-in,3600 block Old Silver Hill Road,8:07 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 13300 blockReid Lane, 8:11 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, Henson BridgeTerrace/Crafford Drive, 9:37a.m.

Theft, 5300 block LorraineDrive, 12:23 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, Cole-brooke Drive/26th Ave, 1:14p.m.

Theft from vehicle, Nb BranchAve/Wb Iverson St., 1:46 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 4200 blockBlk 28th Ave, 3:43 p.m.



Theft from vehicle, 6000 blockOxon Hill Road, 4:02 p.m.



Theft, 3100 block Good HopeAve, 6:05 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, LivingstonRoad/Oxon Hill Road, 6:40 p.m.

OCT. 10Commercial property break-

in, 15700 block Livingston Road,3:48 a.m.

Vehicle stolen and recovered,2500 block Olson St., 6:19 a.m.

Theft, 7100 block BrockwayDrive, 7:21 a.m.

Theft, 7900 block IndianHead Highway, 8:09 a.m.

Vehicle stolen and recovered,6100 block Baxter Ave, 8:14 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 600 blockAudrey Lane, 8:33 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 3300 blockHuntley Square Drive, 8:39 a.m.

Robbery on commercial prop-erty, 4600 block Brittania Way,9:20 a.m.

Theft, 3100 block BranchAve, 9:48 a.m.

Theft, 6300 block LivingstonRoad, 10:19 a.m.

Theft, 6100 block LivingstonRoad, 10:30 a.m.

Theft, 4000 block MurdockSt., 11:07 a.m.

562V, 5400 block LivingstonTerrace, 1:22 p.m.


Theft, 6300 block MaxwellDrive, 2:45 p.m.

Assault, 5200 block IndianHead Highway, 2:55 p.m.


Theft from vehicle, 7500 blockCatone Court, 3:13 p.m.




Theft, 13200 block BangorDrive, 4:21 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 2200 block An-vil Lane, 4:29 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 6100 blockOxon Hill Road, 5:24 p.m.

Residential break-in, 8800block Loughran Road, 5:46 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 5900 blockFisher Road, 6:20 p.m.

Theft, 10700 block IndianHead Highway, 7:13 p.m.

OCT. 11Robbery on commercial prop-

erty, 900 block East Swan CreekRoad, 12:27 a.m.

Commercial property break-in, 15700 block Livingston Road,4:18 a.m.

Residential break-in, 400block Biddle Road, 9:24 a.m.

Commercial property break-in,4300 block St. Barnabas Road,10:53 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 4300 blockTelfair Blvd, 10:59 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 3700 blockBranch Ave, 11:20 a.m.

Theft, 2500 block Olson St.,12:02 p.m.

Theft, 300 block BrocktonRoad, 12:20 p.m.

Theft, 6100 block Oxon HillRoad, 12:36 p.m.

Robbery, Old Silver HillRoad/Aberdeen St., 12:40 p.m.

Theft, 2800 block Keating St.,1:24 p.m.


Robbery, 3000 block South-ern Ave, 3:41 p.m.

Theft, 6100 block St. Barn-abas Road, 3:50 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6600 blockPine Grove Drive, 4:43 p.m.

Residential break-in, 8300block Indian Head Highway,6:48 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 1100 blockKennebec St., 8:41 p.m.

Robbery on commercial prop-erty, 5500 block St. BarnabasRoad, 9:46 p.m.


Oxon Hill Road, 1:29 a.m.Commercial property break-in,

6600 block Allentown Road, 9:17a.m.

Break-in, 4900 block TempleHill Road, 9:19 a.m.

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rid of the cancer.Both women think they will

reach their $5,000 goal, sayingthey have had positive feedbackfrom community members.Some volunteers got togetherOct. 11 to help organize theevent and pass out fliers.

The organizers said theevent will raise awareness andhelp bring the Beechtree com-munity together.

“It is about getting ourcommunity together,” Rollins-Taylor said. “If every commu-nity did this, we could make areally big change.”

In 2012, Susan G. Komendonated $58 million to breastcancer research and paid for600,000 breast cancer screen-

ings for women across thecountry, according to the non-profit’s annual report.

Jenelle Cooke-Hinnant,another Beechtree resident,said she will attend the walkbecause it will get the commu-nity interested in prevention,which is important for all menand women.

Cooke-Hinnant said shehad a friend diagnosed withbreast cancer at 31, whichgave her a personal interest inthe cause.

“I think prevention iskey to disease and sickness,”Cooke-Hinnant said. “Peoplewant to give back and theywant to know. They just needa tool or person or organiza-tion or someone to coordinatethe effort.”

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their homes after the racewaywas built and knew what theygetting into when they pur-chased their homes.

The Maryland Video Lot-tery Facility Commission,tasked with overseeing thePrince George’s County casinoselection process, has acceptedbids from three different com-panies vying for the state’s sixthand the county’s first casino li-cense. Each company has pro-posed a south Prince George’sCounty site, with MGM In-ternational Resorts propos-ing a site at National Harbor,Greenwood Racing petitioningfor a site at the intersection ofIndian Head Highway and OldFort Road in Fort Washingtonand Penn National Gaminghoping to renovate its exist-ing Fort Washington location,Rosecroft Raceway.

Each casino will give a pre-sentation to the commissionstarting with Penn NationalGaming on Oct. 21, GreenwoodRacing on Oct. 23 and MGMInternational Resorts on Oct.25. Each meeting will consistof a 2 p.m. site visit, a 4:30 p.m.presentation to the commis-sion and a 6 p.m. public hear-ing, where residents can testifyregarding the casinos. The pre-sentation and hearing will takeplace at Friendly High School inFort Washington.

“[The casino] is inappropri-ate,” said Bonnie Bick of OxonHill, who was at the protest.“They wouldn’t put the casinoin Rockville, would they? Whywould they put it in Oxon Hill?”

Bick said she was protesting

the casino because of the dam-age it could cause the commu-nity — she cited increased crimeand poverty — and also becauseMilt Peterson, principal andchairman of The Peterson Cos.and developer of National Har-bor, said he would never bringgambling into the area. Now hehas made an about face and itsputting the community at risk,Bick said. Peterson admitted hischange of view in a 2012 Wash-ington Post article, stating thatthe National Harbor develop-ment had lost about $10 million

due to the housing market crashand The Walt Disney Co. aban-doning plans to build a 500-room destination resort, so itwas time to try something new.

Joyce Evans of Fort Wash-ington said she was protestingthe National Harbor casino be-cause it could lower the values ofhomes in a county that is alreadysuffering from foreclosures.

Residential communitieslike this don’t need the kinds ofthings that come with casinos,such as gentleman’s clubs andstrip clubs, she said.

“We want people to under-stand it won’t be good for us,”Evans said. “The county maybenefit, but the communitywon’t.”

Xeno St. Cyr of Fort Wash-ington has been vocal on hissupport for a county casino. Itwill be a new revenue source forthe area, and it will bring jobsand money, he said.

“National Harbor is alreadyan entertainment tourist con-vention and shopping venue,”St. Cyr said. “That proposed lo-cation would seem to be ideal.”

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Sheila Fagan of Oxon Hill stands on Oxon Hill Road with other residents Oct. 9 to protest a casino at National Harbor.Fagan said she is concerned the casino will reduce property values and bring increased crime.

this particular training, whichinvolves weapons training, isusually held in New Mexico orGermany and has never beenheld at the base before, saidbase spokesperson Eric Shar-man.

Sharman said alerting thepublic about training exercisesis “standard procedure,” andbase officials are investigatingwhy an announcement wasn’tmade this time.

Bowie City Manager Da-vid Deutsch as well as policemet with Air Force officialsMonday to discuss the inci-dent and negotiated termsunder which the base willconduct future trainings, ac-cording to a letter Deutschsent to the Air Force.

The training will continuein Davidsonville but only from8 a.m. to 8 p.m. until Friday.

Air Force officials have alsoagreed to contact city officials,the Bowie Police Departmentand local media outlets priorto any future trainings, Shar-man said.

The Bowie Police Depart-ment dispatched its entireseven-person squad and then

requested assistance from thePrince George’s police whosent one of its two helicoptersto survey the Melford area nearU.S. 50, said Maria McKinney,a county police spokesperson.

Police and Air Force of-ficials are still uncertain whysounds from the training trav-eled to Bowie, especially sinceAnne Arundel County policedidn’t receive any calls report-ing noise, he said.

“We were thinking it wassuch low fog and cover thatnight that it pushed every-thing towards us. It was theperfect storm of atmosphericconditions to drive thatsound towards us,” Neskysaid. “We went out there withthe captain and the colonelfrom the Air Force and theyset out a ground burst andyou could hear it, but it wasnothing like the level it was[that night].”

The Bowie Police Depart-ment sent community emailsand made an announcementthrough the Bowie alert sys-tem to notify residents of theongoing training exercise, hesaid.

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next year, they invite me to [NewYork] Couture Fashion Week,”she said.

“Couture” clothing is one-of-a-kind, created from high-qualitymaterial and adorned with intri-cate, handmade embellishments,said Andres Aquino, who foundedthe event in 2005.

The three day event featuresabout 30 international designerstwice a year in the spring and thefall. Designers submit applica-tions and are selected based onclothing quality, including ma-terial and embellishments used,Aquino said.

Since Luzhina-Salazar be-gan designing dresses, she quitdesigning costumes and has noplans to start again, she said.

“I’m doing this for fun only,”she said. “I am so relaxed right

now because I am doing what Iwant.”

A custom piece of coutureclothing sells on average for$2,500 and takes anywhere from30 to 100 hours to make, said EllaPritsker, who is also a native ofRussia and founder of the Mary-land Academy of Couture Arts inTimonium that teaches couturesewing. She calls Luzhina-Sala-zar a “fabulous designer.”

Luzhina-Salazar said sherefuses to sell her dresses as she

has few buyers willing to pay fullprice, and her husband, MiguelSalazar, works to support themboth.

Luzhina-Salazar said shepromises herself after each fash-ion week show, after all the hardwork, it will be her last, but she isalready creating her next collec-tion in her head.

“By mistake, I became afashion designer,” she said.

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Prince George’s has gone pink for October. Across thecounty, there are signs of people celebrating Breast CancerAwareness Month — pink firetrucks, pink buses, pink rib-bons — but for one community, wearing the special colorsignifying awareness wasn’t enough.

Sarah Rollins and her daughter, Alisha Rollins-Taylor,both residents of the Beechtree community in UpperMarlboro, have organized a race/walk for the cure in their

neighborhood as a way ofuniting the communityagainst the deadly disease.Like many walk par-ticipants, the family hasbeen impacted as Rollins’grandmother died after atwo-year battle with breastcancer in 1998.

Their effort is espe-cially significant since there is no other breast cancerawareness walk held regularly in the county — eventhough Prince George’s has the highest breast cancermortality rate in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.About 30.2 per 100,000 people in Prince George’s die frombreast cancer annually.

Maryland hosts two official Susan G. Komen Race forthe Cure events: the Hunt Valley chapter, which hosts its21st annual event Oct. 20, and an April event in Ocean Citynow in its third year. While Prince George’s is well repre-sented in May’s annual Race for the Cure in Washington,D.C., taking part in Maryland events can be a challenge.

Fortunately, Rollins and her daughter are filling thevoid and hosting a community 5K on Oct. 26, aiming toraise $5,000 to go toward finding a cure for breast cancer.

Even if they fall short, the effort is commendable. Ac-cording to Susan G. Komen Maryland, about $100 coversthe cost of a mammogram for an uninsured woman. Thatnumber is welcome news in Prince George’s as the studycited 29 percent of women 45 to 64 years old were unin-sured, and 72 percent may lose insurance due to the highcosts of treatment. Last year, the nationwide Komen effortdonated $58 million to breast cancer research and paid for600,000 breast cancer screenings, according to its annualreport.

Also on the bright side, county residents appear tounderstand the need for screenings, as 81.3 percent ofwomen ages 40 and older have had a mammogram in thelast two years, according to a 2010 study by The Susan G.Komen Race for the Cure National Capital Area.

Of course, Beechtree isn’t alone in its efforts to raiseawareness. For the third year, county firefighters andparamedics will be wearing and selling pink uniform shirtsthrough the end of the month. The department raisednearly $9,000 in sales last year that was used for patientassistance, and cancer research and screenings. Sister’sNetwork Prince George’s County, a county nonprofit thatsupports breast cancer awareness and aids survivors, andother organizations are working throughout the month tomotivate residents to get breast cancer screenings.

But the Rollins family effort speaks not only to thegoodwill of a family, it also highlights the power of a closecommunity. Too often, residents wait for governmentleaders, businesses or nonprofit organizations to take thelead on making a change. However, like a tree, true growthdoesn’t start at the top, it begins in the roots.

Rollins and her daughter aren’t organizing the race tobe in the spotlight, but to help others. Their effort couldlead to another woman receiving an early cancer diagnosisthat significantly increases her chances of recovery.

Imagine the impact if residents led similar efforts ineach of the county’s 27 municipalities and elsewhere inPrince George’s.

On top of it all, the walk provides a chance for neigh-bors to meet each other, bond and unite around a com-mon cause — all while helping save lives.

Kudos to the Rollins family for taking on such a worthycause. Hopefully, their grassroots effort will branch out tomore Prince George’s communities.

Battling cancer,one communityat a time

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LET TERS TOTHEEDITOR

“I am proud of Bowie, myhometown of 52-plus years,but I am not proud of our citygovernment,” I said at a BowieCity Council meeting last sum-mer.

Bowie is the all-Americancity. Good government inAmerica begins with goodgovernment in Bowie. There isa city election next month, yetup until now you would notknow it from driving aroundtown or by reading the news-papers. Bowie city electionswere once a proud tradition.The political monopoly whichhas controlled the city for over

20 years has crushed all oppo-sition to the point where peo-ple have become complacentand do not care anymore.

Has anyone else noticedhow trashy our city has be-come? It is time to clean upBowie.

I have placed my name onthe ballot for mayor becauseother than District 3, therewould not have been a mean-ingful city election in Bowie. ByCity Charter, the mayor doestwo things in Bowie: chairs theCity Council meetings and actsas the ceremonial figureheadof Bowie. The unelected city

manager who has been in of-fice for 20 years is the chiefexecutive officer of Bowie andthe head of the city of Bowie.Our city manager/City Councilform of government obfus-cates and hides who is really incharge of the city administra-tion (executive branch). I thinkthat is wrong. We only have tolook as far as the current cityattorney who inherited herposition from her father to seenepotism in Bowie city govern-ment.

I believe Bowie city gov-ernment belongs to everyone,and not just to a small few for

a lifetime. Having said this, Iam capable of running a CityCouncil meeting and actingceremonial. I would like tofulfill Mayor Dick Logue’s 1992public pledge to bring BowieState University into the cor-porate city limits. I supportlimiting the term of our CityCouncil and limiting the termof our city manager. And, Iwould add that my fireworksreturn to Allen Pond Park willbe better than Mr. Robinson’sfireworks at the stadium. Ihumbly and respectfully askfor your vote on Nov. 5.

Richard A. Dahms, Bowie

‘It is time to clean up Bowie’

Fake houses built in an attempt todisguise noisy electrical substations inresidential neighborhoods would not benecessary if decision makers would switchto the less expensive, invasive and intru-sive Purple Line option — a dedicated buslane instead of light rail.

My understanding is that long ago, be-fore the financial collapse of 2008 changedthe economy, the much less problematicdedicated bus line was rejected because,“people don’t like buses.” If that was evertrue, it’s changed, especially with the ad-vent of the very comfortable, clean andinexpensive buses that go from the Wash-ington, D.C., area to New York City.

I used to be a train-only person, butlike everyone I know I’ve changed.

The cost of constructing a dedicated

bus line alongside current roads is signifi-cantly less than the light rail option, andthe result is more flexible and less of aneighborhood blight.

Those unpopular electrical stationswouldn’t be needed, and if there was anemergency, or local event, or commu-nity building recreational activity (like abikeathon or marathon) the extra trafficlanes could temporarily be put to good use— not so with train tracks.

A dedicated bus lane would also meanless long-term expense and inconve-nience. Bus lanes do not require the costly,disruptive kinds of maintenance that traintracks do, so fares could be kept lower, taxrevenue could be put to other uses, andpassengers would not be inconveniencedwhile the work on the tracks and trains is

being done.The Metro trains have become expen-

sive to ride and on weekends the system isinconvenient to the point of almost beinguseless because of maintenance work —all this weekend five Red Line stations areclosed.

People are increasingly riding the buslines we already have instead of the Metrotrains.

Well-planned and smoothly function-ing public transportation is a laudablegoal. A dedicated bus lane would servethis purpose, but the Purple Line light railoption is too costly and disruptive in boththe short and long term to be good for ourneighborhoods.

Jennifer Bellis, Silver Spring

Make the Purple Line a bus lane

So the federal government is shutdown. We have needed to get rid of all thehigh-paid folks in Congress for a long time.Too bad our hands are tied, and we can’tvote them all out.

I don’t have much sympathy. Yes, thegovernment workers will be without a payfor a few days.

But they will have a few days off andthen actually get paid later. I worked forthe government for 37 years, and a few

times I was furloughed. However, I didget paid for the time off. The governmentcould save some money.

I loved the benefits, and I am still lov-ing the benefits. When I went to work ona commuter bus, at the end of the monthI got paid for coming to work. If you tookMetro, a vanpool or a bus, you got reim-bursed to go to work. We left early manytimes for something going on in the city orthe weather.

I pay a very small portion of my healthinsurance. I’m retired; the governmentpicks up the tab. So I can’t complain aboutthe benefits.

But I sure could tell the governmenthow to save a lot of money. And govern-ment employees, you may be furloughednow and have a few days off, but you willget paid later (and have gotten time off forit).

Conney Cox, La Plata

No sympathy for workers

Central service profes-sionals are being celebratedfor their important role andcommitment to patient safetyduring International CentralService Week, Oct. 13-19. TheInternational Association ofHealthcare Central Service Ma-teriel Management represents

approximately 21,000 centralservice professionals in theU.S. and abroad who facilitatethe procurement, manage-ment and processing of surgi-cal supplies and equipment.

Central service profession-als are integral members ofthe health care team who are

responsible for decontaminat-ing, inspecting, assembling,disassembling, packaging andsterilizing reusable surgicalinstruments or devices in ahealth care facility that are es-sential for patient safety.

If you or someone you lovehas undergone a surgical pro-

cedure, a central service profes-sional was directly responsiblefor the cleaning and steriliza-tion of the instruments usedthroughout your operation.

Please join us in honoringthese dedicated professionals.

Beverly Holloway, Springdale

Honoring members of the health care team


Alisha Rollins-Taylor puts a flier publicizing a 5K walk/run in a mailbox inher Beechtree community in Upper Marlboro. The event is being held toraise breast cancer awareness.

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1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.

DeMatha 7-1Stags 60 pts

Gwynn Park 6-0Yellow Jackets 53 pts

Suitland 6-0Rams 49 pts

Flowers 6-0Jaguars 41 pts

DuVal 5-1Tigers 37 pts

Surrattsville 6-0Hornets 30 pts

Forestville 5-1Knights 23 pts

Wise 3-2Pumas 14 pts

Bowie 2-3Bulldogs 10 pts

Douglass 3-2Eagles 6 pts

HOW THEY RANKFootball

Also receiving votes: Riverdale Bap-tist 4; Bishop McNamara 6.

STANDINGS

Prince George’s 3A/2A/1A LeagueTeam All Div. PF PAGwynn Park 6-0 4-0 230 67Surrattsville 6-0 4-0 209 70Forestville 5-1 3-1 222 42Douglass 4-2 3-1 178 98Friendly 3-3 2-2 138 126Potomac 2-4 2-2 118 128Central 2-4 1-3 84 164Crossland 1-5 1-4 64 233Largo 1-5 1-4 61 176Fairmont Hghts 0-6 0-4 44 224

Prince George’s 4A LeagueTeam All Div. PF PAFlowers 6-0 5-0 228 22Suitland 6-0 5-0 218 63DuVal 5-1 4-1 136 54Wise 4-2 3-2 105 62Oxon Hill 3-3 2-3 98 132Bowie 2-4 2-3 98 96Northwestern 2-4 2-3 62 144Parkdale 2-4 2-3 106 145E. Roosevelt 2-4 2-3 117 78Laurel 2-4 2-3 117 225High Point 2-4 1-4 82 141Bladensburg 1-5 0-5 60 208

Private schoolsTeam All PF PARiverdale Baptist 7-0 253 88Capitol Christian 4-0 112 61DeMatha 7-1 262 143McNamara 5-2 230 197Pallotti 4-3 125 150National Christian 2-3 97 145

Last week’s scoresPallotti 21, Mount Carmel 14DeMatha 61, Bishop McNamara 27Capitol Christian 22, Carroll 12Laurel 48, Parkdale 36DuVal 28, Bowie 7Suitland 49, Bladensburg 6Wise 8, Eleanor Roosevelt 0Surrattsville 22, Forestville 20Oxon Hill 14, Northwestern 13Douglass 34, Potomac 32, 2OTFlowers 35, High Point 0Friendly 40, Crossland 20Central 22, Fairmont Heights 14Gwynn Park 36, Largo 0Riv. Baptist 35, Cesar Chavez 20

LEADERSTop rushers

Carries Yards Avg. TDsJ. Baynes, R. Bapt. 99 1048 10.6 11A. Major, Surratts. 89 1019 11.5 11T. Deal, DeM. 113 861 7.6 10K. Strong, Potom. 50 594 11.9 8A. Brooks, DuVal 75 580 7.7 9R. Wigfall, Suit. 56 536 9.6 8R. Williams, McN. 76 495 6.5 6

Top passersCmp-Att. Yards Int. TDs

R. Williams, McN. 99-171 1818 8 20M. Duckett, Lau. 73-162 1372 7 14J. Green, Bowie 57-132 1081 4 10J. Lovett, DeM. 63-108 927 0 9W. Wolfolk, Suit. 40-70 824 4 8A. Brooks, DuVal 42-73 719 2 6J. Adams, G.Park 30-56 609 4 3

Top receiversRec. Yards Avg. TDs

J. Crockett, McN. 42 975 23.2 16C. Murray, McN. 41 557 13.6 7C. Phillips, DeM. 28 499 17.8 8C. Walker, Lau. 20 424 21.2 4B. Clinton, Lau. 13 334 25.7 4M. Harvin, Lau. 15 331 22.1 4

BEST BETGonzaga vs. DeMatha,

7 p.m. Friday at PG Sports &Learning Complex in Landover.DeMatha and Gonzaga are theonly undefeated teams in Wash-ington Catholic Athletic Confer-ence play. DeMatha, which lostfour straight to Gonzaga beforewinning in last season’s WCACsemifinals, would guaranteeitself the No. 1 seed in the play-offs with a victory.

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SPORTSSPORTSBOWIE | LARGO | UPPER MARLBORO | CLINTON | FORT WASHINGTON

FRESHMAN EARNS THE STARTING QUARTERBACK JOB AT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, A-11

n Clinton-based boxer isanxious for his sixth pro fightFriday at Rosecroft

BY NICK CAMMAROTASTAFF WRITER

Mike Reed still remembers theday seven years ago when he firstwalked into Dream Team BoxingGym in Clinton.

Then an open canvass waitingto be filled with equipment, Reed’sfather, Michael “Buck” Pinson, thegym’s owner and operator, had bigplans for the space. So he solicitedthe help of his sons.

Reed has four older brothersand one younger brother. Includedamong them are Tyrell Newton andVictor Brown, both of whom helpedcultivate Reed’s love of boxing sincehe turned 10. Being the youngest ofthe trio at the time, Reed’s job inhelping start a gym that has sincebecome a hotbed of boxing talentthat houses the likes of heavyweightSeth Mitchell was simple.

“I was on the cleanup crew,”Reed said. “Every now and thenmy dad would ask me to measuresomething or where I thought thespeed bags should go. But therewas a lot of sawdust in the gym aswe built the ring, so he would haveme sweeping up the sawdust mostof the time.”

Reed, 20, nicknamed “Yes In-deed,” doesn’t have to worry muchanymore about sweeping up saw-dust — just brushing away his nextopponent.

The recently-turned profes-sional fighter is 5-0 with fourknockouts in his young career andis scheduled to spar another unde-feated boxer, Randy Fuentes (McAl-len, Tex.), on Friday at RosecroftRaceway in a six-round fight.

“I feel as though after turningpro in March I’m definitely movingat a good pace,” said Reed, who wasborn in Washington, D.C., but nowlives in Waldorf. “I’m trying to fightevery month because the most im-portant thing to do as a professionalis stay active.”

Reed’s boxing career nearly wasover before it began. The 5-foot-6,140-pound pugilist out of WestlakeHigh School lost his first four ama-

Yes Indeed:Reed openspro boxingcareer with5-0 start

BY NICK CAMMAROTASTAFF WRITER

ate in the fourth quarter of Monday af-ternoon’s football game at Parkdale HighSchool, Laurel quarterback Mason Duckettsquatted down on the visiting sideline.

He held a bag of ice firmly to his rightelbow, centimeters above the protectivesleeve he wears, and winced in pain.

Duckett had already thrown five touch-down passes and rushed for another score, but with two min-utes remaining and his team ahead by five points, the victorywas far from assured. The Spartans had the ball, too, whichmade things even more painful for the 6-foot-1 signal caller.

One drive earlier, Duckett watched as backup quarter-back Justin Williams was sacked for a 4-yard loss on fourthdown, a play that helped set up Parkdale’s most recent touch-

down. So Duckett re-entered the game only to hobble off thefield as pain again coursed through his elbow following ahard tackle. On Laurel’s next play, Williams lost five yards.

Surrounded by teammates with Duckett’s best interest inmind, the quarterback sprung from his squat, snapped on hishelmet and jogged toward the field.

“Don’t do it Mason,” said one defensive lineman.“It’s not worth it,” said another. “Don’t, Mason. Don’t.”They yelled to Laurel coach Todd Sommerville, pleading

with him to not allow Duckett back into the game having seenhow uncomfortable he was seconds earlier. But Sommervillewas too far away to hear them and No. 14 broke Laurel’s hud-dle on the field.

Duckett handed off to Malik Harvin on second down for a7-yard gain. The next play call came in. Sommerville wantedto pass.

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Laurel High School quarterback Mason Duckett looks to make a play during Monday’s game against Parkdale.

n Multi-position player,Tennessee recruit is turningheads throughout the county

BY TRAVIS MEWHIRTERSTAFF WRITER

Jerome Dews is not your friend, atleast, not if you’re wearing anythingother than a Potomac High School jer-sey and you’re standing on the samefootball field he is. There are Largo andGwynn Park linemen that know thisand likely a few on every other teamthat has crossed the Wolverines’ paththis season.

“I want to hit them in the mouth onthe first play,” said Dews, a senior and aUniversity of Tennessee recruit. “I lovecontact. That’s the best thing aboutfootball. That’s the reason you shouldplay football — to make a big play. Imean, I’d rather make a big hit than getan interception. When I’m at defensiveend, I want people to say, ‘Man, I neverwant to play Jerome Dews again.’ Andwhen I’m playing on a receiver, man Ijust want to beat them up all day.”

Much to Dews’ pleasure, coachRonnie Crump slots him at just aboutevery position on the field, where hecan lay a hit on just about anybody.Dews was originally recruited by theVolunteers to play outside linebacker,

but has since been told he will likelyplay receiver in the Southeastern Con-ference. Crump, meanwhile, regularlyrotates the 6-foot-4, 200 pound athletebetween linebacker, receiver, corner-back, defensive end and tight end.

“That’s the intriguing thing aboutJerome,” Crump said. “You don’t knowwhat he’s going to be best at. He’s justvery athletic, freakishly athletic. He canplay a lot of positions. He can line upat wide receiver. He can line up at tightend. He can be a defensive end with hishands in the dirt and he can stand upand play linebacker.”

This kind of versatility has Crump

Potomac’s Dews plays to intimidate foes

Boxer Mike Reed, who trains in Clinton,will box his sixth professional fight Oct.18 at Rosecroft Raceway in FortWashington against RandyFuentes (4-0-1).

PHOTO FROM JUAN MARSHALL

FORGETTHEPAINTHERE’S A GAME TO WINn Laurel quarterback threw for 301 yards, six TDs in Monday’s victory against Parkdale

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See DEWS, Page A-11

See REED, Page A-11

FEARLESS FORECASTS

The Gazette sports staff picks thewinners for this week’s gamesinvolving Prince George’s football teams.Here are this week’s selections:

Prince George’s County recordAll games

Bladensburg at High PointFriends vs. PallottiGonzaga at DeMathaModel at Riverdale BaptistCapitol Christian at Caesar Chavez (D.C.)Wise at SuitlandBowie at LaurelOxon Hill at DuValParkdale at Eleanor RooseveltFairmont Heights at FriendlyFlowers at NorthwesternSurrattsville at Gwynn ParkPotomac at CentralLargo at CrosslandDouglass at ForestvilleMcNamara at St. John’s College

JenniferBeekman

85-23170-46

High PointPallottiDeMathaRiv. BaptistCapitol Christ.SuitlandBowieDuVal

E. RooseveltFriendlyFlowersGwynn ParkPotomacLargoForestvilleSt. John’s

DanFeldman

89-19175-41


E. RooseveltFriendlyFlowersGwynn ParkPotomacCrosslandDouglassSt. John’s

KenSain

87-21175-41


E. RooseveltFriendlyFlowersGwynn ParkPotomacLargoDouglassSt. John’s

KentZakour

80-28165-51

High PointPallottiDeMathaRiv. BaptistChavezSuitlandBowieDuVal

E. RooseveltFriendlyFlowersGwynn ParkPotomacLargoDouglassSt. John’s

NickCammarota

87-21171-43

BladensburgPallottiDeMathaRiv. BaptistCapitol Christ.SuitlandBowieDuVal

E. RooseveltFriendlyFlowersGwynn ParkPotomacCrosslandDouglassSt. John’s

TravisMewhirter

91-17172-44


E. RooseveltFriendlyFlowersGwynn ParkPotomacCrosslandForestvilleSt. John’s


n After earning first startthree weeks ago, Sumpterleads Falcons to win vs.Fairmont Heights

BY HARVEY VALENTINESPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE

In describing Central HighSchool quarterback DamariiSumpter, coach Ken Amakerused a word several times notnormally associated with fresh-men.

“He’s real poised for a youngguy,” Amaker said. “He’s playeda lot. He’s ready to compete. Ithought he could help us on thevarsity so we moved him up.”

Sumpter, who took over thestarting duties three weeks ago,threw a touchdown pass andengineered the winning drive in22-14 Falcons’ victory Mondayat Fairmont Heights in the inau-gural Addison Road Bowl.

It was his first win as astarter and improved Centralto 2-4 overall, 1-3 in the County3A/2A/1A League.

In leading the Falcons downa muddy field in a tie game infront of a boisterous rival crowd,Sumpter looked like he’d done itall before.

“I was nervous my first gameat Surrattsville, then after that —Forestville and this game — I’mnever nervous,” he said of hisnew role. “I’m just relaxed.”

The game-winning drivecame after Fairmont Heightshad intercepted a Sumpter passand drove 35 yards to tie thegame at 14, but Sumpter wasn’tdwelling on that when he cameback out on the field.

“I was just thinking, ‘My teamis going to go down and score andwin the game,’” he said.

And it did, going 62 yards in11 plays. Junior Deion Petersonrushed for 38 yards on the finaldrive while Sumpter completedboth of his pass attempts for 18yards.

Peterson eventually scoredfrom the 1-yard line, but not be-fore the quarterback suggested adifferent play to his coach.

“I asked him, ‘What’s theplay?’ I said, ‘QB sneak?’ But hesaid, ‘No,’” Sumpter said, laugh-ing.

Sumpter gave Central thelead late in the first half when hefound senior Kamron Gayle foran 18-yard score.

“He did a lot of good thingsin boys’ club football,” Amakersaid.

“He’s real poised for a14-year-old. Got a pretty decentarm. He’s got a lot of strengths.”

Sumpter said he expectedto be the Falcons starting quar-terback, but not until next year.Amaker decided to speed up thetimetable.

“Davonne Gray was start-ing,” Amaker said of he senior.“We thought we could use hisathleticism in a lot of places be-cause we had the young guy thatcould do it [at quarterback].”

In fact, Gray’s athleticismplayed a big role in Monday’swin as he returned an intercep-tion for a 68-yard score.

Sumpter meanwhile willcontinue to get on-the-job train-ing for what could be a lengthytenure as the Central startingquarterback.

In addition to working on hiscompletion percentage, he saidhe also wants to get faster.

“I’ve got to work on myspeed. The speed of the gameis real fast and I’ve got to getfaster,” he said. “So I’ll be run-ning track.”

Freshman QB showspoise for Central

“It hurts when I bend it, butwhen I’m in full motion I forgetabout it,” Duckett said after thegame, his right elbow nearlytwice the size of his left whenheld next to one another.

So it was that on third-and-8from Parkdale’s 48, Duckett un-corked the final of his 30 passingattempts on the day — a strikeacross the middle to seniorBrenden Clinton for the game-clinching touchdown with 46seconds on the clock.

“I knew he could still throwthe ball,” said Clinton, whoscored three times. “When hecame in, I was hugging him be-cause I know we have a goodchance to win the game whenhe’s in there.”

Playing through pain fornearly the entire contest, Duck-ett delivered the performance ofa lifetime in Laurel’s 48-36 vic-tory against the Panthers. Seventouchdowns (six passing, onerushing), 381 all-purpose yards(301 passing, 80 rushing) and onedeveloping bruise. If those num-bers seem surprising, however,they shouldn’t. Duckett’s beenone of Prince George’s County’stop quarterbacks all season.

“It makes it really easycoaching when you’ve got aguy who understands how andwhen to throw the ball,” Som-merville said. “I expected goodstuff out of him, but he’s beenwell beyond my expectations.”

In six games, Duckett hasthrown for 1,372 yards and 14touchdowns. He’s completed73-of-192 passes with seven in-terceptions while running theball 64 times for 260 yards andtwo scores. In every game thisseason, Duckett has thrown forat least 100 yards, four timeseclipsing the 200-yard mark and

twice turning in 300-plus yardperformances.

“As a team, I know we’recapable of so much more,”said Duckett, who also nurseda thumb injury throughout theweekend. “This effort [againstParkdale] should carry onthroughout the season. If we dothat every time, we’re good.”

Duckett’s injury Monday

stemmed from a violent collisionin the first quarter after he threwthe first of his two interceptions.Parkdale’s Will Massey, whocaughtsixpassesfor205yardsandfour touchdowns, returned theturnover along the home sidelineand collided helmet-to-helmetwith Duckett. Massey’s facemaskdrove directly into Duckett’s fore-arm as the two hit the ground.

Duckett appeared sorestearly in the fourth quarter when,after he was stopped for no gainon a run, he told coaches on Lau-rel’s sideline that he couldn’t runthe ball anymore. Two plays laterhe was sacked and Williams linedup under center for the first time.

“I don’t like to lose,” saidDuckett, who has been play-ing football since he was 6. “It

looked like we were off to abad start [when I was out], so Iwanted to finish the game theway we started. I wanted us tofinish hard.”

A backup quarterback forthe Spartans last season, Duck-ett didn’t complete a pass, going0-for-4 with an interception. Butafter a summer spent practicingand attending local camps, he’s

on pace to lead the county’spublic school quarterbacks inpassing — whether he has toplay hurt or not.

“He played like a warrior[Monday],” Sommerville said.“He did more than any coachcould ever ask of a guy. It wasphenomenal.”

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teur fights. He thought long and hardabout whether or not boxing truly wassomething he wanted to do. In the past,Reed played youth football and basket-ball, but quit those team sports becausehe said he couldn’t handle the losing.Now in a sport where so much pressureis placed on the individual as opposedto the team, Reed slipped at the start.

“I wanted to stop boxing after myfourth fight,” said Reed, who earned hiscatchy nickname from his ninth-gradeteacher while they watched highlights.“But my dad, he saw good potential inme. He saw potential that I didn’t see inmyself and he told me I can’t quit. ThatI needed to keep going. Ever since then,

the rest is history.”Yes, indeed.Reed, a southpaw, won his next 16

amateur bouts and went on to domi-nate the circuit. He’s competed innine states spanning from Colorado toGeorgia, won five national titles in vari-ous competitions (Ringsides, GoldenGloves, Silver Gloves) and accumulateda 90-13 amateur record before makingthe jump to the professional ranks. Hisfather’s been with him every step of theway.

“Our father and son relationshipworks out great in boxing because Iknow him better than anyone,” Pin-son said via email. “I know when he’snot having a good day, and when he is.I know so many things about his per-sonal life, and when he’s having a prob-lem, he knows he can come talk to me.”

In addition to training throughoutthe week, Reed attends school at theCollege of Southern Maryland in LaPlata where he’s studying to be an ac-countant.

“The biggest thing I’ve taken awayfrom the start of my career is I can kindof see why fighters don’t want to retire,”said Reed, who has yet to sign with apromoter but has attracted a great dealof interest. “The feeling of hearing yourname chanted in the ring is an amaz-ing feeling and sharing that with friendsand family is special.

“That’s one of the things that drivesme. Since I was a little kid, I’ve alwayshad a good support system, but withme being a professional fighter, it hasgrown a lot.”

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drawing comparisons to Mar-lon Moore, who played at Po-tomac under Eric Knight in thelate 1990s and helped the Wol-verines reach the state champi-onship game in his sophomoreyear.

Added to Dews’ ever-lengthening list of positionsthis season was one he hadstruggled with in years past:leader. Earlier this fall, Crumpapproached Dews and toldhim that “you’ve become a dif-ferent Jerome,” Dews said. “Hesaid I wasn’t being an ‘I’ player,that I was out there for the teammore. I haven’t been getting onkids for messing up but show-ing them how to be better.”

During preseason prac-tices, when players were gettinginto pads for the first time sincethe close of the 2012 season,Dews was working out with thelinemen. His role was to get to adummy quarterback. The play-er’s role across from him wasto keep that from happening.On the first repetition, Dewsdrove him back so far he tookhim halfway up a hill — a good15 yards past where he neededto be. With Dews the clear vic-tor, the senior barked at the linecoach to line him back up untilhis partner did it right. And sothey ran it again and again untilDews was satisfied his quarter-back would be in good handswith his partner protecting him.

“We work so hard in prac-tice,” Dews said. “We forget allabout the pain in our legs. We

just keep going.”And Dews keeps hitting.

When Dionzae Foote’ inter-cepted a Jay Adams pass at thegoal line in an eventual 18-12loss to the Yellow Jackets, Dewscracked a would-be tackler sohard that the fans were cele-brating not so much the timelypick, but the hit.

“It’s not funny,” Dews re-

sponded when asked if he everfelt a little remorse if someonehe hits has to be helped off thefield. “But I’m sorry, I’m notyour friend. I want to intimi-date you. It’s better for us if Ihit someone and they’re basi-cally playing with 10 guys onthe field because one of them isscared and we’re playing with11.”

DEWSContinued from Page A-10

Mike Reed(left) poseswith hisfather andtrainerMichael Pin-son at theirDream TeamBoxing gym inClinton.

PHOTO FROMJUAN MARSHALL

“... It’s better for us if I hit someone andthey’re basically playing with 10 guys onthe field because one of them is scared

and we’re playing with 11.”

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We currently operate four public charter schools inPrince George’s County, providing a challenginglearning environment for students in Kindergartenthrough Grade 8. Although our campuses vary insize and structure, all adhere to the belief thatproviding every child with a world-class educationis the single most effective way to achieveindividual life opportunities and a better society.Our schools include:

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& The Gazette’s Guide toArts & Entertainment

www.gazette.net | Thursday, October 17, 2013 | Page B-1

Tom Hanks proves seaworthy in“Captain Phillips.”

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MOVIE REVIEW

SHIPSHAPE

BY VIRGINIA TERHUNESTAFF WRITER

Rock ’n’ roll fans can go backto the late 1960s when Britishbands paid a visit to Marylandin “Led Zeppelin Played Here,” adocumentary by local filmmakerJeff Krulik, showing Sunday aspart of the ninth annual UtopiaFilm Festival in Greenbelt.

“He’s so popular, and he’sselling out crowds,” said festivaldirector Susan Gervasi.

The 90-minute film is oneof 40 that will screen during thefestival running Saturday andSunday in Greenbelt.

Films will be shown at four

locations, and most of them,including Krulik’s, feature Q&Aswith the filmmakers or relateddiscussions.

Entries run the gamut fromrock to sci-fi to communitybuilding in the United Statesand around the world, a themewhich reflects Greenbelt’s in-ception as a planned, affordable“Utopian” community duringthe Great Depression.

Krulik’s film focused on thecommunity of Wheaton in Mont-gomery County, where, urbanlegend has it, the British band LedZeppelin played in 1969.

n FROM ROCK INWHEATON TO SHIPSIN CHINA AND MORE

UTOPIA FILM FESTIVALn When: Noon to 10 p.m.

Saturdayand Sunday

n Where: P&G Old GreenbeltTheatre, 129 Centerway Road;Greenbelt Municipal Building,25 Crescent Road; GreenbeltCommunity Center, 15 CrescentRoad; Academy Theaters atBeltway Plaza Mall, 6198Greenbelt Road.

n Tickets: $3 per film: $10one-day pass; $18 two-day pass

n For information:utopiafilmfestival.org

BY WILL C. FRANKLINSTAFF WRITER

Singer/songwriter TristanOmand is quick to point out he’s afolk musician in every sense of theterm.

“Most of my songs tell a story,”Omand said. “If you go back hun-dreds of years, folk songs alwaystell some pretty great stories. That’sthe cornerstone of folk music.”

The folk musician from NewHampshire will perform on Tues-day at the New Deal Café in Green-belt.

According to Omand, havinggreat stories to tell is a must for anysuccessful folk artist.

“If you go back and listen to thesongs Johnny Cash used to sing …or Pete Seeger, that’s the theme isthat there’s a great story,” Omandsaid. “It’s hard for me to identifywith songs that have just words thatare there to fill up space. I like to try

n Musician, storyteller to perform live in Greenbelt

TRISTAN OMANDn When: 7 p.m. Tuesday

n Where: New Deal Cafe, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt

n Tickets: Admission is free; donations accepted

n For information: 301-474-5642; newdealcafe.com; tristanomand.com

“DPRK: Land of Whispers,” adocumentary about a 2012 tripto North Korea, will screen onSaturday in Greenbelt as partof the city’s annual Utopia FilmFestival running this weekend.

PHOTO BY ETHERIUM SKY PHOTOGRAPHY

Folk singer Tristan Omand will perform on Oct. 22 at New Deal Café in Greenbelt. PHOTO BY NATE DEAN

n Drums from different culturesset the beat in Greenbelt

BY VIRGINIA TERHUNESTAFF WRITER

Converging on Greenbelt on Saturday will bedrummers performing music and rhythms fromWest Africa, the Middle East and Brazil, capped bya world music show at the New Deal Café in theevening.

“We wanted to make sure it was a diverse [line-up],” said Kristen Arant, one of the organizers ofwhat local drummers hope will become an annualgathering — the first-ever Greenbelt Rhythm &Drum Festival.

The day-long outdoor event featuring profes-sional performances, workshops and vendors willtake place at the Roosevelt Center in the historicsection of Greenbelt.

“If someone came from outer space, they’d sayEarthlings play drums and percussion and a fewother things,” said music educator Bill Jenkins ofMount Rainier.

Drumming is a common thread runningthrough many cultures, he said.

“I think drums attract us all,” said Jenkins.“There’s something deep there.”

Cheick Hamala Diabate and his band will kickoff the performances at noon with music fromMali. He plays the n’goni, a plucked lute from WestAfrica that is the ancestor of the American banjo.

Also performing will be Arant’s group, theAkoma Drummers, which she founded with herhusband, Ghana native Michael Kweku Owusu.

Owusu also performs with the Washington,D.C., based-group and also makes and sells drums.

Also in the line-up is Drum Call: the Pulse ofAfrica, which focuses on West African drumming,

Drum on downGREENBELTRHYTHM &DRUMFESTIVAL

n When: 11 a.m.-11p.m., Saturday

n Where: 113Centerway, Roosevelt

Center, Greenbelt

n Tickets: free

n For information:greenbeltrhythmand

drumfestival.org;

CHEICK HAMALA DIABATE

Musician Cheick Hamala Diabate from Mali plays the n’goni, a plucked lutefrom West Africa, the predecessor of the American banjo. He will be joiningother musicians and drummers from Africa at the Greenbelt Rhythm & DrumFestival on Saturday in Greenbelt.

See FILMS, Page B-6

See DRUM, Page B-6

See FOLK, Page B-5

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THEATER & STAGEBowie Community Theatre,

“The Cover of Life,” coming in No-vember, Bowie Playhouse, 16500White Marsh Park Drive, Bowie,301-805-0219, www.bctheatre.com.

Bowie State University, TBA,Fine and Performing Arts Center,Bowie State University, 14000Jericho Park Road, Bowie, 301-860-3717, www.bowiestate.edu.

Busboys & Poets, Hyattsville,TBA, 5331 Baltimore Avenue,Hyattsville, 301-779-2787 (ARTS),www.busboysandpoets.com.

Clarice Smith Performing ArtsCenter, “The Matchmaker,” toOct. 19, University of Maryland,College Park, claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.

Harmony Hall Regional Center,Swing Machine, 8 p.m. Oct. 19, callfor prices, 10701 Livingston Road,Fort Washington, 301-203-6070,arts.pgparks.com.

Greenbelt Arts Center, “AvenueQ,” to Oct. 26, call for prices, times,Greenbelt Arts Center, 123 Cen-terway, Greenbelt, 301-441-8770,www.greenbeltartscenter.org.

Hard Bargain Players, “EvilDead: The Musical,” to Oct. 19,2001 Bryan Point Road, Accokeek,www.hbplayers.org.

Joe’s Movement Emporium,LateNight Expressions, 10 p.m.Oct. 19; Lesole’s Dance Project, 8

p.m. Oct. 26, 7 p.m. Oct. 27, 3309Bunker Hill Road, Mount Rainier,301-699-1819, www.joesmove-ment.org.

Laurel Mill Playhouse, “Bell,Book and Candle,” to Oct. 27,call for ticket prices, Laurel MillPlayhouse, 508 Main St., Laurel,301-452-2557, www.laurelmill-playhouse.org.

Montpelier Arts Center, JasonMarsalis, 8 p.m. Oct. 18; OneMaryland One Book Discussion,2 p.m. Oct. 19; Historic Haunt, 7p.m. Oct. 25; Film: “The Devil’sBackbone,” 10 p.m. Oct. 25, 9652Muirkirk Road, Laurel, 301-377-7800, arts.pgparks.com.

National Harbor, Cavalia’s“Odysseo,” to Oct. 27, White BigTop, National Harbor, Maryland.Tickets on sale now. www.cavalia.net, 1-866-999-8111.

Prince George’s Little Theatre,TBA, call for tickets and showtimes, Bowie Playhouse, 16500White Marsh Park Drive, Bowie,301-957-7458, www.pglt.org.

Publick Playhouse, Balé Fol-clórico da Bahia, 12 p.m. and 8p.m. Oct. 17; “Skippyjon Jones,”10:15 a.m. and noon, Oct. 25;“Splat the Cat,” 10:15 a.m. andnoon, Oct. 29, 5445 LandoverRoad, Cheverly, 301-277-1710,arts.pgparks.com.

2nd Star Productions, “LittleShop of Horrors,” to Oct. 26, BowiePlayhouse, 16500 White Marsh

Park Drive, Bowie, call for prices,times, 410-757-5700, 301-832-4819,www.2ndstarproductions.com.

Tantallon Community Players,“Miracle on 34th Street,” com-ing in November, Harmony HallRegional Center, 10701 LivingstonRoad, Fort Washington, 301-262-5201, www.tantallonstage.com.

VISUAL ARTSBrentwood Arts Exchange,

“Her Words,” to Oct. 19, openingreception scheduled for 5-8 p.m.Sept. 14, 3901 Rhode Island Ave.,Brentwood, 301-277-2863, arts.pgparks.com.

Harmony Hall Regional Center,Passages Revisited - Paintings byTinam Valk, to Oct. 11, galleryhours from 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.Monday through Friday, 10701Livingston Road, Fort Washington,301-203-6070. arts.pgparks.com.

David C. Driskell Center,“Still...” by sculptor Allison Saar, toDec. 13, University of Maryland,College Park. www.driskellcenter.umd.edu.

Montpelier Arts Center, “Hiro-shima Schoolyard,” Nov. 4 to Dec.1, reception scheduled for 3-5 p.m.Nov. 10, gallery open 10 a.m. to 5p.m. daily, 9652 Muirkirk Road, Lau-rel, 301-377-7800, arts.pgparks.com.

University of Maryland Univer-sity College, TBA, call for pricesand venue, 3501 University Blvd.,Adelphi, 301-985-7937, www.umuc.edu/art.

NIGHTLIFEHand Dancing with D.C. Hand

Dance Club, free lesson from 4 to5 p.m., dancing from 5 to 9 p.m.

Sundays at the Coco Cabana,2031-A University Blvd. E., Hy-attsville, $10 cover, www.dchand-danceclub.com.

New Deal Café, Mid-day melo-dies with Amy C. Kraft, noon, Oct.17; Open Mic with Joe Harris, 7p.m. Oct. 17; John Guernsey, 6:30p.m. Oct. 18-19; The Goodfellas,8 p.m. Oct. 18; Stream & the BlueDragons, 8 p.m. Oct. 19; Fez TonesHafla, 6 p.m. Oct. 20; TristanOmand, 7 p.m. Oct. 22, 113 Cen-terway Road, 301-474-5642, www.newdealcafe.com.

Old Bowie Town Grill, Wednes-day Night Classic Jam, 8 p.m. everyWednesday, sign-ups start at 7:30p.m., 8604 Chestnut Ave., Bowie,301-464-8800, www.oldbowi-etowngrille.com.

OUTDOORSDinosaur Park, Dinosaur Park

programs, noon-4 p.m. first andthird Saturdays, join paleontolo-gists and volunteers in interpret-ing fossil deposits, 13200 blockMid-Atlantic Blvd., Laurel, 301-627-7755.

Mount Rainier Nature Center,Toddler Time: hands-on treasures,crafts, stories and soft play, 10:30a.m.-noon Thursdays, age 5 andyounger free, 4701 31st Place,Mount Rainier, 301-927-2163.

Prince George’s Audubon Soci-ety, Bird Walks, 7:30 a.m. first Sat-urdays, Fran Uhler Natural Area,meets at end of Lemon BridgeRoad, north of Bowie State Univer-sity, option to bird nearby WB&ATrail afterward; 7:30 a.m. thirdSaturdays, Governor Bridge Natu-ral Area, Governor Bridge Road,Bowie, meet in parking lot; for

migrating and resident woodlandand field birds, and waterfowl. Forbeginners and experts. Waterprooffootwear and binoculars sug-gested. Free. 410-765-6482.

REC CENTERSPrince George’s Sports &

Learning Complex, Senior Days atthe Sportsplex, 8 a.m.-noon Mon-days, Wednesdays and Fridays,seniors allowed free use of the fit-ness center and pool, age 60 andup, 8001 Sheriff Road, Landover,301-583-2400.

Seat Pleasant Activity Cen-ter, Line Dancing, 6:30-8 p.m.Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Saturdays, $40 series, $6 drop-ins,age 18 and up, 5720 Addison Road,Seat Pleasant, 301-773-6685.

ET CETERACollege Park Aviation Museum,

Peter Pan Club, 10:30-11:30 a.m.second and fourth Thursdays ofevery month, activities for pre-schoolers, $4, $3 seniors, $2 ages2-18; Afternoon Aviators, 2-4:30p.m. Fridays, hands-on aviation-themed activities for age 5 and up,$4, $3 seniors, $2 ages 2-18, eventsfree with admission, 1985 Cpl.Frank Scott Drive, College Park,301-864-6029, www.collegeparka-viationmuseum.com.

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY’S ENTERTAINMENT CALENDARComplete calendar online at www.gazette.net

For a free listing, please submit complete information [email protected] at least 10 days in advance of desiredpublication date. High-resolution color images (500KB minimum)

in jpeg format should be submitted when available.A CLOSER LOOK

SOMETHING’S BREWINGGreenwich Village witch Gillian Holroyd (Kat McKerrow)shares a cup of tea with neighbor Shep Henderson (Ken

Krintz) in Laurel Mill Playhouse’s production of theromantic comedy “Bell, Book and Candle,” to Oct. 27.For more information, visit laurelmillplayhouse.org.

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THE GAZETTEThursday, October 17, 2013 bo Page B-3

n The Arc, Brentwoodpartner in Prince George’s

BY CARA HEDGEPETHSTAFF WRITER

The Prince George’s Countychapter of The Arc, the world’slargest grassroots organizationdedicated to the wellbeing ofpeople with intellectual anddevelopmental disabilities, isthe second largest in the stateof Maryland. And thanks toa grant the group receivedmore than a year ago, the localbranch recently launched TheTransformation Project, an ini-tiative that provides opportuni-ties for Arc participants outsideof the day center, through com-munity partnerships.

“The goal is to be out in thecommunity rather than in thefour walls of the day center,”said Jessica Neely, director offamily services at the PrinceGeorge’s County Arc.

One of The TransformationProject partners is the Brent-wood Art Exchange. For thelast year, Brentwood has of-fered multi-week sessions in avariety of disciplines includingpainting, ceramics and multi-media. Classes at Brentwoodare taught by art instructorRowena Bowman while occa-sional classes at the day centerare taught by Melissa Ezelle,The Arc’s director of commu-nity partnerships. Participantpieces are currently on displayat The Prince George’s Sports &Learning Complex in an exhibitrunning through Dec. 1.

“For us, it sounded like agreat opportunity,” said Phil Da-vis, acting director at the Brent-wood Art Exchange. “We didn’thave anything similar going on.”

Davis said he and the Brent-wood staff see their participationin The Transformation Projectpartnership as a means of serv-ing their local community.

“One of the things we tryto do is make sure everyone inthe county gets equal service,”Davis said. “This is a group ofpeople who are under-served.”

Neely said for The Arc par-ticipants and their staff, the re-lationship with Brentwood and

other partners means the abil-ity to take advantage of someof the unique opportunities ina newly bustling arts district.

“There is just so much goingon here,” Neely said. “We’re veryfortunate in this county that wehave the Gateway Arts District.We went out into the districtlooking at different organiza-tions and what kind of classes wewould create ... we have a simi-lar partnership with the AfricanAmerican Cultural Arts Center.”

Close to 20 Arc participantswith varying levels of artisticexperience are enrolled in eachsession. Artist Joe Warthencame to Brentwood with someprevious painting experiencethanks to classes he took inmiddle and high school. In ad-dition to the works he does atBrentwood, Warthen said healso “likes to work on stuff onhis own time as well.”

Warthen, who lives inBowie, has been enrolled inthe Brentwood classes for sixmonths and said he intends to

sign up for more sessions in thefuture. Having his work on dis-play has been an added bonusto the classroom experience.

“I think it’s neat for peopleto come and see your artwork,”Warthen said. “You see the ex-pression on their face and it’sreally neat.”

Warthen also expressedinterest in taking other artcourses outside of the groupsessions currently offered. It’ssomething Ezelle said The Arcis looking into for the future.

“Right now there are groupclasses but that is somethingwe would like to find where Iwould enroll Joe into his ownclass,” she said.

In addition to the paint-ing, ceramics and multimediacourses, The Arc has also of-fered classes in dance, move-ment and theater. Neely saidthe organization is looking tooffer opportunities for partici-pants to volunteer in the com-munity and other activities tohelp them “achieve personaland civic growth.”

Neely added it’s key topoint out that the Brentwoodart classes are not modified forArc participants.

“It’s a traditional cur-riculum,” she said. “Its not arttherapy and it’s not adapted.And that’s important becausethat’s part of our goal; to haveit be an experience that anyonewould have. I think that whenyou approach something with-out a label, you don’t have a barset. And we want [participants]to take it as far as they can ...”

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Showcase features work from Arc artists

THE ARCn When: 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.Saturdays, 10 a.m. to6 p.m. Sundays throughDec. 1

n Where: Prince George’sSports and LearningComplex, 8001 SheriffRoad, Landover

n Tickets: Free

n For information: 301-277-2863, arts.pgparks.com orthearcofpgc.org

Dubbel is a Belgian-stylebrown ale originally brewed atTrappist monasteries but nowproduced by many other brew-eries in Belgium and the UnitedStates. For many people Dub-bels are their first introductionto Belgian beers because of theirsoft and sweet flavors. These aremodern re-creations of beersbrewed in the Middle Ages atmonasteries.

Modern Dubbels were firstbrewed by the Trappist Abbeyof Westmalle in 1856 as a strongversion of a brown beer. In 1926the recipe was reformulated to,among other things, slightly in-crease its strength. This DubbelBruin beer was quickly copiedand became widespread.

The name Dubbel probablyderives from an earlier time withwidespread illiteracy, when Bel-gian Abbey brewers markedtheir casks with x, xx and xxx,denoting increasing levels of al-cohol, but only relative strengthwas intended. The marks alsoindicated greater volumes of in-gredients in the brewing mash.Eventually the Abbey brewersreplaced the various x markingswith single, dubbel and tripel.Dubbels and tripels were usedfor holidays and religious cel-ebrations.

Dubbels are brewed withdark candi sugar, a special caneor beet sugar that has been car-amelized. Different from mostbrown beers, which derive theircolor from roasted malts thatadd chocolate and coffee fla-vors, the candi sugar adds thecolor and flavors of burnt sugarand raisins. Other flavors comefrom the use of special Belgianyeasts. Many of the best versionsare bottle conditioned.

They are dark amber to darkbrown, usually with a reddishhue. Dubbels have a medium-full body and an aroma of maltysweetness, and may have notesof chocolate, caramel, dark fruitsand occasionally apples or ba-nanas. Flavors including darkfruits (plums, raisins, dried cher-ries) are common and clove-likespiciness is optional, with theflavors balanced toward malts.Dubbels have a full mouth feel,and a low hop presence (15-30International Bittering Units),mostly from noble-type flo-ral hops. The alcohol contentranges from 6.25 to 8.5 percentalcohol by volume.

Dubbels are robust beersthat, among the meats, pair wellwith barbecue, stews, rib roasts,lamb and duck. They also com-pliment seared scallops, washedrind and cheddar cheeses, andsweets such as dark chocolate,truffles and chocolate bread

pudding.Westmalle Dubbel (6.5%

ABV) is brewed by the TrappistAbbey of Westmalle in West-malle, Belgium. This classic ofthe style has a wonderful me-dium sweet malt aroma with atouch of melon. Complex andsherry-like, the Westmalle Dub-bel has a muted sweet malt frontand a middle of currants, melonand a splash of alcohol. The cur-rants, melon and malt flavorsgrow in the finish and last intothe aftertaste before fading. Rat-ings: 9/9.

Allagash Dubbel (7% ABV),produced by Allagash Brewingin Portland, Maine, has a light,dull raisin nose leading to amedium sweet malt front. Theraisins burst into the middle,reaching medium, and lastinginto the finish and aftertaste. Atouch of bitter hops joins in theaftertaste and lingers. Ratings:6.5/6.5.

Ommegang (8.5% ABV) ismade by Brewery Ommegangin Cooperstown, N.Y. Its candisugar, fruit and plum bouquetpresages a light sugar front withhints of dark fruit. The efferves-cent middle displays a moderatedark cherry with notes of dark

plum that continue in the fin-ish, merging with a light yeast.In the aftertaste, the fruity char-acter lingers, joined by a touchof licorice and a slight alcoholicwarmth. Ratings: 8.0/7.5.

Peres Trappist Ale (7% ABV),popularly known as ChimayRed, is brewed at the ScourmontAbbey in Chimay, Belgium. Chi-may Red has a restrained cherrynose. The medium candi sugarsweet front leads into a lightsweet cherry middle that lastsinto the finish, where a modestraisin is added. These flavorscontinue into the slightly dry af-tertaste, where the cherry fadesbut the raisin and candi sweet-ness linger. Ratings: 7.5/7.5.

Other dubbels include FlyingFish Abbey Dubbel (Somerdale,N.J., 7.2% ABV, 7.5/7.5); BrewersArt Resurrection (Pottstown, Pa.,7% ABV, 6.5/6.5); Dogfish HeadRaison D’Etre (Milton, Del., 8%ABV, 8.5/8.5; Sierra NevadaOvila Dubbel (Chico, Calif., 7.5%ABV, 7/6.5); Legacy Dear AbbeyDubbel (Reading, Pa., 7.5% ABV,7.5/7); New Belgium Abbey (FortCollins, Colo., 7% ABV, 8/7.5)and Goose Island Pere Jacques(Chicago, Ill., 8% ABV, 7.5/7).

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Ommegang Abbey Ale hails from Cooperstown, N.Y.

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BY MICHAEL PHILLIPSCHICAGO TRIBUNE

“Captain Phillips” is a TomHanks movie. It also is a PaulGreengrass movie, and the cin-ematic tumult director Green-grass adroitly captures andsustains in the service of a nar-rative has a way of keeping hisstars unmoored — in a good way— while trumping conventionalHollywood notions of a star ve-hicle.

Heroism exists in a Green-grass picture. But the British-born, documentary-traineddirector, best known for “United93” and the second and third“Bourne” thrillers, is more in-terested in messy, lucky-to-be-alive, real-world heroismthan in movie-world heroism.Greengrass sees the world asa complicated place; his pre-ferred, jabbing editing rhythmsand camera proximity ensurethat audiences experience it thesame way.

Capt. Richard Phillips is allbusiness, and so is Hanks’ por-trayal.

In 2009, the Massachusetts-born, Vermont-based U.S. Mer-chant Marine commander ofthe cargo ship Maersk Alabama,overseeing three different sets

of union crews and union crewregulations, encountered fourpirates who made their way tothe U.S.-registered ship in asmall craft off the coast of Soma-lia in the Gulf of Aden. Phillips’

crew of 20 had been undergo-ing a safety drill; then the radarsignified the approach of an un-identified intruder. Because thecontainer cargo ship was sailingin notorious pirate-infested wa-

ters, Phillips knew how muchpotential trouble was afoot.

Written by Billy Ray, inspiredby Phillips’ own account of whathappened next, the film tightensthe screws for 134 minutes and

relays how Phillips ended up ina lifeboat with his captors, ondwindling rations, waiting forNavy SEALs to resolve a highlypressurized situation.

To honorably mixed results,Greengrass and Ray do theirbest to allow the Somali charac-ters and the actors (new to pro-fessional acting) playing themsome room to establish Phil-lips’ adversaries as human be-ings, albeit brutal and desperateones. Barkhad Abdi, hired outof the Somali immigrant com-munity of Minneapolis, playsthe rifle-slinging leader, a fish-erman by trade, forced into hissecond and treacherous line ofwork by economic and politicalcrises (touched upon briefly inthe early scenes, probably toobriefly). The world’s instabilityis connected by human threads,as is made clear in a prologueconversation on the way to theairport between Phillips and hisjustifiably worried wife (Cath-erine Keener, reduced to a one-scene player in the final edit).The pair talk about the uncertainuniverse their children, about toenter a difficult global workforce,are inheriting. But as the rest ofthe movie makes plain, there aredifficult economic straits andthen there are poverty-stricken-Somali-fishermen-turned-pi-rates economic straits.

We get to know membersof the cargo ship crew only infits and starts (Chris Mulkey, avaluable character actor, plays

one). It’s Hanks’ show, thoughsome may be surprised to seehow little of the usual emotionalhooks and beats intrude on theprocedural at hand.

“Captain Phillips” is oneof Greengrass’ good films, ifnot one of his three or four ter-rific ones. There are times, inthe screaming close-ups of theSomali actors, when you wishGreengrass and his excellentregular cinematographer, BarryAckroyd (who also shot “TheHurt Locker”) would back offa little. Going for clarity of lineand context, the script stints onoffhanded details of character.For better or worse, Greengrass’preferred method of fact-basedstorytelling sees the forest firstand the trees second.

But at the risk of hyping itsimpact, when Hanks comesout the other side of his real-life character’s blood-spatteredexperience, there’s a sceneas strong as any I’ve seen thisyear, and as strong as any eitherGreengrass or Hanks has man-aged in other sorts of movies.It’s not a long scene (thoughone wonders if we’re destinedto sit through bits of it, over andover, come awards nomina-tion season). It is, however, justabout perfect in its wrenchingemotion, expressed by an ac-tor clearly up to the challengeof acting in a Paul Greengrassdocudrama — which is to say,acting with as little capital-AActing as possible.

‘Captain Phillips,’ a solid tale of man versus pirates

CAPTAIN PHILLIPSn 3 stars

n PG-13; 134 minutes

n Cast: Tom Hanks

n Director: Paul Greengrass

JASIN BOLAND

(From left) Faysal Ahmed, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman and Mahat Ali appear in Columbia Pictures’ “Captain Phillips,” starring Tom Hanks.

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to tell some sort of narrative orstory.”

Omand said he started outplaying and singing in bands,but he never really knew whyhe was singing the songs he wassinging. That changed for himonce he ventured out on hisown and started writing his ownsongs.

“I started to figure out that,going around the country andplaying in these new places, ifyou tell an interesting story, peo-ple don’t necessarily have had toof heard of you already to be in-terested,” Omand said. “Kind oflike bands that have a signaturesong. It may have taken themcountless years of playing forpeople to get to know them, butI’ve played shows where peoplehave appreciated my guitarplaying and story-telling andthey can get into it right away.”

Since he was young, mu-sic has been a major part ofOmand’s life, and he was set oneither becoming a musician —or a baseball player or a cowboy.

“I gave up on baseball a longtime ago,” Omand said. “Obvi-ously the whole cowboy thingisn’t really an option, being fromNew Hampshire. It was a littlekid dream, but yeah, as far backas I can remember, I’ve alwaysjust wanted to play music.”

Omand started playing theguitar when he was 9 years oldand started writing songs shortlythereafter. Soon after, Omandsaid it hit him that people actu-ally got paid to sing and writesongs for a living.

“It’s taken me a little over 15years to work towards carvingout a career,” Omand said. “It’sbeen a lot of trial and error, butever since I can remember this iswhat I wanted to do. In school, itwas hard for me to focus becauseI just wanted to get through theday so I could get out and playmy guitar. I’ve never really beengood at making money or savingit for that matter. That has nevermade sense to me, but songsand the guitar … it’s kind of mylanguage.”

While Omand hopes peopleare entertained and enjoy hismusic, he’s happy if his songsgive people a welcome distrac-tion from everyday life.

“If they can forget about the

mortgage and all the boring stuffthat populates most people’slives for an hour or two and justforget about the painful thingsthey have to think about some-

times,” Omand said. “I thinkthat’s really cool and I totallyappreciate that. That’s all I ask.”

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OCT. 18Old-Fashioned Fish Fry Fun-

draiser, 3 to 7 p.m., HemingwayMemorial AME Church, 6330Gateway Blvd., District Heights.Fundraiser is being held to raisefunds for two of the youth min-istries of Hemingway MemorialAME Church. Contact 301-568-9127.

Old-Fashion Prayer Meeting,7:30 to 9 p.m., Abyssinia BaptistChurch, 4705 Addison Road,Capitol Heights. Prayer meetingsponsored by the Abyssinia BaptistChurch’s 81st Anniversary Com-mittee. Contact 301-773-4712 [email protected].

OCT. 19Community Walk of Worship,

10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Abyssinia Bap-tist Church, 4705 Addison Road,Capitol Heights. Abyssinia BaptistChurch commemorates its 81stchurch anniversary. Congregantswill take to the streets in witness tothe goodness of Jesus with prayerand praise. Contact 301-773-4712or [email protected].

The Sanctuary annual CollegeFair, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., The Sanc-tuary at Kingdom Square, 9033Central Ave., Capital Heights. Afree college fair with representa-tives from colleges and universitiesaround the country plus militaryrepresentatives. There will be on-the-spot admission acceptanceand application fee waivers fromsome schools. Contact 301-333-9033 or [email protected].

Laurel Presbyterian ChurchBazaar, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., LaurelPresbyterian Church, 7610 OldSandy Spring Road, Laurel. Annual

event features beautiful hand-made crafts, a white elephant tableand our Kid’s Corner. Enjoy lightrefreshments and baked goods.Contact 301-776-6665 or [email protected].

Alzheimer’s Association sup-port groups, 10 a.m., Grace UnitedMethodist Church, 11700 Old FortRoad, Fort Washington. Groupsare facilitated by trained groupleaders and are ongoing, free andopen to the community. Pleasecall the Alzheimer’s Association24/7 Helpline at 800-272-3900 be-fore attending a group for the firsttime to verify meeting informa-tion. Contact 301-248-3027.

First United Methodist ChurchFree HIV Testing Program, 1 to3 p.m., First United MethodistChurch, 6201 Belcrest Road, Hy-attsville. No syringes/needles areused in this free HIV testing pro-gram. Results will be available in20 minutes. Contact 301-927-6133or [email protected].

UMW Annual Apple Festival &Craft Show, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Em-manuel United Methodist Church,11416 Cedar Lane, Beltsville.Handmade crafts, attic treasures,gently used books, householditems, accessories, jewelry, applepies, lunch, pecans, bake sale andmore. Proceeds benefit womenand children through approvedUMW mission projects. Contact301-937-7114 or [email protected].

Free Community Dinner andFood Distribution, 5 p.m., St. Mi-chael and All Angels Church, 8501New Hampshire Ave., Adelphi. Adelicious dinner followed by a gro-cery giveaway. Free groceries aredistributed on a first come, firstserved basis as available. The K-6bus stops in front of the church.Contact 301-434-4646 or [email protected].

OCT. 20HOPE Support Group, 3 to 5

p.m., St. John’s Parish EducationCenter, 8912 Old Branch Ave.,Clinton. For people suffering fromdepressive illnesses. Contact 301-868-6180.

Davies Concert Series presentsOsman Kivrak and Edvinas Mink-

stimas, Davies Memorial UnitarianUniversalist Church, 7400 TempleHill Road, Camp Springs. OsmanKivrak, viola and Edvinas Minksti-mas, piano. Contact 301-868-0082.

ONGOINGWomen’s Bible Study, 9 to

11 a.m. every Thursday, BerwynBaptist Church, 4720 CherokeeSt., College Park. Study the bookof Romans. Women of all ages areinvited. Cost of $6.50 for textbook.Contact 301-474-7117 or [email protected].

Mount Rainier Christian Churchwill conduct Praisercise, a Chris-tian exercise group meeting at10:30 a.m. Saturdays at the church,4001 33rd St., Mount Rainier. Theexercise group will have exerciseeducation about nutrition andmore. Professional instructionfrom University of Maryland, Col-lege Park, kinesiology studentsand the program. Open to peopleof all ages and fitness levels. Free.Call 301-864-3869 or visit www.facebook.com/groups/praiser-cise/ or email brianpadamusus @yahoo.com.

Largo Community Church isrevising its fitness program, Mon-days and Wednesdays, to includeLatin-infused dance. Classes startat 7 p.m. and the fee is $5. Thechurch is at 1701 Enterprise Roadin Mitchellville. E-mail [email protected].

Body and Soul Fitness presents“I’m All In,” Bethany CommunityChurch, 15720 Riding Stable Roadin Laurel. Sessions start with car-dio/strength classes from 9:30 to11 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday,with a co-ed session from 7 to 8:30p.m. Tuesday. For more informa-tion, call Abby Dixson at 301-549-1877, email [email protected] visit www.bodyandsoul.org.

Touch of Love Bible Church,conducts weekly support groupmeetings for people who are sepa-rated or divorced, 11 a.m. everySaturday at the church, 13503Baltimore Ave. in Laurel. Call 301-210-3170.

Ladies Bible Study Class onthe book of Esther, Maryland CityBaptist Church, 1:45 p.m. Tues-day afternoons at the church, 326

Brock Bridge Road in Laurel. Freenursery. Call Tammie Marshall at301-498-3224 or visit mdcitybap-tist @yahoo.com.

Free First Place 4 Health se-ries, 7 p.m. Tuesdays at BerwynBaptist Church, 4720 Cherokee St.in College Park. Call 240-601-1640.

Anti-domestic violence andstalking support group meetings,11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every Satur-day. Abigail Ministries offers themeetings in Hyattsville. Call 301-277-3775 for exact location.

Maryland Family ChristianCenter’s Praise Dance Ministry, 7p.m. Tuesdays at North ForestvilleElementary School, 2311 RitchieRoad in Forestville. Ministryteaches people to dance. Call 240-392-2633.

New Creation Church Biblestudy meetings, 7 p.m. Wednes-days at the Bladensburg HighSchool auditorium, 4200 57th Ave.in Bladensburg. Sunday services

are at 10 and 11 a.m.

New Broken Vessels MinistryWomen’s Bible Study and Discus-sions, 9 a.m. every Friday at It’sGod’s Choice Christian Bookstore,1454 Addison Road South in Capi-tol Heights. Call 301-499-5799 forinformation.

Vocalists/singers needed toharmonize “Inspirational Music,”every Saturday at 8221 CrydenWay in Forestville. Call 301-599-0932 or 301-219-4350.

Baha’i devotions, 10 to 11:30a.m., first and third Sunday ofevery month. Breakfast served at10 a.m. All are welcome. The devo-tions are at 14200 Livingston Roadin Clinton. Call 703-380-7267.

Urgent call for 50 prayerwarriors, noon to 1 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday. Christian Out-reach International Center callsfor prayer warriors in intercessoryprayer with Bishop Janie Carr atthe church, 3709 Hamilton St. in

Hyattsville. Call 301-927-1684.

Hidden Strengths SupportMinistry Inc. Phone Line PrayerMinistry, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. everyWednesday. Email requests [email protected]. Call 202-372-7716.

Victory Church Internationalprayer services, 6 to 8 a.m. daily atthe church, 9308 Allentown Roadin Fort Washington. Call 301-449-7706.

Heavens Best Healing andDeliverance Baptist Church revivalservices, 8 p.m. Monday throughFriday and at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.Sundays at the church, 8311 OldBranch Ave. in Clinton. Call 301-877-7702.

Church on the Hill “School ofHealing,” 3 to 5 p.m. the first andthird Sunday of each month at theA.D. Headen Chapel, RefreshingSpring Church, 6200 RiverdaleRoad in Riverdale. For registrationinformation, call 301-333-0499.

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Percussionist Jason Walker (center) will give a free lesson in Afro Cubanrhythms on the conga drum at the first-ever Greenbelt Rhythm & DrumFestival on Saturday at Roosevelt Center in Greenbelt.

dance and folklore. The group isassociated with Baile McKnight,who sells and repairs drums inForestville.

During the mid-afternoon,Fez Tones Hafla will performmusic and belly dancing fromthe Middle East, followed by theAfro-Brazilian, samba-reggaesound of Batala Washington.

At 8 p.m. the Stream & theBlue Dragons will be playingworld music with lutes, didgeri-doos, drums and other instru-ments inside the New Deal Café.

Between performances, fa-cilitators will lead free 30-min-ute drum circles. All ages arewelcome, and no experience isneeded to join. Drums will beavailable for those who don’tbring their own.

Jenkins will lead a drum cir-cle for children. For more than20 years, he has demonstratedinstruments from around theworld to young children inPrince George’s and Montgom-ery counties, as well as orphan-ages and hospitals overseas.

Children can move quicklyfrom making noise to makingmusic in a facilitated drum circle.

“Drumming does that rightaway,” he said. “You can getthere in five or 10 minutes, notfive or 10 weeks [like a violin].”

Children may already knowthe basic four-beat rhythms ofsongs like “Twinkle, TwinkleLittle Star” or “Row, Row YourBoat.”

But if they don’t, they soonlearn that hitting a drum to aregular beat sounds better thanrandom banging, especially in agroup.

“It teaches cooperation,group cohesion and culturalawareness” Jenkins said.

The adults also benefit fromdrumming as a way to relax andrelieve stress.

“It can be calming or it canbe energizing,” said Jenkins. “Itcan be spiritual, sensual anduniversal.”

Also scheduled for the festi-val are five free drum classes inthe afternoon at the GreenbeltArts Center.

Percussionist Jason Walker,who plays with the Afro beat bigband Chopteeth, will lead a classin Afro Cuban rhythms madefamous by Latin music greatssuch as Carlos Santana and TitoPuente.

“We’re not in large part ... arhythmic culture,” said Walker.“Most people get the melody,which can stick in their head,but they don’t know the rhythmto something like ‘Mary Had aLittle Lamb.’”

Latin rhythms and theirvariations may sound complex,he said, but they can be learnedby first fully mastering simplebeat patterns.

Walker will also demon-strate how to draw differenttones from a Cuban conga drumby hitting it in different places indifferent ways.

“There are four basicvoices,” he said.

Hitting with the whole palmand fingers creates a base tone;hitting with half the palm andfingers, a mid-range tone.

The slap uses the fingers tocreate a higher sound, and leav-ing the fingers briefly on thedrum acts to deaden the sound.

For drummers who want tomake a day of it, there are res-taurants in the area as well as avegan food truck that will joinother vendors selling clothes,jewelry and percussion instru-ments.

“It’s a one-stop shop ifyou’re looking to buy drums,”said Arant.

For a festival guide, visitgreenbeltrhythmanddrumfesti-val.org.

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A Bowie native who nowlives in Silver Spring, Krulikset out to do a rock documen-tary about the 1969 Laurel PopFestival at the Laurel Park racetrack, where the band per-formed that year along with Slyand the Family Stone, JethroTull, Jeff Beck and other bands.

But then he read a bookcalled “Capitol Rock” by Green-belt author Mark Opsasnick,who reported that Led Zeppe-lin had played at the WheatonYouth Center in 1969.

Intrigued, Krulik switchedtopics and spent years inter-viewing people who claimedto have been there and otherpeople who said it never hap-pened.

The film has screened inSilver Spring, Frederick andBaltimore. Recently back fromshowing it in New York City,Krulik and Opsasnick will hosta Q&A after the screening inGreenbelt.

“The film is about theemergence of the rock concertindustry, something we takefor granted today,” Krulik said,adding it has the effect of stir-ring the memories of peoplewho remember those days.

“They apply their own ex-periences,” Krulik said.

Playing Saturday at thefestival is “The Ghastly Love ofJohnny X,” a black-and-whitemovie (106 minutes) abouta gang of misfits banished toEarth that includes actor KevinMcCarthy’s last role as TheGrand Inquisitor.

MCarthy starred in the 1956movie “Invasion of the BodySnatchers.” Known mainly asa character actor, he also ap-peared “Death of a Salesman”and “The Best Man,” as wellas many other movies and TVshows up to his death in 2010.

It’s “a truly mad concoc-tion, blending 1950s juveniledelinquents, sci-fi melodrama,song-and-dance, and a touchof horror,” according to thefestival program.

Most of the remaining fes-tival entries, which conformmore with the Utopia festival’stheme of community building,run about an hour or less.

“You can tell the story with-out it taking two hours — theypack more of a punch,” saidGervasi, who screened theentries with the help of volun-teers.

Chris Lynn, who helpedfound the festival in 2005 andnow lives in Silver Spring, willpresent for a seventh year acollection of urban-rural “land-scape” films contributed by dif-ferent artists.

“It’s like a shorts program,”said Lynn. “There’s very littledialogue.”

Lynn’s contribution to thecompilation, “Ships Passingon the Huangpu River,” wasfilmed from one location atdifferent times of the day inShanghai.

“It’s how the filmmakerinterprets the place,” he said.“You discover the rhythms ofthe landscape. ... It’s meant tobe meditative, reflective. I col-lected different sounds of thedocks on the river.”

In “Farewell to FactoryTowns?” director Maynar Eiderquestions whether the Mas-sachusetts Museum on Con-temporary Art, which openedin North Adams, Mass., in 1999in a shuttered electronics plant,has since generated the jobsthe project promised.

“A Girl Like Her” is aboutclosed adoptions in the Ozzieand Harriet days of the 1950sand early 1960s. Director AnnFessler interviews women whowere unmarried at the time andhad to give up their babies.

“It’s about how the sad

reality played out behind thescenes,” Gervasi said.

Visiting from New York willbe the makers of “Sousa: Makea Better World,” about a groupof Jewish and Dominicanteenagers living in New York’sWashington Heights who worktogether to create a musicalabout “the Dominican rescueof 800 Jews from Hitler,” ac-cording to the program.

“They came to a new recog-nition of each other,” Gervasisaid.

“Flying Paper” is about Pal-estinian children living in theGaza Strip and participatingin a summer program run byUNESCO who set out to breakthe Guinness world record forthe most kites ever flown atonce.

A representative from theUnited Nations is scheduled tointroduce the film and answerquestions afterward.

Filmed in Europe, the“Wheelchair Diaries: One StepUp,” is a documentary by di-rector Reid Davenport that tellsthe story of a college student ina wheelchair who traveled inEurope to see how accessible itwas to people with disabilities.

“It was pretty awful what hefound,” Gervasi said.

Also screening is “DPRK:Land of Whispers,” a 59-minutefilm by director and producerMatt Dworzancyzk about atrip to North Korea, where hetries to get around governmentofficials to connect with localpeople.

Dworzancyzk was able todo it because he had an agree-ment with a tour company todo a promotional film for thecompany, said Gervasi.

“The guides keep trying tocontrol his movements,” shesaid. “It’s a window into some-thing [for people] who couldnever travel to North Korea.”

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UTOPIA FILM FESTIVAL

“The Singing City” is an exuberant documentary about a street carnival in Cadiz, Spain, where residents take time outto sing and enjoy life, family and friends despite the high unemployment rate plaguing the country. The film, screeningSunday is one of nearly 40 films running this weekend at the annual Utopia Film Festival in Greenbelt.

UTOPIA FILM FESTIVAL

“Flickering Angels” is a documentary about a group of young girls in India in the care of nuns who continue to thrivedespite being separated from their parents in prison. The film screening on Saturday is one of nearly 40 films runningthis weekend at the annual Utopia Film Festival in Greenbelt.

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