Laurelgaz 112113

1906193

NEWS Automotive B-11

Calendar A-2

Classified B-9

Community News A-4

Entertainment B-1

Opinion A-11

Sports B-1

‘NO LONGERA FORGOTTENCOMMUNITY’United effort yields newlibrary for William PacaElementary School.

A-4

A KEYMISSINGPIECEInjury to Flowersquarterback coincidedwith team’s four-gamelosing skid.

A-10

Check out our Services DirectoryADVERTISING INSIDE B SECTION

PleaseRECYCLE

SPORTS

PHOTOS BY BILL RYAN/THE GAZETTE

Charles Carroll Middle School eighth-graders Cindy Beza and Maria Martinez set up a camera to record an interview Nov. 14 for the student-ledonline newspaper as part of its journalism program.

n Sediment removal projectexpected to begin in July 2014

BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAU

STAFF WRITER

Donald Williford said he hasn’t seensome of his neighbors at Laurel Lakes inyears, the result of deteriorating condi-tions to the once-beautiful area.

“You used to be able to catch fishthere, and ducks would come out everymorning,” said Williford, who has livedon the north side of the lakes since 1991,adding that there’s no fishing at the lakeand ducks haven’t come by in years.

Williford and about 10 other nearbyresidents and city officials turned outNov. 14 to hear an update on a projectby county Department of EnvironmentalResources officials.

The county is finalizing plans todredge the upper lake, removing an es-timated 15,000 cubic yards of sedimentthat has plugged it up, said DER engineerand project manager Joanna M. Smith.

Dredging is the excavation of materi-als at least partially underwater, remov-ing sediment for disposal at anotherlocation, according to the U.S. Environ-mental Protection Agency website.

Smith said DER is in the permittingphase of the project, which is expected

to be put out to bid in the spring.“If everything goes well between the

bid date and the open bid, we expectconstruction to hopefully begin July2014,” Smith said, adding that construc-tion would take three to six months.

Smith said much of the vegetationgrowing out of control in and around thelake will be removed, affording viewers abetter look at the lake, which should lookclearer and provide a better habitat forfish and other wildlife.

The two lakes comprising LaurelLakes were created in the 1980s. Theupper lake is intended to capture runoff

Laurel Lakes neighbors hope to see clearly now

Charles Carroll Middle School technical coach Wil-liam Simpson helps seventh-grader Benjamin Zhengedit video interviews for the school’s student-ledonline newspaper as part of its journalism program.

n No date set forcouncil’s decision

BY CHASE COOKSTAFF WRITER

Approving raises to the mini-mum wage will have to wait as thePrince George’s County Councildecided not to vote on a bill thatwould raise the minimum wageby a total of $4.25 over a three-year period.

County Council ChairwomanAndrea Harrison (D-Dist. 5) ofSpringdale said the council waswaiting on information fromMontgomery County before itpassed the bill.

The minimum wage bill wasannounced as a regional col-laboration between Montgomeryand Prince George’s counties andWashington, D.C., to limit com-petition with other counties that

may attract businesses with loweremployee wages.

“At some point we have to actand do the job we were electedto do,” Harrison said duringthe council’s Tuesday meeting.“There is unanimous support onthis council for this bill.”

The bill would raise the coun-ty’s minimum wage to $11.50over a three-year period with in-cremental increases. Employeeswho were exempt from state andfederal wage laws and employeesunder the age of 18 working 20 orless hours would be exempt, ac-cording to the bill.

David Iannucci, the countyexecutive’s assistant deputy chiefadministrative officer for eco-nomic development and publicinfrastructure, was in favor of thecouncil’s delay in moving for-ward.

Minimum wagevote gets delayed

GREG DOHLER/THE GAZETTE

Donald Williford of Laurel lives near the upper lake at Granville Gude Park, which isscheduled to be dredged because of a buildup of sediment.

n System looking at IDswipe to flag visitors onsex offender list

BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAUSTAFF WRITER

Hoping to further bolsterschool safety and safeguardagainst potential tragedies suchas the Newtown, Conn., shooting,Prince George’s County schoolofficials are adding security en-hancements such as ID scannersystems and high fencing.

Schools CEO Kevin Maxwellsaid a system that scanned visi-tors’ licenses and checked namesagainst sex offender registries andother lists was in use when he wassuperintendent of Anne ArundelCounty Public Schools. Producedby Houston-based Raptor Tech-nologies, the system requires

visitors to slide their photo iden-tification through a digital reader,which will flag individuals listedon state sex offender registry listsand also keeps a log of all visitors.

“We arealready look-ing into it,and I expectwe will haves o m e t h i n gvery similarto it, and getit installedsoon,” Max-well said dur-

ing a Nov. 14 meeting with TheGazette’s editorial board.

Rex Barrett, acting security di-rector for PGCPS, said the systemis currently reviewing ID manage-ment systems and is hoping tohave one implemented through-

Schools CEO says newsecurity features in works

indy Nguyen, a seventh-grader at Charles CarrollMiddle School in NewCarrollton, signed up forwhat he thought was a

“basic writing class” that wouldmeet in school every other day.What he landed in, however, was anew multimedia publication: TheHighLander.

Windy, a video game columnist,is one of 14 Carroll students at theschool’s new student-run onlinenews publication.

The students do all of the writ-ing and interviewing and they create

videos for the publication.“I didn’t know it was actually go-

ing to be a group, and we were actu-ally going to do stuff. But now thatwe know, we think it’s pretty cool,”Windy said.

The HighLander, named af-ter the school’s former mascot,launched this school year as partof Carroll’s new journalism depart-ment.

Students from Carroll’s journal-ism department work in class andat home with volunteer help from

n New Carrollton students explore thenews business with online publication

inside lookAn

BY ERIC GOLDWEINSTAFF WRITER

W

See PUBLICATION, Page A-10

See NEIGHBORS, Page A-10

Maxwell

See SECURITY, Page A-10

See WAGE, Page A-10

DAILY UPDATES ONLINE www.gazette.net 25 cents

TheGazetteSERVING NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY COMMUNITIES

MOVINGPICTURESDocumentary reveals kindness, optimism of children in a time of war. B-1

Thursday, November 21, 2013

&

1912630

THE GAZETTEPage A-2 Thursday, November 21, 2013 lr

EVEVENTSENTSEVENTSSend items at least two weeks in advance of the paper in which you would like them to appear.

Go to calendar.gazette.net and click on the submit button. Questions? Call 301-670-2078.

NOV. 21Fresh Press T-Shirts, 6 to 8:30 p.m., Prince

George’s Plaza Community Center, 6600 AdelphiRoad, Hyattsville. Pick your choice of T-shirt decaldesigns that fit your style. Bring a plain white T-shirtor purchase one for $3. (Limited sizes available.)Cost: resident, $5; non-resident, $6. Contact 301-864-1611; TTY 301-445-4512.

Alzheimer’s Association Support Group, 7 to8:30 p.m., Laurel-Beltsville Senior Activity Center,7120 Contee Road, Laurel. Groups provide a placefor people with Alzheimer’s, their caregivers, familymembers and friends to share valuable information.Groups are free. Call the 24/7 Helpline at 800-272-3900 before attending a group for the first time toverify meeting information. Contact 301-613-6087.

NOV. 22Margaritaville Coach Purse Bingo, 5:30 p.m.,

Laurel Elks Lodge No. 2283, 8261 Brock Bridge Road,Laurel. Event benefits youth activities, offers 20games, jackpots, raffles and door prizes. Put on yourHawaiian shirts, hula skirts and flip-flops — the mostspirited attendee wins a special prize. Food and bev-erage served. Cost: $25 in advance, $30 at door. Con-tact 301-526-9029 or [email protected].

Maryland Opera Studio: Albert Herring, 7:30 p.m.,Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park.In honor of the centennial of Benjamin Britten’sbirth, the Maryland Opera Studio presents his rollick-ing 1947 comedy. Cost: $25 or $10 for student. Con-tacy 301-405-2787 or [email protected].

UMD Wind Ensemble, 8 p.m., Clarice Smith Per-forming Arts Center in College Park. Under the newleadership of Michael Votta, the UMD Wind Ensem-ble introduces audiences to new works for wind bandand continues its tradition of performing some of themost respected works in the repertoire. Contact 301-405-2787 or [email protected].

NOV. 23Teens & Jeans for the Homeless Walk-A-Thon, 10

a.m. to 1 p.m., Bladensburg Waterfront Park, 4601Annapolis Road, Bladensburg. Walk on the AnacostiaTributary Trail and bring awareness to hunger andhomelessness. Bring gently worn jeans of all sizes todonate. Contact 301-779-0371; TTY 301-699-2544.

Cub Scout Badge Workshop, 10 a.m. to noon,Watkins Nature Center, 301 Watkins Park Drive, Up-per Marlboro. Join a naturalist and work on differenttopics related to the requirements for the naturalistbadge achievement. Activities may include indoorand outdoor components, please dress accordingly.Reservations required. Cost: resident, $4; non-resi-dent, $5. Contact 301-218-6702; TTY 301-699-2544.

Beltsville “Live Healthy, Be Happy” CommunityHealth Fair, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Beltsville CommunityCenter, 3900 Sellman Road, Beltsville. An opportu-nity for Beltsville to take advantage of free healthscreenings for diabetes, body fat, blood pressure,hearing and vision tests, and more. Contact [email protected].

Kiddie Kitchen, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., NorthLaurel Community Center, 9411 Whiskey BottomRoad, Laurel. Nutrition program hosted by the PsiEpsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Soror-ity Inc. for children ages 6 to 11. There will be twobrief sessions on basic nutrition and food safety fol-lowed by a demonstration of child-friendly recipes.Contact 202-787-0521 or [email protected].

Winter Festival of Lights Trot for a Turkey, 6 p.m.,Watkins Regional Park, 301 Watkins Park Drive, Up-per Marlboro. For years, visitors to the annual WinterFestival of Lights have been dazzled by twinklinglight displays as they drove through Watkins Re-gional Park. This year, you can register to walk or runthrough the 2.4-mile course and see the displays upclose. Registration fee will provide a family in needwith a holiday turkey. Cost: $30 per person. Contact301-627-7755; TTY 301-699-2544.

Tennis Clinic at Watkins Tennis Bubble, 7:30 to9:30 p.m., Watkins Regional Park Tennis Bubble, 301Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro. Free tennisclinic for middle and high school students in PrinceGeorge’s County. Free tennis rackets will be given tothe first 10 first-time participants; tennis rackets andballs will be provided to those who need them. Spec-tators welcome to watch. Contact 301-218-6870; TTY301-218-6768.

NOV. 24Honors Chamber Music Recital, 3 p.m., Clarice

Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park. Con-cert showcases exceptional ensembles of the UMDSchool of Music’s chamber music program. Contact301-405-2787 or [email protected].

NOV. 25Free Business Workshop, 5 to 8 p.m., Bladensburg

Community Center, 4500 57th Ave. Basic training toget started on becoming a business owner. Contact301-277-3775 or [email protected].

Korean Percussion Ensemble, 7:30 p.m., ClariceSmith Performing Arts Center, College Park. EnjoyKorean drumming. Contact 301-405-2787 or [email protected].

NOV. 27Northern Prince George’s County Republican

Club Meeting, 7 p.m., Greenbelt American LegionPost 136, Banquet Room, 6900 Greenbelt Road,Greenbelt. Banquet Room entrance is on the rear ofbuilding. We have an exciting speaker at each meet-ing that may be seeking office. Contact 301-422-8648.

MORE INTERACTIVE CALENDAR ITEMS AT WWW.GAZETTE.NET

Every creature is brrrrr-ing

GAYLORD NATIONAL RESORT

Clement Moore’s “Twas the Night Before Christmas” poem plays out as part of the larger-than-life ICE!event at National Harbor, running through Jan. 5. For details, visit www.christmasonthepotomac.com.

GAZETTE CONTACTSThe Gazette – 13501 Virginia Manor Road

Laurel, MD 20707Main phone: 240-473-7500

Fax: 240-473-7501

A&EBurtonsville’s Church of the Resurrection

shines light on Belgium’s brightest with concert

SPORTS The Suitland, DuVal, Gwynn Park andSurrattsville football teams play for region titlesand a berth in the state semifinals this weekend.

Check online for coverage of the games.

For more on your community, visit www.gazette.net

I wentshopping

at Targetthe other day, and thecashier wanted to scanmy ID. Why?

Check with Liz —her answer is righton Target.LIZ CRENSHAW

FRIDAY

59 45 57 47 44 36

SATURDAY SUNDAY

Get complete, current weather information atNBCWashington.com

WeekendWeather

ConsumerWatch

Still can’t find the car youwere looking for?

1911609

1911911

1911638

THE GAZETTEThursday, November 21, 2013 lr Page A-3

Hyattsville native Albert W.Turner was presented with the“A Passion for Caring Award” byDoctors Community Hospitalduring its 21st annual gala, heldNov. 2, according to a newsrelease.

The “A Passion for CaringAward” was created to honor anindividual or organization thatpositively impacts the residentsof Prince George’s County andthe region in some fashion, ac-cording to the release.

“We were truly honoredto present Mr. Turner withour first ‘Passion for CaringAward.’ Given his many yearsof contributing to the growthof our community through hisgovernment service, businessinitiatives and philanthropicendeavors, he has helped tomake Prince George’s Countya great place to live, work andplay,” said Robyn Webb-Wil-liams, vice president, DoctorsCommunity Hospital Founda-tion.

Doctor’s Community Hos-pital is a nonprofit hospitallocated in Lanham.

Turner, a World War II U.S.Navy veteran, founded MCDEnterprises, a business focusedon developing residential com-munities throughout Maryland.

Additionally, he served asthe first mayor of New Car-rollton and as a member of theboard of directors for the PrinceGeorge’s County TourismCouncil, Suburban MarylandHome Builders Association andthe Southern Maryland HeartAssociation, according to therelease.

“Presenting this award tohim at our gala, which raisedfunds for the renovation of oursurgical services suite to carefor the growing number of peo-ple who have complex medicalconditions, was the perfect set-

ting to share both his and thehospital’s commitment to serv-ing our wonderful community,”Webb-Williams said.

Roosevelt High releasesPrincipal’s Honor RollEleanor Roosevelt High

School in Greenbelt recently re-leased its Principal’s Honor Rolllist for the first quarter.

Students named to the Prin-cipal’s Honor Roll, must have at

least a 4.0 grade point averageand no grade lower than a 90.

The following students withlast names beginning with “A”through “L” were named to thePrincipal’s Honor Roll:

Pendo Abbo, Leah Aclin,Enimien-Omon Ayewoh, AbelBanko, Jordan Barton, VictorBaumann, Joy Bernardo, JohnBielec, Haizhao Bo, CharlesBond, Jacqueom Brown, Mauri-cia Brown, Daniel Bustos, LewisCampbell, Scott Candey, Nel-son Chen, Rachel Clune, Diana

Dang, Taylor Daniels, MeganDass, Nour Debiat, NicoleDelapaz, Ayomide Dixon, BryceDubayah, Danielle Dyson, Ste-phen Dziwura, Deanna Esan,Naja Fadul, Herandre Fair, MiaFair, Sally Feng, Anna Fitzmau-rice, Tesiya Franklin, Christo-pher Gagnon, David Gardner,Carl Graham, Anne Greaves,Alyssa Gutierrez, Griffin Hall,Natalie Hanno, Miles Harriston,Jennifer Hill, Alexis Holliday,Stella Hurtt, Rosemary Iwuala,Clara Janzen, Amritha Jayanti,

Rinor Jusufi, Ahmed Kamil,Dennis Kanu, Dajeong Kim,Joseph Kim, Jan Knutson, Mo-foluso Koiki, Sanai Kureishi,Ryan LeTourneau, Robin Lee,Sarah Leonard, Hohn Li, WalterLittle and Cathy Ly.

Students making the Prin-cipal’s Honor Roll list with lastnames beginning with “M”through “Z” will run in the Nov.28 edition.

Beltsville templecelebrates Diwali festival

The Bochasanwasi ShriAkshar Purushottam Swamina-rayan Sanstha, or BAPS, Hindutemple in Beltsville held its an-nual traditional Diwali festivalin its new facility on Nov. 10,according to Mayur Thaker ofBAPS media relations.

“This was the first celebra-tion of Diwali that we’ve beenable to have in our new tem-ple,” Thaker said.

Diwali is the Hindu festivalof lights and represents thetriumph of good over evil, sym-bolized by lights in the dark-ness, according to the Societyfor the Confluence of Festivalsin India.

Thakur said the temple’scongregation has grown fromapproximately 60 people in1998 to include over 1,500people from Prince George’s,Montgomery and Howardcounties, and that Saturday’scelebration was the largest thetemple has hosted, with over1,500 attendees.

Laurel feral cat groupholds shelter workshop

Laurel TNR, a volunteer-run, feral cat trap-neuter-release organization in Laurel

will be holding a winter shelterworkshop from 1 to 3 p.m. Sat-urday at Partnership Hall, nextto the Laurel Police Depart-ment, located at 811 Fifth St. inLaurel.

Laurel TNR is not just abouttrap-neuter-release, but alsoabout improving the qualityof life and safety of feral cats,Woods said.

“It gets awfully cold herein the winter time,” said LaurelTNR founder Helen Woods, whoadded that feral cats will oftenseek shelter in storm drains.“Below ground, it’s warmer, ofcourse, but after a heavy rainfallor snow melt, there’s a greaterrisk of drowning. So we’re try-ing to provide a safer, warmeralternative.”

The workshop will teachparticipants how to make warmwinter shelters out of inexpen-sive materials, Woods said.

There is a $20 materials feeand preregistration is required.For more information, or topreregister, email [email protected].

College Park residents getleaf-collection reminder

Fall leaf cleanup is currentlyunderway in College Park.

City Manager Joseph Nagrourged residents to not parkin front of piles of leaves, as itmakes the leaves inaccessible tocleanup crews.

Nagro also asked residentsto be careful not to rake leavesinto the curb, especially in areaswith limited roadside parking,as this can present a fire hazard.

“People will park on theleaves, which is really not agood idea, especially given howdry it’s been lately. You maycome back to find your car incinders,” Nagro said.

Hyattsville businessman honored for community effortsFrom trash to treasure

BILL RYAN/THE GAZETTE

Aaron Springer of College Park and Loree O’Hagan of Edmonston build a sculpture Saturday at the RecycledArt Workshop in College Park. The workshop, co-hosted by the College Park Arts Exchange and Public Works,was in celebration of America Recycles Day and allowed groups to build sculptures out of reclaimed trash.

www.gazette.net | Thursday, November 21, 2013 | Page A-4

CCOOMMMMUUNNIITTY NY NEEWWSSCOMMUNITY NEWSThe Gazette

PHOTO FROM MICHAEL J. YOURISHIN

William Paca Elementary School Principal Dorothy Clowers pounds a sledgehammer onto a bookshelf during the unveiling of her school’s upcoming library andcomputer lab makeover. The new library will feature shorter shelves, new books and new TVs, and will update the school’s computer labs with Macintosh andDell computers. Clowers’ destruction of the bookshelf symbolized the school’s transition to the new library, which should open on Dec. 10.

n New state law allowsgas companies to chargecustomers up front

BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFF WRITER

Washington Gas LightCo. has asked for permissionto upgrade its gas pipes andcharge customers upfront forthe work.

Maryland law passed thisyear allows gas companies tocharge for infrastructure up-grades or improvements be-fore those are complete andbypass the typical method ofrecouping the money laterthrough a rate increase.

On Nov. 7, WashingtonGas Light filed a 22-year, $869million plan with the Mary-land Public Service Commis-sion to repair or replace 633miles of pipe main and 75,200services.

To pay for the upgrades,the utility would tack a 29-centmonthly fee on the averageresidential heating customer’sbill. The fee would fund thefirst five years and $200 mil-lion of the upgrades and alsowould pay for $5.2 million ofimprovements made in Au-gust and September. It couldincrease each year up to themaximum $2 per month al-lowed by the new law, accord-ing to the utility’s request.

In its request, the utilitysaid the new fee would take ef-fect Dec. 7.

But the PSC has put a tem-porary kibosh on the fee, sus-pending it for 150 days so thecommission can mull it over.

“The suspension period isnecessary to provide the Com-mission with an opportunityto determine the justness andreasonableness of the pro-posal,” according to a Nov. 13order issued by the PSC.

Washington Gas is thethird Maryland utility to ap-ply to the PSC for a surchargesince the law passed in thespring.

In its request, the utilitysaid the project would createmore than 250 jobs, eliminategas leaks and reduce gas emis-sions.

Del. Charles E. Barkley(D-Dist. 39) of Germantown,sponsor of the law, said it wasintended to accelerate infra-structure repairs on miles ofaging pipe. It also sought tosave customers money andcreate jobs, he said.

“Ratepayers are eventuallygoing to pay for this stuff any-way,” Barkley said. “If utilitiescan get some money as theygo along, it should save someinterest down the road.”

Washington Gas will berequired to file a full rate caseafter the five years, but Barkleysaid it cannot double dip andask for a rate increase to payfor what the surcharge cov-ered.

Del. Alfred C. Carr Jr. saidWashington Gas lobbied forthe law, which he opposed,and that it will actually in-crease company profits.

“My understanding is thatWashington Gas has the abil-ity and resources to raise themoney to make the neededupgrades to keep system safeand reliable using the tradi-tional rate making process,”said Carr (D-Dist. 18) of Kens-ington. “They prefer to do thisway because it is more profit-able for them.”

The law also opened thedoor for other utilities to seeksimilar surcharges, he said.

“My expectation is thatyou’ll see electric utilitiespushing for a similar law,” hesaid, noting that electric utili-ties already have begun to seethe surcharges through othermeans.

In July, the PSC grantedPepco $24 million of a $192million surcharge, tackingabout 6 cents per month up-front on customer bills. Thatdecision is currently facingappeal in court.

[email protected]

Washington Gasseeks surchargeto upgrade pipes


The sledgehammer clasped in PrincipalDorothy Clowers hands was juxtaposed withthe black dress and black high-heel bootsshe wore for the renovation kickoff of Wil-liam Paca Elementary School’s library.

“On the count of three, swing the ham-mer,” someone in the audience began to say,before being interrupted by the sharp crackof wood severing from the bookshelf. Manylaughed as Clowers looked surprised at thesledgehammer’s damage, even though herbackswing barely reached past her head.

The dismantling Nov. 13 of the bookshelf— which took another swing from Clowersand a hit from Prince George’s County Exec-utive Rushern L. Baker III (D) — was a sym-bol of the new start for Paca’s new library andcomputer labs. They are being constructedover the next month as part of a public-pri-vate partnership and Baker’s TransformingNeighborhood Initiative, or TNI.

The initiative created teams that focus

on communities facing economic, health,public safety and educational challenges.Paca is in Landover, a part of the Kentland-Palmer Park TNI community.

“It was nice knocking down that oldbookshelf,” Clowers said. “Now we will beon the cutting edge.”

Paca’s new library will feature smallerbookshelves, so students can reach bookseasily. It will have new TVs, new books and aresource center for parents to read books onparenting, Clowers said.

The school’s computer labs are gettinga makeover, too. The school will receive 72new computers to bolster its supply and re-place some of the older equipment, she said.

The new computer labs are importantbecause more students can take the newstate standardized tests — which are takenonline and being implemented next schoolyear — at one time, Clowers said.

“They recognized the need,” Clowerssaid. “Landover is no longer a forgottencommunity.”

Marquette Dunbar, 10, of Landover said

he planned to use the new library to read artbooks because he wants to be an artist orsculptor. He is eager to see new computersthat will allow more access to the Internetand educational websites.

“I’m really looking forward to the newlibrary coming in,” Marquette said. “Just re-ally can’t wait for it to come in.”

The library and computer lab makeoveris a partnership of the county; the LandoverEducational Athletic Recreational NonprofitFoundation, which provides grants andscholarships for county youth; The Heart ofAmerica Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that promotes volunteerservice and literacy; and other sponsors.

The project should be finished by Dec.10, said Carla Reid, Kentland-Palmer ParkTNI team leader.

“This is really what TNI is all about,”Baker said. “This is important for the com-munity that in the past said governmentdoesn’t respond.”

[email protected]

United effort yields new library for Paca

‘Landover is no longer a forgotten community’

n Landover school hasmost wins in competition,beats Eisenhower

BY JAMIE

ANFENSON-COMEAU

STAFF WRITER

Kenmoor Middle School inLandover, the school with themost wins in Science Bowl his-tory, will look to add anotherchampionship trophy after scor-ing a 265-175 win Tuesday overDwight D. Eisenhower MiddleSchool of Laurel.

“They were two very goodteams,” said Science Bowl hostDave Zahren. “Eisenhoweracquitted themselves well, es-pecially considering they weregoing up against two ScienceBowl veterans.”

The Science Bowl competi-tion, now in its 28th season, isa televised quiz program pittingPrince George’s County publicelementary and middle school

teams against each other in a se-ries of science-related questionsworth five to 25 points, based ondifficulty.

Kenmoor’s captain, sev-enth-grader Prosun Das, hadcompeted on the show twice

for Landover’s Cora Rice Ele-mentary, and sixth-grader JohnBridgers competed last year forLandover’s Highland Park Ele-mentary. Eighth-grader IfeomaOkeke rounded out the team.

Kenmoor quickly took the

lead, answering high point ques-tions in astronomy, zoology andhuman biology.

Eisenhower attempted acomeback in the second half,answering questions on the Pe-riodic Table of Elements, beesand botany to trail by 70 points,but by that point, only low-point questions remained onthe board, and Kenmoor tookthe win.

“We watched old videos,and we had a practice buzzer,and we also practiced at home,”Prosun said.

An aspiring herpetologist,Prosun answered a number ofthe zoology-related questions,often before Zahren finished thequestion.

“He was particularly well-versed on the life sciences, and Iwas not surprised at how quicklyhe jumped in on many of thosequestions,” Zahren said.

John said that when he orIfeoma knew the answer, theywould elbow Prosun to tell himto buzz in.

Kenmoor has won the Sci-ence Bowl championship eighttimes in the show’s 28-year his-tory, most recently in 2010.

“It’s something the kids takepride in, living up to the legend,”said team sponsor Cheryl Diallo.“They want to be part of the tra-dition.”

The match marked Eisen-hower’s return to competitionafter a long hiatus.

“They did really well for theirfirst time in the Science Bowl,”said sponsor Melissa Paciotti.

Eisenhower earned thequarterfinal elimination spotagainst Kenmoor following a255-155 win against ThomasJohnson Middle in Lanham ear-lier in the day.

Thomas Johnson took anearly lead, but Eisenhowercaught up to trail by only fivepoints at the end of the first half.In the second half, the Eisen-hower team of eighth-gradersJeremy Mensah, Betelihim Haileand Lillian Peters answered sev-eral high-point questions to take

the lead.“Our strategy was simple. If

we were behind, shoot for thebig ones, if we were ahead, playit safe,” Jeremy said.

Kenmoor defeated StephenDecatur Middle in Clinton, 350-115, in the first game of the day.

“Kenmoor was a prettytough team, and we tried ourbest,” said Decatur sixth-grader Daesha Tyler, who com-peted alongside eighth-gradersDylan Derringer and RodericWilliams.

With the win, Kenmoorearned the fourth berth in themiddle school semifinals, whichwill take place March 18. Ken-moor will take on Thomas G.Pullen Creative and PerformingArts School in Landover. Thewinner will face either GreenbeltMiddle or Samuel Ogle Middlein Bowie for the championship.

[email protected]

Kenmoor Middle earns fourth spot in Science Bowl semifinals


Kenmoor Middle School students John Bridgers, Prosun Das and IfeomaOkeke compete Tuesday in the Science Bowl competition at the Bonnie F.Johns Educational Media Center in Landover.


n Bethesda autopsycontinues to be amongmore controversial aspects

BY KEVIN JAMES SHAYSTAFF WRITER

In the early-morning hoursof Nov. 23, 1963, Dr. James J.Humes washed his hands afteroverseeing what is arguably themost controversial autopsy inmodern U.S. history at BethesdaNaval Hospital, now WalterReed National Military MedicalCenter.

The director of laboratoriesof the National Medical Schoolin Bethesda took his notes ofthe proceedings to his Bethesdahome and burned them aftermeticulously copying the re-cords because, Humes latertestified, they were stained withJohn F. Kennedy’s blood and“inappropriate to be turned overto anyone.”

“Having transcribed thosenotes … I destroyed those piecesof paper,” Humes, who died in1999, testified in 1977 before amedical panel convened by theU.S. House Select Committeeon Assassinations, one of severalpolitical bodies that investigatedthe killing. “I felt they would fallinto the hands of some sensa-tion seeker.”

That admission is one ofmany facets of the case that havefueled speculation of a cover-upand conspiracy over Kennedy’sdeath for the past 50 years. Asthe half-century anniversary ap-proaches Friday, the autopsy inBethesda continues to be oneof the more controversial ele-ments.

“Dr. Humes may have hadhis reasons for burning the orig-inal autopsy notes,” Philip She-non, a former New York Timesjournalist and author of a newbook, “A Cruel and ShockingAct: The Secret History of theKennedy Assassination,” saidin an interview. “But it was stilljaw-dropping to discover whathe did.”

Jim Lesar, president of theAssassination Archives andResearch Center, a private or-ganization in Silver Spring thatpreserves documents and otherrecords on political assassina-tions, added, “It was an extraor-dinarily controversial autopsythat has been denounced bymany authorities in the field.”

Of the roughly 30 agents,military officers, medical per-

sonnel and others that theHouse assassinations commit-tee determined were present inthe Bethesda examination room50 years ago, only a handful re-main alive. Walter Reed does nothave anyone still working therewho can comment on the au-topsy, but a historian at the NavyBureau of Medicine and Surgerywas preparing an informationpacket Tuesday about the au-topsy and Navy medicine, saidKatie Mollet, a medical centerspokeswoman.

James Curtis Jenkins, one ofthe few present at the autopsystill alive, is scheduled to speakthis weekend during a confer-ence in Dallas on the assassi-nation organized by JFK LancerProductions and Publications.

Jenkins, who then was a labtechnician at the Bethesda hos-pital and could not be reachedfor comment, told William Law,who interviewed Jenkins andothers for his book, “In the Eyeof History: Bethesda HospitalMedical Evidence in the JFKAssassination,” that physicianswere ordered to “follow a sce-nario” during autopsy proceed-ings.

Jenkins said that any timedoctors “stepped outside thatscenario, they got slapped,” Lawsaid in an interview. “That couldbe why Dr. Humes burned hisnotes.”

In his 1977 testimony,Humes said he was “distressed”over allegations of being in-volved in a cover-up, which hecalled “totally ridiculous.” He re-iterated his testimony before theWarren Commission, formedin 1964 by President Lyndon B.Johnson to investigate the kill-

ing. Humes said he believed onlytwo gunshots struck Kennedyand both came from behind.

But when asked if he couldsay the shots came from above,Humes stopped short. Accusedassassin Lee Harvey Oswald wasthought by the Warren Com-mission to have shot at Kennedyfrom behind and above, fromthe sixth floor of the nearbyTexas School Book Depository.

“I think behind is probablythe most one can say from theanatomical findings,” Humestestified in 1977.

Humes expounded on thecase during testimony in 1996before the Assassination Re-cords Review Board, formed byCongress to review decisions re-lated to records on the assassina-tion. He acknowledged burningan original draft of the autopsyreport that was not stained withKennedy’s blood because he“didn’t want anything to remainthat some squirrel would grabon and make whatever use thatthey might.”

“That was my decision andmine alone,” Humes said.

‘Hysterical’ sceneThe scene in that Bethesda

examination room was “hys-terical,” with a large contingentof officials and medical profes-sionals in the room, Humes tes-tified in 1977. Kennedy’s wife,Jacqueline, and brother Robertremained at the hospital, and acrowd gathered outside on thegrounds.

“How we kept our wits aboutus as well as we did is amazingto me,” Humes said. “There wasno question but we were being

urged to expedite this examina-tion as quickly as possible. … Wemade every effort to put aside[such urgings] and approachthis investigation in as scientifica manner as we could. But did itharass us and cause difficulty?Of course it did; how could itnot?”

Dr. J. Thornton Boswell,chief of pathology at theBethesda hospital in 1963, whoalso signed the autopsy report,testified before the House com-mittee in 1977 that Rear Adm.George Burkley, who was Ken-nedy’s personal physician andamong those present at the au-topsy, imposed only one “im-material” constraint on them.

They had “caught Oswaldand that they needed the bul-let to complete the case,” saidThornton, who died in 2010.“We were told initially that’swhat we should do, is to find thebullet.”

After the pathologists de-termined there was no bulletinside Kennedy but only frag-ments, Burkley, who died in1991, agreed that “we shouldcontinue and do a complete au-topsy,” Thornton said.

Humes added that he un-derstood Burkley’s position ashe was concerned about theemotional state of the Kennedyfamily. “He was in hopes thatthe examination could achieveits goal in as expedient a manneras possible,” Humes said.

Shenon’s book describeshow the morgue at the Bethesdahospital had been renovatedwith new equipment just a fewweeks earlier.

“It was spacious by thestandards of military hospitals,about twenty-five by thirty feet,with a dissecting table fixed tothe floor in the center,” Shenonwrote. “A closed-circuit televi-sion camera had been installedso audiences across the street atthe National Institutes of Health… could observe at a distance.”

But no one switched on thatcamera for the Kennedy au-topsy, which Humes later saidhe wished had occurred to helpend speculation about the pro-ceedings.

The House committee med-ical panel, headed by formerNew York City chief medicalexaminer Michael Baden, con-curred with the Warren Com-mission and Bethesda autopsypathologists that two bullets hadstruck Kennedy from behind.But there was a key dissenter,

former Allegheny County, Pa.,coroner Cyril Wecht, who dis-agreed that a single bullet struckKennedy and then caused all ofthe wounds to Texas Gov. JohnConnally, who was riding in thecar with Kennedy.

“Without the single-bullettheory, there cannot be one as-sassin, whether it is Oswald oranybody else,” Wecht testifiedin 1978. He also raised questionsabout the “remote” possibilityof another shot fired from theright side or lower right rear thatcould have struck Kennedy atthe same time a shot struck himin the back of the head.

Another controversial ques-tion related to the autopsy con-cerned whether a neck woundwas an entrance or exit wound.Doctors and nurses in Dallaswho tried to save Kennedy’slife described the neck woundas an entry wound, but Badentestified in 1978 that emer-gency room personnel are not“trained in distinguishing someof the fine points of differencesbetween entrance and exit gun-shot wounds because this doesnot have much pertinence totreatment and therapy.”

The neck wound had “somecharacteristics of an exit woundbecause of its smallness androundness, which may havebeen, in part, due to the fact thatit came out right beneath thecollar and tie of the presidentwhere the skin was held fairlyfirm,” Baden said.

Conspiracy sentimentA recent Gallup poll showed

that 61 percent of Americansbelieve others besides Oswaldwere involved in Kennedy’s kill-ing. That’s down from 75 per-cent a decade ago.

Among those who professed

questions in recent years wasJames W. Sibert, a former FBIagent who took notes in theBethesda autopsy room for thefederal agency. Sibert, who diedin 2012, was quoted in numer-ous published reports as lateas 2009 that he didn’t “buy thesingle-bullet theory.”

Law interviewed Sibert nu-merous times for his book, in-cluding at Sibert’s Florida home.

“He thought the back woundwas too low to be part of thesingle-bullet theory,” Law said.“He said he often wondered ifthe shooter used an explodingbullet.”

Sibert also told Law thatwhen Kennedy’s body reachedBethesda, his cranium appearedto be empty of a brain. The issueof what happened to Kennedy’sbrain remains another mystery.

Humes and Boswell told theassassinations review board thatthey placed the remains of thebrain in a stainless-steel con-tainer during the autopsy andthen examined it two or threedays later. Humes said he gavethe brain remains to Burkleyand did not see them again.

The remains reportedly weretaken from the White House tothe National Archives in 1965,according to the House assas-sinations committee, but theyturned up missing in 1966.

The House assassinationscommittee “was not able todetermine precisely what hap-pened to the missing materials,”the panel said in its report. Thecommittee added that Robert F.Kennedy “most likely acquiredpossession of, or at least per-sonal control over, these mate-rials.”

Many doubt such questionswill ever be fully resolved.

[email protected]

Kennedy assassination still raising questions 50 years later

WALLY MCNAMEE/THE WASHINGTON POST

Jacqueline Kennedy reaches for the door of the ambulance carrying the bodyof her slain husband, President John F. Kennedy, at Andrews Air Force Basein Camp Springs on Nov. 22, 1963. Kennedy’s brother, Attorney General Rob-ert F. Kennedy, accompanies her at right.

1911642

1911867 1906288

1912031

132216G

1912584

1906195

Jhonny HerreraJim Coleman Honda12441 Auto Dr.Clarksville, MD [email protected] office240-476-5590 cell

For A Full List Of Inventory, Visit Us At

JimColemanHonda.com

A short drive from Montgomery &Prince George’s Counties

#1Honda Dealershipin the Baltimore area 4 years in a

row. No need to shop around whenwe have the lowest prices and

greatest selection around!Call now!

Ayudando a la comunidad Hispanahoy, mañana y siempre! Me

asegurare de protegerlos desde lacompra hasta el departamento de

finazas! Llame hoy!

1905

930


NOV. 7

800 Block West Street, bur-glary – forced entry

NOV. 8

800 Block West Street, bur-glary – unforced

7900 Block Cypress Street,theft

NOV. 11

7800 Block Contee Road,theft from motor vehicle

8100 Block Fenwick Court,attempted burglary

NOV. 12400 Block Washington Bou-

levard, theft – motor vehicleparts/accessories

14900 Block Fourth Street,theft

NOV. 141200 Block Sandy Spring

Road, theft from motor vehicle9300 Block Player Drive, mo-

tor vehicle theft

NOV. 15100 Block Woodland Court,

burglary – unforced entry

POLICE BLOTTERLAUREL

n County officers searchedfor suspect Saturday before12-year-old told the truth

BY CHASE COOK

STAFF WRITER

A 12-year-old who said he was nearly ab-ducted near Central High School in CapitolHeights on Friday prompted a Prince George’sCounty police search for the alleged suspect.

But after police spent a portion of Satur-day afternoon canvassing the neighborhoodlooking for the alleged abductor and talkingto witnesses, the young man admitted in afollow-up interview that he made the eventup, police said.

County police received the initial call at5:15 p.m. on Friday to the 200 block of CabinBranch Road in Capitol Heights for an at-tempted abduction.

“We certainly understand that the reportof an attempted abduction caused great con-cern in our community,” said Capt. MeredithBingley, commander of the Regional Investi-gation Division’s Central Region in a releasedstatement. “We do not take this false reportlightly.”

As of Monday, information about the al-leged victim’s motives for the false report andpotential punishment for the report are notavailable, said Police Officer First Class NicoleHubbard, county police spokeswoman.

[email protected]

Police: Youth lied about abduction attempt

n 53-year-old’s deathbelieved to be an accident;investigation is underway


Prince George’s Countypolice have identified a bodyfound near a burning vehicleearlier this week as Sydna AnnMcCracken, 53, of Laurel.

McCracken’s body was dis-covered Nov. 13 near a burningcar on Brock Ridge Road nearLaurel after county fire/EMScrews put out the fire, said Lt. Wil-liam Alexander, a Prince George’sCounty Police spokesman.

Preliminary findings indicatethe car fire was likely a result ofan auto accident after the vehiclehit a tree, Alexander said. Policeare still gathering information,but at this point it looks like a“tragic” auto accident involvinga single vehicle, Alexander said.

The cause of death was notimmediately available as the po-lice are waiting results of a toxi-cology report, Alexander said.

[email protected]

Body ID’din Laurelarea crash

This 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, Uni-versity Park and West LanhamHills.

NOV. 11Theft, 4700 block Lakeland

Road, 12:18 a.m.Assault, 5700 block 64th

Place, 1:31 a.m.Theft, 7400 block Baltimore

Ave., 6:13 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 800 block

Rittenhouse St., 10:13 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 3600

block Bladensburg Road, 11:49a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6600block Newport Road, 12:01 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 2400block Queens Chapel Road,12:22 p.m.

Theft, 5000 block Rhode Is-land Ave., 1:18 p.m.

Residential break-in, 4100block 40th St., 1:52 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 2400 blockChillum Road, 2:57 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 4200block Kenilworth Ave., 4:03 p.m.

Residential break-in, 900block East West Highway, 6:03p.m.

Residential break-in, 7400block Columbia Ave., 7:52 p.m.

Residential break-in, 8500block 60th Ave., 9:16 p.m.

NOV. 12Theft from vehicle, 5000

block Indian Lane, 6:57 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 5100

block Lackawanna St., 7:55 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 2400

block Queens Chapel Road, 9:10a.m.

Theft, 4700 block Cherry Hill

Road, 11:10 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 7300

block Longbranch Drive, 11:40a.m.

Theft, 2400 block ChillumRoad, 11:40 a.m.

Theft, 2300 block UniversityBlvd., 1:54 p.m.

Theft, 5800 block Swarth-more Drive, 2:24 p.m.

Theft, 5800 block EasternAve., 3:13 p.m.

Residential break-in, 3600block Dean Drive, 3:12 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 2500block Wayne Place, 3:45 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 9400block Rhode Island Ave., 6:07p.m.

Residential break-in, 6800block Standish Drive, 6:40 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 10000block Baltimore Ave., 9:51 p.m.

NOV. 13Theft, 6100 block 84th Ave.,

12:13 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 7100

block Riggs Road, 5:28 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 3400 block

39th Place, 8:06 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 7300

block 15th Ave., 8:19 a.m.Theft, 2700 block Curry

Drive, 9:31 a.m.Residential break-in, 5400

block Sargent Road, 9:33 a.m.Theft, 7700 block Garrison

Road, 9:49 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 6800

block Standish Drive, 11:46 a.m.Break-in, 2200 block Charles-

ton Place, 12:55 p.m.Residential break-in, 4500

block Albion Road, 1:42 p.m.Theft, 3800 block Bladens-

burg Road, 1:58 p.m.Vehicle stolen, 7900 block

15th Ave., 2:55 p.m.Vehicle stolen, 5700 block

Cypress Creek Drive, 4:07 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 4600

block Cooper Lane, 4:12 p.m.Residential break-in, 1900

block Fox St., 7:16 p.m.Theft, 7200 block Glenridge

Drive, 7:22 p.m.

NOV.14Commercial property break-

in, 6300 block Greenbelt Road,3:19 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6000block 64th Ave., 7:42 a.m.

Theft, 5000 block Fox St., 7:49a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 4500block Guilford Road, 7:54 a.m.

Residential break-in, 4400block Underwood St., 9:25 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 5800block Ruatan St., 9:58 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 4500block Guilford Road, 11:04 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 7300block Longbranch Drive, 1:16p.m.

Residential break-in, 7000block 40th Ave., 3:27 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 7300block Longbranch Drive, 4:46p.m.

Theft, 8000 block NewHampshire Ave., 5:19 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 1600block Merrimac Drive, 7:07 p.m.

Robbery, 7300 block RiggsRoad, 10:06 p.m.

NOV. 15Assault, 8100 block 48th Ave.,

5:43 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 7500 block

Riverdale Road, 8:19 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 3500

block Windom Road, 11:22 a.m.Residential break-in, 4000

block Webster St., 12:49 p.m.Vehicle stolen, 2200 block

Amherst Road, 2:09 p.m.Theft, 6400 block Riggs Road,

3:10 p.m.Residential break-in, 7400

block 18th Ave., 4:21 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 7900

block Legation Road, 6:12 p.m.Theft from vehicle, West-

chester Drive/Nb KenilworthAve., 7:58 p.m.

Residential break-in, 6300block Queens Chapel Road, 9:46p.m.

Robbery, 5700 block CypressCreek Drive, 10:58 p.m.

NOV. 16Residential break-in, 5000

block Berwyn Road, 12:22 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 2000

block University Blvd., 1:48 a.m.School break-in, 6200 block

Tuckerman St., 3:01 a.m.Theft, 8100 block Baltimore

Ave., 3:28 a.m.Robbery, 2000 block Univer-

sity Blvd., 4:07 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 2700

block Hughes Road, 6:49 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 7900

block 14th Ave., 8:52 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 2300

block University Blvd., 9:03 a.m.Break-in, 3800 block Ke-

nilworth Ave., 10:21 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 5900

block Eastern Ave., 10:54 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 9300 block

Cherry Hill Road, 11:48 a.m.Robbery, 8100 block Lamont

Drive, 11:49 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 3900 block

62nd Ave., 11:57 a.m.Theft, 5000 block Rhode Is-

land Ave., 12:31 p.m.Theft, 6400 block Inwood St.,

1:04 p.m.Theft, 600 block Sheridan St.,

2:01 p.m.Residential break-in, 9300

block Cherry Hill Road, 2:55p.m.

Residential break-in, 1800block Drexel St., 3:24 p.m.

Break-in, 3800 block Ke-nilworth Ave., 4:12 p.m.

Residential break-in, 1800block Metzerott Road, 4:40 p.m.

Residential break-in, 9300block Cherry Hill Road, 6:34p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 8400block 20th Ave., 8:58 p.m.

School break-in, 8900 blockRiggs Road, 9:55 p.m.

School break-in, 8800 blockRiggs Road, 10:22 p.m.

NOV. 17Robbery, Northwest Drive/

Toledo Terrace, 1 a.m.Assault, 51st Ave./Nantucket

Road, 2:54 a.m.Residential break-in, 8100

block Baltimore Ave., 3:01 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 6100 block

Longfellow St., 6:43 a.m.Robbery, 5100 block Edmon-

ston Road, 8:25 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 4000 block

Warner Ave., 8:48 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 6900 block

23rd Place, 10:06 a.m.Theft, 100 block Valley Drive,

11:19 a.m.Residential break-in, 8100

block Baltimore Ave., 12:07 p.m.Vehicle stolen, 6500 block

New Hampshire Ave., 2:28 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 6700

block Munsey St., 4:34 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 7900

block Annapolis Road, 5 p.m.Vehicle stolen, 600 block

Sheridan St., 10:12 p.m.Theft, 4000 block 73rd Ave.,

10:52 p.m.

District 3Headquarters, Palmer Park,

301-772-4900. Chapel Oaks,Cheverly, Glenarden, FairmountHeights, Kentland, Landover,Palmer Park, Seat Pleasant, For-estville, Suitland, District Heightsand Capitol Heights.

NOV. 11Vehicle stolen, 6100 block

Central Ave., 2:40 a.m.


POLICE BLOTTER

ONLINEFor additional police blot-ters, visit www.gazette.net

n Police say homicide does notappear to be a random crime


A Suitland woman was found deadoutside a Landover home Tuesday.

Preliminary investigation by policeindicates that Stefanie Anne Littlejohn,30, of Suitland, was not the victim of arandom attack, said Police Officer FirstClass Harry Bond.

She was pronounced dead whenshe was found outside a home in the2400 block of Kent Village Place afterofficers responded to a call regardinga stabbing at about 2:45 a.m. Tuesday,said Lt. William Alexander, a countypolice spokesman.

The cause of death is unknown,with police working to identify herwounds as gunshots, stabs or someother trauma, Alexander said.

Anyone with information can callthe homicide unit at 301-772-4925 orreport tips anonymously by calling theCrime Solvers line at 1-866-411-8477.Tips leading to an arrest and indict-ment can result in a reward of up to$25,000.

[email protected]

Womanfound deadin Landover

1911606 132350G

1911190

ServicesWe OfferWith us, your career andgoals are secured throughthe quality services andtrainings that we proudlyprovide.

Nursing Assistant ( CNA)

CPR

First Aid

Medication Technician

1912021

1322

07G


n Rivals show littleinterest in campaignfunding request

BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFF WRITER

Attorney General DouglasF. Gansler asked his Demo-cratic rivals to pledge to keepoutside spending out of therace for governor, but his op-ponents are in no hurry to givehim an answer.

Gansler asked Lt. Gov.Anthony G. Brown and Del.Heather Mizeur (Dist. 20) ofTakoma Park to pledge to keepspending by unions, specialinterests and other groups outof the race for the Democraticnomination.

The pledge is not merelya gesture. It requires candi-dates, about whom an outsideadvertisement runs, to payhalf the cost of the ad to thecharity of their opponent’schoosing.

Mizeur said that her cam-paign has been so focused onits efforts, including namingher running mate, the Rev.Delman Coates, that she hasnot had time to considerGansler’s request.

Brown and his staff aregiving it consideration, butnot too much.

“We are reviewing thepledge, but frankly our cam-paign is focused on organizinga grass-roots effort to deliverour message to voters aboutour vision for Maryland’s fu-ture,” said campaign man-ager Justin Schall. “The law inMaryland clearly prohibits ourcampaign, or any other cam-paign, from working or coor-dinating with an independentexpenditure committee. Wewill absolutely abide by thelaw and run a clean and trans-parent campaign.”

Gansler’s communica-tions director, Bob Wheelock,said his camp had hoped for amore prompt response.

“We don’t see this as adifficult decision from a fi-nancial standpoint or moralstandpoint,” Wheelock said.“All it takes is a yes. Not ‘we’restudying it.’ Not an emptypromise. Not rhetoric aboutreform. No ducking. No dodg-ing. Yes or no. Sign it or not.”

Wheelock said Gansler’smotives are altruistic.

“I know Doug truly thinksthat the voters should havethe say and have as little out-side influence and negativeads on them as possible,” hesaid.

However, among the

Democratic field, Ganslerhas received few endorse-ments, so it makes sense thathe would want to balance thespending scales without theoutside money Brown’s laun-dry list of endorsers coulddrop in the election, saidTodd Eberly, political scienceprofessor at St. Mary’s Col-lege.

Gansler and Brown havesimilar campaign caches — atlast count, each had about $5million in the bank.

Wheelock said Ganslerhas received endorsements,but he has chosen not to an-nounce them yet.

In the meantime, Brown’slist of endorsements growsalmost weekly and he is a par-ticular favorite of unions.

Eberly noted that orga-nized labor is typically a bigspender in Democratic races.

“In a primary situation,one candidate could com-pletely wash over anotherone, so strategically [forGansler] it makes sense,” Eb-erly said of the pledge. “Stra-tegically, it would be crazy forBrown to agree to it.”

Election law limits theamount of collaboration acampaign and a third partygroup can have, Eberly said.

If Brown agrees, it threat-ens to deter his endorsersfrom spending anyway, be-cause any outside moneyspent on Brown’s behalfwould harm the campaign,Eberly said.

But Eberly said the pledgecould win favor with good-government voters who wantclean campaigns.

Since campaign reformstarted in the early 2000s,more third-party money hasbeen seeping into races asthose with deep pockets seekto influence the outcome ofelections, Eberly said.

Studies, he said, also sug-gest that ads run by outsidegroups are disproportionatelynegative.

But while people say theyare sick and tired of negativeads, there is at least a slightindication that negative adsmay stick with voters morethan positive ads, Eberly said.

Limiting outside moneycan be seen as a step to regainvoter confidence and trust.Such a limit proved success-ful in the 2012 Massachusettsgeneral election for the U.S.Senate between Democraticchallenger Elizabeth War-ren and the GOP incumbent,Scott Brown. Eberly said it hasnot been tried in a primary.

[email protected]

Gansler’s pledgepitch receivesa tepid response

n All three Democratic tickets havePrince George’s County tie

BY KATE S. ALEXANDER

STAFF WRITER

In her bid to be Maryland’s next gov-ernor, Del. Heather Mizeur introduced herrunning mate, the Rev. Delman Coates — aPrince George’s County pastor and politicalnewcomer — to supporters in Silver Springon Nov. 13.

From afar, it might seem like an unlikelypairing — a black Baptist minister and awhite lesbian — but Mizeur said her andCoates’ progressive values and vision forMaryland align perfectly.

Coates, 40, brings charisma, passion andloyalty to the campaign, as well as a talentfor community engagement, said Mizeur(D-Dist. 20) of Takoma Park, who also is 40.

A Mizeur-Coates ticket rounds out theDemocratic field and shifts focus to PrinceGeorge’s County as a battleground in theJune 2014 primary, as each Democraticticket includes a candidate from that county.

Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler’srunning mate, Del. Jolene Ivey (D-Dist. 47),lives in Cheverly.

Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown is a Mitch-ellville resident. His lieutenant governorcandidate is Howard County Executive KenUlman.

As of October 2012, Prince George’s had443,643 enrolled Democrats, the most of anyjurisdiction in Maryland and about 22 per-cent of the state’s total. The next highest wasMontgomery, with 345,449 Democrats.

Having never held or run for office,Coates is admittedly new to politics — butnot new to public service, he said.

“There is a saying that we say in somefaith circles. It says a shepherd ought tosmell like sheep,” he said.

As a pastor, Coates said, he has devoted

his ministry to serving people not moving inestablishment circles.

“It’s that connection and contact withthe people that qualifies me for this oppor-tunity,” he said.

Among African-American clergy leaders,there is precendent of moving from pastoralservice into political service, he said.

“Nothing says that you have to be anelected official for 10, 20, 30 years in order toqualify for elected office,” he said. “I have adiscernible record of leadership.”

A local example of the dual role of pas-tor and legislator is C. Anthony Muse, a statesenator from Prince George’s and bishopat Ark of Safety Christian Church in UpperMarlboro.

Voters might recognize Coates, a Fort

Washington resident, from the 2012 cam-paign for same-sex marriage, when he ap-peared in ads supporting a ballot questionto uphold the legislature’s newly passed law.

Nationally, Coates is known for his workon social justice and combating inequalities,according to Mizeur’s campaign.

Others might recognize him as the se-nior pastor at Mount Ennon Baptist Churchin Clinton.

Since 2004 he has led the church, grow-ing its membership to 8,000. He said willcontinue to preach and lead the church iteven while on the campaign trail.

Coates and his wife, Yolanda, have twosons, ages 10 and 7, and 4-year-old twin girls.

[email protected]

Mizeur touts running mate’s charisma


The Rev. Delman Coates, the running mate of gubernatorial candidate Heather Mizeur, speaks in SilverSpring. Behind him are (from left) Debra Mizeur and her wife, Heather Mizeur, along with Coates’ wife,Yolanda Coates, son Joshua, 7, daughter Leah, 4, and son Nathaniel, 10.

A private school in Hyatts-ville is holding a toy drive tosupport Prince George’s Countyyouth by collecting various toysand gift cards.

The New Hope Academyhas been holding a toy drivesince Nov. 18 and will continueto collect toys until Dec. 6,said Michelle Morse, academy

spokeswoman. Collected toyswill be donated to the My LittleAngel Toy Drive, which is run byUpper Marlboro resident Syd-ney Harrison.

Harrison’s toy drive sendstoys to needy Prince George’sCounty youth.

“We’re really excited aboutparticipating in the My Little

Angel Toy Drive. At New HopeAcademy, community service isstrongly emphasized and it’s animportant part of our charactereducation curriculum,” Morsesaid.

Anyone who wants to do-nate can place toys in the acad-emy’s donation box, which willbe located in the building’s

lobby, located at 7009 VarnumSt., Hyattsville, Morse said.

Accepted toys are bicycles,action figures, dolls, stuffed ani-mals, board games, books, elec-tronic toys, educational toys,sports balls and gift cards for theolder recipients.

— CHASE COOK

Hyattsville private school hosts toy, gift card drive


n 20,000 peopleestimated to visitretailers on Friday

BY CHASE COOK

STAFF WRITER

With an estimated 20,000people set to descend onPrince George’s County’s new-est retail attraction — TangerOutlets at National Harbor —for its grand opening Friday,residents should expect delaysdespite efforts to mitigate traf-fic.

Tanger Outlets will openat 9 a.m. Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m.

Mall representatives areanticipating a large turnout ofguests and customers, whichwill likely fill up the center’s4,000-plus available parkingspaces and ancillary parkingareas, said Christi Wallace, thecenter’s general manager.

The mall is opening withabout 99 percent of its high-end retail stores such as CalvinKlein and Coach leased, Wal-lace said. “We generate a lot ofexcitement, so we know that isgoing to bring a lot of traffic,”Wallace said.

Wallace said Tanger hasbeen working with GamedayParking Management andPrince George’s County PoliceDepartment to prepare for Fri-day’s parking and traffic situa-tion.

County police will be di-recting cars while county De-partment of Public Works andTransportation members willbe monitoring traffic signalsand will post signs advisingthrough traffic to avoid Oxon

Hill Road, said DPWT spokes-woman Carol Terry.

Joyce Thorpe of FortWashington said Tanger’s lo-cation on Oxon Hill Road willcreate disastrous traffic evenwith management efforts.Oxon Hill Road goes fromthree lanes in both directionto two lanes, one in each direc-tion, and that’s going to causeproblems, she said.

“Traffic is going to be hor-rendous,” Thorpe said. “It isnot a good location to attractthat many people.”

County Executive RushernL. Baker III (D) said that whiletraffic has been a concern forthe county, he is pleased toknow that people from Vir-ginia, D.C. and other parts ofMaryland will be coming toPrince George’s County forhigh-end retail, something thecounty has desired for sometime.

“We are going to havethousands of people lookingto shop and be entertained,”Baker said.

If traffic does backup, thearea around the Tanger loca-tion will be stocked with someportable cameras to monitortraffic flow in case cars backup to Interstate 95, prompt-ing the need for adjustmentsby the Maryland State High-way Administration, said SHAspokesman David Buck.

“We are certainly aware ofthat weekend,” Buck said. “If itis only parking that becomesoverwhelmed, that’s an issuefor National Harbor.”

Tanger’s opening is oc-curring about a year after con-struction started.

[email protected]

County braces fornew outlet mall’sexcitement, traffic

n Mount Rainier groupsought space to holdevening practices

BY EMILIE J. EASTMAN

SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE

The Colmar Manor TownCouncil jumped through hoopsto help out a recreational bas-ketball team.

Four members of the MountRainier-based Titans attendedthe Nov. 12 council meeting re-questing use of the town’s gym-nasium as they were searchingfor an indoor venue to hold eve-ning practices.

“We used to [practice] out-side because the league was inthe summer,” said Titans TeamManager Richard Cuello. “Wewant to find a facility to havesome practice during the week.”

The basketball team, con-sisting of around 10 players,hopes to use the gym at 8 p.m.on Tuesday and Thursdaynights, Cuello said.

The gym is located in thebasement of the three-year-oldTown Hall and community cen-ter, a nearly $6 million facilitythat includes a full-size indoorbasketball court.

Since opening in 2010, thecommunity center has been inhigh demand, said Town Secre-tary Kayla Cooper, who managesthe rental schedule. But rentalrequests usually come fromresidents of Colmar Manor orits fellow Port Towns communi-ties of Bladensburg, Cottage Cityand Edmonston, which typicallyreserve the building during nor-mal business hours, she said.

“It was kind of unusual forthem to want it after hours,”Cooper said.

Hiring a staff member to staylate and supervise would costthe team around $200 a week,said Colmar Manor Clerk-Trea-surer Daniel Baden.

Council members heard tes-timony from Titans team mem-bers before agreeing to allow the

use provided the team practiceunsupervised and submit liabil-ity insurance and undergo back-ground checks, Baden said.

“We’re trying to help themout. They want a place to play,we don’t have staff the hoursthat they want to be in here, sowe’ll try to work with them,” hesaid.

As nonresidents, teammembers will still have to paythe $50-per-hour facility rentalfee, which Baden said the coun-cil is unlikely to reduce.

But the compromise is nota slam dunk for Titans teammember Carlos Nunez.

“If you do the math, it’s too

much money really,” he said.“We didn’t think it was going tobe that expensive.”

The Titans do not currentlyhave a sponsor, so the moneywould come from the players’pockets, Cuello said.

Nunez said he would like towork with Colmar Manor andthe council’s offer.

“We’ll communicate withthe rest of the team and see whatwe come up with,” he said. “Towin, you have to practice.”

Colmar Manor extends gym use for basketball team“We’re trying to help them out. They want

a place to play, we don’t have staff thehours that they want to be in here, so we’ll

try to work with them.”Daniel Baden, Colmar Manor clerk-treasurer

1911189

1326

47G

1911643

1910973

132463G


County Executive RushernL. Baker III (D) supports a state-wide solution to minimum wageincreases, but the next best stepwould be a regional decisionsuch as the current process withMontgomery County and Wash-ington, D.C., Iannucci said. IfPrince George’s County were toraise the wage alone, the high-end retail stores that countyresidents are looking for maychoose to build in other loca-tions, he said.

“It was wise to wait and deter-mine what D.C. and MontgomeryCounty were going to do,” Ian-nucci said. “We have serious con-

cerns about the ability of PrinceGeorge’s County’s economy tostand alone with a higher wagescale than our neighbors.”

No date has been set for thevote, but Harrison said the planis to vote on the bill before theend of the 2013 legislative ses-sion. Bills that don’t receive avote by the end of the sessionare said to have failed and mustbe reintroduced, according tocouncil rules. Tuesday was thelast meeting of the 2013 legis-lative session for the council.However, a date to vote on thebill should be set soon and thatmeeting will be advertised tothe public, said council spokes-woman Karen D. Campbell.

[email protected]

WAGEContinued from Page A-1

out the school system by Janu-ary.

Bob Yatsuk, Anne Arundelsupervisor of school security,said the Raptor security systemplaced in all 125 Anne Arun-del County public schools hasworked out well since its instal-lation in 2005.

“You can put in private alertsalso, if you have someone witha custody issue, or if the schoolhas had a previous issue with aperson,” said Yatsuk.

While he did not have statis-tics available by deadline, Yatsuksaid quite a few sex offenders onschool property were identifiedvia the system.

Yatsuk said that if an individ-ual is flagged, staff can comparephotos or physical descriptionswith the individual, and if theymatch, can send an alert toschool security and police.

Yatsuk said Anne Arundel’ssystem cost $1,500 per schoolfor installation in the first year,and now costs $470 per schoolper year.

Ernest Moore, presidentof the Prince George’s CountyPTA Council, said such a systemcould greatly improve schoolsecurity.

“I think it’s a great idea. Itprovides an extra level of docu-mentation,” Moore said.

Moore said his only con-cerns were the cost of such a sys-tem, and ensuring that staff aretrained regarding confidentialinformation that may come up.

Yatsuk said there were someinitial concerns regarding pri-vacy in Anne Arundel County.

“But that’s really gone awaynow, as people have understoodthe importance of keeping ourschools safe,” Yatsuk said.

Jen Ontiveros of Greenbelt

teaches at William Tyler PaigeElementary School in Colesville,which she said uses an ID scansystem.

Ontiveros, who has childrenattending two Prince George’selementary schools, said shewould like to see such a systemin her children’s schools.

“I think it may be a little dif-ficult to get started, but once it’sup and running, it’s great,” On-tiveros said.

Maxwell said the design ofnew school construction will di-rect visitors to the office beforethey can access the rest of theschool.

Referred to as locking ves-tibules, several new schoolsincluding Greenbelt MiddleSchool, Fairmont Heights HighSchool and Vansville Elemen-tary School, have this featureand it will be included in the de-sign of all future schools, Barrettsaid.

To secure temporary build-ings, Maxwell said establishinga 6-foot fence around the pe-rimeter will help limit unauthor-ized access, and is somethingthe school system is working toprovide at all 96 schools that usetemporary buildings.

Other security efforts in-clude conducting drills for anactive shooter threat on both theschools and main school systemlevels.

“While you cannot stopsomeone with a Bushmasterfrom getting into a building, youcan certainly limit what he cando with an appropriate securityresponse,” Maxwell said.

The school system conductsactive shooter drills in collabora-tion with local law enforcementevery year. In July, an activeshooter drill was held at HighPoint High School in Beltsville.

[email protected]

SECURITYContinued from Page A-1

from nearby streams before itruns into the lower lake, Smithsaid.

“It’s doing its job,” she said.Smith said there always will

be sediment running into thelake, but it should be lessenedfollowing a 2011 project to sta-bilize the eroding banks of theBear Branch stream, whichfeeds into the upper lake.

Frank Galasi, DER’s storm-

water management section head,said the lake should be dredgedabout once every 10 years to clearout sediment deposits. The lasttime the upper lake was dredgedwas in 1996, Galasi said.

“We were all excited whenthey were doing it, but it [thesediment] all came back,” saidLester Louis, who has livedsouth of the lake since 1989. “Itdidn’t take long at all, and nowit’s gotten much worse.”

The 1996 dredging removedan estimated 7,900 cubic yardsof sediment, nearly half of the

amount planned to be removedthis time around.

“It’s been 17 years, and sonow the trees have grown upin the sediment [in the lake],and the trees are now this bigaround,” Williford said, holdinghis hands approximately onefoot apart.

Smith said $200,000 hasbeen budgeted for planning anddesign, and $1.5 million for thedredging of the lake itself.

[email protected]

NEIGHBORSContinued from Page A-1

Carroll’s staff to contribute sev-eral articles per week. Studentsfrom the school’s technologyprogram also produce contentfor the publication, filming andediting videos during lunch pe-riods and other allotted times.

English teacher WilliamSimpson, the club’s founder,said he wanted to give studentshands-on experience to supple-ment their coursework.

“We talk about creatingquestions that cause studentsto write deeper. Why not createsituations where that’s just theexpectation based on that job?”said Principal David Curry.

Seventh-grader Loel McK-innies, a fashion columnist forThe HighLander, said she wantsher stories to keep classmatesinformed about the latest styletrends.

“It’s keeping everybody up-to-date — like, what’s in andwhat’s coming back,” Loel said.

Sixth-grader John Pearson,another video game columnist,said he wants to work in a gam-ing-related field.

“[This experience] can helpme learn more about videogames and how they’re made,”John said.

Diana Mitsu Klos, executive

director at the Minnesota-basedNational Scholastic Press Asso-ciation, said journalism programscan help students sharpen theircritical-thinking skills.

“It elevates their research,reading, writing and speakingabilities,” Klos said. “As theylearn, their efforts will help theircommunity stay connected andinformed.”

The club also includes a videocomponent. During HispanicHeritage Month, The HighLanderstaff interviewed Cheryl Escobar,the school’s foreign languagedepartment chairwoman, andposted a two-minute video onThe HighLander’s website, ti-nyurl.com/ccmsnews.

“We’re trying to create anenvironment here in the schoolwhere students are not scared to

ask questions,” Curry said.The project was imple-

mented without any costs,Simpson said. To help expandthe publication, students areworking on a fundraising proj-ect in which they contact com-munity members who might beinterested in advertising in TheHighLander.

Simpson said The High-Lander will take over a portionof the school’s print newsletterand also will start a talk showusing the school’s underusedbroadcast studio.

He said his goal is for TheHighlander to be seen as a com-munitywide publication, withstudents interacting with peopleoutside the school.

“I don’t want it to just be aCharles Carroll thing,” he said.

PUBLICATIONContinued from Page A-1


Charles Carroll Middle School seventh-graders Loel McKinnies and John Pear-son are recorded Nov. 14 for the school’s student-led online newspaper.

To say that Prince George’s schools CEO Kevin Max-well has his hands full may be the understatement of theyear.

Hired this past summer, Maxwell is hoping to makegains in a long struggling school system at a time of signifi-cant upheaval in county and state education — and at apoint when many Prince George’s parents have run out ofpatience.

And, as he noted in a Nov. 14 interview with The Ga-zette editorial board, “We’re a big organization. One of thelargest in the country.”

The topic of school security alone could fill up muchof his days. He’s seekinginstallation of a security sys-tem at county schools thatscans visitors’ identificationcards using information fromother databases in decidingwhether to allow access to aschool (people listed on thesexual offender registry wouldbe flagged, for example).

Some county schools have systems that scan IDs, but thesystem doesn’t use other databases. He’s also debatingwhether to put high fences around temporary classroomsto better secure the trailer-like structures, and believes se-curity training in schools and administrative offices needsto be increased.

The condition of school buildings is yet another Pan-dora’s box. Many county schools are old and in such badshape that funding has struggled to keep up with facilityneeds. Maxwell is eyeing the different possibilities regard-ing funding, such as whether the school system could getupfront state aid rather than getting it piecemeal overmultiple years. He’s also pushing for more efficient waysof planning facility improvements, to include better coor-dination between agencies.

And those issues are just the tip of the iceberg.Prince George’s students’ test scores rank near or at

the bottom each year on state tests. With the implementa-tion underway of new national education standards, theCommon Core curriculum, Maxwell said scores are likelyto take a dip when students take the new test aligned withthe curriculum next school year. Granted, a drop in scoresis expected in general on the new tests, but such news canbe particularly hard to take in a county where, at someschools, less than half the students score proficient or ad-vanced in reading and math.

Add in the problem of teachers fleeing for higher pay-ing jobs elsewhere, a controversial teacher evaluation sys-tem, needed expansion of specialty education programs,low parental involvement and a school system structurethat was overhauled just weeks before he was hired, andit’s clear that he’ll earn every bit of his $290,000 annual sal-ary if he actually brings results.

And he’s optimistic that he will, explaining that parentsshould be able to see real differences in schools as earlyas a year from now. Maxwell said he has a team focusingon improving the county’s graduation rate, is workingcollaboratively with other agencies and organizations toprovide school resources, and hopes to release a plan soonoutlining an expansion of specialty education programs, iffunding allows.

He understands the need to see significant progressin the school system and put his challenge in very simpleterms: “We have to get better faster than other districts.”

It’s not the first time a new school leader has come tothe county armed with good intentions and great ideas,but Maxwell is different in that he actually knows thecounty. He began his education career in Prince George’sin 1978, is a longtime Bowie resident, had children gradu-ate from the school system and was a former principal inPrince George’s. His background allows him to bypass thelearning curve many superintendents have had in figuringout the system’s challenges, and he’s less likely to bail for ajob in another state given his roots in Prince George’s.

Nevertheless, the road ahead will be rough, and resi-dents who haven’t had a superintendent last more thanfour years in more than two decades will understandablybe skeptical about whether Maxwell is the real deal or an-other peddler of hope.

Now, more than ever, results matter.

ForumForumThe GazetteThursday, November 21, 2013 | Page A-11

13501 Virginia Manor Road, Laurel, MD 20707 | Phone: 240-473-7500 | Fax: 240-473-7501 | Email: [email protected] letters appear online at www.gazette.net/opinionTheGazette

Karen Acton, Chief Executive OfficerMichael T. McIntyre, ControllerDonna Johnson, Vice President of Human ResourcesMaxine Minar, President, Comprint MilitaryShane Butcher, Director of Technology/Internet

Dennis Wilston, Corporate Advertising DirectorDoug Baum, Corporate Classifieds DirectorMona Bass, Inside Classifieds Director

Jean Casey, Director of Marketing and CirculationAnna Joyce, Creative Director, Special Pubs/InternetEllen Pankake, Director of Creative Services

Vanessa Harrington, EditorGlen C. Cullen, Senior Editor Copy/DesignMeredith Hooker,Managing Editor InternetNathan Oravec, A&E Editor

Ken Sain, Sports EditorDan Gross, Photo EditorJessica Loder, Web Editor

POST-NEWSWEEK MEDIA

Douglas S. Hayes,Associate Publisher

Finding new hopefor old challenges

SCHOOL CEOHAS MAJOR TASK;COUNTY NEEDSMAJOR RESULTS

OUROPINION LET TERS TOTHEEDITOR

I have been hearing the controversyover the Redskins name, most recently inyour Letters to the Editors section on Oct.31. I take offense that this issue has beentwisted into a “moral dilemma” and lik-ened to instances of childhood (or adult)name-calling. It’s time that people standup to the radical political correctnessagenda and say enough is enough.

The Washington Redskins are notcalling anyone names. The WashingtonRedskins have chosen a distinguished logoand named themselves. This name hasexisted since 1933 as a tribute to then headcoach, William “Lone Star” Dietz, who wasbelieved to have a Native American heri-tage. It was also an evolution of the previ-ous name, the “Braves,” that referencedNative Americans but was changed due toconfusion with the Boston Braves baseballteam. The time for outrage, if ever, was in1933 when the name was changed. Thetime for acceptance that the word hasevolved in meaning and context is now, in2013.

The people urging for sensitivity andpolitical correctness neglect to view theword in the context it is being used. There

is an extreme difference between be-ing called a “damned Yankee” in a NewYork baseball stadium and being called a“damned Yankee” in a southern tavern.One of those scenarios more than likelyprecipitates a fistfight. The same can beargued for the Redskins team name. Thedanger of this radical political correctnessis that it rips words from their contexts andinfuses them with the omnipotent powerto offend despite the actual meaning be-hind them.

When did making a racial slur stop

requiring the speaker to be racist andactually intend to make a slur? A word isnot a racial slur simply because someonechooses to categorize it that way, or evenif in a different time or context it was usedthat way. In the year 2013, the Redskinsname has been emptied of any historicaloffense and is not used abusively, it is ut-tered innocently by proud sports fans. Themeanings of words evolve over time and toneglect the ebb and flow of our lexicon inorder to feign offense is absurd.

In its worst light, if the Redskins nameis deemed to offend some, there is no rightto be free from being offended. The seg-ment of the population that has gottenbetter than ever at finding reasons to takeoffense should not have the power to pres-sure a team to abandon their First Amend-ment rights of choosing their own name.

This issue is not about taking responsi-bility, being role models to our children orname-calling; it’s about learning to toler-ate the choices of others even if they arenot the same ones you would make. It’sabout respecting diversity in this countryeven if the beliefs of others offend you.

Meredith Pendergrass, Bowie

Do the right thing: Stop bullying the Redskins

Any lessons from the Nov. 5 “off year”elections in New Jersey, Virginia and a hostof small Maryland municipalities?

Thanks to his impressive victory inNew Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie is thefrontrunner for the GOP’s 2016 presiden-tial nomination. Pundits say he’s the per-fect “crossover” moderate who can attractDemocrats and independents because hewon 32 percent of New Jersey’s Demo-crats, 21 percent of blacks, 57 percent ofwomen and 51 per-cent of Latinos.

But Christie hastwo problems: first,he’s being set up bythe national mediawith the same “I’llcall you in the morn-ing” treatment JohnMcCain got when heopposed GeorgeBush in 2000. Themedia promotedMcCain to under-mine Bush but, in 2008, dropped McCainlike a hot rock in favor of Barack Obama.Likewise, today’s media is using Christie toundermine the tea party, but in 2016 ChrisChristie will wonder why all his gushingmedia buddies are lined up behind HillaryClinton.

Christie’s second problem is the teaparty, whom he must convince that he’snot a RINO (Republican in name only).That’s a tough sell even though Christiehas pretty solid conservative credentials:vetoed gay marriage, cut taxes, stoodup to employee unions, pro-life and soon. But he took a pass on Mitt Romney’scampaign, hasn’t helped conservative can-didates elsewhere and buddied up withObama after Hurricane Sandy.

Christie can never out-tea party TedCruz or Rand Paul, who also covet the 2016nomination. But only Christie has a cred-ible chance of defeating Hillary. And that,in a nutshell, is the GOP’s conundrum.

The purpose of a political party is towin the election and run the governmentin accordance with its political philoso-

phy. It’s a package deal: The party’s phi-losophy must inspire enough voters to winthe election. Right now the GOP is in themidst of realigning its political philosophyso that it accommodates its tea party basewhile winning national elections.

Shifts in national events and passionsshape political parties, not the other wayaround. Parties are the manifestation ofchanges in the popular will. When eventscause a popular uprising significantenough to attract large numbers of vot-ers, the political parties must absorb themovement before it morphs into a thirdpolitical party.

The Whig party stood for industrializa-tion but opposed Manifest Destiny, theMexican War and Andrew Jackson. How-ever, when slavery overshadowed expan-sion, it split the Whigs and gave birth tothe anti-slavery Republican Party and theCivil War.

Sidelined for decades after the CivilWar, the Democrats finally regainedcontrol by forming an unholy alliance ofnorthern workers, western farmers andsouthern segregationists, a deal that soldblacks down the river.

The 1960s social upheavals saw an-other realignment as southern whites be-came Republicans while the DemocraticParty became the party of racial minorities(the last Democratic presidential candi-date to win a white majority was LBJ in1964).

Now the Republicans must accommo-date those Americans upset by debt, dys-function and moral decline (the tea party)by making their concerns the party’s topagenda items. Then, it must convince anational majority to agree.

It’s a tough task being made easier bythe Democrats. The Obamacare debaclealmost pulled out a victory for a Virginiagubernatorial candidate who had every-thing going against him. Also, last month,Kay Hagan, the North Carolina Dem sweptinto the U.S. Senate by Obama’s 2008 win,was ahead by double digits. Now she’strailing her chief GOP rival by one point.The worse Obamacare grows, the more it

looks like a 2014 game changer for Repub-licans whose slogan will be, “We told youso.”

Meanwhile, all’s quiet back in Mary-land where voters returned the incum-bents in Gaithersburg, Takoma Park,Bowie, Rockville, Annapolis, College Park,Frederick and so on. The big exceptionwas the Annapolis mayor’s race where aRepublican narrowly defeated the incum-bent Democrat. In typical one-party think,the majority Democratic City Councilconsidered legislation stripping the newmayor of all his powers but a voter back-lash now has the council in hasty retreat.

Otherwise, not a blip on the radar.Looks like the 2010 elections all over againwhen the national tea party rebellion(“shellacking,” said Obama) swept the na-tion but bypassed Maryland. If there’s avoter rebellion brewing in Maryland, yousure couldn’t tell it by the recent elections.

But here’s a good sidebar: In 2005 thelegislature passed a law that says no per-son can “willfully and knowingly influenceor attempt to influence a voter’s decisionwhether to go to the polls ... through theuse of force, fraud, threat, menace” etc.

Two Ehrlich campaigners were triedand convicted for using fake election dayrobocalls telling blacks to stay home be-cause Obama and O’Malley were safely re-elected. One of the campaigners actuallywent to jail.

The recent elections saw a host of sim-ilar “dirty tricks” including phony Freder-ick robocalls about a candidate’s “unpaidtaxes,” Annapolis lawn signs in blackneighborhoods falsely linking a candidateto the tea party and robocalls went out toFrederick voters giving them the wrongpolling place addresses.

Is the state prosecutor investigating?Will anyone be charged, or tried or go tojail? Is the moon made of green cheese?

Blair Lee is chairman of the board ofLee Development Group in Silver Springand a regular commentator for WBAL ra-dio. His email address is [email protected].

Election tea leaves

MY MARYLANDBLAIR LEE

A word is not a racial slursimply because someonechooses to categorize itthat way, or even if in a

different time or context itwas used that way.

“A child miseducated is a child lost.” —JFK.

Tomorrow marks the 50th anniversaryof the assassination of John FitzgeraldKennedy.

My fourth-grade teacher, Mrs. Turner,steps out of the classroom for a minuteand returns, visibly shaken, to announcewe will be dismissed to the buses and senthome a little early today because PresidentKennedy has been killed in Dallas.

The baby boom generation’s first so-called “flashbulb” memory, virtually ev-eryone alive on Nov. 22, 1963, remembers,with almost photographic precision, themoment they heard the news. Indeliblyburned into my mind’s eye is the imageof my mother, Kleenex in hand, her eyesswollen from an afternoon of weeping infront of the television waiting on everyword from Walter Cronkite, then the newsanchorman for CBS. Given the vivid natureof the memories, it is difficult to compre-hend that half a century separates us fromthat dark hour of American history.

It is fraught with unintended irony thatthe end of American Education Week thisyear will coincide with a landmark anni-versary of such a deep scar on our nationalpsyche. Is it not worrisome that, in theintervening decades, we have never againfocused with such laser-like intensity onachievable national goals such as landinga man on the moon and returning himsafely? Is it not disturbing that politicalagendas now seem most intent on erectingroadblocks and barricades to noble andvisionary causes?

My generation, the one called to com-mit itself to national service and the com-mon good, will forever wonder whether JFKmight have inspired this nation to achievehis goal of giving all children “the right toan education to the limit of their ability.”

As we celebrate our educational ac-complishments and set our goals for thefuture, it is abundantly clear that this na-tion possesses sufficient resources to meetthe needs of every child. It is not clear,however, that we will ever muster the po-

litical will to render ZIP codes irrelevant toeducational opportunity so that we createa world free of the concept of disposablechildren.

Kenneth B. Haines is the president ofthe Prince George’s County Educators’Association.

Kennedy’s education dream left unfulfilled

Letters must include the writer’sname, address and telephone number.The phone number will not be published; itis for verification purposes only. We reservethe right to edit all letters. Letters selectedmay be shortened for space reasons. Sendletters to: Editor, Gazette Newspapers,13501 Virginia Manor Road, Laurel, MD20707. E-mail them to [email protected].

Send your letters

TOM FEDOR/THE GAZETTE

Prince George’s County schools CEO Kevin Maxwell talks about chal-lenges in the school system with The Gazette editorial board Nov. 14.

www.gazette.net | Thursday, November 21, 2013 | Page A-12

SPORTSSPORTSLAUREL | COLLEGE PARK | HYATTSVILLE | GREENBELT | LANDOVER | LANHAM

BOWIE, FLOWERS RUNNERS LEAD THE ALL-GAZETTE CROSS COUNTRY TEAM IN PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, A-13

n After changing schools, wingplayer hopes to help Bulldogs buildoff CIAA championship

BY KENT ZAKOUR

STAFF WRITER

David Golladay never complains. Sowhen he asked to come out of Saturday’sgame, Bowie State University’s men’s bas-ketball coach Darrell Brooks was surprised.

“He took himself out of the game andhe doesn’t ever do that,” Brooks said. “So

I knew he was really hurt. He wasn’t mov-ing well — he was playing through it — but Iguess it became too much.”

Golladay, who suffered a right thighcontusion after getting hit in practice twoweeks ago, has stepped into a stating rolethis winter for the Bulldogs. In four games,the senior has averaged 6.0 points per gamewith 1.3 rebounds a contest. But the injuryhas limited the 2009 Henry A. Wise HighSchool graduate — he played 25 minutes ineach of the first two contests and no morethan 11 in the two games since suffering theinjury.

“It’s hard to play on one leg,” Golladay

said with a laugh before practice on Tues-day. “The way I play, it’s my strong leg. I’llbe fine in a bit, but I just can’t move well atall right now.”

When the 6-foot-2, 195-pound forwardis healthy, Brooks anticipates significantcontributions to a team that won the CentralIntercollegiate Athletic Association tourna-ment last season.

“He starts for us for a reason,” Brookssaid. “He’s a really good athletic wing guythat can score. He’s not a great 3-pointshooter, but he’s a very, very solid mid-

Wise grad expands role at Bowie State

CARROLL SMITH/BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS

Bowie State University basketball player and Henry A. Wise graduate DavidGolladay is a key starter for the Bulldogs this winter.

n Jaguars struggle late in the seasonwithout Malik White


It was anything but a fairy-tale finish for CharlesH. Flowers High School quarterback Malik White,who stood on the sidelines as his team was elimi-nated in the Class 4A South Region semifinals.

After leading the Jaguars to a 7-0 start this fall,the senior suffered a concussion and a knee injuryin back-to-back games. White’s injuries, combinedwith Flowers’ difficult late-season schedule, trig-gered a four-game losing streak which culminatedin Saturday’s 31-7 playoff loss to Suitland (11-0).

“We definitely missed him not being there,”Flowers coach Mike Mayo said. “The playbook isnot as big without him in there.”

White was cruising in his first year as a full-timestarting quarterback, helping the Jaguars dominatetheir early-season opponents. Flowers outscoredopponents by a combined 224 points in its six vic-tories, excluding Bowie’s forfeit.

“We were able to do some different things withhim,” Mayo said.

But the season went downhill after the hot start.In the eighth game against Suitland, White wentdown with a concussion and was forced out of thegame. The teams were scoreless heading into half-time before the Rams pulled away with a 27-6 vic-tory.

White returned the following week in a 40-19loss to DuVal and was again taken out of the game,this time with a knee injury — a sprained medial col-lateral ligament.

The Jaguars played without White in their season-finale the next week, losing 25-0 to Henry A. Wise. Thefollowing week in the postseason they were defeatedby Suitland with White on the sidelines and Brian

Senior keyto Flowers’success


Charles H. Flowers High School quarterback Malik Whitetries to recover the ball against DuVal.


s if the newteachers, posi-tions and play-books weren’tenough forForestville Mili-tary Academy’sEaron Settles,

the transfer student-athlete hadto adjust to a new nickname, too,this fall.

Settles, known by his coachesand teammates as “E-Ron,”started at quarterback and safetyin his first and final season withthe Knights. The senior excelledon both sides of the ball, leadinghis team to an 8-3 record and atrip to the postseason.

“I’ve come to realize that thiswas meant for me. This is where Ishould be,” Settles said.

Settles, a transfer, was effec-tive under center, both as a run-

ner and a passer. He finished theseason with 759 yards rushing,630 yards passing and 24 total of-fensive touchdowns.

On defense, he was as im-pressive, recording 68 tackles, sixforced fumbles and three inter-ceptions — two that were takenback for touchdowns.

“The hardest hitter in thecounty, bar none,” Forestvillecoach Charles Harley said.

Settles played at BishopO’Connell in Virginia through hisjunior season but landed in trou-ble last school year after stealing abackpack — an act he regrets. Hereceived an in-school suspensionand said it was a tough situation.

He wanted a fresh start afterthe incident, which is exactly whathe got at Forestville.

While transferring to a newschool as an upperclassman wasa challenge, he said being part of


Quarterback Earon Settles (right) of Forestville High School carries the ball in the second half on a drive that produced a touch down against host Surrattsville Mondayin Clinton.

DeMatha regains theWCAC football crownFor the first time since 2008,

DeMatha Catholic High School’sfootball team is the WashingtonCatholic Athletic Conferencechampion.

Led by a dominant rushingattack and an efficient passingperformance from senior quar-terback John Lovett, the Stagsdefeated St. John’s College High

31-10 Saturday at Byrd Stadiumin College Park.

“Words can’t describe it,”DeMatha coach Elijah Brookssaid after the game. “All the hardwork, the many hours of com-mitment to the program. Forour boys to come out here anddo this, man it’s the best feelingin the world.”

Senior running back TaiwanDeal rushed for 120 yards and atouchdown while Lovett com-pleted seven of nine passes for108 yards.

Senior receiver CameronPhillips collected four recep-tions, including a 19-yard touch-

down in the first half. DeMatha(11-1) defeated St. John’s 26-21when the teams met in the regu-lar season.

Playoff rematchSuitland (11-0) puts its per-

fect season on the line in theClass 4A South Region title gameagainst DuVal (10-1), scheduledfor 1 p.m. Saturday in DistrictHeights.

The Rams defeated the Ti-gers 21-14 in the first roundof last year’s playoffs and won21-6 in this fall’s regular-seasonmeeting.

DuVal has won sevenstraight games since losing toSuitland and is coming off a 14-12 victory over Henry A. Wise,the defending 4A state champi-ons.

Rams quarterback WesleyWolfolk threw for three touch-downs and ran for one in Suit-land’s 31-7 semifinal victoryover Charles H. Flowers.

Surrattsville’s shutoutSurrattsville (9-2) will face

Sparrows Point in the Class 1ANorth Region championshipafter shutting out the Friend-

ship Academy Engineering &Tech of Baltimore 35-0 in thesemifinals.

Hornets tailback AmaruMajor ran for 194 yards, includ-ing a 70-yard touchdown on theteam’s first offensive play.

The game is scheduled for 1p.m. on Saturday at Surrattsville.

Harvey Valentine, TerronHampton and Ted Black con-tributed.

Clash of unbeatensGwynn Park (11-0) senior

quarterback Jay Adams threw for250 yards and two touchdowns,

leading his team to a 42-32 vic-tory over Frederick Douglass (8-3) in the Class 2A South Regionsemifinals.

“Nobody said we could beatthem twice in one season, weproved them wrong,” said seniorOmar Branch, who caught a 69-yard touchdown in the win.

Gwynn Park is scheduled toplay at Patuxent (11-0) 7 p.m.Friday.

“They got a very good team,”Gwynn Park coach Danny Hayessaid. “They’re not undefeatedfor nothing.”

[email protected]

FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK

B Y E R I C G O L D W E I N

SettledINTO A

NEW HOMEn FORESTVILLE’S EARON SETTLESLED KNIGHTS ON OFFENSEAND DEFENSE

A

See WISE, Page A-13

See FLOWERS, Page A-13

See SETTLED, Page A-13

Forestville’s football programeased the transition.

Teammates and coaches wel-comedSettles,evengivinghimthe“E-Ron” nickname — his name ispronounced “EH-rin.”

“I don’t remember the lasttime I heard somebody call himEaron,” senior teammate MarcelJoly said.

Quarterback was a new posi-tion for Settles, who had experi-ence playing linebacker, widereceiver and offensive line at vari-ous youth levels.

He volunteered to start undercenter before the season — “I toldCoach Harley, ‘I can throw’” —and the senior was inserted intothe starting lineup.

While last year’s team shuf-fled quarterbacks, Settles was thepermanent starter this season.He was an exceptionally quicklearner, teammates and coaches

said. He not only started undercenter, but he was also the play-caller.

“He’s not really a quarterback,but he’s a tough kid who leadswell,” Harley said.

Forestville assistant EvanMurray said Settles is like an as-sistant coach when he is playing

safety. He said Settles’ football IQis “off the charts.”

“He makes our job reallyeasy,” Murray said.

The Knights run a college-style defense with 100-plus pack-ages, Murray said. Joly, whoverbally committed to play foot-ball at the University of Iowa, said

he was impressed by Settles’ abil-ity to learn the playbook in his firstyear with Forestville.

“He just takes a glance at itandheknowswhateverybodyhastodo,”Jolysaid.“…Forhimtojustcome and know the signals, it waspretty cool.”

Settles’ senior season ended

witha20-16losstoSparrowsPointin the 1A North Region semifinalon Saturday. He threw a touch-down and ran for 29 yards in thedefeat. The senior said he wantsto continue playing football incollege.

[email protected]

SETTLEDContinued from Page A-10

AlysonAllenRooseveltFreshman

Finished sixth incounty (21:51)and eighth atregionals

AlexisBaynesFlowersJunior

Took secondin the county(21:00) and theregion (20:58)

AnneDickersonRooseveltJunior

Recorded hertop time in bigmeet at region-als (21:52)

DevonniFarrarLargoSenior

Largo’s leaderhad a fifth-placefinish in thecounty (21:46)

AshleyModesteBowieSophomore

Finished fourthin county(21:42) and thirdin the 4A South

MercedesStokesCentralSenior

Stokes finishedthird in thecounty (21:22),first in region

ImaniMatthewsFlowersSenior

Topped thecounty (20:51)at Fort Wash-ington NationalPark and wonthe region withan impressivetime of 20:57

AdelAkaluOxon HillSophomore

He finishedsecond in the4A South region(17:15)

JustinBenthamFlowersSenior

He placedfourth in county(17:22) andninth in region

DonnellDavisBowieSenior

Finished third inboth the county(17:16) and 4ASouth meets

JosephGrahamDeMathaJunior

Graham wasconsistent, in-cluding fifth atLandon (17:32)

TerrellGreenDouglassSenior

He took secondat county meet(16:49) and 23rdin the state

CalebMcCammonLaurelSophomore

He finishedsixth (17:49) incounty and fifthin the region

JoshuaWilkinsBowieSenior

Wilkins finishedfirst in the thecounty (16:02),first in the 4ASouth Region(16:03) and sev-enth in the state(16:16)

Boys’ Coaches of the Year

Boys’ first team

Cross Country

Boys’ Runner of the Year

Boys’ second team

Girls’ first team

Girls’ Runner of the Year

Girls’ second team Girls’ Coach of the Year

TOM FEDOR/THE GAZETTE

Bowie’s Joshua Wilkins (left) is The Gazette’s Runner of the Year in cross country.BILL RYAN/THE GAZETTE

Flowers’ Imani Matthews (Runner of the Year) and Alexis Baynes are on the All-Gazette team.

Rich AndrulonisBowie, 31st season

Lovingly known as “Coach A,”the running lifer led his Bull-dogs to a three-peat of both thecounty and 4A South Regionchampionships

Michael Aregaye, Parkdale, senior; Cameron Burgess,Charles H. Flowers, sophomore; Ryan LeTerouea, El-eanor Roosevelt, senior; Chris Jeletic, DeMatha, junior;Hangaamo Lintiso, High Point, sophomore; JalendHill, DuVal, junior; Martrell Royal, Bowie, senior; AmenTefarie, Forestville Military Academy, senior; DwaineThomas, Bowie, senior; Allen Webster, Henry A. Wise,sophomore

Andrew ZanghiEleanor Roosevelt

After falling short of beating Bowie for amajority of the season, the Raiders fin-ished strong by besting the Bulldogs inthe 4A South region and state meets

Jolaade Adepoju, Parkdale, senior; SamanthaBowie, Bishop McNamara, junior; Mary AnnaBrogi, Eleanor Roosevelt, sophomore; SiyanaDottin, Elizabeth Seton, sophomore; AshleyGbedo, Parkdale, junior; Felicia Haidara, Bowie,freshman; Erika Nelson, Elizabeth Seton, senior;Chyna Sequeira, Bowie, junior; Zari Weaver,Bowie, junior; Sashane Williams, Bladensburg,senior

range game.”Added Golladay: “I’ve got-

ten smarter. College ball teachesyou how to take less shots andscore more, learn how to playand anticipate what your team-mates and opponents are goingto do.”

After graduating fromWise, Golladay played twoyears at Mount St. Mary’s, but

transferred to Prince George’sCommunity College follow-ing a coaching change. He alsowanted to be closer to home tohis 2-year-old daughter, Madi-son, who comes to some ofBowie State’s practices to watchher father and most of the Bull-dogs’ home games. Last year atBowie State, he played sparinglyoff the bench.

“Those were a couple ofthe reasons and I knew when Itransferred, I knew I was goingto go to a [junior college]. PGCC

called and it’s 10 minutes frommy house so it was an easy deci-sion.”

Added Brooks: “I don’t re-member him at Wise, but I sureremember him at Mount St.Mary’s. We knew he was lookingto [transfer] and knew he wasgood, so we said, ‘Go get him.’”

The Bulldogs are 1-3 thiswinter, but Brooks and Golladaybelieve a difficult non-confer-ence schedule, including an ex-hibition loss at Duke, one of thetop-five programs in Division I,

and early season struggles willpay dividends later in the year.Bowie State has also instituteda full-court press style of play,a departure from previous sea-sons when the team played at aslower pace.

“We’ll take hits early andwe’ll be fine,” Brooks said. “Theguys loved playing at Duke andit was a great experience for ussince they didn’t treat us likeD-II Bowie State, they treated uslike rival North Carolina. Thatgame showed us that we can be

good.”A season after being the

Bulldogs’ primary facilitator, se-nior and Oxon Hill graduate RayGatling (20.5 ppg) has assumeda prominent scoring role alongwith classmate forward CarlosSmith (12.5 ppg).

“I asked Ray to be the pointguard last year and he was asbig for us as [2013 graduate By-ron Westmorland] was, but withWestmorland gone, we need Rayto score now and he clearly — hedid it in high school — can do

that,” Brooks said. “There are alot of guys in different roles andwe are adjusting. Carlos wentfrom a role, fill-in guy to the guy.Ray went from point to a scoringguard.”

A season removed from theNCAA tournament, expectationsare high for Bowie State.

“We’ve started slow, just likelast year, but we’ll turn it aroundagain,” Golladay said. “I see noreason why it won’t happen.”

[email protected]

WISEContinued from Page A-10

Brown starting at quarter-back.

“[White] looked like hejust wanted to put his pads onand get out there,” said seniorteammate Dorian Cash.

Cash, who played on theoffensive and defensive line,said White was a strong leaderand an effective quarterback.

“He’s a team captain andhe talks to us when we needtalking to,” Cash said.

The Jaguars took a stepforward with White undercenter, improving on lastyear’s six-win season, Mayosaid.

White said he workedhard in the offseason in prep-aration for his first seasonas full-time starter, watch-ing game film and runningtrack. The extra effort paidoff. White finished the seasonwith 540 yards in the air andeight passing touchdowns.

“From year to year, he’sjust gotten better,” Mayo said.

White was productive asa runner, gaining 254 yardson the ground and rushingfor nine touchdowns. As arunning threat, White addedanother dimension to the of-fense, Mayo said.

“He has no fear. He stickshis head in there,” he said.

White said he would havepreferred ending on differentterms, but enjoyed his timeplaying high school in spiteof the tough finish. He said heplans on playing football atthe next level.

“It was special for me tobe 7-0 as a starter,” Whitesaid. “… I will rememberthe players on the team, thecoaches and the game.”

[email protected]

FLOWERSContinued from Page A-10

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

DuVal at SuitlandGwynn Park at PatuxentSparrows Point at SurrattsvilleNorthwest at Quince OrchardPerry Hall at Paint Branch

JenniferBeekman

147-29298-59

SuitlandGwynn ParkSparrows Pt.Q. OrchardPaint Branch

DanFeldman

148-28298-59

SuitlandGwynn ParkSurrattsvilleQ. OrchardPerry Hall

KenSain

148-28300-57

SuitlandGwynn ParkSurrattsvilleQ. OrchardPaint Branch

KentZakour

140-36282-75


NickCammarota

147-29298-59


TravisMewhirter

149-27294-63

SuitlandGwynn ParkSurrattsville Q.OrchardPaint Branch


KEEPING IT BRIEF

Volleyball all-stars shineThere’s perhaps only one situation in

volleyball where being down 21-8 in theearly stages of a match is still a cause forsmiles and laughs: an All-Star game. Thatwas a perfectly acceptable excuse on Tues-day night at Parkdale High School as PrinceGeorge’s finest seniors met on the courtone last time.

“I wanted to win but I think it was goodseeing all the schools’ variety,” said Largo’sBrittany Chang.

“We pulled through because we playedeach other during the season,” addedFriendly middle hitter Tiffany Watson. “Soit’s like we had to play against each otherduring the season and now we have to pulltogether. We put our feelings aside duringhow we felt during the actual season forthis one.”

The night was broken up into twomatches; the first featured the 3A/2A/1ALeague representatives and the second the

4A League.“It was a little bit nerve-wracking at

first, honestly,” Central outside hitter Jas-mine Edwards said. “But then I just kind ofgot into regular volleyball mode. I think itwas because I was playing with new peopleand a lot of the people were better thanwhat I was used to seeing.”

Given that there was only one practice,which took place at Parkdale the day priorto the game, it took some time for thenewly acquainted teammates to get usedto one another. But, all in all, whether a setwas a bit off the mark or a ball dropped tothe floor due to miscommunication, therewere smiles abound and laughs to be hadin the senior send-off.

“I think it was cool that we all got toplay with people that we would normallybe competing against,” Eleanor Roos-evelt’s Alesia Richardson said. “So it was alot of fun meeting people. We kind of justmeshed and we just all had fun.”

— TRAVIS MEWHIRTER

Potomac’s Wiley isofficially a Terp

On the afternoon of Nov. 13, the first dayof the early college signing period, PotomacHigh School standout shooting guard DionWiley became the first student-athlete to offi-cially file in the ranks for Mark Turgeon’s 2014recruiting class at the University of Maryland,College Park.

In a mid-day ceremony at Potomac, Wileygathered with administrators, coach RenardJohnson and various family members, whopraised the now 6-foot-6 senior for about 30minutes.

Hours later, Wiley was joined as an officialTerp by Trayvon Reed, a 7-foot-1 center outof Georgia, and 6-foot-6 small forward JaredNickens, who hails from New Jersey. Thefourth and final member of Turgeon’s fifth-ranked 2014 recruiting class.


High Point volleyball winssportsmanship award

High Point High School’s volleyballteam may not have left with a state cham-pionship trophy or plaque last weekend atthe University of Maryland, College Park,but the Eagles did take home one award.

High Point was awarded the Lesley A.Cooke Sportsmanship award for the be-havior of the team and its fans.

The award, named in honor of the lateLesley Cooke, a former athletic directorat McDonough and longtime member ofthe state volleyball committee, has been aconsolation of the tournament since 1998.

Shirley Diggs’ team, which lost in threesets to eventual 4A champion Dulaney,became second straight Prince George’sCounty volleyball team to be bestowedwith the honor after Eleanor Roosevelttook it in 2012.


1869743

Educational Systems FCU is proud to be part of the Marylandeducation community as we celebrate amazing teachers. Aslongtime sponsors of the Gazette’s “My Favorite Teacher” award,we recognize how important educators are to the success ofstudents everywhere. We wish to thank the Gazette for providinga platform where students are given the chance to show theirappreciation for some of the most amazing educators around. Tolearn more about Educational Systems FCU, including how youcan join others in the Maryland education community as CreditUnion members, visit esfcu.org.

The backpacks have been filled, the laptops are charged andstudents have welcomed a new school year throughout ourcommunity. MGM National Harbor is proud to be a sponsor ofthe “My Favorite Teacher” contest and support educationalopportunities for students at all levels. Education empowers uswith knowledge to tackle the challenges of today. With eacheducated man, woman and child, our community and societytakes one giant step forward. Stepping up to the plate forstudents is one more way MGM National Harbor isstrengthening communities through education.

Chick-fil-A restaurants at Capital Centre in Largo andSteeplechase in Capitol Heights proudly support the 2013 MyFavorite Teacher Contest! Our two restaurants thrive because ofthe faithful Prince George’s County residents who patronize ourestablishments.Committed and qualified educators make a positive differencefor students, their families, and the greater community. It is ourpleasure to support a contest that allows the community tohonor those who prepare the next generation of leaders!

Imagine Prince George’s County Public Schools isproud to be this year’s Platinum Sponsor of TheGazette’s “My Favorite Teacher” contest.

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

• Imagine Andrews Public Charter School(www.imagineandrews.org)

• Imagine Foundations at Leeland PublicCharter School (www.imagineleeland.org)

• Imagine Foundations at Morningside PublicCharter School (www.imaginemorningside.org)• Imagine Lincoln Public Charter School

(www.imaginelincoln.org)

Imagine Prince George’s County is part of ImagineSchools, a national organization that operates 75campuses in 12 states and DC, providing 40,000students nationwide with an effective program ofacademic study and strong moral development ina safe, nurturing environment.

Our schools are open to all children living in PrinceGeorge’s County and they are tuition-free. Inorder to enroll your child, you must apply throughour online lottery process. The online applicationform for School Year 2014-2015 will be availablebeginning Friday, November 1, 2013, and willremain open through January 31, 2014. Thelottery will be held after January 31, 2014.

For more specific information about each school,including how to enroll your child, please visittheir individual websites.

Please visit our website atwww.gazette.net/teacher tosee our sponsors who madethe program possible.

The votes are in andthe winners will beannounced in ourDecember 12th

edition!

2012 My Favorite TeacherElementary School Winner

ALLISON WAITEBerwyn Heights Elementary School


& The Gazette’s Guide toArts & Entertainment

www.gazette.net | Thursday, November 21, 2013 | Page B-1

BY VIRGINIA TERHUNESTAFF WRITER

ot long after Americans dropped theatomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan,a church in Washington, D.C., sentschool supplies to surviving children inthe devastated Japanese city, which wasstruggling to rebuild.

Using the crayons, pencils andpaints from All Souls Church Unitarian,the children sent back two portfolios of

colorful drawings made with the supplies as thanks.But it wasn’t until Shizumi Manale of Silver Spring saw the

drawings in 2006 as the church was thinking about returning

them to Hiroshima that the idea of a documentary took root.“She was so moved by these pictures,” said filmmaker

Bryan Reichhardt, also of Silver Spring, who had worked withManale on a previous project.

The remarkable reconnection after 60 years between thechurch and Japan is chronicled in the documentary “Picturesfrom a Hiroshima Schoolyard,” screening on Sunday at theMontpelier Arts Center in Laurel.

Reichhardt, who wrote and directed the 82-minute film,will be present at the event to answer questions from the au-dience.

The exhibit of drawings from the documentary will be onview at Montpelier to Dec. 1.

PICTURES FROM AHIROSHIMA SCHOOLYARDn When: Film at 1 p.m. Sunday,

exhibit runs to Dec. 1

n Where: Montpelier Arts Center,9652 Muirkirk Road., Laurel

n Tickets: $5

n For information:301-377-7800, arts.pgparks.com, hiroshimaschoolyard.com

BRYAN REICHHARDT

Howard Bell, an American adviser, meets with schoolchldren as Hiroshima struggled to rebuild after the atomic bombing in 1945. The photo appears in a screening of “Pictures from a Hiroshima Schoolyard” onSunday at The Montpelier Arts Center in Laurel. The locally made documentary tells the story of children who drew pictures in thanks for school supplies sent to them by a Washington, D.C., church. Sixty yearslater, church members went to Hiroshima to meet the people who had created the drawings.

n Documentary explores link between Washington church and children of Hiroshima blast

N

BREWS BROTHERS

TO THE DOGSOne of the nation’s most innovativeand fastest growing breweries hasa presence in the region.

Page B-4

n Concert brings soundsof Belgium to life

BY WILL C. FRANKLINSTAFF WRITER

Belgium is known the worldover for beer, chocolate, wafflesand even actor Jean-Claude VanDamme. What many might notknow is Belgium has a rich his-tory of artistry, most notablywhen it comes to music.

World-famous musicians,such as Jacques Brel and Josquindes Prez, called Belgium home.Without Adolphe Sax, who wasborn in Wallonia, Belgium, theworld wouldn’t have the saxo-phone.

Those are just some of thethings Annick Kanter-St. Hubertwants folks to know, which iswhy she came up with the ideafor the “Beyond Beer, Chocolateand Lace: Belgium’s Brightestand Best,” concert, which is set

From Brussels, with love

ANNICK KANTER-ST. HUBERT

The Voix de Femmes women’s chamber choirwill perform at the “Beyond Beer, Chocolate andLace: Belgiumís Brightest and Best,” concert atChurch of the Resurrection in Burtonsville onSunday.

n Maryland opera students aimto break stereotypes

BY CARA HEDGEPETHSTAFF WRITER

If you’re new to the operaticworld, Nick Olcott, interim director ofthe Maryland Opera Studio, suggestsa comedy such as “Albert Herring,”opening Friday at the Clarice SmithPerforming Arts Center, to ease you in.

“I think it’s important when peo-ple are going to come to the opera forthe first time, they should come to acomedy because it is much more ac-cessible and much more relatablethan big tragedies,” Olcott said. “Andthis one, on top of everything else, isin English so you don’t have to knowItalian.”

Composed by British composer,conductor and pianist Benjamin Brit-ten, “Albert Herring” is the story of“hapless lad” Albert and his attempt toshed his good-boy image. His timingis unfortunate, however, as the pre-sumptuous Lady Billows has decided

to break from tradition and crown aKing of the May instead of a queen.

“Albert Herring” is the first of twoproductions the Maryland Opera Stu-dio will produce during the 2013-2014academic year. The second, Strauss’“Die Fledermaus,” will open in April.

The Maryland Opera Studio is agraduate program within Maryland’sSchool of Music. Every year, about10 students are admitted to the stu-dio, which functions as an academic

Introducing ‘Albert’

ASHLEY POLLARD

Three students from the Maryland Opera Studio rehearse for “Albert Herring,” opening atthe Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center on Friday.

See ALBERT, Page B-8 See BRUSSELS, Page B-3

See PICTURES, Page B-5

THE GAZETTEPage B-2 Thursday, November 21, 2013 lr

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

THEATER & STAGEBowie Community Theatre,

“The Cover of Life,” to Nov. 24,Bowie Playhouse, 16500 WhiteMarsh 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 PerformingArts Center, Blind Summit: “TheTable,” 8 p.m. Nov. 20-22; Fac-ulty Artist Recital: Linda Mabbsremembers Britten, 8 p.m. Nov.21; Maryland Opera Studio: Al-bert Herring, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22,25-26, 3 p.m. Nov. 24; UMD WindEnsemble: Carmina Burana, 8p.m. Nov. 22; Winter Big BandShowcase, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2; Japa-nese Koto Ensemble and UMDGamelan Saraswati, 8 p.m. Dec.4; New Music at Maryland, 8 p.m.Dec. 4; Bach Cantata Series: NWV106, 1:30 p.m. Dec. 5; The InnerLandscape, 2 p.m. Dec. 5; HonorsChamber Music Recital, 8 p.m.Dec. 5, University of Maryland,College Park, claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.

Harmony Hall Regional Center,TBA, call for prices, 10701 Livings-

ton Road, Fort Washington, 301-203-6070, arts.pgparks.com.

Greenbelt Arts Center, “SeeHow They Run,” to Nov. 30, callfor prices, times, Greenbelt ArtsCenter, 123 Centerway, Greenbelt,301-441-8770, www.greenbel-tartscenter.org.

Hard Bargain Players, TBA,2001 Bryan Point Road, Accokeek,www.hbplayers.org.

Joe’s Movement Emporium,Silk Road Dance Festival, 8 p.m.Nov. 9, 3309 Bunker Hill Road,Mount Rainier, 301-699-1819,www.joesmovement.org.

Laurel Mill Playhouse, “TheLieutenant of Inishmore,” to Nov.24; “It’s a Wonderful Life: TheRadio Play,” Dec. 13 to Jan. 4,call for ticket prices, Laurel MillPlayhouse, 508 Main St., Laurel,301-452-2557, www.laurelmill-playhouse.org.

Montpelier Arts Center, “Pic-tures from a Hiroshima School-yard,” 1 p.m. Nov. 24; Divas Deckthe Halls, 5 p.m. Dec. 7, 9652Muirkirk Road, Laurel, 301-377-7800, arts.pgparks.com.

National Harbor, ICE! “’Twasthe Night Before Christmas,” toJan. 5, Gaylord National Resortand Convention Center, 201 Wa-terfront Street, National Harbor,Maryland. www.christmasonthe-potomac.com.

Prince George’s Little Theatre,TBA, call for tickets and show

times, Bowie Playhouse, 16500White Marsh Park Drive, Bowie,301-957-7458, www.pglt.org.

Publick Playhouse, PRAISEDance Festival Auditions, 10 a.m.to 3 p.m. Nov. 23; Snow Queen,10:15 a.m. and noon, Dec. 3, 5445Landover Road, Cheverly, 301-277-1710, arts.pgparks.com.

2nd Star Productions, “FunnyMoney,” coming in January, BowiePlayhouse, 16500 White MarshPark Drive, Bowie, call for prices,times, 410-757-5700, 301-832-4819, www.2ndstarproductions.com.

Tantallon Community Players,“Miracle on 34th Street,” Dec.6-15; Harmony Hall Regional Cen-ter, 10701 Livingston Road, FortWashington, 301-262-5201, www.tantallonstage.com.

VISUAL ARTSBrentwood Arts Exchange, “My

Haiku: Paintings of Cianne Fra-gione,” to Dec. 28; Front WindowFeatured Artist: Ellyn Weiss, toNov. 28, 3901 Rhode Island Ave.,Brentwood, 301-277-2863, arts.pgparks.com.

Harmony Hall Regional Center,“It Happened One Night,” Pa-per Collage by Ronnie Spiewak,to Dec. 27, 2nd Annual PrinceGeorge’s Parks and RecreationEmployee Visual and PerformingArts Exhibition, to Dec. 27, 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,” to Dec. 1, gal-lery open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily,9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel, 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, Nov.21; open mic with Joe Harris, 7p.m. Nov. 21; John Guernsey, 6:30p.m. Nov. 22-23; Frenchy and thePunk, 8 p.m. Nov. 22; Bruce Kritt,4 p.m. Nov. 23; Jelly Roll Mortals,8 p.m. Nov. 23; Ayreheart, 5 p.m.Nov. 24; Tower Green, 7 p.m. Nov.26; Cajun Music Jam, 7 p.m. Nov.27, 113 Centerway 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; formigrating 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.

Women’s Chamber Choir Audi-tions, by appointment for the con-cert season of women’s chamberchoir Voix de Femmes, 7:45-9:30p.m. Thursdays, 402 ComptonAve., Laurel, 301-520-8921, [email protected].

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

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

NO STRINGS ATTACHEDThe grumpy puppet narrator has his own story to tell in the Blind Summit Theatre’s “TheTable,” which closes Friday at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park.

NIGEL BEWLEY

132210G

THE GAZETTEThursday, November 21, 2013 lr Page B-3

for Sunday at the Church of theResurrection in Burtonsville.

“Last year, we had a con-cert series — we had concertsabout once a month — called‘Americans in Paris,’ and we dida variety of French [songs],” saidKanter-St. Hubert, who is themusical director at the Churchof the Resurrection. “It went well… and I thought I wanted to dothe same thing, but for my homecountry, for Belgium.”

The concert will feature localmusicians playing songs relat-ing to Belgium. Amy Horn is setto play the French horn, whichwas used in the Ardennes duringhunting season. Declan Keenan,a young musician from Ireland,will play the guitar and Kanter-St. Hubert will not only conductthe music during the show, shewill sing several selections byBrel. The concert will also fea-ture other musicians and choirs.

“Jacques Brel, to me, his big-gest strength is the quality of hispoetry,” Kanter-St. Hubert said.“… It’s also not always easy tofind pieces that can be done bya woman. A lot of them … it’s aman speaking. There are a fewthat I’ve always liked.”

Following the concert,which starts at 7 p.m., perform-ers will be available to answerquestions from the audience.There will be a light receptionfollowing the show. Kanter-St.Hubert hopes to be able to pro-vide a little taste of home as well.

“I met today, by chance, awoman who … has a little truckand she sells [Belgian] waffles,but they’re the real thing,”Kanter-St. Hubert said. “Thereare several kinds of [Belgian]waffles. [These are] called thewaffles from Liege because it hasa special chunky sugar. She juststarted this business — her fam-

ily is from Belgium and I alwaysthought it would be something… In Belgium, when you’rewalking around the streets, youget people who sell those wafflesjust like hot dogs here. They sellthose special waffles on the spotand they’re nice and warm.”

Kanter-St. Hubert said thegoal of the concert is just tobroaden people’s concepts ofBelgium — from food and drinkto the fine arts.

“I would like people to dis-cover my country,” Kanter-St.Hubert said. “You know, someof its history and, as the titlesays, kind of go beyond justchocolates and beer and whatthey know. There’s a lot of his-tory and a lot of art. I’m hopingto give them a glimpse of whatBelgium is about.”

BRUSSELSContinued from Page B-1

BEYOND BEER,CHOCOLATE ANDLACE: BELGIUM’SBRIGHTEST AND BESTn When: 7 p.m. Sunday

n Where: Church of theResurrection, 3315Greencastle Road,Burtonsville

n Tickets: Admission is free,but a $20 donation issuggested

n For information:resurrectionadw.org

ANNICK KANTER-ST. HUBERT

Tourists flock to the Grand Place in the heart of Brussels, Belgium.

LOCAL DAY TRIPS WITH TRANSPORTATIONAND MEAL /OVERNIGHT AND

INTERNATIONAL TRIPS!

Yearn to Learn ToursYearn to Learn ToursYearn to Learn ToursP R E S E N T S E S C O R T E D T O U R S

1869724

After Midnight • Saturday, June 7, 2014DUKE ELLINGTON’S,

BIG BANDS &HARLEM’S COTTON CLUB

PLAY NY CITYCost $185/with Lunch

After Midnight, takes the sexy, smoky glamor of the original JazzAge and catapults it into a whole new era of heart pounding mindblowing entertainment for modern Broadway audiences.

Let Yearn to Learn Tours Take you away for one or more days!Invite your friends & family to join you.

Get flyers and brochures off the web for our 2014 tours atwww.yearntolearntours.comCall Barbara at 301-390-5835***10 YEARS IN BUSINESS***

Motown the Musical,“Life Story of Berry Gordy”

On Broadway, New York CityOrchestra & Front Mezz

Wed, April 9, 2014$199 /w/Brunch

A Raisin in the SunWith lunch on Broadway • Sunday, 4/13/2014

Cost $235This American Classic, A Raisin in the Sun takes

place in the late “50s in south side Chicago

NEW ORLEANS – 9 DAYS AND 8 NIGHTSJUNE 14 THRU 23RD, 2014COST $755 Per Person DBLJoin us for the time of your life!

MOSES – You will be completely immersed inthe spectacular, epic events of the story, butyou will experience the humanity of Moses andthe children of Israel. July 19, 2014 / COST $130

Will Your School Be Represented?Join us for another year of excitement as the County’s best spellers compete to

represent Prince George’s County in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Open to All Prince George’s County 7th & 8th Graders Only. Public, Private &Home-Schooled Students are Eligible. Ask Your Language Arts Teacher for Details!

HURRY ANDHURRY ANDREGISTER TODAY!REGISTER TODAY!$75 late registration is from 10/16 – 12/6$75 late registration is from 10/16 – 12/6

For more information or sponsorship opportunities,please call Doug Hayes at 240-473-7532

March 14, 2014 - 7:00pmClarice Smith Performing Arts Center

on the campus of the University of Maryland

1910966

1906289

Several ad spaces left!Publication Date - 12/4/13

Call (240)473-7532to reserve your ad space!

Best barbeque

Best senior community

Best landscaping

Best liquor store

Best Italian food

Best nail salon

Best auto repair

Best pediatrician

Best spa

Best soul food

Best dentist

Best private school

Best Asian food

Best photography

Best pet store

Best dessert/bakery

Best happy hour/bar

Best fitness club

Best veterinarian

Best car wash

Best brunch/buffet

Best doctor

Best place of worship

Best wings/fried chicken

Best real estate agent

Even more!

THEVOTESARE IN

1868

578

4444444444444

Advertise Your Business With The BestAdvertise Your Business With The Best

4444444444444


One of the nation’s mostinnovative and fastest growingbreweries is on the way to theocean beaches many Washing-tonian’s frequent. The DogfishHead brewery, in Milton, Del.,has become the 13th largestcraft brewery in the country,producing over 170,000 barrelsof beer in 2012, up 20 percentfrom 2011. The brewery is fin-ishing an expansion which willallow brewing 600,000 barrelsper year.

Sam Calagione, the brew-ery’s co-founder and co-owner,opened the Dogfish Head brew-pub in 1995 in Rehoboth Beach,Del., near his wife’s hometown.

It was named after Calagione’sfondly-remembered vacationspot near Boothbay Harbor inMaine to lend a New Englandcharacter.

Starting with a minuscule12-gallon brewing facility thatneeded constant use to keep upwith customer demand, Cala-gione was continuously brewingand getting bored with the repe-tition. He experimented by grab-bing “everything but the kitchensink,” in a brewing career thathas led to his being called the“Mad Alchemist of Brewing.”Demand rapidly increased anda packaging brewery was addedin 1997.

The kitchen to brewpot es-capades gave Dogfish a wellearned reputation for usingunusual ingredients and brew-ing unusual beers. Some of thenon-standard additions to theDogfish beers include St. John’s

Wort, Saffron, Agave nectar,hawthorn berry from China,and spirulina, a blue green algaeto give green color for a St. Pat-rick’s Day beer.

Dogfish also has becomerenowned for its series of IndiaPale Ales, some very high alcoholbrews, and re-creations of an-cient ales. The three IPAs, called60 Minute, 90 Minute, and 120Minute, add hops continuouslyfor the respective time durations.Calagione got the idea fromwatching a chef prepare foodand adding spices on a continu-ous basis to enhance the flavor.

The high alcohol beers,definite brewing achievements,include World Wide Stout (15-20 percent alcohol by volume,ABV), once the highest alcoholbeer being regularly brewed;Fort (15-18 percent ABV), a fruitbeer with raspberries and thehighest alcohol fruit beer beingproduced; 120 Minute IPA (15-20percent ABV); and Olde SchoolBarleywine (13-16 percent ABV.)

The Ancient Ales seriesstarted as a collaboration withPatrick McGovern, a professor atthe University of Pennsylvania’sMuseum of Archeology and An-thropology, to recreate the liba-tion consumed at King Midas’funeral, calling it Midas Touch.Successive collaborations withthe McGovern have resulted inproducing Chateau Jiahu basedon a 9000 year old dig in China;Theobroma based on an 3,200year old Aztec chocolate beer;Ta Henket using ingredientsand traditions from Egyptian hi-eroglyphics, and Bierra EtruscaBronze from excavations in a

2,800 year old Etruscan tomb.Midas Touch (9 percent ABV)

has a sweet, light honey nosewith a hint of white grapeswhich presages the taste in thefront. These all continue in themiddle with a slight increase inthe grape to medium. The finishadds muted alcohol notes whichgrow in the aftertaste giving atouch of alcoholic warmth. Rat-ings: 8/7.5.

Palo Santo Marron (12 per-cent ABV) is brewed in a bar-rel made from the wood of theParaguayan Palo Santo tree, oneof three woods so dense theydo not float. Palo has a aromaof roast, grape, licorice and al-cohol. The medium roast andmuted licorice front continues

in the middle as the licorice in-creases and is joined by a dollopof chocolate. The roast increasesin the finish with an emerging vi-nous character. In the aftertastethe roast continues, the licoricefades, and a restrained bitterhop appears. Ratings: 9.5/9.

90 Minute IPA (9 percentABV) opens with a melon, cit-rus, pine, and bitter hop bou-quet. The mild sweet frontsegues into a middle of melon,citrus and bitter hops. Both themelon and the bitter hops in-crease to medium in the finish.The hops come to the forefrontin the aftertaste but are very wellbalanced by a strong malt back-bone. A relatively high alcohol ispresent but well integrated. Rat-

ings: 9/9.5.World Wide Stout (18-20 per-

cent ABV), a two year old version,begins with a deep roast, a whiffof alcohol and a slightly vinousaroma. The deep roast and slightalcohol are evidenced in thefront. The alcohol increases tomedium in the middle as a splashof Port wine appears. The winegrows modestly in the finish andagain in the aftertaste, as the alco-hol continues. Even with this twoyear old version, the alcohol isoverpowering and the beer needsanother two years to become wellblended and more balanced. Rat-ings: 8/8.5. World Wide ages verywell. An 8-year old, more mel-low and well-integrated versionscored 9.5/10.

Dogfish Head brewery continues to make a splash

BREWS BROTHERSS T E V E N F R A N K A N DA R N O L D M E L T Z E R

BREWS BROTHERS

Dogfish Head Brewery’s 90 minute Imperial IPA.

1911177

SILVER HOLIDAY PACKAGE

Package Includes:• Featured in Holiday Gift Guide

Online at Gazette.Net• Full process color print ad

INTERNET ADINCLUDED!

Reach Over100,000

Households!

PUBLISHESPUBLISHESPUBLISHESPUBLISHESPUBLISHES11/28/1311/28/1311/28/1311/28/1311/28/13

1868579

Contact Us Today toReserve Your Space bycalling 301-670-2532

20132013201320132013

Full, Half, Quarter, andEighth page sizes available!

20% DISCOUNTBY RESERVING

YOUR AD SPACEBY 11/18/13

Holiday Gift GuideHoliday Gift Guide


Born after the war, Manalegrew up near Hiroshima andlater emigrated to the UnitedStates, becoming a choreogra-pher and performer of Japanesedance.

She first learned about thedrawings and the church as avolunteer with the DC Hiro-shima-Nagasaki Peace Commit-tee. Japanese visitors had heardabout the All Souls connectionand sometimes asked to visit.

Long interested in the in-terplay of cultures, Reichhardtagreed when Manale as pro-ducer approached him aboutdoing a documentary.

“I’m also fascinated with liv-ing history — history that’s aliveand well,” he said.

The two then began re-searching what had happenedafter the bombing in 1945.

Pastor at All SoulsArthur Powell Davies, minis-

ter at All Souls, was outraged bya photo he saw in The Washing-ton Post of Americans cutting acake made with angel food puffballs representing the atomicmushrooom cloud.

Deeply offended, he wrotea sermon, “Lest the Living For-get,” which caught the eye ofHoward Bell, an American ad-viser working with Gen. DouglasMacArthur’s provisional govern-ment in Hiroshima.

Bell wrote Davies and sug-gested that if he really wanted tohelp, he could send school sup-plies to the city. Church volun-teers collected supplies and sentthem to Honkawa ElementarySchool, and two other institu-

tions.The concrete Honkawa

School was within half a mileof the center of the blast. Morethan 400 children and a dozenteachers died there when thebomb blew up Hiroshima at 8:15a.m. on Aug. 6.

Fires raged across what wasleft of the city, and the river grewthick with bodies of people try-ing to find relief, according tothe film. The school was one ofthe few buildings left standing.

Not long after the blast,about 800 students who hadbeen staying with relatives out-side the city returned with theirfamilies who moved back toprotect their properties and startover.

Officials had predicted noth-ing would grow for 75 years be-cause of the radiation, but thena typhoon hit and water washedover the city.

“They thought it was a deadplace, but then plants started to

grow,” said Reichhardt. “Theywere going to stay and rebuild.”

The children resumed theirlessons in what was left of theschool despite the terrible con-ditions. Gangsters, who hadmoved in to fill the power vac-uum, controlled the area, peoplecontinued to die from radiationsickness and there was little toeat.

“The children were living insqualor and going to school in

a concrete shell open to the ele-ments,” Reichhardt said.

When the school suppliesarrived from All Souls in early1948, the students were thrilledby the brightly colored glassmarbles and the packets ofcolorful crayons, pencils andpaints.

“They were so ecstatic whenthey got their gifts,” he said.

The children used the mate-rials to make pictures of cherryblossoms, green trees, sunnyskies and happy people, a signof their optimism and hope forthe future.

Finding the artistsDecades later, it became

Manale’s job to undertake thejob of finding the adults whohad drawn the pictures, whichshe did with the help of theHonkawa school that was stilloperating.

In 2010, a delegation fromAll Souls headed by present Pas-tor Robert Hardies brought 17drawings to the school for dis-play during the school’s PeaceWeek.

Before they had “just beenpictures, and now they werepeople,” Hardies says in the film.

After documenting the trip,

Reichhardt then started the jobof editing the footage, but withlittle money to fund the work.

By sheer chance, he and hisfuture wife, musician and singerSuzanne Brindamour, were hav-ing dinner at a restaurant in Vir-ginia in the same dining roomas members of the board of theUnited States-Japan Founda-tion, which promotes intercul-tural understanding.

“They asked me to pitch thefilm at their dinner — that kindof thing never happens,” saidReichhardt about the grant helater received from the group.

A rough cut of the film hasalready screened in Japan andat the University of Califor-nia, Berkeley. Reichhardt alsoscreened the film at the NationalPress Club in the District on

Nov. 13 and at All Souls ChurchUnitarian on Nov. 17.

He said he hopes to show thefilm at a theater in Washington,D.C., in December and screen itnext year in New York and LosAngeles as part of a push for anOscar nomination in 2014.

Although the bombing ofHiroshima happened morethan 60 years ago, attempts atreconciliation continue today,and those efforts can also applyto other bitter conflicts, Reich-hardt said.

“I’m very proud of it — Ithink it’s a great story,” he said.

“If people can connect afterthis horrendous event, anyonecan connect,” said Reichhardt.“Peace is possible.”

[email protected]

PICTURESContinued from Page B-1

BRYAN REICHHARDT

Yoshie Fujii of Tokyo looks at a colorful drawing she made of the river inHiroshima when she was 9 years old, not long after the city was demolishedby the atomic bomb.

132384G

19115871906184

1905933

BANKRUPTCY

301-838-0098

THE LAW OFFICES OF

CHAIRMAN OF THE MD BANKRUPTCY BARASSOCIATION 1998-1999

FREE CONSULTATION • PAYMENT PLANSSE HABLA ESPAÑOL

GD

27056

• Chapter 7, 11 & 13• General Litigation• Tax Debt• Divorce• Traffic/DUI-MVA• Criminal

LOAN MODIFICATION

www.rosenblattlaw.com

RICHARD B. ROSENBLATT, PG

Call 301-670-7106

ProfessionalServices

1905932

1910974

NounThis word came from French, which formed it from a Latin word.

ExampleFollowing a light lunch, Carmen ordered a parfait of tropical fruits.

Can You Spell...parfait \pär’fa\

S P E L L I N G C H A L L E N G E

FREEMarch 14, 2014 - 7pm

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Centeron the Campus at the University of MD

THE BANKRUPTCY CENTERThe Law Offices Of

Erik G. Soderberg, Esq.STOP Foreclosure, Garnishment, Repossession,

Lawsuits & Creditor Harassment

FREE CONSULTATION * PAYMENT PLANSWe are a debt relief agency.We help people file for bankruptcy relief.

301-279-0303 ext. 368Also representing clients in Personal Injury and DUI cases.

GD

27055

1905931

The Gazette’s Auto SiteG a z e t t e . N e t / A u t o s

Check the weekly newspaper for unique specials from various dealersand then visit our new auto website 24/7 at Gazette.Net/Autos to search

entire inventories of trusted local dealers updated daily.


132437G 132437G

It Is Here! The Gazette’s New Auto Site AtGazette.Net/Autos

With 2 great ways to shop for your next car, you won’t believe how easy itis to buy a car locally through The Gazette. Check the weekly newspaper

for unique specials from various dealers and then visit our new autowebsite 24/7 at Gazette.Net/Autos to search entire inventories of trusted

local dealers updated daily.

Dealers, for more information call 301-670-2548or email us at [email protected]



program and a performanceensemble. Upon their comple-tion of the two-year program,students receive a master’s ofmusic in opera performance.Students typically perform aminimally-produced or “whiteopera” in the fall, followed bya fully produced show in thespring.

“The opera is minimally pro-duced in that there is no set,” Ol-cott said. “We use our stock setcostumes which are all made ofwhite muslin, which is why wecall it the ‘white opera’ ... Usu-ally it’s done only with a piano,but this year, because the origi-nal piece is written for a cham-ber orchestra, we are actuallydoing it with the full orchestra itis written for.”

Houston-based conduc-tor Craig Kier is conductingthe piece. A graduate of SUNYFredonia in New York City, Kiercurrently spends most of histime working with the HoustonGrand Opera and the HoustonBallet. Recently, he’s been fre-quently making the trip to andfrom College Park to work withthe Maryland Opera Studio stu-dents.

“I’ve actually been thereseveral times,” Kier said. “Wespent the first week coaching itmusically and putting all of theensembles together ... I’ve beenback three or four times to over-see things.”

Thanks to the small size ofthe studio program, Olcott saidthe operas are chosen specifi-

cally to fit the strengths of thestudents.

“Our primary goal is to serveour students,” Olcott said. “Asthe students are admitted andwe hear their voices and get toknow them, we make a selectionof what opera would suit themthe best.”

In addition to being a goodfit for this year’s class of studiostudents, Olcott said “AlbertHerring” was chosen in part tocelebrate Britten’s centennial.

Despite their varying vocalstrengths, one thing all Mary-land Opera Studio studentshave in common is their affinityfor drama.

“We place a lot of emphasison acting ... making sure theyknow how to act and analyzetheir scenes dramatically,” saidOlcott, whose professional ex-perience includes acting, direct-ing and writing for the theater.“There was a stereotype of operafor a lot of years that the sing-ers couldn’t really act they juststood in the center of the stageand sang and there was no realconnection with the characters... In the modern age, that ste-reotype is just disappearing —particularly with the advent ofHDTV broadcasts of opera. Thesingers really have to know howto act.”

For Kier, working with thestudents who have such an in-tense dramatic focus has beenboth refreshing and rewarding.

“Often students at this leveldon’t have the stage-savvy skillsor acting chops to pull from,”Kier said. “It’s been really greatto work with these students ...there’s a great focus on dra-matic content because of whatLeon has set the foundation for.All of the singers come from thepoint of view of finding the mostdramatic way to present wherethey’re coming from.”

The drama-focused ap-proach may be yet another drawfor newcomers to the opera.

“The audience gets a lot outof it because there is compellingstorytelling,” Kier said. “Thereare no distortions to the audi-ence.”

But perhaps above all else, itis the characters in “Albert Her-ring” that Olcott said will drawan audience in.

“It’s all of these wonderfulEnglish Village-types we’re allso fond of because of our MissMarple Murder Mysteries,” Ol-cott said. “All of the stock char-acters we know from AgathaChristie are there.”

But for Maryland Opera Stu-dio student Katie Baughman,who plays Ms. Wordsworth, aschoolteacher, another cast ofBritish characters come to mind.

“Downton Abbey,” she said.“[It] has come up more thanonce since we’ve been talkingabout our characters.”

[email protected]

ALBERTContinued from Page B-1

ALBERT HERRINGn When: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22,

Nov. 25-26; 3 p.m. Nov. 24

n Where: Clarice SmithPerforming Arts Center,College Park

n Tickets: $10-$25

n For information:301-405-2787,claricesmithcenter.umd.edu

ASHLEY POLLARD

Katherine Ann Brandt as Florence in the Maryland Opera Studio production of“Albert Herring.”

132462G

1864

901

to advertisecall

301.670.7100or email

[email protected]

to advertiseRealtors & Agents

call301.670.2641

to advertiseRentals & for sale

by owner301.670.7100

or [email protected]

$24.99

Having aYard Sale?

Let us spread the news!

$24.99*includes rain insurance

Call Today301.670.2503

ClassifiedsCall 301-670-7100 or email [email protected]

DISCOVERDELAWARE’S RE-SORT LIVINGWITHOUT RE-SORT PRICING!Low Taxes! GatedCommunity,amazingamenities, equestrianfacility, Olympic Pool.New Homes mid$40’s. Brochures avail-able 1-866-629-0770orwww.coolbranch.com

“Serving You with Honesty & Integrity”C: 240.444.1788 O: 301.541.7020

E: [email protected]

“Serving You with Honesty & Integrity”C: 240.444.1788 O: 301.541.7020

E: [email protected]

Ava Peterson, RealtorSolutions RealtyOne Stop Solution for:

Buying, Selling,Renting, Short Sales,

Foreclosures,Property Management

Solutions RealtyOne Stop Solution for:

Buying, Selling,Renting, Short Sales,

Foreclosures,Property Management

GP

2337

WATERFRONTLOTS - Virginia’sEastern Shore Was$325k Now From$55,000 - CommunityPool/Center, LargeLots, Bay & Ocean Ac-cess, Great Fishing &Kayaking, Spec Homewww.oldemillpointe.com 757-824-0808.

GRAND OPENINGLAND SALE!Beautifully wooded lotnear golf course. Only$59,900. Adjacent lotsold for $339,900!Close to ski resort &spectacular mountainlake. ALL NEW IN-VENTORY - Must see!Excellent financing.Call now 877-888-7581, x177

LAND/CABINPACKAGE! 13+ACRES$57,900. Breathtaking50 mile rolling moun-tain views. Near river& town. Add cabinpackage for $40,000 &place it on your parcel,your way! Perc ok,ready to use or build.Low down financing.Call now 800-888-1262

FOR LEASE:Commercial space forlease Anne ArundelCounty, Millersville,Maryland commercialspace for lease. 1200sq. ft. ideal for dentalor medical office orother commeicalbusiness If you areinterested pleasecall 301-620-2468$2100, Millersville

CLARKSBURG:TH 3 BR 2.5 BA Deck2 car attached garage,min 1 year lease$2200 per monthCall: 301-947-0869

DAMASCUS: 3BR$1500/ 2BR $1250+util NS/NP, W/D NewCarpet, Paint, Deck &Patio, 301-250-8385

GERMAN: HOCWelcome 3 lvl TH, 3br,2.5ba nr 270/shops$1699/mo avail nowCall: 301-906-0870

MONT. VILLAGE:TH, 3Br, 2.5Ba,fenced $ 1600 permonth, HOC welcomeCall: 916-718-7761 0R770-337-0466

LANDOVER:4 BD/1BA hard wood fl, offstrt parking, section 8OK, near metro $1395+util 240-475-9969

LAUREL: SFH, 3Brtotal 2Ba, LR, DR, Kit,carpet & h/w flrs, finbsmt w/Br & w/i closet,newly carpeted, W/D,laundry rm, fenced yrdw/shed & off-streetparking $1800 + utilCall: 301-725-3134

UPPR MARLBORO:5BR, 2.5BA, 4 LVL, fp,1 car grg, $2750/mo.Section 8 welcome.301-204-6081

BELTSVILLE: 1 BDcondo. 10 min fromthe ICC, 495, 295 andUMD. $1250/mo., incl.util. Sec dep & ref req.Call 301-442-8417

CHEVERLY: SFH4Br, 2+Ba, fin bsmt, ffreshly painted Sec 8welcomed $2100 + util301-422-8498 (lv msg)

H Y A T T S V I L L E :1Br, 1Ba, renovatedkit/Ba hw floors nearshops/bus & Univ MD,$1250/mo + elec301-422-8498 (lv msg)

BELTSVILLE:Rmw/full ba, free wifi &cable, close to shops& pool, need car! Call301-526-7385

GREENBELT: Rmin bsmt, pvt ent/bath.Close to Metro/store$600 uti incl 240-643-1314 or 301-222-3893

GREENBLT: M shrn/s/p Sfh,$465+$475+$495+quiet,conv, MaidServ, Sec Dep, walk toNASA 301-983-3210

LANHAM: Nice liv-ing rm with 2 BRs inbsmt $500/ea util, in-ternet & cable inclCall: 240-417-0209

TAKOMA PARK:4 Rooms for $765, 1Rm with full ba $865util incl all furn! nearmetro 240-421-6689

TAKOMA PRK: 1stlvl SFH w/priv kit ba,lrm drm 2Br & DenNS/NP Please Call:301-768-2307

HEART OF VIEN-N A : R e n o v ’ dtrad’nal 1940s 4BR,2BA, fin’ed wout bsmtw/laundry. Prvt yardw/park’g; 1/2 mi toelem/high school; 2 mito Metro. $1795 + util;1yr lease preferred.Pets cons’d. Rent appl& credit ck req’d.Email: [email protected]

***OLD GUITARSWANTED!** Gibson,Martin, Fender,Grestch, Epiphone,Guild, Mosrite,Rickenbacker, PrairieState, D’Angelico,Stromberg, and Gib-son Mandolins/Banjos.1920’s thru 1980’s.TOP CASH PAID! 1-800-401-0440.

***OLD ROLEX &PATEK PHILIPPEWATCHESWANTED!** Dayto-na, Sub Mariner, etc.TOP CASH PAID! 1-800-401-0440

WANTED TO PUR-CHASE Antiques &Fine Art, 1 item Or En-tire Estate Or Collec-tion, Gold, Silver,Coins, Jewelry, Toys,Oriental Glass, China,Lamps, Books, Tex-tiles, Paintings, Printsalmost anything oldEvergreen Auctions973-818-1100. [email protected]

MOVING/ESTATESALE: Saturday &Sunday 11/16-11/17and 11/23-11/24,Time: 9am-3pm,6013 Willow Hill La,Pool Table, Dining R,Bedrm furn, OrientalRug & Furn., BarStools Good QualityExcellent Condition,Stop by to see foryourself, CASH ONLY,For more Info Call240-380-7910

BOWIE: Fri & Sat11/22 & 23 9a-1p. HHFurn, Patio (Wicker),Office Furn, too manyitesm to name. CASHONLY. 6507 Lisa Lane

MY COMPUTERWORKS Computerproblems? Viruses,spyware, email, printerissues, bad internetconnections - FIX ITNOW! Professional,U.S.-based techni-cians. $25 off service.Call for immediatehelp 1-866-998-0037

APPLIANCEREPAIR - We fix It no

matter who youbought it from! 800-934-5107

CARPET INSTAL-LATION TOOLS:Retired Installer sellingPower Stretcher, Iron,Electric Tacker, Kick-er, Roller & more 301-236-5995

DIRECTV - Over 140channels only $29.99a month. Call Now!Triple savings!$636.00 in Savings,Free upgrade to Genie& 2013 NFL Sundayticket free!! Start Sav-ing today! 1-800-279-3018

REDUCE YOURCABLE BILL! * Geta 4-Room All-DigitalSatellite systeminstalled for FREE andprogramming startingat $19.99/mo. FREEHD/DVR upgradefor new callers, SOCALL NOW. 1-800-699-7159

WOLFERMANS’TREAT YOURFRIENDS ANDFAMILY! -Wolferman’s EnglishMuffins! Perfect Holi-day Assortment. Vari-ety of Sweet & SavoryMuffins $29.95 - UseCode "Favorite" FreeShipping! 800-999-1910 Orwww.Wolfermans.com/go/bb016

WRAP UP YOURHOLIDAY SHOP-PING WITH 100%GUARANTEED,DELIVERED-TO-THE-DOOR OMA-HA STEAKS! -SAVE 67% - PLUS 4FREE Burgers - ManyGourmet FavoritesONLY $49.99. OR-DER Today 1-800-870-8335. Use code49377CFX orwww.OmahaSteaks.

com/holiday34

EARN $500 A-DAY: InsuranceAgents Needed;Leads, No Cold Calls;Commissions PaidDaily; LifetimeRenewals; CompleteTraining;Health/Dental Insur-ance: Life License Re-quired. Call 1-888-713-6020.

MAKE UP TO$2,000.00+ Per Week!New Credit CardReady Drink-SnackVending Machines.Minimum $4K to$40K+ Investment Re-quired. LocationsAvailable. BBB Ac-credited Business.(800) 962-9189

NOW HIRING!!!$28/HOUR. Under-cover Shoppers Need-ed \\ $300/DAY TypingCompanies Advertis-ing Online. We pro-vide the training & thejobs to perform. Gen-uine Opportunity.PT/FT. ExperienceUnnecessary.www.HiringLocalHelp.com

ADOPTION- A Lov-ing alternative to un-planned pregnancy.You choose the familyfor your child. Receivepictures/info ofwaiting/approved cou-ples. Living expenseassistance. 1-866-236-7638

ADOPT- Loving hometo provide a lifetime ofjoy & opportunity foryour baby. No age orracial concerns. Ex-penses paid. 1-866-440-4220

13 U SELECTT R A V E LTEAM TRYOUTSNovember 23 & 24,2013 1:00pm-3:30pm,At 14800 PerrywoodDrive, Burtonsville,Maryland 20866.Register www.epm-sportsacademy.com.Walk-ups are welcome

ALL THINGSBASEMENTY!Basement SystemsInc. Call us for all ofyour basement needs!Waterproofing? Finish-ing? Structural Re-pairs? Humidity andMold Control FREEESTIMATES! Call 1-888-698-8150

DISH TV RETAIL-ER . Starting at$19.99/month (for 12mos.) & High SpeedInternet starting at$14.95/month (whereavailable) SAVE! AskAbout SAME DAY In-stallation! CALL Now!1-877-992-1237

ONE CALL, DOESIT ALL! FAST ANDRELIABLEPLUMBING RE-PAIRS & INSTAL-LATIONS. Call 1-800-796-9218

ONE CALL, DOESIT ALL! FAST ANDRELIABLE ELEC-TRICAL REPAIRS& INSTALLA-TIONS. Call 1-800-908-8502

ONE CALL, DOESIT ALL! FAST ANDRELIABLE ELEC-TRICAL REPAIRS& INSTALLA-TIONS. Call 1-800-908-8502

AIRLINE CAREERSbegin here - Get FAAapproved AviationMaintenance training.Housing and FinancialAid for qualified stu-dents. Job placementassistance. CALL Avi-ation Institute of Main-tenance 800-481-8974.

AIRLINES AREHIRING- Train forhands on AviationMaintenance Career.FAA approved pro-gram. Financial aid ifqualified- Housingavailable. CALL Avia-tion Institute of Mainte-nance (877)818-0783.

MEDICAL OFFICETRAININGPROGRAM! Train tobecome a Medical Of-fice Assistant. No Ex-perience Needed! Ca-reer Training & JobPlacement Assistanceat CTI! HSDiploma/GED & Com-puter needed. 1-877-649-2671

CUT YOURSTUDENT LOAN

payments in HALF ormore. Even if Late orin Default. Get ReliefFAST. Much LOWERpayments. CAll Stu-dent Hotline 877-295-0517.

GET FREE OFCREDIT CARDDEBT NOW! Cutpayments by up tohalf. Stop creditorsfrom calling 877-858-1386

GUARANTEEDINCOME FORYOUR RETIRE-MENT. Avoid marketrisk & get guaranteedincome in retirement!CALL for FREE copyof our SAFE MONEYGUIDE. Plus Annuity.Quotes from A-Ratedcompaines! 800-669-5471

1912967

EXPAND YOURPOSSIBILITIES

EMBARK ON A NURSING CAREER

Registered Nursing (RN)Practical Nurse (PN)

Nurse Aide (NA)

CALL NOW FOR ACOMPLIMENTARY

CAREERINFORMATION

SESSION

GLOBAL HEALTH COLLEGE

703-212-7410OR VISIT US AT WWW.GLOBAL.EDU

SERVING DC, MD & VASCHEV Certified, ACICS Accredited, PN ACEN Accredited

Dental/MedicalAssistantTrainees

Needed NowDental/Medical

Offices now hiring.No experience?

Job Training& Placement

Assistance Available1-877-234-7706

CTO SCHEV

Pharmacy/Phlebotomy

TechTrainees

Needed NowPharmacies/ hospi-

tals now hiring.No experience?

Job Training& Placement

Assistance Available1-877-240-4524

CTO SCHEV

Advertising SalesRepresentative

Comprint Military Publications publishes 9newspapers each week and the only websitededicated to the military in the DC region islooking for energetic, organized, computer savvysales representative to sell advertising into militarynewspapers and online. Job requires previous in-field and telephone sales experience. Must becustomer service oriented and consultative seller.Candidates must be able to create ads forcustomers and work well under weekly deadlinesand pressures of meeting sales goals. Prefercandidates with experience. Territory open inNorthern VA. Headquarters in Gaithersburg, MD.

If interested and qualified, please sendresume and cover letter with salaryrequirements to [email protected].

We offer a competitive compensation, commissionand incentives, comprehensive benefits packageincluding medical, dental, pension, 401(k) andtuition reimbursement. EOE.

EXCITING BREAKTHROUGH INNATURALWEIGHT-LOSS!Garcinia Cambogia IsA Fast, Dual ActionFat Burner That CanTriple Your Weight-Loss. Order Now AtNutritionalGain.com!

CASH FORUNEXPIRED DIA-BETIC TESTSTRIPS! Free Ship-ping, Friendly Service,BEST prices and 24hrpayment! Call today877-588-8500 or visitwww.TestStripSearch.com Espanol 888-440-4001

MEDICAL ALERTFOR SENIORS -24/7 monitoring.FREE Equipment.FREE Shippng. Na-tionwide Service.$29.95/Month CALLMedical Guardian To-day 866-992-7236

LIVE-IN HSKPR:5 days/wk.

Will SponserCall: 202-631-0908

or 202-841-8818

GC3157

Healthcare

Social WorkersDaVita, a national provider of OutpatientRenal Dialysis services is recruiting for a

FT LCSW/LICSW (40 hrs/wk) for ourfacilities in Oxon Hill, MD. Training for

Renal Support Services will be provided.Hours are flexible and generally M-F 9-5

with occ evenings. No weekends.Work for a Company that values andrewards individual and team results.

DaVita’s generous compensation andbenefits packages are competitive andeasy to access . This is an exceptionalopportunity to be part of an exceptional

team. Please apply online atwww.davita.com or fax resume to

1-866-720-8451 EOE

SKILLED TRADE

HVAC SERVICETECH

IMMEDIATE Position Avialable forNATE and/or Journeyman HVACservice technicians. MUST have 2

yrs exp. Great hourly pay,commission, weekly bonus &

insurance. Drug free, customeroriented, and motivated. Only

qualified applicants apply.301-670-1944 - Gaithersburg

CDL-A DRIVERS:Looking for higherpay? New Century ishiring exp. companydrivers and owneroperators. Solos andteams. Competitivepay package. Sign-onincentives. Call 888-705-3217 or apply on-line atwww.drivenctrans.com

Part-Time

Work From HomeNational Children’s CenterMaking calls Weekdays 9-4

No selling! Sal + bonus + benes.

Call 301-333-1900

Thursday, November 21, 2013 lr Page B-9


AutomotiveCall 301-670-7100 or email [email protected]

Log on toGazette.Net/Autos

to upload photosof your car for sale

Selling that convertible...be sure to share a picture!

Looking for a new convertible?Search Gazette.Net/Autos

3371 Fort Meade Road, Laurel1.855.881.9197 • www.ourismanvw.com

Ourisman VW of Laurel

All prices exclude tax, tags, title, freight and $200 processing fee. Cannot be combined with any previous advertised or internet special. Picturesare for illustrative purposes only. See dealer for details. 0% APR Up To 60 Months on all models. See dealer for details. Ourisman VW World AutoCertified Pre Owned financing for 60 months based on credit approval thru VW. Excludes Title, Tax, Options & Dealer Fees. Special APR financingcannot be combined with sale prices. Ends 12/02/13.

OURISMAN VW WORLD AUTO CERTIFIED PRE OWNED25 Available...Rates Starting at 2.64% up to 72 months

Online Chat Available...24 Hour Website •Hours Mon-Fri 9 am-9 pm • Sat 9 am-8 pm

YOU ALWAYS GET YOUR WAYAT OURISMAN EVERYDAY!

2007 Jetta Wagon.......................#VP0005, White, 87,642 mi.......$11,9952009 Jetta TDI...............................#V109044A, Red, 106,036 mi....$13,4952012 Jetta S...................................#VP6060A, White, 36,699 mi.....$13,9992011 Jetta Sedan........................#VP0004, Black, 40,159 mi........$14,9952012 Passat S...............................#VPR6111, Gray, 35,959 mi.......$15,990

2012 Jetta SE................................#VPR6116, Blue, 38,430 mi.......$16,4952013 Jetta Sedan........................#V607047A, Black, 14,150 mi...$16,9952012 Jetta TDI...............................#V010241A, Black, 24,444 mi...$20,9952012 Passat TDI...........................#V071353A, Gray, 42,293 mi.....$21,9952012 CC.............................................#V540037A, Gray, 27,601 mi.....$22,995 G

5291

23

OURISMAN VW

0%*APR

ON ALL2013

MODELS

2013 PASSAT TDI SE

#9114095, Automatic, Power Windows/ PowerLocks, Sunroof

BUY FOR$24,599

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

MSRP $29,615

2014 PASSAT S 2.5L

#9013380, Automatic, Power Windows/PowerLocks, Keyless Entry, Cruise Control

BUY FOR$18,999

MSRP $23,035

2013 GOLF 2 DOOR

#3131033, Automatic, Power Windows/Power Locks,Keyless Entry, Heated Seats, Bluetooth, Cruise Control

BUY FOR$16,999

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

MSRP $19,990

2013 GTI 2 DOOR

#4125692, Automatic, Power Windows/Power Locks, Keyless Entry

BUY FOR$21,938

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

MSRP $26,095

2013 CC SPORT

#9548323, Automatic, Pwr Windows, Pwr doors, Keyless

BUY FOR$26,599

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

MSRP $33,360

2013 JETTA TDI

#7234651, Automatic Power Windows,Power Locks, Bluetooth

BUY FOR$19,899

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

MSRP $25,155

2013 BEETLECONVERTIBLE

#2828260, Power Windows/Power Locks, Auto

BUY FOR$20,999

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

MSRP $25,790

# 7373771, Power Windows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry

2014 JETTA S

BUY FOR$15,499

MSRP $17,810

2014 TIGUAN S

#13525611, Automatic, Power Windows, PowerLocks, Keyless Entry

BUY FOR$23,999

MSRP $25,235

$0*downpayment

$0*due atsigning

$0*securitydeposit

$0*1st month’spayment

PRE BLACK FRIDAY SALE


11--888888--883311--996677111-888-831-967115625 Frederick Rd (Rte 355) • Rockville, MD | OPEN SUNDAY

VVIISSIITT UUSS OONN TTHHEE WWEEBB AATT wwwwww..335555..ccoommVVIISSIITT UUSS OONN TTHHEE WWEEBB AATT wwwwww..335555..ccoommVISIT US ON THE WEB AT www.355.com

G52

9122

335555 TTOOYYOOTTAA PPRREE--OOWWNNEEDD355 TOYOTA PRE-OWNEDDARCARS See what it’s like to love car buying

$$1111,,8800002007 Toyota Sienna LE........$$1111,,880000$11,800#364373A, 5 SpeedAuto, 2WD,Artic Frost Pearl

$$1133,,5500002006 BMW X5 3.0i.............$$1133,,550000$13,500#360298B, 4WD,Auto, Silver Metallic

$$1144,,8800002011 Toyota Camry LE.........$$1144,,880000$14,800#P8782, 6 Speed Auto, 1 Owner, Silver

$$1144,,8800002007 Honda CR-V EX-L........$$1144,,880000$14,800#472069A, 5 SpeedAuto, Beige Metallic, 1 Owner

$$1155,,8800002013 Toyota Corolla LE........$$1155,,880000$15,800#R1719, 4 SpeedAuto, 13k Miles, 1 Owner, Black Sand Pearl

$$1166,,8800002010 Nissan XTERRA X........$$1166,,880000$16,800#472099A, 5 SpeedAuto, 4WD, Super Black, 1 Owner

$$1166,,8800002013 Toyota Tacoma...........$$1166,,880000$16,800#N0238B, 4 SpeedAuto, 9.8k Miles, 1 Owner, Black, 2WD

$$1188,,8800002013 Toyota Pruis C Three....$$1188,,880000$18,800#372383A, CVTTransmission, 4 Door, Classic Silver

$$2200,,8800002011 Toyota Highlander SE...$$2200,,880000$20,800#363230A, 6 SpeedAuto, Blizzard Pearl

$$2200,,9988552012 Toyota Venza LE.........$$2200,,998855$20,985#365010B, 6 SpeedAuto, 34.9k Miles, 1 Owner, Golden Umber

$$2211,,9900002013 Mazda Mazda 5..........$$2211,,990000$21,900#460022A, GrandTouring, 2WD Minivan, 5 SpeedAuto

$$2222,,8800002013 Scion FR-S................$$2222,,880000$22,800#364357A, Coupe, 6 SpeedAuto, 1k Miles, 1 Owner, Silver

#364333A,5 Speed Manual, 1Owner, 44k Miles

07 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS$10,985$10,985

10 Toyota Corolla LE#P8802,

4 Speed Auto,4 Door, 1 Owner

$12,500$12,50012 Hyundai Accent GLS

$11,800$11,800#470116A, 27k Milles,1 Owner, 6 SpeedAuto, Ultra Black

10 Toyota Rav-4$16,985$16,985#P8822, 4 Speed

Auto, 39k miles,4WD Sport Utility

#P8793, 6 SpeedAuto, 29k miles,

Mid-Size$15,500$15,500

11 Toyota Camry LE

13 Toyota Camry LE#R1738,

6 Speed Auto, 14.2kmiles, 4 Door, 1 Owner

$19,800$19,800

#P8779, 6 SpeedAuto, 28.6k Miles, 1

Owner, 4-Door$14,800$14,800

11 Toyota Camry LE#377580A,

4 Door, 5 SpeedAuto, 1 Owner

10 Mazda Mazda3 S$13,800$13,800

$9,800$9,800#374550A,5 Speed Auto, 4-Door, Black Pearl

07HondaCivicEx#353054A, 4 Speed

Auto, 4-Door,Barcelona Red

$11,500$11,50009ScionXD

10 Toyota Prius III#P8805, 4 Door, CVT

Transmission, 45kmiles

$17,500$17,500

11 Ford Focus SE#364474A,

Auto,4 Door, 1 Owner

$13,800$13,800

PRE-THANKSGIVING DAYSALES EVENT

DARCARS VOLVO

DARCARS VOLVO OF ROCKVILLE

15401 Frederick Rd, Rockville, MDwww.darcarsvolvo.com

YOUR GOOD CREDITRESTORED HERE

G52

9125 1.888.824.9165

2008 Honda Pilot SE

#326063A, 5 SpeedAuto, Taffeta White,108K Miles

$9,480

#325096B, CVTTransmission, SuperBlack, 52K Miles

$12,480 #329040A, Ent.Center,4WD Sport Utility,Formal Black, 88K Miles

$14,980

DARCARSSee what it’s liketo love car buying.

2010 Chevrolet Malibu LTZ 2008 Ford Mustang GT 2008 Volvo V70 3.2L

2010 Volvo XC60 3.2L 2008 Lexus RX 400H

#426021A, 6 SpeedAuto, 37,6K Miles,Taupe Gray Metallic

$15,980 #326024A, Premium,M/T Car Coupe, 46Kmiles, 5 Speed

$17,480 #325025A, 6 SpeedAuto, Black, Mid SizeWagon, 53K Miles

$19,480

#P8750, AWD,Electric Silver,Metallic, Certified

$28,480 #325074A, Navigation,Back-Up Camera, 4WD,1-Owner, Smokey Mica

$26,480

2007 Honda Accord

2008 Nissan Altima 2.5S

CERTIFIED

CERTIFIED

2009 Nissan Xterra X#N110008, 5-Speed Auto, Supra Black, 4WD Sport Utility.....................$16,9802008 Cadillac STS#N0270, RWD W/1SB, 6 Speed Auto, Black Raven................................$18,4802013 Volkswagen Passat SE#N0271, 6 Speed Auto, 7.9K Miles, Black..............................................$19,4802012 Hyundai Sonata LTD#N0276, 6 Speed Auto, 22.5K Miles, 1-Owner, Gray Metallic.................$19,9802012 Hyundai Sonata#N0276, 22K Mile....................................................................................$19,9802012 Mazda Mazda 3 Speed 3#327223B, Touring, Navigation, M/T, 24K Miles, 1-Owner......................$20,980

2013 Honda Civic XLE#326082A, Navigation, 3K Mile...............................................................$20,9802011 KIA Optima EX#327217B, 6 Speed Auto, 9K Miles, Satin Metal, 1-Owner.....................$21,9802013 Volvo C30#332293A, 5 Speed Auto, 2.6K Miles, Ice White, 1-Owner.....................$25,9802009 Volvo XC90#429002A, 4WD, Sport Utility, 44K Miles, Gray Metallic Certified...........$27,9802011 Volvo XC60 T6#P8825, 6 Speed Auto, Ice White, 4WD, 1-Owner, Certified...................$31,9802012 Volvo XC60#327208A, 6 Speed Auto, Caspian Blue, Certified.................................$36,480

2013 Infinity G37

#E0216,BackupCamera,23KMiles,BlackObsidian,SedanTouring

$26,980

2012 Mazda Mazda 6

#E0259, 5 SpeedAuto, 38K Miles,Polished Slate

$13,480

#N110003, 5 SpeedAuto, Blue Metallic,Sunroof, 73K Miles

$12,480

2008 Volvo S60 2.5T2012 Nissan Versa S

#E0263, 32K Miles, 4Speed Auto, 4 DoorCoupe

$11,980

Page B-12 Thursday, November 21, 2013 lr

Looking for a new ride?

Log on toGazette.Net/Autos

to search foryour next vehicle!

Deals andWheels

to advertisecall

301.670.7100or email

[email protected]

G529105

ANY CAR ANY CONDITIONWE PAY TOP DOLLAR-FAST FREE PICKUP!

SELL YOUR CAR TODAY! CALL NOW FOR AN

INSTANT CASH OFFER

(301) 288-6009

CA HFOR CAR !

4 DR.,4 CYL., AUTO

2 AVAILABLE: #472011, 472014

MonthLease36

$149/mo.**

NEW 2014 CAMRY LE

DARCARS See what it’s like tolove car buying

On 10 Toyota Models

15625 Frederick Rd (Rte 355) • Rockville, MDn OPEN SUNDAY n VISIT US ON THE WEB AT www.355Toyota.com

PRICES AND PAYMENTS INCLUDE ANY APPLICABLE MANUFACTURE’S REBATES AND EXCLUDE MILITARY ($500) AND COLLEGE GRAD ($500) REBATES, TAX, TAGS, DEALER PROCESSING CHARGE ($200) AND FREIGHT: CARS $795 OR $810, TRUCKS, SPORT UTILITY AND SIENNAS $810, $845 AND $995. *0.9% APR & 0% APR FINANCING UP TO 60 MONTHS TO QUALIFIED BUYERS THRU TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES. TOTALFINANCED CANNOT EXCEED MSRP PLUS OPTIONS, TAX, AND LICENSE FEES. 0% APR 60 MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $16.67 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. 0.9% APR 60 MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $17.05 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. APR OFFERS ARE NOT VALID WITH ANY OTHER CASH BACK OR LEASE OFFER. NOT ALL BUYERS WILL QUALIFY.**LEASE PAYMENTS BASED ON 36 MONTHS, 12,000 MILES PER YEAR WITH $995DOWN PLUS $650 ACQUISITION FEE, NO SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED. SEE DEALER FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. OFFERS EXPIRES 11-30-13.

1-888-831-9671

G557425

362 AVAILABLE: #377701, 377702

4 DR.,4 CYL., AUTO

NEW 2013 PRIUS PLUG-IN

$199/mo.**

2 AVAILABLE: #472071, 472086NEW 2014 CAMRY LE

AUTO,4 CYL., 4 DR

$19,590AFTER TOYOTA $1,000 REBATE

4 DR., AUTO,4 CYL., INCL.

$15,990

2 AVAILABLE: #470189, 470197NEW 2014 COROLLA LE

2 AVAILABLE: #363400, 363401NEW 2013 HIGHLANDER 4X2

4 CYL.,AUTO

$24,590

0% FOR 60 MONTHS+

2 AVAILABLE: #364450, 364533NEW 2013 RAV4 LE 4X2 BASE

4 CYL.,AUTOMATIC

$20,890AFTER $500 REBATE

4 DR., AUTO, 4 CYL.,

NEW 2013 PRIUS C II2 AVAILABLE: #377729, 377728

AFTER $750 REBATE

$17,390

2 AVAILABLE: #453002, 453003NEW 2014 SCION XD

4 CYL.,4 DR., AUTO$169/mo.**

AFTER TOYOTA $1,500 REBATE

PPRREE TTHHAANNKKSSGGIIVVIINNGGPPRREE TTHHAANNKKSSGGIIVVIINNGGPRE THANKSGIVINGSSAALLEE!!SSAALLEE!!SALE!

DONATE AUTOS,TRUCKS, RV’S.LUTHERAN MIS-SION SOCIETY.Your donation helpslocal families withfood, clothing, shelter.Tax deductible.MVA licensed.LutheranMissionSociety.org 410-636-0123 ortoll-free 1-877-737-8567.

CASH FOR CARS!Any Make, Model orYear. We Pay MORE!Running or Not. SellYour Car or Truck TO-DAY. Free Towing!Instant Offer:1-888-545-8647

2002 MAZDA MIL-LENIA: 97k miles tanleather interior sunroofautomatic $4000 Obocall 240-372-2878

TOYOTA AVALONXLS 2000 172K miloaded, exc cond,$5595/BO Mookim301-972-1435

DARCARS NISSAN of ROCKVILLE15911 Indianola Drive • Rockville, MD (at Rt. 355 across from King Farm)

888.805.8235 • www.DARCARSNISSAN.com

BAD CREDIT - NO CREDIT - CALL TODAY!Prices include all rebates and incentives. NMAC Bonus Cash requires financing through NMAC with approved credit. Pricesexclude tax, tags, freight (cars $780, trucks $725-$995), and $200 processing charge. *Lease payments are calculated with

tax, tags, freight, $200 processing charge and first payment due at signing, and are valid with tier one approval throughNMAC. Prices valid only on listed VINS. See dealer for details. Offer expires 10/22/2012.


888.824.9166 • www.DARCARSNISSAN.com

DARCARS NISSAN

www.DARCARSnissan.com

ThanksgivingHoliday Savings!

DARCARSSee what it’s like

to love car buying.

Prices include all rebates and incentives. NMAC Bonus Cash requires financing through NMAC with approved credit.Prices exclude tax, tags, freight (cars $810, trucks $845-$995), and $200 processing charge. Prices valid only on listed

VINS. See dealer for details. Offer expires 11/26/2013.


888.824.9166 • www.DARCARSNISSAN.comG52

9124

$13,977#346486A, AutoTransmission, Alloy

Wheels, Sunroof

2008 Nissan Altima 2.5S Coupe

$11,977#P8751A,Wolfsburg Edition,

Leather, Sunroof, Manual

2011 VW Jetta$11,977#P8767,PWR,

Mirrors, Lock,Remote Keyless Entry

2010 Nissan Versa Hatchback

$16,995

MSRP: $23,320Sale Price: $19,245Nissan Rebate: -$1,000Holiday Bonus Cash: -$750NMAC Bonus Cash: -$500

With Bluetooth #131142 At This Price: VINS: 164781, 127996

$12,977#472031B, 4WD, LeatherSeating, Sunroof, 7

Passenger, Low Mileage

2004 Toyota Highlander Limited

$14,977#N0275, Hard TopConvertible, Low Miles

2003 Ford Thunderbird

$12,977#341230A, AutoTransmission, Low Miles

2007 Ford Mustang Coupe

$13,977#E0251, Auto,Gray, 1 Owner

2012 Nissan Altima 2.5S$12,977#346423A, Auto Transmission,

Alloy Wheels, Bluetooth,Power Features

2012 Nissan Versa SL

$16,977#P8746, 1-Owner,Pano Roof, Automatic

2009 Mini Cooper Clubman S

With Bluetooth #232132 At This Price: VINS: 321399, 320887

2013 NISSAN MURANO S AWDMSRP: $31,750Sale Price: $26,995Nissan Rebate: -$2,500Holiday Bonus Cash: -$1,000Nissan Bonus Rebate: -$1,000NMAC Bonus Cash: -$500

$21,995

$24,977#E0215, 24K Miles,Navigation Sys, Sunroof

2011 BMW 328iMSRP: $34,430Sale Price: $29,995Nissan Rebate: -$4,000NMAC Bonus Cash: -$1,500NMAC Bonus Cash: -$500

$23,995

MSRP: $17,115Sale Price: $14,995Nissan Rebate: -$500NMAC Bonus Cash: -$500

$13,995

With Leather, Moonroof, Bluetooth #162132 At This Price: VINS: 843911, 844133

$14,495

2014 NISSAN VERSA NOTE SV HATCHBACK

#116142 At This Price: VINS: 350804, 370886

#121132 At This Price: VINS:784016, 907382

MSRP: $18,530Sale Price: $15,495Holiday Bonus Cash: -$500NMAC Bonus Cash: -$500

2013 NISSAN SENTRA SV

2014 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 S

2013 NISSAN MAXIMA SV


G529126

Advertorial

Page B-14 Thursday, November 21, 2013 lr

Documents

Laurelgaz 112113