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n Vote on proposedtax increase May 28

BY JAMIEANFENSON-COMEAU

STAFFWRITER

Prince George’s County Coun-cil members are still weighinga proposal to increase propertytaxes 15.6 percent to fund educa-tion improvements, but some saythe recent loss of $20.2 million inanticipated state funding will be afactor in their deliberations.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan(R) announcedMay 14 that hewaswithholding Geographic Cost ofEducation Index funds. The dis-cretionary funding formula pro-vides additional funding to large,urban school districts, and PrinceGeorge’s County receives the larg-est portionwithover $40million.

Hogan’s budget funded theGCEI at 50percent inhis proposedbudget. The General Assembly

found additional funding for theGCEI,but thegovernorannouncedlastweek that hewouldnot releasethose funds.

Hogan said the money shouldinstead be used for the state em-ployeepension fund.

“It’s unclear what the impactwill be on the council’s budgetdiscussions going on now, butwhat is clear is that it will impactthe children and families of PrinceGeorge’s County,” said CountyCouncil Chairman Mel Franklin(D-Dist. 9) ofUpperMarlboro.

In March, County ExecutiveRushern L. Baker (D) proposed abudget that includesa15.6percentincrease in the property tax and a50percent increase in the telecom-munications tax, which would,under state law, go to the countyschool system. The tax increasesare estimated to bring in an ad-ditional $133 million, but requiresapproval from the Prince George’s

State fundingloss weighs onbudget decision

n Cosmetology studenttakes fantasy look tonational competition

BY KIRSTEN PETERSENSTAFFWRITER

ForZoeyDeLosSantos, itwasn’t just a pretty face thatearned her the top prize at arecent Maryland aestheticscompetition— it also was anugly face, which appeared topeel away from her model’svisage using the magic ofmakeup.

“I knew I wanted to do aglamorous look but I thoughtit would be fun to do an oldwitch look, so I decided to doboth,” De Los Santos said ofthe two looks she creativelycombined on her model’sface.

De Los Santos andNohe-lia Valentin, both seniors atLaurel High School, earnedfirst and third place in aes-thetics, respectively, at the

SkillsUSA state competitionMarch 18 in Baltimore. Theywere the only winners fromPrince George’s County atthe state level, according toChuck Wallace, SkillsUSAMaryland director. SkillsUSAis a national program thatsupports career and techni-cal education through edu-cational programs, eventsand competitions.

As the first-place winner,De Los Santos will representMaryland at the national

competition next monthin Kentucky. Her travel ex-penses will be covered withhelp from fundraisers andsupport fromPrinceGeorge’sCounty Public Schools.

Contestants were chal-lenged to create a fantasylook inspired by the SnowWhite fairy tale. Valentin, 18,of Laurel said she used frost-inspired colors and rhine-stones to create a “Snow

Inmakeup faceoff,Laurel teens win big

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(Above) Laurel High School seniors Nohelia Valentin (center left) and Zoey De Los Santos (center right)work on their models, Simone Johnson (left) and Danielle Sweetney, at the school on May 6. De Los San-tos won first place in the SkillsUSA Fantasy Makeup State Competition; Valentin won third place. (Below)Laurel High School students Nohelia Valentin (far left) and Zoey De Los Santos (far right) show off theirwinning looks at the SkillsUSA Maryland aesthetics competition March 18 in Baltimore.

n College Park officialssay $5.7 million partnership

would meet demand

BY JAMIEANFENSON-COMEAU

STAFFWRITER

College Park residents couldsoon have a new day care centerin place if a plan to put a newuseto a decaying school building isapproved.

“I think this is a really excitingproposal,” College Park Council-woman Stephanie Stullich (Dist.3) said during the council’s May12worksession.Theproposedsiteon Calvert Road falls within Stul-lich’s district. “This building hasbeen such a challenge for the cityfor a number of years, and as theuniversityhasmoneysetaside fora child care facility, this feels likeit is justan incredibleopportunitytowork together.”

Carlo Colella, vice presidentof the university’s Division ofAdministrationandFinance, pre-sented a tentative proposal at theworksession.

College Park acquired theformer College Park ElementarySchool on Calvert Road in 1978,but the facility has sat mostlyempty since2005.

The upper level of the schoolwouldbeused foramultipurposecommunity room on eveningsand weekends. The ground level,14,377 square feet,wouldbeusedas a daycare for 120 children ages6weeks to 4 years old.

Theplanswouldpreserve theexisting historic two-story struc-ture,butwoulddemolishtheone-story additions in the back and tothe east, Colella said.

Colella said theprojectwouldcost an estimated $5.7 million,including asbestos abatement attheschool,andthat theuniversitywas considering having a thirdparty child care provider operatethe facility.

Under the partnership,Colella suggested half of the slotswould go to the university, and

UMhasplan forday carecenter

n Bond Mill third-graderscompete for first time

in global contest


Third-graders fromBondMillElementary School didn’t needto travel back in time when theirDestination Imagination perfor-mance went awry— a perfect re-sponse to an “instant challenge”propelled the team to its second-place victory, qualifying it for thisweek’s Global Finals.

“Even a week after the per-formance we were still stunnedabout it,” said team member

Trevor Bateman, 9, of Laurel.Destination Imagination

encourages creativity and in-novation through project-basedchallenges. Donna Albrecht, theLaurel school’s DI coordinator,said seven Bond Mill teams havecompeted at the Global Finals,but this is the first time a thirdgrade team has represented theschool. Third grade is the firstyear students can compete in DIcontests.

“It’s pretty exciting for them.They’ve worked hard,” Albrechtsaid.

The team took on the scien-tific challenge, “Making Waves,”

County teamsattendDestinationImagination finals

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Kisakye Kirabo, 8, of Laurel paints a set piece May 12 that his team will usethis week when it competes in the Destination Imagination global competitionin Knoxville, Tenn.

n Two new council membersalso take oaths of office

BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAU

STAFFWRITER

Hyattsville swore in its first blackmayor, as well as two new councilmembers.

Candace Hollingsworth, formerlya Ward 1 representative and councilpresident, took the oath of office dur-ing theCityCouncil’sMondaymeeting,afterwinning theMay5municipal elec-

tions unopposed.Hollingsworth said one of her goals

as mayor would be to promote trans-parency and participation in govern-ment.

“Oneof thebiggest things ismakingsure everyone in the city feels as thoughtheir voices will be heard, regardlessof race, gender or ethnicity,” Holling-sworth said.

OutgoingMayorMarcTartaro,whoserved four years as mayor and six as aCityCouncilman, announced inMarch

Hyattsville swears in first blackmayor

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Hyattsville Mayor Candace Hollingsworth, accompaniedby her family, is sworn in by Rita Robinson, deputyclerk of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County,during the city’s May 18 council meeting.

PHOTO FROM GINA SIMPSON

See BUDGET, Page A-5

See MAKEUP, Page A-7See CENTER, Page A-7

See MAYOR, Page A-7 See IMAGINATION, Page A-8

MAY 21Free Domestic Violence Support

Group for Men and Women, Noon to 2p.m., Bladensburg Community Center,4500 57th, Bladensburg. The domesticsupport group is here to help stop thesilence, against abuse. Intervention, en-couragement, self awareness and self-loveis trained in this very positive environ-ment. Education in all areas of develop-ment as well as forgiveness is encouragedfor each attendee. Contact 301-277-3775or [email protected].

Family Game Night, 5 p.m., HyattsvilleLibrary, 4820 Annapolis Road, Bladens-burg. Come play games at the Bladens-burg Library. Bring your own game or playone of ours. Contact 301-927-4917.

MAY 22The Shoestring Bandits, 8 p.m., Brent-

wood Arts Exchange, 3901 Rhode IslandAve., Brentwood. The Shoestring Banditstoe the line between Irish and old time.The band features DavidMcKindley-Ward onmandolin, guitar, and bouzouki,Anders Fahey on banjo and guitar, MartyFrye on guitar, flute, tin whistle, shrutibox, and tenor banjo, and cellist JonathanEen. Joined by special guest ShannonDunn on concertina and percussivedance. Tickets $15. Available on the Parksand Recreation. Contact 301-277-2863 [email protected].

David McKindley-Ward Quartet, 8 p.m.,Brentwood Arts Exchange, 3901 RhodeIsland Ave., Brentwood.Whether you’rean Irishmusic aficionado or a newcomerto the tradition, this concert will take youto the Emerald Isle without ever leavingMaryland. Tickets $15. Contact 301-277-2863 or [email protected].

The Subdivision and DevelopmentReview Committee (SDRC) Meeting,9:30 a.m., Room 4085—4th FloorBoardroom, County AdministrationBuilding, 14741 Governor Oden BowieDrive, UpperMarlboro. Thismeetingis open to the public but is not a publichearing. The SDRC is a coordinationand interagencymeeting early in thedevelopment review process with theapplicant andM-NCPPC staff, wherethe public can be invited to speak.Contact 301-952-3520.

MAY 23The Art of Yoga, 11 a.m.,Montpelier

Arts Center, 9652Muirkirk Road, Laurel.Enjoy an hour-long yoga class in thebeautiful galleries ofMontpelier Arts Cen-ter. Wear comfortable clothing and bringa yogamat. Following the class, explorethe art exhibitions in the galleries and dis-cover the gorgeous grounds ofMontpe-lier. Ages 18 & up. Contact 301-377-7800

[email protected] Battle of Bladensburg, 1 to 2 p.m.,

BladensburgWaterfront Park, 4601 An-napolis Road, Bladensburg. The history ofthe Battle of Bladensburg: A recounting ofevents leading up to the battle, its partici-pants and its outcome. Contact 301-779-0371; TTY 301-699-2544.

Chess/Checkers Club, 1 p.m., Hyatts-ville Library, 6530 Adelphi Road, Hyatts-ville. Learn to play or improve your game.Bring your own set or play with one ofours. Contact 301-985-4690.

National Bike Month Hoopla FilmEvent: Rising From Ashes, 2 p.m., Gle-narden Library, 8724 Glenarden Pkwy.,Glenarden. In this documentary, ForestWhitaker, the executive producer and nar-rator, follows Jock Boyer (the first Ameri-can to compete in the Tour de France) ashe guides a group of ragtag Rwandan rid-ers. Contact 301-772-5477/240-696-3844.

Operation:Blossom Kids, 2 to 4 p.m.,NewCarrollton Library, 7414 RiverdaleRoad, NewCarrollton. BlossomKids,Founded by April Okorie is a nonprofitorganization and advocacy. OurMissionis to expandminds of the young childrenwithin the community. Please lend yoursupport as wework hard to create betterfuture for our youth. Please bring a chil-dren’s book for donation. Contact 202-492-8022 or [email protected].

VF Dance Theater presents Preposi-tion: A Circus Between the Times, 7 p.m.,Joe’sMovement Emporium, 3309 BunkerHill Road,Mount Rainier. Step into an-other space and time and join us on anadventure you’ll never forget. Trapeze,clowning, acrobatics, dance and objectmanipulation. General Admission: $25.Contact 301-699-1819 or [email protected].

All Thoroughbred Horse Show, 8 a.m.,The Show Place Arena, 14900 Pennsyl-vania Ave., UpperMarlboro. The PrinceGeorge’s Equestrian Center will host theAll ThoroughbredHorse Show. Contact301-952-7900; TTY 301-952-7998.

MAY 24Seasonal Selections: Remembering

the Fallen, Noon to 3:15 p.m., RiversdaleHouseMuseum, 4811 Riverdale Road,Riverdale Park. Using produce from thekitchen gardens, the Riversdale KitchenGuild demonstrates 19th century openhearth cooking featuring army fare andration recipes. On this Sunday, our feastwill remember the fallen soldiers. Contact301-864-0420; TTY 301-699-2544.

The 17th Annual Pan Jamboree, 3p.m., 4559 Rhode Island Ave., NorthBrentwood. Join us in preserving the artform commonly referred to as THE STEELPAN as we celebrate PanMasters Steel-band Jamboree 2015, at the PANYARD.The venuewill complement a traditionaloutdoor setting for PanMusic Lovers with

food, craft and entertainment. Contact301-864–2610; 301-467-4837.

MAY 25At War With Ourselves – A Visual

Art Response, 10 a.m., Brentwood ArtsExchange, 3901 Rhode Island Ave., Brent-wood. AtWar with Ourselves is a year-long series of programs investigating andlearning from the legacy of the Civil Waron race in America presented across re-gional partnerships with the Clarice SmithPerforming Art Center and centered on anewwork of poetry The Clarice commis-sioned byNikki Finney. This exhibitioninvitesmembers of Black Artists of DCto respond through visual art to NikkyFinney’s poem. Contact 301-277-2863 [email protected].

MAY 26African History & Culture Lecture

Series, 7 p.m., Greenbelt Library, 11 Cres-cent Road, Greenbelt. The Civil War De-fenses of Anacostia: Sentinels of Freedom,The Forgotten Story (C. R. Gibbs). Contact301-345-5800.

Lulu Delacre: Canta, baila y viaja porelmundo. Sing, Dance, and Travel theGlobe, 7 p.m., NewCarrollton Library,7414 Riverdale Road, NewCarrollton.Lulu plays gentle games with the littleones, dances game-songs fromher islandof Puerto Rico with older kids, and takesthe whole family in an imaginary voyagewith the paintings and poetry of “HowFar Do You LoveMe?” At the end of theprogram, Lulu guides the children in thecreation of a bookmark inspired by thepoetry. Contact 301-459-6900.

MAY 27Beltsville Garden Club Meeting, 7:30

p.m., James E. Duckworth School, 11201Evans Trail, Beltsville. Speaker Linus Chenwill present “NoGreenhouse, No Prob-lem: Orchid Growing Inside andOut.” Hewill talk about how to grow both temper-ate orchids that can be left outside allyear, and tropical orchids, indoor all year,and outdoors during the summer. www.beltsvillegardenclub.org.

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Prince George’sBook Festival, 10 a.m.to 4 p.m.,WayneCurry Sports & Learn-ing Center, 8001 Sher-iff Road, Landover.

Book lovers of all ages—Come andenjoy a day of fun including an Au-thor Expo and other literary activi-ties and performances. This indoorevent— a celebration of the writtenword—will feature presentationsand signings by authors, workshops,literary exhibitors, books sales, chil-dren’s activities andmore. Contact301-332-2158.

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n Couple marries duringannual music festival

BY JAMIE

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STAFFWRITER

The bride carried a bouquetof flowers to the altar; the groomcarried a guitar.

Joseph Harris and HillaryGottemoeller of Greenbelt weremarried Saturday in the middleof the 15th Annual Crazy QuiltMusic Festival, a free live mu-sic event that takes place everyspring in Greenbelt’s RooseveltCenter shopping plaza.

“This year, I thought well,whydon’twe, sinceweplaymu-sic, as part of the festival we’llalso getmarried,” Harris said.

For the past seven years,Harris has been event organizerfor the festival, which is spon-sored by the Greenbelt NewDeal Cafe.

Harris and Gottemoellerhave been performing as a duo,“The Bachelor and the Bad Ac-tress,” since 2009, after meetingthrough an online dating ser-vice.

Thewedding— like themu-sic festival — was open to thepublic, and approximately 300people attended.

“This community has doneso much for us over the years,and it’s such a special commu-nity, thatwewanted to celebrateour union within the context ofGreenbelt as a community,”Harris said.

Greenbelt Mayor EmmettJordan said the wedding ap-peared to be a first for the Roo-sevelt Center.

“To the best of my knowl-edge, we’ve never had a wed-ding at Roosevelt [Center],”Jordan said. “I think it’s reallyspecial the way they’ve synchedit with the Crazy Quilt Festival.”

The duo provided musicalaccompaniment to their ownwedding, performing an origi-

nal song, “The Marrying Song”before the ceremony started.

Amethyst Dwyer of Green-belt, music coordinator for theNew Deal Cafe, officiated thewedding.

“I was not the first personthey chose to marry them. Thatwould be the Goatman, but ap-

parently there were some dif-ficulties getting him ordained,”Dwyer laughed, referring to thehalf-man half-goat creatureof urban legend said to hauntGreenbelt’s woods.

Following the close of theceremony, Harris and Gotte-moeller performed severalmore

songs for the audience.Attendees were invited to

add their artistic contributionsto a public mural with a mar-riage theme.

“It’s sort of a crowd-sourcedmural,” Harris said.

Gottemoeller said she knewthat in marrying Harris, she wasalso marrying Greenbelt in asense.

“Joe loves Greenbelt, andwhen we started talking aboutgetting married, there was noother way to do this than righthere,” Gottemoeller said.

The wedding had one set-back. The night before the wed-ding, someone cut down allthe decorations the couple hadcarefully strung up around thestage in an apparent act of van-dalism, Harris said.

However, Harris said thatmany members of the commu-nity volunteered to come out torestring the decorations.

“Mybelief in the communityis because of things like that,”Harris said.

Gottemoeller said theydon’tknow if they’ll still go by “TheBachelor and the Bad Actress”now that they’remarried.

“We’ve been trying to comeup with new names, but we re-ally haven’t thought of anythingbetter yet,” Gottemoeller said.

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Greenbelt duo says — and sings — ‘I do’ at wedding


Hillary Gottemoeller and Joseph Harris perform after their wedding Saturday during the Crazy Quilt Festival in Green-belt. “We wanted to celebrate our union within the context of Greenbelt as a community,” Harris said.

Two Prince George’s De-partment of Parks and Recre-ation siteswere recognized as2015MarylandGreenCentersby the Maryland Associationof Environmental and Out-door Education, orMAEOE.

Patuxent River Park inUpper Marlboro and Clear-water Nature Center in Clin-ton were certified, accordingto a county news release.

The award recognizespublic facilities’ efforts in en-vironmental education, bestmanagement practices andcommunity engagement, ac-cording to the MAEOE web-site.

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One of the less talkedabout items in the CountyExecutive’s budget isfunding the PrinceGeorge’s CommunityCollege’s, incollaboration with theCounty School System,middle college program.This program, whichcurrently has over 300students, provides anamazing opportunity forhigh school students toreceive a joint degree.After four years ofintense high school,students can receive botha diploma and associate’sdegree. .The middle collegeprogram warrants seriousreview. Financially,college is becoming moreand more out and reach.The cost for privateschools are at astaggering 50 – 60thousand per year andstate schools can gobetween 20 -40 thousand.Graduating with anassociate’s degree, ahousehold can savebetween 40 and 100thousand making collegemore affordable andproviding an upper handto students entering theworkforce. Our regionalpartners: Montgomery,Howard, Arlington andFairfax counties do nothave this program;making middle collegeunique to PrinceGeorge’s County.The Chamber fullysupports this programand hopes it can bescaled to increase studentenrollment.

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n Annual event providesadaptive sportsopportunities

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James E. Duckworth Re-gional School in Beltsville gaveits students a chance in thespotlight as it celebrated its21st annual Challenge Day onFriday.

Duckworth serves studentswith severe or multiple dis-abilities that prevent them fromcompeting in a traditional Spe-cial Olympics program.

Challenge Day allows thesestudents to participate inmotorskills activities and to receive amedal for participating, accord-ing to an email from PrincipalLisa Wenzel.

Students from BeltsvilleAcademy, Beltsville AdventistSchool and John Nevins An-drews School in Takoma Parkacted as peer coaches for thestudents at Duckworth, saidschool counselor ShelbyWhite.

“Whatmakes our ChallengeDay so special are the trainingand mentorship that goes onbehind the scenes,” White said.“Our students’ eyes light upwhenever they see their peercoach.”

Following the opening cere-

monies, 80 Duckworth studentstook part in adaptive basketball,bowling, baseball, soccer, fris-bee throw and other challenges,assisted by their peer coaches.

Lauren Daniels, a student atBeltsville Adventist School, saidserving as a peer coach taught

her to bemore accepting of oth-ers, nomatter their needs.

“A child with special needswill inspire you to be a specialkind of person,” Daniels said.

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Jocelyn Melara, a student at James E. Duckworth Regional in Beltsville, plays Friday in the basketball challenge withsupport from her peer coach, Ruth Machado of John Nevins Andrews School in Takoma Park, during Challenge Day.

n $1 million projecttargeted moisture problem


Visitors taking a tour of Lau-rel’s historic Montpelier Man-sion may not be able to tell thatnearly $1 million in moistureremediation was completedlast year. But if the work hadnot been done, the historic sitecould have crumbled to theground, officials say.

“If the foundation becomesunstable then thebuilding couldfall,” said Montpelier Mansionmuseum manager Mary Jurkie-wicz. “If youdon’t remediate theproblems that youhavenow, it’sgoing to be a greater problem inthe future.”

For its efforts to combat wa-ter infiltration in the mansion’sbasement, the Maryland-Na-tionalCapital Park andPlanningCommission was scheduled toreceive a Stewardship Awardtoday fromBaltimore nonprofitPreservationMaryland.

“They did a stupendousjob,” saidHelenHass, one of thefounders of Friends of Montpe-lierMansion. “Thehouse shouldbe good for another 100 yearswithout having to worry aboutthese kinds of damages beingdone.”

Preservation Maryland,which works to protect historicsites, selected the late 18th cen-tury house for the award for thecareful, innovative and creativetechniques M-NCPPC used toremediate moisture, said Nich-olas Redding, the organization’sexecutive director.

“Water infiltration doesn’talways grab headlines, but it’soften the difference between astructure surviving or not,” Red-ding said.

Jurkiewicz said the base-ment’s concrete floor made itdifficult for the brick walls to re-leasemoisture, anatural processfor brick, but not concrete. Wa-ter entered sections of the walls,causing some bricks to begin tocrumble, she said.

The project, which beganin January 2013 and was com-pleted in October 2014, cost be-tween $950,000 and $1 million,Jurkiewicz said.

Debbie Phillips, currentpresident of Friends of Montpe-lier Mansion, said the restora-tionwork hasmade the building“suited for the next generation”and the award informs the pub-lic of the accomplishment.

“It’s something the generalpublic doesn’t see right away.It’s the strength of the building,”Phillips said. “Yes, they see thearchitecture and rooms, but thismakes thepublicawareofwhat’sgoing on in the foundation.”

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County Council.The County Council is sched-

uled to adopt a final budget May28.

“I think we need to considereveryone’s situation right now,and it’s very difficult to say if wecan meet everyone’s needs giventhe governor’s decision to with-hold school funds,” said Council-woman Deni Taveras (D-Dist. 2)of Hyattsville. “It’s a very difficultdilemma.”

CouncilmanToddTurner (D-Dist. 3) of Bowie said the gover-nor’s decision will definitely haveanimpactonthecouncil’sbudgetdiscussions moving forward.

Turner said the CountyCouncil and school system haverecently agreed to conduct a per-

formance audit of the school sys-tem.

“That will be part and parcelof any discussion we have on thebudget,” Turner said.

Franklin said the councilcontinues to weigh its options inregards to the county executive’sbudget,andwill take intoaccountpublic opinions as it decideswhetherornottoapproveCountyExecutive Rushern L. Baker’s pro-posed property and telecommu-nications tax increases.

“I definitely will take stronglyinto account the opinions I’veheard on both sides of the issue,”Franklin said.

A town hall meeting hostedby Franklin was held May 14 forthe purpose of soliciting publicopinion.Approximately30peoplespoke during the event.

“It was a great exchange of

ideas, and it got heated at times,but that’s the way democracyshould be,” Franklin said.

PrestonMearsofUpperMarl-boro said at the forum that morefunding is needed to improve theschool system.

“People say money doesn’tsolve problems,” Mears said.“Well, in my 75 years, I can sayI’ve never seen less money solveproblems.”

ColeClarkofUpperMarlborosaidthegovernor’sdecisionnottofund the GCEI at 100 percent wasacall forgreaterfiscal responsibil-ityandtheeliminationofwaste ingovernment, not increased taxes.

“He is challenging us to findthat $20 million, and we can do it.We’re smart enough,” Clark said.

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White coming out of the snow.” De Los San-tos, 18, of Laurel said the tale’s evil queen in-spired her to create the illusion of a perfectface being peeled away to reveal a wickedwitch.

“You just have to use your imaginationand play with the features the person alreadyhas,” De Los Santos said.

The teens had to complete a multiplechoice exam about skin care and makeup,then create a daytime look for their modelsbefore they could apply the fantasy look.Contestants were judged not only on thelooks they created but also on sanitation,contamination and proper application. Forexample, De Los Santos tested her model fora latex allergy before applying liquid latex,which she molded as the “peeled” skin.

Arlette Ballenger, cosmetology instructorat Laurel High School, said it’s the first timeone of her students has made it to nationals.In previous years, students have gotten to thestate level, but then they “get stuck,” she said.

“It’s a great accomplishment, and yetI’m not too surprised,” Ballenger said. “Thisgroup I have right now has been my best in

all my 21 years.”For the national contest, which takes

place June 22 to June 26 in Louisville, Ky., DeLos Santos said she will complete an exam,daytime and fantasy looks, as well as a facialon her model. She will not be permitted touse prosthetics, so De Los Santos said shewill work on making the look more dramaticwithout the help of liquid latex.

“I can’t wait for it. I’m really excited,” DeLos Santos said. “I really like doing makeupand I want to do it all the time. It’s a greatopportunity.”

The teens agreed that Laurel’s cosmetol-ogy program has helped them turn their in-terest in makeup into a potential career.

“This helped me realize how my futurewould be set up, not only in cosmetology butalso in business, too,” Valentin said.

Both teens plan to go to community col-lege to study business administration andcontinue to develop their skills as cosmetol-ogists. De Los Santos said she would like towork as a freelance makeup artist while Val-entin said she may start her own salon.

To see a full list of winners and learn moreabout the competition, visit http://www.md-skillsusa.org/.

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halfwouldgo to the city.“Inanarrangement like this, I

would hope we could find a wayto share the slots that are avail-able,”Colella said.

Councilman Patrick Wojahn(Dist. 1) said there is a huge de-mand for child care facilities inhisneighborhood.

“There seems to be a lot ofunmet demand for child care, es-pecially high-quality child care,”Stullich said.

Colella said university fac-ulty and staff have been request-ing a day care facility for youngchildren, particularly infants to 2years old.

The City Council consideredthe school building as a site for anew City Hall, but in November2014, voted 5-3 to keep city hallat its current location on KnoxRoad, opting for a developmentpartnershipwith theuniversity.

“This falling-apart buildinghas been amajor problem in theneighborhood for a long time,”said Calvert Hills Civic Associa-tionPresident JohnRigg.

Rigg said there is a deep at-tachmenttothebuilding,asmanyolder members of the neighbor-hoodwent to school there.

“Having it deteriorate beforetheir eyes is very disheartening,”Rigg said. “The notion of a childcare center, with slots for univer-sity and College Park residents,as well as community space is ahomerunforourneighborhood.”

The council is expected torevisit the daycare proposal at itsJune2meeting.

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that he would not be seeking re-election, citingwork obligations.

“It’s been an honor and alearning experience doing thisjob, and I’m grateful for that,”Tartaro said. “I’ve had a greattime and I want to wish the newcouncil and the new mayor allthe best in leading this city for-ward in the next four years.”

The council also bid farewellto Councilman Timothy Hunt(Ward 3), who decided not toseek re-election.

Incoming council mem-bers Kevin Ward and ThomasWright were sworn in to replaceHollingsworth and Hunt on thecouncil, respectively.

“I’m happy to be here, and Ilook forward to serving not onlyWard 1, but all the people of Hy-attsville,”Ward said.

The council also voted toelectCouncilmanEdouardHaba(Ward 4) as council presidentand Councilman Bart Lawrence(Ward 1) as vice president.

In January, the council ap-proved extending the right tovote to 16- and 17-year-olds, be-coming the second jurisdictionin the state and the nation to doso. Council Clerk Laura Reamssaid 40 minors had registered tovote, and approximately 25 per-cent castballotsonElectionDay,May 5.

Overall voter turnout onElection Day was 1,208, or ap-proximately 12.8 percent ofregistered voters. Tartaro saidturnout was the highest the cityhashad in thepast threeelectioncycles.

Reams said the two earlyvoting days, which were first in-stituted this year, as well as pro-motion of absentee ballots, mayhave helped boost Hyattsville’sturnout.

“We really went into it hop-ing the early voting and vote bymail would really help boostvoter turnout, but we didn’t re-ally know what impact it wouldactually have,” Reams said.

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which requires students to de-sign and construct a machinethat produces two differentsounds, create two visual dis-plays of sound waves and pres-ent a story told at a fast andslow narrative pace.

Members devised a storyabout a trip to the past thatgoes amiss when scientists aresent into the future. But whenthe set pieces fell apart and thesound machine did not workduring the April 18 contest inBaltimore, they feared they had

no chance at the Global Finals.If it had not earned the full

100 points on the instant chal-lenge, the team would not haveplaced second, Albrecht said.In the instant challenge, teamsreceive a surprise task and areinstructed to build or accom-plish something in five to eightminutes.

“They came together quiteflawlessly and they wowedme,” said Cheri Hautala-Bate-man, a parent volunteer whohas worked with the team sinceOctober. “I was tearing upwatching them work togetheras a team.”

Although team memberscould not reveal the specificsof the instant challenge — theycould be disqualified if theyshare details, Albrecht said —Carolyn Appleby, 9, of Laurelsaid teamwork was the key totheir success.

“I think we worked togetherreally well,” Carolyn said. “Wewere really focused and weknew what we were doing.”

As a top three team at theelementary school level, BondMill qualified for the GlobalFinals, which began Wednes-day and concludes Saturday inKnoxville, Tenn. For the globalcontest, the team modifiedthe set pieces by using thickercardboard and adding morecolor to the designs. Membersalso worked on creating addi-tional technology for the set,such as a scrolling calendar op-erated by a hand crank.

“I think it’s going to be funbut I’m also nervous about itbecause I don’t know how itwill go,” Trevor said.

No matter the outcomeof the global contest, teammembers said they do Destina-tion Imagination “to work as ateam, have fun and learn a lot.”

Stacie Vernor, a thirdgrade teacher at Bond Mill andmother to team member No-lan, 9, of Laurel, said when shestarted working with the teamin October, it was just a groupof seven individuals who eachhad their own ideas.

“Now you see kind of howthey feed off each other andlisten to each other’s ideas,”Vernor said. “It’s incredible towatch them.”

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TheGreenbeltCityCouncil andotherof-ficials recognized top students from six cityschools during itsMay11 councilmeeting.

The Greenbelt Advisory Committee onEducation, or ACE, annually recognizes stu-dents who exemplify Greenbelt and makepositive impacts on their community, ac-cording toACEboardmemberDonRich.

“These students are a testament to thegreat schools and the great community wehave here in Greenbelt. We are confidentthat with these young people representingthe next generation, Greenbelt’s future willbe in goodhands,”Rich said.

This was the 21st year the awards have

beenpresented.Honoredduring the evening ceremonies

wereGreenbeltElementarySchoolfifth-grad-ers Chinedum Chike and Krish Suri, Spring-hill Lake Elementary fifth-graders MaryannNwude and Jack-Kevin Hudegla, MagnoliaElementarysixth-gradersFlavyneTsongwainand Robert Viray, Robert Goddard FrenchImmersion eighth-graders Tayonia Marshalland Liam Tucker McConlogue, GreenbeltMiddle eighth-graders Dorothy Jahoda andEdward Jahoda, and Eleanor Roosevelt HighseniorsTeresa SmithandMichael Stevens.

Each recipient received a $25 book storegiftcard,certificatesfromthecity,countyand

state, and t-shirts, which they were invited towearduringGreenbelt’s LaborDayParade.

In addition, Smith and Stevens each re-ceiveda$2,000 scholarship fromthecity.

“It really isaspecial thingtorecognizetheyoung people in Greenbelt, our rising stars,and to recognize all of their accomplish-ments,” saidMayorEmmett Jordan.

DelegateAnneHealey (D-Dist. 22)ofHy-attsvillepresentedher$500DelegateScholar-ship Award to Eleanor Roosevelt senior SkyeBrett.

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“Smile, you’re on Candid Camera.”Those of us who aremiddle-aged or be-

yond remember that catch phrase fromAllenFunt’s TV show. It was a timewhen hiddencameras were best known for pranks andinane interactions, for an audience’s enter-tainment.

Now, surveillance cameras are trainedon us as we shop, drive andwalk along citystreets. Every personwith a smartphone ispotentially filming.

Footage is having a profound effect on ourculture, social interaction and even criminaljustice.

Ray Ricemight have been just anotherfootball star with a court date until we— andtheNFL— saw a vicious assault as it actuallyhappened.

Several deaths of people while in policecustody or pursuit have become vivid and ex-plosive because society has become awitness.

We saw it again recently in Baltimore,where outrage over the death of Freddie Gray

built and bubbled from video clips of officersdragging him into a transport van.

If a video camera were recording theinside of the van, we’d know somuchmoreabout the involvement of six officers nowcharged in connectionwith his death.

We’re on the cusp of a sweepingmove-ment to have police officers equippedwithbody cameras, too.

The Bowie Police Department is workingto get funding for the cameras, andHyatts-ville police are seekingmore durable camerasafter recently completing a 15-month pilot ofbody cameras. Prince George’s officials arealso considering cameras but do not have atimeline as to when they would be purchased.The Laurel andNewCarrollton police depart-ments have been using them since 2012, andCheverly police have beenwearing the de-

vices since 2013.We support these agencies and their steps

toward a system that ideally protects the pub-lic from abuses and officers from false allega-tions, inmuch the sameway car-mountedcameras have providedmore accountabilityand transparency.

Supporters point to studies showing thatcomplaints against officers, particularly foruse of force, plummet in communities whereofficers wear cameras on their bodies.

TheU.S. Department of Justice recentlyannounced a $20million pilot program inwhich local and tribal law enforcement orga-nizations will get competitive grants to buybody-worn cameras.

The Justice Department says PresidentBarack Obama hopes to spend $75million ina three-year period on 50,000 cameras for lawenforcement agencies.

Themodern debate is no longer aboutsurveillance, but aboutmechanics. Whenshould cameras be filming andwhen should

officers turn them off?The General Assembly passed a bill this

sessionmaking sound recording by a policebody camera legal. The exception is similar toone in place for camerasmounted on patrolcars. Otherwise,Maryland law requires con-sent for audio recording. Gov. Larry Hogansigned the bill into law last week.

To us, access to footage is a high concern.One benefit that the Department of Jus-

tice’s Community Oriented Policing Serviceslists for body-worn cameras is: “Improvingagency transparency by allowing the publicto see video evidence of police activities andencounters.”

Yet, themayor ofWashington, D.C., hasproposedmaking footage frompolice bodycameras exempt frompublic informationlaws.

Thatmostly defeats the purpose of havingthe cameras. Trust is won through transpar-ency.

Body cameras are a good measure of accountabilityOUROPINION

LET TERS TOTHEEDITOR

Unfortunately, formany of our PrinceGeorge’s County residents with lower incomesand seniors living on a fixed Social Securityannuity, the past seven years have been a realstruggle for them to keep their homes, andmany have actually lost their homes throughforeclosure and tax sales. Now, a proposedproperty tax rate increase for education (whichwas overwhelmingly voted down three yearsago) is again threateningmany of them.

Even for amodest small home or town-house worth, say $250,000, which currentlyrequires a property tax of approximately $4,000,a property tax rate increase of 15 percentmeansan additional $600 a year or $50 permonth.This will forcemany lower-income residentsand seniors to lose their homes, because theyjust don’t have additional financial resources tomeet the proposed property tax increase.

Even tenants renting an apartment will

see increases in their rent as the actual prop-erty owners pass on the increase to them. So,dowe really want to forcemany of our PrinceGeorge’s residents to lose their homes andapartment residents to have increased rentsor dowewant to raise the per-child educationspending (from kindergarten through highschool seniors) fromnearly $14,000 per yearto over $15,000 per year (especially when ourstudents are achieving higher scores with thecurrent property tax rate)?

I’m hoping the County Council will rejectany increase in the property tax rate. As wecontinue out of the recession, property valueswill increase and additional taxmoneywill beraised without having to increase the propertytax rates. Let’s protect all our Prince George’sCounty residents from the “backdoor” laws ofour elected officials.

Richard Strafella, Bowie

Tax increase is a bad idea

Recently, County Execu-tive Rushern Baker releasedhis budget proposal for fiscal2016.We applaudMr. Baker’scommitment to education andthe youth of Prince George’sCounty; however, as a repre-sentative of the trade associa-tion representing over 2,800Prince George’s County real es-tate professionals, and the onlyvoice for the homeowners theyserve, we as Realtors have graveconcerns about this budget’snegative affect on housing.

The FY 2016 County Budgetproposes a 15.6 percent realproperty tax increase. Thisdouble-digit hit is a “big ask”of our citizen homeowners!Owners can expect a $447 an-nual property tax increase ona $300,000 assessment. As inyears past, this budget is deeplyreliant upon housing sectortaxes to the amount of almost55 percent of county revenuesources.

Realtors are not opposedto advancing the quality ofpublic education. Investment isnecessary tomove our countyforward. Altering the composi-tion of the school board andappointing Dr.Maxwell are ex-amples of progress. While theseefforts are at their beginningstages, themodest increase ingraduation rates is evidencethat the county is on the rightpath. There is no question thathomebuyers do consider schoolsystem achievement in theirdecision to buy houses. Ourconcern is, are they willing tobuy in the highest taxed juris-diction in themetro region? Ifnot, we fear that home valuesand assessments will stagnateor worse…decline.

Prince George’s alreadyleads theMarylandD.C.metro

area in property taxes, bestingour neighbors,MontgomeryCounty and Calvert County, byapproximately 27 percent and39 percent respectively on a$300,000 home.

Aswe’ve pointed out before,upfront buyer closing costsincluding property tax escrows,recordation fees, transfer taxes,down payments and lenderfees are the largest impedimentto homeownership.Much toour dismay, Prince George’salready leads theMarylandD.C.metro area in closing costs. Ina statewide comparison, PrinceGeorge’s ranks second in clos-ing cost expense, leading 22otherMaryland counties. Obvi-ously, this disparity increaseswhen factoring in the potential15 cents as proposed in theBaker budget. In another “first,”Prince George’s ranks numberone statewide in transfer taxburden at 1.4 percent of theselling price.

We believe that efforts toattract big and small businessesas well as federal and stateagencies to Prince George’sCounty will be at a severe dis-advantage in property tax andsettlement cost comparisonswith our neighboring jurisdic-tions.

Prince George’s County isexperiencing an upward swingin property values. The average

sale price in 2012 was up 5 per-cent over 2011, up 11 percentin 2013 and up 11 percent in2014. These are encouraging re-ports. There is wind in our sails.However, the number of unitssold in 2014 was down over 6percent compared to 2013. Thistells us that fewer buyers areentering themarketplace.Wefear that this trendwill increaseas the buying public recognizesthe disparity in real estate taxesin Prince George’s verses ourneighboring jurisdictions. Ulti-mately, fewer buyers equates tostagnant appreciation of homevalues and less wind to propelus forward.

Real estate can lead oureconomy, andwe are poised todo that as ourmarket stabilizes.Increasing housing costs, how-ever, is counterproductive tobuilding our local economy anda barrier to stabilizing our localreal estatemarket. We encour-age our government leadersto help strengthen our localmarket and incentivize buyerinvestment in Prince George’sCounty.

We urge County ExecutiveBaker to rethink this proposal.

Desiree Callender, Mitchellville

Callender is presidentof Prince George’s CountyAssociation of Realtors Inc.

Higher taxes would hurthomeowners, economy

Send us your lettersShare your thoughts on Prince George’s topics. All letters are subjectto editing. Letters must include the writer’s first and last name, ad-dress and telephone number. The phone number will not be published;it is for verification purposes only. We do not run anonymous letters.

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I would like to tag on toMr. Noblett’smes-sage “Nomore taxes” [“Simplemessage: Nomore taxes,” Letters to the Editor, May 14].When taxes are raised so high seniors cannotafford to pay taxes for their homes and becomehomeless, thenwhat? The expense of locatinghomes or housing for themwill be anotherexpense. Does anyone out there reading this

agree that a 15 percent increase is a fair amountfor anyone to pay for property taxes nomatterwhat you are trying to fund?Who has gottena 15 percent raise in their pay over the past 20years?Where is all themoney going taken in bytraffic light cameras, casinos, not tomentiontheMaryland Lottery? Give us a break.

Lena Lee, Temple Hills

‘Where is all themoney going?’

Reasons for opposing the tax increase: (1) Ithought the casinos were allowed inMarylandto bring revenue into the county for schools,attract upscale businesses (such as Cheese-cake Factory, Lord and Taylor, etc.), more lawenforcement, firemen, etc.—where is this rev-enue going?; (2) a lot of the services we used toreceive as residents have been cut, for examplestreet sweeping and leaf removal from ourcurbs; (3) recreational activities for the youngpeople (this is a way of reducing potentialcrime); (4) services for seniors.

Will the tax increase ensure health care forall citizens of P.G.?Will training programs be

available for all citizens to get ameaningful joband become productive P.G. residents? Will atax increase provide sensitivity training for lawenforcement officers and hiremore qualifiedpolice, fire and teachers?

For an increase of that size all at once willstrain a lot of family budgets. If youmust in-crease property taxes then grandfather it inover time. Homeowners should not bear theburden alone. Business owners, developers andothers should share in the burden. Citizensare constantly taxed and receive no real benefitfrom tax increases.

Carolyn Hardy, Upper Marlboro

Questioning tax hike benefits

During the week ofMay 17-23,Marylandjoins the rest of the nation in celebrating Na-tional EmergencyMedical Services (EMS)Week.We commend theMaryland EMS provid-ers who respond every day of everymonth toemergency situations, making our StatewideEMS and Trauma System a nationalmodel forlife-saving care.With Gov. Larry Hogan’s com-mitment to public safety and the well-being ofall Maryland’s citizens, he has recognized theaccomplishments of EMS providers by desig-nating EmergencyMedical ServicesWeek inMaryland.

Maryland’s EMS system includes thousandsof trained and licensed, volunteer and careeremergencymedical dispatchers, emergencymedical responders, emergencymedicaltechnicians, cardiac rescue technicians andparamedics, as well as hospital personnel. Aswith any organization, it is the people thatmake the systemwork.What is extraordinaryaboutMaryland’s EMS system is that over halfof those people are volunteers. Both career andvolunteer personnel engage in thousands of

hours of specialized training and continuingeducation to enhance their life-saving skills. Weapplaud thesemen andwomenwhose effortssave lives andminimize the disabling effects ofinjury inMaryland.

Evenwith all these highly trained EMSpersonnel, we need all Maryland citizens todo their part as a vital link in this EMS system.By calling 9-1-1 when they see an emergencyand learning CPR, they become a part of theteam. The earlier the response, the greater thechances are of survival. We challenge everyoneto become involved and be the one tomake adifference in helping save a life.

The citizens ofMaryland should be proudof their emergencymedical services system andits EMS providers, and joinme in congratulat-ing them on a jobwell done.

Kevin G. Seaman, Severna Park

Seaman is executive director of theMaryland Institute for EmergencyMedicalServices Systems.

Thanking EMS providers

DAN GROSS/THE GAZETTE

Concerns have been raised that a proposed increase in Prince George’s County property taxes could negatively affecthomeowners and homebuyers.

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Editor’s note: Ned Sparks, who hasbeen executive director of the MarylandPublic Secondary Schools Athletic As-sociation since 1981, is retiring effectiveAug. 1. This is the last of three columnslooking at his tenure and the big issuesfacing high school sports today.

It was 1975whenNed Sparks be-gan his head coaching tenure in highschool sports. Still in his 20s, Sparkswas promoted from an assistant roleand taskedwith leadingHowardHighSchool’s football team.

The Lionswere the defend-ing Class B statechampions andhad an activewinning streak of36 gameswhenhe took the helm.No pressurethere.

“Maybe I wastoo young to eventhink toomuch about it,” Sparks said.

Howard, with Sparks in charge,won 11 straight, sending the Lionsback to the state title game and ex-tending its state record for consecutivefootball victories to 47 games. Theylost that title game to Paint Branch,ending their streak. Urbanawouldbreak that record in 2001, winning 50consecutive games.

“Some things in life ... losing thatgame really hurt,” Sparks said. “It’s agood experience for a young person togo through, I wouldn’t recommend it,but it stayedwithme awhile. That wasa bitter, bitter loss.”

Back then, high school sports werebasically the only option for elite ath-letes. All the best athletes played prepsports if theywanted to get noticed bycolleges and earn a scholarship.

One change since Sparks becameexecutive director of theMarylandPublic Secondary Schools Athletic As-sociation in 1981 is that elite athletesno longer need high school sports. Infact, in some cases, they are penalizedfor playing for their schools.

“Those few kids that are at the topof the food chain, well, maybewe’renot for them,” Sparks said.

If you’re a tennis player andwantto earn a scholarship, you better becompeting on the junior circuit be-cause that’s where the college coachesare. Theywant to know your rank, nothowmany state titles you’vewon.

College basketball coaches rarelycome to high school games anymore,unless it’s to seal the deal in recruiting.Most evaluation takes place duringAmateur Athletic Union games.

The top boys soccer players actu-ally have to choose: Do they play fortheir Academy teamagainst the bestcompetition, or for their high schoolteamwith their friends? Academy ruleswon’t allow them to play for both.

Even in football, where collegecoaches still pay attention,most ofthe recruiting today starts off-campus.If you’re not going to college camps,then it will be very hard to get noticed.

In sport after sport, for the eliteathletes, how you perform outside ofhigh school nowmattersmore thanwhat you do for your high schoolteam. Sparks, who announced he isretiring effective Aug. 1, says that de-spite that, high school sports still havea value in educating young people.

“Unfortunately, [recruiting of eliteathletes] gets all the attention,” Sparkssaid. “Those are just for a few kids.Wehave 113,000 student athletes whoparticipate in our state this year. Howmany of those kids are going on tocollege? Howmanywill make it to thepros? A tiny fraction.

“We still got the vastmajority ofall those kids who are ... going pro insomething else. They’re going to bethe people who sell insurance, thepeople who teach school, are [infor-mation technology] people, and pro-fessionals who become doctors, andlawyers.

“Hopefully, we’re nurturing anddeveloping that group of people whobecome the citizens of tomorrow.”

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Elite no longerneed prep sports

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n Pumas celebrate seasonafter winning theirsecond region crown

BY PRINCE J. GRIMES

STAFFWRITER

The Gaithersburg High Schoolbaseball team defeated Wise 16-0 inthe Class 4A state semifinals on Tues-day at University of Maryland, CollegePark to advance to the state champion-ship game for the first time since 1997.

Nick Pantos started at pitcher forthe Trojans and although he wasn’tat his best, he allowed just one hitbefore being pulled in the second in-ning with a 4-0 lead. In 1 2/3 inningsof relief, BrendanDeyo earned thewin

for Gaithersburg. He struck out twoand didn’t allow a hit. Gaithersburgstretched its lead to 10-0 before hewasreplacedwithAndyKwiatkowski in thefourth.

“It feels great,” Gaithersburg coachJeff Rabberman said. “I can’t wipe thesmile from my face honestly. This isthe third time we’ve been here since2011, since I’ve been here. We’ve lostboth times we’ve been here, especiallylast year, just excruciating fashion. So,to get back here and to win this gameand to giveourselves anopportunity towin a state championship, as a coachthere’s really nothing you can ask for.”

The Trojans only needed five hitsto get the job done on Tuesday. Wisestarting pitcher T.J. Young walked 10batters and allowed 12 earned runs in4 1/3 innings.

Gaithersburg scored three of itsfirst four runs in the first two inningson wild pitches by Young. The otherrun was drove in by designated hitterTimmy Traynor on a sacrifice fly.

Pantos reached base each of hisfour plate appearances with a single,double and two walks. He scored eachtime, including in the fourth inningwhenhewas intentionallywalkedwitha 8-0 lead, one out and runners onsecond and third. Catcher Trey Marti-nez made the Pumas pay with a two-RBI single to put Gaithersburg up byenough to win by the mercy rule. Thegame ended in five innings after theTrojans added another six runs in thetop of the fifth.

“I like hitting, so bases are loadedfor me and I come up, I like it,” Mar-tinez said. “It feels really good. We’ve

been wanting tomake it to the state fi-nals since the beginning of the season,and we knew we could do it. It’s justabout putting it all together andweputit all together today and won the statefinal.”

Wise got four hits during the gamebut committed five errors in the field.Pumas coach Andrew Gilliam said in-tangibles behind theplatewith a soph-omore catcher, Jason Aldred, versusan preseason all-state senior such asMartinez made a difference. Martinezthrew out two runners.

“The catcher, he did a remarkablejob,” Gilliam said. “They out-hit us byone. ... He had a game today. He’s theone.

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n Pricey one-day eventsprovide opportunity forrecruits, but at a cost

BY ERIC GOLDWEINSTAFFWRITER

Though school is still in session, Rei-cardo Smith’s summer weekends are al-ready booked. The Friendly High Schoolrising senior plans on traveling to six dif-ferent colleges, traveling with his familyto attend one-day football camps up anddown the east coast.

The goal, he said, is to get noticed.While game film and highlight videosmay catch a coach’s attention, it’s oftenthe impressive combineperformance thatcan lock down scholarship offers.

“Run the fastest 40,” Smith said, “orjust be one of those guys who are just outthere, making the coaches say, ‘Who’sthat kid?’”

Smith is one of the many PrinceGeorge’s County football players relyingon summer football camps to get on therecruiting map. Between camp (about$50-100) and travel expenses, each tripcan cost hundreds of dollars to the fami-lies and coaches subsidizing the athletes.The time commitment is significant; thetrips can require 4 a.m. wake-ups, longearly-morningdrives, and thenhigh-pres-sure individual and team workouts. If allgoes right, the athletes return home witha scholarship offer. “It’s the way you getexposure nowadays,” Smith said.

But exposure comes at a price, andthe increasing role of one-day camps inthe recruitingprocess canbeproblematic,particularly for the low-income students.

Charles Harley, a first-year coach atLandon who led Forestville the previous15 seasons, said that schools frequentlysend out invitations to under-qualifiedathletes who they don’t intend on offer-ing scholarships. Harley said he’d talk tocoaches to gauge their interest — if thecoaches weren’t, Harley would tell theathletes not to bother. “We can’t be wast-ing time just to go see X, Y and Z school,”Harley said.

But even when that’s addressed, eco-nomic disparities still lead to an unevenrecruiting playing field. If two athletes areequally talented, the one that gets in frontofmorecoachesmayhaveabetter chance

Camps abig part ofrecruiting

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Potomac High School defensive end JeffreyKeene rushes Friendly High quarterback Rei-cardo Smith during a football game last fall.

n An injury forcespitching change that

allows Northwest to rally

BY JENNIFER BEEKMANSTAFFWRITER

When Prince George’s Countysoftball teams have taken on pro-grams from neighboring Montgom-ery County in the state tournament,sixth-year Eleanor Roosevelt HighSchool coach Delton Fuller said, it’sbeen likeHamptonUniversitymen’sbasketball getting dominated by pe-rennial NCAA power Kentucky.

But in Tuesday’s state semifinalagainst Northwest, held at BachmanSportsComplex inGlenBurnie, Roo-sevelt’s Hampton kept right with theJaguars’ Kentucky. In fact, the Class4A South Region champion for thesecond time in three years, Rooseveltheld a 1-0 lead through three inningsbefore ultimately falling, 6-2.

“We hung with them for four in-nings,” Fuller said. “Then one of ourtop players went down.”

In the third inning, after smack-ing a hit to right field off one ofMontgomery County’s top pitchersin junior Bridgette Barbour, HowardUniversity recruit and star shortstop

Alannah Baiyina jammed her footat first base. Unable to walk at firstFuller faced a difficult decision:Whowould fill in at shortstop?

Pitcher Joya Grillo, who is set tojoin her friend at Howard in 2015-16, was the only other person onthe roster who has played shortstopthis year, Fuller said, so he movedher there and brought in his No. 2pitcher, junior Renee Rogers.

Rogers entered the circle with an8-0 record and1.30 earned-runaver-age but Northwest was able to con-nectwithhermoreoff-speedpitches.

Roosevelt hangs toughin softball state semis


Roosevelt High School’s softball team lost to Northwest during Tuesday’s semifinals in Glen Burnie.

n Jaguars are contendersfor state championship

this weekend

BY ADAM GUTEKUNST

STAFFWRITER

Five points, that’s all it tookfor the Flowers High Schoolgirls track team to change theway it thought about itself. Itwas the margin that separatedthe Jaguars from first-placeBowie at February’s 4A SouthRegion indoor track meet —an event where Flowers didn’teven have all its pieces in placeto win.

Most of the points that daycame from the relays, seniorAlexus Williams remembered,as a number of individuals

didn’t even participate in theirregular open events. To finishthat close to the title, Williamssaid, was eye-opening.

“That just showed us thatoutdoor, if everyone ran whatthey’re supposed to, plus relays,we’ll blow everybody out,” Wil-liams said.

Coach Henry Brady sawthis coming last summer, whenhe and his coaching staff spenta good amount of the offseasontrying to convince the team justhow good they were.

“[We wanted] anothermindset and then just gettingthem into just believing in theprocess and believing in eachother,” Brady said. “And theysaw it. They saw it during thecourse of the year.”

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Now, with the state cham-pionship meet on the door-step, everyone has gotten aglimpse of that same poten-tial Brady and staff saw backin the summer. The Flow-ers girls have dominated thecounty this season, recordingconvincing wins in the countyand regional championshipmeets the past two weekendsto establish themselves as statetitle contender thisweekendatMorgan State.

The Jaguars haven’t runthrough the county with astable of superstars or countyleaders, but ratherwith adeep,largely younggroupof talentedathletes throughout a hand-ful of events. As of Saturday,Flowers only boasted leadersin three events throughoutthe 4A South Region: juniorDyonne Hicks in the 300-me-terhurdles (45.88 seconds), the3,200-meter relay (10minutes,7.14 seconds) and junior Dai-ysa Burrell in the discus (121feet, 2 inches).

“When we’re together, wedo amazing things like we didtoday,” senior Shanice Ham-ilton said on Saturday. “Somepeople don’t believe the talentthat we have on our team. So,when we come out here, wekind of show how good we re-ally are. We don’t always getfirst, second or third place, butwe know how much talent wereally have.”

Brady saidhecan’t helpbutlet hismindwander back to his2010 state championship teamwhen searching for a compari-son to this group’s makeup.That year, Brady said, the Jag-

uars only recorded one first-place finish at the state meetand still endedupwinning.

But most importantly, theFlowers coach noted, the girlson this year’s team, similar tothose of the 2010 group, are apleasure to coach.

“That 2010 team, the statetitle [team], was a good bunchof girls,” Brady said. “I’m talk-ing about personality-wise.And they are the same way.They are the same way. I lovethis team. That, for me as acoach, that’s why I love tocome to work every day, be-cause of those personalities.”

The girls are well awareof the test that lies ahead thisweekend, Brady said, espe-cially keen to teams such asMontgomery County’s Clarks-burg, which has been as closeto dominant as any team thisseason. But Brady said histeam ismore than just hungry;they’re also focused.

“The start of outdoor, webasically put our minds to-gether andwere like, ‘Wewantto win,’” senior Alexis Baynessaid. “I know all the seniors[were] like, ‘Wewant a ring.’”

Baynes, a four-year athlete,lists this seasonas themost funshe’s had in her athletic careerat Flowers. But there is stillbusiness to be taken care of,as Williams pointed out. Thenand only then, can fun be had.

“It’s fun, but I guess it’smore like we have to stay fo-cused and be serious,” Wil-liams said. “We’re enjoyingbeing able to win and stuff likethat, but it’s more like beingfocused on going to states andwinning states so we can getthat triple crown.”

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After a line out back to Rogers tostart the inning, two singles anda walk loaded the bases for Jag-uars junior catcher Sydney Sal-gado’s three-run triple deep toright field. Salgado then scoredona single fromTaylor Lawhornbefore Fuller pulled Grillo backinto the circle— and she retiredthe next two batters.

Baiyina is a fighter, Fullersaid, and willed her way backinto the game. But the Raiderswere in toodeep ahole to dig outof against a team— and pitcher– the caliber of Northwest andBarbour.

“The problem with ourleague is we had not seen thisquality of pitching before,” Fullersaid. “The girl from Laurel canthrow pretty hard but all shethrows is fastballs. This girl wasthrowing changeups, she hada riseball and a curveball. Wehaven’t seen anything like thisall season long. ... [When Baiyinawentdown] Iwas thinking, ‘Whatcanwe do?’ I’ll be kickingmyself,thinking I should’ve left Joya in.But the only other person who’splayed shortstop was Joya. AndRenee has been throwing well.She pitched well [Tuesday], just

had a couple badbreaks.”The Raiders (21-1) took a 1-0

lead in the second inning Tues-day after Grillo reached on anerror off a hard hit to third base.Roosevelt added another run inthe seventh inning,whichRogersled off with a triple. Junior thirdbaseman/pitcher Nora Sniderdroveher homewith a single.

The Raiders had their sightson Tuesday’s appearance atBachman since their upset lossto rival Bowie in last year’s regiontournament as the top seed. Butmaking just making it to stateswasn’t enough for Roosevelt thisspring, theywanted toprove theycould trulyhangwith someof thestate’s best teams. And they didthat Tuesday.

Roosevelt will graduate fiveseniors, including two DivisionI recruits in Grillo and Baiyina.But the Raiders are set to returntwo capable pitchers and a slewof others capable of keeping theprogram at the top of PrinceGeorge’s next spring, Fuller said.

“It was Bachman or bust thisyear,” Fuller said. “If we didn’treach Bachman, it was a bust.... We lose five seniors, two bigones. But I think we will be finenext year.”

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at landing the offer, Harley said. At Landon,a Bethesda private school, students havemore flexibility about their camp selections.Not only can many of them afford morecamps, but their academic reputation givesthem a larger college pool to choose from.

“If you’re a football-first player atLandon, the world is your oyster,” Harleysaid.

That’s not the case for most PrinceGeorge’s County athletes. Smith, with thesupport of his family, plans to attend campsat Temple, Wake Forest, Ohio State, RobertMorris, Towson and Davidson. If he could,he’d go to even more one-day sessions, “al-most every one,” he said. But insteadhe lim-ited his selections to schoolswhere he couldget an offer, either from the host coaches orother coaches in attendance.

“I need to know if I ball out, I’m going toget an offer,” Smith said.

Largo coach Derron Thomas said that

the majority of his players attend at leastone one-day camp—often times he’ll drivethemhimself. He said it can turn into a fun-draiser for some of these colleges, but thatdoesn’t change the reality, that camps, nowmore than ever, are a crucial part of the re-cruiting process.

“If you don’t already have multiplescholarship offers and you’re not going tocamps,” Thomas said. “… you are kind ofhandicapping yourself.”

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ing that we wanted, but we hada great season. You learn. Yougot a sophomore catcher versusa senior catcher. You learn somethings about yourself.”

Gaithersburg reached thestate semifinal game in2011and

2014, losing both times. Rabber-man said the team didn’t focuson those appearances leadingup to the game, but they weretalked about.

“We brought [2014] up acouple times,” Martinez said.“But, I don’t think we reallyneeded to bring it up becausewe really wanted this year, andI knewwe could get it.”

Gaithersburg is scheduled toplay Severna Park for the Class4A state championship at 7:30p.m. on Friday at Ripken Sta-dium in Aberdeen.

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No county national Golden Gloves championsThe last ofWashington, D.C. area boxers remaining in the Golden

Gloves national tournament, Burtonsville’s Tavon Body andWal-dorf’s JordanWhite, were eliminated onMay 14. They outlasted anyother area fighter but were eventually ousted in the quarterfinals.

FromPrince George’s County, KeeshawnWilliams (CapitolHeights) and Justin Bell (District Heights) were both eliminated oneround earlier. Thismarks the first time in six years that an area boxerfailed to win a national championship, according to boxingalongth-ebeltway.blogspot.com.

—PRINCE J. GRIMES

County’s lacrosse stars recognizedTheWashington Catholic Athletic Conference announced its

all conference teams for boys and girls lacrosse, with several PrinceGeorge’s County athletes garnering recogntion. The female athletesinclude:Mackenzie Jackson, Seton, third team; Laura Johnson,McNamara, third team;Maddie Dougherty,McNamara, honorablemention; Dana Phillips, Seton, honorablemention.

Themale athletes, all fromDeMatha, include: Gavin Lavat, firstteam;Mitchell Howell, second team; Zach Taylor, second team; RickyKoehler, third team; Colin Kasner, third team; Dylan Stein; honorablemention.

Jenny Staines fromGood Counsel was named the girls All-WCACPlayer of the Year while Gonzaga’s TimmyMonahanwas named boysPlayer of the Year.

—ERIC GOLDWEIN

Seton, DeMatha repeat as WCAC ChampionsIt took a bit of a late push from the relays, but the DeMatha Catho-

lic boys track team captured its fourth straightWashington CatholicAthletic Conference title on Saturday, edging out St. John’s College,145-130. On the girls side, Elizabeth Seton cruised to its ninth straightconference title, dominating the competition by earning 196.5 points.

—ADAM GUTEKUNST

Divas stay undefeatedThe Prince George’s-basedD.C. Divas women’s professional

tackle football team improved to 5-0 with Saturday’s 60-0 win overthe visiting Columbus Comets. In rainy conditions, the Divas keptthe ball on the ground and rushed for seven touchdowns. They alsoconverted on opportunities gained by recovering five lost fumbles bytheir opponent.

TheDivas, who jumped out to a 33-0 halftime lead Saturday, areoff this week before closing out the regular seasonwith three gamesin asmanyweeks. They will next travel to the Atlanta PhoenixMay 30;the Divas’ next home gamewill be against the Cleveland Fusion onJune 6.

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

SportsBriefs

n Roosevelt wins its11th consecutive region

championship

BY ERIC GOLDWEINSTAFFWRITER

The first set wasn’t easy onFairmontHeightsHighSchool’sEden Gregory. The Hornets se-nior went back and forth withSuitland’s Yasmin Eubanks,and even after breakingher op-ponent towintheopener,7-5, itlooked like shemightbe in for athree-setmarathon.

It didn’t quite come downto that, asGregory took the sec-ond set, 6-1, two win her sec-ond consecutive girls singlestitle in Friday’s Prince George’sCounty Region III coed tennischampionship. But even thatset wasn’t easy on Gregory.Rallies regularly lasted 10-plusshots, with both players run-ning down tough balls whiledealing with the heat at Wat-kins Regional Park in UpperMarlboro.

The difference for Gregoryin the second set, though, wasthat she said she cameoutwithaplan: calmdownandsettle in.

Afterstrugglingwithconsis-tency in the first set, the Grin-nell College recruit — headingto the Iowa school as a PosseScholar—started to keepmoreballs in play, cutting down onher unforced errors while run-ningEubanks left and right.

“It’s concentrating harder,because I think sometimes I

want tohit theball, justbangit,”said Gregory, who maintainedher perfect county record. “Justadjusting my shots so that I hitit in,notgoing thereandgettingtooexcitedandwhackingat theball, but thinking while you’redoing it.”

While Fairmont Heightstook the girls singles title,Northwestern sophomore De-sire Johnson defeated Bow-ie’s Nolan Jones in two sets(6-0, 6-2), preservinghisperfectcounty record.

Roosevelt, meanwhile,dominated the doubles enroute to its 11th straight regiontitle. In first girls doubles, Kris-tin Watson and Jasmine Jackdefeated Raider teammatesSarikaWalia and Nana Essilfie-Mensah in straight sets (6-2,6-3). The boys doubles finalsalso consisted of two teamsfrom the Greenbelt school.Bruno To and Lance Jewell de-feated Shaan Singh andMitch-ell Moore in straight sets (6-2,6-0), despite dropping the firsttwo games of the match. Theregion champions and runner-ups both qualify for the statetournament, meaning all fourRoosevelt doubles teams quali-fied.

“We had to adapt to it,” Tosaid.

Bowie’smixeddoublespairof freshman Neerav GanjooandseniorLauraHyredefeatedDouglass’RossOlexaandJamieHartnett (6-4, 6-4).

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n Players can solidify their spot onthe depth chart during 7-on-7 play

BY PRINCE J. GRIMES

STAFFWRITER

The spring high school sports seasonends this weekend, which means football isnot far behind.Memorial Day is the final daybefore teamscancompete inpassing leagues.

Not many starting jobs are decided dur-ing 7-on-7 games, but players can definitelystart to make a case for themselves. Coachesuse this time to teach but also to evaluatereceivers, defensive backs, linebackers andquarterbacks. The final depth chart for theopeningweek of the fall begins to take shapeduring this time.

“You just want kids to work on timing,”Suitland High School coach Ed Shields said.“Get their routesdown,understandingwherethey need to get, how they need to work azone, how to work man. Getting some ofthose things done ahead of time.”

Suitland’s starting quarterback from lastseason,MarlonBrown, is returning, but eventhat position canbewon Shields said.

“When we were 13-1, all jobs were open.

So you know when we’re 6-5, they’re open,”he said.

Suitland will first compete in the PrinceGeorge’s County Coaches Association pass-ing league, which includes about 40 teams,from June 13-14. Almost every county teamplans to participate with some from Mont-gomeryCounty.

All but four Montgomery teams, and afew fromPrinceGeorge’s, plan to kick off thesummeronMay30 in theBlairpassing leaguehosted byBlazers coachAndrewFields.

“Our league kindof represents thebegin-ning of football season,” Fields said. Sopho-moreDesmondColby ispenciled in to returnas the starting quarterback for Blair in his ju-nior season. Fields said passing leagues canhelp speed Colby’s progress, along with histeammates, but agreed that players can losestarting jobs during this time of year. “Thatdoesn’tmeantheywon’twin itor lose it againat some point. Everybody’s got a depth chartgoing into August, and that thing ebbs andflows over the course of the summer time.”

Wise coach DaLawn Parrish also returnshisquarterback fromlast season, JabariLaws.The Pumas are known for running the foot-ball, but passing league offers a differentdynamic. Parrish, who played quarterback

in high school, said he always wants to passmore, but his personnel has to convince himthey’re capable of handling it.

“I want to throw the ball all the time,” hesaid. “But if you’re not built towards that, Idon’t think you forcepeople todo somethingthat they’re not used to doing.

“Basically, [passing league] is just abouthaving good work for the quarterback. See-ing if he can make all the throws, things ofthat nature. Seeing if the wide receivers canremember their route combinations. Seeingwho can cover defensively.”

Gaithersburg coach Kreg Kephart saidthere’s somevalue in7-on-7although limitedbecause thebigguysup front aren’t involved.During this time, offensive and defensivelineman usually go to camps and do indi-vidualworkouts.

“It has some value. It’s not a cure all.The fivemost important people in the gamearen’t in the game,” he said. Kephart alsomentioned timing between the quarterbackand receivers as one of the key impacts ofpassing league.

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Until his 20th class reunion,Campbell felt unable to committo investing “the thousandsofhours itwould take to learnhowtowrite and thenwrite thebook,when itwouldmost likelybeawastedeffort.” The “futuristicsci-fi story rolling around inmyhead” for some20yearswasdes-tined to remain there.

Hisperspective changedwhena speaker asked theassem-bledalumni “Whatwould youdoif youweren’t afraid?” “I felt likehewas talkingdirectlytome, and Idecidedright then that I’dwritemybook,”he recalled.“It tooka fewyears toget around to it, but Ifinally buckleddownandwrote it.”

Thatbook,whichturnedout tobea“paranormalmilitarysciencefictionnovel,” hasnot yetmade it topublication. Theau-thor refers to it as “Book0.”

After sending themanu-script tomore than40agents,Campbell realized the futility ofwritingwhat you lovewhennooneelse loves it. Thus thwarted,heopted to switchgears andwritewhatheknows. The result,

“TheTridentDeception” (2014),is a “submarinewarfarenovelat its core. It’s also an intriguingespionage tale,” he said. Booklistcalled it “thebest submarinenovel sinceTomClancy’s classic

— ‘TheHunt forRedOctober.’” A sequel,“EmpireRising,”wasreleased inFebruary.

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n Raker’s play followstwo children as they dealwith a world destroyed

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A post-apocalyptic world ofpoetry and questions will cometo life when young playwrightCecelia Raker’s play “dry bonesrising” premieres at the VenusTheatre this weekend under thedirection of Deborah Randall.

“dry bones rising” followsthe journey of two children whosurviveapost-apocalyptic event,try to pick up the pieces, learn toget along and figure things out,with the help and hindrance ofa golem they’ve built out ofmudand brought to life.

“I love the world of Yiddishtheater, and there are someplays in a similar vein,” Rakersaid.

She said the idea for theplay was sparked by the Jewishfast day Tisha B’Av, which com-memorates the destruction ofthe temples in Jerusalem, andsubsequent holiday Tu B’Av,which is celebrated as a holidayof love.

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Theater Project Beltsville presents “Two Across,”Fridays and Saturdays, throughMay 23 at 8 p.m. andSundaysMay 10 andMay 17 at 3 p.m., at AbidingPresence Lutheran Church, 10774 Rhode Island Ave.in Beltsville. There is limited seating and reservationsare encouraged by contacting producing directorFranklin Akers at [email protected]. Paymentmay bemade at the door. Tickets are $10, $8 for se-niors and students.

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— ridiculous, huge questionsthat we’re not capable of an-swering,” Raker said.

Though she has been writ-ing for quite some time, thiswill be Raker’s first full-lengthprofessional production. Theprocess, she says, was entirelyenthusing and surprising.

“Whenyouwrite aplay, youhave questions in your mindyou’re trying to answer,” Rakersaid. “But when it gets into thehands of these other amazingartists, it turns out to be morethan you realized.”

While she came at the playinterested in the question ofhow humans — but especiallychildren—bounce back, Rakersoon discovered the play hadelements she hadn’t even un-covered.

“In the process of devel-opment and rehearsal, I alsodiscovered it was about givingvoice to the mud,” Raker said.“Earth has been destroyed inthis apocalyptic event just asmuch as the people have.Whatwould the mud say about that?It kind of became an environ-mental piece, too.”

The new revelations werethanks, in part, to the artistic

directionofRandall,who is alsothe founder of Venus Theatre.

Venus, which aims to pro-duce works by women, cen-tered on women and children,receives about 200 submissionsfor consideration each year,from which Randall picks fourto run. “dry bones rising” is the51st piece and, according toRandall, something completelyfresh.

“It’s likeMaryShelleymeetsE.E. Cummings,” Randall said.“I thought it was genius, so Iwanted to give it a shot.”

Randall said she tries not toproduce the same script twice,and found “dry bones rising”fascinating.

“It’s an epic poem,” shesaid.

She was also thrilled toworkwith a newplaywright.

“I’m coming from an olderplaywright who’s run her owncompany, into Cecelia who isvery new to all this and verybrilliant, so it’s been great.It’s been a process of buildingtrust,” Randall said.

ThoughRaker’s scripthadagirl, a boy and the androgynousgolem, Randall took an inter-esting direction in casting threewomen.Oneof thosewomen isAnn Fraistat, who Randall im-mediately envisioned in a roleafter reading the script.

Fraistat, who marks herseventh production with Ve-nus in “dry bones rising,” saidshe loved the new take on theapocalypse story.

“When you hear apoca-lypse, you think doom andgloomy,” Fraistat said, “butthis one is not all about deathand destruction. It’s about newhope. It’s about finding loveand joy and connection in spiteof everything.”

Fraistat said the poetic lan-guage served as a guiding postfor her while they were devel-oping the play.

“It asks a very simple ques-tion in the end, which is, ‘Whatkind of world are we leavingour children?’” Fraistat said. “Ilove that. It’s where innocencemeets violence.”

APOCALYPSEContinued from Page B-3

hehadwritten amilitarythriller. “As a result,” he said,“mybooks are ablendofmili-tary thriller plotwritten in anespionage style.”

For themost part, Campbellbases his books onhis first ca-reer. “Iwas a submarine officerfor 28 years, and Iwritemilitarythrillers that have strong sub-marineplot elements. There area fewactual experiences in thebook, but 99percent is fiction,usingmybackground to get theauthentic details correct.”

Campbell said it takes himabout 1,000hours towrite abook, including about anhourper page for thefirst draft, sev-eral hundredhours of researchbefore starting and interspersed

duringwriting, plusmultiple re-visions onhis endand twobyhiseditor.Hewrites in anupstairsoffice inhisGermantownhome,“where I can close thedoor andwork in silence. Sounds reallydistractmewhen I’mwriting,and I need complete silence or itbreaksmy concentration.”

As a child, Campbell hadno intentionof being awriter.“Early on,” he said, Iwantedtobe adoctor, policemanandfootball player—simultane-ously. I figured I couldbe adoc-tor during theday, a policemanat night and a football playeron theweekends.” Althoughhewas a good student, graduatingsecond inhis high school classinCocoa, Fla.,math and sciencewerehis strengths.He read fan-tasy and sciencefiction “vora-ciously” but remembers hatingEnglish and the liberal arts.

Themilitarywas always acareer option, Campbell said,becausehis fatherwas retiredfrom theAir Force. “When itcame time to go to college,myparents hadnomoney set asideandweren’tmaking a lot ofmoney—momwas awaitressanddadworked at a regionalK-Mart-style department store—so I knew Ihad to get a schol-arship.”

Campbell is optimisticabout his second career. “We’llseewhat the future holdswhenI comeup for another contractnext year. So far,mybookshave‘met or exceeded expectations,’so it’s likely additional contractswill follow, and I figure I’ll bewritingmilitary thrillers for theforeseeable future,” he said.“Book 0will have towait a fewmore years.”Hopefully, theoddswill be inhis favor oncemore.

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‘DRY BONES RISING’n When: 8 p.m. Thursday–

Saturday, 3 p.m. Saturdaysand Sundays, May 21–June14.

n Where: The Venus TheatrePlay Shack, 21 C St., Laurel

n Tickets: $20

n More information:venustheatre.org; 202-236-4078

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Even though the play debuted on Broadwayin 1959, “A Raisin in the Sun” still has a power-ful message today involving family and racialissues.

The Greenbelt Arts Center is playing host tothe award-winning play now throughMay 31.

“A Raisin in the Sun” follows the story ofthe Youngers, a black family struggling in 1950sChicago to hold its spot in a world that handsthem steep adversity and the consistent weightof racial prejudice.

The Youngers are living in poverty on thesouth side of Chicago. After the death ofWalterYounger’s father, Mama Younger is expecting a$10,000 life insurance check. Walter has plansfor themoney, butMama decides to put someof themoney down on a new house in an all-white neighborhood. Tensions within the fam-ily flair whenWalter squanders the remainderof themoneyMama has set aside for her grand-daughter’s education.

Tickets for the show are $12-$20. Formoreinformation, visit greenbeltartscenter.org orcall 301-441-8770.

Doing the best with good intentions

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“A Raisin in the Sun” runs through June 6 at theGreenbelt Arts Center.

“TheTempest” isoneofWil-liamShakespeare’s laterplays.Thatdoesn’tmake it any lessinteresting, though.

TheShakespeareTeenThe-atreatLaurelMill Playhouse isset toperformtheshowstartingFriday,May29.

“TheTempest” followsProspero,who isona remote

island.As the rightfulDukeofMilan,he sets inmotionaplanto restorehisdaughter,Miranda,toher rightfulplace.Of course,Prosperohas touseabit of illu-sionand“magic” tomake thathappen.

Heendsup luringhisbrotherAntonio,whohasusurpedProspero’sposition,

andAlonso, thekingofNaples,to the island.

Fromthere, lotsof thingshappen,but you’ll have togocheckout the showtofindoutwhatoccurs.

Tickets for the showare$15-$20.Formore information, visitlaurelmillplayhouse.orgor call301-617-9906.

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#P9308, CERTIFIED, Turbo,AWD, Leather, Sunroof $24,980

2012 Volvo S60 T6 R Design

2013 Hyundai Sonata SE

#P9371, 1-OWNER,Heated Front Seats,Bluetooth, Alloys $16,995

DARCARS VOLVO15401 Frederick Rd, Rockville, MDwww.darcarsvolvo.com

1.888.824.9165

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2013 KIA Optima SX Turbo

#526571C, 1-Owner, Leather, HEATEDSEATS, Panoramic roof, Alloys,Beautifully Kept!

$19,995

2010 Volvo XC60 3.0 Turbo AWD

#G0061, Only 62Kmi!!,Leather, Panoramicmoonroof, Alloys

$19,950

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#P9384,CERTIFIED!! Only 23KMiles,Nav, Rear Camera, Leather,Sunroof, Premium Sound,

$29,980

2011 Volvo XC90 AWD Platinum2012 Honda CRV EX-L AWD

#P9369, 1-Owner, Leather,Sunroof, Alloys , Only 32KMiles!

$23,950

#P9279A, Automatic,Clean Inside and Out $6,995

2002 Honda Civic EX

2011 Volvo S80 3.2L

#P9311, CERTIFIED!!, Only 26KMiles,Nav,Rear Camera, Leather,Sunroof, Premium Sound

$23,980

2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT

#P9232A, 6 spd Manual 3.8V6 Convertible, Only 35KMiles, Fun Car!!!

$13,995

#G0063,ONLY 54K mi,2.4L 4cyl,Auto

$15,995

2010 Camry Hybrid2007 XC90

525586B, ONLY 77k Miles!!6 cyl, clean inside & out! $14,995

2011 GMC Terrain SLE-1

#P9276A, Auto, Locally Ownedand Well Maintained, $14,995

2011 Volvo C30Turbo Coupe.............................. $11,995#526588B, Black, Fun to drive, Well maintained inside & out!

2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee....................................$11,995#P9310A, 1-Owner, Super Low Miles 61K, V8, SNRF, Alloys, Gray

2011 Mini Cooper S........................................................... $14,995#P9243B, 1-Owner, Turbo, Auto, Leather, Well Maintained

2010 Volvo XC60 3.2L..................................................... $17,950#P9263, 1-Owner, Only 52K Miles! Panormic Moonroof, Well prices and clean!

2012 Acura TSXWagon............................................... $21,950# 527003A, 1-Owner, Only 27K Miles! Leather, Sunroof, Bluetooth, Alloys

2010 Volvo XC60 3.2L...........................$18,950#P9277, 1-Owner, Leather, Moonroof, Bluetooth

2012 Volvo S60 T5 Turbo......................$19,980#P9315, CERTIFIED!! Only 30K Miles, Leather, Sunroof, Homelink

2012 Volvo XC90 Premier Plus...........$25,980#429033A, 1-OWNER, CERTIFIED Leather, 3RD Row seat, Moonroof, Well Maintained

DARCARSNISSAN of ROCKVILLE15911 Indianola Drive • Rockville, MD (at Rt. 355 across from King Farm)

888.805.8235 • www.DARCARSNISSAN.comBAD CREDIT - NO CREDIT - CALL TODAY!

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$15,977#547519A, 1-Owner, BeautifulInside&Out,WellMaintained

2011 Mazda CX-7

$16,977#548505A, LowMiles!!, V6, Auto,Leather, Alloys

2008 Nissan 350 Z Touring$17,977#587010B, Auto, Navigation,PanoramicRoof, AWD

2011 Kia Sorento SX

$16,977#548040A, 1-Owner, Loaded,Sunroof, Leather, Clean!!

2011 Hyundai Sonata Limited

$15,977#P9327, ONLY12KMILES!!Certified, Auto, LooksNew!

2012 Nissan Leaf SL NAV Hatchback

$15,977#532188C, Nav, Leather,Sunroof, Loaded

2010 Chevy Equinox LTZ

$5,977#442076A, Automatic, Gently DrivenandPriced toMove!

2001 Nissan Quest GXE

$14,777#E0647A,Nav, PanoramicRoof,Leather, Loaded, Fun to drive

2012 Hyundai Veloster

$16,777#541161A, Hard-to-Find, 1-Owner,Loaded, Leather, Sunroof

2010 Mercury Mariner Hybrid

$13,977#541149A, Auto, Sunroof, Alloys2010 Nissan Rogue SL

$14,977#541214A, 1-OWNER,Only 74KMiles,Well kept!!

2008 Nissan Xterra S 4WD

$12,977#442078A,Only 5KMiles!!!,Automatic,WhyBuyNew?

2014 Chevrolet Sonic LS

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Prices include all rebates and incentives. DARCARS Nissan DOES NOT Include college grad or military rebates in price! NMAC Bonus Cash require financing through NMAC with approved credit. Prices exclude tax,tags, freight (Cars $810, SUVs and Trucks $860-$1000) and $300 processing charge, Lease payments are calculated with tax, tags, freight, $300 processing charge and first payment due at signing, and are valid with

tier one approval through NMAC. Prices and payments valid only at listed VINS. See dealer for details. Offer expires 05/25/2015.

DARCARS NISSANTWO LOCATIONS

Rockville15911 Indianola DriveRockville, MD 20855

888-797-1831

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College Park, MD 20740888-693-8037

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2015 NISSANVERSA NOTE SV MSRP: $17,600

Sale Price: $14,895Nissan Customer Cash: $400

NMAC Bonus Cash: $500

$13,995

MODEL #11615

4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN

$169/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR

OR

2015 NISSANALTIMA 2.5 S

MSRP: $23,935Sale Price: $19,495

Nissan Customer Cash: -$1,000Altima Bonus Cash: -$500NMAC Bonus Cash: -$1000

$16,995MODEL #131154 at this price



OR

2015 NISSANNV200


Nissan Customer Cash: $750

$17,495

MODEL #67115



OR

MODEL #17015

$0 DOWN

MSRP: $32,000Sale Price: $27, 995

NMAC Bonus Cash: $3,500

$24,495$229/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR

OR

2015 NISSANLEAF S

4AT THISPRICE

with chargerpackage

2015 NISSANPATHFINDER 4X4 S


Nissan Rebate: $1,500NMAC Bonus Cash: $500

$25,995

MODEL #250154

AT THISPRICE

$0 DOWN


OR

$0 DOWN


2015 NISSANSENTRA SV


Nissan Rebate $1,000NMAC Bonus Cash: $250

$14,495

MODEL #12115

OR4AT THISPRICE

2015 NISSANVersa S Sedan MSRP: $14,685

Nissan Rebate $400Sale Price: $11,395

$10,995automatic

transmissionMODEL #11115



OR

2015 NISSANMURANO S AWD


$28,495

MODEL #23015



OR

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PRICES AND PAYMENTS INCLUDE ANY APPLICABLE MANUFACTURE’S REBATES AND EXCLUDE MILITARY ($500) AND COLLEGE GRAD ($500) REBATES, TAX, TAGS,DEALER PROCESSING CHARGE ($300) AND FREIGHT: CARS $795 OR $810, TRUCKS, SPORT UTILITY AND SIENNAS $810, $845 AND $995. *0.0% APR & 0% APRFINANCING UP TO 60 MONTHS TO QUALIFIED BUYERS THRU TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES. TOTAL FINANCED CANNOT EXCEED MSRP PLUS OPTIONS, TAX, ANDLICENSE FEES. 0% APR MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $16.67 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. 0.9% APR 60 MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $17.05 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED.APR OFFERS ARE NOT VALID WITH ANY OTHER CASH BACK LEASE OFFER. NOT ALL BUYERS WILL QUALIFY.**LEASE PAYMENTS BASED ON 36 MONTHS, 12,000 MILESPER YEAR WITH $995 DOWN PLUS $650 ACQUISITION FEE, NO SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED. LEASES FOR COROLLA AND CAMRY ARE 24 MONTHS WITH $0 DOWNPLUS TAX, TAGS, FREIGHT, PROCESSING AND $650 ACQUISITION FEE. SEE DEALER FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. EXPIRES 5/26/2015.

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0% FOR60 MONTHS+On 10 Toyota Models

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4 CYL.,4 DR., AUTO

$149/

2 AVAILABLE: #564399, 564398NEW 2015 RAV4 4X2 LE

4 CYL.,AUTOMATIC

AFTER $750 REBATE

$20,890

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$14,590AFTER $750 REBATE

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4 DR., AUTO,4 CYL

2015 COROLLA LE

$139/MO**

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$18,890

4 DR., AUTO,4 CYL. INCL.

NEW 2015 YARIS#577009

$13,590AFTER TOYOTA $1,000 REBATE

3 AVAILABLE: #572183, 572187, 572081NEW 2015 CAMRY LE

4 CYL.,AUTO

$18,990AFTER TOYOTA $750 REBATE

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355 TOYOTA1 AVAILABLE: #563287NEW 2015 HIGHLANDER LE

4 CYL.,AUTO, 4 DR

$28,390

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4 CYL., AUTO,4 DR

AFTER TOYOTA $750 REBATE

$0DOWN

$149/MO**

3 DR. H/BK,MANUAL TRANS


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