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Volume 18, No. 23,Two sections, 20 PagesCopyright © 2015The Gazette

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BREAKINGGROUNDWork on new LaurelLibrary begins more thana year after constructionwas originally set tobegin. A-7

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n Recent immigrant, hearing-impaired saxophonist graduate

BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAUSTAFFWRITER

Learning a new language was just oneof many challenges Nicole Brito, 18, facedwhen she moved from Puerto Rico toGreenbelt in 2011.

“When I came here the first day ofschool, I was so lost,” said Brito, who grad-uated from Eleanor Roosevelt High Schoolon May 29 with a 3.8 grade-point-average.“It was real hard forme to fit in. The Ameri-can kids were so scary, because they werespeaking English, and I knew hardly any. Itwas hard forme to adjust to the curriculum

of the school, and I was afraid to speak up,because I had such a heavy accent.”

Brito said that when she first startedschool, she had only very limited English.

“It’s incredible to see the strides she’smade. Students like Nicole are few and farbetween, who are willing to dedicate theirall their free time, their social lives, to theirstudies,” said Laurie Hortie, Roosevelt’sEnglish for Speakers of Other Languages—or ESOL— teacher.

Brito said her interest in reading alltypes of books, fiction and nonfiction,helped improve her English reading com-prehension.

“I always carry a dictionary with me,and at home, I have a notebook to write

Roosevelt graduates overcome challenges

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Recent graduate Nicole Brito of Greenbelt stands in the ESOL classroom at Elea-nor Roosevelt High School, where she developed English comprehension.

n Three school initiativesfunded by national grant

BY KIRSTEN PETERSENSTAFFWRITER

When designing her dream garden for BeaconHeights Elementary School in Riverdale, flower beds

and fruit trees weren’t enough for fifth-grader KarenSigala— she said her school needs a bat cave.

“People don’t know a lot about bats. Theyimagine them as scary creatures that will suck theirblood,” Karen, 11, of Riverdale said.

All ideas — especially bat habitats — from stu-dents, parents and teachers will be fair game whenReal SchoolGardens, aFortWorth,Texas-basednon-profit, helps the school build its new garden.

“The students are so excited they can have a partin this and think about what is important to them,”said Jeanne McCarty, executive director of RealSchool Gardens.

Real School Gardens aims to “grow successfulstudents” through learning gardens and providesteacher training and continuing support after the

Riverdale students sow seeds for gardenKIRSTEN PETERSEN/THE GAZETTE

Design challenge winner Karen Sigala, 11, of Riverdale and her brother Cristobal, 10, sketch out ideas for a new school garden during the Real School Gardens “Design & Dine” event May28 at Beacon Heights Elementary School in Riverdale.

n Maryland bands to performduring free Thursday shows


The Towne Centre at Laurel maybe the newest spot in the city to find

national retailers and eateries, but thissummer it’ll be the place to see localbands during a Thursday night concertseries put on by Laurel’s own BreasiaProductions.

The Free Thursday Night Sum-mer Concert Series starts June 11 withRockville-basedvarietybandONYXandendsAug. 13withAnnapolis-based soul

fusion band Higher Hands, accordingto Nailah Gobern Lee, chief operatingofficer of Breasia Productions. Eachshow starts at 6:30 p.m.

Lee said her company and repre-sentatives from the Towne Centre de-cided to hold the concerts on Thursdaynights to draw residents to the shop-ping center when it’s less busy.

“The mall is extremely busy on theweekends, which could pose a lot ofconcerns dealing with traffic and se-curity,” Lee said. “Having it on a week-day when possibly the crowds are notthat large, you can attract people to theTowne Centre. It’s a great idea.”

Tom Fitzpatrick, president of Ow-ings Mills-based Greenberg Gibbons,

the Towne Centre’s developer, saidthe Thursday night series is an effort to“extend the weekend” and bring moreactivity to the shopping center on aweekday.

“The biggest thing is the TowneCentre at Laurel has become a real

Towne Centre at Laurel to kick off summer with concert series

Schoolsfacing$100Mshortfalln Board member, County Council

want performance audit

BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAUSTAFFWRITER

With its $1.93 billion budget shotdown by the Prince George’s CountyCouncil last week, Prince George’sCounty Public Schools is working out abudget that is more than $100 millionless than requested.

“It really puts our children at a dis-advantage compared to neighboringjurisdictions, and I’m sorry the councillacked the foresight to imagine a betterday in Prince George’s County for ourchildren,” school system CEO KevinMaxwell said.

Voting 6-3, the County Councilapproved a budget May 28 that raisesproperty taxes 4 percent and adds an

n Tax rates inBladensburg remain steadybut must manage deficit


Some Bladensburg residents areconcerned with the town’s need to ap-ply more than $400,000 from the fundbalance to its Fiscal 2016 budget, buttown officials say it’s a necessary mea-sure to balance revenues and expendi-tures in the coming year.

Terry Jackson, Bladensburg’s in-terim treasurer, said the $5,909,268budget is balancedwith approximately$425,078 from the fund balance.

During a May 30 budget delibera-tion, the Town Council cut $158,416in expenses by eliminating funding

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JUNE 4Book Discussion, 10 a.m., the NewCar-

rollton Library, 7414 Riverdale Road, NewCarrollton. Selection of titles for the nextseason. Contact 301-459-6900.

JUNE 5Seniors: Magical Musical Days, 10:30

a.m. to noon at Langley Park Senior Activ-ity Center, 1500MerrimacDrive, Hyatts-ville. Enjoy a variety of livemusic everymonth. Thismonth the featuredmusicaltalent will be Anthony Clark & the All StarsBlues Band. Please sign up at the centerin advance, so we can plan accordingly.Contact 301-408-4343; TTY 301-446-3402.

Annual Bike Decorating Contest,Parade and Ice Cream Social, 6:30 p.m.,Laurel Armory Anderson andMurphyCommunity Center, 422Montgomery St.,Laurel. Laurel’s Department of Parks andRecreation and the Laurel Police Depart-ment are gearing up again for the annualcontest and parade, followed by an IceCream Social. Contact 301-725-7800.

JUNE 6PB & J: The Pollinating Butterflies Job,

9 to 11:30 a.m., Patuxent Research RefugeNorth Tract, Route 198 between the Balti-more-Washington Parkway and Route 32,Laurel. Discover the role that butterfliesplay in the ecosystem as pollinators andlearn to identify several common toMary-land on this guided 2.0-mile, two hourhike. Registration is required. Ages 10+.Contact 301-497-5887.

Kids Fishing Day, 10:15 to 11:15 a.m.,Patuxent Research Refuge, NationalWild-life Visitor Center, Laurel. Novice Anglerscan learn how to cast a rod, identify typesof fish and enjoy the experience of fishing.All fishing equipment will be provided forthe event, and there will be staff availableto assist. Contact 301-497-5887. Visit us onthe web: patuxent.fws.gov.

Taste of the Caribbean, Noon to 7p.m., BladensburgWaterfront Park, 4601Annapolis Road, Bladensburg. A free-ad-mission CaribbeanHeritage Festival dem-onstrating the diversity of the Caribbeanculture - featuring Caribbean cuisine, artsand crafts, music and cultural activitiesfor the whole family. It will offer a diverse,cultural showcase of international cuisine,arts and crafts, music and entertainment.Contact 301-266-8424 or [email protected].

Celebrate Father’s Day with the Prince

George’s African American Museum Noonto 1:30 p.m., TheMall At Prince Georges(Across fromMacy’s), 3500 EastWestHighway, Hyattsville. Join us as we helpyour royal children prepare for Father’sDay with crafts, music and storytellingactivities. Contact 301-559-8844.

Renovation Celebration. FeaturingMagician, Joe Romano, 2 p.m., NewCar-rollton Library, 7414 Riverdale Road, NewCarrollton. Children and families, in prep-aration for the NewCarrollton Branch’srenovation beginning this summer, pleasejoin us for our Renovation Celebration.Magician Joe Romano, will perform hisexciting show “Books. TheMagic is Real.”Learn about plans for your renovatedlibrary. Enjoy an ice cream treat. Contact301-459-6900.

Theater Tech Graduation Showcase,6 to 8 p.m., Joe’sMovement Emporium,3309 Bunker Hill, Mount Rainier. JoinJoe’s to celebrate the accomplishments ofstudents in the theater tech program asthey showcase their work in photography,digital media, story telling and theatertechnology. Contact 301-669-1819.

JUNE 7Greenbelt Day Bicycle Ride, Lawn

Games, and Picnic, 11:30 a.m. in Green-belt. The streets of Greenbelt will be filledwith brightly decorated bicycles and theCommunity Center lawn strewnwithpicnic baskets and blankets for the thirdannual Roosevelt Ride. Celebrate the NewDeal-era legacy of this historic commu-nity by donning your sporty vintage best,hopping on your decorated bicycle, andjoining us for a leisurely cycle through thetown. Contact 301-507-6582 [email protected].

JUNE 82015 My Time with the Mayor, 4:30 to

6:30 p.m., LaurelMunicipal PoolMeet-ing Room,Main St & 9th St., Laurel. Ifyou have any questions or concerns forLaurelMayor Craig A.Moe,make plansnow to attend the next “My Timewith theMayor.” Contact 301-725-5300, Ext. 2125.

Chinese-English Preschool Storytime,4:30 p.m., Greenbelt Library, 11 CrescentRoad, Greenbelt. Enjoy children’s stories,songs, rhymes and other activities inChinese and English. Pick up ticket at theInformationDesk. Ages 3-5. Contact 301-345-5800.

GarageBand, 5 p.m., FairmountHeights Library, 5904 Kolb St., Fairmount

Heights. Come to the DREAMLab andlearn GarageBand. Class topics include abasic tutorial andworking with tracks andregions, jump-starting the recording pro-cess, sharing songs andmore. Registrationrequired. Ages 14 and up. Visit the branchor call 301-883-2650.

JUNE 9Puppet Show: A Fox Tale, 10:30 a.m.,

Patuxent Research Refuge NationalWild-life Visitor Center, PowderMill Road be-tween the Baltimore-Washington Parkwayand Route 197, Laurel. All ages. No regis-tration necessary. Contact 301-497-5887.

JUNE 10Prince George’s County Crime Solv-

ers Annual Golf Tournament, 8:30 a.m.,University ofMarylandGolf Course,MD-193, College Park. Prince George’s CountyCrime Solvers is teeing off in its fightagainst crime. The program is gearing upto host its popular annual golf tourna-ment at the University ofMaryland. Con-tact 301-772-4718 or [email protected].

Seniors: Arts on a Roll Improvisa-tional Theatre Series, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.,Langley Park Senior Activity Center, 1500MerrimacDrive, Hyattsville. Participantswill learn the basic “rules” of improvisa-tion. Afterward, they’ll create humorousor dramatic improvised scenes through aseries of engaging theater games. Contact301-408-4343; TTY 301-446-3402.

Trails Master Plan Open House, 6 to 8p.m., Parks and Recreation Admin Build-ing, 6601 Kenilworth Ave., Riverdale. TheTrailsMaster Planwill guide developmentof the countywide park trail system thatsupports recreation opportunities andconnectivity while balancing resources(staff/funding) tomaintain and expandthe system. Help develop a long-termplan for creating a diverse and extensivetrail system for county residents. Contact301-699-2522; TTY 301-699-2544.

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n Students given secondchance to earn diplomas

BY JAMIEANFENSON-COMEAU

STAFFWRITER

Four years ago, Laurel resi-dent Manuel Hernandez wasa high school dropout. But onMay 29, Hernandez, 20, walkedacross the stage to receive hishigh school diploma, and is en-rolled in college.

“My parents are here, andthey’re proud of me, I’m proudofmyself,” said Hernandez, 20.

Hernandez was among125 students to graduate fromCommunity Based Classroomsin Bladensburg, an alterna-tive public high school, whichopened in 1989.

Principal Tammy Williamssaid this is the largest graduat-

ing class in school history.Williams said the students

who come to her school typi-cally are those who have haddifficulty at traditional highschools. Some may needsmaller class sizes, others mayhave failed classes or are inneed of credit recovery.

CBC operates weekdaysfrom 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and of-fers flexible schedules, so thatstudents only take the classesthey need to graduate, as wellas tutoring and online learning,Williams said.

“Some have become par-ents at a young age, and needa flexible schedule,” Williamssaid. “Many are full-time work-ers.”

Hernandez said he leftschool because he didn’t seethe point of it, but when he en-tered theworkforce, he realizedthere were few career options

available to someone without ahigh school diploma.

“It just wasn’t where it wasat,” Hernandez said. “My par-ents were disappointed in meand I knew I needed to get ahigh school diploma.”

Hernandez said he plans toattend Prince George’s Com-munity College for two years,then transfer to the Universityof Maryland, College Park, andstudymedicine.

Williams said the smallclass sizes — approximately15 students per teacher — andclose connections between stu-dents and faculty help supportstudents who might otherwisefail or drop out.

Jesse Anderson, 19, of Lau-rel said traditional high schoolwasn’t working for him.

“I needed a more closed in,stricter environment,” said An-derson, who is planning to join

theU.S. Army.Williams said the school

also supports students aftergraduation. As of 2013, all grad-uates are required to produce apost-graduation plan, be it ca-reer, themilitary or college.

“Wewant tomake sure thatwhen young people leave here,they leave here with a diplomaand a plan,”Williams said.

Julien Wimbish, 19, ofCheverly said heneeded to taketwoEnglish classes to graduate.

“It helped me put every-thing in position to where itshouldbe, and it helpedmeputmy act together to know whereI needed to be in life and whatI should be doing,” said Wim-bish, who added that he plansto major in architecture in col-lege.

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Alternate school sees record graduating class

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(From left) Christian Martinez, Jesse Anderson Jr. and Chyna Queen applaud Friday during the commencement address by Strayer University Campus DeanTrenace Richardson at graduation exercises for Community Based Classrooms of Bladensburg at Wise High School in Upper Marlboro.

n Students pursue careersin physical therapy,criminal justice


When Thai Jackson andAlondra Jijon Vasquez wereunderclassmen at BladensburgHigh School, they aspired toperform music and join themilitary, respectively.

But before they graduatedfrom the Bladensburg schoolMonday afternoon, both stu-dents said their career goalshave shifted toward commu-nity service, thanks in part tothe Riverdale-based nonprofitEnd Time Harvest Ministries,Inc.

“It kept me responsible.It kept me more aware ofwhat I was doing,” Thai, 17,of Riverdale said of the ETHMPathways to Career Successprogram. “It kept me morestructured and staying on thesame path.”

Thai, Jijon Vasquez, 18, ofHyattsville andMariah Jackson,18, of Colmar Manor receivedscholarships May 28 from Kai-ser Permanente and the par-ents of the Port Towns YouthCouncil.

Thai and Jijon Vasquez willattend Prince George’s Com-munity College in the fall. Thaiwill study physical therapy andJijon Vasquez will study crimi-nal justice.

“It’s a blessing becauseI never thought I would getsomething like that out of theprogram,” Jijon Vasquez said.

End Time Harvest Minis-tries empowers youth to im-pact health in the Port Townscommunities of Bladensburg,Colmar Manor, Cottage Cityand Edmonston, according tothe nonprofit’s website.

Both students were mem-bers of the Port Towns YouthCouncil, wellness ambassadorsand participants in the Path-ways to Career Success Pro-gram, which prepares studentsfor careers through job readi-ness training andmentoring.

Thai said he first took an

interest in physical therapy in2005 when his grandmothersuffered a stroke.

He attended physicaltherapy sessions with her andwould help her improve hermobility at home.

“In the middle I kind ofstayed away from physicaltherapy because I’m so muchinto music,” Thai said. “When Igot older it came back and I gotthe drive to do it again.”

He said volunteering as awellness ambassador and op-portunities to meet young pro-fessionals allowed him to seethe potential of physical ther-apy as a career.

“They just really started itand seeing how far they came,”Thai said. “If they can do it, socan I.”

Jijon Vasquez said she hadwanted to pursue a militarycareer since she was a sopho-more, but her interest in thelaw and protecting people drewher to criminal justice.

“I like helping people sothat interested me a lot,” JijonVasquez said.

Jijon Vasquez said theETHM programs taught herhow simple actions, such aspicking up trash, can help hercommunity and ways her fam-ily can live a healthier life. Shesaid she has lost weight and herfamily is more active now.

The Rev. Gail Addison,president andCEOof End TimeHarvest Ministries, said the ex-pertise Thai and Jijon Vasquezhave gained through ETHMprograms allow them to teachtheir peers about the impor-tance of health and wellness.

“That’s what’s so specialabout Thai and Alondra, be-cause they’ve gone through thatrigorous wellness ambassadortraining,” Addison said.

Thai said he was humbledto have received the scholar-ships because they remindedhim of his journey to where heis today.

“To end on a positive note,it felt good,” Thai said. “It feelsgood to knowyouaccomplishedsomething.”

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Bladensburg graduatesinspired to help others

BILL RYAN/THE GAZETTE

Bladensburg High School graduating seniors Alondra Jijon Vasquez of Hyatts-ville and Thai Jackson of Riverdale were among 20 students honored May 28by End Time Harvest Ministries in Lanham.

Laurel residents looking tostock up on produce or find anearly Father’s Day gift can visitthe Laurel Board of Trade’sfarmers market, which startsThursday onMain Street.

The Laurel Farmers Marketand Bazaar is open from 9 a.m.to2p.m. everyThursday startingJune 4 and concluding October29. The market is located on thegrass lot next to BB&T Bank.

Maureen Rogers, adminis-trative coordinator for theLaurelBoard of Trade, said vendors arestill signing up to sell theirwaresat themarket.

“These farmers, they’rebringing things they pickedthat morning. You can’t get anyfresher,” Rogers said. “Theyhave been coming for years.They’re honest, trustworthy andvery inexpensive.”

Rogers said the board oftrade is continuing to acceptvendor applications. For moreinformation, email [email protected] or calltheLaurelBoardofTradeat 301-483-0838.

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n Mushala Memorial 5K will benefitdaughters’ trust fund

BY KIRSTEN PETERSEN

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Family members and colleagues of ErikaWhite Mushala say she was known for her steadysmile and upbeat personality. So during theMushala Memorial 5K this Saturday, named tohonor the late Beltsville Academy teacher, prin-cipal Leslie Lowe said she hopes students will besmiling, too.

“Erika would want us to not be sad. She wouldwant us to be happy and remember all of herpositivity and the good times,” Lowe said. “Thisis going to be a celebration of her life.”

Mushala, 44, of Cheverly died April 21 fromcomplications of colorectal cancer, said BarbaraWhite, Mushala’s mother. She was married andhad two daughters — Sydney, 12 and Blair, 11.Mushala worked at the Beltsville school since1994 and taught fourth grade for most of her ca-reer, Lowe said.

White, 76, of Philadelphia, said her daughterloved the children and teachers at Beltsville Acad-emy and was committed to the profession, evenwhen White asked if she had ever considered an-other career.

“She said, ‘No, I want to teach,’ and she neverleft Beltsville,” White said.

Parent Ilana Kitchen, 54, of Glenn Dale saidMushala was “a teacher who would talk to you onyour level” and her classroom discussions on cur-rent events were key to her son’s development.

“I saw a huge change for him. He stopped get-ting into fights and thought about how his actionsaffect people,” Kitchen said.

Mushala served as the grade level chair-woman and was a member of the school’s plan-ning and management team.

Shealsoplayed in the school’s annual staff ver-sus students basketball game and participated inJump Rope for Heart, a fundraiser for the Ameri-can Heart Association, but her favorite activity,Lowe said, was leading the school’s Scrabble Club.

“She took all ages. She didn’t confine it justto middle school students,” Lowe said. “She wel-comed students of any age who were willing tolearn board games that involved words.”

Lowe said Mushala’s death was a “devastatingloss” for the Beltsville Academy community. For-mer students and families sent condolences notonly to the school, but also the White family.

“I’ve received several cards from kids whohad her 15, 17 years ago who were just devastatedabout her death,” said Mushala’s brother, Rob-ert White. “She had a tremendous impact over atBeltsville.”

Since 2010, Beltsville Academy has hosted a 5kand one-mile walk to benefit the school’s athleticdepartment.

This year, half of the proceeds will go toward

the Erika White Mushala LegacyTrust Fund, which will help fi-nance her two daughters’ educa-tion.

“We wanted to be able tomake a continuing contributiontoward the trust fund, ratherthan the one time donations,”Lowe said. “We wanted to allowthe community to join us in hon-oringhermemoryonayearlyba-sis.”

Theentry fee for theMushalaMemorial 5K, which begins at 8a.m. Saturday, is $25 per person.

All proceeds from the event’sraffle will go to the trust fund,Lowe said.

Caren McCalla, a former col-league and Delta Sigma Thetasorority sister, said Mushala’scourage and faith sustainedthrough her all challenges in life,especially her cancer diagnosis.

“Even though the battle waslost it’s a legacy to leave for hergirls, to know that commitmentand devotion, that commitmentto her craft as an educator,” Mc-Calla said.

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Late Beltsville teacher to be honored during Saturday run

ROBERT WHITE

Erika White Mushala poses with her husband Daniel and daughters Sydney(left) and Blair in 2012. Mushala, a teacher at Beltsville Academy, died April21 and will be honored Saturday with the Mushala Memorial 5K.

n Special electionto be held for Ward 5 seat

BY JAMIE

ANFENSON-COMEAU

STAFF WRITER

Hyattsville will hold a spe-cial election to fill the Ward 5 va-cancy created by the departureof Clayton Williams.

Williams made his resigna-tion announcement at the CityCouncil’s June 1 meeting, citingwork and family obligations.

Williams said he was takinga position as an attorney and tomove closer to family in his na-tive Charlotte, N.C.

“It was really new and sud-den,”Williams said. “Mymotheris there, and she needs morehelp, and my grandparents arethere as well, and they’re gettingolder, so it was well-timed inthat respect,” Williams said.

Althoughhis date of resigna-tion has not been finalized, Wil-liams said it would be no laterthan June 29, which will be hislast day as a Hyattsville resident.

Council Clerk Laura Reamssaid that under the city’s char-ter, a special election must beheldwithin 75days of a vacancy.She said the city election boardwill meet June 9 to start plan-ning for the election, which sheanticipatedwouldbeheld in lateAugust or early September.

Williams was elected to thecouncil in 2013. Williams saidhe was proud to have workedwith staff to promote economicdevelopment in the city and tohave supported fiscal responsi-bility during a lean budget sea-son, and said he will miss taxdiscussions with fellow councilmembers.

“Hyattsville is truly a spe-cial place. My two boys wereborn here and my wife and Ihave made friends that will lasta lifetime,” Williams said. “Wehave experienced the joy of be-ing part of a community thatprovides support with ease andgenuine live, and we will be for-ever changed because of ourtime here.”

Hyattsville Mayor CandaceHollingsworth presented Wil-liams with a certificate of serviceon behalf of the city.

“Our sincerest appreciationand best wishes are extended tocouncil member Clayton Wil-liams,” Hollingsworth said.

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n Eleven-year teachershares love of sciencewith students, faculty

BY JAMIEANFENSON-COMEAU

STAFFWRITER

Takisha Webb, fourth-grade science teacher at Deer-field Run Elementary School inLaurel, said her interest in sci-ence has helped propel her intoa teaching career.

“I’ve always loved science,and I really like sharing thatwith my students,” said Webb,who has served as chair of theschool’s Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics,or STEM, Fair since 2009.

Webb was honored by theschool system with its 2015Christa McAuliffe Outstand-ing Teacher Award during theschool system’s annual Em-ployee Recognition Banquet,held May 28 at Martin’s Cross-winds in Greenbelt.

The award is granted yearlyto an outstanding teacher se-lected by a committee of theirpeers, according to the schoolsystem website.

The recipient receives acertificate and a vase with theirname engraved on it, and aplaque with their name on it isdisplayed at the Board of Edu-cation meeting room in UpperMarlboro.

“Ms Webb is an awesometeacher, and awesome advo-cate for STEM studies, and wecouldn’t bemore proud. I com-mend her for all the work thatshe’s done and the examplethat she sets for others,” saidschool system CEO Kevin Max-well.

Webb said she was in-spired to take up the STEMFair chair by Hortense Adams,the founder of Deerfield Run’sSTEM Fair and 2007 ChristaMcAuliffe recipient.

Adams died in 2013 after afour-year battle with cancer,according to school officials.

“Because I knew how im-portant STEM was for her,I stepped up and decided Iwanted to continue the tradi-tion of holding the STEM Fairevery year,” Webb said. “Shewas such a huge inspiration forme, and it was because of herinspiration and in her honorthat I decided to do it.”

Webb said the STEM Fairhas grown from approximately100 projects to upwards of 185projects.

Mary Wall, principal atDeerfield Run Elementary, saidthat Webb has helped grow theschool’s STEM Fair into a fam-ily event.

Wall said Webb hostedthree to four parent-childworkshops a year, where par-ents and students can come inafter school hours to use thecomputers and other school re-sources, or look for inspirationfor STEM Fair projects.

“It really helps to get par-ents excited and engaged towork on projects with theirchildren, because sometimesparents just need that extra

support as well,” Wall said.Wall said Webb also pres-

ents workshops to staff on howto integrate technology intotheir classrooms.

“OurCEODr.KevinMaxwellhas taken the motto ‘Great bychoice,’ and she has definitelychosen to be great by choice,”Wall said. “She perseveres, sheis persistent, and sheworks veryhard.”

Webb has taught fourththrough sixth grade during her11 years at Deerfield Run, whereshe began her career.

Webb said the best part ofbeing a teacher is seeing the im-pact it has on her students yearsdown the road.

“I think the most reward-ing aspect has been when stu-dents come back after they’vegraduated, and they tellme howmuch I’d helped them and how,because ofmebelieving in themthey decided to go further withtheir education.”

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Takisha Webb, fourth-grade science teacher at Deerfield Run ElementarySchool in Laurel, is congratulated May 28 by school system CEO Kevin Max-well following her announcement as the 2015 Christa McAuliffe OutstandingTeacher Award recipient.

n Residents look forwardto new building


Laurel residents and PrinceGeorge’s County officials gath-ered to break ground on thenew Laurel Library during aMay 27 ceremony, an occasionthat camemore than a year af-ter construction was originallyset to begin.

The 31,000 square footbuilding will be more thantwice the size of the old libraryand will feature a dinosaur-themed children’s area and

environmentally-friendly ele-ments, such as solar panels onthe roof and electric car charg-ing stations.

“I can’t believe it,” saidLaurel councilwoman DonnaCrary (Ward 2). “Now you getthe magnitude of what [thelibrary] is going to do to thiscorner.”

The old Laurel Libraryclosed last January and con-struction was scheduled tobegin last March or April, butin an interview with The Ga-zette in March, Michael Gan-non, chief operating officer forsupport services for the PrinceGeorge’s County Memorial Li-brary System, said construction

was delayed due to challengessecuring union labor.

The approximately $23.2millionproject is set tobe com-pleted next year and the librarywill open in the fall of 2016, saidlibrary spokesman Andrew Al-drich.

Dwight Sullivan, a volun-teer with the Friends of LaurelLibrary, said he was lookingforward to an improved sittingarea and the separate com-puter room at the new library.

“It’s a whole differentworld,” Sullivan said. “It’sbeautiful, absolutelybeautiful.”

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What remains of the old Laurel Library stands on 7th Street on May 27. A new Laurel Library is set to open inthe same spot next year.

Brentwoodwill celebrate 93years since the town was incor-porated with a parade, gamesand food this Saturday.

The Brentwood Day festivi-ties begin at 11 a.m. June 6 witha parade through the town.

The parade ends at BartlettPark, where residents can enjoyfood and crafts from vendors aswell as the annual field games,

said town councilmemberGinaMorlan.

New activities include theaddition of soccer to the fieldgames, which currently featuresack races and dodgeball, Mor-lan said.

Therewill also be a four foottall Jenga game and carnival ac-tivities for young children.

“It’s always changing every

year,” Morlan said. “We bringback some of the old and thenew.”

Morlan said BrentwoodDayis an opportunity for residentsto come together andmeet newpeople.

The event will conclude at 5p.m., Morlan said.

— KIRSTEN PETERSEN

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POLICE BLOTTER

This activity report is pro-vided by the Prince George’sCounty Police Department as apublic service to the communityand is not a complete listing ofall events and crime reported.

District 1Headquarters, Hyattsville,

301-699-2630, covering Adelphi,Beltsville, Berwyn Heights, Blad-ensburg, Brentwood, Calverton,Cheverly, Chillum, College Park,Colmar Manor, Cottage City, Ed-monston, Greenbelt, Hyattsville,Landover, Landover Hills, LangleyPark, Mount Rainier, New Carroll-ton, North Brentwood, Riverdale,Riverdale Park,University Park andWest LanhamHills.

MAY 25

Theft, 4800 block Osage St.,7:46 a.m.

Theft, 4800 block Osage St.,8:18 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 800 blockBerkshire Drive, 8:52 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 6200blockAn-napolis Road, 12:35 p.m.

Robbery, 6200 block 64thAve, 1:25 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 5900 blockRiggs Road, 2:07 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 5500 blockCarters Lane, 3:22 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6500 blockNewHampshire Ave, 3:32 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 6500 blockLandover Road, 3:38 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6200 blockAnnapolis Road, 4:00 p.m.

Theft, 4900 block La SalleRoad, 4:08 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 4600 block

College Ave, 5:29 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 6600 block

Greenland St., 7:02 p.m.Vehicle stolen,25thAve/Han-

non St., 9:12 p.m.Theft, 5600 block Sargent

Road, 9:15 p.m.

MAY 26Assault, 6700 block 25th Ave,

12:08 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 6800 block

Riggs Road, 3:59 a.m.Vehicle stolen and recovered,

5800 block Arbor St., 6:11 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 7000 block

Freeport St., 7:03 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 7200 block

Rhode Island Ave, 9:00 a.m.Theft, 6500 block Maureen

Court, 9:14 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 4900blockEd-

monston Road, 9:56 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 3300 block

Bladensburg Road, 12:21 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 6700 block

NewHampshire Ave, 1:51 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 4800block

Erie St., 2:59 p.m.Residential break-in, 5700

block Somerset Road, 5:13 p.m.Residential break-in, 9000

blockHighlandDrive, 6:08 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 6700 block

NewHampshire Ave, 6:19 p.m.Assault, 6400 block Riggs

Road, 8:46 p.m.Theft,2200blockBeechwood

Road, 9:26 p.m.

MAY 27Theft from vehicle, 5900 block

60th Ave, 6:13 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 1500 block

MerrimacDrive, 7:23 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 5700 block

Eastpine Drive, 7:37 a.m.Theft, 8100 block 15th Ave,

8:38 a.m.Residential break-in, 8800

block 49th Ave, 8:39 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 6700 block

Stanton Road, 10:21 a.m.Residential break-in, 8800

block 49th Ave, 11:04 a.m.Theft, 7400 block 50th Ave,

11:04 a.m.Theft, 7900 block Annapolis

Road, 4:42 p.m.Theft, 5700 block Eastpine

Drive, 7:14 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 8100 block

15th Ave, 8:07 p.m.Vehicle stolen, 5100 block

70th Place, 8:26 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 5700 block

Cypress Creek Drive, 9:15 p.m.


Amherst Road, 6:22 a.m.Theft, 9000 block Baltimore

Ave, 10:34 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 3500 block

Bladensburg Road, 10:43 a.m.Theft, 6700 block Parkwood

St., 1:05 p.m.Residential break-in, 1500

block Quinwood St., 3:15 p.m.Theft, 4000 block BunkerHill

Road, 5:03 p.m.Residential break-in, 5700

block Somerset Road, 5:56 p.m.Residential break-in, 4800

block College Ave, 6:34 p.m.Residential break-in, 5700

block Somerset Road, 6:56 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 6700 block

NewHampshire Ave, 7:01 p.m.Vehicle stolen, 4200 block

Woodberry St., 8:06 p.m.Theft, 7700 block Riverdale

Road, 9:08 p.m.

MAY 29Assault, 6800blockHighview

Terrace, 12:38 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 5600 block

Randolph St., 4:27 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 6300 block

Ager Road, 5:00 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 9500 block

Baltimore Ave, 5:57 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 9300 block

Cherry Hill Road, 9:38 a.m.Residential break-in, 1200

block Rosedale Court, 9:45 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 7700 block

Emerson Road, 9:51 a.m.Residential break-in, 6700

block Queens Chapel Road,10:01 a.m.

Residential break-in, 9300block St. Andrews Place, 10:20a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 6000 block67th Ave, 11:43 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6200 blockAnnapolis Road, 11:59 a.m.

Commercial property break-in, 4800 block Lydell Road, 1:25p.m.

Residential break-in, 3500block 56th St., 1:39 p.m.

Theft, 6200 block AnnapolisRoad, 2:27 p.m.

Vehicle stolen and recovered,5700 block Somerset Road, 4:14p.m.

Theft, 4400 block SheridanSt., 4:59 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 5900 blockRiggs Road, 8:16 p.m.

Assault, 9600 block 50thPlace, 9:09 p.m.

MAY 30Residential break-in, 7500

block Rhode Island Ave, 1:43a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 2000 blockUniversity Blvd, 2:06 a.m.

Theft, 6600 block AnnapolisRoad, 3:40 a.m.

Robbery, Sheridan St./Knoll-brookDrive, 6:15 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 700 block Rit-tenhouse St., 8:00 a.m.

Vehicle stolen,100blockFieldHouse Drive, 9:08 a.m.

Vehicle stolen and recovered,7400 blockWest ParkDrive, 9:53a.m.

Theft, 8400 block AnnapolisRoad, 10:17 a.m.

Theft, 1500 block MadisonSt., 12:03 p.m.

Theft, 4700 block Cherry HillRoad, 2:12 p.m.

Theft, 6000 block 66th Ave,

2:42 p.m.Theft, 2100 block Chapman

Road, 4:50 p.m.Theft, 6200 block 67th Court,

9:09 p.m.Vehicle stolen, 6000 block

Mustang Place, 9:28 p.m.Assault with a weapon, Ke-

nilworth Ave & Riverdale Road,10:53 p.m.

Robbery, Keokee St. & RiggsRoad, 11:57 p.m.

MAY 31Assault, 3000 block Hospital

Drive, 3:37 a.m.Robbery, 8000 block New

Hampshire Ave, 3:56 a.m.Assault, 5100 block Ke-

nilworth Ave, 4:08 a.m.Assault, 8100 block 15th Ave,

4:32 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 1000 block

ChillumRoad, 8:32 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 2200 block

University Blvd, 11:20 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 7400 block

Leahy Road, 1:30 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 6200 block

Annapolis Road, 2:02 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 6600 block



25th Ave, 2:46 p.m.Vehicle stolen, 14thAve/Mer-

rimacDrive, 9:33 p.m.

District 3Headquarters, Palmer Park,

301-772-4900. Chapel Oaks,Cheverly, Glenarden, FairmountHeights, Kentland, Landover,Palmer Park, Seat Pleasant, Forest-ville, Suitland, District Heights andCapitol Heights.


Hillview Road, 5:09 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 1300 block

Samuel Drive, 9:26 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 500 block

Birchleaf Ave, 9:42 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 2400 block

Darel Drive, 10:11 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 4100 block

Suitland Road, 10:38 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 2500 block

Fairhill Drive, 11:40 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 3400 block

Donnell Drive, 1:28 p.m.Theft, 6000 block Martin Lu-

ther King Jr Highway, 1:34 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 2000 block

Brooks Drive, 1:35 p.m.Theft, 1700 block Ritchie Sta-

tion Court, 4:23 p.m.Break-in, 7000 block Inde-

pendence St., 7:13 p.m.Residential break-in, 6800

block Red Maple Court, 8:26p.m.

Assault, 4700 block SuitlandRoad, 9:01 p.m.

May 26Theft from vehicle, 7200 block

Mount Forest Terrace, 6:51 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 6000 block

Surrey Square Lane, 7:31 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 5000 block Sil-

ver Hill Court, 7:48 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 2100 blockBrooks Drive, 8:14 a.m.

Residential break-in, 5600block Addison Road, 11:15 a.m.

Theft, 200 blockWestHamp-ton Place, 12:02 p.m.

Theft, 6900 blockWalkerMillRoad, 12:32 p.m.

Theft, 2400 block LakehurstAve, 4:05 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 7200 blockDonnell Place, 7:39 p.m.

Assault, 4700 block SuitlandRoad, 8:14 p.m.

Robbery on commercialproperty, 7800 block CentralAve, 8:16 p.m.


Viceroy Ave, 3:53 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 1600 block

Brooksquare Drive, 5:58 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 1100 block

Booth Lane, 7:09 a.m.Theft, 7600 block Barlowe

Road, 9:03 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 3200 block

Swann Road, 9:22 a.m.Theft, 7500 block Jefferson

Ave, 9:34 a.m.Residential break-in, 3800

block Ellis St., 11:25 a.m.Residential break-in, 2400

block Brooks Drive, 11:54 a.m.Residential break-in, 4700

blockHeath St., 2:42 p.m.Carjacking, 5700 block Silver

Hill Road, 3:04 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 5000 block

Marlboro Pike, 4:39 p.m.Theft,6100blockMapleRock

Way, 5:14 p.m.Commercial property break-

in, 6100 block Central Ave, 5:26p.m.

Theft, 7400 block CentralAve, 9:16 p.m.

Theft, 7400 block CentralAve, 10:22 p.m.

MAY 28Robbery, 5300 block Sheriff

Road, 1:17 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 800 block

Queens Dale Court, 6:12 a.m.Theft, 3000 block Church St.,

7:46 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 3800 block

Walters Lane, 7:47 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 2900 block

Logan St., 7:53 a.m.Theft, 7000 block Migliori

Court, 10:16 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 3200 block

Walters Lane, 11:03 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 1800 block

Virginia Ave, 11:35 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 400 block

Clearfield Place, 11:39 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 3900 block

Suitland Road, 11:47 a.m.Vehicle stolen, Nb Brooks

Drive/Eb Marlboro Pike, 1:30p.m.

Robbery, 5900 block WalkerMill Road, 2:50 p.m.

Residential break-in, 6600block Lacona St., 5:37 p.m.

Theft, 7000 block MarlboroPike, 5:55 p.m.

Theft, 7700 block MarlboroPike, 9:02 p.m.

Robbery, 8600 block Glena-rden Pky, 9:48 p.m.

Assault, 6500 block Hil MarDrive, 11:17 p.m.

Residential break-in, 1000block Addison Road S, 11:23p.m.

Robbery, 6500 block CentralAve, 11:39 p.m.

Robbery, 7500 block Marl-boro Pike, 11:40 p.m.

MAY 29Vehicle stolen, 2100 block

Brewton St., 6:07 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 5800 block

SouthHilMar Cir, 7:34 a.m.Commercial property break-in,

3900 block Suitland Road, 8:23a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6300 blockMarlboro Pike, 11:26 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 100 blockHampton Park Blvd, 1:09 p.m.

Residential break-in, 2000block East Marlboro Ave, 3:22p.m.

Assault, 6400 block Hil MarDrive, 3:40 p.m.

Theft, 8600 block Martin Lu-ther King Jr Highway, 4:05 p.m.

Residential break-in, 5000block Lee Jay Court, 5:08 p.m.

Residential break-in, 500blockReadingTerrace, 5:21p.m.

Theft, Suitland Road/Shady-side Ave, 6:06 p.m.

Theft, 3700 block MonaccoCourt, 10:38 p.m.

MAY 30Robbery, Greeleaf Ave &

Romney Court, 12:04 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 1800 block

Belle HavenDrive, 12:26 a.m.Assault, 8600 block Glena-

rden Pkwy, 3:49 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 6500 block

HilMar Drive, 7:48 a.m.

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additional 1 percent to the tele-communications tax, estimatedto raise $34million.

“I know people say, domore with less, but you justcan’t do it,” Maxwell said.

County Executive RushernL. Baker (D) requested a 15.6percent increase in propertytaxes and additional 4 percentin the telecommunications taxto fund the school system bud-get, estimated to raise an extra$133 million. The day beforethe council vote, Baker reducedhis request to $65 million.

County Council ChairmanMel Franklin (D-Dist. 9) of Up-per Marlboro said the tax in-crease was needed to help thecounty meet its obligation topay a portion of the teacher re-tirement pension, a burden thestate shifted onto counties in2012, and which is expected toincrease to $42million in FY17.

The County Council alsoapproved a 1.5-cent tax in-crease per $100 of assessedvalue for the Maryland-Na-tional Capital Park and Plan-ning Commission, a 5.4 percentincrease in the tax that sup-ports the bi-county agency,which Franklin said was half ofwhat the agency was request-ing.

The approved school sys-tem budget of $1.83 billion isclose to the $1.84 billion origi-nally requested by Maxwell inDecember 2014. That budgetfroze the rollout of high schoolcareer academies scheduled toopen this fall, as well as expan-sion of peer teacher review andarts integration programs.

Maxwell said it was unclearif the new budget would besimilar to his original Decem-ber budget.

“I’ve got my numbers peo-ple looking at it. There are a lotof moving pieces here,” Max-well said. “The state changedits contribution down by a littlemore than $25 million.”

Maxwell’s original bud-get prompted board discus-sion with the CEO about whatit would take to create rapidimprovement in the schoolsystem, which generally rankssecond-to-last in Maryland.Baltimore City Public Schoolscomes in last.

However, school boardmember Edward Burroughs(Dist. 8) said the school systemshould await the results of aperformance audit and freezeexecutive cabinet-level hiringsbefore suggesting any sort oftax increase.

“We really have to startembracing accountability,transparency and audits,” Bur-roughs said. “We need to diag-nose our problems first.”

Franklin said the councilheard frommany residents thatthey don’t trust the school sys-tem to use the funds wisely, aview echoed by CouncilwomanMary Lehman (D-Dist. 1) ofLaurel, who voted against the4 percent tax increase becauseshe said she was not givenspecific details as to how themoney would be spent.

Franklin said a perfor-mance audit agreed to by theschool system, and the firstsuch audit in 18 years, mayhelp build public confidenceand may open the door for fu-ture funding discussions. Theperformance audit, estimatedto cost $1 million, is expectedto release preliminary resultsin summer 2016, Franklin said.

“The audit is simply a tool

to create more confidence inthe community, but that con-versation with the communityabout how their money is to bespent has to happen, and that

impacts our decision-making,”Franklin said.

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for a new human resources manager and wait-ing to prorate the salary for a director of publicworks until one is hired inOctober, Jackson said.Compensation for the mayor and council couldincrease slightly due to the salary raise first im-plemented in fiscal 2014.

“We cannot operate on a deficit by law. Wehave to present and pass a balanced budget,”said Charles Owens, Bladensburg police chiefand acting town administrator. “We can’t pass abudgetwhere there is adeficit. That’swhyweusethosenumbers from the fundbalance tobalancethe budget.”

Jackson said neither real estate tax rates norproperty tax rates would go up during Fiscal2016. Although raising taxes would increase rev-enue for the town, it would not be favorable forresidents, Jackson said.

“I think the mayor and council, they under-stand the hardship for the residents,” Jacksonsaid. “Placing an additional burden on them isunfair at this time.”

Bladensburg resident Lois Kenkel said bal-ancing thebudgetwith the fundbalancewasoneof her biggest concerns.

“It’s not a balanced budget without using re-serve funds,” Kenkel said. “Even this reductionwill not take care of that deficit.”

While shewaspleased to see theTownCoun-cil reconsider buying a second leafmachine, shesaid she was disappointed that the professionaldevelopment budget was not reduced, addingthat $27,000 is too much for five council mem-bers.

“Theydidn’t touch thatmoney. They left it inthere,” Kenkel said.

Jackson said the council has listened toresident concerns about the professional devel-opment budget, which covers the cost of work-shops and attending conferences. He said theproposedexpense is lower than inprevious years— in Fiscal 2014 the town budgeted $36,000 forprofessional development, according to the Fis-cal 2015 budget.

He said the most important thing residentsshould knowabout thebudget is that it funds thetown’s strategic plan, which will help the towndevise new revenue sources, such as a tax onrailroads.

“This will prove to be a pivotal moment inthe town’s history,” Jackson said. “By having astrategic plan I think the path to success will bemore clear.”

Resident Andrei Johnson said he attendedthe deliberation because he had heard “shock-ing things” about the budget and wanted to givehis input, but public comment was not permit-ted during themeeting. He said he did not knowabout previous budget forums and said it’s criti-cal that residents knowwhat’s going on.

“I’d like to know more about it and howmoney is distributed,” Johnson said. “I feelthat we should have input on how the money isspent.”

ChrisMelendez, chair of the Citizens’ ActionCommittee of Bladensburg, said the group isconcerned about whether residents will be ableto offer public comment on the recent budgetchanges. The Town Council will vote to approvethe budget during its June 8 townmeeting.

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garden is built, McCarty said.This is the nonprofit’s first timeworking in Prince George’sCounty Public Schools,McCartysaid.

Gardens at BeaconHeights, Templeton Elemen-tary School in Riverdale andMary Harris “Mother” JonesElementary School in Adelphiwill be funded with a $75,000grant from Kaiser Perman-ente of the Mid-Atlantic aswell as awards from the PrinceGeorge’s County Council andPGCPS.

Additional funding is nec-essary before the school canbreak ground on the project,but McCarty said she hopes tohave the first “big dig” at oneof the three schools this fall.

Jarley Escobar, 10, of River-dale created a design for Bea-con Heights that featured afruit and vegetable garden,bike racks and a lighthouse-

shaped trash can, but he saidhis favorite part was the waterfountain.

“That’s a design for kids,”Jarley said. “Some kids havereally bad days and problemsin their lives, so I wanted themto release those thoughts intothe water fountain.”

Lucio Serrano, 11, of River-dale included a greenhouseand solar-powered fans to cooloff Beacon Heights teachers inthis design.

He said it was importantto him to create a space thatwould be relaxing for teacherstoo.

“They try to teach us themost things in math, readingand science,” Lucio said. “Iwant [Real School Gardens]to build the garden because Iwant everyone to feel good. Idon’t want anyone to pollutethe garden because it is specialto our school.”

Alice Patty, senior programmanager for Kaiser Perman-ente, said she was impressedwith the students for thinking

of their teachers when creatingtheir designs. She added thatKaiser Permanente was inter-ested in funding the programbecause of Real School Gar-dens’ three-year partnershipcommitment.

“We really liked that it isn’tabout building the garden andleaving, but [rather] buildingthe garden and staying,” Pattysaid.

Earlier this year, BeaconHeights was certified as aMaryland Green School forits efforts to increase envi-ronmental awareness and itsimplementation of green ini-tiatives, including rain barrels,composting and a paperlessclassroom.

Principal Lynne Stuewesaid the partnership with RealSchool Gardens continues thatwork.

“We’re already headed inthat direction. It’s just a natu-ral path for us,” Stuewe said.

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community gatheringplaceand theconcert series,we feel, is an extension of sharing our TowneCen-tre with the community,” Fitzpatrick said.

Lee said the line-up showcases the variety ofgenres performed by Washington, D.C.-area tal-ent, including pop, country, rhythm and blues,classic rock andmore.

“It wouldn’t make any sense to try and hirebands fromout of the state,” Lee said. “Wewant tosupport our own. I think that’s important for thecommunity.”

One of the bands, The Legendary Cloud 9, gotits start at Laurel High School when its originalmembers won the school’s talent show in 2009.Since then, the group has toured the country andwill be headlining The Fillmore in Silver Spring onJune 27 before taking the stage at the Towne Cen-tre July 30.

“When you’re on the road and getting all theseopportunities, you don’t get a lot of time to stop

and smell the roses and see howmuch you’ve ac-complished,” said Michael “TK” Akinlosotu, theband’s lead vocalist who now lives in Los Ange-les. “Coming back really puts that in perspective.We’re so humbled to have achieved everythingwehave achieved up to this point.”

Akinlosotu said the band is looking forward tosharing its fusion of rock, pop and jazzmusic withresidents.

“Our live show is very dynamic. Our music al-ways sounds really big,” Akinlosotu said. “We tryto give youMadison Square Garden every time.”

Lee said residents should come out to theshows to de-stress after the workday and enjoylivemusic.

“These bands are really great, experiencedmusicians and the childrenwill love it aswell,” Leesaid. “It’s definitely going to be a diverse line-upfor everyone to enjoy.”

For a complete concert series line-up, visithttp://www.visittcl.com/events/thursday-night-summer-concert-series/

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words that I don’t know, to find thedefinition,” Brito said.

Brito said her mother is disabledand cannot work, and her father livesin the Dominican Republic.

Brito is supported by her grand-mother, who works in a beauty sa-lon, and her uncle, a constructionworker.

Despite money being tight, Britosaid it was important to her familythat she focus on school.

“My grandmother and my mom

never let me work because they reallywanted me to focus on my studies,”Brito said. “I needed a scholarship,because there is no way they can payfor me to go to college.”

The focus has paid off as Britoreceived a $57,000 scholarship fromGoucher College in Baltimore, whichshe plans to attend.

Brito said she wants to work inenvironmental sciences, or doing re-search on genetic diseases.

“There’s always something newto discover, and I want to help theworld in any way I can,” Brito said.

Brito’s fellow graduate PatrickCable, 18, has worked to overcome

challenges of a different sort. TheBowie resident was born with bi-lateral sensorineural hearing loss,caused by a malfunction in the audi-tory nerve.

Cable said his hearing loss is inthe 30 to 50 decibel range in bothears, which is in the light to moder-ate hearing loss range.

“I have some difficulty under-standing speech sometimes,” Patricksaid. “I’ve learned to focus on peo-ple’s mouths when they’re speak-ing.”

Cable’s band teacher Sally Wag-ner said it’s unusual for a studentwith hearing loss to play a wind in-

strument.“I don’t get many hearing-im-

paired students in band,” Wagnersaid. “One would think that if youdon’t hear things well, it would bemore difficult to replay based onwhat you hear, but Patrick’s doneextremely well.”

Wagner said Cable has been adedicated band member for most ofhis high school career, rising throughthe levels of band to become the leadsaxophone player, and he also per-formed in the school’s jazz band andDixieland combo.

“Patrick’s become one of theband’s biggest cheerleaders in terms

of the time and effort he spends onsupporting other band members,”Wagner said.

Cable said the hearing lossdoesn’t prevent him from hearingthe music, but it does make it qui-eter.

“What it’s like, is take everysound, and like you have the volumecontrol on the TV, turn it down a lit-tle bit,” Cable said.

Cable said he plans to continueplaying saxophone at the Universityof Maryland, College Park, in the falland minor in music.

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I must present a counterpoint tothe vacuous argument in theMarch 5letter [“Feral cat colonies: ‘Very nega-tive and dangerous’”] regarding feralcats.• RabiesDeborah L. Ackerman, adjunct

professor of epidemiology at theUCLA School of Public Health, statesthat the argument that feral catsspread rabies is totally without merit.The last documented case occurred in1975. Feral cats avoid humans. Evenin the extremely unlikely event thata cat has rabies, it would have to bitea person. Because feral cats have nohuman contact, they cannot transmit

the disease.• ToxoplasmosisHousehold pets such as dogs,

cats, birds and othermammals carrythe parasite and yet rarely do ownerscontract the disease. In the case offeral cats, feces would first have to beinfected and, second, contact wouldhave to occur, and feces would have tobe ingested. Again, because feral catsavoid humans, feces contact becomesa non-issue.Specious arguments such as those

in theMarch 5 letter presentmis-guided and sensationalized informa-tion that in truth has no validity.

Mark Noblett, Upper Marlboro

Feral cat fears are misguided

The Prince George’s CountyCouncil compromised with resi-dents last week, agreeing to raiseproperty taxes by amuchmorereasonable 4 percent instead ofthe 15 percent hike initially pro-posed by the county executive.Problem is, however, county

residents never agreed to thecompromise.In 1978, residents put in

place a county law that requiresvoter approval to raise taxes. Themeasure has been challengedand reaffirmed by residentssince that time.Prince George’s officials were

able to bypass the county law byusing a 2012 state law that allowscounties to override local taxcaps if the added revenue is usedfor schools.So, yes, the financial hit is

less troublesome and, yes, resi-dents want schools to improve— but the fact that the will of themajority of county voters wascircumvented by those taskedwith representing them is dis-turbing.If elected officials truly be-

lieved they weremaking tax ad-justments that residents wanted,they should have put the deci-sion up for referendum, as thecounty law requires. If officialsbelieved residents wouldn’t havesupported the increase becauseof misinformation, they couldhave held educational forumsprior to the vote. Just becausethe state law allows officials tooverride county law, doesn’tmean they should.And if leaders believed they

couldn’t make improvementswithout raising taxes, theyshould have said so during theircampaigns.Is the county tax cap often

cited as posing a challenge forleaders? Yes.Ways to address the obstacle

is a discussion that should con-tinue to be had as officials askfor more from residents— andresidents, still trying to recoverfrom the Great Recession, askfor greater spending account-ability.It’s a conversation that must

be had to allow leaders thecontrol needed tomanage thegovernment without sacrificingcommunity trust.We all agree that improving

schools is important, but hav-ing officials do so in accord withcounty residents is just as criticalto the public good.

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Standardized tests have longbeen a part of the educationsystem, though I believe they domore harm than good.A quote that has been at-

tributed to Albert Einstein states,“Everybody is a genius. But if youjudge a fish by its ability to climba tree, it will live its whole life be-lieving that it is stupid.”Standardized testing is not an

accuratemeasure of a student’sability to perform, asmany peo-ple do not test well, even thoughthey know the information beingpresented.Another problem arising

from standardized tests is thelack of proper teaching practices.Instead of “teaching to learn,”

educators are now “teachingto test.” Amajor chunk of theschool year is spent rushing toprepare for tests instead ofmak-ing sure students are actuallylearning new information. Also,the amount of stress placed onstudents to performwell causesthem to do poorly.In conclusion, I propose that

Maryland eliminates some, ifnot all, of the standardized testsgiven to students within theschool year.By doing this, it will eliminate

stress on students and allow theeducation system to focusmoreon teaching rather than testing.

Samantha Williams, Dunkirk

Get rid of standardized tests

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I knew about Antoine Brooks, thefootball player. all-state defensiveback and quarterback of the defend-ing Class 4A South Region championDuVal Tigers.

He’s a competitor, and he is theprimary reason the Tigers upset pre-viously unbeaten Eleanor Rooseveltfor a berth in thestate semifinals.

But I gainedmore respect forhim during bas-ketball season.It was the statesemifinals, Du-Val was playingBethesda-ChevyChase and notdoing well, trail-ing 8-2 early inthe game. I thought at the time thatthismight get ugly fast and be a rout.DuVal looked overwhelmed.

Brooks comes off the bench,deflects a pass on defense, grabs anoffensive rebound, scores on a break.A fewminutes later, DuVal is leadingB-CC 13-8 after an 11-0 run.

“In basketball, I call it the Juice,”Brooks said. “Antoine the Juice, be-cause I bring the energy wherever Igo.”

Most athletes are competitors. Noone likes to lose, and anyonewillingto put in the hard work to preparefor games loves to compete. But youcan just tell some athletes have a fireinside that pushes them further thanothers.

For someone ofmy generation,Michael Jordan comes tomind. Youjust knew that he would find away.Brooks has that fire.

“That actually comes frommyfather (Antoine Brooks Sr.),” the ris-ing senior said. “You’ll see him on thesidelines sometimes because he can’tjust sit in the stands. He gaveme theenergy. He got 1million, I got 1,000.”

DuVal football team’s climb tothe top of the County 4A League hasbeen slow and steady. It took thema couple of years to knock one of thebig four—Wise, Suitland, EleanorRoosevelt and Flowers—out of theplayoff spots they seemed to own.

In 2013 they reached the regiontitle game, only to lose to Suitland.Last year, they returned, this timewinning.

DuVal enters 2015 as the favorite,not the underdog. The Tigers returnBrooks andmost of his teammatesthat lost to eventual state championNorthwest. The only real holes left bygraduation are at linebacker.

On Saturday, DuVal participatedin a summer passing league tourna-ment at Blair High School in SilverSpring, finishing 5-1. The loss cameagainst the eventual tournamentchampions, Paint Branch, in the sec-ond round of the playoffs.

The Tigers’ defense was the keyto their success. In addition to Brooksat safety, coachDameon Powell saysthey have two other probable Divi-sion I college players in the defensivesecondary, Caleb John andDe’MarcoSeay.

I didn’t keep scoring, but it ap-peared inmany of those five victoriesthat the DuVal defense outscoredtheir opponents’ offenses by return-ing interceptions for touchdowns.

“All our big boys are back, we’llsee how it goes,” Powell said. “This isa humbling sport, you can be up oneyear and down the next.”

Brooks said the Tigers need to im-prove theirmental toughness to takethe next step toward a state title.

They also need to keep Brookshealthy.

It was a cold night whenDuVallost to Northwest, but the Tigers werestill in the gamemidway through thesecond quarter, trailing 18-12. How-ever, Brooks injured his left ankle andmissed the second half.

Brooks and Powell said the loss oftheir best player and the cold weathercontributed to the 47-12 defeat.

Thatmay be one of the reasonsat Saturday’s passing league tourna-ment why Brooks spentmore timetalking about his teammates than hedid himself.

“I know I’m going to get a collegescholarship,” Brooks said. “[I know I’llgetmore scholarship offers], I need tohelpmy teammates get some, build abetter program and helpmy coaches,because they’ve really helpedme.”

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n Bulldogs overcameabsence of a top athleteto repeat as champions

BY ADAM GUTEKUNSTSTAFFWRITER

Just a year ago, Bowie HighSchool senior Joshua Baptistedidn’t get to feel the pressureand taste the excitement of theBulldogs track and field statechampionship. The shot putand discus athletewas splittingtime between track and foot-ball, opting to miss champion-ship Saturday at Morgan StateUniversity so that he couldmake it to a spring footballcamp.

But oh howmuch changedin just the course of one year.Done splitting his time be-tween the two sports, Baptistefound himself at the center ofa pressure-packed Saturday atMorgan State, as the Bulldogschances of repeating restedsquarely upon his shouldersheading into the closing events.

The forecast was not op-timal. Baptiste was seeded inthe middle to rear of the firstflight in both events after sub-

par seeding distances. Bowie,for the third straight week, waswithout short to mid-distancestandout Antonio Coleman,yet had still managed to worktheir way into contention, bat-tling Flowers, Northwest, OxonHill andQuinceOrchard for thetop spot.

Standout junior MaxwellWillis had given it his all, com-pleting the postseason sweepwith gold medals in the 100,200 and 400 meters. But thepressure had shifted to Bap-tiste, who was in a position to

Bowie track team steps up

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Bowie High School’s Maxwell Willis, shown in a February file photo, wonthree gold medals at the state meet, scoring 30 points to help the Bull-dogs repeat as state champions.

n Roosevelt proved county can hangwith Montgomery in state semis

BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN

STAFFWRITER

It has been 26 years since PrinceGeorge’s County haswonasoftball state championship—Surrattsvillewon theClass 3A title in 1989—and likely almost that long since acounty teamhas evenmade it to the championshipgame.It’s certainly not a lack of athleticism that’s been hold-ing teams back and Roosevelt’s 6-2 loss to MontgomeryCounty’s Northwest in the state semifinals May 19— thefirst time Prince George’s hasn’t been run-ruled at thestate level in several years — proved the county is takingsteps toward being truly competitive with the state’s topcontenders. But there is still one glaring weakness thatneeds to be addressed, coaches agreed—pitching.

Improvementstarts in circle


Roosevelt High School senior Joya Grillo pitches to Laurel in the Class 4A South Region championship game on May 14.

n Coaches say players need moreexperience outside of high school

BY PRINCE J. GRIMES

STAFFWRITER

After the Henry A. Wise High School baseball teamlost in its secondever state semifinal appearance toMont-gomery County’s Gaithersburg on May 19, Pumas coachAndrew Gilliam said the pitching performance of Gaith-ersburg’s starter wasn’t necessarily the best pitching histeamhad seen. It was the amount of pitchers at Gaithers-burg’s disposal that got the best ofWise.

“I thinkwe got decent guys in PrinceGeorge’s Countythat throw pretty well,” Gilliam said. “But consistently —everytime our lineup was about to flip over, they were

County learns it’s all about pitching


Laurel High School pitcher Tyler Carmen has been working at hiscraft since Little League and is one of the top pitchers in PrinceGeorge’s County.

n Maryland, Texas onlystates that separatepublic, private schools

BY PRINCE J. GRIMES

STAFFWRITER

Imagine if the reigning2A state champion Doug-lass High School footballteam, or any other publicprogram in Maryland, hadto go through national-cal-iber private school teamssuch as Good Counsel,DeMatha or McDonogh toclaim a state title.

On one hand, it makessense for a champion tohave to win a tournamentthat included all the topteams in the state, not justfrom the public schools.And that’s the way it worksfor most of the states in thecountry.

Virginia private schoolsare the latest to be giventhat chance, joining theVir-ginia High School League,after private school LibertyChristianAcademybroughtan antitrust lawsuit againstthe VHSL for not allowingthe Lynchburg school tojoin its league.

On May 20, the VHSLreached a settlement to al-low Liberty Christian andall non-boarding state pri-vate schools to apply formembership.

Maryland and Texasare the only states remain-ing that don’t allow privateschools into the publicschool leagues, and mostcoaches say they wouldprefer to keep it that way.The differences in rules andrestrictions between publicand private schools would

Marylandcoaches react toVirginia change

See PITCHING, Page B-2

See IMPROVEMENT, Page B-2

See TRACK, Page B-2 See CHANGE, Page B-2

YasminEubanksSuitlandJunior

Region runner-upwas steadypresence for theRams.

NolanJonesBowieSenior

Stellar seasoncapped off withtough loss instate tourney.

JordanChrysostomFreshmanDeMatha

FranklinTiafoeJuniorDeMatha

JasmineJackSeniorRoosevelt

KristinWatsonSeniorRoosevelt

LanceJewellJuniorRoosevelt

BrunoToJuniorRoosevelt

NanaEssilfie-MensahSophomoreRoosevelt

SarikaWaliaFreshmanRoosevelt

NeeravGanjooFreshmanBowie

LauraHyreSeniorBowie

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Second Team is online at Gazette.net

GIRLS PLAYER OF THE YEAR COACH OF THE YEAR

DesireJohnsonNorthwesternSophomore

Followed up dominant freshmanseasonwith an even better one,winning a region title and compet-ing in the state tournament.

EdenGregoryFairmont HeightsSenior

Grinnell recruit defended her regiontitle using a combination of power,finesse and consistency.

ReggieStoutDouglass

First-year coach led Eagles to anundefeated regular season and sentamixed doubles team into the statetournament.

Stags duo reached semifinals ofWashington Catholic Athletic Con-ference tournament.

Chemistry showed in state tour-nament, where the Raiders duoreached quarterfinals.

Region champions reached secondround of state tournament.

Region runner-ups have brightfuture after qualifying for states asunderclassmen.

Mixed doubles teamwon regiontitle and appeared at the state tour-nament.

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bringing in a new arm.”Wise managed only a couple of hits in a 16-0

shutout, and the pitcher on the mound, Universityof Maryland, College Park recruit Nick Pantos, wasonlyGaithersburg’s second-or third-best pitcher.

He may not have been the best pitcher Wisefaced all season, but even on an off day like the onehehad in thestatesemifinalwherehestruggledwithcontrol, he’s still certainly on the list. And any pitch-ing the Pumas faced better than Pantos was seensparingly. Once Pantos was pulled, he was replacedby Brendan Deyo, a McDaniel College recruit. Ifthings got ugly, Gaithersburg still had University ofVirginia recruit Anthony Felitti, who was kept freshfor the state title game.

More importantly, Wise didn’t have the samearm talent in its own bullpen, so when starter T.J.Young got into trouble, Gilliam had to stick withhim. Pitching is the one aspect of baseball that hasheld the county back from havingmore success onthe state level.

“We went to the [semis] last year, we saw a guywho played at [University of Maryland, BaltimoreCounty] this year, and he was throwing mid 80s,”Roosevelt coach Andrew Capece said. “That’s theone thing we don’t, as a league and even our team,we just don’t have the arms. That’s one thing that’stough to adjust towhen you get in a one-game situ-ation.”

Even for aMontgomeryCountybaseball school,Gaithersburg, the eventual state champion, wasvery talented this season. The difference betweenGaithersburg’s pitchers andmost, not all, in PrinceGeorge’s is experience.

Many county players didn’t play prior to highschool, and out of those who did, some didn’t startpitching until high school. The ability to throw hardon a team with minimal pitching experience be-comes a commodity and oftentimes a kid who isn’ta pitcher is thrust into the role of being a team’s ace.But Flowers assistant coach George Brown saidthey’re just throwing, notpitching.

“What you’re finding is, our pitchers, kids thatcan throw the velocity, they’re the quarterbacks onyour football teams,” Brown said. “Just like a lot ofour counterpart counties, their kids are playing twosports, most likely he’s the starting quarterback aswell. What we’re finding is our athletes, because ofthis territorial thing within high schools, ‘I needmyboys playing 7-on-7 [football] in the spring. I needthemworkingontheirgameinthespring,andall theabove...’ So theywon’t [playbaseball] becauseof thethreat that theywon’t beplaying football in the fall.”

Brown said the dedicated baseball players oftenstart on the Little League level and end up going toprivate schools such asDeMatha’s JackAlkire, a Vir-giniaCommonwealthUniversity recruit.

It’s important to note that most successful highschool pitchers began prior to high school. Thecounty’sbestpublic schoolpitcher, TylerCarmenofLaurel, started inLittleLeague.Hecontinued toplayfor a travel baseball team, the Maryland Warriors,leading up to and while in high school. And eventhrough his senior year, he worked on improvingduring theoffseason.

“Just trying tobe thebest I canbe. You can’t justsit around all winter and expect to come out andhaveagoodyear,”Carmensaid.

This caliber of player usually gets a specialtycoachatsomepoint too,Brownsaid.Thebesthittershave a hitting coach. The best pitchers have pitch-ing coaches, but parents have to bewilling to spendmoneyon these things.

Gaithersburg coach Jeff Rabberman said he andhis coaching staff had little to dowith the success ofhispitchers, theyhadthe talentbeforearrivingat theschool.

The fact that Gilliam and his staff may have todedicate time to teach players how to pitch is onlymademoreofahindranceby the fact they’re limitedin howmuch time they can actually spendwith theplayers.

Gilliamsaidhewould like to see the state loosenthe restrictions on out-of-season practices. Untilthen, parents have tomake sure their kids are gain-ingasmuchexperienceoutsideofschoolaspossible.

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give the privates an unfair advantage, coachessaid.

“I don’t think a lot of the public schools inMaryland have a lot of the things that the privateschools have,” Bowie coach Jae Jackson said. “Asfar as facilities, budgets and stuff like that.Wehavegood players throughout P.G. County, and I knowMontgomeryCountyhasa lotof goodplayers, andyou have private schools that take the best of eachone of those schools’ players sometimes, and itmakes their teamevenbetter.”

In a joint statement released by the VHSL andLiberty Christian, the VHSL said, “Any privateschool that joins the VHSL must meet the sameindividual participant eligibility requirements andregulations as public school students currentlymeetwithminor changes andadjustments.”

The statement also said, “Member privateschools have the option of adopting the publicschool attendance zone where their campus islocated or adding one additional contiguous at-tendance zone and being subject to a multiplierfor the playoffs.” The multiplier would be towardenrollment for classificationpurposes.

The onlyway it wouldwork inMaryland, Sen-eca Valley coach Fred Kim said, is if theMarylandPublicSecondarySchoolsAthleticAssociationtooksimilar steps in forcing the private schools to playwithin the same restrictions of the public schools,or lifted someof the restrictionson the latter.

“If they playedwithin the same rules aswedo,then I don’t think I’d have a problem with that,”Kim said. “We’re not allowed to recruit players.They’re allowed to recruit players. Within theirleague, theycandodifferent thingsas farascoach-ing out of season, facilities, that sort of thing. The

programs that put their emphasis into the footballprogram, the schools that do that have a decidedadvantage inmyopinion.Forexample,aDeMathaor Good Counsel, where they travel beyond andthey’replaying someof thesebiggername teams.”

It would probably take a lawsuit to force achange in Maryland, but there’s one factor thatmay discourage that. Many of the private schoolscompete in leagues that cross stateborders.

The InterstateAthleticConferenceand itsclas-sic rivalries between Georgetown Prep, Landonand Bullis has lots of history and tradition. TheWashington Catholic Athletic Conference and thealmost annual conference championship clashesbetween DeMatha and Good Counsel, amongstothers,wouldbe threatened.

“The IACmeans a lot to all the schools in theIAC. The WCAC means a lot to them. And samething with the [Maryland Interscholastic AthleticAssociation],” said Bullis coach Pat Cilento whoaddedthatastate-widetournamentwouldbeneat.“There’sa lotofhistory inall thoseconferences,soIthink it’s going tobedifficult.Not saying it can’t bedone, there’sbenefits to it. It’llbe interestingtosee,withthisnewlawinVirginia,whattheteamslikeSt.Stephens in the IAC and the schools in theWCAClike Paul VI andO’Connell do. If they staywith theWCACor followtheVirginia state rules, andplay inthose tournaments, I think the next few years willtell a lot.”

Liberty Christian’s situation is unique in thatit’saprivateschool thatwasrelatively isolatedfromtheother schools in theconference it competed in.Scheduling games within a reasonable distancewas difficult and the school found it to be easierif it could play the local public schools. The VSHLdenied Liberty Christianmembership three timesbeforefinally succumbing to the lawsuit.

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High school softball hingeslargely on what goes on in thepitcher’s circle. But as scores inPrince George’s County indicate— 10 runs would be consideredlow-scoring — it’s almost barelya factor. And the majority ofthe county’s high school play-ers likely don’t know any betteras that’s all they see for 12-plusgames a season.

The Roosevelt pitching staff,led by Howard University re-cruit JoyaGrillo—whowill likelyplay in the outfield, collegiately— was one of very few in PrinceGeorge’s this season that couldproduce any sort of variety —other than moving a moderatefastball around. And this issue af-fects county teams on both sidesof theball.

Grillo kept Northwest at bayfor the first few innings — Roos-evelt led 1-0 through four — butthe Jaguars caught on after theirfirst at-bat while the Raiders,whose early score was unearned,neveradjustedto theversatilityofthe Jaguars’ rising senior pitcher,Bridgette Barbour.

“Theproblemwithourleagueis we had not seen this quality ofpitchingbefore,”RooseveltcoachDelton Fuller said after the statesemifinal loss. “Thegirl fromLau-rel can throw pretty hard, but allshe throws is fastballs. This girlwas throwing changeups, shehada riseball andacurveball.Wehadn’t seen anything like this all

season long.”One solution to the prob-

lem, Fuller said, would be for thecounty to allow teams to pursueout-of-league competition. As itstands, there is very little oppor-tunity to do that—Roosevelt didget one game in against George-town Visitation in Washington,D.C., aroundSpringBreak.

But the more pressing issue,Fuller andWise coach JasonGor-donsaid, is the lackofopportuni-ties in Prince George’s for younggirls to even pursue fastpitch ata high level or year-round. Andplaying ball outside of the highschool season, especially when itcomes to honing a specific craftlike pitching, is vital.

The Bowie Blue Jays travelball organization founded byGrillo’s father, Nelson, is theonly real travel ball opportunitywithin county lines, Gordonsaid. The organization startedwith one 13-under team — thatincluded the younger Grillo andfellow Howard recruit, RooseveltshortstopAlannahBaiyina—andhas grown to five or six. But thereare limited spaces, Gordon said.Certainly not enough room forthe entire county to play on oneteam.

“Honestly, you have to seehow committed the parentsare, too, because you have togo outside of Prince George’sCounty to get that elite level,”Gordon said. “[The Blue Jaysteam] was selected really earlyso you might have to travel toAnne Arundel and start on alesser team and work your way

through that system.”Grillo was able to bring in

former Calvert High star MeganElliott, who led Arizona State tothe national championship in2008, to work with some of theBlue Jayspitchers in recent years.High-quality instruction likethat, Fuller said, is what countypitchers need to see on a consis-tent basis throughout the year ifthey’re going to get to the nextlevel. But substantial time and fi-nancial requirements are amajorfactor.

Gordon said elite athleteslike his shortstop, Division I re-cruit Lorrin Malerie Turner, canalso help change the tide — herrecruitment drew attention tothe opportunities for collegescholarships, he said. Grillo andBaiyina are Fuller’s first DivisionI recruits, he said, and help set anew standard for Roosevelt.

Andtheonus,Gordonadded,is alsoonPrinceGeorge’sCountyhigh school coaches to push forchange.

“Us as coaches of softball, wehave to get a little more serious,we as coaches need to invest inthe sport as well,” Gordon said.“Who wants to go to the statetournament and get their headbeat in every year?Whenmy songets a little older, Iwill havemoretime to invest in things like put-ting a travel team together. Weshould take the time to coachsome of the traveling teams. Wealsoplayapart in raising the levelof competition.”

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set the Bulldogs up with a statetitle that a month ago seemedimprobable.

“[Coach Rich Andrulonis]was like, ‘Well Josh, you’vegot tostep up,’” Baptiste said. “’You’vegot toblowoneout there.’”

As it turned out, the Bowiesenior saved his best for last,launching his best throws of themeet in the discus finals (149-08) and the shot put (51-06.00),earning his team two second-place finishes and setting thestage for the 400-meter relay toclinch the gold late Saturday —a medal they earned by edgingNorthwest by .2 seconds.

Baptiste ranked his finishesas themost memorable accom-plishments of his high schooltrack and field tenure, not onlyfor the individual achievement,but evenmore so because of theboost theyprovided forhis teamen route to back-to-back teamtitles.

“My coach said you have toeither get first or second,” Bap-tiste said. “So I came in second.

I kept warming up after I threw.I was trying to stay warm. Rightbefore I threw, I prayed. Andthen I came through.”

Theday turnedout tobe justas memorable for Andrulonis,who admitted that, coming intothe weekend, he was unsurewhetherhis teamcouldcontendfor a titlewithoutColeman,whohad to sit because he was ruleineligible.

“It’s oneof themost impres-sive performances since I’vebeen coaching and it’s my 31styear as girls and boys indoor/outdoor track coach,” the vet-eran coach said. “... It’s almostlikeamini-miracle that thishap-pened.”

With the unfortunate timingof losing a star athlete coincid-ing with the start of champion-ship season, Bowie was carriedthrough most of May on theback of Willis, who continuallyseparatedhimself fromthecom-petitionwhile showinghiswide-rangingon-track capabilities.

Aftera lane-changedisquali-fication sullied his performanceat the indoor state champion-ships, Willis left no room for er-

ror at Morgan State, accruing aconvincing and crucial 30 indi-vidual points for theBulldogs.

“The thing isaboutMaxwell,he seems so calm,” Andrulonissaid. “I don’t know how he doesit. He had so much confidencein himself because he’s such agood athlete, and he trains sohard and prepares so hard thathe knows what he’s capable ofand he knows his competitionreal well. So, he knew going inthat he had a good chance ofwinning.”

“I just trustGodandtrustmytraining,”Willis said.“It’s likemywill. My will is to never give up,never stop trying and just trustmyself.”

For all the doubt that mayhave surrounded Bowie’s statetitle chances heading into theweekend, the supremely confi-dentWillis never lost faith in histeam’s ability to rise to the top.

“I wasn’t [surprised],” Willissaid. “I worked so hard so if wedidn’t win states I was going tobe kind of mad because I put insomucheffort.”

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NFL stars play for charityTheWoundedWarrior Amputee Softball Team

plans to take on NFL stars past and present in theAmputee Warrior Softball Classic scheduled for 7p.m. Saturday at Prince George’s Stadium.

The WoundedWarriors team consists of am-putee veterans who have overcome serious injury.Founded in 2011, it is a charitable organizationwhose mission is to inspire and educate otherswhile enhancing the welfare of WoundedWarrioramputees, according to a news release. The NFL

Stars team will be managed by the WashingtonRedskins’ Kirk Cousins and Baltimore Ravens’Dennis Pitta.

Also scheduled to appear are District Heightsnative and Suitland High graduate NaVorro Bow-man, Montgomery County natives Darnell Dockettand Ravens wide receiver/return specialist Mi-chael Campanaro, Washington, D.C.-born JoshMorgan and Redskins tight end Niles Paul, amongothers. Ticket proceeds support charities focusedon helping amputeed veterans.

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n Show parallelsunrest in Baltimore

BY JOE ANTOSHAK

SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE

Two local residents havescored first-run ensemble spotsin what’s being touted as one ofthemostanticipatedmusicalpre-mieres this year.

Jeff Kirkman III of Beltsvilleand Bill Hurlbut of Silver Springareapartof the10-personensem-bleof “Marley,” thefirst theatricaldepiction of the late JamaicanreggaeartistBobMarley—playedby Internet star Mitchell Brun-ings. The musical, which will runat Center Stage’s Pearlstone The-atre in Baltimore until June 14,has been highlighted as one withpotential forsuccessonBroadwayin the future.

Though a significant amountof thehypecomes fromthe musical’s subjectmatter itself, it wouldbeamistaketoconsiderthis production a gim-mick. The director andwriter, Kwame Kwei-Armah, has inspired atop-notch disciplinedand creative dynamic,according to both Kirk-man and Hurlbut. Bothnoted their excitementof beingapart of it.

“Kwame ... is justa tremendous personto work with, and rightfromthestarthekindofinstilled a feeling in thecast that [the environ-ment] was open andloving and friendly,”Hurlbut said. “I had never beenhugged by so many people I’donly just gotten toknow inmy life— it’s been one of those kinds ofthings. It’s very personal for all ofus, tobe involved in this.”

Some would say that “Mar-ley” comes at an opportune time

for a Baltimore community stillstaggeringafter thedeathofFred-dieGray. Intheory—butnotnec-essarily in reality — the theme ofpeace that’s ever present in Mar-

ley’s music could haveredemptivequalities fora city that’s seen morethan 40 homicides inthepast 30days.

Along these lines,“Marley” found itselfat an unusual juncturein late April. Its con-tent, which revolvesaround a Marley des-perately seeking peacein Jamaica at a time atwhich his country wasin deadly turmoil — inthe mid-to-late 1970s—wasdrawingincreas-ingly more similaritiesto recent unrest in thiscountry.

The cast and crewhave not shied away

from this. On May 2, at the endof a week in Baltimore that willalmost certainly hold a place inhistory, theyplayeda free concertof Marley’s music at North andPennsylvania avenues.

“You get a sense you’re look-ing at a portrait of somebody

that wanted to help change theworld for the better,” Kirkmansaid of Marley’s story. “So it’s al-most like ... a rubric that peoplecan experience and say, ‘Whatcan I pull from this that will helpmy community?’

“‘What can I do to helpchange theworld?’”

Perhaps the main power of“Marley,”Kirkmansaid, is itsabil-ity to put the past in perspectivewith the present, especially inregards to police brutality issues.Parallels greater than nominalones have been noted betweenTrenchtown, where Marley grewup in Kingston, and Sandtown,whereGraygrewup inBaltimore.

“The things that people weregoing through at this time in the’70s aren’t that much differentthan what we’re going throughnow in 2015,” he said. “If you’re apersonwho’sawareofwhat is go-ingonintheworld ... yousay, ‘Oh,I knowexactlywhat this is.’”

Hurlbut, who is white, saidthat working on the productionhas been an enriching experi-ence in his life due to the varyingviewpoints he’s been exposed to.Because the majority of the cast

From Trenchtown to Sandtown

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Mitchell Brunings takes on the role of Bob Marley in Center Stage’s produc-tion of “Marley.”

Kirkman

Hurlbut

n Show continues despitehospitalized director,

lack of costumer

BY MORGAN FECTO

SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE

The Tantallon Players stick asclosely to the Bible with their ren-dition of “Joseph and the AmazingTechnicolor Dreamcoat” as creatorAndrew Lloyd Webber did when hewrote his tongue-in-cheek musicalof many genres.

“I’ve made a cartoon out of itso that it never takes itself too seri-ously,” said Tantallon artistic direc-tor and “Joseph” director Charla Jason Ellis stars as The Pharaoh in the Tantal-

lon Community Players’ production of “Josephand the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”

PHOTOS BY EUGENIA HALSEY

Joseph, played by Jonathan Jackson, becomes an overnight sensation by saving Egypt from famine in the TantallonCommunity Players’ production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”

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On Sunday, lovable clownsPinot and Augustine will returnto the Greenbelt CommunityCenter for a free, 3 p.m. perfor-mance at the next Artful After-noon.

Created by HappenstanceTheater artists Mark Jaster andSabrina Mandell, these enchant-ing characters harken back to the

Golden Age of Circus in ashow that appeals to all ages.Pinot is the authoritarian clownin fancy clothes and white conehat. Augustine is the appeal-ing red-nosed bumbler whopunctures his pomposity. Theirshow bubbles over with physicalcomedy, virtuosity and musicalsurprises from the sublime to theridiculous.

Additional Artful Afternoonactivities will include a free fireflycraft workshop from 1 p.m. until3 p.m. with Gina Denn, Artist inResidence. See Denn’s work andthat of her eight fellow Artistsin Residence in a studio open

house and sale from 1 p.m. until4 p.m.

Also, attendees can peruse adisplay of whimsically-painteddoors created by local youthwith artist Eli Halpin and enjoya last look at the current artgallery exhibition featuring lyri-cal landscape photography byKaren Klinedinst while taking afirst look at the Greenbelt Mu-

seum’s new exhibit exploring theNew Deal art of Lenore ThomasStraus. Straus created the iconicMother and Child statue inGreenbelt’s Roosevelt Centerand the bas reliefs on the façadeof the Community Center.

For more information, visitgreenbeltmd.gov/arts. All pro-grams are open to both residentsand non-residents of Greenbelt.

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Lovable clowns Pinot and Augustine will return to the Greenbelt CommunityCenter at the next Artful Afternoon on Sunday.

A highly charged physicalexpression, “Dream Island,”running this weekend at Joe’sMovement Emporium inMount Rainier, is part carnival,part laboratory, part archeo-logical trip.

Melding movement, text,music, and installation, it con-cocts 13 vignettes, originallydirected by Naoko Maeshiba,infused with playful, humor-ous, explosive, amorphous,and dark absurdity. Initiallyinspired by a Japanese themepark built on the buried land-fill called ‘Dream Island,’ thispiece digs, examines, andreveals layers of debris, get-ting deeper and more distantfrom the reality. The audienceis asked to bare witness as fivecharacters attempt to search,reconstruct, and uncovermemories and histories, bothtangible and fleeting, personaland collective.

Founded in 2002 by Mae-shiba, Kibism has been creat-ing and performing worksthat explore the intersectionof movement, voice, music,object, and video images inorder to discover a new form ofperception.

The mission of Kibism isto offer a theatrical experiencethat taps onto different states ofconsciousness and opens mul-tiple channels of communica-tion. Body is the main mediumfor Kibism works. Examiningthe body’s potentials as a place

where the external and theinternal stimuli encounter, asa vessel through which imagesgerminate, as a landscape formemories and histories, Kibism

works investigate the relation-ship between our bodies andthe environments we live in.

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Performance art piece “Dream Island” runs this weekend at Joe’s MovementEmporium in Mount Rainier.

Taking its inspiration from Shakespeare,“Kiss Me, Kate” recounts the backstage and on-stage antics of two feuding romantic couplesduring a touring production of “The Tamingof the Shrew.” Sparkling with 18 classic ColePorter songs — including “Another Op’nin’,Another Show,” “Wunderbar,” “Always Trueto You in My Fashion,” “Too Darn Hot,” and

“Brush Up Your Shakespeare” — “Kiss Me,Kate” epitomizes the American musical comedyat its irresistible best.

2nd Star Productions has opened the musi-cal at the Bowie Playhouse at Whitemarsh Park.The show will run through June 27.

For more information, visit 2ndstarproduc-tions.com or call 410-757-5700 or 301-832-4819.

Brush up your ShakespeareNATHAN BOWEN

2nd Star Productions has opened its run of “Kiss Me, Kate” at the Bowie Playhouse.

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IN THE ARTSFor a free listing, please submit

complete information to [email protected] at least 10 days in advanceof desired publication date. High-reso-lution color images (500KB minimum)in jpg format should be submitted

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THEATER & STAGEBowie Community Theatre, “WhoseWives

AreTheyAnyway?” July 17 throughAug. 2, callfor prices, times, BowiePlayhouse, 16500WhiteMarshParkDr., Bowie, 301-805-0219, bcthe-atre.com.

The Clarice, Artist FacultyChamberRecital,June5;National FestivalChamberOrchestra,June6;ChamberMusic Showcases (two shows),June7;University ofMaryland,CollegePark,theclarice.umd.edu.

Hard Bargain Players, “Down theRoad,”June12-June27, Theater in theWoods, 2001BryanPointRoad,Accokeek, 240-766-8830,hbplayers.org.

Harmony Hall Regional Center, Ssuuna,June24;ChristylezBacon, July 1; 10701Livings-tonRoad, FortWashington, 301-203-6070, arts.pgparks.com.

Greenbelt Arts Center, “ARaisin in theSun,”through June6; call for prices, times,GreenbeltArtsCenter, 123Centerway,Greenbelt, 301-441-8770, greenbeltartscenter.org.

Joe’s Movement Emporium, “DreamIsland,”June6and7; 3309BunkerHillRoad,MountRainier, 301-699-1819, joesmovement.org.

Laurel Mill Playhouse, “TheTemptest,”through June12; “TheMissFirecrackerCon-test,” June26 through July 12, call for ticketprices, times; LaurelMill Playhouse, 508MainSt., Laurel, 301-452-2557, laurelmillplayhouse.org.

Montpelier Arts Center; 9652 MuirkirkRoad, Laurel, 301-377-7800, arts.pgparks.com.

NASA’S Music And Drama club (MAD), Bar-ney&BeaRecreationCenter, 10000GoodLuckRoad,Bowie. For ticket sales andadditionalinformation, call 240-475-8800or visitmadthe-ater.org.

Prince George’s Little Theatre, “OnceUponaMattress,” Sept. 11 throughSept. 26, call fortickets and show times,BowiePlayhouse, 16500WhiteMarshParkDrive, Bowie, 301-937-7458,pglt.org.

Publick Playhouse,HardwayConnection,June19; 5445LandoverRoad,Cheverly, 301-277-1710, arts.pgparks.com.

2nd Star Productions, “KissMe,Kate,”through June27;BowiePlayhouse, 16500WhiteMarshParkDr., Bowie, call for prices, times,410-757-5700, 301-832-4819, 2ndstarproduc-tions.com.

Tantallon Community Players, “JosephandtheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat,” throughJune7;HarmonyHall RegionalCenter, 10701LivingstonRoad, FortWashington, 301-262-5201, tantallonstage.com.

Venus Theatre, “dry bones rising,”

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Dave Malek at 7 p.m. every Thursday. A begin-ner’s lesson precedes the dance, which startsat 8p.m.Cost is $10. This dance is locatedattheBowieElks Lodge, 1506DefenseHighway,Gambrills. ContactDancin’Daveat 410-3708438or email [email protected].

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Prince George’s Audubon Society, BirdWalks, 7:30 a.m.first Saturdays, FranUhlerNat-ural Area,meets at endof LemonBridgeRoad,northofBowieStateUniversity, option tobirdnearbyWB&ATrail afterward; 7:30 a.m. thirdSaturdays,GovernorBridgeNatural Area,Gov-ernorBridgeRoad,Bowie,meet inparking lot;formigrating and residentwoodlandandfieldbirds, andwaterfowl. Forbeginners andexperts.Waterproof footwear andbinoculars suggested.Free. 410-765-6482.

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Women’s Chamber Choir Auditions, byap-pointment for theconcert seasonofwomen’schamberchoirVoixdeFemmes, 7:45-9:30p.m.Thursdays, 402ComptonAve., Laurel, 301-520-8921, [email protected].

A reception will be held at Franklins Breweryand Restaurant on June 7 for “Kaleidoscope,”thenewexhibitby theHyattsvilleCommunityArtsAlliance.More than30worksbyHCAAartists inavarietyofmediaand techniquewillbeondisplay. 5123BaltimoreAve.,[email protected],hcaaonline.org, or 301-927-2740.

Rowe. “I just decided that there’senough going on in the world for usto worry about. This one’s going tomake us laugh.”

For two weekends, going on three,Rowe has directed her “Joseph” whilekeeping in mind Webber’s irreverenceandmusical pastiche.

“One song might sound verylullaby-ish, and another might be ashoedown as an Oklahoma bunch ofcowboys canmake it, and another onemight be sung ‘wis a French accent,’”shesaid,withamock-Frenchinflection.“It makes people clap even during thesongs. It’s just amazing tome.”

Tantallon presents “Joseph” withlaughs, lights thatnever gooff, iPhones,and a talented cast, but they also hada heap of problems — problems thatdidn’t includebeing sold into slaveryorfamilial betrayal.

“Our costumer bailed on us aboutthree weeks before we went up,” Rowesaid. “We pulled everything from myproductionof ‘Aida,’which isn’t exactlythe same time period but many of thecostumesareworkable.Theyjustdidn’tlook right. They didn’t have any humor

to them.”Then, before they solved the cos-

tumedebacle, disaster hit again.“I couldn’t figure out what was

wrong with me, but it made me soshaky and so weak and so faint that Iwas rushed to the emergency room.They found that I had a heart problemand a serious one,” Rowe said. “TheyhadtodoheartsurgeryonmeandIwasin thehospital forninedays.”

Rowe entrusted the show to herchoreographer Christopher Gerkenand her producer Vicki Cline while sherecovered. Her “brilliant helpers” kepttheball rolling.

With no costumes and a sick direc-

tor, Gerken and Cline got creative —after all, a show about a dazzling coatwould be naked without costumes tomatch.

“Both of them got on every source—Google, eBay, Montgomery College,other theatergroups—webegged,bor-rowed, stole, and rented,”Rowe said.

In the first two weekends of “Jo-seph,” backstage fumbles includedaccidentally lighting the ceiling andleaving amic switched onwhile a doorslammed.But, the37performers coun-teracted these hiccups with energyand speed. Each character changescostumes four times, which is extrachallenging because Rowe’s stage hasno curtain, and she doesn’t allow thehouse lights to shutoff.

Despite adversity, Tantallon bal-ances humor, spectacle, and song intheirshow—completewithabackdropofpyramids andavaluable lesson.

“It shows the growthbetween fam-ily members who are predisposed tobe jealous, greedy, or feel left out whenothers are put on a pedestal, and thathappens ina lotof families,”Rowesaid.“Even though it’s told with a comedicfeel, it gets the message across. Familyis very important tome, and I’ll tell youright now that when you see this cast,you’ll know they’re a family.”

DIFFICULTYContinued from Page B-3

and crew is black—someofwhomhave Ja-maican lineages— theprocess has felt like arejuvenatedone,hesaid,with freshperspec-tives fueling the conversation.

“Usually, in plays, it’s the other wayaround,”Hurlbutnoted.

The coming weeks will likely prove cru-cial for the future of “Marley,” as potential

backersevaluate itsmarketabilityasaBroad-wayproduction.Buttheactorsdon’tseemtobeworryingabout that. They’re taking it oneshowat a time.

“I really don’t have any idea where it’sgoing to go,” Kirkman said. “I’m really justtrying to make sure this is solid, and wefigure out what the show is. And if it goessomewhere it does, but right nowwe’re justfocusingonCenter Stage.”

Tickets range from $19 to $84 for the re-maining shows.

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‘JOSEPH AND THEAMAZING TECHNICOLORDREAMCOAT’n When: 8 p.m., Friday-Saturday,

3 p.m., Sunday

n Where: Harmony Hall RegionalCenter, 10701 Livingston Road,Fort Washington

n Tickets: $12-15

n More Information:tantallonplayers.org

n Gilder’s ‘The Rose Beyond’is a historical piece

Anaspiringnovelist is likely tolisten to sageadvice fromtheauthorof 17bestsellers. As such,whenSha-ronAllenGilder asked the lateTomClancyaboutdealingwithprocrasti-nationandwriter’sblock,he toldher,“Justwrite thedamnbook.”

Gilderdid just that, and itwasabout time.Forabout twodecades,shehadsaveda scrapofpaperonwhich shehadscribbled somethoughts.WithClancy’s kick-startand just a fewalterations, thosewordsevolved into thefirstpageof “TheRoseBeyond,” thehistorical romanceshepublishedwithAmazon’sCre-ateSpace in2014. Fromstart tofinish,theprocessof researching,writingandediting thebook took14years.

Historical romancehasdelightedGilder since she readKathleenWood-iwiss’ “Ashes in theWind”at age22.Shebelieves that thegenrekeeps “thewordsand tellingof thepast fromfading”andmakes “aconnection tothepast through thecharacters—toimagine thevoices that camebeforemeand let thembeheard.”

“TheRoseBeyond” focusesonaprivileged family,whose lives aredisruptedbya letter that revealslong-buried secrets that challengetheir relationships.Gilder chose theWashington,D.C., settingbecauseshe is anareanative, and theyear1897because she isdrawn to theera,bothpersonally and inherbook.HerGaithersburghome’sdécor featurestwoVictorianpiecesof furniture,

andshe likes the romanticflowoftheperiod’s apparel.Gilder claimsthat “anyonewhoknowsmeknowsI go through tea lights likeamaniac.”Similarly, electric lighting isoutofthequestion forGilder’s characters;instead, candlesor gasprovide theirlight.

AHistoricalNovel Society reviewdescribedherwritingasflorid,Gildersaid, explaining that “themore formalwayof speech” sheopts for “keepswonderfulwords—likeportal,manseandparlor—in the language.”

The title came fromA.L. Fink’spoem, “TheRoseStillGrowsBeyondtheWall,”whichGilderheardamin-ister readat a funeral. “Thepoemspoke tomebecause there is love,loss,mysteryandbeautiful gardensin ‘TheRoseBeyond,” and thepoemmademe feelmorehopeful about themysteryof life afterdeath,” she said.“I thought themessagewasagoodtie-in tomystoryline.”

In thenovel, a characterdies inchildbirth, andher friendsays, “Weknow itdoesnot endat thegrave.”According toGilder, “[that] is es-sentially themessage in thepoem.…There’s alsoadoublemeaning in[the] statementbecause thebook isabout inevitability ... ultimately, thetruthwill be told.”

Gilder,whograduated fromWheatonHighSchool andstudiedhomeeconomicseducationat theUniversityofMaryland, taught child

developmentandgourmet foodsatWoodwardHighSchool for eightyears, and thenworkedasa teacherandadministrator at aprivatepre-school formore than30.

Herpropensity forwriting stemsfromearly childhoodwhensheproducedboundbooks she still has“somewhere,”oftenwithan“ad-venturousPippiLongstocking-type”heroine. Later, as aneducator,Gilderwrote food, childdevelopmentandsexual assault curricula for theMont-gomeryCountyPublic Schools.Afreelance journalist since late2006,shehaswritten for localmedia in-cludingTheGazette, thePotomacAlmanacandTheTownCourier.Hersubjectmatter varies, butoccasion-ally features theBremFoundation toDefeatBreastCancerandFriendsofMontgomeryAnimals, organizationsonwhoseboards she sits.

Gilderwrites atherdining roomtable,withoutanoutline, oftenoutoforder; sheallows thecharacters to“takeme toplaces Ididn’t knowIwasgoing.” She isnot surewriting is thesolitarypursuit it is “oftencharacter-izedas…Although Imightbealoneina roomwithmyfingerson thekeyboardwaiting for thenextwordstoflowuponmycomputer’s screen,theconfluenceofpeople, placesandevents frommypast keepme inwon-derful company.”

A sequel to “TheRoseBeyond” ison that tablenow.Gilder ispleasedthat there isnoneed forClancy’s kick-start this time. “It ismoving fasterthanmydebutnovel, andhopefullywon’t take14years tocomplete!”

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GAITHERSBURG:1 Br nr Metro/ShopsNo Pets, No Smoking$385 Avail Now. Call:301-219-1066

HYATTSVILLE:1Rm in apt w/sharedBa, kit and w/d, NP, nrshops, $500/mo + utilsCall 202-409-6261

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SPRINGDALE-FMLonly! Mult furn Rms forrent Master BR priv ba$1000, bsmt apt privba & entr $1000, $900& $800 rms w/ shardba. Text 301-512-0738

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NOTICE OF DEPLOYMENT LOCATIONS OF THE PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTYAUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM

Beginning on August 22, 2011, Prince George’s County Maryland established an Auto-mated Speed Enforcement Program. The Program includes the use of automated speedenforcement systems which capture speed violations in designated school zones anddesignated Institution of Higher Education areas, in accordance with State Law.The block ranges below are approximations of the enforcement zone as established bylaw. Automated speed enforcement cameras will always be placed within the establish-ed enforcement zones.

All State Highways on this list are subject to approval by the State Highway Administra-tion.

This notice is to advise the public that Prince George’s County intends to use automatedspeed enforcement systems in the Prince George’s County locations listed below:

∂ Chesapeake Math and IT School: 14500 - 14600 blocks of Sweitzer Lane

For further information, call Prince George’s County Police Department at: 301-955-0790or email to: [email protected]

(6-4-15)

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations for Prince George’sCounty, Maryland and Incorporated Areas

The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal EmergencyManagement Agency (FEMA) has issued a Preliminary Flood In-surance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, Flood Insur-ance Study (FIS) report, reflecting proposed flood hazard determi-nations within the City of Laurel and the unincorporated areas ofPrince George’s County. These flood hazard determinations mayinclude the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations,base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area boundaries orzone designations, or the regulatory floodway. Technical informa-tion or comments are solicited on the proposed flood hazard de-terminations shown on the preliminary FIRM and/or FIS report forthe City of Laurel and the unincorporated areas of Prince Geor-ge’s County. These flood hazard determinations are the basis forthe floodplain management measures that your community is re-quired to either adopt or show evidence of being already in effectin order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the Na-tional Flood Insurance Program. However, before these determi-nations are effective for floodplain management purposes, youwill be provided an opportunity to appeal the proposed informa-tion. For information on the statutory 90-day period provided forappeals, as well as a complete listing of the communities affectedand the locations where copies of the FIRM are available for re-view, please visit FEMA’s website atwww.fema.gov/plan/prevent/fhm/bfe, or call the FEMA Map Infor-mation eXchange (FMIX) toll free at 1-877-FEMA MAP (1-877-336-2627).

(5-28, 6-4-15)

DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAIR AND RADIATION MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION

NOTICE OF APPLICATION ANDOPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING

The Maryland Department of the Environment, Air and Radiation Management Admin-istration (ARMA) received a permit-to-construct application from Chesapeake Crematoryon April 8, 2015 for a B&L Cremation Systems BLP 500M3 Animal Crematory. The pro-posed installation will be located at Chesapeake Crematory 10771 Tucker Street, Belts-ville, MD 20705.

Copies of the application and other supporting documents are available for public in-spection. Ask for Docket # 08-15 at the following locations during normal businesshours.

Maryland Department of the EnvironmentAir and Radiation Management Administration

1800 Washington BoulevardBaltimore, Maryland 21230

Beltsville Branch Library4319 Sellman Rd

Beltsville, MD 20705

Pursuant to the Environment Article, Section 1-603, Annotated Code of Maryland, theDepartment will hold an informational meeting to discuss the application and the permitreview process if the Department receives a written request for a meeting within 10working days from the date of the second publication of this notice. All requests for aninformational meeting should be directed to the attention of Ms. Shannon Heafey, AirQuality Permits Program, Air and Radiation Management Administration, 1800 Washing-ton Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21230.

Further information may be obtained by calling Ms. Shannon Heafey at 410-537-4433.

George S. Aburn, Jr., DirectorAir and Radiation Management Administration

(6-4, 6-11-15)

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NOTICECity of Glenarden FY 2016 Budget and Tax Rate Notice

The FY Budget for the City of Glenarden is available for inspection by the public. A copyof the Budget can be obtained from City Hall at the James R. Cousin Jr. Municipal Cen-ter 8600 Glenarden Parkway, 2nd Floor, Glenarden, Maryland 20706, Monday thru Fri-day from 8:30am to 5:00pm. The Budget Hearing will be held on Thursday, June 11,2015, at 6:30pm at the James R. Cousin Jr., Municipal Center, Lower Level.

The real property tax rate to be levied for FY 2016 will be $0.336 per $100.00 assessedvalue, and the personal property tax rate to be levied for FY 2016 will be $0.83 per$100.00 assessed value.

Mayor’s Proposed FY 2016 Budget Summary

REVENUESLocal Taxes $2,169,091Licenses & Permits $167,000Intergovernmental $100,501Service Changes $415,826Interfund Transfers $189,080Other $80,900Total $3,122,398

EXPENSESAdministration $275,318Legal $40,000Cable $45,608Legislative $138,391Finance $230,889Executive $14,614Public Safety $888,677Code Enforcement $78,628Public Work $301,784Operations $1,036,756Debt Service $32,000Other $2,700Total $3,085,365Surplus/(Deficit) $37,033

Special Revenue Fund:

RevenuePolice Grant $60,000PEG Grant $48,000Camera Photo Enforcement $61,080Nutritional Site $11,576Total $180,656

ExpendituresPolice Appropriations $59,848PEG $46,810Camera Photo $61,080Nutritional Site $11,576Total $179,314Surplus/(Deficit) $1,342

Capital Projects

Financing SourcesGeneral Fund $350,000Highway User Revenue $55,000Total $405,000

ExpendituresRoof Replacement $350,000Snow Removal $55,000Total $405,000Surplus/(Deficit) $0

Total Surplus Deficit - All Special Revenue Funds

Enterprise Fund

Operating Revenue $165,700

Expenditures $148,949

Total Enterprise Surplus $16,751 (5-28 6-4-15)

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NOTICEREQUEST FOR BIDS

The Town of Berwyn Heights, Maryland issoliciting bids for the purchase andinstallation of an emergency generator atthe Town’s Municipal Building and anemergency generator at the Town’sCommunity Center. Bids are due prior tothe bid opening scheduled for Thursday,June 11, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.

The pre-bid conference will be held onWednesday, June 3 at 10:00 a.m. at theTown’s Municipal Building located at 5700Berwyn Road, Berwyn Heights, Maryland20740. Questions will be accepted through5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 5. Anyquestion(s) and response(s) will be e-mailed to all prospective bidders.

Plans, specifications, and biddingdocuments are available on the Town’swebsite under "Announcements" atwww.berwyn-heights.com. The contactperson is Town Administrator JessicaCowles and she can be reached [email protected] or(301) 474-5000.

The Town Council of the Town of BerwynHeights reserves the right to give an offerorthe opportunity to cure any deficiencyresulting from a minor irregularity in a bid orwaive the deficiency, whichever is to theadvantage of the Town Council. Thedecision with respect to whether a defect isa minor irregularity is made at the solediscretion of the Town Council and is notsubject to review. The Town Councilreserves the right to reject any and all bids.

(5-28, 6-4-15)

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NOTICEREQUEST FOR BIDS

The Town of Berwyn Heights, Maryland issoliciting bids for Safe Routes to Schoolsidewalk construction. Bids are due prior tothe bid opening scheduled for Thursday,June 18, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.

The pre-bid conference will be held onThursday, June 4 at 10:00 a.m. at theTown’s Municipal Building located at 5700Berwyn Road, Berwyn Heights, Maryland20740. Questions will be accepted through10:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 11. Anyquestion(s) and response(s) will be e-mailed to all prospective bidders.

Plans, specifications, and biddingdocuments are available on the Town’swebsite under "Announcements" atwww.berwyn-heights.com. The contactperson is Town Administrator JessicaCowles and she can be reached [email protected] or(301) 474-5000.

The Town Council of the Town of BerwynHeights reserves the right to give an offerorthe opportunity to cure any deficiencyresulting from a minor irregularity in a bid orwaive the deficiency, whichever is to theadvantage of the Town Council. Thedecision with respect to whether a defect isa minor irregularity is made at the solediscretion of the Town Council and is notsubject to review. The Town Councilreserves the right to reject any and all bids.

(5-28, 6-4-15)

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