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Volume 18, No. 6,Two sections, 20 PagesCopyright © 2015The Gazette

INDEX

BATTLE OFTHE BRAINSLaurel school advancesto Science Bowlsemifinals; will faceLargo team in March.A-4

NEWS

NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTYNEWS: Bringing business to cityis key for newly appointedMount Rainier official. A-6

n Figures arehighest in five years

BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAUSTAFF WRITER

Prince George’s County Pub-lic Schools’ graduation rates are attheir highest in at least five years,which school officials credit to newprograms and renewed collabora-tion between students, teachers andparents.

School system CEO Kevin Max-well attributed the success of newprograms begun last year such asan early warning system for at-riskstudents and the expansion of creditrecovery.

“It’s a fantastic sign that we’removing in the right direction,” Max-well said of the graduation rate in-crease. “We still have progress tomake, but we’re on the right path.”

The Maryland State Departmentof Education, or MSDE, released

graduation and dropout data forthe 2013-2014 school year Jan. 27through the Maryland State ReportCard website.

Graduation rates in PrinceGeorge’s County, based on a four-year cohort, rose from 74.1 percentin 2013 to 76.6 this year, the highestsince MSDE began using cohorts totrack graduation rates in 2010.

The four-year cohort trackshow many students who enteredhigh school in fall 2010 graduatedin spring 2014, while accounting forstudent transfers and deaths.

Prince George’s results are lowerthan the state four-year cohortgraduation rate of 86.4 percent, butthe county experienced a greaterincrease, 2.5 percent, over the state,which increased 1.4 percent from2013’s 85.0 percent graduation rate.

Four high schools had gradua-tion rates equal or higher than thestate average: Bowie High (89.5),

Graduation ratesrise in the county

n County schools raise $6,000for Special Olympics

BY EMILIE SHAUGHNESSYSTAFF WRITER

Tenminutesbefore 2,000 teenagersin swimsuits hurled themselves into 34degree bay water, the snowflakes be-gan to fall at Sandy Point State Park inAnnapolis and a defiant cheer rose upfrom 72 school teams participating inthe Maryland Special Olympics CoolSchool Challenge.

Two high schools from Bowie andHyattsville representedPrinceGeorge’sCounty at the sixth annual Cool Schoolevent, where students jump into theicy Chesapeake Bay in exchange for

Braving the icy wavesPHOTOS BY EMILIE SHAUGHNESSY/THE GAZETTE

Northwestern High School Junior Hong Nhan, 16, of Hyattsville emerges from the water Friday at the 2015 Cool School challenge for SpecialOlympics. Below: Students from Bowie High School pose with a school banner Friday before plunging into the icy waters.

See PLUNGE, Page A-8

n Passersby acted quickly to pullwoman, her father out of burning home

BY ALICE POPOVICI

STAFF WRITER

A 62-year-old woman and her 93-year-oldfather escaped a fire Jan. 29 with the help offour passersby who pulled them outside assmoke and flames enveloped their BerwynHeights home.

Norma and William Hathcock, who weretreated for smoke inhalation, would have sus-

tained more serious injuries were it not forthe quick response of the four men, said MarkBrady, a spokesman for the Prince George’sCounty Fire and EMS Department. He praisedthe bravery of the men, who acted quicklyand went inside the Seminole Place residencewithout protective equipment moments be-fore about 35 firefighters from neighboringdepartments arrived on scene.

“They definitely are heroes in my eyes,”Brady said. “Every secondcounts in a situationwhen you’re trapped inside a burning house.”

Raphael Williams, 31, and Roderick Hill,29, roommates who live down the street, said

they saw the fire as they were returning frombreakfast nearby around 9 a.m.

“We saw the flames shooting out of thatwindowand the guyhangingout thewindowtrying to breathe,” Williams said. “I couldhear her screaming for help.”

Williams said they brought William Ha-thcock outside, just as Alvin Holloway of Hy-attsville, who had been driving nearby andsaw the smoke, pulled up to the house.

“The smoke was so thick you couldn’tsee into the house,” said Holloway, 59. As he

Four praised as heroes in Berwyn Heights fire

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Roderick Hill (left) and Raphael Williams of Berwyn Heights stand infront of a burned-out home Jan. 29, hours after they and two other menhelped a woman and her father escape the fire.See RESCUE, Page A-8

n Landover school would reopenas early-childhood center

BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAU

STAFF WRITER

Kenmoor Elementary School par-ents are protesting plans by the schoolsystem to turn their Landover schoolinto an early childhood center, citingthe school’s strong academic perfor-

mance and importance to the commu-nity.

“This is a school that is working. Itis working and it should not be closed,”said Eric Shakir of Landover, parentof two children at Kenmoor. “We ac-knowledge that we need another ECC... but this is not the way to do it.”

The school is one of two slated to beclosed at the end of this year. The otherschool is Thomas Claggett ElementarySchool in District Heights. The school

system held a public forum in UpperMarlboro Jan. 28 regarding both clo-sures and other boundary changes.

Both closures are part of schoolsystem CEO Kevin Maxwell’s proposedboundary changes for the 2015-16school year.

Both schools are under-enrolled,with Claggett’s student popula-tion at 50 percent of its State Rated

Plans to close school upset parents

See GRADUATION, Page A-8

See KENMOOR, Page A-8

n C Street Flats expected tohelp Main Street grow

BY ALICE POPOVICISTAFF WRITER

Many residents who havewatched a new apartment complextake shape in downtown Laurel overthe past few months say the C StreetFlats will liven up the quiet neigh-borhood and bring business to MainStreet.

“I think it’ll bring new blood intothe community,” said Ada GhumanofLaurel,who ispresidentof theLau-rel Arts District Committee. “I’m veryexcited about it.”

Ghuman said the building’s lo-cation across the street from VenusTheater, in the heart of the city’s artsdistrict, will bringmore activity to thestreet. She said the apartment’sman-agement company has been sup-portive of the arts district by helpingsupport its annual arts festival.

The 142-unit apartment complexwhich is tailored to young, singleprofessionals is set to open around

the end of April, said Allison Webb,property manager with California-based developer Klingbeil CapitalManagement. She said the property,which was 10 percent leased as ofMonday, will feature a fitness center,an outdoor lounge and a cafe.

“Main Streets are making a hugecomeback in America in general,”

Laurel apartmentsto open in April

See APARTMENTS, Page A-8

“People are reallyloving the walkability— the city of Laurel

has done a really greatjob bringing life back

to Main Street.”Allison Webb,

property manager

FEB. 5Folk Life and Faraway Places Film

Series: The Help, 2 p.m.,NewCarrolltonLi-brary, 7414RiverdaleRoad,NewCarrollton.(PG-13, 2011, 146min.) BasedonKathrynStockett’s 2009novel, “TheHelp” tells thestoryof Skeeter Phelan, a southern societygirlwho returns fromcollegedeterminedtobecomeawriter. But Skeeter turnsherfriends’ lives—anda smallMississippitown—upsidedownwhenshedecides tointerview theblackwomenwhohave spenttheir lives taking careof prominent south-ern families. Contact 301-459-6900.

FEB. 6Boundaries: A dance-theatre response

to #YesAllWomen, 8 p.m., Joe’sMovementEmporium, 3309BunkerHill Road,MountRainier. Boundaries is adance-based the-atreperformance inspiredby the#YesAll-WomenTwitter feed. Throughmovement,text, song, andmulti-media, Boundariesexplores feminine sensuality, strengthandvulnerability—all parts of abeautifulwhole—as seen through the lensofmen,womenand themedia.Contact 301-699-1819.

Meccorre Quartet, 8 p.m., TheClariceSmithPerformingArtsCenter’sGildenhornRecitalHall, StadiumDrive andRoute 193,CollegePark.Cost is $25public/$20Next-LEVEL/$10 student.Contact 301-405-2787or [email protected].

FEB. 7Winter Bird Walk, 8 to 10 a.m., Patux-

ent Research Refuge NationalWildlifeVisitor Center, PowderMill Road betweenthe Baltimore-Washington Parkway andRt. 197, Laurel. Search for birds in severalrefuge habitats on this guided hike. Fieldguides and binoculars are recommended.Registration is required. Ages 8 and up.Contact 301-497-5887.

Second Annual High School Breakfast,9 a.m. to Noon at University ofMaryland,Merrill College of Journalism, CollegePark, 1100 Knight Hall, College Park.Come join us on Feb. 7, whenWUSA9’ssports reporter David Owensmoder-ates a distinguished panel of expertson the topic: “The ChangingNature ofCollege Sports: What the high schoolathlete needs to know.” Free breakfast isprovided. Contact 301-405-2399 or [email protected].

Hyattsville Horticultural Society An-nual Seed Sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Hyatts-villeMunicipal Building, 4310 Gallatin St.,Hyattsville. Please look for us in theMary

Prangley Roomon the second floor.Wewill havemany varieties of seeds fromHart’s Seeds and LandrethHeirloomSeeds, displays on butterfly and containergardening, gardening pamphlets, usedbooks, baked goods and hot soup. Con-tact [email protected].

Movements through History, 3 to 4p.m., Columbia Park Community Center,1901 Kent Village Drive, Landover. Cel-ebrate BlackHistoryMonthwith a richperformance featuringmusic, dance,and drama. The performancewill bechoreographed, directed and performedby students from various schools, withhelp from the performing arts group, “TheMost Visions.” The program is open toyouthwho’d like to display their talents.Please call the center for details. Contact301-445-4508; TTY 301-445-4512.

FEB. 8Unconditional Love Pet Adoption

Event, WAGS/Greenbelt Animal Shelter,Noon to 3 p.m., Greenbelt PetSmart, 7475Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt. Cats and dogsfrom the Greenbelt Shelter will be there.Visit www.greenbeltmd.gov/animalshel-ter) for pet profiles. Contact 240-508-7533or [email protected].

Ripped from the Headlines, 1 to 4 p.m.,LaurelMuseum, 817Main St., Laurel.2015 LaurelMuseumExhibit. Explorehow Laurel’s news coverage has changedover the years and how it has remainedthe same. Contact 301-725-7975 or visitwww.laurelhistoricalsociety.org.

African American Inventors, 2 to4 p.m.,Montpelier Arts Center, 9652Muirkirk Road, Laurel. Patricia Sluby,author of “The Inventive Spirit of AfricanAmericans” and “The EntrepreneurialSpirit of African Americans” will discusswell known and not so well known inven-tions attributed to African Americans.Light refreshments available after theprogram. Contact 301-377-7800 [email protected].

FEB. 9Chinese/English Preschool Storytime,

7 p.m., Greenbelt Library, 11 CrescentRoad, Greenbelt. Ages 3-5. Enjoy stories,songs, rhymes and other activities in Chi-nese and English. Please pick up ticket atthe InformationDesk. Contact 301-345-5800.

MAC: Manga and Anime Club, 7 p.m.,Hyattsville Library, 6530 Adelphi Road,Hyattsville. Ages 13-18.Watch your fa-vorite anime, talk about and preview new

manga, create art, comics and costumes,enjoy snacks. Join fellow anime andmanga fans at the newHyattsvilleMangaand Anime Club. Contact 301-985-4690.

FEB. 10African History & Culture Lecture

Series, 7 p.m., Greenbelt Library, 11Crescent Road, Greenbelt. Afro-Latinos:TheHidden Legacy (C.R. Gibbs). Contact301-345-5800.

Nature’s Wings, 7:30 p.m., CollegePark AviationMuseum, 1985 CorporalFrank Scott Drive, College Park.MonarchButterfly Conservation.Monarch but-terflies are threatened by loss of habitat,herbicide and insecticide, disappearanceof food andmore, but steps can be takento protect and restore their populations.Contact 301-864-6029; TTY 301-699-2544.

FEB. 11Worlds of Wildlife, 10 to 11 a.m., Patux-

ent Research Refuge NationalWildlifeVisitor Center, PowderMill Road betweenthe Baltimore-Washington Parkwayand Rt. 197, Laurel. Discover Patuxent’samazing variety of life from big to smalland fuzzy to slimy through interactivegames, stories and a hike. Registrationis required. Ages 5-7. Contact 301-497-5887.

Advocacy & the 2015 MarylandLegislative Session, Noon to 2 p.m., NewCarrollton Library, 7414 Riverdale Road,New Carrollton. With the deficits facingthe State of Maryland, it is important tounderstand the issues that are being dis-cussed, and how your organization canmake a difference. Contact Omnia Joeharat 301-429-0414, Ext. 306 by Feb. 9.

Xtreme Teens: Valentine’s Day CardWorkshop, 3:30 to 4 p.m., College ParkYouth Services Center, 4912 NantucketRoad, College Park. Teens will preparefor Valentine’s Daywith a cardmakingworkshop. Contact 301-345-4425: TTY301-445-4512.

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Party, 10 a.m. toNoon at HyattsvilleMunicipal Building,4310 Gallatin St., Hy-attsville. All ages are

invited.Make a special valentine fora friend and another for a Hyatts-ville senior. Livemusic. SponsoredbyHyattsville Aging in Place, theall-volunteer nonprofit workingtoward an age-friendly community.Questions? Call 301-887-3101. [email protected].

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SPORTS Eleanor Roosevelt girls swim team goes for its 14th straightcounty championship on Saturday. Check online for coverage

on the county’s top swimmers.

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Tej Garski (right) of College Park helps her daughter Talika Garski, 3, cut a polka-dotted straw Jan. 23 at the Little Makers craft night hosted by theGreenbelt Makerspace.

n Residents seek solutionsfor escaped, stray canines

BY JAMIEANFENSON-COMEAU

STAFF WRITER

Nancy Meyer of Hyattsvillesaid a community menace ismaking her fearful in her com-munity — and they attack onfour legs.

Meyer said her dog has beenattacked several times by loosedogs roaming the neighbor-hood, and she said she recentlytried to protect a friend’s dogwhen it was attacked.

“It makes me afraid to livein this community and walkmy dog, and really has givenme pause,” Meyer said duringa Jan. 27 forum on loose dogs inHyattsville. “If I’m afraid to walkon my own street, because I’veseen 150 pound dogs going afterpeople, kids, adults, other dogs,my feelings about living here re-ally changes.”

Mount Rainier residentJoanne Kirsch of the GatewayDog Club said she organizeda forum to discuss options fordealing with loose dogs follow-ing online discussions aboutdog attacks in Mount Rainierand Hyattsville.

“It occurred to me that thishas become a real problem,”Kirsch said.

Angela Crankfield-Edmond,director of epidemiology anddisease control with the PrinceGeorge’s County Health De-partment,whichhandles animalbite reports, said there were 723reported dog bites in the countyin 2014, which she said is fairlytypical compared with previousyears.

Joseph Mattingly, field su-pervisor for the Prince George’sCounty animal control, said thecounty does not track attacksagainst other animals.

The meeting discussed wayscommunity members can coor-dinate efforts to protect againstloose dogs, as well as provideinformation on laws regardingproblematic dogs and how todeal with an encounter with aloose dog.

Laura Costas, a Silver Springdog trainer specializing in ag-gression issues, said a loose dogdoesn’t even need to be aggres-sive to be a problem, if it con-fronts another dog on a leash.

“Unfortunately, the culturehere is that, ‘Well,mydoggets torun free because he’s friendly’,”Costas said. “But if a loose dogbarges into your personal space,your dog is likely to have a nega-tive reaction.”

Costas warned individualswalking their dog to be espe-cially careful when encounter-ing a loose dog.

“If you have a dog that doesnot have a person, or is with aperson, but breaks away fromthat person, you can’t controlthat situation. You can controlyourself, you might be able tocontrol your dog, but you can’tcontrol the other dog,” Costassaid. “There really isn’t a magicbullet you can apply to a situa-tion where one dog is on a leashand another one isn’t.”

Mattingly said there are usu-ally only one or two animal con-trol officers on duty at a time torespond to calls from anywherein the county.

“This is a very, very largecounty,” Mattingly said. “A lot oftimeswecan’t get there for threeor more hours, or longer.”

Meyer said it is up to resi-dents to come up with solutionsfor loose dogs.

“We have to organize our-selves in the community, the re-sponsible pet owners, and we’vegot to come up with strategies tofigure out how to deal with this,”Meyer said.

Adrianne Lefkowitz of River-dale said she hopes gatheringssuch as the dog forum can helpbetter connect dog owners andshare information.

“We would like to find a wayto empowerdogowners, tohavematerials available online, andencourage them to talk to theirneighbors,” Lefkowitz said. “Of-tentimes, it’s not someone whois willfully breaking the law, it’ssomeone who maybe doesn’tknow the best way to keep theirdog contained and they needhelp.”

Mattingly said what isneeded is greater enforcementof regulations already on thebooks.

“The laws are fine; the prob-lem is enforcement,” Mattinglysaid. “You’ve got to attend theCity Council meetings, budgethearings. You’ve got to be vocalto the right people.”

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n Liquidation sales to rununtil doors shut mid-April

BY JAMIE

ANFENSON-COMEAU

STAFF WRITER

After more than a quarterof a century in business, theGreenbelt Kmart will close itsdoors in April, and that’s sadnews to Lanham residents Ronand Rose Corazzi.

“I really wish the storewasn’t closing,” Rose Corazzisaid after shopping at theKmart Feb. 2. She said it wasa short distance from theirhome, and they have madefrequent trips to the store overthe years.

“It’s been very convenientto us,” added Ron Corazzi.

The Kmart store in Green-belt, located at 8829 GreenbeltRoad in the Cipriano SquareShopping Center will close tothe public in mid-April, saidHoward Riefs, director of cor-porate communications forHoffman Estates, Ill.-basedSears Holdings. Kmart mergedwith Sears in 2005.

“Store closures are part ofa series of actions we’re takingto reduce on-going expenses,adjust our asset base and ac-celerate the transformationof our business model,” Riefssaid in an email.

Riefs said no other clo-sures have been announced in

Prince George’s County.Riefs said the company’s

investments in online andintegrated retail are aimed atproviding alternative shop-ping methods for individualswho previously shopped atstores that have closed.

Store management at theGreenbelt store declined tocomment, referring all inqui-ries to Riefs’ office.

Riefs declined to com-ment if sales had declined atthe Greenbelt store, sayingSears Holding does not re-lease individual store infor-mation.

Company-wide, SearsHoldings reported an oper-ating loss of $490 million forthe third quarter of 2014, themost recent earnings infor-mation available.

Riefs said the GreenbeltKmart, which opened inOctober 1989, has 158 em-ployees, mostly part-time andhourly, who will be eligible toreceive severance packagesand to apply for open posi-tions at other Sears and Kmartstores.

On Feb. 1, the store begana liquidation sale of 10 to 30percent off the ticketed priceof most merchandise, with ad-

ditional discounts for jewelryand other items.

Riefs said customerswith layaway contracts at theGreenbelt store may eitherpay off their contract early, ortransfer the contract online orto another store.

Lanham resident Eric Ma-son said that while he appreci-ated the sales, he did not think

the Kmart’s closing would havea major impact on his life.

“I have to be honest withyou, no,” Mason said aftershopping at the store Feb. 2.“You have Target right downthe street.”

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After 25, Greenbelt Kmart is set for closure


A shopper enters the Greenbelt Kmart on the second day of its liquidationsale, Feb. 2.

Andrena Sawyer of Hyatts-ville has just released her debutnovel, “The Long Way Home,”a story about a young woman’sjourney of love, loss and re-demption.

Sawyer, an entrepreneurwho runs a consulting firm fornonprofits, said she has writtenpersonal development articlesfor women, but that “The LongWayHome” is herfirst foray intofiction.

Sawyer said she started writ-ing the novel five years ago,while working as a social workerin Ohio.

“My clients’ experiencesreally inspired me to writethis story, and the characterof Alonna Jones,” Sawyer said.

“Once I started writing it, I justcouldn’t stop.”

Sawyer said she is alreadyworking on a sequel, based ona minor character from her firstnovel.

Sawyer also teaches entre-preneurship at Hospitality HighSchool in Washington, D.C.

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n Bond Mill Elementarywill face Largo team

in March

BY EMILIE SHAUGHNESSYSTAFFWRITER

Four Laurel elementaryschool students said their se-cret to their Science Bowl suc-cess is not just a stellar studyethic and quick game buzzerskills, but a strong friendshipthat translates into seamlessteamwork.

The quartet of fifth gradersfrom Bond Mill Elementary,who also participate in teamsports andBoyScouts together,wonTuesday’s semifinal quali-fying competition and willadvance toplayPerrywoodEle-mentary of Largo onMarch 31.

“It’s like we have onemindwhenever we’re up there,” saidBond Mill team captain Mi-chael Stroud, 11, of Laurel. “Itjust feels like we have that onemind, thinking together, float-ing above our heads.”

The Prince George’sCounty public school sys-tem’s annual Science Bowl isa Jeopardy!-style competitionwhere elementary and middleschool students compete inteams of three and answer sci-ence-related trivia questions.

Michael Stroud led histeam in a 245 to 210 victoryagainst a team from MagnoliaElementary in Lanham duringthe final round of Tuesday’scompetition after beating Gle-narden Woods ElementarySchool 265 to 245 in the open-ing round.

Bond Mill’s team also in-cluded Braxton Harsley, 11, ofLaurel; Peyton Ridgely, 11, ofLaurel; and Joshua Webb, 10,of Laurel, who tag teamedwithPeytonduringTuesday’s game.

Tuesday’sfinal roundwasaclose one, with both teams tiedat 190with just a few questionsleft on the game show board.

“It was pretty scary [whenthe round was so close], but Iknew they would pull througheventually and they did,” saidPeyton, who competed duringround one and switched with

alternate Joshua Webb for thefinal round.

Magnolia’s team won itsfirst round against NorthviewElementary of Bowie 255 to 195and includedmembersObinnaUfomadu, Belal Mobaidin, El-lan Reid, Areeb Malik, AbdulaiBah, Flauyne Tsongwain andJusticeWright.

Bond Mill Principal JustinFitzgerald said he was thrilledto see his team claim victoryin the first round against Gle-narden, one of the winningestteams in Science Bowl history,

and even more excited whenhis students won the competi-tion.

“I’m so proud of them.They have been working sohard to get to this point,”Fitzgerald said. “We’ve beenon the other side a lot in the29 years of the competition,so getting a chance to moveforward, we’re very proud andvery excited.”

Science Bowl Host DaveZahren said it is obvious whenteams like Bond Mill are cohe-sive andwork together well.

“I just think the fact thatthey know each other so well,that kind of collaboration, thatteamwork pays off,” Zahrensaid. “They were ready. Theywanted to win.”

Braxton said his team willstudy hard before returning totheScienceBowlnextmonth toplay in the semifinals.

“I’ve seen a video of Per-rywood this year and they gopretty intense, so I think they’llbe great competition for us.”

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Bond Mill Elementary fifth-graders Peyton Ridgely, Michael Stroud and Braxton Harsley compete Tuesday at the Science Bowl competition in Landover.

n Bladensburg communitysay officials approved

complex without their input

BY ALICE POPOVICISTAFFWRITER

Bladensburg residents saidthey are concerned a proposedapartment building will worsenthe town’s already-crowdedpark-ing.

But the larger problem saidresidents, who attended a Jan.24 town forum, is that the mayorand council did not ask the com-munity for feedbackbefore votingto support a proposal to bring a100-unit Bladensburg Commonsbuilding to 58thAvenue last sum-mer.

“It’s still unclear to me whatwas perceived as the advantageof having the building,” said Gar-rine Laney,whohas lived inBlad-ensburg almost 30 years. “I don’tunderstand what the vision is.What are we trying to accomplishhere?”

Town Administrator JohnMoss said residents did have anopportunity to learn about theproject and make commentsduring at least one work session,but approval for the project restswith the Prince George’s CountyPlanningBoard.He said ahearingdatehasnot yet been set, but resi-dents will have an opportunity tobe heard once the board beginsreviewing the project.

The benefits of the project tothe community would includetax revenue as well as bringingdiversity to the community, suchas a young work force who wantaffordable housing and access toculture,Moss said.

Laney said that instead ofunattractive buildings she wouldlike to see more nature, trees andbirds around her, and asked offi-cials if they have considered tak-ing measures to make the towngreener.

Councilman Cris Mendoza(Ward 1) said officials offered toplant trees in residents’ homeslast summer, but only two resi-dents took themup on the offer.

Chris Melendez, a residentwho chairs the Citizens ActionCommittee of Bladensburg, saidshe has filed an appeal with thePrince George’s County Park andPlanning Board, listing amongher concerns that the proposedbuilding has not adequatelyplanned for parking and thatneighborhood schools cannotaccommodate more students.She said she is waiting for a hear-ing date.

“I’m hoping that we can sitdown with the developer andhave a full conversationabout thesite plan,”Melendez said. “We re-ally want them to do serious im-pact studies.”

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Residentsquestionapartmentfeedback

Greenbelt awarded $9,634in grants for projects at six areaschools through its AdvisoryCommittee on Education, orACE.

Every year since 2010, ACEawards up to $500 for specialprojects submitted by schools inGreenbelt.

Last year, Greenbelt officialsvoted to increase the total budgetfor grants from $7,000 to $9,500.

“We feel the quality of theproposals received reflect that in-creased grant amount,” said ACEmember JohnGardner.

This year, ACE approved 20grant requests, for Eleanor Roos-eveltHighSchool ($2,410);Green-belt Elementary ($2,282.79);Springhill Lake Elementary($1,000); Magnolia Elementary($1,984); Robert Goddard FrenchImmersion ($1,457.95) andTurn-ing Point Academy ($500) inGreenbelt.

Gardner said that a total of 33proposals were received.

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n Official laudedfor community service

BY JAMIEANFENSON-COMEAU

STAFFWRITER

Former Prince George’sCounty Councilman MarvinWilson was a diplomat and agentleman, who worked behindthe scenes to build consensusand get things done, said formercolleagues and friends.Wilson, 81, died Jan. 29. The

cause of death is not known atthis time, according to countyofficials.“The kind of gentleman and

statesman that he was is some-thing not likely to be seen inthis county again,” said CountyCouncilwoman Andrea Harri-son (D-Dist. 5) of Springdale. “Iwill miss my friend, my mentorandmy adopted dad.”Services were held begin-

ning 9 a.m. today at St. Joseph’sCatholic Church, 2020 St. Jo-seph Drive, Largo. A viewing isscheduled for 9 a.m. followed byacknowledgements at 10 a.m.and a Mass of Christian Burial

at 11 a.m., said County Councilspokeswoman Angela Rouson.Wilson moved to Glenarden

in 1964 to raise his two daugh-ters in Prince George’s County,Harrison said.Wilson served as Glenarden

councilman at-large from 1970to1991,whenhebecamemayor,filling the term left byHarrison’sfather, James Fletcher Jr., whowas elected to theCountyCoun-cil.Glenarden Council Presi-

dent Carolyn Smallwood (WardI) said Wilson had a huge, posi-tive impact on the city, helpingto spur economic developmentand youth programs in the city.“He was very well-liked and

well respected among councilmembers and former councilmembers,” Smallwood said.County Executive Rushern

L. Baker III (D) said Wilson wasinstrumental in making Glena-rden a thriving community.“He was very heavily in-

volved in making Glenarden apillar of themiddle-classAfricanAmerican community,” he said.When Fletcher died in 1994,

Wilson succeeded him again,serving Fletcher’s remaining

term on the council.He was elected to his first

term in the November 1994General Election, and re-electedin 1998, after which he wasterm-limited.Wilson and former County

Executive Wayne Curry wereprimarily responsible for thene-

gotiations that led to the PrinceGeorge’s County Sports andLearning Complex becomingpart of the deal to open FedExField in Landover, said M.H.“Jim” Estepp, president of theGreater Prince George’s Busi-ness Roundtable.“Getting the Sports and

Learning Complex added to theFedEx Field deal was a majorproject of his and the formercounty executive,” Estepp said.Thecomplexopened in2000

and in 2013, the outdoor sta-diumat the complexwasnamedafterWilson.“He was dedicated to mak-

ing sure that was a world-classfacility,” Baker said.Estepp said Wilson was a

consummate diplomat.“He was a real consensus

builder, and I think that’s veryimportant to have when you’reserving on a legislative body,”Estepp said.Harrison said Wilson was

dedicated to his role as a publicservant.“His sole mission in life was

to serve the people, especiallythose who had been forgotten,”Harrison said. “He was an ex-tremely compassionateperson.”DavidHarrington, president

of the Prince George’s CountyChamber of Commerce, suc-ceededWilson whenWilson leftthe council in 2002.“He was a gentleman first

and foremost, who took seri-ously his duties as a councilman,” he said. “I hope he’ll al-ways be remembered as a per-son who put the needs of thecounty and of his constituentsfirst.”

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Marvin F. Wilson is sworn into office for his first full term on Dec. 5, 1994.

n April production willengage children through

song, interaction


As a jazz singer and per-former,NattiWright hadno ideashe would one day use her mu-sic to teach children the benefitsof exercise and a healthy diet.Now, the Bowie resident saysher musical background pre-pared her for one of the greatestprojects of her life.“I had wonderful plans for

a jazz career, but sometimesblessings come in differentways,”Wright said. “I kindof feelas though the different styles ofmusic I studiedwere all in prep-aration for this.”Wright, 52, is the creator of

“My Little World,” an educa-tional music series she said thatelementary school teachers canpurchase and use to teach fun-damental academic and health-related skills in a funway.A former childcare center

manager and classically-trainedmusician, Wright said she no-ticed children were easily boredwith traditional nursery rhymesor alphabet songs. Her versionof the ABC’s is set to AfricanCongomusic.“Young children are inun-

dated with music, and whenthey come topreschool, it’s kindof dumbed down — [with edu-cators] not realizing [they] havecomplex rhythms and complexmelodies in their head,” shesaid. “I thought, let me take thisas far as I can, letme see how farI can gowith this.”Last year, Wright compiled

her characters, songs and les-sons into a theater productioncalled “Your Heart Jumps to theBeat,” whichwillmake itsMary-land debut at the Bowie Centerfor Performing Arts in April.Wright said “Your Heart

Jumps to the Beat” will be aninteractive performance, allow-ing children to exercise with themusic andmovewith the actors.

She enlisted thehelpof local art-ists— such as Kelsey Collie, for-mer dean of fine arts at HowardUniversity — to help guide theplay’s artistic direction.Wright recruited about a

dozen local residents, includingstudents from Bowie area highschools andBowie StateUniver-sity, to help her bring characterssuchas “Dr.Thumpabump”and“Mr. Learner” to life.“Jordy is a boy who is very

hungry, but doesn’t eat break-fast, and who wants to learnhow to count,” said StephenRobinson, 16, of Bowie, abouthis character in the production.“With the help of friends fromhis school, he learns how tocount and learns his colors.”Stephen said he met Wright

while Christmas caroling at herhome andwas excitedwhen sheasked him to join the cast.“It’s been a great experience

and it opened up doors and ithas been a good chance to getsome exposure,” said Stephen,who wants to study music incollege.Another cast member —

Jordan Williams, 17, of Lanham—said it was a bit of a challengeto fall into her character.“[My character, Terri,] is a

brainiac, so basically she knowseverything about everything,”Jordan said. “When we firststarted I felt a little nervous [to]pull out an inner child. But I feellike it helps to be yourself moreand be silly and fun.”Collie of Washington, D.C.,

startedHoward’s children’s the-atre program in 1973 and saidmusic, theatrics and interactiv-ity are a winning combinationfor educational success amongyoung children.“One of the things we’ve

learned from Sesame Street andthings like that is kids learn veryquickly through things like that.I just knew this would work,”Collie said. “Natii is a very tal-ented young woman. She’s verytalented and she has a greatbusiness sense. ”

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n Council addition seeks tofocus on garden projects,sustainable development

BY ALICE POPOVICISTAFFWRITER

Jacqlyn Riposo said sheplans to bring more small busi-nesses to Mount Rainier nowthat she is a member of the CityCouncil.

Riposo, 30, was appointedto represent Ward 1 on Jan. 20after councilman Jimmy Tarlauwas elected as one of the twostate delegates for District 47.She was sworn in to the councilon Tuesday.

Riposo said shewill serve theremainder of Tarlau’s term be-fore running for office again inthe city’s local elections inMay.

“My goal is to help attractsmall businesses and helpsmall businesses really makeit through the redevelopmentthat Mount Rainier is goingthrough,” said Riposo, who de-scribes herself as an advocatefor sustainable communityproj-

ects. “It’s a really exciting timeto serve.”

Riposo said her goals in-clude working on developingthe 3200 block of Rhode IslandAvenue into awalkable, sustain-able, mixed-use area that willcomplement Mount Rainier’svibrant art community. She saidother projects include bringingan educational garden to a parknear Thomas Stone ElementarySchool and bringing a farmer’smarket to the city this summer.

Riposo said she also wantstowork on attracting small busi-nesses to Queen’s Chapel Road.

Mimi McKindley-Ward ofMount Rainier said she couldsee Riposo’s leadership poten-tial as soon as they startedwork-ing together on the communitygarden. When the group ofabout 20 community memberswere looking for someone to co-ordinate their work,McKindley-Ward said Riposo volunteeredfor the job.

“She knows how to synthe-size various ideas that peopleput out so that everyone feelsthat they’re heard,” she said.“She’s just on top of the laun-

dry list of things that need to bedone.”

As coordinator of the com-munity garden, McKindley-Ward said Riposo is a skilledleader who solves problems anddelegates tasks to keep the op-eration running smoothly.

In addition her involvementin community projects, Riposoworks full-time as a public pol-icy specialist at theAmericanAs-sociation of Blood Banks and isstudying for her MBA at GeorgeWashingtonUniversity.

Mount Rainier Mayor Ma-linda Miles said she is lookingforward to working with Riposo.

Miles said Riposo has astrong presence in the commu-nity and takesher time research-ing issues.

“She has some of the samevalues I have with regard tokeepingour footprint onMotherEarth very small,” Miles said.“I’m going to be very interestedin watching her grow and helpmove our city forward.”

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Jacqlyn Riposo (left) is sworn in Tuesday as a Mount Rainier Ward 1 council member by Mayor Malinda Miles.

n Hogan plan could cutbaseline budget amount

BYDEIDREMCPHILLIPS

CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE

A provision in a state stat-ute guarantees that each ofMaryland’s community col-leges receives no less than itdid the prior year, but Gov.Larry Hogan’s proposed bud-get for the 2016 fiscal year in-cludes plans to reverse that.

Under the current for-mula, fundinganddistributionof aid for community collegesis tied to per-student fundingreceived by University Systemof Maryland schools, whichare set to receive the largestincrease — $15.5 million or1.3 percent — in higher edu-cation dollars inHogan’s 2016budget.

The state’s 16 communitycolleges, which educate morethan 500,000 students, are notpart of the University Systemof Maryland, which is madeup of public, four-year insti-tutions.

Hogan’s budget cuts theformula’s baseline amount,resulting in an $800,000 de-crease in year-over-year di-rect state aid to communitycolleges, and his Budget Rec-onciliation and Financing Actof 2015, if approved by thelegislature, would not allowlegislators to make up the dif-ference.

The act, reflected in Ho-gan’s 2016 fiscal year bud-get, also restricts community

college revenue growth to 1percentage point less thanthe percentage growth of thestate’s overall fund revenueseach year.

The governor is underpressure tomake up for antic-ipated shortfalls of hundredsof millions of dollars, and inhis 2016 budget all state agen-cies are expected to makecuts.

The proposed cuts tocommunity colleges come ata time when exactly the op-posite is needed, said BarbaraViniar, president of Chesa-peake College.

“We serve the hardest-to-serve students, expandingthe idea of college for under-served populations,” Viniarsaid. “As public support goesdown, the cost to studentsgoes up.”

Community colleges arefunded largely through stateand local governments andtuition.

Community college trainsstudents for careers in fields,like healthcare, that provide astrong return on investmentfor communities, she said.

Viniar said communitycolleges need more moneyto develop programs to staycompetitive and attractive tostudents.

“We built our budget as-suming it would be flat,” shesaid. “But it seems we aresqueezed on both sides.”

Chesapeake College plansto cut somemaintenance andrepair projects, large technol-ogy projects and a new posi-

tion that would support thecollege’s dual enrollment pro-gram, a growing and impor-tant initiative that encourageshigh school students to focuson higher education early on,she said.

“But what we don’t wantto do is pass more of the coston to the students,” said Vi-niar, as tuitions have alreadyseen increases in recent years.“When you are paying yourown way, even $15 more for acourse means a lot.”

Acting Secretary of theMaryland Higher EducationCommission Jennie Hunter-Cevera, a member of Hogan’scabinet, said her group isworking on an internal effec-tiveness and efficiency reviewto ensure budget dollars arebeing used the best they can.

“Education is changing,especially higher education,”said Hunter-Cevera. “[Tu-ition] is a moving target, somuch of it depending on theeconomy. Going forward,we have to focus on regionalneeds and formulas thatmatch the needs that we’reseeing from the students.”

Hunter-Cevera said sheknows from experience thatthere is no “one-size-fits-allapproach” to higher educa-tion.

Hunter-Cevera said thatshe plans to collect and ana-lyze the best practices fromteachers, parents, programmodels, and other expertsfrom across the state andcountry to help Marylandcontinue as the leader in edu-cation standards.

In a Jan. 29 presenta-tion to the House Ways andMeans Committee, BernardJ. Sadusky, secretary andexecutive director for theMaryland Association ofCommunity Colleges, saidthat as the main driver forworkforce development inthe state, the association isdedicated to ensuring thatcommunity college studentsare educated for all the jobsthat Maryland has to offer.

College funds may get reduced

n Eighth-grader wantsto pass on experiencefrom expedition abroad

BY EMILIE SHAUGHNESSY

STAFFWRITER

Bowie eighth-grader Ken-nedy Nash doesn’t just want tobring home a souvenir from herupcoming spring break trip toSpain, shehopes to gain culturalinsights shecan incorporate intoSpanish language lessons forhomeless women and children.

The Samuel Ogle MiddleSchool student has been study-ing Spanish since she was a tod-dler and hopes to pass on herknowledge at a homeless shelterin Washington, D.C., this sum-mer, she said.

That’swhere a study-abroadtrip organized by one of her fa-vorite teachers comes in.

“I just like learning aboutSpanish culture because it’s re-ally different from our culture— it’s so many different placesand different types of food,”said Kennedy, 13. “I just want tolearn new things and explore alittle more and bring it all backand show and teach the kids [atthe shelter] when I come back.”

Around 20 students andchaperones have committed tothe Spain trip in April, whichwill be the seventh voyagePedroGonzalez of Annapolis has led toSpanish-speaking countries.

“Señor Gonzalez,” as hisstudents call him, is a Span-ish teacher at Ogle who likes tomake lessons interactive andfun — such as ordering lunch

from Chipotle in Spanish, hesaid.

Gonzalez’s spring breakstrips started with just a handfulof participants who wanted togain a first-hand experience ofSpanish culture.

“I thinkkids thesedaysdon’thave a real view of what goes onin other countries. The mainidea was for kids to have amoreglobal view of what goes on inother countries instead of read-ing it in a book,” Gonzalez said.“Every country we go to the stu-dents learn to exchange money,they order all their food in Span-ish and they can ask some ques-tions in Spanish.”

Gonzalez organizes the tripsthrough a private educationaltravel company, so participantslike Kennedy are responsiblefor providing the approximate$2,900 in travel costs.

Kennedy said she launchedon online fundraiser to raisemoney for the April trip andhas reached nearly half her goalwith donations from individu-als as well as a Spanish blog thatagreed to help fund her trip.

Kennedy’s mother, DawnRidley, said her daughter hasbeen vigilant in updating herfundraising page and writingthank-you letters to supporters.

“She’s been able to handle alot of the outreach and commu-nication independently,” Ridleysaid. “It’s a big step to let yourkid go to Europe without you,but I think itwill be a big step forher. She’s probably as excitedabout coming back andworkingwith the [homeless] kids as she isabout going, and I like that.”

Kennedy said she became

passionate about assistinghomeless and disadvantagedindividuals in her communityafter participating in a humani-tarian aid trip to Puerto Rico lastyear.

“We went there to give topeople who are less fortunatethan us, so I took back that Ishould be grateful for what Ihave,” she said.

Ajay Bhatt, 17, of Bowie saidhe traveled to Spain with Gon-zalez while a student at SamuelOgle and will be accompany-ing the group during the springbreak trip this year.

The Bowie High School stu-dent said he still remembershow the trip impacted him as amiddle school student.

“I thinkmy favorite part wasjust how different it was com-pared to the United States,” hesaid. “The architecturewas defi-nitely something I took note of.There’s a lot more art that goesinto how people live their livesthere, it seems like.”

Kennedy, who hopes to be-come a kindergarten teacher,said she doesn’t plan on tak-ing her future students on anystudy-abroad trips, but hopes toincorporate someof the creativeteaching techniquesmodeledbyGonzalez.

“He uses cool methods toteach and it’s more interac-tive and fun for us,” she said. “Iwould try tomake it fun.”

View Kennedy’s webpageat www.gofundme.com/funds-gofun.

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n Former professionalplayer shooting

international documentary

BY JAMIE

ANFENSON-COMEAU

STAFFWRITER

Mongolia is known for itsplains and steppes and horseriding tradition, but Hyattsvilleresident Boe Leslie is travel-ing to Mongolia in the hopes itwill one day be known for icehockey.

“Our goal is to give bothkids and coaches of Mongoliaan experience they’ve neverhad before. To the best of ourknowledge, we are the firstprofessional coaches who havecome towork locally with kids,”Leslie said.

Leslie, his brother, NateLeslie, and a small team willtravel to Mongolia late Febru-ary to teach ice hockey, andthey plan to make a documen-tary out of the experience, ten-tatively entitled “Ice at the Endof the Earth.”

The goal, Leslie said, is tohelp establish ice hockey in acountry where the sport hasstruggled, due to lack of fa-cilities and equipment, despitesome dedicated volunteers.

In 2014, Mongolia wasranked 49th — dead last — inthe rankings for the Interna-tional Ice Hockey Federation,the worldwide body governingice hockey.

“We wanted to do all wecould for them and started of-fering all of our coaching men-torship manuals pro bono tothem to help grow the greatgame of hockey in Mongolia,”Leslie said.

Jeff Halpern of Bethesda,who played for the WashingtonCapitals from 1999-2006 andagain from 2011-2012, said hefound out about the proposallast fall.

Halpern said ice hockey isa growing sport, but that many

countries don’t have the coach-ing or facilities to support a pro-gram.

“I think that when you’reable to reach another part ofthe world with a new sport, it’sa very special opportunity,”Halpern said.

Leslie said he and hisbrother, both former profes-sional hockey players, werecontacted by the president ofMongolia’s ice hockey federa-tion, Purevdavaa “Pujee” Choi-jiljav, regarding online trainingmaterials.

Leslie andhis brother begana $20,000 Kickstarter campaignonline to raise funds and equip-ment for a trip to Mongolia, tohold an ice hockey camp forchildren and coaches, as wellas to pay for a cameramanand film editor. The group hasraised $23,000.

“We thought the documen-tary would be an ideal way ofmaking people aware of what isgoing on in a remote part of theworld,” Leslie said.

Hudson Akarlilar, 8, ofNew York and his mother, whoknow Leslie through his hockeycamps, have begun their owncampaign to raise hockey sup-

plies and funds for the project.“We thought, given that

we have so much exposure tohockey here, why don’t we askif people have equipment todonate?” said Tracei Akarlilar,adding they have received sup-plies and funding from hockeygroups in their area. “We havebeen so pleasantly surprised bythe responsewe’ve received. It’sbeen absolutely amazing.”

Leslie said his group willleave in late February, wherethey will run a one-week campafter school andon theweekendfor children ages eight to 17 andmentorship for coaches.

He said he hopes the experi-ence will help Mongolia furtherdevelop the sport.

“We hope we can share ourlove and compassion for thegame and pass on that love aswell,” Leslie said. “We also wantto work with their local coachesand help them develop theirprogram as well.”

To learn more about theproject, or to donate, visit onlinewww.lgsportsamerica.com.

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FROM BOE LESLIE

Boe Leslie of Hyattsville with his son, Kailen, at the National Gallery of ArtSculpture Garden Ice Rink in Washington, D.C., will be teaching hockey inMongolia later this month.

n Student founded, leadsher own dance company

BY KIRSTEN PETERSENSTAFFWRITER

Earning a diploma maybe the ultimate achievementafter four years in high school,but when Angelita Pollard, 17,of Upper Marlboro graduatesthis May, she’ll be celebratingonemore— founding a thriv-ing dance company.

Angelita, a senior atBishopMcNamara High School inForestville, decided to startXtra Productions Dance Com-pany in May 2012 as a way toreunite her peers from a for-mer dance studio.

“Themost important thingis the love of dance I had andwanting to share my love ofdance with others who alsohad that same passion,” An-gelita said. “That allowed meto have the drive to keep goingand not accept defeat as theanswer.”

Angelita reached out tofamilymembers and acquain-tances and by June 2012 sherecruited 11 girls.

“By doing that it helpedme strengthen friendships Ididn’t even know existed,”Angelita said.

The District Heights stu-dio took off from there andhas since grown in size andevolved in technique, Angelitasaid. The company, whichboasts close to 30 members,specializes in hip-hop dance.

“I think it’s a great expe-rience because even thoughI have this authoritative rolewithin the company, the girlslook tome as a dance teacher,but also as a friend,” Angelitasaid. “They respect me onboth levels which is amazing.”

Dancers pay fees, whichgo toward studio and costumerentals.

LaTwanda Cato, 50, ofSpringdale,whose 15-year-olddaughter is a company mem-ber, said Angelita’s leadershipstyle and the familial atmo-sphere she creates has helpedthe company succeed.

“She’s assertive, but notdemeaning in any kind ofway,” Cato said. “It’s all aboutthe girls putting forth theirbest and they have fun.”

DaKiya Lambert, 33, of

Clinton, one of Angelita’s for-mer dance teachers, said herpupil has matured since sheformed Xtra Productions.

“She’s still very humble,focused on her grades and stillmaintaining a good quality oflife with her family,” Lambertsaid. “She’s aminimogul.”

Xtra Productions has per-formed at high schools, com-munity centers, the PrinceGeorge’s County Fair and SixFlags America in Largo, An-gelita said, but Saturdaywill bethe first time the company isputting on two performancesof its annual showcase.

The show, titled “HighSchool 101: Senior Edition,”will celebrate Angelita and thecompany’s graduating seniorswith a variety of dance and vo-cal performances.

“High School 101: SeniorEdition” performances willtake place at 2 and 7 p.m. Feb.7 at the Bishop McNamaraFine Arts Theater, located at6800 Marlboro Pike in For-estville. Admission is $12 andticket sales will support An-gelita’s college fund.

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Angelita Pollard (right), 17, of Upper Marlboro practices Saturday at her District Heights dance studio withNyah Drummond, 18, of Bowie.

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Capacity, or SRC, and Kenmoorat 55 percent of its SRC, saidJohndel Jones-Brown, directorof pupil accounting and bound-aries.

Claggett is also one of theschool system’s worst-perform-ing schools, with less than halfits students scoring proficientor higher on the Maryland StateAssessments, or MSA, and theMaryland State Departmentof Education has directed theschool system to address its de-ficiencies, Jones-Brown said.

“The option the school sys-temhas chosen is todiscontinueits use,” Jones-Brown said.

Students currently attend-ing the schools will instead be

assigned to District Heights Ele-mentary or John Bayne Elemen-tary in Capitol Heights. Bothschools are approximately onemile away fromClaggett.

In contrast, Kenmoor’s lat-est MSA scores, 76.5 percentin reading and 67.9 percent inmath, arehigher than the schoolKenmoor’s students would betransferred to, William Paca El-ementary of Landover, where68.1 percent were at least profi-cient in readingand57.1percentwere at least proficient inmath.

“William Paca will be over-crowded. My kid could neverget the education there he couldget fromKenmoor Elementary,”said parentWayne Knox.

William Paca would be at95 percent capacity with theaddition of the Kenmoor stu-dents and the relocation of its

sixth grade to Kenmoor MiddleSchool, Jones-Brown said.

Kenmoor’s population hastaken a decline after the dis-solution in 2012 of its Talentedand Gifted center program andthe closure of the nearby Glena-rdenApartment complex, Jones-Brown said.

At the same time, the countyhas a great need for anotherEarly ChildhoodCenter, or ECC,in the north part of the county.ECCs provide preschool educa-tion for childrenages two to fourwith developmental delays.

Two of the county’s ECCs,Frances Fuchs in Beltsville andH. Winship Wheatley in CapitolHeights are both overcapacity,andusemore than30 temporarybuildings to compensate, Jones-Brown said.

“The position of Kenmoor is

very attractive in terms of reliev-ing the overcrowding that cur-rently occurs at Frances Fuchsand Wheatley,” Jones-Brownsaid. “Also, the [Kenmoor] de-sign mirrors that of Fuchs, so itwould be especially suitable asan Early Childhood Center.”

Knox said the addition ofearly childhood students fromacross the county would createmore traffic inhisneighborhooddue to the increasednumbers ofstudents coming from outsidethe neighborhood.

“When these people [comeinto] yourneighborhood, you’vegot to fight back,” Knox said.

The school board is ex-pected to vote on the CEO’s rec-ommended changes Feb. 12.

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knelt in the doorway, he said hecould hear awoman’s voice say-ing, “Helpme.”He saidheheardWilliams instructing the womanto crawl on the floor, and whenshe collapsed after a few steps,he said Williams crawled insideand pulled her out.

Holloway said he reachedinside to help Williams, as JuanThorpe, chief foreman with theBerwyn Heights Department ofPublic Works, stepped in andhelped them bring Norma Ha-thcock down the front steps ofthe home.

“I was just coming down thestreet. I looked over and saw thefire coming out the window,”said Thorpe, 46, of Bowie. “I just

ran up to help them.”Brady said the fire was

started by a cigarette that hadnot been properly discarded,and caused $75,000 worth ofdamage to the home. He saidthe house did not have workingsmoke alarms.

Brady said cigarettes mustbe extinguished in a containerthat has sand or water.

“I cannot think of a more

important fixture to have inyour house other than a smokealarm,” Brady said.

Arthur Hathcock, who livesin the neighborhood, said he’sgrateful the men were able tostep in to help his father andhis sister. He said he, NormaHathcock and their brother,Charles Hathcock, grew up inthe house.

“I’m pretty thankful that

they were nearby and knewwhat to do,” said Hathcock, 68.

Each of the men said theydid not want publicity, and in-sisted that credit be given to theothers.

“Somebody needed help,”Thorpe said. “Somebody hadto help them.”

Chief Kenneth Antolik withthe Berwyn Heights Police De-partment said he commends

all of the residents for their ac-tions, adding that it speaks toBerwyn Heights being a tightlyknit community where peoplehelp each other.

“When I heard about neigh-bors coming together, includ-ing our employee, it doesn’tsurprise me,” he said. “It wasvery brave of them.”

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donations to Special Olympics.“There’s so much wind. I’m

looking at the water and I’m like,oh God, please please no,” saidIsabel Montero, a freshman at

Bowie High School, before theplunge. “But it’s for a goodcause,so I’ll do it.”

Between Bowie High andNorthwestern High School ofHyattsville, around 40 studentsraised approximately $6,000 forSpecialOlympics.

“It gets easier each year to

raisemoney,” said Shayla String-field, a senior at Northwesternwhoparticipated inCool Schoolsfor the fourth time this year. “Ev-ery year it gets better. I love it. Iwould say five seconds after youget out of the water your bodygoes completely numb.”

The entire event raised

around $230,000, which sur-passed the Cool School goal of$200,000, said Jason Schriml,a Special Olympics Marylandspokesman. Schriml said theevent grew in popularity over thepast six years

“It’s amazing you can acti-vate so many young people into

this kind of action. It speaks wellfor them, but it also speaks wellfor Special Olympics as well,” hesaid. “I’m just grateful we haveyoung people willing to stand upand support their student whohave intellectual disabilities.”

Schriml said the funds raisedthrough the Cool School event

and other “polar plunges” rep-resent about a third of SpecialOlympicsMaryland’sbudgetandwill go toward providing sportsprogramsfreeofcharge forMary-land studentswith disabilities.

RogerBrowofBowie, a spon-sor for the BowieHigh team, saidhis family has been participat-ing in Special Olympics polarplunges since 2010 and said hisson,Gregory,plungedfor thefifthtime Friday. Brow’s 19-year-olddaughter, Heather, is a SpecialOlympics athlete who has com-peted in the organizations swim-ming andbowlingprograms.

Brow said he wishes moreschools from Prince George’sCounty would participate in theCool Schools challenge.

“Maybe the cold water is justnot their thing,” he said of theschools that did not participate.“I don’t encourage jumping intothe cold water for anything otherthan the Special Olympics, butit’s amazing what it triggers. Ittriggers a wave of unbelievabletogetherness and the feeling ofdoing it foragreatercause. I thinkit’s great.”

The approximate 2,000 par-ticipating students gathered ontheSandyPointbeach justbeforenoononFriday,posedforagroupphoto and sang the national an-them before the stroke of noonlaunched a mad dash into thewater.

Friends and team sponsorswere ready with warm sweat-shirts and towels.

“I’m so freezing. I can’t feelanything below my waist,”said first-time plunger HongNhan,16, of Bowie. “It was sucha great experience. I definitelywant to do it again next year.”

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Wayne Knox, a former student at Kenmoor Elementary with two childrencurrently attending the school, spoke out against the school system’s planto turn the elementary school into an early childhood center during a Jan. 28boundaries public meeting.

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Eleanor Roosevelt High inGreenbelt (88.3), Gwynn ParkHigh in Brandywine (87.2) andCharles H. Flowers High in Up-perMarlboro (86.4).

Thegraduation rate increasein Prince George’s County wasalso seen across major race cat-egories: Black graduation ratesincreased from 76.1 percent in2013 to 78.6 percent in 2014,

Hispanic graduation rates in-creased from 60.8 percent in2013 to 65.6 percent in 2014 andwhitegraduation rates increasedfrom81.0 percent in 2013 to 82.0percent in 2014.

Graduation rates for PrinceGeorge’s students receiving freeor reduced meals, or FARMS,increased from 71.5 percent in2013 to 73.3 percent in 2014.Statewide graduation rates forFARMS students were similar,from75.8 percent in 2013 to 77.8percent in 2014.

Joan Ogburn-Hyson, presi-dent of the Prince George’sCounty PTA Council, said shebelieves the increase comesfrom long-standing collabora-tion between parents, teachersand the community.

“Parents are stressing theimportance of being preparedfor the future and discussinggraduation with their childrenat a younger age, and prepara-tion for college,” Ogburn-Hysonsaid. “We should continue towork together to increase this

number, and here in PrinceGeorge’s county, work to con-tinue toprepareour students forcollege and/or careers.”

Prince George’s County Ex-ecutive Rushern L. Baker III (D)congratulated Maxwell and theschool board for the achieve-ment.

“Two years ago, we madesomebold anddeliberatemovesthat were intended to improveour schools by improving aca-demic achievement so that keydata points such as graduation

and drop-out rates would in-crease,” Baker said in an e-mail,referencing a 2013 law whichallowed the county executiveto appoint the school boardchair and CEO. “Today, we areseeing the tangible results ofthose changes and our schoolsystem, board leadership, prin-cipals, teachers and supportstaff throughout the county,and most importantly, our stu-dents and their parents shouldbe proud of their hard work tomove us forward.”

The county’s dropout ratealso decreased, from 18.5 per-cent in 2013 to 16.7 percent in2014, although it is almost dou-ble the state dropout rate of 8.4percent, which dropped from9.4 percent in 2013.

“It was a good drop, butthere’s obviously still a lot ofwork to do, so we’re going tokeep working on it,” Maxwellsaid.

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Webb said, adding that the proximity of theMARC train stop in downtown Laurel is a bigdraw for prospective tenants. “People are re-ally loving thewalkability—theCityof Laurelhas done a really great job bringing life backtoMain Street.”

Alicia Fields with the City of Laurel’s Of-fice of Economic Development said the in-creased foot traffic fromthebuildingwill helpsupport existing Main Street businesses andprovide an incentive for future businesses tomove in. She said the city, which has beentrying to stimulate economic developmentby offering financial incentives to small busi-nesses, saw 20 new businesses move in dur-ing 2014.

“We’re really looking forward to the lo-cal residents and the increased foot trafficon Main Street,” Fields said. “That gives useven more incentive to boost our eateriesand restaurants and coffee shops.”

Chelsea Sarkady of Laurel, whoworks atBasket Treats on Main Street, said she hasbeen following the progress of the buildingas she comes to work at the shop each day,and is excited about the potential for morebusiness onMain Street.

“It’ll help the community,” she said.But others aren’t as enthusiastic.“We’ve got toomuch around here,” said

Sharon Loan of Laurel, who works at Out-back Saddlery on Main Street and has livedin the city all her life. “It’s kind of hard tosee new things come into an old town.”

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Largo-based domestic violence nonprofitCommunity Advocates for Family and Youth issponsoring a student art contest that showcasesthe plight of persons affected by domestic violenceand crime.

“Show us how you define a survivor,” reads acontest flyer from the organization.

The contest offers a $100 first place prize and isopen to all Prince George’s County middle school

and high school students.There weremore than 7,000 domestic violence

incidents in Prince George’s County last year, ac-cording todata fromthecountypolicedepartment.

Community Advocates works to raise aware-ness about local crimes andprovide support to sur-vivors, said Arleen Joell, CAFY’s executive director.

For more information and contest guide-lines, email [email protected] or visit www.pgcncvrw.weebly.com.

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Elected officials’ use of credit cardshas been like bad plumbing: every timePrince Georgians thought the problemwas fixed, another leak seemed to pop up.

Many remember the audit of thePrince George’s County school boardin 2000, when lax accounting andwide-spread abuse of expense accounts were

revealed.Questionssurfacedabout someboardmem-bers chargingitems thatdid not ap-pear to be re-lated to their

board duties, overspending and usingfunds for items that could be consideredcampaign related.

Then, in 2006, TheWashington Postidentified credit card violations by then-county executive Jack Johnson and a fewcouncil members. In some cases, officialswere late reimbursing—or failed to reim-burse all together— the county for per-sonal expenses they charged.

In 2013, Carletta Fellows resignedfrom the school board shortly after havingher county-issued credit card revoked forreportedly using it on utility bills.

And just a fewmonths ago, in Octo-ber, the school board came under firewhen the Post revealed boardmembers’use of board-issued cards formeals. ViceChairwomanCarolynM. Boston (Dist.6), for example, charged a total of $190 inone day for a lunch and dinner.While thecharges were allowed— credit card use ispermitted for expenses related to boardduties, to include workingmeals— thepurchases understandably raised ques-tions about spending responsibly. A statelegislator has sincemade a proposal toban giving credit cards to school boardmembers.

Fortunately, the school board didn’twait for this issue to drag out on a statestage. The board voted at its Jan. 22meet-ing to change an amendment to ban thecredit card use and plans tomake a finalvote on the decision Feb. 12.

“I think that doing this is the abso-lute right thing to do and I always have,regardless ofmedia coverage.We don’tneed [the cards], and the public has highexpectations,” board Chairman SegunEubanks said before the vote.

He’s right. It’s the right thing to doand it should have been done long ago.The County Council eliminated creditcards for elected officials shortly after theembarrassing revelations in 2011. It’s ashame the school board didn’t follow suitat the time, but it’s better late than never.

And it’s commendable that the boardwent a step further to limit the number ofweeklymeals for which boardmemberscould be reimbursed and placed pricecaps on themeals.

We applaud the school board for ad-dressing this issue that has lingered forat least 15 years. Hopefully, officials willlikewise keep a critical eye on reimburse-ments and other financial requests byofficials to ensure the public’s high stan-dards continue to bemet.

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OUROPINION LET TERS TOTHEEDITOR

If Carl C.K. Bronner’s letter to this newspa-per [“Lowered voting age: ‘Themost ridiculous,hairbrained idea,” Jan. 22] decrying the notion ofextending the voting franchise to people as youngas 16 years of age is an example of how oldervoters think and express their opinions, then Iwould support 16-year-old suffrage any day ofthe week.Mr. Bronner’s letter was ladenwith in-sults, not only against potential young voters (“ig-noramuses and other imbeciles,” an “ignorant,whimsicalmajority”), but even against currentAmerican voters (“among the least read and theleast informed of all the voters in this era of tech-nology and computers”). It makes onewonderwhy he votes at all (if he does).

As onewho teaches graduate-level courses to

young people, I think extending the voting fran-chise to teenagers is a healthy idea. Young peoplehave their whole lives ahead of them and aremotivated to create a better world for themselvesto inhabit. My experience as an educator informsme that, as a consequence, young people gener-ally think very seriously about world events andhave very good ideas to consider. Also, they arenot so tarnished by the slings and arrows of ex-perience and the disappointments of old age thatlead some adult voters to think and vote narrowlyand pessimistically.

Maybe it’s time to let young people drive thetrain that they, too, are riding into the future.

Steven A. Glazer, Bowie

Let youths have input in their future

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The Hyattsville City Council voted unanimously Jan. 20 to lower the voting age in city elections from 18 to 16 years old, which has spurred debate in the county.

With regard to themove to open voting to16- and 17-year-olds:Will these newly empow-eredminors so eager to embrace adult respon-sibilities also face adult charges if andwhenthey run afoul of the law?

Or will they then be children once again,and subject to lighter penalties due to their im-maturity?

Paul Cooper, University Park

Adult decisionswithout adult

penalties?

The condition of the National Park Service’s(NPS) Baltimore-Washington Parkway has be-come increasingly appalling, resembling a ThirdWorld roadway (I say this as a native of a ThirdWorld country), particularly through P.G. County.Those of us who live near it and use it frequentlyare well aware of the numerous potholes, how-ever, that is a subject for a future letter.

In this case, the subject concerns the dis-gusting amount of garbage strewn continuouslyalong the shoulders and ramps, particularly thesegment betweenD.C. and the beltway. TheNPS’website calls the parkway the “Scenic Entry to theNation’s Capitol.”

Scenic?More like revolting and shameful! Ifyou haven’t noticed then justmake it a point topay attentionwhen you drive the parkway, oreven any local roadway for thatmatter!

Last year about this time, I wrote our localcounty and state representatives concerning thisissue; of course, a reply was never received andobviously no action has been taken. Some of usrecall the “Keep America Beautiful” campaign ofthe ’60s and ’70s as well as the “$500 Fine for Lit-tering” signs along our roadways. It is well pasttime to clean up the embarrassing and shamefulcondition of the parkway and return to penalizingthose who show complete disregard for, and con-tinue to litter, our roadways. A hefty fine and aweek picking up garbage would be a nice start!

John Pedersoli, Greenbelt

Gorgeous Prince George’s? Not along the parkway

Why is this nation stuck withthe 9.5-month school calendar thathas been proven to have a deleteri-ous effect onacademicoutcomes asa result of the2.5-monthsummerhiatus?Whydo teachersspendweekseach year re-establishingbasic class-room routines and reviewing con-cepts that have been forgotten overthe summer?

Two reasons stand out.

First, during the Agrarian Age—pre-dating the Industrial Age—farmers really did need children tohelp tend the crops on the familyfarm during the summer.

Second, human beings haveproven curiously resistant to chang-ing long-practiced, traditional be-haviors.

Our current school calendar wasnever predicated on the assumptionof optimal learning conditions forstudents.

At the dawn of the Age of In-formation, one can only hope thatdecisions about our school calendarwill be grounded firmly on the con-cept of learning outcomes ratherthan economic considerations of

private enterprise.Here in Prince George’s County,

the education community has beencoping with the rigors of the ex-ternally imposed testing regimen,in part, by opening schools priorto Labor Day. The extra days ofinstruction have yielded dividendsin improved performance on thefederally mandated statewide as-sessments.

It was a local strategy that hasborne fruit. Some percentage of ourincrease in test scores can be di-rectly attributed to the extra instruc-tional time beforeMarch “Testing”Madness begins.

Most educators concludedlong ago that standardized assess-

ments are (how can this be phrasedkindly?) less-than-idealmeasures ofstudent growth. However, as long assomuch rides on those results, theeducation communitymust be free,locally, to implement any calendarthat prevents the loss of resourcesfor the schools.

Compelling all schools systemstomove opening until after LaborDay is terrible public policy formany reasons, not the least of whichis once again reducing the role ofchildren to chattel for the labormills.

Kenneth B. Haines of Beltsville isthe president of the Prince George’sCounty Educators’ Association.

Don’t push back the start of the school year

COMMENTARYKENNETH HAINES

It is well past time to clean upthe embarrassing and shameful

condition of the parkway.

WSSC’s FY 2016 budget (effective July 1, 2015)is now available for review. (WSSC is our bi-county water and sewer utility.)

It includes a 1 percent rate increase and anadditional $11 in fixed fees. [A public hearingis] scheduled for Feb. 5 in Largo. Formore info:

http://www.wsscwater.com.According toWSSC projections, over the

next six years operating expenses will increase35 percent even though usage is not expected toincrease. Part of this is debt payments, which areexpected to increase by 42 percent; $1.3 billion in

new debt is projected over the next three years.It’s hard to imagine that these increases are

sustainable—or even necessary.Maybe it’s timefor someone to take a good hard look atWSSC’sfinances.

Sue LaCourse, Laurel

Dive into the water and sewer utility’s budget

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n Falcons’ No. 1 had hand in team’s 54 pointsscored at 2014 county meet

BY JENNIFER BEEKMANSTAFFWRITER

The Central High School girls swim team scored a com-bined twopoints at PrinceGeorge’s County champion-shipmeets from 2010-13, and even in 2009 the Falcons

onlymustered15. So, imagine coaches’ andathletes’ surpriselast winter when all of a sudden a freshman from the CapitolHeights school was winning races against their teams.

Behind two fifth-place finishes from current sophomoreShenteia Fryer in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events and11th- and 12th-place results by Fryer-led 200 and 400 free-style relays, Central scored 54 points at the 2014 countymeetto earns 12th place out of 20 teams. It was the Falcons’ bestresult since theyfinished seventh in 2006with 106points andthefirst time since then that they scoredmore than33points.

Fryer said she aims tobuild onher results fromayear agoat this year’s county meet, scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday atthe PrinceGeorge’s Sports & Learning Complex in Landover.That, coupled with the improvement of some teammatesover the past year, could help Central creep closer to a returnto the top 10.

“[Fryer] definitely turned heads [last year],” said fourth-year Falcons coach Salim King. “Even though we might lose

a meet she would [most of the time] win both her races and[other teams]would look andbe like, ‘How’d that happen?’ Itdoes help us establish a level of respectability.”

Fryer, who scored all 31 points that placed Central 11that last year’s Class 3A/2A/1A South Region championship,is a sprint freestyler at heart, she said. Propelled by a rapidturnover rate and strong underwater mechanics, King, whohimself swam at Howard University, said Fryer has tremen-dous upside as she continues to build strength on her ap-proximately 5-foot-7 frame.

“She’s about three seconds from having a school pay forher to attend college,” King said. “She’s [almost at the point]where she can actually have the luxury of swimming wher-ever shewants to swim. Iwas talking to [the coachatHoward]and her times right now would put her as one of the betterswimmers on that team.”

That’s a side of swimming King said he hopes Fryer’sabilities can help bring awareness to within the Centralcommunity as heworks to build a program— this year’s ros-ter consists of four boys and eight girls.

“A lot of people get caught up in football and basketballbut a lot of alternative sports provideopportunities if you justcome out of your comfort zone,” King said. “Swimming isn’tthe ‘cool’ sport in an urban community, but there’s moneyavailable for college and you can do a sport you enjoy. That’sone of themain things I preach to the student-athletes.”

Sophomore shines light onCentral swimming


Central High School sophomore Shenteia Fryer will compete in the county meet on Saturday at the Prince George’s Sports & Learning Com-plex in Landover.

n Rivals meet in boysbasketball on Saturday

BY ADAM GUTEKUNST

STAFFWRITER

Nearly two months ago, countyrivals Bowie and Eleanor Roosevelthigh schools met in a Greenbelt gymto continue their premier rivalry.

At 3-1, the Bulldogs were the talkof the 4A heading into the Dec. 18matchup, as they had knocked offWashington Catholic Athletic Confer-ence power St. John’s College to openthe season and followed the win withvictories against Suitland andFlowersbefore falling at the buzzer to Wise.Many thought Cedric Holbrook’steam had solidified themselves as the

team to beat early on.Then there was Brendan

O’Connell’s Raiders, left with just onestarter from the previous season, aseason-opening loss to DeMatha anda near-escape at Suitland just a weekprior.

Bowie was the talk of the town.But 70 free throws, two-plus hoursand a closing defensive stand later, itwas Roosevelt that was still standing,as the Raiders claimed a 61-54 victorythat began to turn the tables in the 4A.

When the county powers meet at5 p.m. Saturday at Northwestern, theroles will be reversed from their firstmeeting. The gamewasmoved toHy-attsville because last year hundredsof fans had to be turned away from

Bowie, Rooseveltswitch up roles

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n Eagles forward averaging20.2 points for basketball team

BY ERIC GOLDWEINSTAFFWRITER

DamiOloyedehadsizeandathlet-icismwhenshewasa freshmanon theHigh Point High School girls basket-ball team. Her skill set, however, waslimited. She had trouble shooting andtaking care of the ball, and because ofthat, she could only play center.

But year by year, Oloyede hasbeen adding to her repertoire. Andthis season, the 5-foot-11 junior hasdeveloped into a multi-position star.Playing center and at both forward

spots, Oloyede has been the primaryscoring option for the Eagles (3-13).She’s averaging 20.2 points— secondbest in PrinceGeorge’s County—andhas hit double figures in all but onegame this season.

“You could see the potential inher. You could see that with work shecould get better,” said seniorMauricaManyan. “... She has drive. She knowswhere she wants to go.”

Oloyede, of Beltsville, said shestarted playing basketball in seventhgrade and used to be part of an ama-teur athletic union team. She’s beenon varsity since she was a freshman

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High Point High School’s Dami Oloyede dribbles during a girls basketball game againstDuVal on Jan. 13 at the Beltsville school.

n Former Wells Ice Arenacoach starts hockey programfor southern Prince George’s

BY PRINCE J. GRIMES

STAFFWRITER

When the 12-year-old son of FortWashington resident Michelle Rob-inson told his mom that he wantedto play ice hockey, Robinson admit-tedly said she did not know the firstplace to look. The mom of four kidsisn’t a stranger to getting her chil-dren involved with athletics; it’s justthat hockey is not as popular a sportin Prince George’s County as othersports.

“I’m like, ‘I have no idea whereyou would go to play hockey,’” Rob-inson said. “I was a little surprised,but I’ve always been the kind of par-ent that wants to expose [my kids] toeverything.”

A long-time supporter of thePrince George’s County Departmentof Parks and Recreation, Robinsoncame across an ad on its website pro-moting an open house at the Tucker

Road Ice Rink in Fort Washington.She took her children to the event,which included a free skating session— and that became the first of manytrips back.

On one of her visits to the rink,Robinson came across a flyer for ahockey class. This was her opportu-nity to get her son, Drew Robinson,involved, so she signed him up. Lit-tle did they know, the instructionalclass wouldmorph into a full-fledgedhockey team known as the TuckerRoadDucks.

The ‘try hockey for free’ programthat Robinson took her son to beganin February of 2014, instructed bySuitland resident Rahman-RahimBa’th. Ba’th had just transferred toTucker Road from the Herbert WellsIce Arena in College Park, where hecoached hockey for about five years.The Maryland-National Capital Parkand Planning Commission asked himto begin and direct a hockey programat his new location, soheput togethera team of young coaches and startedrecruiting kids — girls and boys, ages4 to 18 — anywhere he could find

Tucker Road puts sports on ice

n Riverdale Baptist, Avalon goindependent after collapses

BY ERIC GOLDWEIN

STAFFWRITER

The high school football teamsat Riverdale Baptist School in UpperMarlboro and Avalon School in Gaith-ersburg are independent and searchingfor a new league following the collapsethis winter of the Capital Area FootballConference.

The CAFC — established in 2003,according to its founder, Tal Bayer —included small private schools acrossthe greater Washington, D.C., metro-politan area. Last season it had eightmembers, including Riverdale Baptist,Avalon and Perry Street Prep (D.C).

But the “handwriting was on thewall” once it became apparent thatPerry Street was closing down itsschool, said Tad Shields, Avalon’s chieffinancial officer and former footballcoach.

“Us and Riverdale just decided itwasn’t worth trying to maintain theconference,” Shields said.

“It was amutual thing,” addedCae-sar Nettles, coach of two-time defend-ing CAFC champion Riverdale. “PerryStreetwas goingaway.Avalonwas look-ing to get out … We had already madeour decision.”

Nettles said Riverdale will be in-dependent next season, with gamesscheduled against public and privateschool opponents, including Class2A state champion Douglass (Upper

Marlboro), Avalon, Bullis (Potomac),Georgetown Prep (North Bethesda),McNamara (Forestville), Pallotti (Lau-rel) and Eleanor Roosevelt (Greenbelt).

Settles said he explored joining aconference this season, though didn’tapply aggressively. Next season he saidRiverdalemayapply formembership toan area conference, such as the Mary-land Interscholastic Athletic Associa-tion.

Avalon also will play an indepen-dent schedule. Coach Tyree Spinnersaid its application for the MIAA wasrejected because the approximately100-student all-boys upper schoolwasn’t in close proximity to the confer-ence’s other schools, located in or nearthe Baltimore metropolitan area. Spin-ner said Avalon may apply to join theMIAA again next season, and it also is

looking into joining other conferences,including the Interstate Athletic Con-ference and the Washington CatholicAthletic Conference. But as a smallschool, it might not fit some of their re-quirements, Spinner said.

“At this point hopefully we canbuild a program and the school ... canbe accepted in local conferences,” hesaid.

Shields said the CAFC was split intwo divisions, with Cesar Chavez (D.C.)joining Perry Street, Avalon and River-dale in the more competitive division.Avalon and Riverdale didn’t play teamsfrom theother division,which includedKIPP (D.C.), Model (D.C.), Options(D.C.) and Maryland School for theDeaf (Frederick).

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Riverdale Baptist School’s Rashad Manning sacks Avalon quarterback Isaiah Robinson duringNovember’s Capital Area Football Conference championship game. The conference disbandedthis winter.

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SWIMMING: County championships, 1 p.m. Saturday.Eleanor Roosevelt girls have dominated this meet formore than a decade. Rest of the county tries to end thestreak. Easier said than done.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Douglass at Gwynn Park, 7 p.m.Friday.

Bowie’s small gym.Now it is Roosevelt, winners

of 9 of 10 games since, that hasstaked its claim as the undis-puted best of the league with an11-0 record in a tumultuous 4A.

The key, as opposingcoaches will tell you, is in theRaiders’ discipline.

“That’s kind of just thehallmark of their system,” saidBowie coach Cedric Holbrook.“Their system is a discipline-based system ... they play their

system throughout — win, loseor draw. They’re going to playtheir style of play throughout.They’re going to be consistent.”

The Raiders’ poise and trustin their system has pulled themthrough in a number of tightgames down the stretch thisseason. Four of Roosevelt’s winshavebeenas close asfivepoints,but the Raiders have triumphedby stickingwithwhat they know.

“It’s something we coach,but also the kids have got to buyinto it,” O’Connell said. “That’ssomething you’ve got to workhard at in practice — it justdoesn’t happen on gamenight.”

The teams’ first meeting,just two weeks into the season,had 70 free throw attempts. Astring of missed free throws byRoosevelt in the closingminutesallowed Bowie to pull within apoint. But a late Roosevelt de-fensive stand sealed the mara-thon game.

Whereas the Bulldogs of-fense seemed to click in themidst of their late-game charge,their failure to produce consis-tently throughout the course ofthe game kept them at bay downthe stretch, as Holbrook recalled.That consistency, he said, will bethe key comeSaturday.

“I remember us having alot of mental breakdowns,”the Bulldogs coach said. “Weweren’t hitting shots so we putourselves in a bad situation thatway ... We’re going to have tomatch their consistency withconsistency. That’s the onlyway you’re going to stay in thegame.”

Bowie’s run since the Dec.18 meeting hasn’t been quiteas pristine as their rivals’. TheBulldogs have strung togetheran 8-3 record since the loss, buthave tripped up as of late, losingtwo of their past four, includinga shocking upset at the hands of

High Point on Jan. 20.Still, as O’Connell pointed

out, Bowie’s stable of guards is aformidable group. TheBulldogs’three leading scorers, QuintonDrayton (13.7), Mike Gray (10.6)and Christian Bryant (10.4), allthrive in the up-tempo offense.

“They’ve got a lot of goodguards and depth with theirbackcourt,” O’Connell said.“That’s something we’ve alwaysgot to be ready for.”

The Raiders, as efficient asthey are in their half-court sets,have the pieces to match Bowiein transition, as they are led bythe senior backcourt combina-

tion of Doyin Fadojutimi (14.5)and Ishmail Jabbie (10.2).

But with all the preparingthe Raiders will do for Saturday’sgame,O’Connell said that energyjust comes naturally for his play-erswhen it comes to this rivalry.

“Games like this, I don’tneed to get the kids fired up,”O’Connell said. “It’s a big gameand it’s not like they need meto tell them the history of this.We’ve gone at it the last coupleof years. We’re getting late inthe season — it’s February andthere’s titles on the line.”

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and last season she averagedabout 12 points. Having an in-creased role has allowed her tobecome a 20-point scorer, saidLynette O’Reggio, coach at theBeltsville school.

Some of that is getting moretouches; the Eagles graduatedtop scorer Cynara Inabinet. ButO’Reggio said Oloyede also haslearned how to deal with defen-sive pressure, both by using herteammates and creating her ownshots.

Oloyede said it can be frus-trating being the primary scor-

ing option on an inexperiencedteam. She’s routinely facingdouble teams and being guardedby the opponent’s topdefenders.When she went up against thestingy defense of reigning Class4A state champion Roosevelt,she was held to a season-low sixpoints. Those situations, though,havehelpedher learntodealwith

defensive pressure, she said.“My mindset has changed

completely,” Oloyede said. “...You have to keep pushing if theoffense isn’tworking.”

Oloyede,whoaveragesabout10 rebounds, still getsmostofherpoints in the paint. The next stepin her progression could be im-proving her passing, and extend-

ing her range — maybe even tothe3-point line, said junior team-mateMojisolaOgunbode.

“It’s something that she canadd,” Ogunbode said. “She set agoal for next year.”

Though there are only a fewweeks remaining until the play-offs, Oloyede said she joined theMaryland Lady Shooting Stars

AAU team and plans to continueadding to her skill set in the off-season.

“I do believe that she’s go-ing to get better,” Manyan said.“Hopefully next year her ball-handling skills will be much bet-ter.”

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them. It began with kids in theclass, and branched out fromthere.

“We started going every-where,” Ba’th said. “We’ll askanybody that walks into thebuilding.”

By September, a team be-gan to take shape and the kids

voted onuniformcolors—pinkand black. A parent organiza-tion was created—Robinson isthe prospective vice president— to raise funds, bring aware-ness to the program and en-sure its longevity, among otherthings. The Ducks played theirfirst game in November.

Robinson said Drew pickedthe sport up very well and shewas surprised by how much heliked it.

“[The kids] love it,” Ba’thsaid. “They started out, prob-ably, not skating at all. Now wehave them up here probablyfour or five days a week. All thetime.”

Ba’th said that because theDucks don’t participate in aleague, they aren’t restricted bya set amount of games and willcontinue to schedule gamesthis season as long as they canfind teams willing to play. The

team travels for the majorityof its games — to rinks such asWells and the The Gardens IceHouse in Laurel.

Compared to other youthhockey organizations in Mary-land and Washington, D.C.,the Ducks are the cheapest tojoin, Ba’th said. It’s $200 perseason right now, but the pro-rated midseason cost is $50.This makes it relatively easy forhim to build a team. He said

parents also like the fact thatthe coaches actually spend somuch time with the players.

“What we’re trying to dois basically get everybody in.We’re trying to grab every-one, from any background,”Ba’th said. “Park and planning,they’ve given us a lot of goodtime on ice — so we do havea lot of time to get the kids outthere, teach them to skate. Wehave private skating instructors

that come and work with thekids on Saturdays and Mon-days.

“I want them to learn some-thing different. When I wasgrowing up, I played basketball.I played football. I played soc-cer. All of that. The one sportthat I played that was kind ofdifferent ... was hockey.”

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While Fryer said her pref-erence — by a landslide — issprinting because of the excite-ment of short, fast races, she can

and has swum just about everyevent. Her versatility is invalu-able, King said, as he attempts topick up as many points as pos-sible — the 50 and 100 freestyletypically are the easiest eventsto fill. Fryer said it’s importantto be flexible for the good of the

team.“I might need her in the 100

fly and that’s one of the mostdifficult to swim if you’re not abutterflier,” King said. “Theremight be a level of reluctancebut once she’s locked in andit’s time to go, her competitive

spirit always kicks in; she’s notgoing to lose.”

As Fryer and Central headinto the postseason this week-end, she said she has top 3aspirations for the countychampionship and hopes tomove up the ladder at states.

She picked up top-4 perfor-mances in both the 50 and 100freestyle at last year’s regionalmeet, but finished 24th at theultra-competitive state cham-pionship.

“Centralhasn’talwayshadtherecognition,” Fryer said. “Coming

out and swimming against otherteams and coming in first, it sur-prised a lot of people. It’s beennicetobeable togetCentral somerecognition and try and get morepeople tocomeout for the team.”

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SWIMMERContinued from Page B-1

BEST BETn Douglass at Gwynn Park, 7 p.m. Friday: The

Eagles (12-4) have yet to beat one of the topteams in the County 3A/2A/1A League. A winhere would make a statement.

BEST BETn Roosevelt vs. Bowie, 5 p.m. Saturday atNorthwestern: So many wanted to see this gamelast year they had to turn fans away. That’s why ithas been moved to a bigger venue.

BASKETBALL HOW THEY RANK

Also receiving votes: Pallotti, 2.

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

Boys

Rank School Record Points

1. DeMatha 20-1 602. National Christian 15-3 543. Eleanor Roosevelt 13-2 484. Largo 14-2 425. Frederick Douglass 13-3 366. Bishop McNamara 15-7 267. Capitol Christian 27-6 238. Northwestern 12-3 219. Crossland 13-3 1310. Wise 10-6 5

Girls

Rank School Record Points

1. Eleanor Roosevelt 12-1 602. Bishop McNamara 17-4 543. Riverdale Baptist 16-9 454. Largo 13-3 425. National Christian 14-7 366. Forestville Military 10-4 337. Parkdale 12-1 228. Gwynn Park 10-5 199. Flowers 10-5 1210. Elizabeth Seton 11-12 5

Also receiving votes: Douglass, 1;GraceBrethren, 1.

LEADING SCORERSPlayer, school Games Points Avg.Abdulai Bundu, Largo 18 550 30.6ChristianMatthews, Nat. Christian 16 366 22.9Randall Broddie, Potomac 13 291 22.4KevinDorsey, ClintonChristian 17 368 21.7Michael Speight,Wise 18 378 21.0Edward Polite, DuVal 18 377 20.9David Belle, Northwestern 16 309 19.3KirkHawkins, Laurel 17 323 19.0ShawnMoss, OxonHill 14 263 18.8Kavon Sclafford, FairmontHeights 10 187 18.7

Coaches and team statisticiansmay email season team statistics to [email protected] beforenoon onMondays to be included.

LEADING SCORERSPlayer, school Games Points Avg.Briel Palmer, Northwestern 13 319 24.5DamiOloyede, High Point 15 303 20.2Charnise Tyler, Suitland 11 210 19.1Kaila Charles, Eleanor Roosevelt 11 196 17.8Ariana Romney, G. Brethren 16 272 17.0Raven Fox, Seton 24 404 16.8DrewCalhoun, Parkdale 16 266 16.6DestineeMcQueen, DuVal 14 230 16.4Imani Quinn, FairmontHeights 9 148 16.4DamoniWells, Potomac 243 16.2

The Grace Brethren ChristianSchool girls basketball teamhasbeenwinning games by 30-pluspoints, and that dominance hasgotten the Eagles (13-2) near thetop of the Potomac Valley AthleticConference standings, while alsohelping their bench players getextra court time.

The downside, though, is thatthe Clinton school hasn’t hadmuch experience in close and late-game situations.

On Thursday, Grace Brethrenhad one of its closer games— awin against Edmund Burke inwhat coach Grady Bryant de-scribed as a tough 15-point vic-tory. Grace Brethren defeatedtheWashington, D.C. school byseven earlier in the season, andits two losses— to Covenant Lifeand Charles E. Smith JewishDay—were both by single-digits. Butthe rest of its games have been de-cided by an average of 37.2 points.

“The biggest thing is not get-ting complacent,” Bryant said.“That’s the biggest challenge.When you get those tight games,it’s amatter of how you respond. Itcan be a challenge in that sense.”

Central continuesto see progress

The Central High School girlsbasketball team consisted almostentirely of underclassmenwhen

it went 1-18 in coachMarcellusClement’s first season in 2012-13.

While this year’s Falcons havemany of those same players, theresults aren’t resembling that ofthe one-win campaign.

OnMonday, the CapitolHeights school defeated Potomac62-50 to improve to 5-8, after go-ing 3-16 last season.

“It was a complete team game.Wemade crucial free throws late.Wemade crucial layups late. Theyjust played an overall great team

game.”Seven players on the current

roster were part of the 2012-13team, Clement said. That includesjunior captain Natori Nesbit, whois averaging a team-high 11.7points per game. The Falcons havealso been aidedWise transfer Ni-jahHopkins.

“They’re just growing together,maturing together, learning howto finish games,” Clement said.

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Academy of the Holy Cross’s Amber Onyekwere tries to stop ElizabethSeton’s Raven Fox during Tuesday’s girls basketball game in Bladensburg.The Roadrunners won to improve to 11-12 this season.

GIRLS BASKETBALLNOTEBOOK

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

n Jaguars hold Mustangs to28.5 percent shooting in boys

basketball game

BY ADAM GUTEKUNST

STAFFWRITER

A very vocal fan of the Flowers HighSchool boys basketball team spread hisarmsoutwideTuesdaynight, as Jaguars’guards Tyrik Campbell and Trent Wat-sonwaited, baiting yet another Bladens-burgplayer intoahalfcourt trap. “Arms,”the Flowers supporter yelled out repeat-edly. “ARMS.”

Flowers hardly needed the instruc-tionthe fanprovided,as their suffocatingpressureandflawless transitionbetweendefensesbaffled theMustangs in a51-42win inUpperMarlboro onTuesday.

Likeclockwork, the leadguardontheJaguars’ press would provide fullcourt

pressure, ultimately pushing a Bladens-burg guard to the left or right, where atrap was waiting in the wings. When aMustang player managed to break thetrap and get off a pass, awell-placed Jag-uars defender was usually waiting for it,having rotated over when the trap com-menced.

WhenBladensburgwent biggerwiththeir lineup, the Jaguars’ turned to anaggressive 2-3 zone, forcing the Mus-tangs intoanumberofquick, long-rangeshots.Andwhentheheightdisparitywasless glaring, coachMark Edwards’ groupturned to their hallmark man-to-mandefense that the Jaguars’ claim as thecornerstoneof their program.

“We focus on that,” Edwards said ofthe Jaguars’ defensive effort. “It’s like theold adage that defense wins champion-ships. Last year we were second in few-est point allowed in the league, next toWise. Ironically, theywere state champi-

ons. It all correlates. I think it allmatters.Wewant to defend the ball andwewantto rebound the ball at both ends of thefloor, because the more possessions wehave, themore opportunitieswehave toscore.”

That strategy worked for Flow-ers for most of Tuesday night’s game.Bladensburg was able to hold on in thefirst half, cutting a once 10-point deficitto two points at halftime after a nine-point second quarter from junior PrinceObike,who ledall scorerswith 15points.But as the game wore on, so too did theeffectiveness of Flowers’ pressure, asBladensburg managed just six points ina third quarter where the Jaguars stifledthe visitors with a steady diet of defenseturning into offense. By the end of thequarter, Flowers had turned a two-pointlead into a 15-point cushion in a matterof just eightminutes.

“[Pressure to transition] is really the

main focus of our team,” Campbell said.“We want to get out and pressure theball and get up the floor in three to fiveseconds. It’s just the basis of our team.That’s howwewant toplay.”

Andthat’showFlowersplayedTues-daynight.Anonslaughtofeasytransitionbuckets from a deep rotation full of ath-letic, gritty guards propelled the Jaguarsto their 14thwin of the season, despite afourthquarteroffensivedraught thatsawthe Jaguars attempt just threefield goals.When the Mustangs pulled within ninein the closing minutes, Flowers turnedback to their pressure defense, whichheld Bladensburg to 18-of-63 shooting(28.5 percent). The Jaguars, on the otherhand, shot 19-of-38 from the field (50percent).

“It’s relentless,” Bladensburg coachAntonio Williams said of Flowers’ de-fense. “... It’s relentless to the [point]where all of them, except formaybe two

players, are interchangeable. So whenthey do run and jump, they’re actuallytrapping the basketball and then rotat-ing and playing great defense once youbreak it ... it’s a great defense.”

Barring a second quarter whereObike’s 4-of-6 shooting from the fieldcarried the load, Bladensburg failed toshoot at 25 percent in the other threequarters, going a combined 11-of-47(23.4 percent) against Flowers’ pressurethatEdwards said isperfectedduring theJaguars’ high-intensity practices.

“Our practices are war,” Edwardssaid. “Imean guys are really getting aftereach other and it’s a good thing becausethey’re preparing our core guys — ourfirst 6, 7, 8 guys — they’re prepared be-cause they have guys behind them thatare pushing them towant to play. That’soneof the thingswe talk about.”

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n Mother and daughtermake up Ragamala Dance

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BY KIRSTY GROFFSTAFFWRITER

Ragamala Dance Company,led by a mother-daughter duofromMinnesota, will bring theirlatest work “Song of the Jas-mine” to The Clarice in CollegePark on Saturday.

Founder Ranee Ramas-wamy and her daughter,Aparna, serve as artistic di-rectors, choreographers, andprinciple dancers for the nearly23-year-old company, with theSouth Indian classical danceform Bharatanatyam serving asthe foundation for the group’sperformance style.

Through their traveling per-formances, both Ramaswamyshope to bring Bharatanatyaminto the mainstream, creatingdifferent access points for audi-ences through the inclusion ofmusic and visual art.

“Our aesthetic has grownand developed over time, butwe never compromised theintegrity of this form,” Aparnasaid. “We are not trained inother forms and we don’t per-form other forms, but we areinterested in showing how art

can communicate and touchpeople regardless of where orwhat background they’re from.”

Aparna and hermother hadperformed alongside each othersince she was a young child,but it took Minnesotan poetRobert Bly and his translatedworks of Indian poet Mirabai tojumpstart what would becomeRagamala Dance Company’smission. Ranee had an ideathat by dancing to Bly’s poetryin English, American audienceswould better grasp the scene ofthe performance andpoems.

Ranee had been a danceteacher in the Indian commu-nity, and Aparna began dancingherself when she was 5. Whenshe was 8, the legendary Indiandancer andchoreographerAlar-mél Valli came to theUniversityof Minnesota for a two-weekresidency, which Aparna andhermother signed up for.

The visit was crucial for theRamaswamys, as Valli offeredto teach Aparna if she came toIndia; Ranee asked if she wouldalso be able to study, and thetwo began traveling to India forfour months a year to study 10hours a daywith Valli.

“The lineage is very im-portant, what your teacher’saesthetic and their teacher’saesthetic was,” said Aparna.

The flow of the jasmine

PHOTO BY AMMANALLU

Ranee Ramaswamy is founder and owner of Ragamala Dance Company, com-ing to The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Saturday. See WINE, Page B-5See JASMINE, Page B-4

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THEATER & STAGEBowie Community Theatre, “Flyin’

West,” April 10 through April 25, call forprices, times, Bowie Playhouse, 16500WhiteMarsh Park Drive, Bowie, 301-805-0219, bctheatre.com.

The Clarice, RudreshMahanthappaJazz Clinic, Feb. 6;Meccore Quartet, Feb.6; Ragamala Dance Company, Feb. 7;Juiced, Feb. 7; NewWorks Reading withThe Spektral Quartet, Feb. 11; UniversityofMaryland, 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, Festi-

val: Expressions of a People, Feb. 8; ShirleyJones of the Jones Girls, Feb. 14; 10701Livingston Road, FortWashington, 301-203-6070, arts.pgparks.com.

Greenbelt Arts Center, “ClybournePark,” through Feb. 21; call for prices,times, Greenbelt Arts Center, 123 Center-way, Greenbelt, 301-441-8770, greenbel-tartscenter.org.

Joe’s Movement Emporium, Bound-aries, Feb. 6; Boundaries, Feb. 7; 3309Bunker Hill Road,Mount Rainier, 301-699-1819, joesmovement.org.

Laurel Mill Playhouse, “Harvey,” Feb.13 throughMarch 8, call for ticket prices,times, LaurelMill Playhouse, 508Main St.,Laurel, 301-452-2557, laurelmillplayhouse.org.

Prince George’s Little Theatre, “SuiteSurrender,”May 1 throughMay 16, call fortickets and show times, Bowie Playhouse,16500WhiteMarsh Park Drive, Bowie,301-937-7458, pglt.org.

NASA’S Music And Drama club (MAD),“TheMusical ofMusicals (TheMusi-cal)” Feb. 13 through Feb. 28. Barney &Bea Recreation Center, 10000 Good LuckRoad, Bowie. $20. For ticket sales and ad-ditional information, call 240-475-8800 orvisit madtheater.org.

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2nd Star Productions, “I Hate Hamlet,”Feb. 6 through Feb. 22, Bowie Playhouse,16500WhiteMarsh Park Dr., Bowie, callfor prices, times, 410-757-5700, 301-832-4819, 2ndstarproductions.com.

Tantallon Community Players, “Har-vey,” Feb. 28 throughMarch 8; HarmonyHall Regional Center, 10701 LivingstonRoad, FortWashington, 301-262-5201,tantallonstage.com.

Venus Theatre, “GodDon’t Like Ugly,”March 19 through April 12, 21 C Street,Laurel. venustheatre.org.

NIGHTLIFENew Deal Café; Funk Master General,

Feb. 6; TheMojo Priests, Feb. 7; TheNighthawks, Feb. 8; Dixieland Express,Feb. 10; Ultrafaux, Feb. 11; The GoodFel-las, Feb. 13; Djesben, Feb. 14; 113 Cen-terway Road, 301-474-5642, newdealcafe.

com.Old Bowie Town Grill, Wednesday

Night Classic Jam, 8 p.m. everyWednes-day, sign-ups start at 7:30 p.m., 8604Chestnut Ave., Bowie, 301-464-8800, old-bowietowngrille.com.

DANCINGBallroom dance and lesson, with

instructor DaveMalek at 7 p.m. everyThursday. A beginner’s lesson precedesthe dance, which starts at 8 p.m. Cost is$10. The dance is located at the Knightsof ColumbusHall, 6111 ColumbianWay,Bowie. Formore information, [email protected] or call 410-370-8438.

OUTDOORSDinosaur Park, Dinosaur Park pro-

grams, noon to 4 p.m. first and thirdSaturdays, join paleontologists and vol-unteers in interpreting fossil deposits,13200 blockMid-Atlantic Blvd., Laurel,301-627-7755.

Mount Rainier Nature Center, ToddlerTime: hands-on treasures, crafts, storiesand soft play, 11 a.m. to noon Thursdays,

age 5 and younger free, 4701 31st Place,Mount Rainier, 301-927-2163.

Prince George’s Audubon Society,BirdWalks, 7:30 a.m. first Saturdays,FranUhler Natural Area,meets at end ofLemon Bridge Road, north of Bowie StateUniversity, option to bird nearbyWB&ATrail afterward; 7:30 a.m. third Saturdays,Governor Bridge Natural Area, GovernorBridge Road, Bowie,meet in parking lot;formigrating and resident woodland andfield birds, andwaterfowl. For beginnersand experts. Waterproof footwear andbinoculars suggested. Free. 410-765-6482.

ET CETERACollege Park Aviation Museum, Peter

Pan Club, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. second andfourth Thursdays of everymonth, activi-ties for pre-schoolers, $4, $3 seniors, $2ages 2 to 18, 1985 Cpl. Frank Scott Drive,College Park, 301-864-6029, collegeparka-viationmuseum.com.

Women’s Chamber Choir Auditions,by appointment for the concert season ofwomen’s chamber choir Voix de Femmes,7:45 to 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, 402 ComptonAve., Laurel, 301-520-8921, [email protected].

IN THE ARTS

PHOTO BY DARIAL SNEED

Aparna Ramaswamy performs as part of Ragamala Dance Company, coming to The Clarice Smith Performing ArtsCenter Saturday.

“You internalize not just theart form but their vision of theworld, and then you have yourown point-of-view that has de-veloped. That’s how we studied,and we’re so proud to carry onthis tradition.”

While some may think thedynamic of parent working withchild couldbehard toworkwith,Ranee and Aparna are on equalfooting with Ragamala DanceCompany, having received thesame training for many yearsand understanding each otherdeeply.

“Itdidn’tmatter thatweweremotheranddaughterofdifferentgenerations — we were a duo,and our reach expanded out-side of the Indian community,”Aparna said. “Even at a youngage I would givemy input.We’rebest friends andartistic partners,and we don’t really see the agedifference because our commonpassion is this dance form andour commitment to our teach-er’s aesthetic.”

Ragamala Dance Companyputs together specific programsbased on current inspirationsand influences. For “Song of theJasmine,” they teamed up withjazz alto saxophonist and com-poser RudreshMahanthappa af-ter meeting at Walker Art CenterinMinnesota.

“His training was in jazz, butwe are both Indian-Americansmaking statements through ourartistic forms,”Aparnasaid, “andwewerecoming fromverydiffer-ent approaches and referencingour background very differently.I was interested in what we hadto say together on the stage.”

The Clarice co-commis-sioned “Song of the Jasmine”along with the Lincoln Centerfor Lincoln Center Out of Doors

as well as lead commissionersWalker Arts Center andKrannertCenter for the Arts at Universityof IllinoisatUrbana-Champaign.

Through these art centers’support, Ragamala Dance Com-pany is able to expand theirreach throughout the countryand reach more audiences inkeeping with their mission as awhole.

“The commissioners wehave on this project, these are allmajorpresenters in thefieldwhounderstand where the world isgoing in terms of universal state-mentsandwhatAmericandanceand music is,” said Aparna. “It’sshifting and changing, it’s an ex-citing and dynamic time.”

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RAGAMALA DANCE COMPANY: SONG OF THE JASMINEn When: 8 p.m. Saturday

n Where: The Clarice, Kay Theatre, University of Maryland, CollegePark

n Tickets: $10-$25

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Legendary blues artistPhil Wiggins will share thestage with jazz great KarenLovejoy for “Jazz MeetsBlues” at 7 p.m. on Saturdayat the Publick Playhouse inCheverly.

A Wash-ington,D.C. native,Wiggins per-formed withmost, if notall, of DC’sbest bluesartists, andgot his firstopportunitywith slideguitarist andsinger FloraMolten whenhe was just14. Wiggins isbest knownfor the 30years he per-formed with John Cephas, apartnership that ended whenCephas died in 2009. Cephasand Wiggins were recognizedby Smithsonian Folkways,and as ambassadors of thePiedmont blues, Cephas andWiggins took their musicall over the world, includ-ing venues of note such asCarnegie Hall, Sydney OperaHouse, Royal Albert Hall, andthe White House.

Opening the program isjazz vocalist Lovejoy, per-forming with The LovejoyGroup. A native of the Mid-west, Lovejoy began singingjazz after moving to D.C.

and formedThe LovejoyGroup as acollabora-tion of ac-complishedmusicians,who indi-vidually andcollectivelyhave playedand sharedthe stage withsuch notablesas DionneWarwick,Brian McK-night, BobbyHutcherson,Joe Williams,Al Green,

and Phineas Newborn. Theyhave performed at numer-ous popular clubs as well asat the Smithsonian and theKennedy Center. Lovejoy hasproduced a number of origi-nal tunes including the titlecut for the group’s latest CD,Spellbound.

Tickets for the show are$20-$25. For more informa-tion, call 301-277-1710, orvisit the box office.

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Praised for its breathtaking perfor-mances and visionary interpretations,the Meccore Quartet has received topprizes at the Paolo Borciani Competi-tion, the International Chamber MusicCompetition and the Max Reger Inter-national Chamber Music Competition.

The group will bring its world-classmusic to the Gildenhorn Recital Hall atThe Clarice in College Park at 8 p.m. on

Friday.The Polish quartet consists of

Wojciech Koprowski and Jaroslaw Nad-rzycki on violins, Michal Bryla on viola,and Karol Marianowski on the cello.

Formed in 2007 by some of Eu-rope’s most celebrated string players,the quartet flouts convention by incor-porating elements of jazz and literatureinto its programs and performing in

places with limited access to culture.With fantastic technical abilities

and a beautiful sound, the MeccoreQuartet will join the ranks of otheryoung, outstanding chamber ensem-bles that debut at The Clarice.

Tickets for the show are $25, $10 forstudents. For more information, visittheclarice.umd.edu, or call 301-405-2787.

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WSSC is Seeking Public Comment on Proposed Changesto the Plumbing and Fuel Gas Code

WSSC is proposing amendments to adopt the 2015 International Plumbing and FuelGas Codes and also make some technical and administrative modifications to the 2013WSSC Plumbing and Fuel Gas Code. The proposed changes have been preliminarily re-viewed by the WSSC Plumbing and Fuel Gas Board and are being released for publiccomment.

In addition, the proposed changes are being coordinated with interested stakeholders;including the Maryland National Capital Building Industry Association, the WashingtonSuburban Master Plumbers Association, the Mechanical Contractors of America - MetroWashington chapter, the Air Conditioning Contractors Association, the American Societyof Professional Engineers, the Apartment and Office Building Association, WashingtonGas and governmental agencies; including Prince George’s County Departments of Per-mitting, Inspections and Enforcement (DPIE) and Fire/EMS and Montgomery County De-partments of Permitting Services, Department of Environmental Protection and Fire andRescue Service.

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WSSC intends to adopt these new regulations following a public comment period. Writ-ten comments will be accepted until March 9, 2015 at WSSC Regulatory Services Group11th floor, 14501 Sweitzer Lane, Laurel, MD 20707.

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On January 27, 2015, the Washington Suburban Sanitary Com-mission ("Commission" or "WSSC") adopted Amendment No. 4 toResolution No. 2010-1876. That Resolution, which was approvedby the Commission on May 19, 2010, delegated certain authorityfrom the Commission to the WSSC General Manager/Chief Exec-utive Officer ("GM/CEO"). Amendment No. 4 clarifies and ex-pands the GM/CEO’s authority, in situations other than those in-volving projects and procedures already approved by the Com-mission, to apply for and execute permits required by govern-ment agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency andMaryland Department of the Environment, in connection withWSSC facilities, construction projects, or other WSSC relatedmatters. The GM/CEO’s entire delegated authority is set forth inResolution No. 2010-1876 and in the Amendments to that Resolu-tion. These documents may be obtained by contacting the WSSCCorporate Secretary at (301) 206-8200 and can be accessed us-ing the WSSC web site, www.wsscwater.com.

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