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n Purple Line projectfunded, but facesuncertain fate
BY JAMIEANFENSON-COMEAU
STAFFWRITER
Prince George’s Countyleaders arehoping to restore $20million in state education cuts,while convincing the state’snew governor that projects suchas the Purple Line need tomoveforward.
Prince George’s CountyCouncil Chair Mel Franklin (D-Dist. 9) ofUpperMarlboro char-acterizedGov. LarryHogan’s (R)proposed $40 billion budget as a“mixed bag” for the county.
“It could have beenworse. Itdoesn’t go to one extreme or theother, which is in keeping in linewith the governor’s promises,”Franklin said.
Hogan’s budget includes$6.1 billion statewide for edu-cation, but also includes a 50percent cut to the Geographi-cal Cost of Education Index, orGCEI, a non-mandated formulathat provides extra funding tolarger, more urban school dis-tricts.
Prince George’s Countyreceived $40 million from theGCEI last year.
“The cuts to education aregoing to be difficult. These arereal jobs and real people atstake,” Franklin said.
A $20 million cut is theequivalent of 250 teaching po-sitions, said Raymond Brown,Prince George’s County PublicSchools’ chief financial officer.
“We’re not saying we’re cut-ting 250positions, but that’s justto give you an idea of the mag-nitude of the reduction,” Brown
Lawmakers hopeto restore $20Min education cuts
BY EMILIE SHAUGHNESSYSTAFFWRITER
After a stressful day at work, Dawn Patricklikes to turn on some country music and relaxwith a wine glass— an empty one.
The Bowie resident and dental practicemanager is the owner of a new small businesscalled “Glassy Gurlz” — a custom glass-print-ing service that turns aplainwine glass,mugormason jar into amemorable keepsake. Patrickruns the business with two fellow wine-lovers—her daughters Hailey andHolli Patrick.
“I wanted a business where I could workwith my daughters, Holli and Hailey, and wecould be in control of our own destiny whileusing our creative minds,” Dawn Patrick saidin an email. “One of our favorite things to do iswine tours and tastings of various wineries inthe [Maryland and Virginia] area so I thought,
why not do something creative with the winetheme?”
The business idea was born last year whenPatrick’s youngest daughter was a student atthe University of Maryland, College Park, andwas visiting her mother on winter break, saidHailey Patrick, 22.
The pair decided their wine glasses wereless than glamorous and wanted to add a fewcreative touches, Hailey Patrick said.
“We didn’t want the plain old clear glasses.And having a cute glass is always a motivationto have another glass of wine,” she said with alaugh. “We were having so much fun, we said‘we should sell these things’.”
Hailey Patrick now attends law school inCharleston, SC, but said she still helps createclassy glasses for Glassy Gurlz when she visits
Bowie family createscustomized mugs, glasses
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Dawn Patrick of Glassy Gurlz works on one of her custom designed beverage glasses on Sunday at her Bowiehome.
n Twenty applicants to behired at construction sitesdespite criminal record
BY KIRSTEN PETERSENSTAFFWRITER
Forty days in prison was allJoseph Eldridge, 32, of OxonHill said he needed to decide heneeded to turn his life around.
The unemployed father oftwo said he had to take advan-tage of a job opportunity withNevada-based skilled tradesstaffing company CLP, whichrecruited ex-offenders at anopen house Jan. 22 at the Birch-wood Community Center inOxonHill.
“Everything happens for areason,” Eldridge said. “I neverwould have met them or havethis opportunity if that didn’thappen.”
The open house was or-ganized for ex-offenders fromthe Glassmanor-Oxon Hill areaby the Prince George’s CountyTransforming NeighborhoodsInitiative,whichworks to reducecrime and improve quality oflife in six areas of the county, in-cluding Glassmanor-OxonHill.
“If you return to the com-munity and can’t get a job, youreturn to crime,” said YolandaEvans, spokeswoman for thecounty’s Department of Cor-rections.
Nicole Newsome, a DOC re-entry programcoordinator, saidthe department reached out tononprofits andgroups thatworkwith ex-offenders to identify po-tential CLP job applicants.New-some said candidates who hadcommitted particularly severecrimes were disqualified at therequest of the employer.
Jobs helpopen newdoors afterprison
n Exhibit first of its kindat new building
BY EMILIE SHAUGHNESSYSTAFFWRITER
For the next two months,some interesting charactersincluding “Mr. Sunny Sun-dae,” “CrazyBanana” and“Mr.Cheesy”will grace the hallwaysand lobby of Bowie City Hall.
These colorful, creatively-titled art pieces are part ofa new student exhibit thatopened Jan. 19 at City Hall andwill run throughmid-March.
The student art exhibit fea-tures about 80 pieces that wereselected by the children’s artteachers at Bowie public andprivate schools, said Annette
Esterheld, the city’s commu-nity outreach specialist.
“We’ve been trying to thinkof a way to do something forthe young people,” Esterheldsaid. “We expected five schoolsmaybe [would participate],but we were surprised anddelighted that 10 schools re-sponded. We’re pretty excitedand we appreciate all the artteachers who supported it.”
TheCityCouncil’s previousmeeting spot on Kenhill Driveused to have a dedicated areafor children’s art, but this year’sstudent exhibit is the first of itskind at thenewCityHall onEx-calibur Road, which opened in2011, Esterheld said.
“Youwalk into anyelemen-tary school in the city and Iguarantee you can’t walk out
without a smile,” Bowie MayorG. Frederick Robinson said.“There are an incredible num-ber of talented kids in the cityand to let kids with artistic tal-ent have a place to display thatI think is wonderful.”
Matthew Thornton, 11, isa fifth-grader at Kenilworth El-ementary inBowie and said hisart piece is of a Native Ameri-can kachina—or supernaturalcreature.
“Imademy artwork look asrealistic as possible— I tried toget all the shapes of the humanbody,” Matthew said. “My art-work had an archer who had abow and arrow and he had lotsof armor and feathers.”
Matthew, who said he
Bowie students show off artwork at City Hall
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Matthew Thornton, 11, poses Mon-day with his art work of a Kachina,a native American spirit, on displayat Bowie City Hall.
n Organizers noteconfidence increase in
Upper Marlboro competition
BY KIRSTEN PETERSENSTAFFWRITER
Jonae Weaver, 18, of FortWashington said she tends tostutter when she speaks beforean audience. But when chal-lenged to take on the role ofUnited Nations peacekeeper,she spoke loudly and clearly,confidently arguing againstpeacekeepers’ use of violence inconflict areas.
“I’m nervous, but I’m do-
ing something I like, so it’s fun,”Weaver said.
Weaver and students from16 Prince George’s County pub-lic high schools put their argu-mentative and public speakingskills to the test during the firstPrince George’s Debate tour-nament, held at 4:30 p.m. Jan.22 at Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. HighSchool in UpperMarlboro.
More than 100 students,coaches and judges participatedin the tournament.
Sandra Rose, the PGCPS in-structional supervisor for socialstudies, said the school system
Students talking it upin debate tournament
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Jonae Weaver (right), 18, of Fort Washington prepares for the second roundof debate Jan. 22 with her partner, Aaron Pickett, 18, of Fort Washington.Both students represented Croom Vocational High School in Cheltenham dur-ing the PGCPS Debate Tournament.
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SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY
JAN. 29The Academy of St. Matthias the
Apostle Open House, 6:30 to 8 p.m., TheAcademy of St. Matthias the Apostle,9473 Annapolis Road, Lanham.Marylandwelcomes prospective families for the2015 OpenHouses to celebrate CatholicSchoolsWeek.With a 90 percent accep-tance rate to Catholic High Schools, anonlineMath program, a choice-readingmodel, andmultiple classes assessing inthe top 80 percent of the nation, comesee why our small classes yield big results.Contact 301-577-9412 or [email protected].
JAN. 30The Subdivision and Development Re-
view Committee Meeting, 9:30 a.m., Room4085— fourth floor boardroom, CountyAdministration Building, 14741 GovernorOden Bowie Drive, UpperMarlboro. Thismeeting is open to the public, but is nota public hearing. SDRC is a coordinationand interagencymeeting early in the de-velopment review process with the appli-cant andM-NCPPC staff, where the publiccan be invited to speak. Contact 301-952-3520, TTY 301-952-4366.
Girls Night, 7 to 10 p.m., GlennDaleCommunity Center, 11901 GlennDaleBlvd., GlennDale. Contact 301-352-8983.
JAN. 31Allentown Splash Park Health Fair,
9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Allentown Aquatic andFitness Center, 7210 Allentown Road,FortWashington. The public will enjoya health fair featuring health screenings,nutritional seminars, fitness classes andassessments. Come out to experiencemore of the event’s activities. Contact 301-449-1295; TTY 301-446-6802.
First-Time Home Buyer Seminar, 10a.m. to Noon at iServe Residential Lend-ing, 3000 Victory Lane, Suitland. In thecomplex area of homemortgage, buyinga first home formany Americans is oneof themost fulfilling and enjoyable ex-periences in their lifetime. It is also oneof the biggest financials decision theywill evermake. Contact 301-847-0255 [email protected].
Homework Help, 10:30 a.m., Surratts-Clinton Library, 9400 Piscataway Road,Clinton. Learn about online homeworkresources at the library. Call the Informa-tionDesk for details or to register. Contact301-868-9200.
Best Foot Forward — Etiquette andManners, 2 p.m.,Marietta HouseMu-seum, 5626 Bell Station Road, GlennDale.
Throughout history, etiquette is and hasbeen an important part of our social skills.Please join us to see how social etiquettehas changed from the 1800s through to-day: includes conduct, dress, dance lessonand tablemanners. Light refreshmentswill be served. Children ages 6-12. Cost is$2 per person. Contact 301-464-5291.
Self Publishing Seminar, 2 p.m.,NewCarrollton Library, 7414 RiverdaleRoad, NewCarrollton. There’s been asurge in self-publishing in recent years,withmore andmore people who havea novel ormemoir in themwriting andpublishing their books.Thought aboutself-publishing, but just don’t know how,come to this free seminar hosted by thePrince George’s CountyMemorial LibrarySystem at the NewCarrollton branch.Attendees will learn how self-publishingdiffers from traditional publishing, whatthey need to do to self-publish and how toavoid thoxe who prey on self-publishingauthors. Contact 301-459-6900.
FEB. 1Low-Cost Shots & Microchipping For
Cats and Dogs, 1 to 3 p.m., 8210 D’ArcyRoad, Forestville. Rabies and distempershots: $10 each. Home AgainMicrochip:$25. Cash and credit card (Visa/Master-Card) only; no checks. Bring an up-to-date rabies certificate; otherwise, your petwill be given a 1-year vaccine.We are nolonger selling county licenses. Catsmustbe in a carrier. Dogsmust be on a leash.Contact 301-262-5625.
Sunday Shoreline Sweep-up, 1 to 3:30p.m., Oxon Cove Park/OxonHill Farm,6411 OxonHill Road, OxonHill. Every firstSunday of themonth, help Ranger Stephclean up the shoreline of Oxon Cove.Spend your afternoon in the fresh air,getting exercise andmaking a difference.Earn service hours needed for your orga-nization.Wear clothes and shoes that cangetmuddy. We’ve got the work gloves.Come alone or bring a group. Come onceor everymonth. Meet in the parking lotno later than 1:30. For all ages, but youngpeople under age 18must be accompa-nied and supervised by an adult. Contact301-839-1176 or [email protected].
FEB. 2Prince George’s County Commission
for Veterans Monthly Meeting, 6 p.m.,Department of Family Services, 6420Allentown Road, Camp Springs. Themis-sion of the Commission for Veterans is toelevate, develop and promote new and ex-isting programs and services for veterans
and their families within Prince George’sCounty.Meetings are free and open to thepublic. Contact 301-265-8401.
Freedom Quilt Crafts — S.T.R.E.A.M.Program, 6 p.m., the Largo-Kettering Li-brary, 9601 Capital Lane, Largo. Studentswill read and learn about African-Amer-ican FreedomQuilts, investigate the tes-sellating shapes used to create them, anddesign a quilt square to be pieced togetherwith others to form the Largo-KetteringBranch Library FreedomQuilt. Ages 6-12.Contact 301-336-4044.
A Course in Miracles, 7 p.m., DaviesMemorial UnitarianUniversalist Church,7400 Temple Hills Road, Camp Springs. ACourse inMiracles, helps one “undo thepast in the present, and thus release thefuture.” Contact 301-449-4308.
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Spanish Conversation Club, 7:30 p.m.,Spauldings Library, 5811 Old SilverHill Road, District Heights. Learningto speak Spanish? Join our club andpractice speaking Spanish in a friendlyatmosphere. Enjoy an informal hourof speaking Spanish with others whosefirst language is English. Contact 301-817-3750.
FEB. 4Kids’ Day Out: Lincoln and Tubman,
10:30 a.m., HarmonyHall Regional ArtsCenter, 10701 Livingston Road, FortWashington. Two iconic figures of the19th Century come together onstageto share their roles of ending slavery inAmerica. In the process, they emphasizethe importance of education, standing upfor your beliefs and having compassionfor others. Contact 301-203-6070; 301-203-3803.
T’ai Chi, 7 p.m., DaviesMemorial Uni-tarianUniversalist Church, 7400 TempleHills Road, Camp Springs. Advanced 7:00,Intermediate 7:30 - Practice thismove-ment discipline with a certified instructorto strengthenmind and body. Suggesteddonation of $5. Contact 301-449-4308.
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n Bowie school winssnow day makeup game
BY EMILIE SHAUGHNESSYSTAFF WRITER
“Tense,” “awesome” and“amazing” were just some of theadjectives three Bowie elemen-tary school students used todescribe the final round of theirJan. 22 Science Bowl game showcompetition.
The team of students fromPointer Ridge Elementary beattheir competitors fromDeerfieldRun Elementary School in Lau-rel 205 to145andwill advance toplay University Park ElementarySchool in a semifinal elimina-tion round on Feb. 10.
The qualifier game was re-scheduled from Jan. 6, whenPrince George’s schools closedfor inclement weather.
“We were feeling prettyconfident and we were working
together as a team, then whenwe go to 200 points we were like‘yay,’” said fifth-grader TomiOgunleye, 10, of Bowie.
“I’m just very proud ofthem,” said Melissa Reedy, asecond-grade teacher at PointerRidge and the team’s sponsor.“They worked very hard.”
The county public schoolsystem’s annual Science Bowlis a televised competition whereelementary and middle schoolstudents compete in teams ofthree and answer Jeopardy-stylequestions related to science.
“It was hard [waiting twoweeks to play] because wewanted to go, but it was alsogood that we didn’t go becausewegotmorepractice,” saidAdri-ana Borromeo, 10, of Bowie, aPointerRidge teammemberandfifth-grader.
Pointer Ridge narrowly beata team from Mount RainierElementary School in the firstroundof competition185 to160.
The Bowie students were ledby team captain Jon Rogers, 11,who is in fifth grade, and weresupported by alternate player
Daniel Nguyen, 10, who is infourth grade.
Deerfield Run also playeda close first round before tak-
ing the lead near the end ofthe game and beat Mary Har-ris “Mother” Jones ElementarySchool in Adelphi 130 to 85.
The Laurel team memberswere James Lee, 10, of Laurel;Teh Wesseh, 10 of Laurel; Abdu-lah Bah, 9, of Laurel and alter-nate Michael Jatto, 10 of Laurel.
Veteran judge Debbie Phil-lips of Montpelier, a wildlifeeducator at Patuxent ResearchRefuge in Laurel, said she en-joyed judging the competition.
“I thought it was exciting, Ithought Deerfield staged a re-ally good comeback,” she said.“We’re very proud they camehere today and they really rep-resent their schools well.”
Phillips said being able to af-firm students in their scientificpursuits is reward enough forher.
“I love encouraging stu-dents, especially in science,” shesaid. “I like it when girls can pickup worms and not be scared.This iswhat it’s all about – youngkids learning science.”
Pointer Ridge Elementary advances to Science Bowl semifinals
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Pointer Ridge Elementary students Tomi Ogunleye, Jon Rogers and Adriana Borromeo won the Jan. 22 Science Bowlcompetition and will advance to play University Park Elementary in the February quarterfinals.
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n Military members wantdedicated service office
BY EMILIE SHAUGHNESSY
STAFFWRITER
In an American Legionmeeting hall milling with doz-ens of Prince George’s Countyresidents who dedicated theirlives to serving their country,few knew there were three lo-cal offices they could visit to gethelp with employment, socialservices and finance.
That’s because, some-how, many of the approximate70,000 veterans in the countyare not getting access to theinformation or help they need,said Lonnie Bryant Jr. of CapitolHeights.
“The primary issues I’mseeing [among county veter-ans] is homelessness, claimsand benefits and the medicalsupport they require and theyneed,” said the 36-year Armyveteran. “You’ve got too manyhomeless veterans walkingaround with no place to go.”
Bryant, a commanderwith the National Associationof Black Veterans, was one ofaround 50 veterans who at-tended a Jan. 22 focus groupheaded by the Prince George’sCounty Commission for Veter-ans at the American LegionPost275 in Glenarden.
The meeting was the last ofthree held in the county overthe past month to assess theneeds of county veterans andgauge interest in a county-level
department of veterans affairs.“There are a lot of things wedon’t know, but no one is tellingus,” said veteran Frank Bras-well, 72, of Bowie. “Homeless-ness, jobs, things like that are[the biggest issues for countyveterans]. It’s things they’re en-titled to.”
Other concerns raised wereaffordable housing, mentalhealth services, support for vet-eran-owned businesses and aidfor homeless veterans.
Army veteran Henry Turnerof Upper Marlboro oversawthe focus groups as a countyconsultant and said partici-pants were overwhelmingly insupport of a Prince George’sCounty office of veterans’ af-fairs to help informand supportthe veteran population.
“We’ve been at war for 13years, we now have hundredsof thousands of veterans whoare leaving themilitary,” Turnersaid. “The veteran population isincreasing. They need transitionback into civilian employment,they need to live somewhere. ”
Turner said the veteranscommissionwill assemble com-munity feedback and presentthe findings to county officials.
“The veteran population isa population that normally hasjobs, normally pays their taxes,don’t get arrested and don’tget in trouble,” Turner said. “Itmakes all the sense in the worldto want to have your communi-ties filled with individuals whoare reliable.”
Veterans seek better accessto county assistance programs
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(From left) Lonnie Bryant Jr. of Capitol Heights talks with fellow veteransOrell McDaniel, Frank Braswell and others at a Jan. 22 meeting hosted bythe Prince George’s County Commission for Veterans in Glenarden.
n Solar co-op seeksto recruit more members
BY EMILIE SHAUGHNESSYSTAFFWRITER
Some Bowie residents arewarming up to the idea of usingtheir roofs to harness energy .
Around 20 communitymembers have formed a solarpanel co-op and plan to pur-chase and install the technologyat a discounted rate.
An informational meetingheld at City Hall on Jan. 14 wasstanding room only as morethan 40 residents gathered tolearn more about solar energyfrom Washington, D.C.-based
nonprofitMD Sun.“I’m a tree hugger,” said
Paul Mason of Bowie, who saidhe plans on joining the co-opand encouraging his neighborsto do the same. “The [financialsavings] is an added benefit.”
Emily Stiever, chief of stafffor MD Sun, said solar panelscan offset an energy bill by 30 to60percent andoffer other finan-cial incentives like tax credits,insurance discounts and a po-tential property value increase.
MD Sun serves as solar co-op coordinator and moderatorbetween community membersandpanel installers, Stiever said.
Kristin Larson, Bowie’s sus-tainability planner, said resi-dents’ interest in pursuing solar
energy was apparent during thecity’s Climate Action Plan for-mation last year.
Residents must have mostlyunshaded roofs that face south,east or west, Stiever said.Weather also can affect energyproduction, said MD Sun pro-gramdirector Corey Ramsden.
Resident Nancy Franklin,who purchased her own solarpanel four years ago, said thebenefits far outweigh the costs.
“Our electric bill has gonedown from an average of $265to either nothing in a month or$50 to $60,” she said. “It’s beenreally great.”
Franklin said she attendedthe meeting to encourage herfellow residents to take theplunge.
MaryMartha Kuhn of Bowiesaid she and her husband don’tlike being completely depen-dent on utility companies, butare still weighing the costs andbenefits of solar energy.
“It actually looks more af-fordable than we thought,”Kuhn said. “We certainly areinterested in saving money. Wehave an older home, so we willhave to investigate whether itwill work.”
Stiever encouraged co-opmembers to invite their friendsand neighbors to join the group,which likelywillmoveon to ven-dor selecting and purchasing inearly spring.
Bowie looks to the sky for energy aid
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home. Holli Patrick, who livesin New Windsor, also helpsout with the wine designs, hermother said.
Jon Patrick, the patriarchof the family, supports his wifeand daughters’ business andhas even been known to perusePinterest himself for craftingandDIY inspiration, Dawn Pat-rick said.
The Patricks sold theirglasses locally in Bowie for ashort time then opened an on-line Etsy store last February,Dawn Patrick said. It took thewomen six weeks to receivetheir first order, but now theEtsy store receives an orderalmost daily — and orders aretypically for multiple glasses,she said.
For Cathy Land of Bowie,personalizedwineglassesmadethe perfect gifts for a group ofgirlfriends that patronized vari-ous restaurants andwineries.
“We called ourselves the‘Dining Divas’,” Land said.“[Dawn and I] sat down andlooked through all the differentcolors and fonts so everythingwould be customized the wayI wanted it. She put everyone’s
nameon thebottomof thewineglass.”
The secret to the GlassyGurlz glasses is an adhesive vi-nylwhich thePatricks cutbasedon requested designs. Theyalso often paint the bottoms ofthe glasses with paint or glitter,Patrick said.
Samantha Moore of Elli-cot City said she heard aboutGlassy Gurlz while living inBowie and has purchased wineglasses and coffee mugs fromthe company. The creative cupshelped put her in the runningin anunofficial family competi-tion for uniqueChristmas pres-ents, she said.
“I did not get the craft gene.I like everybody else’s crafts butI am not a crafty person,” shesaid. “I love [Dawn’s] products.They’re adorable and she cando just about anything.”
Recently, Glassy Gurlzhosted a paint-your-own-wineglass event and has linedup three more events based onthe positive response, DawnPatrick said.
“It is catching on,” DawnPatrick said. “It’s kind of newto us, but I think it’s going to besomething that will catch on.”
Fifty ex-offenders wereultimately prescreened fortradesmen positions with CLPand invited to the open houseJan. 22.
Twenty applicants at-tended the event and inter-viewed with CLP recruiterMyron Garrett.
“These men and womenhave been looking for employ-ment for a long time,” Garrettsaid. “We can give them thatopportunity.”
At the beginning of theopen house, Garrett told ap-plicants that CLP only hadthree expectations of them, re-gardless of their criminal back-ground: come towork, do theirwork and be on time.
“Somewhere down theline they lost guidance and wewant to guide them,” Garrettsaid. “If you take these prin-cipals and apply them to life,you won’t go down that pathagain.”
Garrett said all 20 appli-cants who came to the openhousewill be hired for projectsat the 17 county CLP job sites.
Eldridge said he has beenunemployed formore thanfiveyears and was incarcerated af-ter failing to pay restitution for
property damage.He found out about the
CLP positions through his re-entry counselor and said hehopes work as a tradesmanwill be a first step toward himaccomplishing his goal of be-coming an architect.
“It’s going to help me be-come a man and be there formy kids,” Eldridge said. “It’san opportunity I never had.I’ve got to take advantageof it.”
Carl Perry, 32, of Oxon Hillsaid that he found out aboutthe job opportunity from adeacon at Fort Foote BaptistChurch in Fort Washington.
After serving more thanfive years in prison for rob-bery with a dangerousweapon, Perry said he wantsto set a positive example for his13-year-old daughter.
“I just really hope I getgrounded in a career, start aretirement plan, be able toleave my family something,”Perry said.
Henry Walker, Jr. 57, ofDistrict Heights was incarcer-ated for seven years and saidgainful employment is a life-line.
“We’re here. Some of ushave made mistakes and weneeda secondchance,”Walkersaid.
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Myron Garrett (left), a trade recruiter with CLP, a Nevada-based skilledtrades staffing company, reviews an employment application Jan. 22 withCarl Perry, 32, of Oxon Hill. Perry said he is seeking employment aftermore than five years in prison.
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likes science, math and artand want to be a professionalsoccer player, said he was sur-prised when his piece was se-lected for display in City Hall.
“It was pretty cool,” hesaid. “I didn’t know my art-work had potential.”
Fel low fifth-graderJamison Heckrotte, 10, saidshe was also surprised andpleased to hear her piece wasone of eight selected from Ke-nilworth.
An anime-lover, Jamisondrew a self portrait usingpointers from none other thanLeonardo da Vinci, she said.
“I used the notes thatLeonardo da Vinci had figuredout and used some of thosetips to make proportions,” shesaid.
Holly Brunetti, art instruc-tor at Northview Elementary
School inBowie, said choosingseven students from around800 to be featured in the ex-hibit was a very difficult task.
“That’s the part I hate islooking throughall this beauti-ful art andonly picking seven,”she said. “I was looking forgood craftsmanship and I waslooking for creativity.”
Brunetti said her studentsused to participate in the stu-dent displays at the KenhillCenter and is happy there isa local exhibit option for stu-dents once again.
“Sometimes I’ll send mykids’ work to the county artshows, but since they’re notin Bowie, sometimes parentsdon’tmake it to the reception,”she said. “I think this is a goodoutlet because it’s local. The[students] just feel pretty spe-cial to have their art hanging inCity Hall.”
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n Resident help soughton latest increase plan
BY JEFFREY LYLESSTAFFWRITER
Prince George’s residentswill see some fee increases andcould potentially be able to ap-ply for government assistanceon their water utility bills.
Washington Suburban San-itary Commission, orWSSC, of-ficials will share plans for thefiscal 2016 budget at a Feb. 5budget hearing.
WSSC customers can viewthe proposed budget at www.wsscwater.com/proposed-changes.
“This is the customers’time if they have comments tocome out and let their voice beheard,” said WSSC spokesmanJerry Irvine. “Part of that bud-get is changing some of the feeswe collect as we’re increasingsome and we’re decreasing thewater usage rate.”
The increase to the readyto serve fee, will allow WSSC tohelpplan for long-termbudget-ing andmaintenance issues, Ir-vine said.
“What it’s going to do forcustomers is that over thecourse of themid-term to long-term it will lower the trajectoryof the rate increase,” Irvinesaid. “For the last decade,we’ve
pretty much doubled the rateincrease and that’s not a sus-tainable model for the custom-ers going forward.”
Irvine saidWSSChopes thatin raising the fixed fees over thenext two years, theutilitywill beable to keep the water rate in-creasing to one or two percentgoing forward.”
Citing the sinkhole situa-tion just outside of BladensburgonTuesdaydue to awatermainbreak of a 90-year-old pipe, Ir-vine said WSSC customers areaware that increases are neces-sary to handle the aging infra-structure.
“A quarter of the pipe wehave in the ground is 50 yearsor older and we’re being as ag-gressive as we can in regardsto repairing them while beingmindful of how these rate in-creaes are impacting our cus-tomers,” Irvine said.
WSSC also plans to travel toAnnapolis and ask the GeneralAssembly for support of a cus-tomer affordability program toaid customers in need similarto heat and other utility assis-tance efforts through the gov-ernment, Irvine said.
The hearing will be heldat 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5 at the RMSBuilding Room 308, 1400 Mc-Cormick Drive in Largo.
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said.Brown said the GCEI fund-
ing loss is offset somewhat byincreased funding throughother formulas, but that the
school system is looking at ap-proximately a loss of $6 millionoverall from CEO Kevin Max-well’s proposed budget.
Brown said he could not of-fer specifics, but said he and theCEO would work with the boardto find additional areas of cutsor savings to make up the dif-
ference.A final budget work session
with the school board followedby a public hearing is scheduledFeb. 10.
“We’ll continue to receivepublic comment and see whatwe can do to continue to makeprogress for our school system
in these difficult fiscal times,”Brown said.
Jay Walker (D-Dist. 26) ofFort Washington, chairmanof the Prince George’s HouseDelegation to the General As-sembly, said county legislatorswould work to reduce thosecuts.
“We have to convince thegovernor that he made a mis-take, and that it is important torestore that funding,” Walkersaid of the GCEI. “Our chil-dren’s education is certainlysomething that is worth fight-ing for.”
Hogan’s budget includes
$30 million for a proposed re-gional medical center in Largo,for which the county is stillawaiting final approval fromthe state.
“It’s good to see that thegovernor is continuing thestate’s investment in a regionalmedical center, which will helpimprove health outcomes forthe region as well as providing aboost to the economy,” Franklinsaid.
Thomas Himler, PrinceGeorge’s County’s deputy chiefadministrative officer for bud-get and finance, said the gover-nor’s budget includes fundingfor the Purple Line, a proposedlight rail project running fromBethesda to New Carrollton,but said the project is currentlyunder review.
“He didn’t make a decisionyet as to whether to continuethe project, but he did put somefunding in, pending his review,”Himler said.
Franklin said the $2.45 bil-lion Purple Line project is vi-tal to the county’s efforts toincrease transit oriented devel-opment in the county.
David Iannucci, County Ex-ecutive Rushern L. Baker’s chiefeconomic policy advisor, said inDecember that the Purple Lineis too important to the county toeven consider the impact of itsbeing cancelled.
“The focus is on convincingall parties the Purple Line has togo ahead,” Iannucci said.
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launched the debate league atthe encouragement of associatesuperintendent Sito Narcisse.
“The skills transfer to somany areas of life,” Rose said.“It helps the students to strate-gize, it helps them to think criti-cally and it helps them to applythose skills in any situation.”
During the Jan. 22 tourna-ment, students defended oropposed the use of offensive op-erations by UN peacekeepers.
Weaver and her partner,Aaron Pickett, 18, of Fort Wash-ington represented CroomVocational High School in Chel-tenham and advanced to thesecond round of the tourna-ment.
Pickett said preparing fordebates requires a lot of study-ing, but listening to his op-ponent also helped him winhis first debate. When Blad-ensburg High School studentLeo Figueroa, 17, of Hyattsvilledefended offensive actions bythe need to use an “iron fist,”Pickett countered by suggest-ing a non-violent alternative —speaking with a “silver tongue.”
“What I enjoy most is see-ing the students shine,” saidFriendly High School teacherJanis Pace, who judged theCroom v. Bladensburg debate.“When they’re good, they’re re-ally good.”
The Croom team faced theWise High School team in itssecond round. Jerron Hawkins,17, and Tatiana Ruiz, 16, both ofUpper Marlboro, defended of-fensive operations by citing ex-amples of deadly conflicts thatcould have been controlled by apeacekeeper offense.
“When you do your own re-search, your argument is verystrong,” Ruiz said. “Doing ourown research solidifies our ar-gument.”
Ruiz said she prefers cross-fire, when teams challenge eachothers’ arguments, to speakingat the podium.
“My favorite part is crossfirebecause that’s when you get toknock down their argument,”Ruiz said. “That’s when youknow you’re winning.”
Rose said she’s seen stu-dents blossom as individualssince the first practice scrim-mage was held last year, butshe was most impressed withthe maturity of the teams. Afterdebates, she saw students giveeach other constructive criti-cism and offer words of encour-agement.
“That type of team buildingin an academic competition issomething you don’t very muchsee with high school students,and that’s what it was really allabout,” Rose said.
The next tournament isopen to the public and will beheld Feb. 21 at the Bowie HighSchool annex campus, locatedat 3021 Belair Drive in Bowie.
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Municipal leaders in northern PrinceGeorge’s County are working together to makesure every dog— or cat, guinea pig or other lostpet — has its day.
Berwyn Heights, College Park and Greenbeltofficials are hopinga feasibility studywill identify a wayto better addressanimals lost in thenorthern part ofPrince George’s,possibly by creat-ing a north countyanimal shelter. Cur-rently, there is onlyone county animalshelter, located a
good distance south in Upper Marlboro.A second county shelter would relieve the
load onmunicipal efforts and bemore conve-nient for residents in northern Prince George’s— so city officials are wisely adding their ownmoney to fund the study.
The three municipalities combined are pitch-ing in a total of $40,000; the county is contribut-ing $200,000.
If the study yields a good plan, it could saveGreenbelt —whichmaintains its own no-killshelter — hundreds of thousands of dollars. Thecity shelter, which officials say remains at fullcapacity, costs more than $200,000 annually tooperate.
A second shelter could relieve a lot of head-aches for officials, too. To house lost pets, Col-lege Park uses a Public Works facility, a site thatisn’t accessible to the public.
“The city’s animal shelter was really intendedto be a holding facility, but over the years, it’sturned into more than that and it’s grown far be-yond the facility’s current capabilities,” CollegePark Councilman Patrick Wojahn (Dist. 1) toldThe Gazette. “We really need to find somethingbetter as a long-term solution.”
It’s a problem voiced by other municipalities,as well. Bowie recently created its own animalholding shelter, citing the challenges residentshave in traveling to Upper Marlboro to look forlost pets.
A second county shelter might also take someof the load off the Upper Marlboro shelter, whichhas struggled to keep up with demand and hascome under fire for its animal euthanasia rateover the years.
In addition to studying the feasibility of anorth county animal shelter, the study will lookat possible sites and whether to create a satelliteadoption center instead.
Themajority of pet adoptions at the countyshelter come from north county residents, so theadoption center maymake sense— but it mayfail to address convenience issues for residentslooking for lost pets (and the related temporaryanimal housing issues currently faced bymunici-palities).
The study is an encouraging sign, however.For too long, municipalities have implementedpiecemeal measures to address the challengesfaced by lost pets.
The contribution by these officials to finda united solution to the problem is not only apromising sign for municipalities’ bottom line,but it’s also a sign of hope for the many petssearching for their home.
Barking up the right tree
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OUROPINION LET TERS TOTHEEDITOR
It was very thoughtful of you to travelfrom far away in order to get to the rightplace and protest against the killings ofunarmed young blackmen bywhite po-lice officers. (Are you aware that unarmedwas a black youngman years agowhowas at the police custody who grabbed apolice officer’s gun and killed two police-men on the spot?) Also, why don’t youprotest about frequent killings among theblack youths in N.Y.C.; Chicago; Philadel-phia; Detroit; Washington, D.C., etc.?
If youwould like to reduce the kill-ings, you have to get to the roots of theproblem and not to jump around, be-cause definitely there is a “family crisis”here. And lack of parental guidance andpeer pressure leads to unacceptable be-havior. Plus, certain leaders’ irresponsiblefirebrand speeches createmore hostileenvironment.Why they do this? Becausethey have ulteriormotives to exploit thesituation.
A police officer is not an immortalperson, is an average human being. So,what can he/she dowhen a 250-poundjuvenile does not comply with his/herinstructions and attempts to grab his/her gun? Should [he/she] wait to be killedfirst, like the two police officers in Hyatts-ville, and then react?
By the way, the youth cop killer “got aslap on the wrist” and probably was sentto a juvenile center for rehabilitation andwhile there at the taxpayers expense, hereceived a college degree. And after hisrelease, he went to UDC to study law. Buta “cop killer” was enjoying a VIP status,so he needed a lot ofmoney tomaintain
his extravagant lifestyle, and the answerwas to rob banks. Andwhen the policeofficers were about to apprehend him, hekilled himself.
If these concerned leaders will not doanything, a century fromnow the situa-tionwill be worse.
Therefore I am suggesting to African-Americanmulti-millionaires to take theinitiative and spare the neededmoneyand time and form a committee of un-biased expertise, coming fromdifferentcultures and races, and study the prob-lem. Theymay have to study the issuestarting from elementary school and tryto inculcate to the youngster to respectthe law, plus to learn to resolve their dif-ferences through discussions and notfighting. Also, to emphasize educationand de-emphasizematerialism.
Epaminondas Demos, Hyattsville
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n Black Butte Porter,Mirror Pond Pale Ale, etc.,
available in the area
Deschutes Brewery, oneof the great breweries of thecountry and a personal favoriteof ours, has finally come to theD.C. areawith distribution intheDistrict and Virginia andsoon inMaryland. Located inBend, Ore., a winter skiing andsummer hiking destination,Deschutes is named after thenearbyDeschutes River andmany of its beers are namedafter regional landmarks. De-schutes is coming to the areaas a result of a collaboration onZarabanda, their new spicedSaison beer, with Chef JoséAndrés, owner of several arearestaurants including the Jaleorestaurants in Bethesda, north-ern Virginia, andD.C.
Deschutes is one of theolder craft breweries in thecountry having opened as abrewpub in 1988 by CEO andfounder Gary Fish, expandinginto a 50-barrel productionmi-crobrewery in 1993. In 1988 thebrewery produced a total of 714barrels of beer. In 2015 they ex-pect to produce 320,000 barrels,making them the sixth largestcraft brewer in the countrywitha potential current capacity of600,000 barrels. Deschutes is in28 states andD.C.,mostly in theWest andMidwest, plus Penn-sylvania.
The brewery is the secondlargest user in the county ofwhole cone hops rather thanpelletized hops and bottleconditions all of its beers. De-schutesmakes nine year-roundbeers including Black ButtePorter, the best selling craft Por-ter in the country,Mirror Pond
Pale Ale, a goldmedal winnerat theGreat American BeerFestival and their largest seller,andObsidian Stout, the bestselling stout in the country andvoted theWorld’s Best Stout atthe 2013World Beer Awards.Obsidian is the Brews Brothers’“desert island” beer.
Three seasonal beers in-clude RedChair Northwest PaleAle, declared theWorld’s BestBeer in 2012 at theWorld BeerAwards, Twilight Summer Aleand Jubelale, a strong holidaybrew. Deschutes also brewssix interesting IPAs in theirBond Street Series, includingtwo fresh hop ales, and has aReserve Series which presentsbigger, bolder beers such asThe Abyss Imperial Stout,Mir-rorMirror Barleywine, Not TheStoic Quadruple, and annualanniversary versions of BlackButte Imperial Porter.
The brewery donates $1 foreach barrel sold, to nationaland local charities ranging fromassisting children in need toenvironmental causes. Some ofthese donations are used by theDeschutes River Conservancy tobuy one billion gallons per yearof water rights to keep the riverflowing. The company is partlyemployee owned.
The initial beers releasedin the area inNovemberwereBlack Butte Porter andMirrorPond Pale Ale, the two flagshipbeers, plus Fresh Squeezed IPA,all on draft, and bottles ofMir-rorMirror and Black Butte XXVI,their Imperial Porter whichchanges ingredients each year.
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BREWS BROTHERSS T E V E N F R A N K A N DA R N O L D M E L T Z E R
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n Little Red and theRenegades bring blues,
funk, zydeco to Greenbelt
BY KIRSTY GROFFSTAFFWRITER
Longtime locals Little Redand the Renegades will bringtheir funky sound to the NewDealCafé at 8:30p.m. Saturday.
The five-member groupplays a mix of zydeco, bluesand New Orleans funk, withhints of rock ’n’ roll, Cajun andcountry thrown in. Tom Corra-dino, “Little Red” himself, takesthe lead with vocals, guitar andpiano — as well as an instru-ment less common on regionalstages.
“I’ve played the accordionsince I was a kid — I was in-terested in the music, espe-cially anything funky,” he said.“That’s where I’m at: blues,soul, funk, gospel, all of thatkind of stuff is in my wheel-house.”
Following his time at Syra-cuse University in New York,Corradino played in severalbands; some projects featuredcurrent Little Red members,including Bad Medicine, withcurrent bandmate Harry Radoon guitar. Little Red and theRenegades first formed in theearly 1980s, and the group hasmore or less been playing to-gether since,with the exceptionof some lineup changes and abreak in the ’90s.
Playing guitar alongsideRado is his son, Allen Rado;the group is rounded out byJon Danforth on drums, CarolArthur — Danforth’s wife —on steel drums and piano, andDave Petersen on bass. Every-one brings a range of individualinfluences, but the differentbackgrounds of the group areunited by one objective.
“The rhythm, the beat —wheneverwe play, even back inthe ’60s, the object was for peo-ple to dance and have a goodtime,” Corradino said.
Even after playing in frontof audiences for decades, hesaid he still gets butterflies thatlast through the first few songsof every set. Once the crowdgets dancing, however, any lin-gering fear dissipates.
Little Red and the Rene-gades perform amix of familiartunes, lesser-known covers andoriginal material, showcas-
ing a multifaceted sound thatdoesn’t quite fit in neatly withany one genre the band takesits cues from.
“Wedoa lot of covers,”Cor-radino said, “but everythingwe do pretty much comes outsounding like us.We could do aRolling Stones song, a MichaelJackson song, and it would stillsound likeme.”
The band has performedat New Deal Café a handfulof times previously, and Cor-radino said they always havegotten a great response from
audiences there. Attendeeshoping to take a bit of Little Redand the Renegades home withthem after the show, however,may be disappointed; the banddoesn’t record much, and pre-vious recordings are hard tofind today.
While getting back in thestudio is a goal for the group,juggling the commitments ofseven members makes findingthe time difficult.
“We do try, but life has a
Big ears aren’t necessary
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Tom “Little Red” Corradino and the rest of Little Red and the Renegades will perform at New Deal Café on Saturday.
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THEATER & STAGEBowie Community Theatre, “Flyin’
West,” April 10 through 25, call forprices, times, Bowie Playhouse, 16500WhiteMarsh Park Drive, Bowie, 301-805-0219, bctheatre.com.
The Clarice, 32nd annual Chore-ographers’ Showcase (two shows),Jan. 30;Macbeth (two shows), Jan. 31(three shows);MarylandMasti 9, Jan.31; RudreshMahanthappa Jazz Clinic,Feb. 6;Meccore Quartet, Feb. 6; Raga-mala Dance Company, Feb. 7; Juiced,Feb. 7; NewWorks Reading with TheSpektral Quartet, Feb. 11; UniversityofMaryland, College Park, theclarice.umd.edu.
Hard Bargain Players, Theater intheWoods, 2001 Bryan Point Road,Accokeek, 240-766-8830, hbplayers.org.
Harmony Hall Regional Center,Kid’s Day Out - Lincoln & Tubman,Feb. 4; Festival: Expressions of a Peo-ple, Feb. 8; Shirley Jones of the JonesGirls, Feb. 14; 10701 Livingston Road,FortWashington, 301-203-6070, arts.pgparks.com.
Greenbelt Arts Center, “ClybournePark,” Jan. 30 through Feb. 21; call forprices, times, Greenbelt Arts Center,123 Centerway, Greenbelt, 301-441-8770, greenbeltartscenter.org.
Joe’s Movement Emporium,Boundaries, Feb. 6; Boundaries, Feb.7; 3309 Bunker Hill Road,MountRainier, 301-699-1819, joesmove-ment.org.
Laurel Mill Playhouse, “The Com-
edy of Errors,” through Feb. 1, call forticket prices, times, LaurelMill Play-house, 508Main St., Laurel, 301-452-2557, laurelmillplayhouse.org.
Prince George’s Little Theatre,“Suite Surrender,”May 1 through 16,call for tickets and show times, BowiePlayhouse, 16500WhiteMarsh ParkDrive, Bowie, 301-937-7458, pglt.org.
NASA’S Music And Drama club(MAD), “TheMusical ofMusicals (TheMusical)” Feb. 13 through 28. Barney& Bea Recreation Center, 10000 GoodLuck Road, Bowie. $20. For ticket salesand additional information, call 240-475-8800 or visit madtheater.org.
Publick Playhouse, How a TownFought Hate, Feb. 3; 5445 LandoverRoad, Cheverly, 301-277-1710, arts.pgparks.com.
2nd Star Productions, “I HateHamlet,” Feb. 6 through 22, BowiePlayhouse, 16500WhiteMarsh ParkDrive, Bowie, call for prices, times,410-757-5700, 301-832-4819, 2ndstar-productions.com.
Tantallon Community Players,“Harvey,” Feb. 28 throughMarch 8;HarmonyHall Regional Center, 10701Livingston Road, FortWashington,301-262-5201, tantallonstage.com.
Venus Theatre, 21 C Street, Laurel.venustheatre.org.
NIGHTLIFENew Deal Café; Daryl Jr. Cline
Band, Jan. 30; Little Red and the Ren-egades, Jan. 31;MediumGauge, Feb.1; The Brothers Yares, Feb. 4; FunkMaster General, Feb. 6; TheMojoPriests, Feb. 7; 113 Centerway Road,301-474-5642, newdealcafe.com.
Old Bowie Town Grill, Wednes-day Night Classic Jam, 8 p.m. everyWednesday, sign-ups start at 7:30p.m., 8604 Chestnut Ave., Bowie, 301-464-8800, oldbowietowngrille.com.
DANCINGBallroom dance and lesson, with
instructor DaveMalek at 7 p.m. every
Thursday. A beginner’s lesson pre-cedes the dance, which starts at 8 p.m.Cost is $10. The dance is located atthe Knights of ColumbusHall, 6111ColumbianWay, Bowie. Formore in-formation, email [email protected] or call 410-370-8438.
OUTDOORSDinosaur Park, Dinosaur Park pro-
grams, noon to 4 p.m. first and thirdSaturdays, join paleontologists andvolunteers in interpreting fossil de-posits, 13200 blockMid-Atlantic Blvd.,Laurel, 301-627-7755.
Mount Rainier Nature Center, Tod-dler Time: hands-on treasures, crafts,stories and soft play, 11 a.m. to noonThursdays, age 5 and younger free,4701 31st Place,Mount Rainier, 301-927-2163.
Prince George’s Audubon Society,BirdWalks, 7:30 a.m. first Saturdays,FranUhler Natural Area,meets at endof Lemon Bridge Road, north of BowieState University, option to bird nearbyWB&A Trail afterward; 7:30 a.m. thirdSaturdays, Governor Bridge NaturalArea, Governor Bridge Road, Bowie,meet in parking lot; formigrating andresident woodland and field birds,andwaterfowl. For beginners andexperts. Waterproof footwear and bin-oculars suggested. Free. 410-765-6482.
ET CETERACollege Park Aviation Museum,
Peter Pan Club, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.second and fourth Thursdays of everymonth, activities for pre-schoolers,$4, $3 seniors, $2 ages 2 to 18, 1985Cpl. Frank Scott Drive, College Park,301-864-6029, collegeparkaviation-museum.com.
Women’s Chamber Choir Audi-tions, by appointment for the concertseason of women’s chamber choirVoix de Femmes, 7:45 to 9:30 p.m.Thursdays, 402 Compton Ave., Laurel,301-520-8921, [email protected].
IN THE ARTShabit of impinging on things you want todo,” Corradino said. “Everyone has jobs,families, kids — there’s not as much timeto get into the studio and get something outthere.”
For now, audiences will just have to ex-perience livewhat it’s like to listen to a livelygroupwhosemembers have been perform-
ing with each other long enough to fall insync and keep folks dancing all night long.
“We’ve all been playing together in oneway or another for quite a long time,” Cor-radino said. “We’ll just goof around some-times and start playing stuff we’ve neverrehearsed. We all sort of know what to do— although I throw them for a loop quiteoften. It’s part of the fun.”
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The Abyss arrived inDecember and thespring seasonal RedChair Northwest PaleAle is expected shortly.
BlackButte Porter (5.2 percent alcoholby volume, ABV) has a delicious aroma ofchocolate and roast presaging amediumroast andmoderate chocolate front whichcontinues into themiddle. The roast ebbsawisp in the finishwith the chocolatedominating and a noticeable touch of bitterhops. The bitter hops grow slightly in theaftertaste and, together with the chocolate,linger.Ratings: 9/9.
Mirror PondPale Ale (5.6 percentABV) has a floral,melon and grapefruitnose. The subdued grapefruit front elevatessomewhat in themiddle, all nicely balancedby amalt backbone, which remains intothe finish. In the aftertaste themoderategrapefruit character comes to the front asthemalt fades.Ratings: 7.5/7.5.
MirrorMirror (11.2 percent ABV)beginswith a fruit compote bouquet ofraisins, dark fruit and bitter hops. Theme-dium raisin front with hints of plumandprune are joined by a light sweetmalt in themiddle. The finish adds a note of alcoholwhich increases in the aftertaste while thefruitiness persists. This beer will improve incomplexity with aging.Ratings: 8.5/8.
Zarabanda (6.7 percent ABV) has alime, yeast, pepper and lemonnose. Themodest lemon and lime frontmeldswith amuted peppercorn and restrained yeast inthemiddle. These flavors continue in the
finish and last through the aftertaste. Thebeer would seem to pair well with a varietyof foods andwould bring out the flavors.Ratings: 8.5/7.5.
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TheGreenbelt Arts Cen-ter presents “ClybournePark,” a sequel to the 1959play “A Raisin in the Sun,”which focuses on the per-spective of the communityrather than the perspectiveof the family.
The play deals with ra-cial tension and changingcommunity dynamics overthe course of 50 years.
According to directorBobKleinberg, the play isdivided into two acts. Inthe first act, a black fam-ilymoves into an all-whiteneighborhood. The secondact takes place in the sameneighborhood 50 years inthe future, but it involves awhite familymoving into ablack neighborhood.
“Clybourne Park” refersto a neighborhood in Chi-cago and follows the story oftwo families and one house.In the first act,middle-classwhite couple Bev and Russare selling their home tothe Youngers, the family “ARaisin in the Sun” follows.In act two, the communityis all black and experiencinggentrification, and awhitecouple is trying to buy ahouse and expand it.
Both families feel pres-sure from the community tonot sell their house or buyinto the community.
Tickets for the showare $12 to $20. Formoreinformation, visit greenbel-tartscenter.org or call 301-441-8770.
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PHOTO BY BOB KLEINBERG
Susan Harper (Bev/Kathy), Ryan Willis (Albert/Kevin), Attey Harper (Fran-cine/Lena) and David Colton (Jim/Tom/Kenneth) star in “Clybourne Park.”
WilliamShakespearewrote oneof his first plays,“TheComedyof Errors,” to bejust that—acomedyof errors.
This is the lastweekendto see LaurelMill Playhouse’sproductionof the farcical taleofmistaken identity filledwithslapstick comedy andwordplay.
The story revolves arounda set of identical twins ac-cidentally separated at birth.Dromioof Syracuse is the ser-vant toAntipholus.When theyarrive inEphesus, they en-counter Antipholus of Ephe-sus andhis servant,Dromio.
You seewhere theremightbe someconfusion.
What follows is a series ofunfortunate events— fromar-rests, accusations of infidelity(and some interesting seduc-tion), theft, and evendemonicpossession.
“There are two sets oftwins, and they are beingmistaken for eachother in thistown. A lot of it has to dowithlike, ‘Whoare you, exactly?,’”
said director JoshuaMcKer-row. “There’s a reasonwe’vebeingdoing theseplays for400 years. A lot ofwhatweknowabout beinghuman,we
get fromShakespeare.Do-ing theseplays again, findingthese characters again… it’simportant.”
Tickets for the showare
$20, $15 for children 12 andunder and seniors over 65.Formore information, visitlaurelmillplayhouse.org or call301-617-9906.
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Dromio (Arrington Foster) comes face to face with his long lost twin, also named Dromio (Kyle Kelley) in Laurel MillPlayhouse’s production of William Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors.”
Fromnowuntil Feb. 28, theBrent-woodArts Exchangewill be home to“Unmapped,” a three-person,mixed-media exhibit.
The exhibition,withworks by artistsPatGoslee, Sally ResnikRockriver andEllynWeiss, explores phenomenaofthenaturalworld in contrastwith fast-moving society.
Each artist uses theirwork as amethodof discovery, responding toforms andmaterials thenbuilding onthem tomine for visual possibilities.Whether it’s findingbalance in giving
up control to a chemical reaction, in-vestigatingmaterial properties, or theconscious act of constructing energeticmovement throughpaint, all three art-istsmakeprovocative statements aboutthewaysmeaning is created throughthe interactionof processwith form.
Together, their exhibition invitesus to openup to thingswedon’t know,where our paradigmsdon’t fit, areasunmapped.
An artist talkwill takeplace Satur-day. Formore information, visit arts.pgparks.comor call 301-277-2863.
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The “Unmapped” exhibit is on display at the BrentwoodArts Exchange.
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BOYS BASKETBALL: Bladensburg at Flowers, 7 p.m.Tuesday. Benjamin Bullock (left) and his Flowers team-mates have been unsung this season, but just might bethe surprise team of the year.
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Largo at Forestville, 7 p.m.Thursday.
If there’s onething I’ve learnedduringmycareer insports journalism, itis that a lot of timeand sacrificeswillhave to bemade tomy social life.
There havebeen countless in-stanceswhere I’vehad todecline invi-tations from friendsor familymembers to hangout in thenameof covering a game, conducting an inter-viewor building anewspaper.When theyare relaxing at night andonweekends, I amusuallyworking. Their free time ismybusytimeand vice versa.
But I lovemy job, so I dealwith it.So,what Bowie StateUniversity Sports
InformationDirectorGregGoings has donemuchof his life is admirable.Not only hastheBeltsville resident run theBulldogs ath-letic department’smedia communicationsdepartment formore than 10 years, he alsohasmoonlighted for 28 years as a college,high school and intramural basketball ref-eree.
Those are two time consuming andoften thankless jobs.Goings is, for themostpart, a one-man showwhoattends thevastmajority of everyBowie State sport-ing event to record statistics,write a gamerecap andprovidemedia assistance. As forofficiating,whowants to spend their freetime getting yelled at by coaches, playersand fans?
ButGoings, 55, says hewouldn’twant itany otherway.
“I call itmy therapy and it keepsme inshape,” he said. “Officiating is fun tome. I’llnever sacrificemymortgage-paying job [forofficiating assignments]. I’ve been fortu-nate andblessed towork for athletic direc-tors that understand andallowme to ref.”
Goings didn’t start outwanting to be aSID.He attendedVirginia StateUniversity,where he initially studied accounting, butsaid hequickly realized itwasn’t for him.He endedupearning adegree in foodmar-keting and foodmanagement andacceptedanoffer towork inPizzaHut’smanage-ment programafter graduating in 1984,but never started. As a student, heworkedin the sports informationoffice, and that’swhereGoings gotwhat he called ‘a bug’ forsportsmedia.
“The SIDat the time thought I hadpretty handwriting,” saidGoings,whotook stats for themen’s basketball team.“Thatwas before computerswherewehadto take stats byhand.… I kindof fell intosports information.”
Throughout his adult life, Goings,whograduated fromWashington,D.C.’sMcKin-ley TechHigh School in 1977, has juggledhiswork commitmentswith family life.Hesays hiswife,DonnaPowell-Goings, is ‘veryunderstanding’ alongwithhis daughter,Shannen, 23, a freshmanatBowie State.
“Donna’s favorite line is, ‘You areneverhome!’”Goings said. “I really understandandamreally appreciative of her andShan-nen’s support…becausebetweenNovem-ber andMarch I couldbedoing somethingfor Bowie State or officiating four or fivenights aweek. But it iswhat I like to do. Itkeepsmy sanity.”
In addition topreviously being the SIDat Virginia StateUniversity, Goings has heldawide variety of jobs inbetween stints insportsmedia, including amanagement jobat Arby’s, a sales position atChevyChaseBank andas anon-air radiopersonality.
Goings left the sports information in-dustry in the early 2000s, planning toneverreturn.
“I left Virginia State in September 2000because Iwas burnedout, I had enough,”saidGoings,whoalso ownshis own stat-keeping company. “I camebackuphereanddid absolutely nothing for 10months.Mywife eventually said, ‘Listen, youneedto get a job.’
“I hadno intentionof getting back insports [withBowie State].… Itwasn’t aboutthemoneybecause I had tohavepeace ofmind. Butmywife toldme, ‘You get to kickout sports information.’ Shewas right.”
Goings admits he is on thedownside ofhis officiating andprofessional careers.
“I feel like I can still do it for another 15or 20 years, butmy legs are saying some-thing else,” he said. “I amhappywhere Iam.… Iwant towork for another fewyearsto helppay formydaughter’s education,then Iwant to go ride off into the sunsetwithmywife.”
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n Point guard hasovercome off the court
struggles to lead Bulldogs
BY KENT ZAKOURSTAFFWRITER
At 27-years old, Cameron Knoxisn’t a typical college senior.
Known as “Grandpa” amongsthis Bowie State University men’sbasketball teammates since he’sat least five years older than mostof the roster, the Baltimore na-tive’s journey to become a father, ascholarshipplayer and theBulldogsstarting point guard and leadingscorer has been long and circuitousjourney.
“Statistics say Cam should be
dead or in jail,” Bowie State coachDarrell Brooks said. “He’s turnedhis life around and beat the odds—nothing has been easy for him.He’sworked andgrindedhisway andweare all really, really proud of him.”
‘Getting arrested is ... like astepping stone’
Knox grew up in the heart ofBaltimore City and said when hewas 14 or 15, he started down apath of crime. One day, Knox said,a friend proposed to break into arelative’s house and steal electron-ics. They robbed his friend’s aunt’shouse, Knox said, and got arrested.The aunt, Knox said, didn’t presscharges and the record of his arrest
has since been expunged since hewas aminor at the time.
As the years passed, Knox, whosaid he has friends who are in jail,became involved in all sorts of ille-gal activity, he said, including sell-ing drugs.
“Getting arrested is almost likea stepping stone fromwhere I grewup ... I had to have a way to eat andmake money,” Knox said duringan interview Tuesday at AC JordanArena on the Bowie State campus.“I wasn’t thinking and I’ve done alot of dumb things I am not proudof, but looking back, I don’t regretanyof it because it hasmademebe-come a better person.”
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Bowie State University senior point guard Cam Knox (right) drives past Lincoln University’s Jordan Watson during a Jan. 17game.
n Chemistry keys Knights’success in girls basketball
BY ERIC GOLDWEIN
STAFFWRITER
Weeks later, Taleah (Noo)Washingtoncan still remember the play. It was duringa mid-January practice at the ForestvilleHigh School gymnasium, and the Knightswere running a fastbreak drill. The balltraveled from player to player — MarcheSisco to Kristin Horne to Carrie Gross andthen to Noo Washington. Then, withouteven looking, the freshman guard sent apass back to Gross, who finished off thenearly dribble-free possession with a la-yup.
NooWashington is just a freshman. Sois Gross. Horne is a sophomore and Siscois a junior transfer from Friendly. But theKnights’ top four scorers, though new tothe Forestville girls basketball team, arehardlynew to eachother. Thequartet grewupplaying together on theHavocCity EliteAmateur Athletic Union program, run byKnights second-year coach James Wash-ington—NooWashington’s father — andhas united as varsity teammates. Theircombination of talent and chemistry hashelped Forestville start the season 10-3and become a top Prince George’s Countyteam.
“Our connection is very [strong] whenwe play. We just know each other like theback of our hands,” NooWashington said.
“... It’s just so easy and fun to play withpeople that you connect with.”
Washington leads the Knights inscoring with 15.4 points per game,
Longtimeteammatesunite atForestville
n Roosevelt forward out,Wise’s recovering
BY ERIC GOLDWEINSTAFF WRITER
Tolu Omokore may not be thebest player on the Eleanor Roos-evelt High School girls basketballteam — that title goes to KailaCharles, coach Delton Fuller said.
But Omokore, a 6-foot-0 se-nior forward, is “definitely theheart and soul,” according toFuller.
On Jan. 13, after she landedawkwardly on her left leg and fellto the floor, the Raiders lost theirleader for the rest of the season.
Omokore, a University of Cen-tral Florida recruit, suffered a tornanterior cruciate ligament andwill have to watch the Greenbeltschool try to defend its 4A statetitle as a spectator.
“It’s really, really, really tough.I just want to suit up and play butI can’t,” Omokore said.
Omokore said she’ll be outabout six to nine months, and shemay have to complete her rehabafter she arrives at the Orlandoschool. Omokore said that CentralFlorida coaches and teammatesreached out to her following theinjury, sending their support.
As for the Raiders (11-1),they’ll have to move on withouttheir top rebounder.
With Omokore out, Fuller saidsophomore Alia Parker and se-nior Alannah Baiyina could seeincreased minutes, while sopho-more center Jaala Henry will
shoulder more of the rebound-ing load and Charles could spendmore time in the frontcourt.
“We can’t have another wholeTolu but if everybody chips in wecan have a partial Tolu,” Fullersaid.
Roosevelt is scheduled to playFriday and Saturday in TheMecca— a tournament held in New Yorkfeaturing the nation’s top teams— and has about a month untilthe postseason.
“We’re planning one winningit for Tolu,” Fuller said.
Wise senior to be clearedWise boys basketball senior
Trevor Brown was expected to becleared this week and could returnby the end of the season, coachRob Garner told The Gazette onMonday. Brown, a James Madi-son University football recruit,suffered a partial tear in his an-terior cruciate ligament over thesummer. The 6-6 forward playeda key role on last year’s 4A statechampionship team. The Pumasare 8-6 through Wednesday.
“If we get Trevor Brown backfor one day, for any day, he’s go-ing to make us a better team,”Garner said.
Seniors recovering from injuries
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Eleanor Roosevelt High School’s Tolu Omokore is recovering from a torn anteriorcruciate ligament.
n Freshmen toppedBulldogs scoring a year ago
BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN
STAFFWRITER
Shoulder injuries can be career-threat-ening for swimmers, where upper bodystrength is quite vital. But current BowieHigh School sophomore DeAngela Fobbsdidn’t let nagging shoulder pain drag herdown during a breakout freshman cam-paign a year ago. In fact, she was the onlyfreshman girl to win an event at the PrinceGeorge’s County and Class 4A/3A Regionchampionships last winter and one of onlythreemultiple individual race victors—shewas tied atop the individual scoring list atboth.
While a sore shoulder might preventFobbs from putting her true versatility ondisplay — she sticks to mostly sprint free-style and backstroke, Bowie coach MaggieFletcher said — she remains a top con-tender heading into the upcoming countyand region competitions, scheduled forFeb. 7 and Feb. 14, respectively.
“[Fobbs] just works really hard,”Fletcher said. “But as a swimmer, she’salso very interested in the team rather than
Bowie youth tochallenge forcounty title
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Bowie High School’s DeAngela Fobbs swims the50-yard freestyle during a meet last year.
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See SWIMMING, Page B-2
See KNOX, Page B-2
n Friday is the anniversaryof Lew Alcindor’s onlyprep loss, to DeMatha
BY ADAM GUTEKUNSTSTAFFWRITER
Onawinter night in 1964,DeMathaCatholic High School junior Bob Whit-more sat in a dining room next to histeammates as a priest made his wayinto the room for a pre-meal convo-cation. The Stags basketball team hadconvened with the members of PowerMemorial Academy, an all-boys Catho-lic school fromNewYorkCity, thenightbefore they were set to square off at theUniversity of Maryland’s Cole FieldHouse.
LegendaryDeMatha coachMorganWootten had heard from the father ofEdward ‘Monk’Malloy—agreat playerat Archbishop Carroll (D.C.) and theeventual president of the Universityof Notre Dame — that Power had, asWootten remembers, “a phenomenal,young, really really tall player [that]might be one of the greatest players tolive.”
The phenom was a lanky 7-foot-2junior by the name of Lew Alcindor,who is nowmore commonly known asKareem Abdul-Jabbar — the NBA’s all-time leading scorer.
Alcindor was Whitmore’s matchupthe following evening.
As the players rose to acknowl-edge the priest, DeMatha freshman SidCatlett elbowed his 6-foot-7 teammate,gawking across the room as Alcindor’s86-inch frame unraveled towards the
ceiling.“I looked over and the guy kept go-
ing up up up up up,” Whitmore said.“As he was going up, my heart was go-ing down.”
The next night, Whitmore reachedthe foul limit and had towatch the final90 secondsof the game from thebench,as Alcindor’s 36 points and 20-plus re-bounds lifted Power to a 65-62 victory.But the game had caused such a stir —
it was the first time Cole had ever beensold out — that Wootten and Powercoach Jack Donohue agreed to meetagain the following season. Alcindorwould be returning, as would the coreof DeMatha’s team.
Friday evening at the Hyattsvilleschool, members of that 1964-65 teamwill gather to celebrate the 50th anni-versary of that rematch—agame somecall the greatest high school basketball
game ever played — a 46-43 DeMathawin on Jan. 30, 1965.
The loss, which broke Power’s 71-game win streak was Alcindor’s first asa varsity player at the school, where heaccumulated a 116-1 record. Alcindorwent on to star at UCLA and becamea No. 1 draft pick in the NBA where heamassed 38,387 points in 20 seasons.
DeMatha’s win, as Whitmore re-membered, gaveWashingtonD.C. bas-ketball some credibility.
“Before that, it was Philadelphiaand certainly New York,” Whitmoresaid. “Whenwebeat [Power] everybodyknew that hey, there’s no doubt Wash-ingtonD.C. is on themap now.”
AsWootten recalls, TimeMagazine,Newsweek and The New York Timeswere all onhand to cover the 1965bout;a game that the legendary coach saidchanged the national coverage of thehigh school game.
“All of the sudden, high schoolbasketball, instead of being isolated inthese cities and everyone did their ownthing, all of the sudden people becameaware of where the great teams wereand where the great players were,”Wootten said. “Everybody started rank-ing the teams nationally. It was a greattakeoff for high school basketball.”
In the teams’ first meeting in 1964,Woottenapproached thegamewith theplan of shutting down Alcindor’s fourcourtmates, while allowing the occa-sional help defense on Power’s center.Because, as Wootten put it, “one guyshouldn’t be able to beat us.”
“But he did beat us,” Wootten said,laughing.
In 1965, the Stags had a different
approach. Every time Alcindor caughtthe ball on the block, the off forward— usually Bernie Williams or Catlett —would rush over to helpWhitmore. Butwhatmade DeMatha’s second effort soeffective was their ability to deter thoseinterior passes.
“I always would try to beat him toa spot both on the left and right side—he always placed himself there all thetime in both years,” Whitmore said. “IfI didn’t, I had certain moves I made toget in front of him.”
DeMatha’s guards, including6-foot-1 Ernie Austin and 5-foot-11senior Mickey Wiles, were tasked withpressuring the Power ballhandlerstowards the sideline, effectively limit-ing the entry pass angle into Alcindor.When it was all said and done, Alcindorfinishedwith 16points— the lowest to-tal of his high school career, accordingtoWootten.
Of the five players that Woottenused in the legendary win, all went onto achieve great success inbasketball aseach continued their career at a majorDivision I program.
And for retired coach, now 83, thechance to get together Friday eveningand reminisce with members of thehistoric win will be another special, ev-erlastingmemory in a legendary careerthat saw 1,274 wins in 46 years at De-Matha.
“There’s an old saying that life is acollection of memories,” Wootten said.“And this certainly is one of the greatmemories for all of us.”
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some [top] swimmers you runinto who are more concernedwith their own individual per-formance.”
Fobbs is part of an influx ofhigh-level, year-round swim-mers who have bolstered theBulldogs lineup. Heading intothis championship seasonBowie’s girls, who in recentyears have dropped from theirtraditional runner-up positionto 15-time defending countychampion Roosevelt, lookpoised to push the Raiders.
Bowie’s top 2 individualscorers on the girls side last
winter were two freshmen —Fobbs and Madelyn Turrell— and they were followed bysophomores Angela Barzantiand Danella Gilligan. The Bull-dog boys’ top scorer a year agowas current sophomore JonBendana, who was one of onlytwo freshmenwinners at coun-ties. Three of the top 4 scorerswere freshmen.
The Bulldogs’ crop ofyoung talent is actually grow-ing countywide trend. Fobbs,Bendanaandcompanyarepartof a new generation of youngswimmers popping up in ar-eas that haven’t always beenconsidered powerhouses. Andwhat this more diverse groupdoes is detract scoring from the
team the entire county is chas-ing: Roosevelt.
While the Raiders still ap-pear to be a good bit aheadof the rest of the field, they’readvantage has continued todwindle in recent years. Whileswimmers countywide remainrespectful of Roosevelt’s holdon county swimming, theRaid-ers no longer seem completelyunwavering in their domi-nance. And that could makefor quite the interesting countychampionship.
“I think eventually it’s goingto happen [that someone beatsRoosevelt],” Laurel coach JohnVenit said. “I see that swim-ming is growing in the county.There are better swimmers
spread throughout the countyand [teams] have been gettingcloser and closer.”
Favorites: Roosevelt mightnot win most races like ittended to five or six years ago,but as one of the largest anddeepest teams — with a fewsuperstar quality athletes —the Raiders certainly won’t bestarving for points.
Contenders: This is anever-growing list that is topped byBowie, Flowers and Laurel. Thepostseason format—teamsarepermitted only two entries perevent rather than the threedur-ing dual-meet season — helpsteams with top-notch talentthat can’t match Roosevelt’sdepth.
Darkhorses: Size can be-come teams’ major obstacle.Basically the rest of the countyteams have been rotatingthrough the No. 5 through No.10 spots in recent years. HighPoint, Douglass, Wise andFriendly have been among themost consistent.
“The [growing depth ofcounty swimming] has madeit more fun, even for me asa coach,” Fletcher said. “It’snot just watching Rooseveltand Flowers. It’s where in thecounty are these [top] swim-mers coming from and whatcan they do?”
SWIMMINGContinued from Page B-1
teaming up with Gross (14.0),Sisco (13.8), Horne (13.5) andJahdelyn Bagley (9.5) to accountfor the majority of the offense.The balanced attack has helpedthe Knights turn into a Class 1Astate title contender and one ofthe Prince George’s 3A/2A/1ALeague favorites.
Though its success has beenimmediate, the team’s construc-
tion has been years, if not de-cades in themaking.
James Washington is a For-estville alumnus (1996) whoplayed on the school’s last bas-ketball state championship teamin 1995. He returned to his almamater, and beginning in 2007,he worked for six seasons as anassistant on the boys team, hesaid. It was during that time thathe began coaching his daughteron the Future Players team, be-fore launching Havoc City, thesource of Forestville’s top talent.
James Washington spent a sea-son as a girls basketball assistantat BishopMcNamara, before go-ing back to Forestville — wherehis wifeworks— to lead the girlsteam.
“OnceIstarted, Isaid, ‘Idon’twant to coach boys anymore,’”James Washington said. “... Istarted coaching the girls, and Ifell in lovewith it.”
Sisco, of Fort Washington,grewupplayingbasketball at theForestville gymnasium, first withthe Forestville Boys & Girls Club
andthenwithFuturePlayersandHavocCity. She transferred fromFriendlysinceForestville“is likeasecondhome,” she said.
Horne came to Forestvilleas a freshman last season, afterstarting the year at Eleanor Roo-sevelt inGreenbelt.
Gross and NooWashington,who attended Holy Family inHillcrest Heights, arrived at For-estville as freshmen.
Sisco said that playing forHavoc City, and routinely com-peting against older opponents,
hashelpedtheKnightsovercomethe age barrier. The Knightshaven’t losttoacountyopponentsince their seasonopeneragainstLargo, which they are scheduledto host Thursday. The Knightsgirls, who lost in last season’s 1ANorth Region final, are trying toreach their first state semifinalsince1985.
“We set high goals,” Siscosaid. “We’re just working hard toaccomplish them.”
BASKETBALLContinued from Page B-1
‘He kept coming back’Knox was introduced to
Brooks and the Bowie State pro-gramyears after hefinishedhighschool. Former Bulldog andchildhood friend, Byron West-morland, invited Knox, whocredits his friend’s family fortaking him in, to a pick-up gameone evening at Bowie State.
“From the basketball sideof it, when I first saw him play,I loved his ability to defend andpressure the ball,” Brooks said.“I thought he could come in anhelp us there, but if you told mehe would be leading the leaguein scoring right now, I don’tknow.”
In 2010, four years aftergraduating from Northern HighSchool — it has since been re-named W.E.B. DuBois — Knox,who has a young daughternamed Camryn, was a studentagain andawalk-on for a collegebasketball program.
“I made sure I was eligibleduring high school basketballseason,” Knox said. “But schoolwasn’t for me back then. ... Itried to play ball in college, butI lost touch [with coaches] af-ter graduation and gave up onschool.”
Inhis first fewyears atBowieState, Knox struggled. TheNCAAClearinghouse ruledhim ineligi-ble as a freshman, andas a soph-omore, Knox said, he struggledin the classroom. Over the pasttwo seasons,Knoxhas improvedhis grades as a communicationsmajor — he wants to work inpublic relations and is on trackto graduate in December— andhis skills on the basketball court.
“When I first got [to BowieState] I was a raw street-ball kid... I thought about quitting ortransferring all the time,” Knoxsaid. “But coach kept onme andhe’s the reason I kept comingback. [Brooks] genuinely caresaboutmeand I lookat himmorelike a father than a coach. Hesavedmy life.”
‘I feel like a millionare’Knox said he is proud of
what he has accomplished onand off the court, but is stillworking on improving. From abasketball standpoint, he hasled the Bulldogs to a 16-5 recordatop the Central IntercollegiateAthletic Association’s NorthernDivision (as of Tuesday) whileaveraging 17.3 points, 2.0 assistsand 3.1 rebounds per contest.
“I came in a boy and havebecome a man,” Knox said. “Alot of my friends are locked upin jail or dead or whatever. I’mfrom Northeast Baltimore City.To break off of that and becomewhat I am today, I am still indisbelief sometimes. I feel likeamillionaire since I am going tohave an opportunity to help myfamily and daughter.”
KNOXContinued from Page B-1
DEMATHA HIGH SCHOOL
DeMathaís Bob Whitmore attempts a free throw as Power Memorial Academyís Lew Alcindorlooks on during the Stags historic 46-43 win on Jan. 30, 1965.
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BEST BETn Gwynn Park at Crossland, 7 p.m. Tuesday:
Yellow Jackets looking to sting Cavaliers inmatchup between two of county’s top 3A/2A/1ALeague teams.
BEST BETn Bladensburg at Flowers, 7 pm Tuesday: The
Mustangs will look to upset the Jaguars as bothteams prepare for the playoffs.
BASKETBALL HOW THEY RANK
Also receiving votes: Pallotti, 6; DuVal, 4.
The Gazette sports staff ranks the top 10 high school basketball teams in Prince George’s County.
Boys
Rank School Record Points
1. DeMatha 18-1 60
2. National Christian 15-3 53
3. Eleanor Roosevelt 11-2 47
4. Largo 12-2 42
5. Capitol Christian 26-5 37
6. Northwestern 10-3 22
7. Frederick Douglass 11-3 20
8. Bishop McNamara 14-6 18
9. Charles H. Flowers 11-3 13
10. Crossland 11-2 8
Girls
Rank School Record Points
1. Eleanor Roosevelt 11-1 60
2. Bishop McNamara 16-4 54
3. Largo 10-3 45
4. Forestville Military 10-3 40
5. Riverdale Baptist 15-8 36
6. National Christian 13-6 34
7. Parkdale 10-1 25
8. Gwynn Park 8-5 17
9. Charles H. Flowers 7-5 11
10. Grace Brethren 11-2 5
Also receiving votes: Elizabeth Seton, 3.
LEADING SCORERSPlayer, school Games Points Avg.Abdulai Bundu, Largo 14 431 30.8ChristianMatthews, Nat. Christian 16 366 22.9KevinDorsey, ClintonChristian 17 368 21.7Michael Speight,Wise 14 296 21.1Edward Polite, DuVal 14 291 20.8Kavon Sclafford, FairmontHeights 7 142 20.3Randall Broddie, Potomac 11 222 20.2ShawnMoss, OxonHill 10 200 20.0KirkHawkins, Laurel 14 273 19.5David Belle, Northwestern 13 243 18.7
Coaches and team statisticians may email season team statistics to [email protected] before noonon Mondays to be included.
LEADING SCORERSPlayer, school Games Points Avg.Briel Palmer, Northwestern 11 293 26.6De’Janae Boykin, Flowers 6 129 21.5DamiOloyede, High Point 11 209 19.0Charnise Tyler, Suitland 9 171 19.0Ariana Romney, G. Brethren 12 220 18.3Imani Quinn, FairmontHeights 7 119 17.0DrewCalhoun, Parkdale 12 203 16.9DestineeMcQueen, DuVal 10 169 16.9Kaila Charles, Eleanor Roosevelt 7 113 16.1Raven Fox, Seton 20 319 16.0
When Riverdale Baptistdefeated Spire (Ohio) 51-40 onJan. 16, the victory took on agreater meaning than just be-ing the Crusaders’ 15th win inan injury-riddled season wherethe team has hovered above the.500 line.
The win was also the 600thcareer victory for veteran coachLou Wilson, who is now in his29th season patrolling the side-line. Wilson spent time at LargoHigh School and at FrederickDouglass before coming to theUpper Marlboro school. TheCrusaders are still very muchin the mix of things in a hecticCBAA conference this year, butthe achievement gave the long-time coach a minute to reflecton his storied career.
“It was an awesome feelingto get that milestone behindme,” Wilson said via text mes-sage. “It was [an] honor to getso many wins and a blessing tobe able to help so many youngmen along the way.”
Northwestern pointguard returns
TheNorthwesternHighSchoolteamgotquitea scareon Jan. 20whenelectric seniorpoint guardMikeWhite tumbled face-first intothegroundafter attemptingacon-tested layupagainst Suitland.
Whitewas taken to thehospitalwherehewasdiagnosedwithaslight concussionandreceivedfivestitches inhis forehead.TheWild-cats stillmanaged toholdon for
a69-62 roadvictoryandplannedtoplaywithoutWhite inacontestthreedays later againstBladens-burgHighSchool— agamethatendedupbeingpostponed.
Whitewas set to return forTuesday’s gameagainstEleanorRoosevelt, but that toowaspost-ponedby the inclementweather.
“I amveryanxious,”White said.“It feels like forever, but I amper-fectlyfinenow.”
Riverdale Baptist coach gets 600
Winning six of seven was goodnews for the DuVal High Schoolgirls basketball team. But for theTigers, getting healthy and bring-ing senior Crystal Nzenwa backinto the lineupmight be evenbetter.
Nzenwa, a senior, emerged asa team leader last season at theLanhamschool, averaging 12.3points until a shoulder injury de-railed her 2013-14 campaign. Shebegan this season on the sidelines,dealingwith a shoulder injury,but returned againstOxonHill onJan. 9 and the Tigers have gone 4-1since her arrival.
Her scoring is down (5.6 points)and she’s beenhesitant at times,but coachGregory Jennings said,“she’s coming along pretty good.”
Four double-digit scorers havesteppedup forDuVal (7-4), includ-ingDestineeMcQueen,who isaveraging 16.9 points.
Gwynn Park getting thereThe Gwynn Park High School
girls basketball team doesn’t havethe experience it had last sea-son, when it shared a 3A/2A/1ALeague championship withLargo. With its leading scorer,freshman Tania Hill, going downwith a stress fracture, it mightnot have the talent either. But at8-5, the No. 8 Yellow Jackets haveremained one of the county’s topteams, even without Hill, whowent down on Jan. 13. On Jan.20, the Brandywine school hungaround with No. 3 Largo and lost49-43, with junior guard ChantelleGross adding 13 points and 13rebounds.
Gross had transferred toRiverdale Baptist and started the
season at the UpperMarlboroschool before returning to GwynnPark, where she has played sincelate December. She joins a youngteam that coachMichael Strothersaid is “starting to put it together,”
“Hopefully we’ll peak at theright time,” Strother said.
Healthy DuVal senior returns to lineup
Surrattsville footballcoach resigns
After seven seasons, RobertHarris Jr. has resigned as thefootball coach at SurrattsvilleHigh School.
Harris said he’ll be movingon to coach at the school hegraduated from, ArchbishopCarroll inWashington,D.C., be-cause of its convenience for hisfamily.
“It puts me closer into theD.C. area,” Harris said. “Havinga younger son thatwas trying todostuff in theyouth leaguesandall of that, it was kind of a strainon my family. ... So it kind ofbrings everything a little closerfor the family.”
Harris led the Hornets to a37-41 record in his seven sea-sons. Last season, Surrattsvillewent 8-5 and won a secondconsecutive 1A North Regionchampionship before beingeliminated by state championFortHill. In 2013, the teamwent10-3.
“It’s definitely a bond there[at Surrattsville] that I built,”Harris said. “Definitely coachedsome great kids and workedwith some great people overthere. So it was not easy just toleave it that fast, but I had tolook at the overall picture andconsidermy family first.”
Next season, in Harris’
second scheduled game withCarroll, the team is set to playSurrattsville.
—PRINCEGRIMES
Laurel teen wins nationalspeedskating title
With first-place finishes inthree of four events he contestedat the 2015U.S. Short TrackSpeedskating Junior Champion-ships in Salt LakeCity over theweekend, Laurel resident ThomasHong earned the title of nationalchampion.Hong,whofinished11th at the 2014Olympic Tri-als, won the 500-, 1,000- and1,500-meter events en route to his1,628.00 total points; runner-upAaronTranfinishedwith 1,222.50.
The top 4 finishers in Salt LakeCity earned a spot on the JuniorWorld team scheduled to competeat the JuniorWorldChampion-ships inOsaka, JapanMarch 7-9.Hong,who represents PotomacSpeedskating and is a 2018Olym-pic hopeful, has been amemberof the team since 2012.
—JENNIFERBEEKMAN
DeMatha underclassmengarnering national attention
Itmay seem like just anotheryear of success forDeMatha’sbasketball team, as it sits at 18-1atop the ultra-competitiveWCACandhas staked its claimas thearea and state’s best teamyet
again. But the Stags have foundedtheir success this season largelyon the shoulders of an ultra tal-ented sophomore-junior duo ofD.J. Harvey andMarkelle Fultz.Harvey, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard,is averaging 12.4 points per gameand is rated asMaryland’s topplayer in theClass of 2017 by nu-merous recruiting sites, includingESPN. Fultz, a 6-foot-5 guard hasled the teamwith 15.9 points pergame and is rated as the state’stop player in theClass of 2016 byESPN. The duo shares offers fromUniversity of Arizona, GeorgetownUniversity, NorthCarolina StateUniversity andOklahomaStateUniversity, among others.
—ADAMGUTEKUNST
Several players makefootball commitmentsWithNational SigningDay for
high school senior football playerson Feb. 4,more players are begin-ning tomake verbal commitmentsaboutwhere they plan to attendschool. All-Gazette first-teamof-fensive linemanObadiahBennett,fromWise, committed to theUni-versity of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.Bennettmade the announcementon Jan. 25.
DeMatha juniorDJ Turner an-nouncedhis commitment to theUniversity ofMaryland, CollegePark.
—PRINCE J. GRIMES
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Riverdale Baptist coach Lou Wilson recently won his 600th game.
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2005 Toyota Scion..............V608066A, Gray, 90,560 Miles......................$6,9912006 Jetta Sedan...............V021107A, Black, GLI, 106,666 Miles........$8,9912011 Jetta Sedan...............VLP0105, Black, 47,803 Miles...................$9,7952012 Jetta Sedan.................V352249A,White,49,776 Miles........................$10,2912010 Mercury Milan Premier....V010567A,Black,83,807 Miles.........................$10,9912011 Jetta Sedan SE...........VP0120,Red,60,893 Miles...............................$11,5212012 Mazda3......................VP0117,Black,31,363 Miles.......................$12,4932012 Jetta Sedan...............LP0118,Silver,33,694 Miles.......................$12,4932009 Mini Cooper...............V008158A,White, 72,319 Miles, Clubman.......$12,5732012 Jetta Sedan...............VP0106,White, Conv, 32,563 Miles............$12,4992012 Jetta TDI.....................V615887A, Silver, 26,804 Miles.....................$15,4992013 Kia Optima LX............VP0119, Red, 39,215 Miles...........................$16,4912014 Jetta Sedan...............VPR0112,Black,6,921 Miles.......................$16,8442011 Tiguan.........................V520327A,Pearl, 69,623 Miles..................$16,8952010 Jeep Wrangler..........V051155A, Silver, 94,301 Miles.................$16,991
2014 Jetta Sedan...............VPR0114,Platinum,6,705 Miles..................$16,9942014 Jetta Sedan...............VPR0113,Silver,5,825 Miles.......................$16,9942012 Tiguan SE...................V511462A,Black,37,637 Miles....................$16,9952014 Jeep Patriot................VP0102A,Black,9359 Miles..............................$17,2932012 Golf TDI.......................V406892A, Red, 51,111 Miles.......................$17,6112012 Kia Sportage LX........VP0121,Silver,12,277 Miles.........................$18,4912014 Passat.........................VPR0110,Silver,7,578 Miles.......................$18,9942014 Passat.........................VPR0109,White,5,375 Miles......................$18,9942014 Passat.........................VPR0108,Silver,9,040 Miles.......................$18,9942013 Jetta TDI.....................V275938A, Gray, Nav, 30,575 Miles................$19,9912014 Passat.........................V044301A,Gray,15,182 Miles....................$22,4932013 Honda Accord............V035061A, Silver, V6 EX, 21,234 Miles......$23,8722010 Lexus LS 460..............V014713A,Gray,100,,372 Miles.......................$25,9912013 Camaro RS.................V040109B,Black,30,660 Miles....................$28,991
2014 PASSAT S
#9087784, Automatic, PowerWindows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry
BUY FOR$17,999
OR $264/MO for 72 MONTHS
MSRP $23,185
2015 TIGUAN S 2WD
#13510753, Automatic, Power Windows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry
BUY FOR$24,999
OR $372/MO for 72 MONTHS
MSRP $27,180
2014 JETTA 4D SPORTWAGEN TDI
#5608496, Automactic. PowerWindows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry
MSRP $28,835
2015 GOLF GTI 2D HB S
#4039448, Manual, Power Windows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry
BUY FOR$22,999
OR $329/MO for 72 MONTHS
MSRP $25,215
2014 TOUAREG TDI R-LINE V6
#14012689, Navigation, SunroofPower Windows/Locks, Loaded
BUY FOR$46,994
OR $659/MO for 72 MONTHS
MSRP $55,835
SAVE UP TO$8,000
#7274571, Power Windows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry, Auto
MSRP $19,245
2015 JETTA S
BUY FOR$16,995
OR $249/MO for 72 MONTHSBUY FOR
$18,999OR $279/MO for 72 MONTHS
2015 GOLF 4D HBLAUNCH EDITION
#3039263, Power Windows, Power Locks,Auto, Keyless Entry, Sunroof
MSRP $23,235
BUY FOR$20,999
OR $318/MO for 72 MONTHSBUY FOR
$24,399OR $358/MO for 72 MONTHS
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$12,977#541025B, Sunroof, Automatic,33KMiles
2009 Honda Civic EX
$14,977#E0510A,Rare Find, Flawless!
2011 Ford Transit Connect Wagon XLT Premium
$21,977#541074A,Navigation, PanoramicRoof, Leather, Loaded, 19KMiles
2013 Kia Sportage EX
DARCARSNISSAN of ROCKVILLE15911 Indianola Drive • Rockville, MD (at Rt. 355 across from King Farm)
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2010 Chevy Equinox LT$13,977#448071B, 8KMiles!!! 6-Way
Adjustable Seats
2014 Kia Soul
$17,977#448033A, 1-Owner,30KMiles!!
2013 Honda Accord EX
$20,977#E0496, Automatic, BestCargoVan on theMarket
2014 Nissan NV SV Minivan/Van
$8,977#546059A,Hard To Find, InGreatShape, Automatic
2002 Mercedes Benz C-Class Wagon
$17,977#541044A, Loaded!Nav,51KMiles
2010 Prius V
$11,777#E0503, Automatic, 1-Owner,26KMiles, Sedan
2014 Hyundai Accent GLS
$8,977#444522A,Great OnGas, 1-Owner
2010 Chevy Cobalt
$16,977#444014A, 4WD, V6,Leather
2011 Honda Pilot Ex-L
2012 Mini Cooper
#P9215,Automatic,1-Owner, 15kMiles,Hardtop, Chili Red
$16,595
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2006 Volvo XC-90
#526120A,AWD,V8,Only 77k Miles $12,995
2011 Nissan Versa
#G0054, Automatic,1.8S Sedan, 1-Owner,27k Miles
$11,9952012 Lexus CT 200H
#N0626, Hybrid,Automatic, 57k Miles $19,950
2005 Ford Taurus
#526035B,Automatic, SE Sedan,3.0L V6
$7,995
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#G0049, Automatic,56K Miles, V6, Leather $9,995
2008 Saturn Aura XE
#427002A, 3.6, AWD,Leather, 36k Miles $22,950
2012 Subaru Outback Limited2008 Mercedes ML350
#526113A, 4WD,Leather, 59k Miles $19,995
#526565B, Automatic,66K Miles, 3.6L V6 $16,995
2010 Chevrolet Traverse LT
2011 BMW 3 Series 335i xDrive
#P9214, AWD,Twin-Turbo,300hp, Nav, Sunroof
$25,950
1991 Lexus 400 LS
# G0047, Automatic, 93kMiles, Affordable Luxury! $5,995
2011 BMW 328i X-Drive.............................................. $21,950#P9156, AWD, Premium Package, 1-Owner, Only 21k Mile!
2012 Toyota Sienna XLE............................................ $25,950#P9173A, V6, 8-Seater, Dual Sliding Doors, 1-Owner, 34k Miles
2012 Volvo XC90...................................................................... $26,950# P9242, V6, 20k Miles
2012 BMW 3 Series............................................................ $32,950#P9213, 1-Owner, 34K Miles, 335i Convertible, Navigation
#526583B, Turbo-Diesel,21K Miles!! Sunroof,Fender Sound, Bluetooth
$18,995
2013 VW Jetta TDI Premium
2007 Volvo S80............................................................................. $12,995#526135A, 6 Cyl, Front Wheel Drive, Leather, Premium Sound, 63k Miles
2013 Honda Accord EX-L.......................................... $16,995#G0055,Leather,Heated Seats, Sunroof, Alloys
2012 Volvo S60........................................................................... $20,950#526559A, Certified, Turbo, 100k Warr., 46k Miles
2012 Volvo S60 T5 Sedan......................................... $20,950#P9203, 1-Owner, Automatic, 20k Miles, 2.5L 5-Cyl
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PRICES AND PAYMENTS INCLUDE ANY APPLICABLE MANUFACTURE’S REBATES AND EXCLUDE MILITARY ($500) AND COLLEGE GRAD ($500) REBATES, TAX, TAGS, DEALER PROCESSING CHARGE ($300) AND FREIGHT: CARS $795 OR $810, TRUCKS, SPORT UTILITY AND SIENNAS $810, $845 AND $995. *0.0% APR & 0% APR FINANCING UP TO 60 MONTHS TO QUALIFIED BUYERS THRU TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES. TOTALFINANCED CANNOT EXCEED MSRP PLUS OPTIONS, TAX, AND LICENSE FEES. 0% APR MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $16.67 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. 0.9% APR 60 MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $17.05 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. APR OFFERS ARE NOT VALID WITH ANY OTHER CASH BACK LEASE OFFER. NOT ALL BUYERS WILL QUALIFY.**LEASE PAYMENTS BASED ON 36 MONTHS, 12,000 MILES PER YEAR WITH $995 DOWNPLUS $650 ACQUISITION FEE, NO SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED. LEASES FOR COROLLA AND CAMRY ARE 24 MONTHS WITH $0 DOWN PLUS TAX, TAGS, FREIGHT, PROCESSING AND $650 ACQUISITION FEE. SEE DEALER FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. EXPIRES 2/03/2015.
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2015 NISSANVERSA NOTE S+ CVT MSRP: $16,435
Sale Price: $14,495NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
$13,995w/automatictransmission
MODEL #11515
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$159/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
2015 NISSANALTIMA 2.5 S
MSRP: $23,845Sale Price: $19,745
Nissan Rebate: -$1,250NMAC Bonus Cash: -$1,000
Nissan Customer Bonus Cash: -$500
$16,995MODEL #131154 at this price
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$169/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
$0 DOWN
$159/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
2014 NISSANMAXIMA 3.5 SV MSRP: $35,815
Sale Price: $30,995Nissan Rebate: $4,500
NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
$25,995Leather, HeatedSeats, moonroofMODEL #16214
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$299/MO39 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
MODEL #17015 $0 DOWN
MSRP: $32,000Sale Price: $28,495
NMAC Bonus Cash: $3,500
$24,995$239/MO39 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
2015 NISSANLEAF S
4AT THISPRICE
w/Charger Pkg
2015 NISSANPATHFINDER 4X4 S MSRP: $32,430
Sale Price: $27,995Nissan Rebate: $1,000
NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
$26,495
MODEL #25015
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$279/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
2015 MURANOSIN STOCK,AVAILABLE
FORIMMEDIATEDELIVERY!
2015 NISSANVERSA S+ CVT
MSRP: $14,995Sale Price: $12,995
$12,995w/automatictransmission
MODEL #11125
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$199/MO39 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
2014 NISSANSENTRA SV
MSRP: $18,545Sale Price: $15,495
Nissan Rebate: $1,000NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
$13,995
MODEL #12114
OR4AT THISPRICE
2015 NISSANROGUE SV
MSRP: $27,180Sale Price: $23,995Nissan Rebate: $500
NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
$22,995
AWDMODEL #22415
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$269/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
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