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FURTHERINGLATINOOUTREACHCounty ExecutiveRushern L. Baker IIIhas appointed his firstfull-time Latino liaison.
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n Outgoing councilman sayshe hopes hike will increaseinterest in serving
BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAU
STAFF WRITER
Starting Jan. 1, serving on the Col-lege Park City Council will be a littlemore rewarding.
The City Council voted 5-2 on Oct.8 to increase council members’ payfrom $5,000 annually to $7,000 withthe mayor’s pay rising from $7,500 to$10,500.
Council members last voted toincrease their salary by $600 in 2007.
Councilman Robert Catlin (Dist.2), who is not seeking re-election, pro-posed the salary increase.
Catlin said he would have retiredfrom the council in 2011, but no onewas willing to take his place, and hedid not wish to leave his ward with
only one representative. CollegePark’s four districts have two councilmembers each.
“We do have two contested wardraces, but neither one is contestedby long-term residents. They’ve bothcontested by student candidates,”Catlin said. “I believe we need to dosomething to encourage more peopleto run, or if they’re already in office, tostay in office.”
Councilman Marcus Afzali (Dist.4), who is also not seeking re-electionagreed on the difficulties of securingcandidates.
“Oftentimes the city has had to lit-erally beg people to run for council,”he said.
Councilman Fazlul Kabir (Dist. 3)proposed an amendment to Catlin’sresolution that would have reduced theincrease to 10 percent, but his amend-ment was rejected by a 5-2 vote.
College Park councilgets 40 percent raise
n Long list of inventorychallenges hinders replacement
BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAU
STAFF WRITER
Principal Sandra Jiminez has avision for High Point High School inBeltsville as a state-of-the-art facility.
Unfortunately, she said, herdream is clashing with the reality ofleaking pipes, faulty air conditioningand a decaying 59-year-old building.
“It’s just plain old worn out,” Jimi-nez said.
Parents and students at the schoolagree. About 100 attended a meetingwith school officials Oct. 8 asking thata new school be built rather than hav-ing ongoing repairs.
“The amount of money they aregoing to spend on more and morerenovations is not going to be worththe benefits,” said Abraham Ajenifuja,
president of the High Point ParentTeacher Student Association and aparent of a junior at the school.
Sarah Woodhead, director ofthe Prince George’s County PublicSchools Capital Improvement Pro-gram, said the school system is do-ing a feasibility study to determineHigh Point’s needs and whether theycan be accommodated in the currentbuilding.
“At this point, a major renovationor replacement of High Point isn’t inour capital improvements budget,”Woodhead said. “The communityhere feels that it should be, and whenwe walk around the school, we cansee why. There are significant struc-tural issues.”
Completed in 1954, High Pointis the second-oldest high school stillin use in Prince George’s County —a few years behind Suitland High
High Point parents:New school needed
n Staff turnover, failedcommunication led todelinquency, officials say
BY ERIC GOLDWEINSTAFF WRITER
In danger of losing state funding,Hyattsville is scrambling to completethree years of audits — a problem offi-cials are blaming on high administrativeturnover and a lack of communicationbetween leaders.
“When you’re not getting an auditdone ... it is, in my opinion, a symptom
of other organizational dysfunction,”said Council President Candace Hol-lingsworth (Ward 1).
All municipalities are required bythe state to complete annual financialaudits, according to Abby Sandel, Hy-attsville’s community services direc-tor. City Administrator Jerry Schiro saidfailure to complete audits could dam-age the city’s bond rating and result inlosses of state funding, but his biggestworry “is that the city doesn’t have anunderstanding of where they are as faras their financials are concerned.”
Schiro said Hyattsville is using anaccounting firm to assist with the au-
dits and that his goal would be for thefiscal 2011 and fiscal 2012 audits to becompleted by the end of December.The deadline for the fiscal 2013 audit isNov. 1.
City officials blamed the delays inpart on high turnover in city offices.
Four people have served in the cityadministrator position since ElaineMurphy completed her 11-year tenurein 2011. City Treasurer Elaine Stookey,who announced her resignation Sept.20 after working for the city for threeyears, served as treasurer and interimcity administrator from April 2012 untilSchiro was hired in May.
Stookey could not be reached forcomment, and officials declined to dis-cuss why she resigned.
Employee turnover could havecontributed to Hyattsville’s audit de-linquency, said Jim Peck, director of re-search and information managementfor the Maryland Municipal League.
“That can certainly make it difficultbecause new individuals have to taketheir place,” Peck said, adding that thestate has the authority to revoke char-ters from municipalities that fail tocomplete audits, but that has not hap-pened since 1964.
Council members said they were
aware the city was behind in filing au-dits, but were not informed of the sever-ity of the situation until August.
The city has not met a fiscal auditdeadline since 2007, according to infor-mation from the Maryland Departmentof Legislative Services, Office of Legis-lative Audits, and the city has receivedmultiple letters warning of the ramifica-tions of failing to complete the audits.
Mayor Marc Tartaro said it is notthe mayor’s responsibility to share suchletters with the council.
“Prior years, [they] were not shared
Three years of missed audits put Hyattsville’s state funding at risk
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Evan Drake, 3, of Hyattsville “helps” volunteer firefighter Trevor Wortman of Mattawan, Mich., put out a pretend fire during the HyattsvilleVolunteer Fire Department’s celebration of 125 years of continuous service and the groundbreaking ceremony for its new firehouse.
n Hundreds gather forgroundbreaking of$12M Hyattsville facility
BY ERIC GOLDWEIN
STAFF WRITER
While the more than 400people at the Hyattsville Vol-unteer Fire Department werethere for a groundbreakingon a new $12 million facility,most in attendance describedthe event as more of a familyreunion.
“As soon as I walked in,I felt back at home,” said JeffShaw of Rochester, N.Y., a live-in from 1995 to 2000. Shaw wasone of several alumni from 20states returning to the stationat 6200 Belcrest Road.
The station, built in 1959,will be torn down by mid-2014
and replaced with a multi-purpose facility shared by theHyattsville Volunteer Fire De-partment, the Prince George’sCounty Fire/EMS Departmentand the American Red Cross.
Construction of the newbuilding is set to be completedin 2016 and the station willtemporarily relocate to theAmerican Red Cross buildingon 6206 Belcrest Road in theinterim.
A strong live-in programand a supportive alumni grouphave helped the departmentgrow, said Donald Moltrup, thechief from 1970 to 2005.
“It gives us a pipeline fornew local members,” saidMoltrup, who lives in Florida,but adds he visits the Hyatts-ville department every couple
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OCT. 17Alzheimer’s Association Support Group, 7
to 8:30 p.m., Laurel-Beltsville Senior ActivityCenter, 7120 Contee Road, Laurel. Groups arefacilitated by trained group leaders and are on-going, free and open to the community. Pleasecall the Alzheimer’s Association 24/7 Helplineat 800-272-3900 before attending a group forthe first time to verify meeting information.Contact 301-613-6087.
OCT. 18Free groceries, 9 to 11 a.m., Lydia’s Pantry,
8740-6 Cherry Lane, Laurel. Lydia’s Pantry isproviding a free emergency supply of groceriesto anyone in need. Items include meat, freshproduce, canned goods, rice, pasta, tuna andmore. Bring picture ID and proof of residence.Contact 888-346-4440 or [email protected].
Exploring Diversity, 1 to 3 p.m., GreenbeltCommunity Center, 15 Crescent Road, No. 200,Greenbelt. Explore love poems at ExplorationsUnlimited. The time will fly by as you hear ten-der, cynical, vengeful, joyous and special littlegems of poems. Contact 301-397-2208.
Physics is Phun, 7 to 8:30 p.m., PhysicsDepartment Lecture Halls, Physics Building,
University of Maryland, College Park. Showseducate and entertain through the use of inter-active and faculty-led demonstrations. Hands-on demonstrations are set up for visitors to use,with volunteer supervision, 30 minutes beforethe program begins at 7:30 p.m. This programis geared toward a high school level. [email protected].
OCT. 19Emergency Response Team Class, 9 a.m.,
Laurel Municipal Center, 8103 Sandy SpringRoad, Laurel. Provides special training toprepare for, mitigate against, respond to andrecover from a major emergency or disastersituation. Program prepares citizens to helpthemselves, their families and their neighborsin the event of an emergency. Contact 301-7325-5300, Ext. 2242.
City of Laurel’s ERC Yard Sale, 9 a.m. to2 p.m., Laurel Municipal Center Parking Lot,8103 Sandy Spring Road, Laurel. All proceedsfrom the reservation of tables will benefit theCity of Laurel Employee Relations Committee.Contact 301-725-5300, Ext. 2303.
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, exhibits,storytelling, hands-on demonstrations, crafts,games, archery. Some activities may satisfy re-quirements of Scouting organizations. Rain orshine. Contact 301-627-6074 or 301-297-4575or [email protected].
Greenbelt Rhythm & Drum Festival, 11 a.m.to 11 p.m., Roosevelt Center, 113 Centerway,Greenbelt. World drumming and music festi-val. Free African, Afro-Cuban and fusion drumclasses, as well as drum circles. Drums pro-vided or bring your own. Contact 202-361-4095or [email protected].
Wright Aeroplane Rib-Making Workshop, 1p.m., College Park Aviation Museum, 1985 Cor-poral Frank Scott Drive, College Park. Partici-pants will build their own rib for a Wright 1909flyer. Contact 301-864-6029; TTY 301-699-2544.
Physics is Phun, 7 to 8:30 p.m., PhysicsDepartment Lecture Halls, Physics Building,University of Maryland, College Park. Showseducate and entertain through the use of inter-active and faculty-led demonstrations. Hands-on demonstrations are set up for visitors to use,with volunteer supervision, 30 minutes beforethe program begins at 7:30 p.m. This programis geared toward a high school level. There isalso a program for families from 2 to 3 p.m.Contact [email protected].
OCT. 20Intersections/Secrets of the Elements art
exhibit, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Gallery at The Ameri-can Center for Physics, One Physics Ellipse,College Park. Ever wonder what happens whena chemist-turned-artist meets an advertis-ing copywriter ... turned poet? Find out at theopening reception of this exhibition of mixedmedia works. Contact 301-209-3125 or [email protected].
OCT. 21Prince George’s County Casino Proposals
Public 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.
OCT. 23Northern Prince George’s County Republi-
can Club Meeting, 7 p.m., Greenbelt AmericanLegion Post 136, Banquet Room, 6900 Green-belt Road, Greenbelt. Banquet Room entranceis at the rear of the building. We have a speakerat each meeting that may be seeking an electiveoffice. Contact 301-422-8648.
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Michael Charles Grace, Jr.April 25, 1981 – October 9, 2013
On October 9, 2013, Michael Charles Grace, Jr., 32, died of naturalcauses. He was the beloved husband of Megan Alexis Ford Grace.Michael was a graduate of Sherwood High School in Sandy Spring andplayed on the football team. He was a gifted athlete who cultivated hisinterest in sports through the Olney Girls and Boys Club. A resident ofGreenbelt, he worked in the printing industry. He also is survived byhis parents, Michael Charles Grace, Sr. and Laura Rexon Grace ofBrinklow, Md. and sisters Nicole Grace and Christina Arroyo ofPortland, Maine. He was son-in-law to Charles and Rosemary Ford ofOlney, Md., and brother-in-law of Charles Ford, Jr., Brindley andMatthew Swaney, and Travis Ford. Additional survivors includegrandparents Barbara and Howard Rexon and a loving circle of familymembers.
A memorial service celebrating Michael’s life is scheduled forSaturday, October 19, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Peter’s CatholicChurch, 2900 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, Maryland 20832.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to St. Jude’sChildren’s Research Hospital or the Olney Boys & Girls Club, c/oMichael Grace, Sr., 400 Brighton Knolls Dr., Brinklow, Md. 20862.
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In the wake of the U.S. governmentshutdown, the city of Laurel and aGreenbelt community group are pro-viding free access to facilities.
Laurel staff announced that it willprovide free access to fitness roomsand drop-in gymnasiums at the RobertJ. Dipietro Community Center andthe Laurel Armory Anderson-MurphyCommunity Center to all city residentsfurloughed during the governmentshutdown.
“It’s a service we wanted to provideto anyone who has been furloughed,”said Laurel spokesman Pete Piringer.
Piringer said federal employeesand federal contractors furloughed areeligible.
“We’re not going to turn someoneaway who has been furloughed be-cause of the shutdown,” Piringer said.
Proof of Laurel residency andfederal identification or contractoridentification are required. For moreinformation, call the Parks and Recre-ation Department at 301-725-5300.
In Greenbelt, Club 125 founderGeorge Boyce announced the commu-nity clubhouse at the Roosevelt Centerhas waived all membership fees for theduration of the federal shutdown.
The clubhouse is open from 3 to 10p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.to 10 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6p.m. Sunday. It features laptops withInternet access, a kitchen, a social area,and games for children. More informa-tion can be found at club125.com.
Hyattsville studentsto perform in Nashville
Two students from DeMatha Cath-olic High School in Hyattsville wereselected by the National Associationfor Music Education, or NAfME, to per-form at a benefit concert in Nashville.
Senior Gladstone Butler of Wash-ington, D.C., and junior Chad Lilleyof Olney will join more than 670 highschool musicians from the UnitedStates at the Oct. 30 concert.
“The music teachers are extremelyproud of these students and their hardwork and accomplishments,” saidband director Jim Roper. “It is a great
honor for the students and for our mu-sic program.”
According to a NAfME statement,the students will perform under fourprominent conductors: Peter Boon-shaft, Miriam Burns, Rollo Dilworth andRodney Whitaker.
Colmar Manor to hostHarvest Fest
Colmar Manor officials invite stu-dents to dress up for Harvest Fest, afree event held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Oct.26 at the Colmar Manor CommunityCenter, located on 3701 Lawrence St.
A parade march will take place 5:30p.m. at the corner of 38th Avenue andNewton Street, weather permitting.Games, hayrides, prizes and food willbe provided for free at Harvest Fest.
“It’s good for children and good fortheir self-esteem,” said Mayor MichaelE. Hale.
For information, call 301-277-4920.
Bladensburg students join Walkto School Day
Almost 200 students, teachersand volunteers walked from Bladens-burg High School to Rogers HeightsElementary School as part of Interna-tional Walk to School Day, an eventdesigned to bring healthy solutions tolocal communities.
The walk was led by members of
the Port Town’s Youth Council Well-ness Ambassadors, an educationalgroup overseen by the nonprofit River-dale-based End Times Harvest Minis-tries. It was also attended by Olympianand health advocate Dominique Dawes,a Silver Spring native.
“Walking — whether to schoolor just for fun — and eating healthyfoods isn’t as easy as it should be insome neighborhoods,” said Celeste A.James, director of Community HealthInitiatives, Kaiser Permanente of theMid-Atlantic States. “So when we rein-force opportunities like today’s walk ...together we may reduce rates of obe-sity and other chronic conditions.”
Community Forklift hostsupcycle event
Community Forklift in Edmonstonis partnering with Prince George’sCounty organizations to host “UpcycleYour Life,” a free event designed to liftup the community.
Free resources and workshopswill be offered from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Saturday at the nonprofit thrift store,located on 4671 Tanglewood Drive.
The programs at the event includefood distribution, health screeningsand a workshop on affordable housing.
“It’s about empowering people tobe healthy and lead long, full lives,”said event coordinator Tiffany Jackson.
For information, contact 301-985-5180.
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Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks (left) dons a helmet withthe help of Capt. Dana Brooks at the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute. Alsobrooksand others were at the institute on Oct. 11 to learn what it takes to be a firefighter.
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Rosa L. Parks Elementary School students Yoselyn Guzman (left) and Cindy Maldonado, both 12, gather with their sixth-grade classmates after an anti-bullying assembly at their Hyattsville school on Oct. 9.
BY ERIC GOLDWEINSTAFF WRITER
They wore orange shirts, carried orangeballoons, made orange decorations, andsome even wore orange headbands andhair ties.
But the sixth-graders at Rosa Park Ele-mentary School in Hyattsville weren’t mak-ing a fashion statement — they were takingpart in National Unity Day, an initiativepromoting bullying awareness.
“Everybody is rallying against bully-ing,” said sixth-grader Cindy Maldonado,12, who helped lead the Oct. 9 event.
Cindy said she read about NationalUnity Day in Time for Kids, a news maga-zine for children.
“I got an idea in my head: ‘Whyshouldn’t we do it?’” Cindy said.
Cindy said she and her classmatesasked their homeroom teacher, CaseyWainwright, if they could participate in theevent. The idea spread to other sixth-grad-
ers, then — after students wrote a letter onorange paper to Principal Tara Minter — tothe entire school. Wainwright said studentsand faculty were wearing orange because itis the color associated with anti-bullying.
“Even the custodians, the office work-ers. Everybody dressed in orange,” she said.
Cindy and her classmate Yoselyn Guz-man of Hyattsville said they stayed afterschool making anti-bullying posters in thedays leading up to the event.
“This, to me, was a great learning expe-rience for the students,” Minter said.
National Unity Day was founded by theParent Advocacy Coalition for EducationalRights National Bullying Prevention Cen-ter, a Minnesota-based nonprofit engagingand educating communities nationwide toaddress bullying.
“Having one day where there’s a verysimple action can make a really big differ-ence in getting people involved,” said SarahBusch, an associate at the center.
Busch said it was important for sixth-
grade students to understand how tocombat bullying since it is prevalent atthat grade level. According to the NationalCenter for Education Statistics, 28 percentof students ages 12 to 18 experienced bul-lying in school.
During an assembly, Rosa Parks Ele-mentary sixth-graders discussed the pitfallsof bullying and the importance of bullyingprevention.
“National Unity Day brings about acertain awareness. [The students] want toshow that we are in tune to bullying andwe’re not going to do it,” school counselorVictor Butler said.
Cindy and Yoselyn said they wantto hold additional anti-bullying eventsthroughout the school year.
“Hopefully, they celebrate it next year,too,” Yoselyn said of the National UnityDay event at the school.
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n Brown campaign quicklyfires 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’s,Willis said. As a general rule, acandidate needs to carry three ofthe four big Democratic votingjurisdictions — Prince George’sCounty, 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 sense forGansler — who calls Montgom-ery home — to pick a runningmate from Prince George’s.
It doesn’t mean Baltimore,
with 15 percent of Democraticvoters, is irrelevant.
But perhaps what mattersmore than geography is thecompatibility between Ivey andGansler, Willis said.
Within hours of the an-nouncement Monday, Brown’scampaign issued a his-and-herslist of where Gansler and Iveystand, and differ, on policies.
Maryland history tells acautionary tale against pickinga running mate with divergentviews, Willis said, citing thefirst term of former Gov. HarryR. Hughes (D). He said Hugheschose former Prince George’sCouncilman Samuel W. Bogley(D) as lieutenant governor butcame to disagree with Bogleyenough to pick a new lieutenantgovernor for his second term.
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.
Brown’s running mate isHoward County Executive KenUlman. Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Dist. 20) of Takoma Park has notnamed a running mate.
Republican candidate andcurrent Harford County Execu-tive, David R. Craig, chose withDel. Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio(R-Dist. 37B) of Newcomb as hisrunning mate.
Craig’s challengers for theRepublican nomination, Del.Ronald A. George (R-Dist. 30) ofArnold and Charles Lollar, haveyet to name running mates.
Gansler names Iveyas running mate
n Edmonston officials:Environmentally friendlyroad damaged by trucks
BY ERIC GOLDWEIN
STAFF WRITER
Edmonston officials saidtrucks are ruining their prized$1.3 million “Green Street,” andthey’re proposing new restric-tions to prevent further damage.
The environmentallyfriendly version of the roadway,Decatur Street, opened in No-vember 2010 and is equippedwith rain gardens — filtrationsystems preventing stormwaterrunoff from entering waterways— as well as low-energy streetlamps, bike lanes and perme-able pavement.
Edmonston Police Chief Ste-phen Walker said large trucksregularly use Decatur Street,causing the street to sink anddeteriorate.
“Already, we’re starting tosee quite a bit of stress on thatroadway,” Walker said.
Edmonston Town Council-woman Tracy Farrish (Ward 2)said areas on the street will re-quire maintenance, though thetown has not yet conducted adamage assessment.
In an Oct. 9 meeting, Ed-monston’s council introducedtraffic regulations that wouldprohibit vehicles weighing morethan five tons, such as large
commercial trucks, from travel-ing through the half-mile stretchof Decatur Street — from Ke-nilworth Avenue to the CSX rail-road crossing — often referredto as “Green Street.”
“It’s got to stop,” said TownAdministrator Guy Tiberio.
The new legislation woulddesignate the mostly industrial46th Avenue off Decatur Streetas the access route for the trucks.To access 46th Avenue, vehicleswould need to enter Edmonstonthrough U.S. 1, rather than Ke-nilworth Avenue.
Johnny Bivar, assistant man-ager at Autopart Internationalon 46th Avenue, said trucks al-ready follow that route and hewas not concerned about addi-tional traffic.
“It is an industrial park.Trucks have to get in here some-how,” Bivar said.
The new restrictions willbe voted on in November andwould take effect in January ifapproved, Walker said. Beforerestrictions are enforced, letterswould be mailed to the busi-nesses whose trucks would bererouted, and large signs wouldbe posted on prohibited sec-tions, he said.
“This is not a matter of ustrying to complicate the situ-ation. It’s just a matter of uspreserving our streets,” saidEdmonston Councilwoman So-phia Layne-Bee (Ward 1).
Proposed rulesaim to protect‘Green Street’
n New liaison to bring issues closerto county executive
BY SOPHIE PETITSTAFF WRITER
To better represent Prince George’sgrowing Latino population, County Ex-ecutive Rushern L. Baker III (D) has ap-pointed his first full-time Latino liaison.
Dinora A. Hernandez, a lifelong resi-dent of Hyattsville, said she will speakdirectly with members of the Latino com-munity, serving as a point of contact forLatinos to discuss their concerns, whichshe will in turn discuss with and adviseBaker on.
“The county executive often talksabout the county’s diversity and how it’sone of the strengths of the county, so I be-lieve this position will help us better con-nect with the Latino community, whichI think we’ve been missing,” Hernandez,27, said.
Prior to her Oct. 10 appointment, Her-nandez received her law degree from theThomas M. Cooley Law School in Michi-gan then served for a year as a legislativeaide to Baker.
“Dinora Hernandez has demonstrateda true passion for Latino affairs on botha personal and professional level,” Bakersaid in an Oct. 10 statement. “I am con-fident that she will work diligently to
improve the [county’s] service and inter-action with our Latino citizens.”
Prince George’s has the second high-est percentage of Latino residents in thestate, and the numbers are growing, ac-cording to data provided by the Pew His-panic Center in Washington, D.C.
Over the past decade, the number ofLatinos living in the county has nearlydoubled to 132,496, making up 15 percentof the county’s population, according tothe data.
Gustavo Torres, executive director ofCASA of Maryland, a Latino and immi-grant advocacy nonprofit based in Lang-ley Park, said he was excited to hear aboutthe new liaison, especially since so manyLatinos call Prince George’s home.
“We need someone who is bilin-
gual and bicultural, who understandsour community and who, I believe, canmake a difference,” Torres said, addinglanguage barriers are a huge issue facingLatinos.
Hernandez said her fluency in Span-ish and familiarity with Latino culture aswell as the immigrant experience will helpher to engage the community.
“Both my parents were immigrantsfrom El Salvador here to the United Statesand the county, so I know the Latino ex-perience,” she said. “I know that for myparents, language barrier was a lot. A bar-rier to getting them more involved withthe county.”
The District, Montgomery County andMaryland Governor Martin O’Malley’s of-fice all have Latino liaisons, said Bakerspokesperson Scott Peterson.
Will Campos served as the county’slast Latino liaison under Jack Johnson,the county’s executive from 2002 to 2010.
“The Latino population is a growingcommunity in our county,” Peterson said.“[Baker] has found it very important tohave someone such as Dinora Hernandezin his specific office advising him on theissues, the challenges as well as the op-portunities that exist in the Latino com-munity and to improve service for ourLatino residents from the county govern-ment.”
New post furthers Latino outreach“I believe this position willhelp us better connect with
the Latino community,which I think we’ve
been missing.”Dinora A. Hernandez, Latino liaison
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n Newcomer to Ward 2race says council is toomuch ‘like a brotherhood’
BY JAMIEANFENSON-COMEAU
STAFF WRITER
Laurel’s Ward 2 council in-cumbents have said cooperationon the City Council is the key toits success, but a candidate seek-ing one of the Ward 2 seats saysa little disagreement could be agood thing.
Political newcomer ThomasMatthews is challenging incum-bents Donna Crary and councilpresident Frederick Smalls forone of the two Ward 2 councilseats up for grabs in the Nov. 5election.
Matthews, 52, describedhimself as a “watchdog andadvocate” for Laurel. He saidhe attends most Laurel councilmeetings.
“I never hear about thecouncil having any arguments,any disagreements. It tells methis is like a brotherhood, like aclub,” Matthews said. “I feel asthough they have been togetherfor too long a time.”
Laurel’s council seats areopen to election every two years,but this is the first time therehave been challengers in theWard 2 race since 2006.
A lifelong resident of Lau-rel, Matthews is a tractor-trailerdriver and an assistant funeraldirector in training. Matthews
said he would be a voice forLaurel youths, including finan-cial support for programs atthe city’s Boys & Girls Club. Acity task force recently recom-mended the creation of a com-mission to provide city fundingfor recreational nonprofits inneed, such as the Boys and GirlsClub.
“It was important in mylife, and I want it to be availablefor the youth today, but I don’tthink the city has been treatingthem fairly,” Matthews said.
Smalls, 63, said that thecouncil does disagree at timesbut finds ways to work together.
“We have five very opinion-ated council members, plus astrong mayor, and we do notalways agree. The key is, we allhave an interest in moving ourcity forward,” Smalls said.
Smalls said one of his goalsis to maintain and improve pub-lic transportation in the city.
“I’ve talked with many resi-dents who would like to see anenhancement of our publictransit,” Smalls said.
Smalls, first elected to thecouncil in 2002, works as deputysecretary of operations for theMaryland Secretary of State,and also serves as chairman ofthe Laurel Municipal Hospital
board.Smalls cited Laurel’s com-
munity garden as an exampleof collaboration. Smalls workedwith the mayor, city staff andvolunteers to bring the gardento fruition this year.
Crary, 54, a Laurel attorney,said one of her goals is to workwith the council on allocating$350,000 for park security up-grades.
A string of playground firesthat hit Laurel in March pro-vided some impetus in bringingthe idea before the council, butthe need for more security inthe city’s playgrounds has beenon her radar for years, she said.
“I guess, being a woman andgoing around to some of ourparks has just made me moreaware,” Crary said.
Crary, first elected in 2008,said her involvement in theMaryland Municipal League hasmade her glad for the level of co-operation in Laurel.
“I think we’re very lucky.Even though we each have ourown pet projects, we all cometogether to do what needs to bedone,” Crary said.
Laurel Ward 2 voting opensfrom 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at theRobert J. DiPietro CommunityCenter, located at 7901 CypressSt. Early voting is held from 8a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 2 at the Lau-rel Municipal Center for bothwards.
Laurel candidates debatemerits of getting along
n Voters see firstcontested race for topseat in 24 years
BY JAMIEANFENSON-COMEAU
STAFF WRITER
For the first time in nearlya quarter of a century, the Col-lege Park mayoral race has twocandidates — Mayor AndrewFellows, now nearing the endof his second term, is beingchallenged by former councilcandidate Robert “Bob” Mc-Ceney — and both say theirprimary focus is on city rela-tions with the University ofMaryland, College Park.
McCeney, 48, a Mont-gomery County middle schoolscience teacher, has run unsuc-cessfully for City Council fivetimes — in 1989, 1991, 1993,2009 and 2011.
McCeney said that by run-ning for mayor, all College Parkresidents will have an oppor-tunity to choose the directionfor their city, something whichhasn’t happened since the lastcontested mayoral race in 1989.
Fellows, 54, said the cityhas made great strides in devel-oping a close relationship withthe university during the pasttwo years.
“I feel really positive
about it. I feel the expansionof the Student Code of Con-duct last spring is an exam-ple of the city and universityworking together to improvepublic safety,” Fellows said.“Similarly, I feel the develop-ment of College Park Academyis an example of the city andthe university working togetherto improve education.”
In May, the University ofMaryland Senate voted to ex-pand the Student Code of Con-duct to include off-campusbehavior and expanded theUniversity of Maryland PoliceDepartment’s jurisdiction toinclude several neighborhoodswith high student populations.
College Park Academy, acharter school collaborationbetween the university and thecity, opened this year in Hy-attsville, following complaintsfrom College Park residentswho did not want the newschool in their neighborhood.
Fellows said the councilhas done a lot to reduce fric-tion among city groups, andthat the creation of a task forcecomposed of council members,university officials, longtime
residents and landlords to seeksolutions to city challenges hasdone a great deal to heal pastrifts.
“It’s a great tone of civilitywe’ve developed over the pasttwo years,” Fellows said.
McCeney, a city residentsince 1968 and former code en-forcement officer, said the cityhas at times hurt its relation-ship with the university as thecouncil is overly influenced byresidents who resent the pres-ence of college students in thecommunity.
“They’ve tried to make in-roads, but ... I think they needto do a little bit more,” Mc-Ceney said. “You can’t justview the university as an in-trusion into College Park, andthere are many people who doso. There would be no CollegePark without the University ofMaryland.”
McCeney also said the cityneeds to do more to encouragepublic safety such as creatinga police auxiliary program, towalk through neighborhoods.
“They could do a lot of thetasks that don’t require a lawenforcement officer,” he said.
The last time College Parkhad a contested mayoral racewas in 1989. Polls will be openfrom 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 5.
College Park mayor’s racetargets city-university relations
n Incumbents benefit fromcurrent setup, say comecommunity members
BY JAMIE
ANFENSON-COMEAU
STAFF WRITER
Greenbelt has a city elec-tion Nov. 5, but some residentsdon’t expect much change asthey say the electoral systemkeeps the same people in of-fice.
Greenbelt’s seven councilseats — including the mayor —are at-large, meaning all voterscan vote for up to seven candi-dates.
“What does the presidentget? Two terms? I feel the sameshould be for the council aswell,” said central Greenbeltresident Floretta Freeman. “Ihave nothing against thempersonally, but I think otherpeople should have a chancein office.”
Greenbelt is the only one ofthe five largest municipalitiesin Prince George’s County touse an all at-large system.
This year, the seven in-cumbent council members —Mayor Judith “J” Davis, KonradHerling, Emmett Jordan, LetaMach, Silke Pope, EdwardPutens and Rodney Roberts —are all seeking re-election. Twochallengers, Susan Stewart andWilliam “Bill” Orleans, are also
seeking a seat on the council.In the 2011 election, ap-
proximately 14.7 percent ofGreenbelt’s registered votersturned out to the polls to sendall seven incumbents back tothe council. Orleans was thesole challenger.
The longest-serving currentcouncil member is Putens, whowas first elected to the councilin 1981 and has served con-tinuously.
“After four years, theyshould get cut off. Give some-body else a chance,” saidStephanie Fielder, another cen-tral Greenbelt resident.
Greenbelt voters also donot vote for mayor as accordingto the Greenbelt Charter, thecouncil elects the mayor andmayor pro tem from amongits members. While the coun-cil has traditionally elected thehighest vote-getter mayor andthe second-highest mayor protem, there is no requirementfor the council to do so.
“I was mistaken. I thoughtwe elected seven people andthe one with the most votes gotto be mayor. I always felt it wasbest to vote for just one person,which would be J Davis,” saidGreenbelt East resident Rich-
ard “Rich” Storty. “They’re allgoing to get in anyway. They’vebeen in, they’ll get in, and theydo a fine job. It’s just that I feltI was selecting the mayor, byvoting for only one candidate.”
Davis has been elected bythe council to serve as Green-belt’s mayor since 1997.
In 2008, the Prince George’sCounty NAACP challengedGreenbelt’s at-large system,noting that no minorities hadever been elected to the coun-cil. In 2009, the council in-creased its seats from five toseven, and Jordan was electedas the council’s first and to datethe only black council member.
Prince George’s NAACPpresident Bob Ross said hisorganization is still concernedabout voter rights in Greenbeltand would like to see more at-large representation.
Polls open at Greenbelt’sfive polling sites from 7 a.m.to 8 p.m. on Nov. 5. Early vot-ing will be held 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.Saturday and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.Sunday at Schrom Hills Park,6915 Hanover Parkway; 9 a.m.to 1 p.m. Oct. 26 and 11 a.m. to2 p.m. Oct. 27 at the SpringhillLake Recreation Center, 6101Cherrywood Lane, and 9 a.m.to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and 9 a.m.to 5 p.m. all other weekdays atthe Greenbelt Municipal Build-ing, 25 Crescent Road.
Greenbelt’s at-large systemraises representation concerns
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n Department of Justicefunds to be used toreplace safety equipment
BY JAMIEANFENSON-COMEAU
STAFF WRITER
The Greenbelt Police De-partment received a $9,350grant from the U.S. Departmentof Justice, according to a newsrelease.
The grant will be used toreplace ballistic vests as theirmanufacturers’ recommendedexpiration dates come up, ac-cording to the release.
“The grant goes towards thepurchase of approximately 18vests, and the vests must be re-placed approximately every fiveyears,” said GPD Capt. John Bar-rett, patrol division commander.“This grant helps the GreenbeltPolice Department by ensuringthat our officers are providedwith the best safety equipmentpossible.”
The grant came as part of theBulletproof Vest Partnership,
and is a U.S. Dept. of Justiceinitiative designed to provide acritical resource to state and lo-cal law enforcement, according
to the release.
Greenbelt police get grant for new vests
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POLICE BLOTTERThis activity report is pro-
vided by the Prince George’sCounty Police Department asa public service to the com-munity and is not a completelisting of all events and crimereported.
District 1Headquarters, Hyattsville,
301-699-2630, covering Adelphi,Beltsville, Berwyn Heights, Blad-ensburg, Brentwood, Calverton,Cheverly, Chillum, College Park,Colmar Manor, Cottage City, Ed-monston, Greenbelt, Hyattsville,Landover, Landover Hills, Lang-ley Park, Mount Rainier, NewCarrollton, North Brentwood,Riverdale, Riverdale Park, Univer-sity Park and West Lanham Hills.
OCT. 7Vehicle stolen and recovered,
5600 block Gallatin Place, 12:57a.m.
Theft, 4900 block TildenRoad, 8:13 a.m.
Break-in, 6800 block River-dale Road, 10:30 a.m.
Vehicle stolen, 6000 blockLongfellow St., 11:16 a.m.
Residential break-in, 2700block Hughes Road, 12:08 p.m.
Theft from vehicle, 5000block Indian Lane, 12:42 p.m.
Theft, 1400 block UniversityBlvd, 12:43 p.m.
Theft from vehicle, 6700block Belcrest Road, 1:16 p.m.
Theft from vehicle, 5400block Annapolis Road, 2:21p.m.
Theft from vehicle, 8400block Annapolis Road, 2:27p.m.
Theft, 8400 block 20th Ave,3:05 p.m.
Robbery on commercialproperty, 5800 block EasternAve, 3:16 p.m.
Theft from vehicle, ToledoTerrace/Toledo Place, 3:19p.m.
Theft from vehicle, 6800block Annapolis Road, 4:41 p.m.
Theft, 3500 block Duke St.,4:48 p.m.
Theft from vehicle, 8500block Madison St., 6:39 p.m.
OCT. 8Vehicle stolen, 5100 block
72nd Ave, 6:29 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 700 block
Chillum Road, 7:32 a.m.Assault, 2300 block Univer-
sity Blvd, 7:47 a.m.Theft, 1000 block Chillum
Road, 8:23 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 6700
block New Hampshire Ave,8:55 a.m.
Theft from vehicle, 8900block 58th Ave, 9:50 a.m.
Theft, 4200 block 57th Ave,
10:47 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 6000
block State St., 10:59 a.m.Theft, 8400 block Annapolis
Road, 12:04 p.m.Theft, 4200 block 57th Ave,
1:04 p.m.Theft, 7700 block Riverdale
Road, 2:18 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 1000
block University Blvd, 2:22 p.m.Residential break-in, 9300
block Cherry Hill Road, 3:21p.m.
Theft from vehicle, 5000block Crittenden St., 4:24 p.m.
Theft from vehicle, 7700block Annapolis Road, 5:08p.m.
Theft, 3100 block QueensChapel Road, 6:11 p.m.
Vehicle stolen, 7900 blockRiggs Road, 6:35 p.m.
Theft, 6900 block LamontDrive, 6:38 p.m.
Residential break-in, 4700block Tecumseh St., 6:39 p.m.
Robbery, 39th Ave/NewtonSt., 6:50 p.m.
Residential break-in, 9300block Cherry Hill Road, 7:26p.m.
Theft from vehicle, 1100block Navahoe Drive, 11:33p.m.
Robbery, 3600 block DeanDrive, 11:34 p.m.
OCT. 9Theft, Woodberry St./23rd
Ave, 1:18 a.m.Break-in, 6400 block New
Hampshire Ave, 8:33 a.m.Theft, 7700 block Riverdale
Road, 8:49 a.m.Assault, 4700 block Cherry
Hill Road, 9:05 a.m.Theft, 5100 block Annapolis
Road, 10:34 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 4200
block Newton St., 10:34 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 5300
block 46th Ave, 12:19 p.m.Theft, Nb Kenilworth Ave
Before Eb Greenbelt Road,12:54 p.m.
Commercial property break-in, 3300 block BladensburgRoad, 1:46 p.m.
Theft from vehicle, 6700block Annapolis Road, 2:17p.m.
Theft from vehicle, 8400block Annapolis Road, 2:25p.m.
Vehicle stolen, 7700 blockFrederick Road, 4:13 p.m.
Commercial property break-in, 3300 block BladensburgRoad, 5:04 p.m.
Robbery on commercial
property, 5500 block LandoverRoad, 8:04 p.m.
Theft from vehicle, 3300block East West Highway, 8:21p.m.
OCT. 10Robbery, 800 block Berk-
shire Drive, 2:36 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 3500
block Dean Drive, 5:12 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 4600
block Cooper Lane, 1:01 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 8400
block Annapolis Road, 1:33p.m.
Theft from vehicle, 7500block Annapolis Road, 2:16p.m.
Vehicle stolen, 4800 blockLawrence St., 2:43 p.m.
Theft, 3500 block 54th Ave,3:11 p.m.
Theft, 2600 block Osage St.,3:43 p.m.
Theft from vehicle, 6100block Sligo Pky, 5:01 p.m.
Theft, 6200 block Westches-ter Park Drive, 5:27 p.m.
Theft from vehicle, 4300block 37th St., 7:19 p.m.
Vehicle stolen and recovered,3000 block Hospital Drive, 8:13p.m.
Sexual assault, 6800 blockRed Top Road, 11:14 p.m.
OCT. 11Commercial property break-
in, 5800 block Eastern Ave, 4:26a.m.
Theft from vehicle, 5100block Kenilworth Ave, 5:54 a.m.
Vehicle stolen, 7200 blockGood Luck Road, 7:19 a.m.
Commercial property break-in, 2400 block University Blvd,8:06 a.m.
Theft from vehicle, 5800block Riggs Road, 8:32 a.m.
Vehicle stolen, 4500 blockFordham Lane, 9:20 a.m.
Theft, 4700 block BerwynHouse Road, 9:27 a.m.
Residential break-in, 3000block Muskogee St., 11:43 a.m.
Theft, 5600 block 56th Ave,11:49 a.m.
Theft from vehicle, 10100block Baltimore Ave, 1:17 p.m.
Theft from vehicle, 10100block Baltimore Ave, 1:22 p.m.
Theft from vehicle, 9000block Baltimore Ave, 3:00 p.m.
Theft, 8000 block NewHampshire Ave, 3:07 p.m.
Theft from vehicle, 2200block Phelps Road, 3:37 p.m.
Theft from vehicle, 9000block Baltimore Ave, 3:53 p.m.
Theft from vehicle, 4000block 38th St., 4:27 p.m.
Theft, 8400 block AnnapolisRoad, 4:35 p.m.
Commercial property break-in, 3300 block BladensburgRoad, 4:40 p.m.
ONLINEFor additional police blotters,visit www.gazette.net
n System is one of thefirst commercial microgrids
in the country
BY JAMIEANFENSON-COMEAU
STAFF WRITER
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 microgrid
in 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 mi-crogrid, along with the Konterrabuilding’s emergency generator,could power the building indefi-nitely, depending on conditions,Wiater said.
“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 producingelectricity. Instead of going to thegrid it goes to storage, and thebuilding can still be powered.”
Additionally, two electricvehicle charging stations havebeen installed for vehicles fora small fee, and charging sta-
tions can be added as demandincreases, said Warren Woo,Standard Solar project manager.
The microgrid system costapproximately $2 million, saidKonterra CEO Kingdon Gould,III, and was facilitated througha $250,000 “Game Changer”grant from the Maryland En-ergy Administration. The GameChanger competitive grant pro-vides funds to early-commer-cialization stage clean energyprojects based in Maryland, ac-cording to the state website.
O’Malley said one of hisstrategic goals is to increase thestate’s renewable energy portfo-lio to 20 percent by 2022.
“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.
Laurel company shines newlight on solar energy storage
PHOTOS BY GREG DOHLER/THE GAZETTE
Above, the new Konterra Solar Microgrid in Laurel features two electric vehicle charging stations with infrastructurefor four additional stations. Below, Scott Wiater (left), president of Standard Solar, shows the electric vehicle charg-ing station to Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) on Tuesday during the opening of the Konterra Solar Microgrid.
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n Russian nativetransforms costumesinto couture dresses
BY SOPHIE PETIT
STAFF WRITER
When Evgenia Luzhina-Salazar emigrated from Russia22 years ago, she barely knewhow to speak English or howto sew. Now she’s a successfulcostume designer and more re-cently a celebrated fashion de-signer, appearing in one of NewYork’s fashion shows.
“My life is very funny. Every-thing I have reached now is bymistake,” said Luzhina-Salazar,56, who has lived in Bowie forabout 10 years.
Luzhina-Salazar said herfirst “mistake” was meeting An-drei Malaev-Babel, co-founderof one of Russia’s first privatetheater companies, who hiredher as the costume designer forhis new company in Moscow.
Malaev-Babel, 46, saidhe began collaborating withAmerican theatre companiesin the early 1990s and decidedto permanently move to theUnited States, eventually direct-ing a production at the PrinceGeorge’s County CommunityCollege in Largo.
“I couldn’t think of a betterdesigner to collaborate with, soI was able to convince PrinceGeorge’s Community Collegeto sponsor Evgenia’s visa as aguest artist to come and designmy production at the college,”he said.
Malaev-Babel went on toco-found the Stanislavsky The-atre Studio in Washington, D.C.,in 1997 and put Luzhina-Salazarin charge of costume and set de-sign.
“She built things out ofnothing ... She was wonderful atworking under budget with thevery meager means we could of-fer her,” he said.
It was the first time Luzhina-Salazar actually made a cos-
tume, she said.“Here, you have to design
and make it,” she said. “I learnedby myself. I’m not sure even ifnow I’m doing it correct or not.”
Luzhina-Salazar made hersecond “mistake” when theStanislavsky theater closed in2006 and she took home all thecostumes she had made, shesaid.
That same year, she trans-formed them into elaboratedresses and put on her first run-way show — “Passion Runway.”She debuted the show in herbackyard, then at the RussianEmbassy and Sylvan TheatreStage in the District, she said.
To her surprise, she was se-
lected to appear in New YorkCouture Fashion Week’s Spring2014 collection show from Sept.6 - 8, she said. This year was herthird appearance in the show.
“Suddenly everybody knowsme and the next year, they inviteme to [New York] Couture Fash-ion Week,” she said.
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.
Fashionable ‘mistake’ ledresident to New York runway
PHOTO BY LISA HOLTE
Fashion designer Evgenia Luzhina-Salazar of Bowie shows her designs in NewYork Couture Fashion Week’s Spring 2014 collection show in September.
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“... I think a 40 percent hikeis too much, especially in ayear when we raised residents’taxes,” he said. “It just doesn’tfeel right. Doesn’t feel good. Ithink the reasonable amountis 10 percent.”
Mary Cook, a north Col-lege Park resident and formercouncil member, said she con-sidered a 10 percent increase“very reasonable.”
“I know how much workbeing on the council is,” Cooksaid. “I’m willing to give you 10percent out of my own pocket,but not 40 percent.”
Cook suggested that in thefuture, mayor and council payincreases should be put to areferendum vote.
Councilman Patrick Wojahn(Dist. 1) said the increase wouldhelp promote a healthier de-mocracy in College Park.
“If we say that we shouldn’tincrease the salary becausepeople who do this job ...are generally able to supportthemselves, with benefits, with
the jobs they already have,then we’re basically shuttingthe door on people who don’thave that kind of job, whodon’t earn that kind of money,”Wojahn said.
Resident Margaret Kanesaid the pay increase could en-courage more people to run.
“I think this increase couldencourage people who want torun who need a second job, butmight not need a second jobwith this small supplement totheir income.”
Resident, Tim Miller, spokeout against the increase, ac-cusing the council of fiscal ir-responsibility, raising taxeswhile giving out pay increasesto employees and now itself.
“The mayor and certainmembers of the City Councilare taking this city straight intobankruptcy within 15 to 20years from now,” Miller said.
Kabir and CouncilwomanDenise Mitchell (Dist. 4) cast thetwo ‘nay’ votes to the 40 percentincrease. Councilman MonroeDennis (Dist. 2) was absent.
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with the council. I’m not ex-actly sure why that conventionwas,” Tartaro said at a Sept. 19meeting.
State legislative auditorThomas J. Barnickel III saidHyattsville sent a letter to thedepartment dated Sept. 23, in-dicating the backlog was beingaddressed. The city will avoidpotential ramifications, likelosing state funding, if it is pro-
active, he said.“We’re watching their
progress closely. As long as wesee progress, perhaps nothingwill happen,” Barnickel said.
Councilman Tim Hunt(Ward 3) said he is confidentthe city can catch up.
“What you’re seeing is acouncil now that takes [this]very seriously and wants to beheld accountable to the pub-lic,” Hunt said.
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months when he is in the area for part-timework obligations.
An average of about 70 active volunteerfire, rescue and EMS responders operate outof the station, which expanded its facilityand added an apparatus bay in 1988, accord-ing to Dave Iannone, Hyattsville VolunteerFire Department vice president. Overall re-sponses have increased from about 3,500annually to 6,000 in the last 20 years, he said.
Iannone said strong leadership hashelped bolster the department.
“We’ve been able to retain more andmore of those members for the long haul,”Iannone said.
Jonathan Ransom, former president of20 years, is one of many volunteer alumni tostay connected to the department.
Ransom, 55, said he became involved inthe department in 1978 after meeting vol-unteer members as an employee of a nearbyRadio Shack. Five years later, he was presi-dent.
“I came over here and joined, and justnever left,” said Ransom, who continues toserve in an advisory role.
“There are very few people that come tothe department and just turn their back toit,” he said.
Thomas Falcone, 37, president of thedepartment, said he has been volunteeringsince he was 16 years old.
“It’s a second family to me,” Falconesaid.
Falcone said he has enjoyed watchingthe department and its members grow.
“It’s heartwarming and it’s a privilegeto know you had something to do with theirupbringing,” Falcone said.
Zach Valko, one of the Hyattsville de-partment’s 12 live-in members, said he oftenhears stories about former volunteers and
the work they have done in the community.“It’s nice to actually put a face to the
names,” he said.Councilwoman Paula Perry (Ward 4)
said the volunteers are not only very respon-
sive, but active in the community.“Their professionalism and kindness re-
ally went a long way,” Perry said.
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School in Forestville, whichopened in 1951.
A “new” wing was added toHigh Point in 1963, Jiminez said.
During the summer, con-densation from the pipes causedleaks in classrooms, Jimenezsaid. Buckets were placed tocatch the water, but new leaksconstantly cropped up, shesaid. At the start of the schoolyear, the air-conditioning unitstopped working, leaving the
school sweltering on hot days.“With as old as the system is,
things are constantly breakingdown,” Jiminez said.
High Point senior Daniel Di-asgrenados said the building’sproblems affect student perfor-mance.
“When the school gets cold,not all of the building has heat-ing, so the students are forced towear jackets or coats indoors,”Diasgrenados said. “It affectsteaching, and it makes it harderfor students to concentrate.”
A replacement school forHigh Point would cost an esti-
mated $82.3 million, according toa 2012 PGCPS facility assessmentreport. Addressing the currentproblems would require about$37.2 million in renovations.
The county has a backlogof school maintenance and re-placement needs. According tothe 2012 assessment, it wouldcost $2.1 billion for renovationsto correct all deficiencies incounty schools, or $4.3 billionto replace all of the outdatedschools.
“It’s a school that needssignificant investment, but forus, it’s part of an inventory of
schools that need significantinvestment,” Woodhead said ofHigh Point.
Rita Marshall of Calver-ton, a parent of two High Pointalumni and grandmother of aninth-grader, said patchworkrenovations fail to address largerconcerns associated with thebuilding’s age.
“If they put any more moneyinto this building, I feel bad,because they’re wasting goodmoney,” Marshall said.
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Jim Williamson of University Park brought his children, Annie, 2, and Henry, 4, to the Hyattsville Volun-teer Fire Department’s celebration of 125 years of continuous service and the groundbreaking ceremonyfor their firehouse.
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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.
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“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
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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.
Classic Curtis — 2007
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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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
LSee PAIN, Page A-11
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
High PointPallottiDeMathaRiv. BaptistCapitol Christ.SuitlandBowieDuVal
E. RooseveltFriendlyFlowersGwynn ParkPotomacCrosslandDouglassSt. John’s
KenSain
87-21175-41
High PointPallottiDeMathaRiv. BaptistCapitol Christ.SuitlandBowieDuVal
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
High PointPallottiDeMathaRiv. BaptistCapitol Christ.SuitlandBowieDuVal
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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& The Gazette’s Guide toArts & Entertainment
www.gazette.net | Thursday, October 17, 2013 | Page B-1
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-3
See DRUM, Page B-2
See FOLK, Page B-5
Tom Hanks proves seaworthyin “Captain Phillips.”
Page B-5
MOVIE REVIEW
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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.
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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.
LARRY SIMMONS
JASON WALKER
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, Krulik setout to do a rock documentaryabout the 1969 Laurel Pop Festi-val at the Laurel Park race track,where the band performed thatyear along with Sly and the Fam-ily Stone, Jethro Tull, Jeff Beckand 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 claimed tohave been there and other peo-ple who said it never happened.
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 the emer-gence of the rock concert in-dustry, something we take forgranted today,” Krulik said,adding it has the effect of stirringthe memories of people who re-member those days.
“They apply their own expe-riences,” Krulik said.
Playing Saturday at the festi-val is “The Ghastly Love of JohnnyX,” a black-and-white movie (106minutes) about a gang of misfitsbanished to Earth that includesactor Kevin McCarthy’s last roleas The Grand 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 touch ofhorror,” according to the festivalprogram.
Most of the remaining festi-val entries, which conform morewith the Utopia festival’s themeof community building, runabout an hour or less.
“You can tell the story with-out it taking two hours — theypack more of a punch,” saidGervasi, who screened the en-tries with the help of volunteers.
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 Passing onthe Huangpu River,” was filmedfrom one location at differenttimes of the day in Shanghai.
“It’s how the filmmakerinterprets the place,” he said.“You discover the rhythms ofthe landscape. ... It’s meant to bemeditative, reflective. I collecteddifferent sounds of the docks onthe 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 jobs theproject 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 sadreality played out behind thescenes,” Gervasi said.
Visiting from New Yorkwill be the makers of “Sousa:Make a Better World,” about agroup of Jewish and Dominicanteenagers living in New York’sWashington Heights who worktogether to create a musicalabout “the Dominican rescue of800 Jews from Hitler,” accordingto 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 at once.
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 direc-tor Reid Davenport that tells the
story of a college student in awheelchair who traveled in Eu-rope to see how accessible it wasto 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 a tripto North Korea, where he tries toget around government officialsto connect with local people.
Dworzancyzk was able to doit because he had an agreementwith a tour company to do a pro-motional film for the company,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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“FlickeringAngels” is adocumentaryabout a groupof young girlsin India in thecare of nuns whocontinue to thrivedespite beingseparated fromtheir parentsin prison. Thefilm screeningon Saturday isone of nearly 40films running thisweekend at theannual UtopiaFilm Festival inGreenbelt.
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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 to agrant the group received morethan a year ago, the local branchrecently launched The Trans-formation Project, an initiativethat provides opportunities forArc participants outside of theday center, through communitypartnerships.
“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 the lastyear, Brentwood has offeredmulti-week sessions in a varietyof disciplines including paint-ing, ceramics and multimedia.Classes at Brentwood are taughtby art instructor Rowena Bow-man while occasional classes atthe day center are taught by Me-lissa Ezelle, The Arc’s director ofcommunity partnerships. Par-ticipant pieces are currently ondisplay at The Prince George’sSports & Learning Complex inan exhibit running 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 try todo is make sure everyone in thecounty gets equal service,” Davissaid. “This is a group of peoplewho are under-served.”
Neely said for The Arc par-ticipants and their staff, the re-lationship with Brentwood andother partners means the abilityto take advantage of some of theunique opportunities in a newlybustling 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 classeswe would create ... we have asimilar partnership with theAfrican American Cultural ArtsCenter.”
Close to 20 Arc participantswith varying levels of artisticexperience are enrolled in eachsession. Artist Joe Warthen cameto Brentwood with some previ-ous painting experience thanksto classes he took in middle andhigh school. In addition to theworks he does at Brentwood,Warthen said he also “likes towork on stuff on his own timeas well.”
Warthen, who lives in Bowie,has been enrolled in the Brent-wood classes for six monthsand said he intends to sign upfor more sessions in the future.Having his work on display hasbeen an added bonus to theclassroom 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 expressed in-terest in taking other art coursesoutside of the group sessionscurrently offered. It’s somethingEzelle said The Arc is lookinginto for the future.
“Right now there are groupclasses but that is something wewould like to find where I wouldenroll Joe into his own class,”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 said theorganization is looking to offeropportunities for participantsto volunteer in the communityand other activities to help them“achieve personal and civicgrowth.”
Neely added it’s key to pointout that the Brentwood artclasses are not modified for Arcparticipants.
“It’s a traditional curricu-lum,” she said. “Its not art ther-apy and it’s not adapted. Andthat’s important because that’spart of our goal; to have it be anexperience that anyone wouldhave. I think that when you ap-proach something without alabel, you don’t have a bar set.And we want [participants] totake it as far as they can ...”
Showcase featureswork 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. to 6 p.m.Sundays through Dec. 1
n Where: Prince George’sSports and LearningComplex, 8001 SheriffRoad, Landover
n Tickets: Free
n For information:301-277-2863, arts.pgparks.com or thearcofpgc.org
CASSI HAYDE/THE M-NCPPC DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION, PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY
Mixed-media art pieces inspired by an art exhibit at the PGAAMCC ArtMuseum, as part of the Museum In a Box Series.
CASSI HAYDE/THE M-NCPPC DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION, PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY
Artist Joe Warthen and Arc director of community partnerships Melissa Ezelle.
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AT THE MOVIES
BY MICHAEL PHILLIPSCHICAGO TRIBUNE
“Captain Phillips” is aTom Hanks movie. It also is aPaul Greengrass movie, andthe cinematic tumult directorGreengrass adroitly capturesand sustains in the service of anarrative has a way of keepinghis stars unmoored — in a goodway — while trumping conven-tional Hollywood notions of astar vehicle.
Heroism exists in a Green-grass picture. But the British-born, documentary-traineddirector, best known for“United 93” and the second andthird “Bourne” thrillers, is moreinterested 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 setsof union crews and union crewregulations, encountered fourpirates who made their wayto the U.S.-registered ship in
a small craft off the coast ofSomalia in the Gulf of Aden.Phillips’ crew of 20 had beenundergoing a safety drill; thenthe radar signified the approachof an unidentified intruder. Be-cause the container cargo shipwas sailing in notorious pirate-infested waters, Phillips knewhow much potential troublewas afoot.
Written by Billy Ray, in-spired by Phillips’ own accountof what happened next, thefilm tightens the screws for 134minutes and relays how Phillipsended up in a lifeboat with hiscaptors, on dwindling rations,waiting for Navy SEALs to re-solve a highly pressurized situ-ation.
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 Phillips’adversaries as human beings,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 politi-cal crises (touched upon brieflyin the early scenes, probablytoo briefly). The world’s insta-bility is connected by humanthreads, as is made clear in aprologue conversation on theway to the airport between Phil-lips and his justifiably worriedwife (Catherine Keener, reducedto a one-scene player in the finaledit). The pair talk about the un-certain universe their children,about to enter a difficult globalworkforce, are inheriting. Butas the rest of the movie makesplain, there are difficult eco-
nomic straits and then there arepoverty-stricken-Somali-fisher-men-turned-pirates economicstraits.
We get to know membersof the cargo ship crew only infits and starts (Chris Mulkey, avaluable character actor, playsone). It’s Hanks’ show, thoughsome may be surprised to seehow little of the usual emo-tional hooks and beats intrudeon the procedural at hand.
“Captain Phillips” is oneof Greengrass’ good films, ifnot one of his three or fourterrific ones. There are times,in the screaming close-ups ofthe Somali actors, when youwish Greengrass and his excel-lent regular cinematographer,Barry Ackroyd (who also shot“The Hurt Locker”) would backoff a little. Going for clarityof line and context, the scriptstints on offhanded details ofcharacter. For better or worse,Greengrass’ preferred methodof fact-based storytelling seesthe forest first and the treessecond.
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 ei-ther Greengrass or Hanks hasmanaged in other sorts of mov-ies. 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 solidtale 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’ “CaptainPhillips,” starring Tom Hanks.
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 back
as 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 themortgage 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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COLUMBIA PICTURES
Tom Hanks stars in Columbia Pictures’ “Captain Phillips.”
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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 meet-ing sponsored by the AbyssiniaBaptist Church’s 81st AnniversaryCommittee. Contact 301-773-4712 or [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 tsakscollegefair@gmail.
com.Laurel Presbyterian Church
Bazaar, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., LaurelPresbyterian Church, 7610 OldSandy Spring Road, Laurel. Annualevent 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 Church
Free 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, 8501
New 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.
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