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n Fort Washington woman recordsmemories, advocacy work after

Alzheimer’s diagnosis

BY KIRSTEN PETERSENSTAFFWRITER

At Bonnita Spikes’ Fort Washingtonapartment, framed newspaper clippingsadorn the walls and crystal awards shineon her book shelves, all documenting hersuccessful efforts to repeal the death pen-alty inMaryland.

For Spikes, 61, these mementos maysoon be the only way she’ll recall her ac-complishments as her memory fades dueto early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.

“It’s making me pause and appreciateeverything I’ve been able to do with mylife,” Spikes said.

Spikes describes herself as a “retirednurse, organizer, troublemaker.”

Since 2004, she has pushed Marylandlawmakers to repeal the death penalty,knocking on the doors of Democrats andRepublicans alike with a framed portrait ofher late husband in her arms.

Her husband, Michael, was killed in abotched convenience store robbery in 1994in New York, Spikes said. The culprits werenever found, Spikes said, but she said lifeinprison is aworsepunishment formurderbecause it’s “God’s decision who lives anddies.”

“For someonewho’s been through thatkind of trauma with her family and youngkids at the time, someone like her to be ad-vocating against this kind of punishmentsays a lot about her and says a lot about herability to forgive,” said Erek Barron, 40, ofMitchellville, who was recently elected torepresent District 24 in the House of Del-egates and worked with Spikes on the re-peal effort.

But while she was busy advocatingwith Maryland Citizens Against State Ex-

ecutions, or CASE, Spikes said she noticedchanges in her mental health. Spikes saidit became difficult to gather her thoughtsin 2008 and she had trouble writing emailsin 2010. In 2013, she was diagnosed withearly-onset Alzheimer’s disease, the sameyear theMarylandGeneral Assembly votedto repeal the death penalty.

“I double book myself now. I’m afraidto go out,” Spikes said. “If I didn’t have

laughter, humor in me, I don’t think I’d beable tomake it.”

In 2014, the National Alzheimer’s As-sociation estimated that 5.2million Ameri-cans had the disease, but only 200,000were younger than 65, like Spikes. Expertsbelieve that Alzheimer’s disease is the re-sult of several different risk factors, such as

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Bonnita Spikes, 61, records some of her memories in a journal at her Fort Washington apartment.Spikes, who advocated to repeal the death penalty in Maryland, is now coping with early-onsetAlzheimer’s disease.

n Grand opening of newshopping center set

for fall 2016

BY EMILIE SHAUGHNESSY

STAFFWRITER

After more than two de-cades, a nearly vacant shoppingcenter near Bowie High Schoolis set to be demolished and re-developed into a high-end resi-dential complex and shoppingcenter.

The project hinges on a dealbetween Rockville-based prop-

erty owner Berman Enterprisesand Harris Teeter, which willserve as the critical “groceryanchor” store, and the city ofBowie pledged nearly $1millionMondaynight to ensure thedealgoes through.

Bowie Marketplace, locatedoff Annapolis Road across fromBowieHighSchool, hasbeende-teriorating for years and is nowthe city’s lowest valued retailproperty at around $6 million,said John Henry King, Bowie’sdirector of economic develop-ment.

Bowie pledgesnearly $1M toMarketplace

n CEO cites access totransit, college in selection

BY JAMIEANFENSON-COMEAU

STAFFWRITER

A new school for Englishlanguage learners will likelybe placed within Largo HighSchool, even thoughcommunitymembers say it might heightentension between students.

Prince George’s CountyPublic Schools CEO Kevin Max-

well said that although the lo-cation has not been finalized,Largo High is currently the topschool under considerationfor the site of one of two highschools being designed as anoption for students whose na-tive language isn’t English.

“Right now, it’s our firstchoice, and we’d like to find away to make it work at Largo,”Maxwell said, citing the school’sproximity to public transit andPrince George’s Community

Largo eyed forlanguage school

n Project revisited13 years after proposalfor Bladensburg park


Keenan Alexander, 13,of Upper Marlboro said he’sstudyingU.S.History in school,but he hasn’t heard his teach-ers mention American Indiansor even the Piscataway IndianNation, which has origins inMaryland.

But Saturday morning,Keenan found himself get-ting a hands-on education in

American Indian villageon way to UpperMarlboro


Keenan Alexander, 13, of Upper Marlboro shaves the bark off a tree limbthat will be used to build the longhouse at the American Indian Village atPatuxent River Park in Upper Marlboro.

n County approvesexpansion, throws out

recommendation for site

BY EMILIE SHAUGHNESSY

STAFFWRITER

Some homeowners livingnear Maranatha Adventist Fel-lowship church off MD 564 inBowie are concerned that anew church renovation projectwill clog roadways, endangerpedestrians and harm the localecosystem.

While the Prince George’sCounty planning board unani-mously approved the church’snew 29,000 square foot build-ing Nov. 6, many neighbors arestill uneasy about the suddengrowth and what they call a lackof transparency. The new build-ing will be nearly six times the

church’s current structure, ac-cording to Maranatha pastorUzooma Erondu.

The Bowie City Councilheard community concernsabout the church expansion onOct. 20 and recommended sev-eral conditions to the planningboard, including the request of apublic constructiondesignplan.While planning boardmembersattached several conditions totheir decision — including theaddition of a sidewalk and pathalongside the property — thepublic site plan was not ap-proved.

Robert Koelsch of Bowie,who lives in a neighborhoodadjacent to the church, said asite plan would have enhancedcommunication between thechurch and its neighbors byfully informing residents of thechurch’s plans.

“I would like to see more of

the details,” he said. “They keepsaying the [plans] are all prelimi-nary, butmy concern is once it’sall approved, details may notmatter toomuch.”

Rebecca Sunday of Bowietestified at the planning boardmeeting onNov. 6 and said that,without a site plan, it would bedifficult to tell how the churchexpansion would affect herproperty.

“We are very concernedabout the size of the church inits proposed location as well asmany aspects of the proposeddesign,” she said. “We’ve in-vested a lot of money in ourproperty, basically renovatingthe entire house and the yard.The placement of the church soclose to our property line loom-ingoverus just doesn’t seem likethe best design.”

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NOV. 20Largo-Kettering Storytime, 10:15 a.m.,

Largo-Kettering Branch Library, 9601Capital Lane, Largo. Ages 2 to 3 at 10:15a.m. Ages 3 to 5 at 11:15 a.m. Contact 301-336-4044.

Surratts-Clinton Library Storytime,10:15 a.m., Surratts-Clinton Library, 9400Piscataway Road, Clinton. Newborn-12months with caregiver. Contact 301-868-9200.

Assessing Your Business Idea, 10:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Bowie Business In-novation Center, 14000 Jericho ParkRoad, Bowie. This workshopwill examinebusiness types and business ideas whilelearning to understand business niches,market segmentation and targetmarkets.Cost is $10. Contact 301-383-1550 ext. 104or [email protected].

Spauldings Library Storyimes, 10:30a.m., Sapuldings Library, 5811 Old SilverHill Road, District Heights. Ages 2 to 3.Contact 301-817-3750.

Surratts-Clinton Library Storytime, 11a.m., Surratts-Clinton Library, 9400 Pisca-taway Road, Clinton. Ages 12-36monthswith caregiver. Contact 301-868-9200.

Oxon Hill Library Storytime, 11 a.m.,OxonHill Library, 6200 OxonHill Road,OxonHill. For all storytimes: Please reg-ister at Children’s Desk, and no groupslarger than eight. Ages 12-23months withcaregiver. Contact 301-839-2400.

Legos®: Read. Build. Play. at 4 p.m.,Hillcrest Heights Branch Library, 2398Iverson St., Temple Hills. Ages 6-10.We’llbring out the Legos and read stories. Youbring the creativity and let your imagina-tions gowild. Contact 301-630-4900.

Dinosaur Party, 4 p.m., OxonHillLibrary, 6200 OxonHill Road, OxonHill.Join us for dinosaur stories, crafts and ac-tivities. Ages 5-12. Contact 301-839-2400.

Book Discussion, 7 p.m., South BowieLibrary, 15301Hall Road, Bowie. RayBradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451.” Contact301-850-0475.

NOV. 21The Catholic Business Network of

Prince George’s County NetworkingBreakfast, 7:30 to 9 a.m., Country ClubatWoodmore, 12320 Pleasant Pros-pect, Mitchellville. Renee Green ofRenee Green Productions will speakabout her project Save the PeaceCross. This event is $20 formembersand $30 for guests. Visit www.cbnpg.org.

The 4th Annual Senior AppreciationLuncheon and Fish Fry, 11:30 a.m. to2:30 p.m.,Maple Springs Baptist Church,4130 Belt Road, Capitol Heights. Contact

301-952-3690 or [email protected].

It’s Karaoke Time, 12:45 to 2 p.m.,Camp Springs Senior Center, 6420 Al-lentown Road, Camp Springs. Join us fora fun afternoon singing Karaoke tunes.Have you dreamed of singing a song infront of a crowd?Here’s your opportunity.Everyone has dreamed of singing that onesong in front of a crowd of people. Thisis a “ShowUp” event. Contact 301-449-0490; TTY 301-446-3402.

Xtreme Teens: Turkey Takedown,7 to 8 p.m., Cedar Heights CommunityCenter, 1200 GlenWillowDr., Seat Pleas-ant. Teens will participate in physical andmental challenges.Winners in each agecategory will walk awaywith a turkey.Contact 301-773-8881; TTY 301-218-6768.

NOV. 22Harvest Festival at the BAIB Farmers’

Market, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., IversonMall,3737 Branch Ave., Temple Hills. BranchAvenue in Bloom—a retail revitaliza-tion initiative in Temple Hills—will bepartnering with the Suitland Civic As-sociation to host a Harvest Festival at theBAIB Farmers’Market. Event will featurelivemusic and dance performances, freegiveaways ofWegman’s gift cards, free hotchocolate and apple cider, free face paint-ing for children andmore. Contact 301-702-2250 or [email protected].

Girls Wear P.I.N.K 2014, 11 a.m. to2:30 p.m., South Bowie Library, 15301HallRoad, Bowie. P.I.N.K. = Purpose, Integrity,Nobility, Knowledge. Domestic Violence,Self Empowerment, andModelingWork-shop. Contact 301-850-0475.

The 2nd Annual Women’s EmpoweringSession “When Praises Go Up BlessingCome Down,” 11 a.m. to noon at Suit-land Community Center, 5600 RegencyLane, Forestville. Come prepared to bestrengthened, encouraged and claim vic-tory because the battle is already won.There will be food, singers, dancers and aguest speaker, Louise Bias. Contact 301-736-3518; TTY 301-203-6030.

College Prep Session, 11 a.m. to 3p.m., Seat Pleasant Activity Center, 5720Addison Road, Seat Pleasant. Contact301-773-6685.

Design a Video Game Workshop, 11a.m., South Bowie Library, 15301HallRoad, Bowie. Learn how to design videogames. Presented by the Patriot Center.Grades 5 to 12. Contact 301-850-0475.

NOV. 24Family Game Night, 7 p.m., Accokeek

Library, 15773 Livingston Road, Accokeek.Put on your game face and get ready to

compete at Family GameNight. Featur-ing fun and exciting games such as: Uno,Junior Scrabble, Trouble andmanymore.Snacks will be provided. Contact 301-292-2880.

NOV. 25Business Clinic, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.,

Bowie Business Innovation Center, 14000Jericho Park Road, Bowie.Meet with An-gie Duncanson in our Bowie location fortips and support that will help you startand grow your business. Contact 301-383-1550, Ext. 104 or [email protected].

Author Greg Neri, 10 a.m., OxonHill Library, 6200 OxonHill Road, OxonHill. Greg Neri will talk about his booksand the writing process. A question andanswer session follows. Contact 301-839-2400.

Girls Read Club, 4 p.m., OxonHillLibrary, 6200 OxonHill Road, OxonHill.Find out about the latest books, shareyour favorites, and practice your read-ing with games and other fun activities.Grades 3, 4 and 5. Contact 301-839-2400.

Book Discussion, 6:30 p.m., GlenardenLibrary, 8724 Glenarden Pkwy., Glena-rden.Mitch Albom’s “The First PhoneCall fromHeaven.” Contact 301-772 to5477 or 240-696-3844.

Spanish Conversation Club, 7:30p.m., Spauldings Library, 5811 Old SilverHill Road, District Heights. Learningto speak Spanish? Join our club andpractice speaking Spanish in a friendlyatmosphere. Enjoy an informal hour ofspeaking Spanish with others whose firstlanguage is English. Contact 301-817-3750

NOV. 26STEM for Families, 4 p.m., Hillcrest

Heights Library, 2398 Iverson St.,Temples Hills. Become amad scientistby conducting hands-on, fun scienceexperiments using basic scientificprinciples. Ages 6-11. Contact 301-630-4900.

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of Aging accreditation list

BY EMILIE SHAUGHNESSYSTAFFWRITER

Comfort Mitchell of Bowiesaid it is easy to see why theBowie Senior Center is the onlynationally accredited center inthe State of Maryland.

Mitchell, 78, said she hasbeen coming to the center forabout 10 years and has learnedeverything from knitting to ce-ramics.

“For me, I wouldn’t give thecenter up for anything,” shesaid. “When you are down youcan come to the center and youhave friends to talk to, some-body you can confide in andthat uplifts your spirit. It’s ahome of therapy.”

The Bowie Senior Center,which opened in 2000 and hasapproximately 2,700 members,was notified of its second ac-creditation from the National

Institute of Senior Centers onOct. 30, said senior servicesmanager KathyWhite.

The designation, providedin conjunction with the Na-tional Council on Aging, meansthe Bowie Center is a modelinstitution and will help setstandards for centers across thenation, White said.

The center received aplaque for the designation.

“It’s the quality of programsand services that are provided[at the Bowie Senior Center]and the staff that are very pro-fessional and well-informed,”White said. “They’re a big partof our success.”

White said the National In-stitute of Senior Centers judgedthe Bowie center by nine crite-ria, including connection to thecommunity and ethics.

While there are currently120 accredited senior centers inthe U.S., Bowie’s center is theonly one in Maryland, accord-ing to the National Council onAging website.

Laurel Raymond, senior

services assistantmanager, saidother senior centers in Mary-land look to the Bowie centerfor advice and best practices.

“Some other centers haveconsidered going for accredi-tation so they ask about that.Others ask about programs orour building even,” she said. “Ithink [the accreditation] saysto the community that we havemet these standards and ourgoal is to serve the seniors inour community to the best ofour ability.”

White said the center hascome a long way over thenearly-15 years it has been inexistence, adding componentslike a wellness coordinator,transportation, flat screen TVsand wireless internet.

Dale Grant, 81, of Bowiesaid he remembers what lifewas like before the senior cen-ter.

“We used to have a couplerooms at the old City Hall,which was the senior centerand that was very inadequatefor the needs of the senior pop-

ulation,” he said.Grant and his wife, Barbara

Grant, 76, have lived in Bowienearly 50 years and have beenmembers of the Bowie SeniorCenter since the beginning, hesaid.

Grant has been teach-ing computer courses at thecenter since it opened and ispleased about a new video ed-iting course the center offers,he said.

“Honestly, I seriously be-lieve it’s probably the bestsenior center in the state ofMaryland,” he said. “The roomsare so busy a volunteer coordi-nator has to schedule rooms.”

White said the center hopesto continue to grow, addingwireless internet through itsentire building and upgradingthe computer center to bemore“technologically savvy.”

“The center is evolvingas the needs evolve and thechanges come in technology,”she said.

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Chris Miles (front) of Bowie participates in a Nov. 13 yoga class at the Bowie Senior Center.

n Nonperishable items willbe accepted until Saturday


Fort Washington residentsare encouraged to drop off non-perishable items now through

Saturday as part of a food driveat Harmony Hall Regional Cen-ter.

Chanda Coleman, a pro-gramming specialist and assis-tantmanager at the center, saidall donations will benefit theFort Washington Food Pantry,which is based out of St. John’sEpiscopal Church off of Livings-ton Road.

“In our community alonethere are families that haveexperienced hardships of onetype or another, whether it’sjob related or financial or fam-ily difficulties,” Coleman said.“Everyone needs additional as-sistance at some point in time.”

Coleman said preschoolersat the center have been bring-ing in donations as part of their

community service project. Anydonations brought to HarmonyHall after Saturday will still bedelivered to the food pantry,Coleman said.

For more information onthe food drive, residents cancall 301-203-6040.

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n Fees to pay for food


Upper Marlboro residentscan get a sneak peak of theWinter Festival of Lights atWatkins Regional Park andhelp families in need duringthe second annual Trot for aTurkey this Saturday.

The 5k walk and run,which takes place from 6 to 8p.m. at the Upper Marlboropark, will give residents thechance to enjoy the illumi-nated displays on foot beforethe course opens as a drive-through route onNov. 28, saidKyle Lowe, who is part of theteam organizing the eventthrough the Maryland-Na-tional Capital Park and Plan-ning Commission.

Lowe said each $30 reg-istration will pay for a turkey,which will be donated to fam-ilies at United CommunitiesAgainst Poverty, a family shel-ter in Seat Pleasant, for theirThanksgiving dinners.

“It’s a great family eventand if you’re looking to giveback during the holiday sea-

son, it’s a great thing to do asa family,” Lowe said.

Last year, 135 turkeysweregiven away for Thanksgivingdinners and 55 additional tur-keys were purchased aroundChristmas, Lowe said, He saidthe goal this year is to donate250 turkeys.

“To me it’s one of themore meaningful events todo because giving back to thecommunity during the holi-day season is very important,”Lowe said. “This one of thetangible ways to know yourregistration is helping others.”

Childrenunder 12whoareaccompanied by their parentsdo not need to pay the fee,Lowe said.

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Turkey trot to benefitSeat Pleasant shelter

Bowie staff membersare accepting nominationsfor the 33rd annual HolidayHouse Decorating Contest.

Participants could winprizes including two $100Family Award prize and 10Spirit Award ornaments.

“If you’re decoratingyour house already, it’s afun event,” said Matt Cor-ley, Bowie’s special eventscoordinator. “It’s free. It’s achance to win small prizesand we will publish thehouses on the citywebsite.”

There are three cat-egories in the decoratingcontest, Corley said. Colo-nial entries should includegreenery, white lights orcandles in the windows;Religious entries can in-clude decorations from anydenomination, and Tradi-tional entries can includecolored or white lights andreferences to icons likeSanta Claus, Corley said.

The contest is open toresidents within city limits.Entry forms are due Dec.8 and are at City Hall or atwww.cityofbowie.org.

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Everyweek at theOxonHillFood Pantry, volunteers giveout canned fruits and vegeta-bles to dozens of hungry fami-lies, but rarely can they offerfresh produce.“It’s something that we

don’t really get donated be-cause it’s so perishable,” saidvolunteer Sylvia Green.But on Nov. 13 at Forte

Foote Baptist Church in FortWashington, pantry volunteersfilled boxes with kale, collardgreens, sweet potatoes andmore to stock their shelves.“It’s really significant be-

cause people are going to havereally nice choices of vegeta-bles to have for the holidays,”Green said.The produce collection

launched a new county initia-tive called “TheExtraHelping,”which will provide the equiva-lent of amillionmeals annuallyto county food banks over thenext three years, said LaurenPeterson, the director of theVirginia-basedPetersonFamilyFoundation,which is financingthe initiative.Produce will be delivered

to six food pantries, which willeach serve as distribution cen-

ters for 10 to 12 additional pan-tries in the area, Peterson said.One of the distribution

centers, the Forte FooteBaptistChurch Food Bank, fed 2,500families last year with 60,000pounds of food, said AngelaMaxey, the food bank’s coordi-nator andmanager.Maxey said she expects

the 2014 numbers to be higherthan last year due to underem-ployment and dietary changes.“From a child to an ado-

lescent, they eat more, it costsmore,”Maxey said.The distribution will espe-

cially benefit the Transform-ing Neighborhoods Initiativeareas, communities that facegreater crime andquality of lifeissues than other parts of thecounty, said county executiveRushern L. Baker, III.“Our children in our school

district, they cannot focus onthe work they need to do ifthey’re thinking about theirgrowling stomachs and wheretheir next meal is comingfrom,” said Kevin Maxwell, theCEO of county public schools.Through the Mid-Atlantic

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will contribute produce to thisprogram, including Clinton-basedMiller Farms.“I think it’s good to give

back,” saidBradMiller ofMillerFarms. “The community sup-ports us so much and to giveback to the community thatgives you somuch through theyear, it’s the leastwe could do.”Families canfindout if they

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Sandra Stephon, a volunteer with the Oxon Hill Food Pantry, stocks up on produce Nov. 13 with help from PhilMiller. Miller’s Clinton-based family farm, Miller Farms, is helping to provide millions of meals worth of produce toPrince George’s County families over the next three years.

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As Tanger Outlets ap-proaches its first anniversary atNationalHarbor, someresidentssay they would have liked to seemore eateries fill the storefrontsinstead of shops.JuanCarlos Linares, the gen-

eral manager of Tanger Outletsat National Harbor, said whenthe outlets opened Nov. 22,2013, 82 of the storeswere occu-pied and 900 full-time and part-timepositionswere created. Thethree empty storefronts havebeen leased by bakery boutiquePretty Girl Cupcakery, high-enddress store Diane von Fursten-berg and designer shoe storeVince Camuto, Linares said.“I think it’s important to

note we’re 100 percent leased.That’s not something that gen-erally happens in a lot of retaildevelopments,” he said. “That’ssomething we’re proud of.”Of those 85 stores, seven

sell food. Only one — Americanfood eatery Johnny Rockets— isa sit-down restaurant.“They don’t in any way

have a high food selection,”

said Kellee Baker, 36, of Largo.“It’s definitely not sufficienteating. “There are not a lot ofmall options in [Prince George’sCounty], so if you’re shopping,you go here.”Jackie Brown, 56, of Fort

Washington, said she would liketo see better dining options.“I like that it’s close to

home,” Brown said. “It wouldbe nice if they had more afford-able restaurants and less highend stores.”To give shoppers access to

more eateries, the outlets willextend its shuttle service, whichtravels 1.9miles from the outletsto downtown National Harboron weeknights, to operate dur-ing all store hours on weekendsand federal holidays next year,Linares said.David S. Iannucci, the senior

economic development advisorto County Executive Rushern L.Baker, III, said the outlets ful-filledoneof the county’s goals ofbringingmore high-end retail toresidents so theywouldnothaveto leave the county to shop.“What’s really important to

the county’s efforts to marketPrince George’s County and re-brand Prince George’s Countyand convince the people of thetremendous momentum that isoccurring here is the ability totalk about the success Tangerhas had with those high qualitystores,” Iannucci said.

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n Earns third spotin county competition

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Oxon Hill Middle Schoolheld off a comeback by G.James Gholson of Landover toscrape through with a 200-195nail biter that came down tothe last question in Tuesday’sScience Bowl competition.“I thought it was going to

be a tie score,” said ScienceBowl host David Zahren. “Bothteamsdid extremelywell. Therewas a real energy in the studio.”The competition pits stu-

dents from schools in PrinceGeorge’s County in Jeopardy-like competitions where stu-dents answer science questionsfrom different categories worth5 to 25 points.With the win, Oxon Hill has

earned the third berth in theMiddle School Science Bowlsemifinals, which will takeplace March 17.OxonHill’s team,comprised

of eighth-graders Thomas Pan-teli, 13, Antonio Sosa, 13, andMatthew Mina, 13, all of FortWashington, took an early leadin the playoff game.The trio answered ques-

tions about feral pigs and met-ric units to finish the first halfwith a 160-65 lead.The Gholson team, com-

prised of eighth-gradersChigozie Agodo, 13, Zyion Kirk-land, 14, andDavidBlack, 13, allof Landover, made a comebackin the second half, answeringseveral high-value questionsabout jellyfish, avian parasitesand urine purification, untilthey closed towithin five pointsof Oxon Hill.“Wewere determined that if

we were going to lose, it wasn’tgoing to be by 100 points,” Ch-igozie said.Thomas said the team pre-

pared bywatching previous Sci-ence Bowl matches online.“We watched the old Sci-

ence Bowl, and then we com-pete against each other toanswer the questions,” Thomassaid.Gholson earned the spot in

the playoff game after defeatingWilliam Wirt Middle School ofRiverdale 175-70 earlier in theday.“This is only the second

timeGholson has had a ScienceBowl team, and this is their first-ever win, and I’m extremelyproud of them,” sponsor StacieHenry said afterwards.Wirt’s team, comprised of

eighth-graders TabryiaHull, 13,MalikTaiwo, 14, andKheeborneLaBoard, 13, all of Bladensburg,tied the score repeatedly in thefirst half, but failed to score inthe second half.“This was only my second

time on the show, but I wasconfident, because I studied

hard,” Zyion said.Earlier in the day, Oxon Hill

came from behind to defeatThomas JohnsonMiddle Schoolof Lanham, 290-230.Thomas Johnson’s team,

comprisedof eighth-gradersKe-nya Fox, 13, and Michael Mes-sina, 14, and seventh- graderMonette Mesina, 13, all of Lan-ham, answered several high-value questions regarding theeardrum, lactose intoleranceand woody stems to lead 120-105 at the close of the first half.Antonio said they noticed

the Johnson team did well incertain categories, so the OxonHill team went for high-pointquestions in other categories.“Once we had a good lead,

we tried to stall things by pick-ing all the five-point questions,”Matthew said.

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n Board of directors saysrelocation is due to pooraccessibility, expenses


As soon as two-year-oldLily Bennett entered the Na-tional Children’s Museum atNational Harbor, she made abeeline for the blue mailboxand began dropping thick en-velopes into the slot.Lily is already older than

the museum’s current loca-tion, which opened in Decem-ber 2012, but after fewer thantwo years at National Harbor,the museum’s board of direc-tors have decided to relocatethe museum to Washington,D.C., next year.Rob Volmer, a spokesman

for the National Children’sMuseum, said the museum’sboard of directors unani-mously voted to leaveNationalHarbor due to poor accessibil-ity, expenses and limited op-portunities for future growth.“At National Harbor they

have a small space at a highcost and we felt like the bestoption was to move back tothe District at this juncture,”

Volmer said.Volmer said the museum

moved to National Harborin 2012 with the intention of“building a larger museum alltogether.”The 22,000 square foot

facility, which features playareas and hands-on activities,was never considered to be themuseum’s permanent space,Volmer said.Prince George’s parents

who brought their childrento the museum Saturday af-ternoon said the move madesense and did not express dis-appointment for the museumleaving National Harbor.Janelle Martin, 27, of Clin-

ton, brought her daughters tothe museum for the first timeSaturday after winning a fam-ily four pack of tickets.“It would make sense to

add different options and pro-grams for the kids because itdoes seem a little small,” Mar-tin said.Martin said she would like

to see the museum open nearthe Smithsonian museums ontheNationalMall.“If it’s metro-accessible,

that would be good,” Martinsaid. “You don’t have to pay topark.”

Prince George’s CountyCouncilman Obie Patterson(D-Dist. 8) of FortWashington,whose district includes Na-tional Harbor, said he was sadto hear the news and called themuseum “a great addition tothe National Harbor and thecommunity.”Patterson added that the

transportation issues Volmercited demonstrate the need toimprove accessibility through-out District 8.“Transportation will con-

tinue to be a problem untilstate officials get together anddecide they’re going to provideadequate transportation forpeople who live in the area tomove around,” Patterson said.The board is now consid-

ering locations in Washing-ton, D.C., where the museumstarted as the Capital Chil-dren’s Museum in 1974, Vol-mer said.All activities and events at

the National Children’s Mu-seum through the end of theyear will continue as sched-uled, Volmer said.

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The Bowie City Council rec-ognized Bowie resident TheoW. Hodge, Jr. onMonday for hiswork in the public health sector.Hodge holds an academic

appointment as an assistantclinical professor at GeorgeWashington University Hos-pital in Washington, D.C., andhas been involved in a variety ofcommunity efforts to improvepublic health, according to aproclamation from the City ofBowie.“I personally want to thank

you for all you’ve done for meand so many of my friendsthroughout the Washington,D.C. region,” Bowie councilmanHenri Gardner (Dist. 3) toldHodge. “I congratulate you onthis honor and I again thank youfrom the bottom ofmy heart.”Hodge also received a proc-

lamation from the MarylandGeneral Assembly signed byState Sen. Douglas J. J. Peters(D-Dist. 23) of Bowie.“I must say I’m deeply,

deeply honored to be receivingthese proclamations,” Hodgesaid. “It has been an absoluteblessing and joy to serve thecommunity.”

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Bowie officials honored twocity employeesMonday for theirbravery and quick thinking inrescuing park patrons from acapsizedboat onAllenPond thissummer.

On May 18, Robert Feazelland Brittany Hollins respondedto a capsized paddle boat andsaved five individuals “from suf-fering serious injury or death,”according to a proclamationfrom the City of Bowie.

Feazell has been a managerof the Allen Pond Boathouse forthe Department of CommunityServices for 11 years, andHollinshasworkedas apark rangerwiththe department for two years,according to the proclamation.

“We’re very proud of ouremployees for their quick ac-tion,” said Sally Hein, assistantdirector of the community ser-vices department. “Both arevaluedmembers of our staff andobviously care about the lives ofthose entrusted to them in ourboathouse operation.”

Both Feazell and Hollinsreceived a “Life Saver Award”fromHanover-based Local Gov-ernment InsuranceTrust, anon-profit that provides insuranceprograms for local governments.

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training, supplies

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More than a dozen patientshave been evaluated for pos-sible Ebola virus infections inPrince George’s this fall.

While the results were allnegative, hospitals and first re-sponders say they are equippedto respond to a potentialcounty outbreak.

Ebola is a potentially fa-tal disease that is transmittedprimarily through body fluidsand has killed more than 5,000people in West Africa this year,according to the most recentdata from the U.S. Centers forDisease Control, or CDC.

Mark Arsenault, Dimen-sions Healthcare System’svice president for emergencypreparedness, said there havebeen 13 patients exhibitingsymptoms similar to Ebola atDimensions’ three campusesin Laurel, Bowie and Cheverly.

None of them were consid-ered high risk and did not needto have blood drawn to rule outthe virus, Arsenault said.

Arsenault said the hospitalsystem formed an Ebola Dis-ease Response planning com-mittee in October, whichmeetsonce a week to discuss the lat-est information from the CDC.

The system has also pro-vided its campuses with ad-ditional hazmat suits andtraining, he said.

“The biggest place we’reconcerned about is emergencyservices,” he said. “If someonewalks in and fits the criteria forfurther screening, we isolatethem immediately and there’sa robust questionnaire wecomplete. If they are high risk,we draw someblood from themand send it to a state health de-partment lab.”

While the response to anEbola case in Maryland wouldbe handled at the county orstate level, some municipali-ties — like Bowie — are doingwhat they can to keep residentscalm and informed, said AlanCreveling, Bowie’s director ofemergency services.

Bowie staffmet with countyhealth officer PamelaCreekmuronNov. 5 to discuss quarantineprocedures and how Bowiecould best inform residentsabout preventative measures,according to a memo from CityManager David Deutsch.

“We are basically a supportfor the county health systemwhen it comes to infectiousdiseases,” Creveling said. “Oursupport right now is commu-nication and education to our

residents. We’re putting stuffon our websites, through Face-book and Twitter, so peopleknow what universal precau-tions to take.”

A Lanham company, Staff-ing, Etc., won a CDC contractto help detect potential Ebolacases as soon as they reachAmerican soil, said NathanPorter, a spokesman for thecompany.

Staffing, Etc. will supplyseveral dozen physicians andsocial workers to screen travel-ers at major airports this holi-day season, Porter said.

“We feel confident we canreally provide the best qualifiedand professional physicians toreally deal with this crisis,” hesaid.

The county fire departmentdispensed around 600 hazard-ous material suits to stationsacross the county in Octoberand has supplied firefighters/EMTs with additional trainingon how to use the suits, saidMark Brady, fire department/EMS spokesman.

“We have been followingthe state of Maryland protocolwhen it comes to how to treatand transport a patient sus-pected of Ebola,” he said. “Wehave equipped most of our firstresponse apparatus with haz-ardousmaterial suits”

Brady said 911 call takersand dispatchers in the countyhave received updated informa-tion on the virus and its symp-toms.

Creveling and Arsenaultused the platform of the Ebolavirus discussion to emphasizethe importance of awarenessand prevention against othertypes of infectious diseases.

“Ebola is concerning, butthousandsofpeopledie from in-fluenza,” Arsenault said. “Tomethe carry away is if you’re con-cerned about Ebola you shouldget the flu shot.”

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“We’re putting stuffon our websites,

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District 2Headquarters, Bowie, 301-

390-2100 Glenn Dale, Kettering,Lanham, Largo, Seabrook, Wood-more, Lake Arbor, MitchellvilleandUpperMarlboro.

NOV. 10Vehicle stolen, 4500 block

Kinmount Road, 6:25 a.m.Theft, 500 block Pritchard

Lane, 6:27 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 9700

block Good Luck Road, 6:53a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 9200 blockBluefield Road, 7:08 a.m.

Theft, 10000 block Dere-kwood Lane, 10:21 a.m.

Theft, 10400 block CampusWay S, 10:54 a.m.

Residential break-in, 400block Clairborne St., 11:22 a.m.

Theft,12400blockFairwoodPky, 1:05 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 5100block Church Road, 1:28 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 17600 blockClagett Landing Road, 1:50p.m.

Theft, 4200 block Mitchell-ville Road, 2:49 p.m.

Theft,14400blockOldStageRoad, 4:20 p.m.

Residential break-in, 6900block Lyle St., 6:06 p.m.

Theft, 1400 block FairlakesPlace, 6:34 p.m.

Theft, 13800 block Amber-field Court, 8:13 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 14700blockMain St., 9:51 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 15400block Chrysler Drive, 10:06p.m.

NOV. 11Theft from vehicle, 12100

block Open View Lane, 4:19a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 14200 blockHampshire Hall Court, 8:05a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 100 block

Weymouth St., 10:22 a.m.Break-in,9600blockAnnap-

olis Road, 12:30 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 6400

block Dahlgreen Court, 1:03p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 1000 blockShoppersWay, 3:22 p.m.

Theft,9700blockGoodLuckRoad, 4:44 p.m.

Break-in, 6100 block Cipri-ano Road, 5:12 p.m.

Theft, 4000 block AydenCourt, 6:20 p.m.

Residential break-in, 9700block Good Luck Road, 6:44p.m.

Theft, 6800 block RaceTrack Road, 8:22 p.m.

Theft, 6800 block RaceTrack Road, 10:02 p.m.


blockGreenbeltRoad, 6:20a.m.Break-in, 4900 block Phila-

delphiaWay, 7:14 a.m.Theft, 3300 block Superior

Lane, 11:26 a.m.Residential break-in, 11900

block Galaxy Lane, 2:22 p.m.Theft, 9500 block Carol St.,

2:35 p.m.Residential break-in, 3900

blockWinchesterLane,3:10p.m.Theft, 300blockLargoRoad,

4:19 p.m.Theft, 12800 block Kendale

Lane, 4:33 p.m.Assault, 7500 block Mission

Drive, 4:42 p.m.Residential break-in, 9700

block Lake Pointe Court, 4:46p.m.

Theft, unit block of WatkinsPark Drive, 6:45 p.m.

Residential break-in, 13300block Burleigh St., 10:53 p.m.

NOV. 13Theft,1300blockMinnesota

Way, 11:33 a.m.Residential break-in, 11600

block Middleham Drive, 11:52a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6300block Crain Highway Ne, 12:07p.m.

Theft, 12500 block CheltonLane, 12:50 p.m.

Theft,10700blockCastletonTurn, 1:26 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 16300block Pewter Lane, 2:17 p.m.

Theft, 11000 blockWinsfordAve, 3:28 p.m.

Theft, 15500 block NorthPlatte Drive, 4:20 p.m.

Theft,300blockLargoRoad,6:18 p.m.

Assault, 8300 block OldMarlboro Pike, 8:33 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 1500block Post OakDrive, 8:39 p.m.

Theft, 7100 block HanoverPky, 8:52 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 3200 blockDorstone Place, 10:37 p.m.


block Annapolis Road, 5:24a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 5200block Starting Gate Drive, 6:24a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 16100block Penn Manor Lane, 8:19a.m.

Theft, 12300 block ManvelLane, 10:23 a.m.

Residential break-in, 10800block Bennington Drive, 10:27a.m.

Theft, 1100 block ShoppersWay, 10:43 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 4900block Tesla Drive, 10:58 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 800 blockCastlewoodDrive, 11:11 a.m.

Residential break-in, 12900block Cheswood Lane, 11:43a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 7900block Old Barn Road, 4:58 p.m.

Residential break-in, 13300block Idlewild Drive, 6:01 p.m.

Theft, 15700 block EmeraldWay, 8:12 p.m.

Theft, 2700 block FelterLane, 10:50 p.m.

NOV. 15Theft, Whitfield Chapel

Road/Alcona St., 4:43 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 9300

block Annapolis Road, 11:59a.m.

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College, as well as its current 62percent enrollment.

Opponents to the school be-ing located at Largo spoke outduring the Nov. 13 school boardmeeting, which included a pre-sentation on the new schools.

School board memberZabrina Epps (Dist. 1) said theschools should be a startingpoint for conversations aroundequity in the school system.

“How do you think the stu-dents at Largo will feel knowingand seeing their colleagues get-ting all of this, and theygetnoth-ing?” Epps said.

According to data providedby the school system, the vastmajority of the system’s 19,240ELL students are native Spanishspeakers, 86.8 percent, followedby French speakers, 2.1 percent,and speakers of Tagalog, 0.6per-cent, a language spoken in thePhilippines.

Valerie White, Largo HighPTSA president, said she wouldlike to see Largo High’s cur-rent students receive the sameamount of resources and supportas students at theELL school.

“We’re asking for our stu-dents to get the samequality ed-ucation, andnot be left behind,”White said.

School boardmember CurtisValentine said the wing at LargoHighcurrentlyhousingtheofficesforSecondarySchoolReformstaffwill be used for the ELL school,and that itwill not take spacecur-rently being used for Largo HighSchool academics.

The twoschoolswould sharecafeteria, library and gym space,saidCarlosBeato, oneof theELLschool principals.

A site for the second school,which is expected to be locatedin the Langley Park area, has notyet been chosen,Maxwell said.

Theschoolsareslatedtoopenfor the2015-16 school year.

Maxwell said there is nostrict deadline for choosing asite, but whether work can becompleted in time to get the fa-cility ready is a consideration.

The two schools are a part-nershipbetween thedistrict andInternationals Network for Pub-lic Schools, or INPS, a nonprofit

providing education for Englishlanguage learners at 19 schoolsin New York, California, Wash-ington, D.C., and Virginia. Thestart-up costs are being fundedthrough a $3 million grant fromthe New York nonprofit Carn-egie Corporation.

Figures on annual operatingcosts will not be available untilnextmonth, according to schoolofficials.

Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk(D-Dist. 21) of College Parksaid that as a newly arrived im-migrant in PGCPS, she faced a

number of academic challengesnot speaking English, and thatshe favored the new schoolsbeing considered for Largo andLangley Park.

“As a student, I often feltostracized, shy and picked on,”Pena-Melnyk said. “We’re notserving the students, we’re notserving the community, the waythings stand right now. TheseInternational Schools are a so-lution.”

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William Mayah, a countyplanner, said that planningboard staff did not deem itnecessary for the church topresent a public detailedsite plan, but that the churchcould produce such a plan onits own.

Kenneth Burruss, projectmanager for the church ex-pansion, said the church isunlikely to do so.

“It would not be cost ef-fective to the client to do allthese things,” he said. “It’snot an issue of trying to sat-isfy the whims of everybodybecause that’s unreason-able”.

Burruss said the designteam did meet with a couplewho lives right next to thechurch on Nov. 12 becausetheir property would be mostaffected by the expansion.

“We talked to them aboutwhere the building would goand she made suggestionsabout what she would like tosee and we ended on a prettygood note,” he said. “Thatshould satisfy the surround-ing homeowners. Everybodyhas their opinion of whatthey want and in a perfectworld that would happen,but we don’t live in a perfectworld.”

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American Indian culture as heshaved bark off tree limbs for atraditional familyresidencecalleda longhouse.

The longhouse will be one ofseveral structures built over thenext few months by volunteersfor the American Indian Villageat Patuxent River Park in UpperMarlboro, a project that will of-fer residents an interactive wayto learn about Eastern WoodlandIndianhistory andculture.

The village is not a new idea

for Prince George’s County, saidproject manager Tonya Johnson.In 2003, the Maryland-NationalCapital Park and Planning Com-mission planned to construct anAmerican Indian Village at Blad-ensburg Waterfront Park, butthe idea was scrapped becauseit would have been built on ar-eas that help contain floodwater,Johnson said.

WhenM-NCPPCencouragedproposals for innovative projectsin late 2013, Johnson said tehvillage was revisited. This time,the village would be located atPatuxent River Park, where an ar-cheological study uncovered ar-

rowheads, evidencing AmericanIndian traffic through the area,Johnson said.

“It’s nice to go from just hav-ing artifacts and signage to beingable towalk inandexperience it,”said Stephanie Jacob, the actingpark director at Patuxent RiverPark.

M-NCPPC fully funded theproject, which will cost $50,000 atminimum, Johnson said.

The village will feature tra-ditional structures like the long-house and wigwam, net weavingand mat making stations, a cook-ing circle, archeological exhibitsandmore, Johnson said.

Piscataway Indians have of-fered to lead activities and work-shops at the village and some willrecord cultural histories for audiotours, Johnson said.

“That’s what it’s all about, soyou can get the experience and itstays with you when you leave,”Johnson said.

When the village is completein June 2015, it will be the mostaccessible replicated village forstudents and families in theWashington, D.C., area, Johnsonsaid.

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Across the street, the FreeState Shopping Center is valuedat around $35 million, King said.

Berman is in final nego-tiations with Harris Teeter, andhas requested the city’s help , hesaid.

“Berman Enterprises is pre-pared to sign on the lease withthat deal. They’ve asked us if wecan assist,” King said. “In orderto get what Berman Enterpriseshas shown can be delivered, [we

must] provide the incentivesnecessary for that.”

Bryan Berman of BermanEnterprises said if the deal goesthrough, development could becompleted by September 2016and include stores such as Chi-potle, Petco and Day Spa.

“The 21 years I’ve been sit-ting up here, I’ve seen the sitego downhill,” said councilmanDennis Brady (At-large).

Ron Ciuffetelli, who ownsthe Shell gas station next toBowie Marketplace, said HarrisTeeter’s mandatory gas stationcould run him out of business.Berman said Harris Teeter isnow requires a gas pad and li-quor store component to pro-ceed.

“We can’t sustain that kindof hit,” Ciuffetelli said. “We’regetting hit on the volume side,

but what everybody forgets, iswe’re going to get hit on ciga-rette sales, the sodas, the light-ers, the little knick knacks thatget sold in the conveniencestore.”

Ciuffetelli petitioned the cityto push for a Harris Teeter with-out the gas station component.

Councilman Henri Gardner(Dist. 3) said he wants to makesure small, local businessesaren’t neglected with the adventof the new shopping center.

“[The Shell managementand employees] have beenthrough the tough times withthe city of Bowie when Market-place was at its lowest,” he said.“Now times are turning for thebetter, I don’twant to see [them]pushed away.”

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and family history, ratherthan one overall cause, ac-cording to the National Al-zheimer’s Association.

Spikes said she contin-ues to work with familiesof murder victims in PrinceGeorge’s County and serveson the Maryland State Boardof Victim Services.

“She’s still got the pas-sion and the fire that shealways had, which is reallyimportant and something Ihope shenever losesbecauseit’s somuchapart ofwho sheis,” said Jane Henderson, theexecutive director of Mary-land CASE.

Spikes said she’s closefriends with Christa Beverly,the wife of Prince George’sCounty executive RushernL. Baker, III, who was alsodiagnosed with early-onsetdementia.

“That’s why I’m living inthe moment,” Spikes said. “Ihope I’m able to make a dif-ference while I’m able to.”

Spikes said she’s beentrying to write down hermemories, but she’s mis-placed many of her note-books — she said she’srecorded the first lines of herstory on 10 note pads.

“She’s thinking aboutthese issues from that or-ganizer framework, even ifshe’s dealing with the day-to-day reality of her healthand diagnosis,” Hendersonsaid. “She’s still being anadvocate and still doing partof her way of being in theworld.”

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last year over concerns of alleged “reckless spending” by officials, isnow putting town financial records, meeting information, town ordi-nances and other official documents online so that residents can seehowmoney is being spent and better monitor officials’ actions.Their effort is commendable. All too often, residents turn a blind

eye— or feel powerless — when they believe the government isn’tfulfilling its duties.Unfortunately, while the website allows better review of what’s

happening with town finances, it is evidence of a serious breakdownin government and community relations. Sure, residents can checkout the results of audits and purchases — but after-the-fact com-ments aren’t as effective as suggestions made— and adhered to—before the spending occurs.“Our problem is we’re not allowed to ask questions about their

spending before they vote on things,” committee member Steve Weitzsaid. “We live here. This is our town, so we want to have some input.”And while Mayor Walter James says town officials have been open

and transparent, there is clearly an enormous difference of opinionwhen not only does a citizens group form around spending concernsbut it also feels compelled to create a website focused on governmenttransparency.Committee members say their efforts have resulted in more timely

information being posted on the official town website. Hopefully,that’s just the beginning.It shouldn’t be up to a citizens group to file a Maryland Public

Information Act request to make available documents that shouldbe readily available to the public. Bladensburg officials need to stepup andmake sure public documents are available online in a timelymanner on the town’s website and begin immediately working onways to ensure the public is aware of and involved in upcoming deci-sions.Kudos to the citizens committee for going above and beyond to

keep the community informed.

Listen closely, and one can almost hear the tooth-gnashing andhand-wringing of the state’s largely Democratic electorate at thethought of a Republican occupying Government House in January.Gov.-elect Larry Hogan is anathema to many Democrats: a Repub-lican hellbent on cutting taxes, which will mean less governmentrevenue, and by definition, fewer government services. But such con-sternation is premature.Yes, he wants to cut taxes, but there’s no sign Hogan is a tea party

conservative, straight out of Central Casting, who wants to shut downgovernment.Yes, he wants to end the “rain tax.” But he also told Gazette edi-

tors that he wants to replace Maryland’s funding of environmentalprograms, money that was raided in recent years to balance budgets.That doesn’t sound like the kind of Republican who wants to chokethe life out of state government.We’re sure many Democrats in the legislature are worried that

some of their priorities will be put on the back burner. Lt. Gov. An-thony Brown promised to provide relief to Maryland families, mean-ing he would have had to squeeze the Maryland budget himself,threatening some of those priorities anyway. Maybe Brown wouldn’tcut taxes as deeply as Hogan would, but no one should think Mary-land would have had an overflowing larder of services and projectshad the election results gone differently.Among counties’ priorities, of course, are school construction

projects. Despite attempts to make it appear Hogan wants to cutschool construction completely out of the state budget, there still willbe schools to build andmoney to build them. Economic developmentwill be a hallmark of the future Hogan administration. Growing jobsand strengthening the economy will be important, just as much asmaintaining our schools.After all, in order to attract businesses to the state, Maryland must

have a good education system.Despite his opponents’ attempts to make it appear Hogan will halt

transit programs, people still need to get to and from work. Maybetransit advocates will bristle at the miles of fresh pavement the newgovernor might budget. But too much of our transportation moneyhas been siphoned off to pay for other priorities. Even the Coalitionfor Smarter Growth has been willing to take the man at his word, atleast until his Jan. 21 swearing in. That organization supports thestate’s signature big-money transportation project, the Purple Line.“If Larry Hogan is worried about Maryland losing jobs to Virginia,

then I can think of no better project to move forward than the PurpleLine. We have faith when he says economic development is his No.1 focus,” said Alex Posorske, managing director of the coalition, themorning after Hogan was elected. This might reveal that the coalitionis giving Hogan the benefit of the doubt.Hogan named a former member of the legislature and former

Anne Arundel County executive — Bobby Neall — as an appointmentto his transition team. Neall is a Democrat.Matthew Crenson, a well-known political science professor, noted

to a reporter from Capital News Service that Neall’s appointment is asign that the governor-elect is reaching out across the aisle to create abipartisan team.This announcement might mean Democrats around the state have

one less thing for which to criticize the governor-elect.

Thank you for remembering ourveterans with your front page feature,“Laurel group seeks out, celebratesWWII’s ‘Rosies,’” by Alice Popovici,Staff Writer, and The Gazette ForumOpinions to “Celebrate veterans everyday.” It was great to open and readThe Gazette front page and forumabout veterans in themidst of thiselection season.Our veteransmade our freedom

possible, and I am so pleased that TheGazette chose to highlight veteransbefore the official Nov. 11 holiday.The Gazette’s remembering “Ros-ies,” about the womenwho servedduringWorldWar II, was a welcomereminder of women’s contributions toour nation. If it weren’t for the Rosies’service, womenwould not be able tostand up and seek political office inthis 21st century, newmillennium.As The Gazette Forum’s call to

“celebrate veterans every day” re-minded us, “it is especially significantin Prince George’s County, hometo the state’s largest population ofveterans.”Who knew that, as the Ga-zette noted, “Of the 435,657 veteransprojected to be living inMaryland thisyear, 61,938 reside in Prince George’s,according to theU.S. Department ofVeterans Affairs.”Thanks too for including the let-

ters to the editor from Lt. Col. DavidDinkelman of Ft. Meade, a 22-yearArmy veteran, and his work with vet-erans about his “Entry-level job with

benefits, strict dress code” and otheropportunities. “Providing service forveterans” letter fromDennis H. Smith,director of the VAMarylandHealthCare System, was informative also.As the proud daughter of a late

U.S. Army, Purple Heartmedal recipi-ent, I agree as The Gazette Forum’sOpinion noted, “Celebrate veteransevery day.”I look forward tomore features

about veterans in The Gazette, es-pecially coverage of the Library of

Congress Veterans History Project, thecongressionalmandate that serves to“preserve and collect veterans stories”for archival history. I look forward toreading The Gazette’s coverage of theupcoming Veterans Concert on theNationalMall.Thank you again, Gazette, for

“celebrating veterans every day” andshedding an important focus on veter-ans’ contributions to our America.

Jacqueline Miller Byrd, Greenbelt

Thank you for coverage of veterans

DAN GROSS/THE GAZETTE

Wilma Foster of Laurel, who was a riveter for Fairchild Aircraft, working on PT-19 planesduring World War II, shares her story about being a “Rosie the Riveter.”

I want to extendmy sincere thanksto all those that voted to sendme on fora second term in theMarylandHouse ofDelegates. I am grateful and honored byyour support and confidence, and I lookforward to the opportunity to serve thecitizens of District 23A.I am forever grateful to themany

volunteers that helped run our cam-paign. I was blessedwith friends, familyandmanywho justmetme along theway and believed inme.A successful government only works

when the community and elected of-ficials have effective communicationchannels. I promise to listen to yourneeds, issues and concerns, and act onthat information in Annapolis. I appre-ciate the trust you’ve shown inmy abili-ties, and I pledge to domy best in these

challenging economic times to followthroughwith that promise.I will continue to participate in

community events, visit neighborhoodsand place the highest priority onmain-taining good constituent communica-tion. Please do not hesitate to contactmy office when youwould likeme toattend events andmeetings.For those I no longer represent be-

cause of boundary changes, know thatboundaries do not separate us and I amavailable to advocate on issues impor-tant to you and our great county.Withmuch appreciation, it remains

my privilege to represent you.

Geraldine Valentino-Smith (D) ofBowie represents District 23A in theHouse of Delegates.

‘It remains my privilege to represent you’

Some years ago, a brilliant televi-sion advertisement for a well-knownbreakfast food featured two older sib-lings— bothdubious abouttheir mother’schoice ofcereal— at-tempting tofoist her latestselection upontheir littlebrother say-ing, “Give it toMikey! He’lleat anything!”While the

advertisement was clever andmemo-rable as amarketing ploy, the strategyseems to have been adopted nation-wide in formulating job descriptionsfor educators.For all professional educators, the

phrase “other duties as assigned” hasevolved into the bane of their profes-sional lives. No task is too intrusiveon the contractual day, or toomind-

numbinglymenial, to prevent its in-clusion on the long list of mandatoryduties that have nothing to do withimproving the cognition of students.Give to the teachers; they’ll do

anything.The acquisition of a teaching cre-

dential does not require a three-creditcourse in “bus counting” prior tocertification.Nothing in teacher formation

programs prepares teachers for theirfuture in lunchroom crowd-control orsupervision of the hallways.At least those duties do not di-

rectly interfere with teaching time.However, for eight weeks during

the school year, the added task ofproctoring standardized tests (Bench-marks, PSATs, HSAs, PARCC, etc.)interferes with the ability of teachersto deliver coherent instruction.For those not directly involved in

proctoring, the challenge becomeskeeping entire classes “on standard”when a different 30 to 40 percent ofthe class is pulled out for testing for

45 days during the year.Proctoring exams is not teaching.Furthermore, teachers spend

weeks reteaching concepts to chil-dren returning from the testinghiatus. Nomatter how you cut it, thecurrent protocols for standardizedtesting disrupt instructional programsfor everyone.A teacher’s workday should be

mostly devoted to diagnosing theneeds of students, organizing lessons,delivering instruction and evaluatingformative assessments. The inevitablecollision with “other duties” too fre-quently results in a profoundmisuseof teacher expertise.We can ill afford to continue fill-

ing the teacher’s contractual day withextraneous, non-instructional taskswhile pushing to themargins the es-sential planning required to improveacademic outcomes.

Kenneth B. Haines is the presidentof the Prince George’s CountyEducators’ Association.

When do teachers get to teach?

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COMMENTARYKENNETH HAINES

OnVeterans Day, wewere taking advantage ofthe generous annual offerof a freemeal for veteransat the Applebee’s in LaPlata. Two very nice ladiessitting in the booth behindusmust have overheard ustalking with a fellowU.S.Navy veteran as he andhis wife were leaving therestaurant. As the ladies

left, they stopped by ourtable, shook our hands andthanked us for our service.Later, as wewere finish-

ing ourmeal and preparingto pay for the drinks we hadordered, the server from thetable behind us informedus that our drinks bill hadbeen paid by the ladieswho had been sitting there.She said they just wanted

to do something nice forveterans.This anonymous

gesture from two perfectstrangersmade us feel veryspecial indeed, andwehope that somehow thoseladies will know howmuchitmeant that they so kindlyrecognized ourmilitaryservice.We’d also like them

to know that we’ll “pay itforward” and do somethingnice for someone else intheir honor.

Sandy and Val Wadsworth,Brandywine

Thewriters are,respectively, a retired U.S.Navy chief warrant officer 3and CWO2.

Kind gesture made veterans feel special

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FOOTBALL: Patuxent at Douglass, 1 p.m. Saturday.

To reach the state semifinals, the FrederickDouglass High School football team must first defeatthe defending region champions.

FOOTBALL: Potomac at Stone, 7 p.m. Friday.

FOOTBALL: Surrattsville vs. FAET, 1 p.m. Saturday.

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n Eagles defeat Marriotts Ridgeto advance to the regionchampionship game

BY TERRONHAMPTON

SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE

Frederick Douglass High School foot-ball coach J.C. Pinkney did not havemuchto say following his team’s 45-0 drubbingofMarriotts Ridge in Saturday’s first roundof the playoffs.

TheEagles have reached theplayoffs inevery season since 2003andavictory in theopening round is expected.

A home date against defending Class2A South Region champion Patuxentlooms.

“If you watched them in the first half[in Friday’s 60-41 victory against OaklandMills], no one gave them a chance to winthat game,”Pinkney said. “They looked likethey were overmatched. They made someadjustments at the half and they came outin the second half and turned that gametotally backwards. They had that playoffexperience that Oakland Mills didn’t haveand theybeen therebefore. Theydoagreatjob and that’s a really good program downthere.”

In a dominant season in which noteam scoredmore than 12 points on them,the Eagles (11-0) appear to be poised foranotherdeeppostseason runafter shuttingout six teams so far this year.

“Throughout the week, we practicehard to prepare us on game day,” senioroffensive/defensive linemanAmirFenwicksaid.

Pinkney said the coaching staff hasgotten the team to focus on playing smart,realizing that they have big goals for this

Douglassrolling withanothershutout

SurrattsvilleHigh Schoolfootball coachRobert Harris Jr.said he knowswhat a futureNFL player lookslike because hecoached two inNorth Carolinabefore they wentoff to college,former ClevelandBrownMohamadMassaqoi and for-mer Detroit Lion Kenneth Moore.

“He’s ahead of both of themwhen they were at this point,” Harrissaid.

“He” is senior running backAmaruMajor, who needs 110 yardsrushing on Saturday for back-to-back2,000 yard seasons.

Major and the Hornets (7-4) faceFriendship Academy of Engineeringand Technology (10-0) in the Class 1ANorth Region championship game at1 p.m. Saturday at Baltimore’s Poly-technic Institute.

Major rushed for 2,086 yards in 13games last season, scoring 17 touch-downs. This year, he has 1,890 yardsand 15 scores. Major has good size(recruiting sites list him at 5-foot-11, but I’m 5-11 and was lookingup at him on Saturday so I’d guesseither 6-1 or platform cleats); he’sgot enough speed to break 70-yardrun after 70-yard run; and has greatinstincts.

All that is why I was surprised an-other national signing day came andwent andMajor still hasn’t receivedan official scholarship offer.

“The NCAA has certain require-ments that have to be met, and hehasn’t met them all yet,” Harris said.“But I’m confident he will. He’s al-most there.”

Once Major does, colleges arelining up. Harris says Major’s been inregular contact with Maryland, OldDominion, and others.

“He’s on the radar of a lot ofschools, I just got letters fromMichi-gan and Nebraska,” Harris said.

As good as Major is, he’s notalone. When teams put extra defend-ers in the box to stop the run, theHornets have a passing game to makethem pay. Harris’ son, Robert HarrisIII, has thrown for 1,152 yards and 15touchdowns.

His favorite target is senior TreyLancaster, who has 30 receptions for523 yards and eight scores.

“Trey was on the team last year,but he was just starting to get in-volved in the passing game,” coachHarris said. “This year he’s been a bigpart of our offense.”

A senior-dominated team thatwas tested in one of the toughestleagues in the state and features aplayer with NFL potential ... soundslike it has everything needed to con-tend for the state title, but there’s oneproblem. Because of that difficultleague featuring five playoff teams,Surrattsville is likely playing its statesemifinal in Cumberland, againstdefending state champion Fort Hill,also known as the team that endedSurrattsville’s 2013 season.

The Sentinels (11-0) are loadedagain, play before some of the loud-est fans in Maryland, and that trip tothe mountains of Western Marylanddidn’t get any shorter. If the Hornetsdefeat FAET, and Fort Hill wins its re-gion as expected, that’s where they’regoing.

What do they remember mostabout last year’s game, a 42-0 loss?

“It was cold,” Lancaster said.“It was real cold,” Harris III said.Coach Harris chuckled when I

relayed those comments.“It had actually warmed up on

game day, it had snowed there earlierin the week, but yes, it was cold,” hesaid.

In case it defeats FAET, Surrat-tsville is preparing for another coldnight in Cumberland. They are prac-ticing three nights this week underthe lights at Friendly High Schoolto adjust to both night games andcolder weather, something they don’tsee on Saturday afternoons.

“This year, we know what to ex-pect,” Major said. “I think we’ll beready for it.”

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n Benefits of AAU basketballoutweigh the negative attention

BY ADAM GUTEKUNST

STAFFWRITER

Last year, Clinton Christian High School basket-ball coach Chris Cole walked into a coach’s dream,he said. The former New Mexico State point guardwas greeted with eight transfers from high schoolsaround theWashington, D.C. area, including talentssuch as Develle Phillips, who recently signed his let-ter of intent to play at DePaul University, and ByronHawkins, now a freshman at Towson.

Cole had fostered relationships withmany of theplayers through his years as a trainer for elite levelbasketball prospects, but still themass transfer of tal-ent toUpperMarlboro school causedabit of a stir onthe local basketball circuit.

People called the Eagles an Amateur AthleticUnion team in an attempt to perpetrate some of thenegative stigmas surrounding the amateur sports or-ganization onto the upstart program.But instead thecollection of high-level AAU players on Cole’s rosterserved as an embrace of the changing times—anex-ample of an era that now embraces interaction with

the high-powered basketball organizations ratherthan shying away from it likemanyof their predeces-sors did, as a number of current high school coachessaid.

“Everyone is going to have AAU kids,” Cole said.“If they’re trying to get the best players, they’re go-ing to have to get players from [Team] Takeover and{D.C.] Premier.”

It’s no coincidence that some of the area’s mostsuccessful high school programs are stacked withplayers from these elite AAU programs. One wouldbe hard pressed to find a varsity player at a programlike DeMatha High School, Paul VI or Clinton Chris-tian that aren’t affiliated with a program like D.C.Premier (formerly D.C. Assault) or TeamTakeover.

But coaches haven’t always been so fond of deal-ingwithAAUprogramsdue to thenegative attentionsomeorganizationshave received in themedia, somesaid. InMay,D.C. Assault founderCurtisMalonewassentenced to 100 months in federal prison after hehad pleaded guilty to distributing large amounts ofcocaine and heroin. In June 2013, a USA TODAY ar-ticle revealed that the AAU coach of then-Universityof Kansas standout Ben McLemore had taken largesums of money from a middle man to try and steer

Dispelling the AAU stigma

BY ADAM GUTEKUNSTSTAFFWRITER

Bowie High School volleyballcoach Luanne Smith said she knewwhen she took the job two years agothat she wasn’t tasked only with im-proving the play of her girls, but alsoinstilling a mental toughness — a ce-rebral resiliency that could withstandthe expectations the name on thefront of their jersey brought with it.

The Bulldogs’ annual success,perhaps, has bred a county-widecontempt for the program; not for theway they go about their business, butrather for their sustained success.

So, after a season in which theBulldogs went undefeated within thecounty and won another 4A SouthRegion title, Smith said she under-stands the target will likely be as bigas ever heading into 2015. But Smith,who has coached in the county for 15seasons, will likely have nearly herentire team back.

“I think they’re working on men-tal toughness and stability,” Smithsaid of her group. “There’s amaturityprocess both emotionally and evenathletically. I think that we’re work-ing through it.”

Heading into the 2014 seasonwith five sophomores, three juniorsand two seniors, Bowie’s maturationprocess began almost immediately, asSmith worked to put together a teamof relatively inexperienced pieces af-ter having a senior-heavy squad in2013. As the season wore on and thewins piled up, the young Bulldogswere able to withstand tests againstthe likes of Eleanor Roosevelt andHigh Point — victories that not onlyfortified the confidence of a younggroup, but also molded a handful oftalented individuals into a cohesive,powerful team, the coach said.

“They gelledwell together,” Smithsaid of her team. “They’re a very tal-

ented group of young ladies. I knowthat we have talent but to go unde-feated in the county, that’s somethingthat’s very hard to do in my opinion.It doesn’t happen very often.”

At the end of a 13-1 regular sea-son, the Bulldogs were rewardedwith

a trip to the 4A state semifinals atthe University of Maryland’s RitchieColiseum — Bowie’s first trip to Col-lege Park since 2011. And though itsmatch against 4AWest Region cham-pion Northwest didn’t quite turn outin their favor (a 25-13. 25-13, 25-9

loss), the experience alone provedinvaluable for a team that expects toreturn all but one starter next year.

“I think the experience of beingat Ritchie, I’m hoping that fostersgrowth,” Smith said. “I think that itwas very valuable. I haven’t had achance to talk to them about it yet,but I think they really want to getback there.”

“Next year that’s my main goal,”junior ShannonReilly said of the Bull-dogs’ trip to Ritchie last week. “I wantto excel. ... I don’t want our goal to bejust to beat Roosevelt or High Pointand be regional champions. I wantour goal to [be] to excel, to go whereBowie has never gotten before.”

Reilly, a junior co-captain, an-chored a stout backline from herlibero position, setting an everydayexample for her teammates with atireless work ethic, Smith said.

“Shannon’s come out of her shelland gotten to be more open,” Smithsaid. “[She’s] a lead by example typeof person because she’s going toworkhard and she’s never not going to notwork hard and she’s never going togive up on a ball.”

“It was a little intimidating com-ing from last year’s teamof all seniorsbasically,” Reilly said of being namedcaptain as a junior. “It was definitelya big jump for me, but I was prettyconfident. ... It was a good experiencebeing a leader on such a great team towork with.”

Sophomores Kaitlyn Young (out-side hitter) and Jailyn Ivey (setter) willlikely be asked to take on a larger torole to replace senior hitter KendraMoeder.

“It’s very exciting,” Young said ofthe 2015 season. “We’re going tomiss[the seniors], but to basically have al-most your full starting lineup back ispretty great.”

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Bowie High School’s Kaitlyn Young hits Eleanor Roosevelt during a Nov. 5 match

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Potomac High School’s Randall Broddie drives between Largo’s Isaiah Boggs and Phillip Thompson during a boys basketballgame last season.

SPORTS EDITORKEN SAIN

After losing in state semifinals, Bulldogs set to bring back experience

See BASKETBALL, Page B-2 See DOUGLASS, Page B-2

n Tigers quarterbackrushes for nearly 200

yards in playoff win againstPumas

BY PRINCE J. GRIMESSTAFF WRITER

In an otherwise defensivebattle between the DuVal andWise high school football teamsin Saturday’s Class 4A South Re-gion semifinal playoff game, the“beast” inside of DuVal quarter-back Antoine Brooks Jr. turnedout to be the difference in a 20-14 win for the Tigers.

With less than 2 minutes re-maining in the fourth quarter,and the game tied at 14, Brooksbroke off a 17-yard run up thegut of the Wise defense for whatturned out to be the game-win-ning touchdown.

The play resembled muchof what Brooks was able to doall day, making it difficult forWise defenders to bring him tothe ground — running despitedefenders grabbing and pullingat him.

“The beast in me,” Brookssaid of whatever it is that keepshis engine running. “It comesout at times [on game day].

“Coach just saw I was run-ning hard, and running prettyhard in the middle. So they keptgoing, feeding me the ball.”

Brooks and a stout defensecarried DuVal to its second con-secutive playoff victory againstWise — this time on the road inUpper Marlboro. Last season,DuVal defeated Wise 14-12 inLanham.

Outside of what Brooks wasable to do, the Wise defensewasn’t bad either, but offen-sively, the Pumas struggled.

Wise didn’t get a first downuntil its fifth and final posses-sion of the first half.

The Pumas were only ableto keep the game close with a‘bend-but-don’t-break’ defense.They allowed yards, but DuValonly scored in the first half on a38-yard run up the right sidelineby Brooks. At halftime, DuValled 7-0.

In the second half, Wise wasable to steal the momentumthanks to a 90-yard kickoff re-turn for a touchdown by MylesWolfolk. The two-point conver-sion gave Wise an 8-7 lead.

A lost fumble by Brooks

on DuVal’s first play followingthe touchdown afforded theWise offense field possessionon DuVal’s 26, and the Pumascapitalized in three plays ona 2-yard touchdown run byQuincy Crawford. Less than twominutes into the second-half, a14-point swing saw Wise take a14-7 lead.

Once the special teamsmagic ran out and DuVal pro-tected the ball however, thePumas couldn’t get much elsegoing.

In the fourth quarter, fol-lowing a shanked punt by Wisedeep in its own territory, DuValgained possession on the Wise24.

Brooks broke off a 14-yardrun and a couple plays laterJimmy Williams scored on a7-yard run to tie the game at 14.

Two possessions later,Brooks scored the game-winner,bringing his rushing total to 188yards — a total that would’vebeen more if not for a couple ofsacks on pass attempts.

“[DuVal] did a tremendousjob,” Wise coach DaLawn Par-rish said. “[Brooks], I thoughtwas the best player in the leaguebefore the game, and he didnothing but prove it again. He’sa beast.”

“Best player in the stateof Maryland,” DuVal coach

Dameon Powell said of his quar-terback. “That’s in my eyes. Buthey, when you run around likethat, through a big ol’ defenselike that, that can hit and knockyour heads off, you got to give[Brooks] some credit.”

Wise made the end of thegame interesting with an op-portunity to tie/win the game astime expired, but DeMarco Seayintercepted Jabari Laws’ 20-yardpass into the end zone to sealthe victory.

DuVal forced three turn-overs on Saturday, one fumbleand two interceptions (the otherby Brooks in the third quarter),and held Wise to just five firstdowns.

“That defense, they was fly-ing around hitting man,” Powellsaid of his defense. “One thingwe knew, it was going to be wasa physical game. ... I just creditthe defense and the coachingstaff man, because they wereready, on their Ps and Qs.”

DuVal will travel up Route193 to face Eleanor Roosevelt inthe region championship gamenext. The Raiders beat Suitland39-12 on Saturday in order toadvance. DuVal and Roosevelthave not played one anothersince 2012.

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Alyson AllenRooseveltSophomore

Posted coun-ty’s fourth-besttime, returnedfrom injury toplace eighth atregion.

Alexis BaynesFlowersSenior

Region winnerfinished in top5 of six out ofseven racesheading intostates.

Cayla ColemanLargoSenior

Her third-placetime at countychampionship(21:03.70) wascounty’s sixth-fastest.

Anne DickersonRooseveltSenior

Consistentperformeranchored Raid-ers; owner ofcounty’s third-fastest time.

Gabrielle GlascoWiseJunior

Did best inpostseasonwith top 10finishes at bothcounty and re-gion meets.

Obichi OnwukweParkdaleSenior

Finished inthe top five ofall her raceswithin county,fourth at regionmeet.

Andrew ZanghiEleanor Roosevelt

Built the girls teamup to its best seasonin recent history withfirst county title inat least four years.Raiders also won re-gion meet and were

county’s top performer at states.

Adel AkaluOxon HillJunior

Had county’sfourth-fastesttime, he fin-ished third atboth countyand region.

Estifanos AsfawNorthwesternSophomore

Posted coun-ty’s fastest time(16:21.4) enroute to countytitle; second atregion meet.

Edward BelsoiRooseveltSophomore

Finished sec-ond and fourthat county andregion meet,respectively;top 50 at states.

Derse FeyssaParkdaleSophomore

Top 5 per-former atcounty, regionmeets, postedcounty’s sixth-fastest time.

Joe GrahamDeMathaSenior

Posted threetop 10 finishes,including winat Don Stoner;top 20 atWCAC meet.

Andrew SheppardBowieJunior

Finished sev-enth at coun-ties, ninth atregionals andowns top 5time (16:52.0).

Kenneth WashingtonNorthwestern

Wildcats graduate isinvested in growingthis boys program;team jumped fromoutside the top 10 atcounties a year agoto No. 6 and quali-fied for states with top 5 showing atregion meet.

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KenSain283-64134-22

Prince J.Grimes277-70133-23

KentZakour277-70125-31

EricGoldwein276-71129-27

JenniferBeekman272-75132-24

AdamGutekunst271-76118-38

The Gazette sports staff picks the winners of this week’s football games involving Prince George’sCounty teams. All games includes picksmade inMontgomery County.

This week’s schedule Ken Prince Kent Eric Jen Adam

Potomac at Thomas Stone T. Stone Potomac Potomac Potomac T. Stone T. StoneDuVal at Eleanor Roosevelt DuVal Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt RooseveltPatuxent at Douglass Douglass Douglass Douglass Douglass Douglass DouglassSurrattsville vs. FAET S’ville S’ville S’ville S’ville FAET S’villeGood Counsel vs. DeMatha G. Counsel G. Counsel G. Counsel G. Counsel G. Counsel DeMathaNorthwest at Quince Orchard QO Northwest QO Northwest Northwest QOPaint Branch at Howard Howard P. Branch Howard P. Branch Howard HowardLinganore at Damascus Damascus Damascus Damascus Damascus Damascus Linganore

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Johnathan AvilaHigh Point, senior

Also a member of school’ssoccer team, Avila followedup 4A South Region finalwin with top 30 finish atstate championship, bestfinish by a county runner.

BoysBrandon Betts, Riverdale Baptist, freshman; MenelikEldridge, Bowie, junior; Anthony Glasgow, FairmontHeights, junior; Hylton Irons, Roosevelt, junior; JabrielJackson, Wise, junior; Chris Jeletic, DeMatha, senior;Markese Miller, Bowie, senior.

Ashley ModesteBowie, senior

Boasted county’s fastesttime; won counties, fin-ished second at regionalsdespite being sick and washighest female county fin-isher at states (49th).

GirlsDarien Colson-Fearon, Roosevelt, senior; MaryCommins, Roosevelt, senior; Felicia Haidara, Bowie,junior; Jackie Jones, Flowers, senior; Nichole Magana,Bladensburg, senior; Michelle Njigna Njiguent, Cen-tral, junior; Taylor Williams, Bowie, junior.

KEEPING IT BRIEFBowie fencer wins

silver international tournamentWith a silver medal at the Young Lions Women’s

Junior World Cup in Finland on Nov. 9, Bowie nativeAmanda Sirico, now a freshman at the University ofNotre Dame, is off to a good start this internationalfencing season. The 18-year-old is currently the top-ranked Junior (under-20) Women’s Epee fencer in theUnited States and fourth in the world.

Sirico was the highest-placing American fencer inFinland and has set her sights on qualifying for boththe Junior and Senior World Championship teamsin 2014-15, according to a news release sent to TheGazette.

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

Bowie runner signs with IndianaBowie High School middle distance runner Tay-

lor Williams signed her letter of intent on Nov. 12 torun indoor and outdoor track on full scholarship forIndiana University in 2015-16, Bulldogs coach Rich

Andrulonis confirmed. Williams, who owns Bowie’sall-time records in the 500-meter run (indoortrack) and 400-meter dash (outdoor) and should beamong the state’s best this winter and spring, wasalso on pace to contend for county and region titlesthis cross country postseason before a concussionsidelined her for three weeks. “She performs verywell in major championship meets,” Andrulonissaid of Williams. “She sort of gets up for those majormeets. She really came into her own last year.”

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

Roosevelt girls basketball senior signsFive years after picking up the sport, the Eleanor

Roosevelt High School senior Tolu Omokore hasdone exactly that. Omokore has become one of thetop players in Maryland, using her size and athleti-cism to dominate the glass. The 6-foot forward’srebounding prowess helped the Raiders win lastseason’s Class 4A state championship, and morerecently, awarded her a spot on the University ofCentral Florida women’s basketball team.

— ERIC GOLDWEIN

season.“Like I told [running back]

Akiva [Wedge], he caught a passand tried to fight for extra yardsand everyone was all over himand he was tackled awkwardly,”Pinkney said, mentioning a playlate in the victory against Mar-riotts Ridge. “I said ‘Akiva, youhave to understand, we have tolive for tomorrow. Look at thescore, look where we are. Godown, protect yourself for yourteam.’”

Evidence of Pinkney’s adviceto Wedge could be seen throughother players in the third quarterof their victory.

Junior quarterback DevinButler looked as if he wouldbreak a scramble into a lengthy

touchdown, but late in the runhe was cut off and ran out ofbounds and was held to a 29-yard gain. Two plays later Butlerconnected with senior wide re-ceiver Quinton Jordan for a 14-yard touchdown pass to help theEagles extend their lead and endthe scoring at 45-0.

Pinkney said the 2014 teamhas a “cerebral” mindset and amaturity that has helped it ad-vance to its seventh regional fi-nal since he has been coach.

Unity also has a part in theprogram’s run.

“Over the summer weworked on getting closer as ateam,” Butler said. “We weren’tas mature as we are now. Wespent more time with eachother and we practiced harderand built more chemistry as ateam. We just really came closertogether.”

Butler understands that achance at a state championshipis not to be taken for granted.The Eagles suffered blowoutlosses to Middletown in 2011and 2012 and said the team is“anxious” to get another shot ata title.

Senior tailback MikaleMakle, along with the entire pro-gram, was on hand to see Patux-ent’s victory Friday night andthinks his team understandshow to perform in big games.

“If you are able to get to the[state championship] game,some people are sort of shocked.But it felt great to me. You get toplay where [National FootballLeague] players have played.We’re anxious to get back be-cause when we were there, wedidn’t execute like we shouldhave and we have to get it donethis year.”

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the Jayhawks star in a particularpost-college direction.

Even on a much more localscale, there has been an auraof negativity surrounding theAmateur Athletic Union, as aNov. 14 tweet by the CapitolChristian Academy account (@CCAWARRIOR) claimed thatD.C. Thunder, a local AAU orga-nization, attempted to “pawn”two of their players to BishopO’Connell (Arlington, Va.) in ex-change for a shoe deal.

Old school coaches haveshied away from the AAU circuit,not wanting to get entangled inthe politics and the sponsor al-legiances that often rear theirheads during recruiting. Long-time University of Maryland,College Park basketball coachhad a well-known problematicrelationship with many of thearea’s premier amateur basket-ball organizations.

But, as Cole and othercoaches were quick to pointout, the negativity people so of-

ten associate with AAU basket-ball should not overshadow thegood that these organizationsoften foster.

“Any type of thing that goeson, there’s going to be some-thing that goes wrong,” Colesaid. “There just is. There will bepeople who take advantage ofthe system.

“But if you look at the good, Ithink the good that AAU basket-ball does outweighs any of thebad, no matter how bad it mightbe. I think it affords kids to go tocollege and that’s what it’s reallyall about.”

While schools such as Clin-ton Christian and the Washing-ton Catholic Athletic Conferencepowers have the advantage ofplaying a national schedule thatoffers more exposure, AAU al-lows some of the standout play-ers that choose to stay in publicschool the same opportunity toshowcase their talents at a highlevel for the sake of recruiting.Last season, Potomac standoutDion Wiley signed to play withMaryland, where he is now afreshman. In October, Wiley’s

former Potomac teammate,Randall Broddie, gave a verbalcommitment to play at the Uni-versity of Memphis.

Laurel High basketballcoach and Athletic Director Tor-rance Oxendine has served as acoach with the Team Takeoverprogram for six seasons, andwas quick to praise the benefitsAAU has to offer.

“In recent years, peoplehave only looked at the nega-tive connotations for AAU,”Oxendine said. “But it also giveskids the opportunity to playbasketball, [it] keeps them in asafe environment and it helps alot of kids who otherwise mightnot have gotten the exposure tocollege coaches or college pro-grams.”

“Our goal in this generationis to get degrees, not only highschool diplomas,” Cole said.“When you look at AAU basket-ball and you count how manykids have gotten full athleticscholarships, I think it’s been apretty good job.”

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Wise quarterback Jabari Laws (right) is sacked by Devin Rivers of visitingDuVal during Saturday’s playoff football game in Upper Marlboro.

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n D.C.-area musicianto unveil new music

in Greenbelt

BY IMAN SMITHSPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE

After graduating AmericanUniversity in 1984, singer-song-writer Billy Coulter took a breakfrom themicrophone.“I hadacouplebandsduring

that time, but after I graduated,I gave up playing,” Coulter said.“I just did casual musical en-deavours and then around 2000,some things changed inmy life.”With help from Steve

Thoma, a longtime musicianwho has collaborated withbands such as Fleetwood Mac,Coulter released his first self-ti-tled, 12-track album in 2003, anendeavour he didn’t think pos-sible without such support.“One of the most remark-

able things, when I look back, isthe power of encouragement,”Coulter said. “To have some-one take a listen to somethingthat you poured your heart andsoul into and say ‘Why don’tyou come out to California?’ —he really believed in me. Hav-ing someone with his resumeencouraged me and I had thedesire and will to put a band to-gether.”

Coulter said his upcomingshow on Saturday at New DealCafe in Greenbelt will presenta mix of familiar rock classicsalong with original material,including the debut of his newsong titled, “Never Better.”“We decided for this show

to start out with a full band firstset and by the timewe get to thethird set, we are going to dust offsome songs we’ve rarely playedin public,” he said. “That’s oneof the joys of playing at NewDeal Cafe — it’s a very familialatmosphere. It’s this shared ex-perience and sometimes it’s like‘Wow, I wish this didn’t have to

Roots rock with a twistPHOTO PROVIDED BY MIKE FOSTER

The Billy Coulter Band is set to play at New Deal Cafe on Saturday.

n Duo to perform musicfrom their new album

BY KIRSTY GROFFSTAFFWRITER

Combine punk, gypsy jazz, indierock and world music, and you stillwon’t come close to describing thesound of musical duo Frenchy and thePunk.For nearly a decade, Samantha

Stephenson and Scott Helland havebrought their eclectic sound across thecountry to festivals, conventions, bars,and cafes. They’ll return to GreenbeltFriday for a show at New Deal Café insupport of their new album, “BonjourBatfrog.”Frenchy and the Punk bring dozens

of musical influences to the table, fromHüskerDüandTheRamones toDjangoReinhardt and Motörhead, which canmake their sound hard to pin down.“Our music is so accessible to so

many different types of people,” Ste-phenson said, “which is great and reallydifficult at the same time.We’remixingso many styles, it’s hard to categorizeus.”Though they met in 1998 at of-

fice doing temp work, they didn’t start

performing together for seven years.Helland performed with punk bandsDeep Wound and Outpatients — thus,“Punk”— and released seven solo CDsprior to forming Frenchy and the Punkwith Stephenson, whose backgroundis in dance. His hardcore side shinesthrough his acoustic-electric guitarplaying with a full, heavy strum thatadds weight and grit to their songs.Stephenson was born in France —

thus, “Frenchy”— but grew up in Eng-land,where she tookballet andmodernjazz, continuingwhen shemoved to theU.S. The physicality of her arts back-groundcombinedwith a love for drum-ming influences her side of the musicequation, providing the lyrics and per-cussion for their songs.Theculminationof Stephensonand

Helland’s musical influences stood out

to one promoter they worked with asbefitting the steampunk culture. Themovement reimagines a 19th-centuryfeel for the modern world, and as faras music often blends current musicaltrends with a lean toward the Victorianera.“We didn’t actually go toward ste-

ampunk — steampunk embraced us,”she said. “I think it’s because we havesort of a vintage sound, it’smodernwithan eclectic vibe.”The band has appeared at steam-

punk gatherings, as well as other con-ventions and musical festivals — butthey also perform at smaller venuessuch as bars and cafés around thecountry, to includeNewDeal.“I love to tour and perform live,”

Helland said. “For me, it’s why I do it.Recording and writing songs is great,too, but touring is such a fun experi-ence— I hate to saymystical, but it sortof is.”Because their sound is soversatile, it

works for a variety of different settings.That approach is seen in their music it-self, which has evolved throughout theyears to fit different influences or ideasfrom the duo.“Thiswhole project from thebegin-

ning has been very organic,” Stephen-son said, “it’s really just going with theflow.”After nearly 10 years writing to-

gether, producing four albums and anEP along the way, they have a solid cre-ative relationship that influences theirwork from all angles. The two designedtheir most recent cover art together,and Stephensonhas even said there aretimes where she will hear one of Hel-land’s guitar riffs and begin to visualize

Batfrogs,a punk and a girl from France

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Frenchy and the Punk, made up of Samantha Stephenson and Scott Helland, bring theirimpossible-to-categorize sound to New Deal CafÈ on Nov. 21.

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THEATER & STAGEBowie Community Theatre, “Flyin’West,”

April 10-April 25, call for prices, times, BowiePlayhouse, 16500WhiteMarsh ParkDrive,Bowie, 301-805-0219, bctheatre.com.

The Clarice, BachCantata Series, 1:30 p.m.Nov. 20;MarylandOpera Studio: Cosi fan tutte,7:30 p.m.Nov. 21; Faustin Linyekula: Look Back,Dance Forward, 8 p.m.Nov. 21; UMDWind En-semble: Fanfare, Fugue, Fiestas, 8 p.m.Nov. 21;Choreographers’ Showcase Auditions, 10 a.m.Nov. 22; Tone of Silence, 3 and 7:30 p.m.Nov.22; Panaibra Gabriel Canda: Look Back, DanceForward, 8 p.m.Nov. 22; Calder Quartet, 8 p.m.Nov. 22; Choreographers’ Showcase Auditions,10 a.m.Nov. 23; Tone of Silence, 3 p.m.Nov. 23;MarylandOpera Studio: Cosi fan tutte, 3 p.m.;How all women act? #yesallwomen, 6:30 p.m.Nov. 24;MarylandOpera Studio: Cosi fan tutte,7:30 p.m.Nov. 24;MarylandOpera Studio: Cosifan tutte, 7:30 p.m.Nov. 25; University ofMary-land, College Park, theclarice.umd.edu.

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

Harmony Hall Regional Center, Kid’s DayOut-Christmaswith Santa, Dec. 10; Blue Sky 5,Jan. 10; 10701 Livingston Road, FortWashing-ton, 301-203-6070, arts.pgparks.com.

Greenbelt Arts Center, “Death byDesign,”throughNov. 23, call for prices, times, GreenbeltArts Center, 123 Centerway, Greenbelt, 301-441-8770, greenbeltartscenter.org.

Joe’s Movement Emporium, Windows to theSoul, Nov. 22 and 23, 3309 BunkerHill Road,Mount Rainier, 301-699-1819, joesmovement.org.

Laurel Mill Playhouse, “Death Takes aHoli-day,” throughNov. 23, call for ticket prices,times, LaurelMill Playhouse, 508Main St., Lau-rel, 301-452-2557, laurelmillplayhouse.org.

Prince George’s Little Theatre, “A Shot in theDark,” Jan. 9-24, 2015, call for tickets and showtimes, Bowie Playhouse, 16500WhiteMarshParkDrive, Bowie, 301-937-7458, pglt.org.

NASA’S Music And Drama club (MAD),“Fanny” by S.N. Behrman and Joshua Logan,throughNov. 22, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays,3 p.m. Sundays at the Charis Center for the Arts,13010 8th St., Bowie. $20. For ticket sales andadditional information, call 240-475-8800 orvisitmadtheater.org.

Publick Playhouse, MidweekMatinee:Wethe People, 10:15 a.m. and noonNov. 21; 5445Landover Road, Cheverly, 301-277-1710, arts.pgparks.com.

2nd Star Productions, “Twelve AngryMen,”Dec. 5 through 30, Bowie Playhouse, 16500WhiteMarsh ParkDrive, Bowie, call for prices,times, 410-757-5700, 301-832-4819, 2ndstarpro-ductions.com.

Tantallon Community Players, “AUSOChristmas,” Dec. 6 through 14, HarmonyHallRegional Center, 10701 Livingston Road, FortWashington, 301-262-5201, tantallonstage.com.

Venus Theatre, “Virus AttacksHeart,”throughNov. 30, 21 C Street, Laurel. venusthe-atre.org.

NIGHTLIFENew Deal Café, Mid-DayMelodies with

AmyCKraft, Nov. 20; SAWOpenMic, Nov. 20;JohnGuernsey, Nov. 21; Frenchy and the Punk,Nov. 21; Jazz Jamw/GregMeyer, Nov. 22; JohnGuernsey, Nov. 22; Billy Coulter Band, Nov.22; Deaf Brunch, Nov. 23; LuLu’s Fate, Nov. 23;DragonSong, Nov. 25; CajunMusic Jam,Nov.26; 113 Centerway Road, 301-474-5642, newd-ealcafe.com.

Old Bowie Town Grill, WednesdayNightClassic Jam, 8 p.m. everyWednesday, sign-upsstart at 7:30 p.m., 8604 Chestnut Ave., Bowie,301-464-8800, oldbowietowngrille.com.

DANCINGBallroom dance and lesson, with instructor

DaveMalek at 7 p.m. every Thursday. A begin-ner’s lesson precedes the dance, which startsat 8 p.m. Cost is $10. The dance is located atthe Knights of ColumbusHall, 6111 Colum-bianWay, Bowie. Formore information, [email protected] call 410-370-8438.

OUTDOORSDinosaur Park, Dinosaur Park programs,

noon to 4 p.m. first and third Saturdays, joinpaleontologists and volunteers in interpretingfossil deposits, 13200 blockMid-Atlantic Blvd.,Laurel, 301-627-7755.

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

Prince George’s Audubon Society, BirdWalks, 7:30 a.m. first Saturdays, FranUhler Nat-ural Area,meets at end of LemonBridge Road,north of Bowie StateUniversity, option to birdnearbyWB&ATrail afterward; 7:30 a.m. thirdSaturdays, Governor BridgeNatural Area, Gov-ernor Bridge Road, Bowie,meet in parking lot;formigrating and resident woodland and fieldbirds, andwaterfowl. For beginners and experts.Waterproof footwear and binoculars suggested.Free. 410-765-6482.

ET CETERACollege Park Aviation Museum, Peter Pan

Club, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. second and fourthThursdays of everymonth, activities for pre-schoolers, $4, $3 seniors, $2 ages 2 to 18, 1985Cpl. Frank Scott Drive, College Park, 301-864-6029, collegeparkaviationmuseum.com.

Women’s Chamber Choir Auditions, by ap-pointment for the concert season of women’schamber choir Voix de Femmes, 7:45 to 9:30p.m. Thursdays, 402 Compton Ave., Laurel, 301-520-8921, [email protected].

IN THE ARTS

For two nights at TheClarice in College Park—8p.m. on Friday and Saturday— the Kogod Theatrewillfeature “Look Back, DanceForward: Tales ofHome,”with Faustin Linyekula,from theDemocratic Re-public of Congo, on Fri-day, and PanaibraGabrielCanda, ofMozambique, onSaturday.

Both artists grapplewith complex histories oftheir countries through thefiltered experiences and re-

lationshipswith their fathersand their own experiencesof dislocation.

Linyekula’s “Le Cargo,”tells of his return home tosearch for lost things and thedance, people andmusic hereclaims in the process.

Canda is the founder ofMozambique’s first contem-porary dance company.

Tickets for the showsare $25, $10 for students.Formore information, visittheclarice.umd.edu or call301-405-2787.

Tales of Home

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Faustin Linyekula is set to perform as part of the Look Back, Dance For-ward: Tales from Home series at The Clarice.

The Venus Theatre inLaurel is currently in themiddle of its 50th produc-tion, “Virus Attacks Heart.”

Written by award-win-ning Australian playwrightShannonMurdoch, “VirusAttacks Heart” followsBeatrice, who is trying fora less crazy life, and Jamie,who has just stepped off atrain in a new city. A spilleddrink in a nightclub leadsto an odyssey of connec-tion, confession, heartache,

and transcendence for thetwo strangers who come torealize just howmuch theyneed each other.

“Virus Attacks Heart,”wraps up a phenomenalseasonwhich saw new andgroundbreaking shows per-formed in the small formerChinese restaurant on CStreet.

Tickets for the show are$20. Formore information,visit venustheatre.org orcall 202-236-4078.

Love is the cure

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“Virus Attacks Heart,” which is the Venus Theatre’s 50th staged produc-tion, is currently running through the end of November in Laurel.

the lyrics attached.“We have a really good rela-

tionship writing-wise,” he said.“I’ve been with so many differ-ent bands, it’s just great to findaperson you really connectwithand respect their creativity. It’slike the ultimate thing you wantas amusician.”

Taken from the DIY aspectof the punk movement, Hel-land and Stephenson do muchof their tour work themselves,from publicity to booking. Theirlogo, the “batfrog” referencedin their latest album title, com-bines her love of bats with hislove for frogs, and Stephenson

will even create bat finger pup-pets for their merchandise tablethat “have a fan club of theirown” among audiences.

The group’s aesthetic is ap-pealing to fans of many genreswithout sounding generic.Stephenson hopes that bandssimilar to Frenchy and the Punkcontinue to gain attention andturn everything people expectaboutmusic upside down.

“The mainstream thing canbe so robotic,” she said, “sohopefully people can get outand really explore bands thatare doing something different,and that will have a ripple effecton society in general.”

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end.’”The Billy Coulter Band, a

group based out of Washing-ton, D.C., has made a name foritself since its inception. Withan Americana and pop sound,Coulter’s music has attractedattention from The WashingtonArea Music Awards, otherwiseknown as “The Wammies,” hissongs generating more than 30Wammie nominations since2004.

In 2008, his 10-track album“Dose” won Album of the Yearand two of the record’s trackstitled “Party of One” and “Con-science”have receivedhonorary

songwriting recognition fromthe Billboard and Mid-AtlanticSong Contests.

For Coulter, who works 40hours aweek, never forgetting towalk his 11-year-old Lab “SweetPea” at the day’s end, makingtime for rehearsals can be dif-ficult.

However, his bandmates,

ArchAlcantara onbass, JohnPe-novich on lead guitar and DougTull on drums, never let themu-sic stop.

“I’m blessed with great mu-sicians in my band,” he said.“They can be relied upon, withvery little rehearsal, to go outand play well every single time.These guys, they’re just topnotch. We don’t need a lot ofpreparation.”

Sowhere doesCoulter’s lyri-cism stem from?

“My two favorite songwrit-ers were John Lennon and IanHunter — they were both reallygenuine and sincerewriters,” hesaid. “Both of thempoint to BobDylan as their inspiration for alot of themusic I grew up listen-ing to. I never really cared for hisvoice but I do admire theway hecan turn a phrase. You listen tohis lyrics and they aredownrightpoetic.”

And when it comes to writ-

ing music, it’s about an inter-nal feeling and gravitation, thathelps Coulter compose, he said.

“You know how the Ouijagameworks? That’s howmyfin-gers gravitate toward the songsthatwant to bewritten,” he said.“Imaywant towrite a particularcomposition, but every time Ipick up a guitar, something elsewants to be played. The songsthat want to be written, makethemselves known.”

Presenting truth within hislyrics is also an important aspectof his craft, Coulter said.

“More than anything else,what I’ve tried to do is be an ear-nest songwriter,” he said, “andwrite from my heart. I’m notafraid to get personal in my lyr-ics and for a lot of these songs,there’s a story behind it. Thereare some significant tales to betold to engage the listener in away that they are going to hearthat story unfold in a song.”

ROCKContinued from Page B-3

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