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n 20,000 people estimated to visitNational Harbor retailer on Friday

BY CHASE COOKSTAFF WRITER

With an estimated 20,000 people setto descend on Prince George’s County’snewest retail attraction — Tanger Outletsat National Harbor — for its grand open-ing Friday, residents should expect delaysdespite efforts to mitigate traffic.

Tanger Outlets will open at 9 a.m. Fri-day with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10a.m.

Mall representatives are anticipatinga large turnout of guests and customers,which will likely fill up the center’s 4,000-plus available parking spaces and ancillaryparking areas, said Christi Wallace, the cen-ter’s general manager.

The mall is opening with about 99 per-cent of its high-end retail stores such asCalvin Klein and Coach leased, Wallacesaid. “We generate a lot of excitement, sowe know that is going to bring a lot of traf-fic,” Wallace said.

Wallace said Tanger has been workingwith Gameday Parking Management andPrince George’s County Police Departmentto prepare for Friday’s parking and trafficsituation.

County police will be directing carswhile county Department of Public Worksand Transportation members will be moni-toring traffic signals and will post signs ad-vising through traffic to avoid Oxon HillRoad, said DPWT spokeswoman CarolTerry.

Joyce Thorpe of Fort Washington saidTanger’s location on Oxon Hill Road willcreate disastrous traffic even with man-agement efforts. Oxon Hill Road goes fromthree lanes in both direction to two lanes,one in each direction, and that’s going tocause problems, she said.

“Traffic is going to be horrendous,”Thorpe said. “It is not a good location to at-tract that many people.”

County Executive Rushern L. Baker III(D) said that while traffic has been a con-cern for the county, he is pleased to knowthat people from Virginia, D.C. and otherparts of Maryland will be coming to PrinceGeorge’s County for high-end retail, some-thing the county has desired for some time.

“We are going to have thousands of

Area bracesfor outlets’opening

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Kevin Maxwell, CEO of Prince George’s County Public Schools, said he is pursuing a new security system for countyfacilities that would check names against sex offender registries and other lists.

n System looking at ID swipe to flagvisitors on sex offender list

BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAUSTAFF WRITER

Hoping to further bolster school safety andsafeguard against potential tragedies such asthe Newtown, Conn., shooting, Prince George’sCounty school officials are adding security en-hancements such as ID scanner systems and highfencing.

Schools CEO Kevin Maxwell said a system thatscanned visitors’ licenses and checked namesagainst sex offender registries and other lists wasin use when he was superintendent of Anne Arun-del County Public Schools. Produced by Houston-

based Raptor Technologies, the system requiresvisitors to slide their photo identification througha digital reader, which will flag individuals listedon state sex offender registry lists and also keeps alog of all visitors.

“We are already looking into it, and I expectwe will have something very similar to it, and getit installed soon,” Maxwell said during a Nov. 14meeting with The Gazette’s editorial board.

Rex Barrett, acting security director for PGCPS,said the system is currently reviewing ID manage-ment systems and is hoping to have one imple-mented throughout the school system by January.

Bob Yatsuk, Anne Arundel supervisor of schoolsecurity, said the Raptor security system placed inall 125 Anne Arundel County public schools has

County schools’ CEO says newsecurity features coming in future

n Traffic on Annapolis Road in Bowieexpected to more than double by 2030


A stretch of Annapolis Road in Bowie isconstantly jammed with traffic — and as of-ficials again urge the State Highway Admin-istration to fund an expansion, the long waithas them frustrated.

“We will argue for our share and our pri-orities,” said Bowie Mayor G. Frederick Rob-inson.

For at least a decade, Bowie officialshave sought funding from the state to ex-pand the state road, also known as Md. 450,from Stonybrook Drive to Crain Highwayfrom a two-lane road into a four-lane road,with two lanes traveling in each direction.The request has sat on Prince George’sCounty’s project priority list but has notreceived the state funding needed for con-struction, Robinson said. Since the road isowned by the state, the state is responsiblefor handling expansion.

The roadway’s traffic is expected to dou-ble by 2030 from the current 26,700 vehiclesdaily to 58,850 vehicles daily, said JosephMeinert, Bowie’s Department of Planningdirector.

The SHA, which would handle the projectif funded, receives county project prioritiesfor state highways each year, and there are alot of factors when the state selects differentprojects from different counties, said DavidBuck, SHA spokesman. The Annapolis Roadproject would cost up to $70 million for fund-ing through construction, Buck said.

“Obviously the need is going to outweighthe funding available,” Buck said. “It is go-ing to depend on what the elected [officials]send to us. But then again, there is no guar-antee.”

Other projects ahead of Bowie have beenon the priority list for several years and theyrecently received funding from the Transpor-tation Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013,said Aubrey Thagard, the county executive’sassistant deputy chief administrative officer.However, deliberations on the project list forfiscal 2014 and fiscal 2015 have not begunyet, and county priorities will be determinedbased on need, cost and economic develop-ment among other things, Thagard said.

Officials:Md. 450needs help

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n People have made it clearthey don’t want the Supercenter,

member says


The Bowie Advisory Board sidedwith residents against Wal-Mart, rec-ommending the City Council deny thestore’s application to build a new Su-percenter at Mill Branch Crossing.

“People were concerned about the

health of the community,” said TerryRogers Jr., planning board member.

On Tuesday, Wal-Mart presentedits case to move from its current loca-tion in Bowie, 3300 Crain Highway, andbuild a new about 186,000 square-footSupercenter location across the streetat Mill Branch Crossing. The new Wal-Mart would be state of the art, have aunique design and bring in about 80more jobs than the current store al-ready has, which employs about 300associates, according to Wal-Mart’spresentation.

Residents attended the meetingand gave their concerns before theboard voted. Resident Robin Williamssaid the store would chase out otherretail outlets and make the city unat-tractive for more high-end retail storeslike Nordstrom.

“We deserve more as Bowie resi-dents than a Wal-Mart Supercenter,”Williams said during her comments tothe board.

Supporters said a new Wal-Martwould bring in more retail for the cityand meet one-stop shopping needs.

Resident Chris Lawson said thestore would be a positive influence onthe city and its business space. Wal-Mart draws customers and that drawsmore retail, he said. Lawson also rec-ommended the old Wal-Mart at CrainHighway be used as a Bowie recreationcenter because he said the city has out-grown the current location.

“It is a positive,” Lawson said. “Itgives [Bowie] an opportunity to attracthigh level of retail.”

Rogers made a motion to deny theapplication, and a second was received,

followed by the board voting 6 yes votesto 1 abstention against the application.

Wal-Mart isn’t out of the race yet asthe Bowie City Council meets Mondayand will make a decision on whetherWal-Mart should be denied by thePrince George’s County government.The city plays an advisory role in thisprocess, with Wal-Mart’s request for thestore ultimately decided by the county,said Joseph Meinert, Bowie Depart-ment of Planning director. But that ap-

Bowie Advisory Board calls for denial of Wal-Mart relocation, expansion

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NOV. 21Learn About Turkeys, 2 to 3 p.m., Old Maryland

Farm, 301 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro.Learn about the history of this unique bird and itsunique features. Reservations required. Cost: resi-dent, $2; non-resident, $3. Contact 301-218-6770;TTY 301-699-2544.

Canned Food Drive and Self Expression Show-case, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Glassmanor Community Center,1101 Marcy Ave., Oxon Hill. Support our youth asthey express themselves through dance, song andspoken word. Admission is the donation of one non-perishable canned good item per person. Contact301-567-6033; TTY 301-203-6030.

NOV. 23Oxon Hill Boys and Girls Club Coat Drive, 10 a.m.

to 2 p.m., Oxon Hill Staff Development Center, 7711Livingston Road, Oxon Hill. Join the Oxon Hill Boysand Girls Club as we host our first coat drive. We willbegin issuing new and gently used coats to PrinceGeorge’s County residents in need. Contact 202-409-3139 or [email protected].

Cub Scout Badge Workshop, 10 a.m. to noon,Watkins Nature Center, 301 Watkins Park Drive, Up-per Marlboro. Join a naturalist and work on severaldifferent topics related to the requirements for thenaturalist badge achievement. Activities may includeindoor and outdoor components, please dress ac-cordingly. Reservations required. Cost: resident, $4;non-resident, $5. Contact 301-218-6702; TTY 301-699-2544.

Knights and Princesses Party, noon to 3 p.m.,Harmony Hall Regional Center, 10701 LivingstonRoad, Fort Washington. Event will feature royalgames, arts and crafts, food and fun. Pre-registrationrequired. Cost: resident, $5; $2 with canned goods.Contact 301-203-6040; TTY 301-203-6030.

H.E.A.L. Workshop: Take Charge of Your Health,4:30 to 6 p.m., Capitol Free Mission, 8201 CrydenWay, Forestville. An eight-session lifestyle workshopfor those who want to improve their health by deal-ing with chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes,heart failure, stress, depression and pain. To register,call 301-494-5550 or visit www.capitolcitymission.org. Limited seating. Contact 301-494-5550 or [email protected].

Winter Festival of Lights Trot for a Turkey, 6 p.m.,Watkins Regional Park, 301 Watkins Park Drive, Up-per Marlboro. For more than 30 years visitors to theannual Winter Festival of Lights have been dazzledby twinkling light displays as they drove throughWatkins Regional Park. This year, for the first time,

you can register to walk or run through the 2.4-milecourse and see the dazzling displays up close. Yourregistration fee will provide a family in need with aholiday turkey. Cost: $30 per person. Contact 301-627-7755; TTY 301-699-2544.

Tennis Clinic at Watkins Tennis Bubble, 7:30 to9:30 p.m., Watkins Regional Park Tennis Bubble, 301Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro. Free tennisclinic for middle and high school students in PrinceGeorge’s County. Free tennis rackets will be givento the first 10 first-time participants; tennis racketsand balls will be provided to those who need them.Spectators welcome to watch and bring their ownportable chairs. Contact 301-218-6870; TTY 301-218-6768.

Prince George’s Philharmonic presents MadelynWanner, mezzo-soprano, 8 to 10 p.m., Bowie Cen-ter for the Performing Arts, 15200 Annapolis Road,

Bowie. Single tickets are on sale the night of the con-cert beginning at 7 p.m., cash or check only. Ticketscan be purchased in advance, by check. Subscrip-tions available. All seating unreserved. Free parking.Cost: $20; seniors, $18; age 18 and younger, free(ticket required). Contact 301-446-3245 or [email protected].

NOV. 24Farm Bingo, 2 to 3:30 p.m., Oxon Cove Park/Oxon

Hill Farm, 6411 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill. Take aranger-led walk around Oxon Hill Farm and use yourobservation skills to help you fill in a bingo card.For ages 5 to 12, and accompanying adults. Meet inthe visitor barn. Contact 301-839-1176 or [email protected].

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If Bowie residents need helpwith any odd jobs around thehouse, city officials hope they’lllook first at Bowie’s Teen JobBank.

The job bank, started morethan 20 years ago to help youngpeople make some extra moneyand stay busy, is a database oflocal 13-to-17 year-olds whoregister as helping hands foranything from snow shovelingto office filing, said Karen Ka-trinic, a family therapist at thecity’s youth and family servicesdepartment that manages thebank.

“We’re like an informationreferral. The residents call upand they’re looking for some-thing to be done, and we tellthem, ‘We don’t know thesepeople personally, but here arethree names,’” Katrinic said.“Then we have someone callthe residents and if they say itwent really well, [the teen] getsa good rating.”

Teens can register ongoingthroughout the year and aremainly requested for help withyard work and babysitting, Ka-trinic said.

About 80 teens are regis-tered at any given time, shesaid. The bank gets about 100work requests a year.

“We have the capacity toserve many more [residents]. Itwould be great if we had morework for the teens,” she said.

For more information, callBowie Youth and Family Ser-vices at 301-809-3033.

Grace Brethren announcesdirector’s list

Several students at GraceBrethren Christian School inClinton made it onto the firstquarter director’s list. This listrecognizes students for main-taining a 97 to 100 numericalaverage without receiving agrade below 70 percent.

These ninth through 12thgrade students made the list:Taylor Custis of Upper Marlboro;Brian Jackson of Bowie; JenniferFrost of Clinton; Sasha Tooph-

anie of Clinton; Isaiah Thomasonof Washington D.C.; Ciarah Wil-liams of Clinton.

Grace Brethren ChristianSchool is a private, Christian-based school located in Clinton.

Upper Marlboro electionregistration approaching

The Town of Upper Marl-boro’s election will take placeon Jan. 6, and residents whowish to vote can register at theTown Hall until Dec. 6.

Residents who are alreadyregistered with the PrinceGeorge’s County Board of Elec-

tions with an address in thetown may already vote in thetown election, said Steve Son-nett, Board of Town Commis-sioners president.

However, if a resident isn’tregistered with the countyboard or they are military andregistered out-of-state, theymay still vote in the town bysigning up at the Town Hall,Sonnett said.

To register to vote in thetown itself residents must pro-vide proof that they live in thetown, which will be confirmedby the town’s election board,Sonnett said.

Academy holds toy drivefor Upper Marlboro group

A private school in Hy-attsville is holding a toy driveto support Prince George’sCounty youth by collectingvarious toys and gift cards.

The New Hope Academyhas been holding a toy drivesince Nov. 18 and will continueto collect toys until Dec. 6,said Michelle Morse, academyspokeswoman.

Collected toys will then bedonated to the My Little AngelToy Drive, an organization oper-ated by Upper Marlboro resident

Sydney Harrison.Harrison’s toy drive sends

toys to needy Prince George’sCounty youth.

“We’re really excited aboutparticipating in the My LittleAngel Toy Drive. At New HopeAcademy, community service isstrongly emphasized and it’s animportant part of our charactereducation curriculum,” Morsesaid.

Anyone who wants to do-nate can place toys in the acad-emy’s donation box, which willbe located in the building’slobby, located at 7009 VarnumSt., Hyattsville, Morse said.

Accepted toys are bicycles,

action figures, dolls, stuffed ani-mals, board games, books, elec-tronic toys, educational toys,sports balls and gift cards for theolder recipients.

Bowie’s leafcollection schedule

Bowie’s leaf collection pro-gram is running through Dec.19.

Residents are asked to makesure leaves are curbside by 7a.m. on the day pickup willoccur in their neighborhoodand make sure vehicles are notblocking access to the leaves.

The following neighbor-hoods will receive leaf-collec-tion visits in the next week:

Nov. 25: Pointer Ridge.Nov. 26: Amber Meadows,

Peach Preserve, Chapel Forgeand Yorktown.

Nov. 27: Remaining parts ofYorktown not visited Nov. 26,Rockledge and Overbrook.

For a full schedule, visit thecity’s website at www.cityof-bowie.org.

Bowie Food Pantry movesnear the Kenhill Center

The Bowie Food Pantry haschanged locations from its oldaddress on Belair Drive to itsnew location near the KenhillCenter, 2614 Kenhill Drive.

The new location isn’t inthe main Kenhill Center build-ing but located in the bluebuilding behind the center.

Any Prince George’sCounty residents who needto use the pantry should parkbehind the center and enterthe blue building to access thepantry, according to the orga-nization’s new directions.

The Bowie Food Pantry’sfood services are open to allcounty residents who provethey qualify for the program byshowing identification, proofof income and proof that chil-dren are enrolled in school,according to the pantry’s re-quirements.

Bowie’s job bank has a wealth of teens in need of workAll cooped up

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n Effort to keep outsidemoney out of campaign

BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFF WRITER

Attorney General DouglasF. Gansler asked his Democraticrivals Nov. 12 to pledge to keepoutside spending out of the racefor governor, but his opponentsare in no hurry to answer.

Gansler asked Lt. Gov.Anthony G. Brown and Del.Heather Mizeur (Dist. 20) ofTakoma Park to pledge to keepspending by unions, specialinterests and other groups outof the race for the Democraticnomination.

The pledge requires candi-dates, about whom an outsideadvertisement runs, to pay halfthe cost of the ad to the charityof their opponent’s choosing.

Mizeur said Nov. 13 that hercampaign has been so focusedon its efforts, including namingher running mate, the Rev. Del-man Coates, this week that shehas not had time to considerGansler’s request.

Brown and his staff are giv-ing it consideration.

“We are reviewing thepledge, but frankly our cam-paign is focused on organizing agrass-roots effort to deliver ourmessage to voters about our vi-sion for Maryland’s future,”said campaign manager Justin

Schall. “The law in Marylandclearly prohibits our campaign,or any other campaign, fromworking or coordinating withan independent expenditurecommittee. We will absolutelyabide by the law and run a cleanand transparent campaign.”

Gansler’s communicationsdirector, Bob Wheelock, saidhis camp hoped for a moreprompt response.

“We don’t see this as a dif-ficult decision from a financialstandpoint or moral stand-point,” Wheelock said. “All ittakes is a yes. Not ‘we’re study-ing it.’ Not an empty promise.Not rhetoric about reform. Noducking. No dodging. Yes orno. Sign it or not.”

Wheelock said Gansler’smotives are altruistic.

Among the Democraticfield, Gansler has received fewendorsements, so it makessense that he would want tobalance the spending scaleswithout the outside moneyBrown’s laundry list of endors-ers could drop in the election,said Todd Eberly, political sci-ence professor at St. Mary’sCollege.

Gansler and Brown havesimilar campaign caches — atlast count, each had about $5million in the bank.

Wheelock said Gansler hasreceived endorsements, buthasn’t announced them.

In the meantime, Brown’s

list of endorsements grows al-most weekly and he is a particu-lar favorite of unions.

Eberly noted that organizedlabor is typically a big spenderin Democratic races.

“In a primary situation, onecandidate could completelywash over another one, so stra-tegically [for Gansler] it makessense,” Eberly said. “Strate-gically, it would be crazy forBrown to agree to it.”

Election law limits theamount of collaboration acampaign and a third partygroup can have, Eberly said.

If Brown agrees, it threat-ens to deter his endorsers fromspending anyway, becauseany outside money spent onBrown’s behalf would harmthe campaign, Eberly said.

Since campaign reformstarted in the early 2000s,more third-party money hasbeen seeping into races asthose with deep pockets seekto influence the outcome ofelections, Eberly said.

Studies, he said, also sug-gest that ads run by outsidegroups are disproportionatelynegative.

But while people say theyare sick and tired of negativeads, there is at least a slight in-dication that negative ads maystick with voters more thanpositive ads, Eberly said.

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n County ties strong in2014 governor’s race


In her bid to be Maryland’snext governor, Del. HeatherMizeur introduced her runningmate, the Rev. Delman Coates— a Prince George’s Countypastor and political newcomer— to supporters in Silver Springon Nov. 13.

From afar, it might seemlike an unlikely pairing — ablack Baptist minister and awhite lesbian — but Mizeursaid her and Coates’ progres-sive values and vision forMaryland align perfectly.

Coates, 40, brings cha-risma, passion and loyaltyto the campaign, as well as atalent for community engage-ment, said Mizeur (D-Dist. 20)of Takoma Park, who also is40.

A Mizeur-Coates ticketrounds out the Democraticfield and shifts focus to PrinceGeorge’s County as a battle-ground in the June 2014 pri-mary, as each Democraticticket includes a candidatefrom that county.

Attorney General DouglasF. Gansler’s running mate,Del. Jolene Ivey (D-Dist. 47),lives in Cheverly.

Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brownis a Mitchellville resident. Hislieutenant governor candidateis Howard County ExecutiveKen Ulman.

As of October 2012, PrinceGeorge’s had 443,643 enrolledDemocrats, the most of anyjurisdiction in Maryland andabout 22 percent of the state’stotal. The next highest wasMontgomery, with 345,449Democrats.

Having never held or runfor office, Coates is admittedlynew to politics — but not newto public service, he said.

“There is a saying that wesay in some faith circles. Itsays a shepherd ought to smelllike sheep,” he said.

As a pastor, Coates said,he has devoted his ministry toserving people not moving inestablishment circles.

“It’s that connection andcontact with the people thatqualifies me for this opportu-nity,” he said.

Among African-Americanclergy leaders, there is precen-dent of moving from pastoralservice into political service,he said.

“Nothing says that you haveto be an elected official for 10,20, 30 years in order to qualifyfor elected office,” he said. “Ihave a discernible record ofleadership.”

A local example of the dualrole of pastor and legislatoris C. Anthony Muse, a statesenator from Prince George’sand bishop at Ark of SafetyChristian Church in UpperMarlboro.

Voters might recognizeCoates, a Fort Washington res-ident, from the 2012 campaignfor same-sex marriage, whenhe appeared in ads supportinga ballot question to uphold thelegislature’s newly passed law.

Nationally, Coates is

known for his work on so-cial justice and combatinginequalities, according toMizeur’s campaign.

Others might recognizehim as the senior pastor atMount Ennon Baptist Churchin Clinton.

Since 2004 he has led thechurch, growing its member-ship to 8,000. He said will con-tinue to preach and lead thechurch it even while on thecampaign trail.

Coates and his wife,Yolanda, have two sons, ages 10and 7, and 4-year-old twin girls.

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n Law allows companiesto charge up front


Washington Gas Light Co.has asked for permission to up-grade its gas pipes and chargecustomers upfront for the work.

Maryland law passed thisyear allows gas companies tocharge for infrastructure up-grades or improvements beforethose are complete and bypassthe typical method of recoupingthe money later through a rateincrease.

On Nov. 7, Washington GasLight filed a 22-year, $869 mil-lion plan with the MarylandPublic Service Commission torepair or replace 633 miles ofpipe main and 75,200 services.

To pay for the upgrades,the utility would tack a 29-centmonthly fee on the average resi-dential heating customer’s bill.The fee would fund the first fiveyears and $200 million of theupgrades and also would pay for$5.2 million of improvementsmade in August and September.It could increase each year up tothe maximum $2 per month al-lowed by the new law, accordingto the utility’s request.

In its request, the utilitysaid the new fee would take ef-fect Dec. 7, but the PSC has sus-pended the fee for 150 days sothe commission can mull it over.

Washington Gas is the third

Maryland utility to apply to thePSC for a surcharge since the lawpassed in the spring.

In its request, the utility saidthe project would create morethan 250 jobs, eliminate gasleaks and reduce gas emissions.

Del. Charles E. Barkley (D-Dist. 39) of Germantown, spon-sor of the law, said it’s intendedto accelerate infrastructure re-pairs on miles of aging pipe.

“Ratepayers are eventuallygoing to pay for this stuff any-way,” Barkley said.

Washington Gas will be re-quired to file a full rate case afterthe five years, but Barkley said itcannot double dip and ask for arate increase to pay for what thesurcharge covered.

Del. Alfred C. Carr Jr. saidWashington Gas lobbied for thelaw, which he opposed, and thatit will increase company profits.

“My understanding is thatWashington Gas has the abil-ity and resources to raise themoney to make the needed up-grades to keep system safe andreliable using the traditional ratemaking process,” said Carr (D-Dist. 18) of Kensington.

The law also opened thedoor for other utilities to seeksimilar surcharges, he said.

“My expectation is thatyou’ll see electric utilities push-ing for a similar law,” he said,noting that electric utilities al-ready have begun to see the sur-charges through other means.

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The Rev. Delman Coates, the running mate of gubernatorial candidate Heather Mizeur, speaks in Silver Springon Nov. 13. Behind him are (from left) Mizeur’s wife, Debra; Heather Mizeur; Coates’ wife, Yolanda Coates, sonJoshua, 7, daughter Leah, 4, and son Nathaniel, 10.

n Clinton school fallsto nine-time champion

BY JAMIEANFENSON-COMEAU

STAFF WRITER

Kenmoor Middle School inHyattsville, the school with themost wins in Science Bowl his-tory, will look to add anotherchampionship trophy afterscoring a 265-175 win Tuesdayover Dwight D. EisenhowerMiddle School of Laurel.

“They were two very goodteams,” said Science Bowl hostDave Zahren. “Eisenhoweracquitted themselves well, es-pecially considering they weregoing up against two ScienceBowl veterans.”

The Science Bowl competi-tion, now in its 28th season, is atelevised quiz program pittingPrince George’s County publicelementary and middle schoolteams against each other inscience-related questions.

Kenmoor’s captain, sev-enth-grader Prosun Das, com-peted twice for Landover’sCora Rice Elementary, andsixth-grader John Bridgerscompeted for Landover’s High-land Park Elementary. Eighth-grader Ifeoma Okeke rounded

out the team.Kenmoor has won the Sci-

ence Bowl championship eighttimes in the show’s 28-year his-tory, most recently in 2010.

“It’s something the kidstake pride in, living up to thelegend,” said team sponsorCheryl Diallo. “They want to bepart of the tradition.”

Eisenhower earned a255-155 win against ThomasJohnson Middle in Lanham.Eisenhower team was com-prised of eighth-graders JeremyMensah, Betelihim Haile andLillian Peters.

Kenmoor defeated StephenDecatur Middle in Clinton, 350-115, in the first game of the day.

“Kenmoor was a prettytough team, and we tried ourbest,” said Decatur sixth-graderDaesha Tyler, who competedalongside eighth-graders DylanDerringer and Roderic Wil-liams.

Kenmoor earned thefourth berth in the middleschool semifinals, which willtake place March 18. Kenmoorwill take on Thomas G. PullenCreative and Performing ArtsSchool in Landover. The win-ner will face either GreenbeltMiddle or Samuel Ogle Middlein Bowie for the championship.

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Stephen Decatur Middle School students Daesha Tyler, Dylan Derringer,and Roderick Williams compete Tuesday in the Science Bowl at the BonnieF. Johns Educational Media Center in Landover.

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n Youth reportedly liedabout incident

BY CHASE COOK

STAFF WRITER

A 12-year-old who said hewas nearly abducted near CentralHigh School in Capitol Heightson Friday prompted a PrinceGeorge’s County police search.

But after police spent a por-tion of Saturday canvassing the

neighborhood looking for the al-leged abductor and talking to wit-nesses, the youth admitted that hemade the event up, police said.

County police received theinitial call at 5:15 p.m. on Fridayto the 200 block of Cabin BranchRoad in Capitol Heights for an at-tempted abduction.

Information about the allegedvictim’s motives and potentialpunishment were not available,said Nicole Hubbard, county po-lice spokeswoman.

Police: Abduction story false

n Investigation continues

BY CHASE COOK

STAFF WRITER

Prince George’s County fire/EMS officials said a Nov. 13 ar-son in Watkins Regional Park de-stroyed 10 vehicles, nine of whichbelong to the Maryland-NationalCapital Park and Planning Com-mission, with damages totalingabout $110,000.

The fire/EMS department wasdispatched at about 5 a.m. to theUpper Marlboro park, where theydiscovered a vehicle on fire andanother vehicle partially burning,said Mark Brady, county fire/EMSspokesman.

Upon further inspection, in-vestigators found that 10 totalvehicles had been destroyed after

a personal vehicle, a Cadillac, notowned by the commission, wasset on fire at about 2 a.m., Bradysaid.

The wind spread the fire fromthe private car to the nine othervehicles, which included mini-vans, sedans, small buses andother vehicles belonging to thecommission, Brady said.

The fire has been labeled anarson, and fire investigators arecontinuing their work, lookinginto the status of the initial vehicleset on fire to determine if the ve-hicle was stolen, Brady said.

As of Tuesday, the Fire/EMSDepartment is still investigatingthe fire and has no further infor-mation, he said.

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This activity report is pro-vided by the Prince George’sCounty Police Department asa public service to the com-munity and is not a completelisting of all events and crimereported.

District 2Headquarters, Bowie, 301-

390-2100 Glenn Dale, Ketter-ing, Lanham, Largo, Seabrook,Woodmore, Lake Arbor, Mitch-ellville and Upper Marlboro.

NOV. 11Theft from vehicle, 8300

block Old Marlboro Pike, 7:06a.m.

Theft, 13700 block Kings IsleCourt, 10:28 a.m.

Theft, 12700 block CraftLane, 11:42 a.m.

Theft, 2900 block Lake ForestDrive, 12:18 p.m.

Theft, 4300 block ReverendEversfield Court, 12:49 p.m.

Theft, 14800 block Pratt St.,7:43 p.m.

Residential break-in, 9800block Good Luck Road, 8:52 p.m.


block Colonel Fenwick Place,3:42 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 14300block Marlborough Lane, 6:21a.m.

Commercial property break-in, 9400 block Annapolis Road,8:27 a.m.

Theft, Trade Zone Ave./NbPrince Georges Blvd., 9:12 a.m.

Theft, 600 block Crain High-way SW, 9:19 a.m.

Theft, 9200 block Basil Court,10:16 a.m.

Theft, 9400 block PeppercornPlace, 10:55 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 11000block Winsford Ave., 11:46 a.m.

Residential break-in, 4400block Old Crain Highway, 3:16p.m.

Theft, 900 block Lake FrontDrive, 4:13 p.m.

Residential break-in, 11500block Dunloring Drive, 4:16 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 9400block Annapolis Road, 6:40 p.m.

Theft, 700 block Church RoadS, 9:36 p.m.

Theft, 12300 block QuiltPatch Lane, 9:58 p.m.

Theft, 4100 block Crain High-way NW, 10:18 p.m.


block Kendale Lane, 12:58 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 200 block

Harry S. Truman Drive, 6:36 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 12600

block Hilda Court, 7:22 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 900 block Pine

Forest Lane, 7:39 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 800 block

Largo Center Drive, 9:31 a.m.Theft, 600 block Crain High-

way SW, 10:12 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 2200

block Crain Highway NW, 10:28a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 9400block Annapolis Road, 11:34a.m.

Residential break-in, 6200block Bell Station Road, 1:25p.m.

Theft, 600 block Crain High-way SW, 3:13 p.m.

Theft, 400 block LonsdaleCourt, 6:52 p.m.


block Good Luck Road, 6:07 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 8600

block Magnolia Drive, 6:52 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 4400

block Patuxent Overlook Drive,6:55 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 17200block Longleaf Drive, 7:25 a.m.

Commercial property break-in, 7300 block Northern Ave.,8:10 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 8700block Seasons Way, 9:58 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 4000 blockBald Hill Terrace, 10 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 15400 blockNeman Drive, 10:16 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 9900block Good Luck Road, 10:21a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 500 blockLargo Center Drive, 10:34 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 8700block Seasons Way, 11:09 a.m.

Theft, 14300 block GallantFox Lane, 11:24 a.m.

Robbery, 8500 block Green-belt Road, 12:04 p.m.

Theft, 800 block Capital Cen-ter Blvd., 12:43 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 8500block Magnolia Drive, 12:52 p.m.

Residential break-in, 9900block Good Luck Road, 1:31 p.m.

Residential break-in, 2800block Mill Branch Road, 2:12p.m.

Theft, 9900 block Good LuckRoad, 2:48 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 700 blockHarry S Truman Drive, 3:39 p.m.

Theft, 4300 block SutherlandCir, 5:03 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 4100block Northview Drive, 5:12 p.m.

Theft, 5300 block WavertonCourt, 6:18 p.m.

Theft, 9900 block Good LuckRoad, 6:40 p.m.

Residential break-in, 9400block Acorn Park St., 7:42 p.m.

Robbery on commercialproperty, 10600 block GreenbeltRoad, 8:22 p.m.

NOV. 15Vehicle stolen, 9400 block

Annapolis Road, 1:37 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 9000 block

Orbit Lane, 6:21 a.m.Vehicle stolen, Lords Land-

ing Road/Bishops Bequest Road,7:28 a.m.

Theft, 9700 block Good LuckRoad, 9:16 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 9500block Lanham Severn Road, 9:33a.m.

Theft, 3500 block MajesticLane, 11:34 a.m.

Theft, 9100 block 4th St., 3:34p.m.

Theft, 8900 block Hobart St.,4:37 p.m.

Robbery, 4100 block Wood-haven Lane, 7:16 p.m.

Theft, 10500 block CampusWay S, 8:16 p.m.

Robbery, 3900 block Ever-green Pky., 8:42 p.m.

Robbery, 15800 block Collin-gton Road, 9:28 p.m.

NOV. 16Theft, 9100 block Basil Court,

5:25 a.m.Assault, 600 block Crain

Highway SW, 8:49 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 4300

block Quanders Promise Drive,8:58 a.m.

562V, 3500 block Mase Lane,9:40 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 1000block Largo Center Drive, 2:22p.m.

Theft, 12400 block FairwoodPky., 2:28 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 8800block Lottsford Road, 3:54 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 12100block Maycheck Lane, 4:16 p.m.

Theft, unit block of WatkinsPark Drive, 6:51 p.m.

Robbery, 11400 block Wae-sche Drive, 8:37 p.m.

Theft, 3200 block SuperiorLane, 8:46 p.m.

NOV. 17Commercial property break-

in, 15300 block Old Chapel Road,4:25 a.m.

Assault, 11000 block Old

Marlboro Pike, 9:49 a.m.Commercial property break-

in, 13600 block Annapolis Road,12:01 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 12100block Mackell Lane, 12:48 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6200block 93rd Place, 1:46 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6900block Cipriano Road, 3:04 p.m.

District 3Headquarters, Palmer Park,

301-772-4900. Chapel Oaks,Cheverly, Glenarden, FairmountHeights, Kentland, Landover,Palmer Park, Seat Pleasant, For-estville, Suitland, District Heightsand Capitol Heights.

NOV. 11Vehicle stolen, 6100 block

Central Ave., 2:40 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 2000 block

Brooks Drive, 7:22 a.m.Theft from vehicle, Eb Penn-

sylvania Ave. /Nb. Silver HillRoad, 8:24 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 2900block Donnell Drive, 8:28 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 2500block Kent Village Drive, 11:06a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 1600block Eastern Ave., 12:37 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 1900block Rochell Ave., 3:22 p.m.

Theft, 7300 block LandoverRoad, 3:25 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 1000block Glen Willow Drive, 4:12p.m.

Robbery, Nb. Silver HillRoad/Pearl Drive, 6:22 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 3400 blockDodge Park Road, 7:10 p.m.

Robbery, 5800 block MartinLuther King Jr Highway, 7:10p.m.

Theft, 5100 block SouthernAve., 7:34 p.m.

Theft, 6100 block MarlboroPike, 7:43 p.m.

NOV. 12Robbery, 1400 block Capital

View Terrace, 12:51 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 8600 block

Darcy Road, 5:24 a.m.Theft, 8000 block Parston

Drive, 5:51 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 2100

block Weber Drive, 7:07 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 5100 block

Southern Ave., 7:36 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 2600 block

Markham Lane, 7:58 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 5500 block

Marlboro Pike, 8:49 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 8000 block

Cryden Way, 9:12 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 5800

block Martin Luther King JrHighway, 10:40 a.m.

Theft, 2200 block Winter-green Ave., 11:04 a.m.

Theft, 3500 block RegencyPky, 11:49 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 4900

block Marlboro Pike, 12:16 p.m.Carjacking, 4200 block

Southern Ave., 12:30 p.m.Theft, 8200 block Martin Lu-

ther King Highway, 1:10 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 7300

block Marlboro Pike, 1:58 p.m.Vehicle stolen and recov-

ered, 8500 block RainswoodDrive, 2:19 p.m.

Residential break-in, 1000block 58th Ave., 2:28 p.m.

Robbery on commercialproperty, 5400 block MarlboroPike, 4:58 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 7000 blockMarlboro Pike, 5:49 p.m.

Residential break-in, 5600block Regency Park Court, 6:13p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 2000 blockAddison Road S, 6:34 p.m.

Theft, 2500 block Winter-green Ave., 7:10 p.m.


block Quo Ave., 8:52 a.m.Commercial property break-

in, 5900 block Martin LutherKing Highway, 9:34 a.m.

Residential break-in, 6500block Hil Mar Drive, 9:43 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 5800 blockSilver Hill Road, 1:13 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 5700block Blk Silver Hill Road, 1:28p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 3400 blockWood Creek Drive, 1:45 p.m.

Theft, 1600 block QuarterAve., 5:10 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 1900block Brooks Drive, 5:48 p.m.

Theft, 3700 block West St.,8:25 p.m.

NOV. 14Robbery, Randall Road/Silver

Hill Road, 12:01 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 4800

block Addison Road, 1:58 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 4200

block Suitland Road, 5:43 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 5600

block Regency Park Court, 6:42a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 7700block Michele Drive, 7:04 a.m.

Robbery, 7500 block Lando-ver Road, 9:06 a.m.

Theft, 5800 block Silver HillRoad, 10 a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 6900 blockMarlboro Pike, 10:22 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 8200block Landover Road, 10:48 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 5600block Silver Hill Road, 10:54 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6000block North Hil Mar Cir, 11:39a.m.

Residential break-in, 300block Tayside Way, 11:49 a.m.

Theft, 900 block HilldroptCourt, 11:55 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 7400block Belgravia Lane, 2:57 p.m.

Theft, 6100 block MarlboroPike, 3:04 p.m.

n Police say death does notappear to be random


A Suitland woman was founddead outside a Landover homeTuesday.

Preliminary investigationby police indicates that StefanieAnne Littlejohn, 30, of Suitland,was not the victim of a random at-tack, said Police Officer First ClassHarry Bond.

She was pronounced deadwhen she was found outside ahome in the 2400 block of KentVillage Place after officers re-

sponded to a call regarding astabbing at about 2:45 a.m. Tues-day, said Lt. William Alexander, acounty police spokesman.

The cause of death is un-known, with police working toidentify her wounds as gunshots,stabs or some other trauma, Al-exander said. Police are workingon identifying a list of suspects,he said.

Anyone with information cancall the homicide unit at 301-772-4925 or report tips anonymouslyby calling the Crime Solvers lineat 1-866-411-8477. Tips leadingto an arrest and indictment canresult in a reward of up to $25,000.

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n Maryland autopsy amongmore controversial aspects

BY KEVIN JAMES SHAYSTAFF WRITER

In the early-morning hoursof Nov. 23, 1963, Dr. James J.Humes washed his hands afteroverseeing what is arguably themost controversial autopsy inmodern U.S. history at BethesdaNaval Hospital, now WalterReed National Military MedicalCenter.

The director of laboratoriesof the National Medical Schoolin Bethesda took his notes ofthe proceedings to his Bethesdahome and burned them aftermeticulously copying the re-cords because, Humes latertestified, they were stained withJohn F. Kennedy’s blood and“inappropriate to be turned overto anyone.”

“Having transcribed thosenotes … I destroyed those piecesof paper,” Humes, who died in1999, testified in 1977 before amedical panel convened by theU.S. House Select Committeeon Assassinations, one of severalpolitical bodies that investigatedthe killing. “I felt they would fallinto the hands of some sensa-tion seeker.”

That admission is one ofmany facets of the case that havefueled speculation of a cover-upand conspiracy over Kennedy’sdeath for the past 50 years. Asthe half-century anniversary ap-proaches Friday, the autopsy inBethesda continues to be oneof the more controversial ele-ments.

“Dr. Humes may have hadhis reasons for burning the orig-inal autopsy notes,” Philip She-non, a former New York Timesjournalist and author of a newbook, “A Cruel and ShockingAct: The Secret History of theKennedy Assassination,” saidin an interview. “But it was stilljaw-dropping to discover whathe did.”

Jim Lesar, president of theAssassination Archives andResearch Center, a private or-ganization in Silver Spring thatpreserves documents and otherrecords on political assassina-tions, added, “It was an extraor-dinarily controversial autopsythat has been denounced bymany authorities in the field.”

Walter Reed does not haveanyone still working there whocan comment on the autopsy,but a historian at the Navy Bu-reau of Medicine and Surgerywas preparing an informationpacket Tuesday about the au-topsy and Navy medicine, saidKatie Mollet, a medical centerspokeswoman.

James Curtis Jenkins, one ofthe few present at the autopsystill alive, is scheduled to speakthis weekend during a confer-ence in Dallas on the assassi-nation organized by JFK LancerProductions and Publications.

In his 1977 testimony,Humes said he was “distressed”over allegations of being in-volved in a cover-up, which hecalled “totally ridiculous.” He re-iterated his testimony before theWarren Commission, formed in1964 by President Lyndon B.Johnson to investigate the kill-ing. Humes said he believed twogunshots struck Kennedy andboth came from behind.

But when asked if he couldsay the shots came from above,Humes stopped short. Accusedassassin Lee Harvey Oswald wasthought by the Warren Com-mission to have shot at Kennedyfrom behind and above, fromthe sixth floor of the nearbyTexas School Book Depository.

Humes acknowledged burn-ing an original draft of the au-topsy report that was not stainedwith Kennedy’s blood becausehe “didn’t want anything to re-main that some squirrel wouldgrab on and make whatever usethat they might.”

‘Hysterical’ sceneThe scene in that Bethesda

examination room was “hys-terical,” with a large contingentof officials and medical profes-sionals in the room, Humes tes-tified in 1977. Kennedy’s wife,Jacqueline, and brother Robertremained at the hospital, and acrowd gathered outside on thegrounds.

“How we kept our wits aboutus as well as we did is amazingto me,” Humes said. “There wasno question but we were beingurged to expedite this examina-tion as quickly as possible. … Wemade every effort to put aside[such urgings] and approachthis investigation in as scientifica manner as we could. But did itharass us and cause difficulty?Of course it did; how could itnot?”

The House committee med-ical panel, headed by formerNew York City chief medicalexaminer Michael Baden, con-curred with the Warren Com-mission and Bethesda autopsypathologists that two bullets hadstruck Kennedy from behind.

But there was a key dissenter,former Allegheny County, Pa.,coroner Cyril Wecht, who dis-agreed that a single bullet struckKennedy and then caused all ofthe wounds to Texas Gov. JohnConnally, who was riding in thecar with Kennedy.

“Without the single-bullettheory, there cannot be one as-sassin, whether it is Oswald oranybody else,” Wecht testifiedin 1978. He also raised questionsabout the “remote” possibilityof another shot fired from theright side or lower right rear thatcould have struck Kennedy atthe same time a shot struck himin the back of the head.

Conspiracy sentimentA recent Gallup poll showed

that 61 percent of Americansbelieve others besides Oswaldwere involved in Kennedy’s kill-ing. That’s down from 75 per-cent a decade ago.

Among those who professedquestions in recent years wasJames W. Sibert, a former FBIagent who took notes in theBethesda autopsy room for thefederal agency. Sibert, who diedin 2012, was quoted in numer-ous published reports that hedidn’t “buy the single-bullettheory.”

Humes told the assassina-tions review board that the re-mains of Kennedy’s brain wasplaced in a stainless-steel con-tainer during the autopsy.

The remains reportedlywere taken to the National Ar-chives in 1965, but they turnedup missing in 1966.

The House assassinationscommittee “was not able todetermine precisely what hap-pened to the missing materials,”the panel said in its report.

Kennedy assassination stillraises questions 50 years later

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plication now comes with theboard’s recommendation fordenial.

Lisa Avery, advisory plan-ning board chairwoman, saidshe felt the board made the rightdecision for the people of thecity, who had come out strong

against Wal-Mart moving andbuilding a bigger store.

The board’s decision con-tradicts the Bowie PlanningDepartment staff’s recommen-dation to approve Wal-Mart’sapplication.

“A lot of people against [Wal-Mart] were passionate and had astrong argument,” Avery said.

Andre Gingles, an attorneyrepresenting Wal-Mart, said

he was disappointed with theboard’s decision, and he hadconfidence that Wal-Mart’s ap-plication meets all of the criteriafor approval by the Bowie CityCouncil.

“We think that we met all thecriteria and the planning staffwas accurate,” Gingles said. “Wehope to eventually prevail.”

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“Anything is possible at this point and time,”Thagard said.

Bowie hasn’t been completely forgotten,another major city construction project, an ex-pansion of Md. 197, also known as CollingtonRoad, near Kenhill Drive received $11 million

in funding for engineering. Construction fund-ing for Collington Road has not yet been pro-vided, Meinert said, adding that there was a lotof money announced in the $650 million Trans-portation Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013earlier this year, “and none of it came here.”

“Everyone agrees that it has to be done,” Rob-inson said.

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people looking to shop and beentertained,” Baker said.

If traffic does backup, thearea around the Tanger locationwill be stocked with some por-table cameras to monitor traffic

flow in case cars back up to In-terstate 95, prompting the needfor adjustments by the Mary-land State Highway Administra-tion, said SHA spokesman DavidBuck.

“We are certainly aware ofthat weekend,” Buck said. “Ifit is only parking that becomesoverwhelmed, that’s an issue for

National Harbor.”Tanger’s opening is occur-

ring about a year after construc-tion started.

Each store is having its ownseparate sales and Tanger is of-fering a coupon on its website aspart of the event, Wallace said.

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n No date set for decision


Approving raises to the min-imum wage will have to waitas the Prince George’s CountyCouncil decided not to vote ona bill that would raise the mini-mum wage by a total of $4.25over a three-year period.

County Council Chair-woman Andrea Harrison (D-Dist. 5) of Springdale said thecouncil was waiting on informa-tion from Montgomery Countybefore it passed the bill.

The minimum wage bill wasannounced as a regional collab-oration between Montgomeryand Prince George’s countiesand Washington, D.C., to limit

competition with other countiesthat may attract businesses withlower employee wages.

“At some point we have to actand do the job we were electedto do,” Harrison said duringthe council’s Tuesday meeting.“There is unanimous support onthis council for this bill.”

The bill would raise thecounty’s minimum wage to$11.50 over a three-year periodwith incremental increases. Em-ployees who were exempt fromstate and federal wage laws andemployees under the age of 18working 20 or less hours wouldbe exempt, according to the bill.

David Iannucci, the countyexecutive’s assistant deputychief administrative officer foreconomic development andpublic infrastructure, was in fa-vor of the council’s delay.

If Prince George’s Countywere to raise the wage alone,the high-end retail stores thatcounty residents are looking formay choose to build in other lo-cations, he said.

“It was wise to wait and deter-mine what D.C. and MontgomeryCounty were going to do,” Ian-nucci said. “We have serious con-cerns about the ability of PrinceGeorge’s County’s economy tostand alone with a higher wagescale than our neighbors.”

No date has been set for thevote, but Harrison said the planis to vote on the bill before theend of the council’s 2013 legisla-tive session.

Bills that don’t receive a voteby the end of the session are saidto have failed and must be rein-troduced, according to councilrules.

Council defers vote on minimum wage


worked out well since its instal-lation in 2005.

“You can put in private alertsalso, if you have someone witha custody issue, or if the schoolhas had a previous issue with aperson,” said Yatsuk.

While he did not have statis-tics available by deadline, Yatsuksaid quite a few sex offenders onschool property were identifiedvia the system.

Yatsuk said that if an individ-ual is flagged, staff can comparephotos or physical descriptions

with the individual, and if theymatch, can send an alert toschool security and police.

Yatsuk said Anne Arundel’ssystem cost $1,500 per schoolfor installation in the first year,and now costs $470 per schoolper year.

Ernest Moore, presidentof the Prince George’s CountyPTA Council, said such a systemcould greatly improve schoolsecurity.

“I think it’s a great idea. Itprovides an extra level of docu-mentation,” Moore said.

Moore said his only con-cerns were the cost of such asystem, and ensuring that staff

are trained regarding confi-dential information that maycome up.

Yatsuk said there were someinitial concerns regarding pri-vacy in Anne Arundel County.

“But that’s really gone awaynow, as people have understoodthe importance of keeping ourschools safe,” Yatsuk said.

Jen Ontiveros of Greenbeltteaches at William Tyler PaigeElementary School in Colesville,which she said uses an ID scansystem.

Ontiveros, who has childrenattending two Prince George’selementary schools, said shewould like to see such a systemin her children’s schools.

“I think it may be a little dif-ficult to get started, but once it’sup and running, it’s great,” On-tiveros said.

Maxwell said the design ofnew school construction will di-rect visitors to the office beforethey can access the rest of theschool.

Referred to as locking ves-tibules, several new schoolsincluding Greenbelt MiddleSchool, Fairmont Heights HighSchool and Vansville Elemen-tary School, have this featureand it will be included in the de-sign of all future schools, Barrettsaid.

To secure temporary build-ings, Maxwell said establishinga 6-foot fence around the pe-rimeter will help limit unauthor-ized access, and is somethingthe school system is working toprovide at all 96 schools that usetemporary buildings.

Other security efforts in-clude conducting drills for anactive shooter threat on both theschools and main school systemlevels.

“While you cannot stopsomeone with a Bushmasterfrom getting into a building, youcan certainly limit what he cando with an appropriate securityresponse,” Maxwell said.

The school system con-ducts active shooter drills incollaboration with local lawenforcement every year. InJuly, an active shooter drill washeld at High Point High Schoolin Beltsville.

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To say that Prince George’s schools CEO Kevin Max-well has his hands full may be the understatement of theyear.

Hired this past summer, Maxwell is hoping to makegains in a long struggling school system at a time of signifi-cant upheaval in county and state education — and at apoint when many Prince George’s parents have run out ofpatience.

And, as he noted in a Nov. 14 interview with The Ga-zette editorial board, “We’re a big organization. One of thelargest in the country.”

The topic of school security alone could fill up muchof his days. He’s seekinginstallation of a security sys-tem at county schools thatscans visitors’ identificationcards using information fromother databases in decidingwhether to allow access to aschool (people listed on thesexual offender registry wouldbe flagged, for example).

Some county schools have systems that scan IDs, but thesystem doesn’t use other databases. He’s also debatingwhether to put high fences around temporary classroomsto better secure the trailer-like structures, and believes se-curity training in schools and administrative offices needsto be increased.

The condition of school buildings is yet another Pan-dora’s box. Many county schools are old and in such badshape that funding has struggled to keep up with facilityneeds. Maxwell is eyeing the different possibilities regard-ing funding, such as whether the school system could getupfront state aid rather than getting it piecemeal overmultiple years. He’s also pushing for more efficient waysof planning facility improvements, to include better coor-dination between agencies.

And those issues are just the tip of the iceberg.Prince George’s students’ test scores rank near or at

the bottom each year on state tests. With the implementa-tion underway of new national education standards, theCommon Core curriculum, Maxwell said scores are likelyto take a dip when students take the new test aligned withthe curriculum next school year. Granted, a drop in scoresis expected in general on the new tests, but such news canbe particularly hard to take in a county where, at someschools, less than half the students score proficient or ad-vanced in reading and math.

Add in the problem of teachers fleeing for higher pay-ing jobs elsewhere, a controversial teacher evaluation sys-tem, needed expansion of specialty education programs,low parental involvement and a school system structurethat was overhauled just weeks before he was hired, andit’s clear that he’ll earn every bit of his $290,000 annual sal-ary if he actually brings results.

And he’s optimistic that he will, explaining that parentsshould be able to see real differences in schools as earlyas a year from now. Maxwell said he has a team focusingon improving the county’s graduation rate, is workingcollaboratively with other agencies and organizations toprovide school resources, and hopes to release a plan soonoutlining an expansion of specialty education programs, iffunding allows.

He understands the need to see significant progressin the school system and put his challenge in very simpleterms: “We have to get better faster than other districts.”

It’s not the first time a new school leader has come tothe county armed with good intentions and great ideas,but Maxwell is different in that he actually knows thecounty. He began his education career in Prince George’sin 1978, is a longtime Bowie resident, had children gradu-ate from the school system and was a former principal inPrince George’s. His background allows him to bypass thelearning curve many superintendents have had in figuringout the system’s challenges, and he’s less likely to bail for ajob in another state given his roots in Prince George’s.

Nevertheless, the road ahead will be rough, and resi-dents who haven’t had a superintendent last more thanfour years in more than two decades will understandablybe skeptical about whether Maxwell is the real deal or an-other peddler of hope.

Now, more than ever, results matter.

Finding new hopefor old challenges

SCHOOL CEOHAS MAJOR TASK;COUNTY NEEDSMAJOR RESULTS

OUROPINION LET TERS TOTHEEDITOR

I have been hearing the controversyover the Redskins name, most recently inyour Letters to the Editors section on Oct.31. I take offense that this issue has beentwisted into a “moral dilemma” and lik-ened to instances of childhood (or adult)name-calling. It’s time that people standup to the radical political correctnessagenda and say enough is enough.

The Washington Redskins are notcalling anyone names. The WashingtonRedskins have chosen a distinguished logoand named themselves. This name hasexisted since 1933 as a tribute to then headcoach, William “Lone Star” Dietz, who wasbelieved to have a Native American heri-tage. It was also an evolution of the previ-ous name, the “Braves,” that referencedNative Americans but was changed due toconfusion with the Boston Braves baseballteam. The time for outrage, if ever, was in1933 when the name was changed. Thetime for acceptance that the word hasevolved in meaning and context is now, in2013.

The people urging for sensitivity andpolitical correctness neglect to view theword in the context it is being used. There

is an extreme difference between be-ing called a “damned Yankee” in a NewYork baseball stadium and being called a“damned Yankee” in a southern tavern.One of those scenarios more than likelyprecipitates a fistfight. The same can beargued for the Redskins team name. Thedanger of this radical political correctnessis that it rips words from their contexts andinfuses them with the omnipotent powerto offend despite the actual meaning be-hind them.

When did making a racial slur stop

requiring the speaker to be racist andactually intend to make a slur? A word isnot a racial slur simply because someonechooses to categorize it that way, or evenif in a different time or context it was usedthat way. In the year 2013, the Redskinsname has been emptied of any historicaloffense and is not used abusively, it is ut-tered innocently by proud sports fans. Themeanings of words evolve over time and toneglect the ebb and flow of our lexicon inorder to feign offense is absurd.

In its worst light, if the Redskins nameis deemed to offend some, there is no rightto be free from being offended. The seg-ment of the population that has gottenbetter than ever at finding reasons to takeoffense should not have the power to pres-sure a team to abandon their First Amend-ment rights of choosing their own name.

This issue is not about taking responsi-bility, being role models to our children orname-calling; it’s about learning to toler-ate the choices of others even if they arenot the same ones you would make. It’sabout respecting diversity in this countryeven if the beliefs of others offend you.

Meredith Pendergrass, Bowie

Do the right thing: Stop bullying the Redskins

Any lessons from the Nov. 5 “off year”elections in New Jersey, Virginia and a hostof small Maryland municipalities?

Thanks to his impressive victory inNew Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie is thefrontrunner for the GOP’s 2016 presiden-tial nomination. Pundits say he’s the per-fect “crossover” moderate who can attractDemocrats and independents because hewon 32 percent of New Jersey’s Demo-crats, 21 percent of blacks, 57 percent ofwomen and 51 per-cent of Latinos.

But Christie hastwo problems: first,he’s being set up bythe national mediawith the same “I’llcall you in the morn-ing” treatment JohnMcCain got when heopposed GeorgeBush in 2000. Themedia promotedMcCain to under-mine Bush but, in 2008, dropped McCainlike a hot rock in favor of Barack Obama.Likewise, today’s media is using Christie toundermine the tea party, but in 2016 ChrisChristie will wonder why all his gushingmedia buddies are lined up behind HillaryClinton.

Christie’s second problem is the teaparty, whom he must convince that he’snot a RINO (Republican in name only).That’s a tough sell even though Christiehas pretty solid conservative credentials:vetoed gay marriage, cut taxes, stoodup to employee unions, pro-life and soon. But he took a pass on Mitt Romney’scampaign, hasn’t helped conservative can-didates elsewhere and buddied up withObama after Hurricane Sandy.

Christie can never out-tea party TedCruz or Rand Paul, who also covet the 2016nomination. But only Christie has a cred-ible chance of defeating Hillary. And that,in a nutshell, is the GOP’s conundrum.

The purpose of a political party is towin the election and run the governmentin accordance with its political philoso-

phy. It’s a package deal: The party’s phi-losophy must inspire enough voters to winthe election. Right now the GOP is in themidst of realigning its political philosophyso that it accommodates its tea party basewhile winning national elections.

Shifts in national events and passionsshape political parties, not the other wayaround. Parties are the manifestation ofchanges in the popular will. When eventscause a popular uprising significantenough to attract large numbers of vot-ers, the political parties must absorb themovement before it morphs into a thirdpolitical party.

The Whig party stood for industrializa-tion but opposed Manifest Destiny, theMexican War and Andrew Jackson. How-ever, when slavery overshadowed expan-sion, it split the Whigs and gave birth tothe anti-slavery Republican Party and theCivil War.

Sidelined for decades after the CivilWar, the Democrats finally regainedcontrol by forming an unholy alliance ofnorthern workers, western farmers andsouthern segregationists, a deal that soldblacks down the river.

The 1960s social upheavals saw an-other realignment as southern whites be-came Republicans while the DemocraticParty became the party of racial minorities(the last Democratic presidential candi-date to win a white majority was LBJ in1964).

Now the Republicans must accommo-date those Americans upset by debt, dys-function and moral decline (the tea party)by making their concerns the party’s topagenda items. Then, it must convince anational majority to agree.

It’s a tough task being made easier bythe Democrats. The Obamacare debaclealmost pulled out a victory for a Virginiagubernatorial candidate who had every-thing going against him. Also, last month,Kay Hagan, the North Carolina Dem sweptinto the U.S. Senate by Obama’s 2008 win,was ahead by double digits. Now she’strailing her chief GOP rival by one point.The worse Obamacare grows, the more it

looks like a 2014 game changer for Repub-licans whose slogan will be, “We told youso.”

Meanwhile, all’s quiet back in Mary-land where voters returned the incum-bents in Gaithersburg, Takoma Park,Bowie, Rockville, Annapolis, College Park,Frederick and so on. The big exceptionwas the Annapolis mayor’s race where aRepublican narrowly defeated the incum-bent Democrat. In typical one-party think,the majority Democratic City Councilconsidered legislation stripping the newmayor of all his powers but a voter back-lash now has the council in hasty retreat.

Otherwise, not a blip on the radar.Looks like the 2010 elections all over againwhen the national tea party rebellion(“shellacking,” said Obama) swept the na-tion but bypassed Maryland. If there’s avoter rebellion brewing in Maryland, yousure couldn’t tell it by the recent elections.

But here’s a good sidebar: In 2005 thelegislature passed a law that says no per-son can “willfully and knowingly influenceor attempt to influence a voter’s decisionwhether to go to the polls ... through theuse of force, fraud, threat, menace” etc.

Two Ehrlich campaigners were triedand convicted for using fake election dayrobocalls telling blacks to stay home be-cause Obama and O’Malley were safely re-elected. One of the campaigners actuallywent to jail.

The recent elections saw a host of sim-ilar “dirty tricks” including phony Freder-ick robocalls about a candidate’s “unpaidtaxes,” Annapolis lawn signs in blackneighborhoods falsely linking a candidateto the tea party and robocalls went out toFrederick voters giving them the wrongpolling place addresses.

Is the state prosecutor investigating?Will anyone be charged, or tried or go tojail? Is the moon made of green cheese?

Blair Lee is chairman of the board ofLee Development Group in Silver Springand a regular commentator for WBAL ra-dio. His email address is [email protected].

Election tea leaves

MY MARYLANDBLAIR LEE

A word is not a racial slursimply because someonechooses to categorize itthat way, or even if in a

different time or context itwas used that way.

“A child miseducated is a child lost.” —JFK.

Tomorrow marks the 50th anniversaryof the assassination of John FitzgeraldKennedy.

My fourth-grade teacher, Mrs. Turner,steps out of the classroom for a minuteand returns, visibly shaken, to announcewe will be dismissed to the buses and senthome a little early today because PresidentKennedy has been killed in Dallas.

The baby boom generation’s first so-called “flashbulb” memory, virtually ev-eryone alive on Nov. 22, 1963, remembers,with almost photographic precision, themoment they heard the news. Indeliblyburned into my mind’s eye is the imageof my mother, Kleenex in hand, her eyesswollen from an afternoon of weeping infront of the television waiting on everyword from Walter Cronkite, then the newsanchorman for CBS. Given the vivid natureof the memories, it is difficult to compre-hend that half a century separates us fromthat dark hour of American history.

It is fraught with unintended irony thatthe end of American Education Week thisyear will coincide with a landmark anni-versary of such a deep scar on our nationalpsyche. Is it not worrisome that, in theintervening decades, we have never againfocused with such laser-like intensity onachievable national goals such as landinga man on the moon and returning himsafely? Is it not disturbing that politicalagendas now seem most intent on erectingroadblocks and barricades to noble andvisionary causes?

My generation, the one called to com-mit itself to national service and the com-mon good, will forever wonder whether JFKmight have inspired this nation to achievehis goal of giving all children “the right toan education to the limit of their ability.”

As we celebrate our educational ac-complishments and set our goals for thefuture, it is abundantly clear that this na-tion possesses sufficient resources to meetthe needs of every child. It is not clear,however, that we will ever muster the po-

litical will to render ZIP codes irrelevant toeducational opportunity so that we createa world free of the concept of disposablechildren.

Kenneth B. Haines is the president ofthe Prince George’s County Educators’Association.

Kennedy’s education dream left unfulfilled

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SPORTSSPORTSBOWIE | LARGO | UPPER MARLBORO | CLINTON | FORT WASHINGTON

BOWIE, FLOWERS RUNNERS LEAD THE ALL-GAZETTE CROSS COUNTRY TEAM IN PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, A-11

n After changing schools, wingplayer hopes to help Bulldogs buildoff CIAA championship

BY KENT ZAKOUR

STAFF WRITER

David Golladay never complains. Sowhen he asked to come out of Saturday’sgame, Bowie State University’s men’s bas-ketball coach Darrell Brooks was surprised.

“He took himself out of the game andhe doesn’t ever do that,” Brooks said. “So

I knew he was really hurt. He wasn’t mov-ing well — he was playing through it — but Iguess it became too much.”

Golladay, who suffered a right thighcontusion after getting hit in practice twoweeks ago, has stepped into a stating rolethis winter for the Bulldogs. In four games,the senior has averaged 6.0 points per gamewith 1.3 rebounds a contest. But the injuryhas limited the 2009 Henry A. Wise HighSchool graduate — he played 25 minutes ineach of the first two contests and no morethan 11 in the two games since suffering theinjury.

“It’s hard to play on one leg,” Golladay

said with a laugh before practice on Tues-day. “The way I play, it’s my strong leg. I’llbe fine in a bit, but I just can’t move well atall right now.”

When the 6-foot-2, 195-pound forwardis healthy, Brooks anticipates significantcontributions to a team that won the CentralIntercollegiate Athletic Association tourna-ment last season.

“He starts for us for a reason,” Brookssaid. “He’s a really good athletic wing guythat can score. He’s not a great 3-pointshooter, but he’s a very, very solid mid-

Wise grad expands role at Bowie State

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Bowie State University basketball player and Henry A. Wise graduate DavidGolladay is a key starter for the Bulldogs this winter.

n Jaguars struggle late in the seasonwithout Malik White

BY ERIC GOLDWEINSTAFF WRITER

It was anything but a fairy-tale finish for CharlesH. Flowers High School quarterback Malik White,who stood on the sidelines as his team was elimi-nated in the Class 4A South Region semifinals.

After leading the Jaguars to a 7-0 start this fall,the senior suffered a concussion and a knee injuryin back-to-back games. White’s injuries, combinedwith Flowers’ difficult late-season schedule, trig-gered a four-game losing streak which culminatedin Saturday’s 31-7 playoff loss to Suitland (11-0).

“We definitely missed him not being there,”Flowers coach Mike Mayo said. “The playbook isnot as big without him in there.”

White was cruising in his first year as a full-timestarting quarterback, helping the Jaguars dominatetheir early-season opponents. Flowers outscoredopponents by a combined 224 points in its six vic-tories, excluding Bowie’s forfeit.

“We were able to do some different things withhim,” Mayo said.

But the season went downhill after the hot start.In the eighth game against Suitland, White wentdown with a concussion and was forced out of thegame. The teams were scoreless heading into half-time before the Rams pulled away with a 27-6 vic-tory.

White returned the following week in a 40-19loss to DuVal and was again taken out of the game,this time with a knee injury — a sprained medial col-lateral ligament.

The Jaguars played without White in their season-finale the next week, losing 25-0 to Henry A. Wise. Thefollowing week in the postseason they were defeatedby Suitland with White on the sidelines and Brian

Senior keyto Flowers’success

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Charles H. Flowers High School quarterback Malik Whitetries to recover the ball against DuVal.

BY ERIC GOLDWEINSTAFF WRITER

s if the newteachers, posi-tions and play-books weren’tenough forForestville Mili-tary Academy’sEaron Settles,

the transfer student-athlete hadto adjust to a new nickname, too,this fall.

Settles, known by his coachesand teammates as “E-Ron,”started at quarterback and safetyin his first and final season withthe Knights. The senior excelledon both sides of the ball, leadinghis team to an 8-3 record and atrip to the postseason.

“I’ve come to realize that thiswas meant for me. This is where Ishould be,” Settles said.

Settles, a transfer, was effec-tive under center, both as a run-

ner and a passer. He finished theseason with 759 yards rushing,630 yards passing and 24 total of-fensive touchdowns.

On defense, he was as im-pressive, recording 68 tackles, sixforced fumbles and three inter-ceptions — two that were takenback for touchdowns.

“The hardest hitter in thecounty, bar none,” Forestvillecoach Charles Harley said.

Settles played at BishopO’Connell in Virginia through hisjunior season but landed in trou-ble last school year after stealing abackpack — an act he regrets. Hereceived an in-school suspensionand said it was a tough situation.

He wanted a fresh start afterthe incident, which is exactly whathe got at Forestville.

While transferring to a newschool as an upperclassman wasa challenge, he said being part of

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Quarterback Earon Settles (right) of Forestville High School carries the ball in the second half on a drive that produced a touch down against host Surrattsville Mondayin Clinton.

DeMatha regains theWCAC football crownFor the first time since 2008,

DeMatha Catholic High School’sfootball team is the WashingtonCatholic Athletic Conferencechampion.

Led by a dominant rushingattack and an efficient passingperformance from senior quar-terback John Lovett, the Stagsdefeated St. John’s College High

31-10 Saturday at Byrd Stadiumin College Park.

“Words can’t describe it,”DeMatha coach Elijah Brookssaid after the game. “All the hardwork, the many hours of com-mitment to the program. Forour boys to come out here anddo this, man it’s the best feelingin the world.”

Senior running back TaiwanDeal rushed for 120 yards and atouchdown while Lovett com-pleted seven of nine passes for108 yards.

Senior receiver CameronPhillips collected four recep-tions, including a 19-yard touch-

down in the first half. DeMatha(11-1) defeated St. John’s 26-21when the teams met in the regu-lar season.

Playoff rematchSuitland (11-0) puts its per-

fect season on the line in theClass 4A South Region title gameagainst DuVal (10-1), scheduledfor 1 p.m. Saturday in DistrictHeights.

The Rams defeated the Ti-gers 21-14 in the first roundof last year’s playoffs and won21-6 in this fall’s regular-seasonmeeting.

DuVal has won sevenstraight games since losing toSuitland and is coming off a 14-12 victory over Henry A. Wise,the defending 4A state champi-ons.

Rams quarterback WesleyWolfolk threw for three touch-downs and ran for one in Suit-land’s 31-7 semifinal victoryover Charles H. Flowers.

Surrattsville’s shutoutSurrattsville (9-2) will face

Sparrows Point in the Class 1ANorth Region championshipafter shutting out the Friend-

ship Academy Engineering &Tech of Baltimore 35-0 in thesemifinals.

Hornets tailback AmaruMajor ran for 194 yards, includ-ing a 70-yard touchdown on theteam’s first offensive play.

The game is scheduled for 1p.m. on Saturday at Surrattsville.

Harvey Valentine, TerronHampton and Ted Black con-tributed.

Clash of unbeatensGwynn Park (11-0) senior

quarterback Jay Adams threw for250 yards and two touchdowns,

leading his team to a 42-32 vic-tory over Frederick Douglass (8-3) in the Class 2A South Regionsemifinals.

“Nobody said we could beatthem twice in one season, weproved them wrong,” said seniorOmar Branch, who caught a 69-yard touchdown in the win.

Gwynn Park is scheduled toplay at Patuxent (11-0) 7 p.m.Friday.

“They got a very good team,”Gwynn Park coach Danny Hayessaid. “They’re not undefeatedfor nothing.”

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NEW HOMEn FORESTVILLE’S EARON SETTLESLED KNIGHTS ON OFFENSEAND DEFENSE

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AlysonAllenRooseveltFreshman

Finished sixth incounty (21:51)and eighth atregionals

AlexisBaynesFlowersJunior

Took secondin the county(21:00) and theregion (20:58)

AnneDickersonRooseveltJunior

Recorded hertop time in bigmeet at region-als (21:52)

DevonniFarrarLargoSenior

Largo’s leaderhad a fifth-placefinish in thecounty (21:46)

AshleyModesteBowieSophomore

Finished fourthin county(21:42) and thirdin the 4A South

MercedesStokesCentralSenior

Stokes finishedthird in thecounty (21:22),first in region

ImaniMatthewsFlowersSenior

Topped thecounty (20:51)at Fort Wash-ington NationalPark and wonthe region withan impressivetime of 20:57

AdelAkaluOxon HillSophomore

He finishedsecond in the4A South region(17:15)

JustinBenthamFlowersSenior

He placedfourth in county(17:22) andninth in region

DonnellDavisBowieSenior

Finished third inboth the county(17:16) and 4ASouth meets

JosephGrahamDeMathaJunior

Graham wasconsistent, in-cluding fifth atLandon (17:32)

TerrellGreenDouglassSenior

He took secondat county meet(16:49) and 23rdin the state

CalebMcCammonLaurelSophomore

He finishedsixth (17:49) incounty and fifthin the region

JoshuaWilkinsBowieSenior

Wilkins finishedfirst in the thecounty (16:02),first in the 4ASouth Region(16:03) and sev-enth in the state(16:16)

Boys’ Coaches of the Year

Boys’ first team

Cross Country

Boys’ Runner of the Year

Boys’ second team

Girls’ first team

Girls’ Runner of the Year

Girls’ second team Girls’ Coach of the Year


Bowie’s Joshua Wilkins (left) is The Gazette’s Runner of the Year in cross country.BILL RYAN/THE GAZETTE

Flowers’ Imani Matthews (Runner of the Year) and Alexis Baynes are on the All-Gazette team.

Rich AndrulonisBowie, 31st season

Lovingly known as “Coach A,”the running lifer led his Bull-dogs to a three-peat of both thecounty and 4A South Regionchampionships

Michael Aregaye, Parkdale, senior; Cameron Burgess,Charles H. Flowers, sophomore; Ryan LeTerouea, El-eanor Roosevelt, senior; Chris Jeletic, DeMatha, junior;Hangaamo Lintiso, High Point, sophomore; JalendHill, DuVal, junior; Martrell Royal, Bowie, senior; AmenTefarie, Forestville Military Academy, senior; DwaineThomas, Bowie, senior; Allen Webster, Henry A. Wise,sophomore

Andrew ZanghiEleanor Roosevelt

After falling short of beating Bowie for amajority of the season, the Raiders fin-ished strong by besting the Bulldogs inthe 4A South region and state meets

Jolaade Adepoju, Parkdale, senior; SamanthaBowie, Bishop McNamara, junior; Mary AnnaBrogi, Eleanor Roosevelt, sophomore; SiyanaDottin, Elizabeth Seton, sophomore; AshleyGbedo, Parkdale, junior; Felicia Haidara, Bowie,freshman; Erika Nelson, Elizabeth Seton, senior;Chyna Sequeira, Bowie, junior; Zari Weaver,Bowie, junior; Sashane Williams, Bladensburg,senior


range game.”Added Golladay: “I’ve got-

ten smarter. College ball teachesyou how to take less shots andscore more, learn how to playand anticipate what your team-mates and opponents are goingto do.”

After graduating fromWise, Golladay played twoyears at Mount St. Mary’s, buttransferred to Prince George’sCommunity College follow-ing a coaching change. He alsowanted to be closer to home tohis 2-year-old daughter, Madi-son, who comes to some ofBowie State’s practices to watchher father and most of the Bull-dogs’ home games. Last year atBowie State, he played sparinglyoff the bench.

“Those were a couple of thereasons and I knew when I trans-ferred, I knew I was going to goto a [junior college]. PGCC calledand it’s 10 minutes from myhouse so it was an easy decision.”

Added Brooks: “I don’t re-member him at Wise, but I sureremember him at Mount St.Mary’s. We knew he was lookingto [transfer] and knew he wasgood, so we said, ‘Go get him.’”

The Bulldogs are 1-3 thiswinter, but Brooks and Golladaybelieve a difficult non-confer-ence schedule, including an ex-hibition loss at Duke, one of thetop-five programs in Division I,and early season struggles willpay dividends later in the year.Bowie State has also instituteda full-court press style of play,a departure from previous sea-sons when the team played at aslower pace.

“We’ll take hits early and

we’ll be fine,” Brooks said. “Theguys loved playing at Duke andit was a great experience for ussince they didn’t treat us like D-IIBowie State, they treated us likerival North Carolina. That gameshowed us that we can be good.”

A season after being theBulldogs’ primary facilitator, se-nior and Oxon Hill graduate RayGatling (20.5 ppg) has assumeda prominent scoring role alongwith classmate forward CarlosSmith (12.5 ppg).

“I asked Ray to be the pointguard last year and he was as bigfor us as [2013 graduate ByronWestmorland]was,butwithWest-morland gone, we need Ray toscore now and he clearly — he didit in high school — can do that,”

Brooks said. “There are a lot ofguys in different roles and we areadjusting. Carlos went from a role,fill-in guy to the guy. Ray wentfrom point to a scoring guard.”

A season removed from theNCAA tournament, expectations

are high for Bowie State.“We’ve started slow, just like

last year, but we’ll turn it aroundagain,” Golladay said. “I see noreason why it won’t happen.”

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Brown starting at quarterback.“[White] looked like he just wanted to

put his pads on and get out there,” said se-nior teammate Dorian Cash.

Cash, who played on the offensive anddefensive line, said White was a strongleader and an effective quarterback.

“He’s a team captain and he talks to uswhen we need talking to,” Cash said.

The Jaguars took a step forward withWhite under center, improving on lastyear’s six-win season, Mayo said.

White said he worked hard in the off-season in preparation for his first seasonas full-time starter, watching game filmand running track. The extra effort paid off.

White finished the season with 540 yards inthe air and eight passing touchdowns.

“From year to year, he’s just gotten bet-ter,” Mayo said.

White was productive as a runner, gain-ing 254 yards on the ground and rushingfor nine touchdowns. As a running threat,White added another dimension to the of-fense, Mayo said.

“He has no fear. He sticks his head inthere,” he said.

White said he would have preferredending on different terms, but enjoyedhis time playing high school in spite of thetough finish. He said he plans on playingfootball at the next level.

“It was special for me to be 7-0 as astarter,” White said. “… I will rememberthe players on the team, the coaches andthe game.”

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Forestville’s football program easedthe transition.

Teammates and coaches wel-comed Settles, even giving him the“E-Ron” nickname — his name ispronounced “EH-rin.”

“I don’t remember the last time Iheard somebody call him Earon,” se-nior teammate Marcel Joly said.

Quarterback was a new positionfor Settles, who had experience play-ing linebacker, wide receiver and of-fensive line at various youth levels.

He volunteered to start undercenter before the season — “I toldCoach Harley, ‘I can throw’” — and

the senior was inserted into the start-ing lineup.

While last year’s team shuffledquarterbacks, Settles was the perma-nent starter this season. He was anexceptionally quick learner, team-mates and coaches said. He not onlystarted under center, but he was alsothe play-caller.

“He’s not really a quarterback,but he’s a tough kid who leads well,”Harley said.

Forestville assistant Evan Murraysaid Settles is like an assistant coachwhen he is playing safety. He saidSettles’ football IQ is “off the charts.”

“He makes our job really easy,”Murray said.

The Knights run a college-style

defense with 100-plus packages,Murray said. Joly, who verbally com-mitted to play football at the Univer-sity of Iowa, said he was impressed bySettles’ ability to learn the playbook inhis first year with Forestville.

“He just takes a glance at it andhe knows what everybody has to do,”Joly said. “… For him to just come andknow the signals, it was pretty cool.”

Settles’ senior season ended witha 20-16 loss to Sparrows Point in the1A North Region semifinal on Satur-day. He threw a touchdown and ranfor 29 yards in the defeat. The seniorsaid he wants to continue playingfootball in college.

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Educational Systems FCU is proud to be part of the Marylandeducation community as we celebrate amazing teachers. Aslongtime sponsors of the Gazette’s “My Favorite Teacher” award,we recognize how important educators are to the success ofstudents everywhere. We wish to thank the Gazette for providinga platform where students are given the chance to show theirappreciation for some of the most amazing educators around. Tolearn more about Educational Systems FCU, including how youcan join others in the Maryland education community as CreditUnion members, visit esfcu.org.

The backpacks have been filled, the laptops are charged andstudents have welcomed a new school year throughout ourcommunity. MGM National Harbor is proud to be a sponsor ofthe “My Favorite Teacher” contest and support educationalopportunities for students at all levels. Education empowers uswith knowledge to tackle the challenges of today. With eacheducated man, woman and child, our community and societytakes one giant step forward. Stepping up to the plate forstudents is one more way MGM National Harbor isstrengthening communities through education.

Chick-fil-A restaurants at Capital Centre in Largo andSteeplechase in Capitol Heights proudly support the 2013 MyFavorite Teacher Contest! Our two restaurants thrive because ofthe faithful Prince George’s County residents who patronize ourestablishments.Committed and qualified educators make a positive differencefor students, their families, and the greater community. It is ourpleasure to support a contest that allows the community tohonor those who prepare the next generation of leaders!

Imagine Prince George’s County Public Schools isproud to be this year’s Platinum Sponsor of TheGazette’s “My Favorite Teacher” contest.

We currently operate four public charter schools inPrince George’s County, providing a challenginglearning environment for students in Kindergartenthrough Grade 8. Although our campuses vary insize and structure, all adhere to the belief thatproviding every child with a world-class educationis the single most effective way to achieveindividual life opportunities and a better society.Our schools include:

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Imagine Prince George’s County is part of ImagineSchools, a national organization that operates 75campuses in 12 states and DC, providing 40,000students nationwide with an effective program ofacademic study and strong moral development ina safe, nurturing environment.

Our schools are open to all children living in PrinceGeorge’s County and they are tuition-free. Inorder to enroll your child, you must apply throughour online lottery process. The online applicationform for School Year 2014-2015 will be availablebeginning Friday, November 1, 2013, and willremain open through January 31, 2014. Thelottery will be held after January 31, 2014.

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& The Gazette’s Guide toArts & Entertainment

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BY VIRGINIA TERHUNESTAFF WRITER

ot long after Americans dropped theatomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan,a church in Washington, D.C., sentschool supplies to surviving children inthe devastated Japanese city, which wasstruggling to rebuild.

Using the crayons, pencils andpaints from All Souls Church Unitarian,the children sent back two portfolios of

colorful drawings made with the supplies as thanks.But it wasn’t until Shizumi Manale of Silver Spring saw the

drawings in 2006 as the church was thinking about returning

them to Hiroshima that the idea of a documentary took root.“She was so moved by these pictures,” said filmmaker

Bryan Reichhardt, also of Silver Spring, who had worked withManale on a previous project.

The remarkable reconnection after 60 years between thechurch and Japan is chronicled in the documentary “Picturesfrom a Hiroshima Schoolyard,” screening on Sunday at theMontpelier Arts Center in Laurel.

Reichhardt, who wrote and directed the 82-minute film,will be present at the event to answer questions from the au-dience.

The exhibit of drawings from the documentary will be onview at Montpelier to Dec. 1.

PICTURES FROM AHIROSHIMA SCHOOLYARDn When: Film at 1 p.m. Sunday,

exhibit runs to Dec. 1

n Where: Montpelier Arts Center,9652 Muirkirk Road., Laurel

n Tickets: $5

n For information:301-377-7800, arts.pgparks.com, hiroshimaschoolyard.com

BRYAN REICHHARDT

Howard Bell, an American adviser, meets with school children as Hiroshima struggled to rebuild after the atomic bombing in 1945. The photo appears in a screening of “Pictures from a Hiroshima Schoolyard” onSunday at The Montpelier Arts Center in Laurel. The locally made documentary tells the story of children who drew pictures in thanks for school supplies sent to them by a Washington, D.C., church. Sixty yearslater, church members went to Hiroshima to meet the people who had created the drawings.

n Documentary explores link between Washington church and children of Hiroshima blast

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n Concert brings soundsof Belgium to life

BY WILL C. FRANKLINSTAFF WRITER

Belgium is known the worldover for beer, chocolate, wafflesand even actor Jean-Claude VanDamme. What many might notknow is Belgium has a rich his-tory of artistry, most notablywhen it comes to music.

World-famous musicians,such as Jacques Brel and Josquindes Prez, called Belgium home.Without Adolphe Sax, who wasborn in Wallonia, Belgium, theworld wouldn’t have the saxo-phone.

Those are just some of thethings Annick Kanter-St. Hubertwants folks to know, which iswhy she came up with the ideafor the “Beyond Beer, Chocolateand Lace: Belgium’s Brightestand Best,” concert, which is set

From Brussels, with love

ANNICK KANTER-ST. HUBERT

The Voix de Femmes women’s chamber choirwill perform at the “Beyond Beer, Chocolate andLace: Belgium’s Brightest and Best,” concert atChurch of the Resurrection in Burtonsville onSunday.

n Maryland opera students aimto break stereotypes

BY CARA HEDGEPETHSTAFF WRITER

If you’re new to the operaticworld, Nick Olcott, interim director ofthe Maryland Opera Studio, suggestsa comedy such as “Albert Herring,”opening Friday at the Clarice SmithPerforming Arts Center, to ease you in.

“I think it’s important when peo-ple are going to come to the opera forthe first time, they should come to acomedy because it is much more ac-cessible and much more relatablethan big tragedies,” Olcott said. “Andthis one, on top of everything else, isin English so you don’t have to knowItalian.”

Composed by British composer,conductor and pianist Benjamin Brit-ten, “Albert Herring” is the story of“hapless lad” Albert and his attempt toshed his good-boy image. His timingis unfortunate, however, as the pre-sumptuous Lady Billows has decided

to break from tradition and crown aKing of the May instead of a queen.

“Albert Herring” is the first of twoproductions the Maryland Opera Stu-dio will produce during the 2013-2014academic year. The second, Strauss’“Die Fledermaus,” will open in April.

The Maryland Opera Studio is agraduate program within Maryland’sSchool of Music. Every year, about10 students are admitted to the stu-dio, which functions as an academic

Introducing ‘Albert’

ASHLEY POLLARD

Three students from the Maryland Opera Studio rehearse for “Albert Herring,” opening atthe Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center on Friday.

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See ALBERT, Page B-9 See BRUSSELS, Page B-4

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PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY’S ENTERTAINMENT CALENDARComplete calendar online at www.gazette.net

THEATER & STAGEBowie Community Theatre,

“The Cover of Life,” to Nov. 24,Bowie Playhouse, 16500 WhiteMarsh Park Drive, Bowie, 301-805-0219, www.bctheatre.com.

Bowie State University, TBA,Fine and Performing Arts Center,Bowie State University, 14000Jericho Park Road, Bowie, 301-860-3717, www.bowiestate.edu.

Busboys & Poets, Hyattsville,TBA, 5331 Baltimore Avenue,Hyattsville, 301-779-2787 (ARTS),www.busboysandpoets.com.

Clarice Smith PerformingArts Center, Blind Summit: “TheTable,” 8 p.m. Nov. 20-22; Fac-ulty Artist Recital: Linda Mabbsremembers Britten, 8 p.m. Nov.21; Maryland Opera Studio: Al-bert Herring, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22,25-26, 3 p.m. Nov. 24; UMD WindEnsemble: Carmina Burana, 8p.m. Nov. 22; Winter Big BandShowcase, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2; Japa-nese Koto Ensemble and UMDGamelan Saraswati, 8 p.m. Dec.4; New Music at Maryland, 8 p.m.Dec. 4; Bach Cantata Series: NWV106, 1:30 p.m. Dec. 5; The InnerLandscape, 2 p.m. Dec. 5; HonorsChamber Music Recital, 8 p.m.Dec. 5, University of Maryland,College Park, claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.

Harmony Hall Regional Center,TBA, call for prices, 10701 Livings-

ton Road, Fort Washington, 301-203-6070, arts.pgparks.com.

Greenbelt Arts Center, “SeeHow They Run,” to Nov. 30, callfor prices, times, Greenbelt ArtsCenter, 123 Centerway, Greenbelt,301-441-8770, www.greenbel-tartscenter.org.

Hard Bargain Players, TBA,2001 Bryan Point Road, Accokeek,www.hbplayers.org.

Joe’s Movement Emporium,Silk Road Dance Festival, 8 p.m.Nov. 9, 3309 Bunker Hill Road,Mount Rainier, 301-699-1819,www.joesmovement.org.

Laurel Mill Playhouse, “TheLieutenant of Inishmore,” to Nov.24; “It’s a Wonderful Life: TheRadio Play,” Dec. 13 to Jan. 4,call for ticket prices, Laurel MillPlayhouse, 508 Main St., Laurel,301-452-2557, www.laurelmill-playhouse.org.

Montpelier Arts Center, “Pic-tures from a Hiroshima School-yard,” 1 p.m. Nov. 24; Divas Deckthe Halls, 5 p.m. Dec. 7, 9652Muirkirk Road, Laurel, 301-377-7800, arts.pgparks.com.

National Harbor, ICE! “’Twasthe Night Before Christmas,” toJan. 5, Gaylord National Resortand Convention Center, 201 Wa-terfront Street, National Harbor,Maryland. www.christmasonthe-potomac.com.

Prince George’s Little Theatre,TBA, call for tickets and show

times, Bowie Playhouse, 16500White Marsh Park Drive, Bowie,301-957-7458, www.pglt.org.

Publick Playhouse, PRAISEDance Festival Auditions, 10 a.m.to 3 p.m. Nov. 23; Snow Queen,10:15 a.m. and noon, Dec. 3, 5445Landover Road, Cheverly, 301-277-1710, arts.pgparks.com.

2nd Star Productions, “FunnyMoney,” coming in January, BowiePlayhouse, 16500 White MarshPark Drive, Bowie, call for prices,times, 410-757-5700, 301-832-4819, www.2ndstarproductions.com.

Tantallon Community Players,“Miracle on 34th Street,” Dec.6-15; Harmony Hall Regional Cen-ter, 10701 Livingston Road, FortWashington, 301-262-5201, www.tantallonstage.com.

VISUAL ARTSBrentwood Arts Exchange, “My

Haiku: Paintings of Cianne Fra-gione,” to Dec. 28; Front WindowFeatured Artist: Ellyn Weiss, toNov. 28, 3901 Rhode Island Ave.,Brentwood, 301-277-2863, arts.pgparks.com.

Harmony Hall Regional Center,“It Happened One Night,” Pa-per Collage by Ronnie Spiewak,to Dec. 27, 2nd Annual PrinceGeorge’s Parks and RecreationEmployee Visual and PerformingArts Exhibition, to Dec. 27, galleryhours from 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.Monday through Friday, 10701Livingston Road, Fort Washington,301-203-6070. arts.pgparks.com.

David C. Driskell Center,“Still...” by sculptor Allison Saar, toDec. 13, University of Maryland,College Park. www.driskellcenter.

umd.edu.Montpelier Arts Center, “Hiro-

shima Schoolyard,” to Dec. 1, gal-lery open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily,9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel, 301-

377-7800, arts.pgparks.com.University of Maryland Univer-

sity College, TBA, call for pricesand venue, 3501 University Blvd.,Adelphi, 301-985-7937, www.

umuc.edu/art.

NIGHTLIFEHand Dancing with D.C. Hand

Dance Club, free lesson from 4 to5 p.m., dancing from 5 to 9 p.m.Sundays at the Coco Cabana,2031-A University Blvd. E., Hy-attsville, $10 cover, www.dchand-danceclub.com.

New Deal Café, Mid-day melo-dies with Amy C. Kraft, noon, Nov.21; open mic with Joe Harris, 7p.m. Nov. 21; John Guernsey, 6:30p.m. Nov. 22-23; Frenchy and thePunk, 8 p.m. Nov. 22; Bruce Kritt,4 p.m. Nov. 23; Jelly Roll Mortals,8 p.m. Nov. 23; Ayreheart, 5 p.m.Nov. 24; Tower Green, 7 p.m. Nov.26; Cajun Music Jam, 7 p.m. Nov.27, 113 Centerway Road, 301-474-5642, www.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, www.oldbowi-etowngrille.com.

OUTDOORSDinosaur Park, Dinosaur Park

programs, noon-4 p.m. first andthird Saturdays, join paleontolo-gists and volunteers in interpret-ing fossil deposits, 13200 blockMid-Atlantic Blvd., Laurel, 301-627-7755.

Mount Rainier Nature Center,Toddler Time: hands-on treasures,crafts, stories and soft play, 10:30a.m.-noon Thursdays, age 5 andyounger free, 4701 31st Place,Mount Rainier, 301-927-2163.

Prince George’s Audubon Soci-ety, Bird Walks, 7:30 a.m. first Sat-urdays, Fran Uhler Natural Area,meets at end of Lemon BridgeRoad, north of Bowie State Univer-sity, option to bird nearby WB&ATrail afterward; 7:30 a.m. thirdSaturdays, Governor Bridge Natu-ral Area, Governor Bridge Road,Bowie, meet in parking lot; formigrating and resident woodlandand field birds, and waterfowl. Forbeginners and experts. Waterprooffootwear and binoculars sug-gested. Free. 410-765-6482.

REC CENTERSPrince George’s Sports &

Learning Complex, Senior Days atthe Sportsplex, 8 a.m.-noon Mon-days, Wednesdays and Fridays,seniors allowed free use of the fit-ness center and pool, age 60 andup, 8001 Sheriff Road, Landover,301-583-2400.

Seat Pleasant Activity Cen-ter, Line Dancing, 6:30-8 p.m.Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.Saturdays, $40 series, $6 drop-ins,age 18 and up, 5720 Addison Road,Seat Pleasant, 301-773-6685.

ET CETERACollege Park Aviation Museum,

Peter Pan Club, 10:30-11:30 a.m.second and fourth Thursdays ofevery month, activities for pre-schoolers, $4, $3 seniors, $2 ages2-18; Afternoon Aviators, 2-4:30p.m. Fridays, hands-on aviation-themed activities for age 5 and up,$4, $3 seniors, $2 ages 2-18, eventsfree with admission, 1985 Cpl.Frank Scott Drive, College Park,301-864-6029, www.collegeparka-viationmuseum.com.

Women’s Chamber Choir Audi-tions, by appointment for the con-cert season of women’s chamberchoir Voix de Femmes, 7:45-9:30p.m. Thursdays, 402 ComptonAve., Laurel, 301-520-8921, [email protected].

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NO STRINGS ATTACHEDThe grumpy puppet narrator has his own story to tell in the Blind Summit Theatre’s “TheTable,” which closes Friday at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park.

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One of the nation’s mostinnovative and fastest growingbreweries is on the way to theocean beaches many Washing-tonian’s frequent. The DogfishHead brewery, in Milton, Del.,has become the 13th largestcraft brewery in the country,producing over 170,000 barrelsof beer in 2012, up 20 percentfrom 2011. The brewery is fin-ishing an expansion which willallow brewing 600,000 barrelsper year.

Sam Calagione, the brew-ery’s co-founder and co-owner,opened the Dogfish Head brew-pub in 1995 in Rehoboth Beach,Del., near his wife’s hometown.It was named after Calagione’sfondly-remembered vacationspot near Boothbay Harbor inMaine to lend a New Englandcharacter.

Starting with a minuscule12-gallon brewing facility thatneeded constant use to keep upwith customer demand, Cala-gione was continuously brewingand getting bored with the repe-tition. He experimented by grab-bing “everything but the kitchensink,” in a brewing career thathas led to his being called the“Mad Alchemist of Brewing.”Demand rapidly increased anda packaging brewery was addedin 1997.

The kitchen to brewpot es-capades gave Dogfish a well

earned reputation for usingunusual ingredients and brew-ing unusual beers. Some of thenon-standard additions to theDogfish beers include St. John’sWort, Saffron, Agave nectar,hawthorn berry from China,and spirulina, a blue green algaeto give green color for a St. Pat-rick’s Day beer.

Dogfish also has becomerenowned for its series of IndiaPale Ales, some very high al-cohol brews, and re-creationsof ancient ales. The three IPAs,called 60 Minute, 90 Minute,and 120 Minute, add hops con-tinuously for the respective timedurations. Calagione got theidea from watching a chef pre-pare food and adding spices ona continuous basis to enhancethe flavor.

The high alcohol beers,definite brewing achievements,include World Wide Stout (15-20 percent alcohol by volume,ABV), once the highest alcoholbeer being regularly brewed;Fort (15-18 percent ABV), a fruitbeer with raspberries and thehighest alcohol fruit beer beingproduced; 120 Minute IPA (15-20

percent ABV); and Olde SchoolBarleywine (13-16 percent ABV.)

The Ancient Ales seriesstarted as a collaboration withPatrick McGovern, a professor atthe University of Pennsylvania’sMuseum of Archeology and An-thropology, to recreate the liba-tion consumed at King Midas’funeral, calling it Midas Touch.Successive collaborations withthe McGovern have resulted inproducing Chateau Jiahu basedon a 9000 year old dig in China;Theobroma based on an 3,200year old Aztec chocolate beer;Ta Henket using ingredientsand traditions from Egyptian hi-eroglyphics, and Bierra EtruscaBronze from excavations in a2,800 year old Etruscan tomb.

Midas Touch (9 percent ABV)has a sweet, light honey nosewith a hint of white grapeswhich presages the taste in thefront. These all continue in themiddle with a slight increase inthe grape to medium. The finishadds muted alcohol notes whichgrow in the aftertaste giving atouch of alcoholic warmth. Rat-ings: 8/7.5.

Palo Santo Marron (12 per-

cent ABV) is brewed in a bar-rel made from the wood of theParaguayan Palo Santo tree, oneof three woods so dense theydo not float. Palo has a aromaof roast, grape, licorice and al-cohol. The medium roast andmuted licorice front continuesin the middle as the licorice in-

creases and is joined by a dollopof chocolate. The roast increasesin the finish with an emerging vi-nous character. In the aftertastethe roast continues, the licoricefades, and a restrained bitterhop appears. Ratings: 9.5/9.

90 Minute IPA (9 percentABV) opens with a melon, cit-

rus, pine, and bitter hop bou-quet. The mild sweet frontsegues into a middle of melon,citrus and bitter hops. Both themelon and the bitter hops in-crease to medium in the finish.The hops come to the forefrontin the aftertaste but are very wellbalanced by a strong malt back-bone. A relatively high alcohol ispresent but well integrated. Rat-ings: 9/9.5.

World Wide Stout (18-20 per-cent ABV), a two year old ver-sion, begins with a deep roast, awhiff of alcohol and a slightly vi-nous aroma. The deep roast andslight alcohol are evidenced inthe front. The alcohol increasesto medium in the middle as asplash of Port wine appears. Thewine grows modestly in the fin-ish and again in the aftertaste,as the alcohol continues. Evenwith this two year old version,the alcohol is overpoweringand the beer needs another twoyears to become well blendedand more balanced. Ratings:8/8.5. World Wide ages verywell. An 8-year old, more mel-low and well-integrated versionscored 9.5/10.

Dogfish Head brewery continues to make a splash

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“Last year, we had a con-cert series — we had concertsabout once a month — called‘Americans in Paris,’ and we dida variety of French [songs],” saidKanter-St. Hubert, who is themusical director at the Churchof the Resurrection. “It went well… and I thought I wanted to dothe same thing, but for my homecountry, for Belgium.”

The concert will feature lo-cal musicians playing songsrelating to Belgium. Amy Hornis set to play the French horn,which was used in the Ardennesduring hunting season. DeclanKeenan, a young musician fromIreland, will play the guitar andKanter-St. Hubert will not onlyconduct the music during theshow, she will sing several se-lections by Brel. The concertwill also feature other musiciansand choirs.

“Jacques Brel, to me, his big-gest strength is the quality of hispoetry,” Kanter-St. Hubert said.“… It’s also not always easy tofind pieces that can be done bya woman. A lot of them … it’s aman speaking. There are a fewthat I’ve always liked.”

Following the concert,which starts at 7 p.m., perform-ers will be available to answerquestions from the audience.There will be a light receptionfollowing the show. Kanter-St.

Hubert hopes to be able to pro-vide a little taste of home as well.

“I met today, by chance, awoman who … has a little truckand she sells [Belgian] waffles,but they’re the real thing,”Kanter-St. Hubert said. “Thereare several kinds of [Belgian]waffles. [These are] called thewaffles from Liege because ithas a special chunky sugar.She just started this business— her family is from Belgiumand I always thought it wouldbe something … In Belgium,when you’re walking around thestreets, you get people who sellthose waffles just like hot dogshere. They sell those special

waffles on the spot and they’renice and warm.”

Kanter-St. Hubert said thegoal of the concert is just tobroaden people’s concepts ofBelgium — from food and drinkto the fine arts.

“I would like people to dis-cover my country,” Kanter-St.Hubert said. “You know, someof its history and, as the titlesays, kind of go beyond justchocolates and beer and whatthey know. There’s a lot of his-tory and a lot of art. I’m hopingto give them a glimpse of whatBelgium is about.”

[email protected]

BRUSSELSContinued from Page B-1

BEYOND BEER,CHOCOLATE ANDLACE: BELGIUM’SBRIGHTEST AND BESTn When: 7 p.m. Sunday

n Where: Church of theResurrection, 3315Greencastle Road,Burtonsville

n Tickets: Admission is free,but a $20 donation issuggested

n For information:resurrectionadw.org

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RELIGION CALENDARTo submit a calendar item

online, go to calendar.gazette.net and click on the submit but-ton in the lower left-hand cor-ner. To find an item, go to TheGazette’s home page at www.gazette.net. You can mail themto The Gazette, 13501 VirginiaManor Road, Laurel, MD 20707;fax, 240-473-7501. Items mustbe received by Wednesday to ap-pear the following week.

NOV. 23Holiday Bazaar, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

Hillandale Baptist Church, 2601Powder Mill Road, Adelphi. Holidaycraft and food bazaar. Hand-crafteditems, decorations, baked goodsand clothing with lunch food itemsavailable for purchase. No admis-sion fee. Table rental for vendorsis $20. Contact 301-434-6033 [email protected].

Annual Holly Days Bazaar, 9a.m. to 3 p.m., St. Philip’s Episco-pal Church, 522 Main St., Laurel.Forty-seventh annual event.

Handmade gifts and ornaments,toys, baked goods and raffles willbe available. St. Nick will visit from10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call the churchoffice at 301-776-5151 or visitwww.stphilipslaurel.org.

H.E.A.L. Workshop: TakeCharge of Your Health, 4:30 to 6p.m., Capitol Free Mission, 8201Cryden Way, Forestville. An eight-session lifestyle workshop forthose who want to improve theirhealth by dealing with chronicdiseases such as obesity, diabetes,heart failure, stress, depressionand pain. To register, call 301-494-5550 or visit www.capitolcitymis-sion.org. Limited seating. Contact301-494-5550 or [email protected].

NOV. 24GriefShare: Surviving the

Holidays Seminar, 3 to 5 p.m., OurSavior Lutheran Church, 13611Laurel-Bowie Road, Laurel. Ahelpful, encouraging seminar forpeople facing the holidays after aloved one’s death. No charge for

this event. The seminar featurespractical suggestions and reas-surance through video interviewswith counselors, grief expertsand other people who have ex-perienced the holidays after theirloved one’s death. Contact 301-776-7670 or [email protected].

NOV. 27Thanksgiving Eve Celebra-

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Born after the war, Manalegrew up near Hiroshima andlater emigrated to the UnitedStates, becoming a choreogra-pher and performer of Japanesedance.

She first learned about thedrawings and the church as avolunteer with the DC Hiro-shima-Nagasaki Peace Commit-tee. Japanese visitors had heardabout the All Souls connectionand sometimes asked to visit.

Long interested in the in-terplay of cultures, Reichhardtagreed when Manale as pro-ducer approached him aboutdoing a documentary.

“I’m also fascinated with liv-ing history — history that’s aliveand well,” he said.

The two then began re-searching what had happenedafter the bombing in 1945.

Pastor at All SoulsArthur Powell Davies, minis-

ter at All Souls, was outraged bya photo he saw in The Washing-ton Post of Americans cutting acake made with angel food puffballs representing the atomicmushrooom cloud.

Deeply offended, he wrotea sermon, “Lest the Living For-get,” which caught the eye ofHoward Bell, an American ad-viser working with Gen. DouglasMacArthur’s provisional govern-ment in Hiroshima.

Bell wrote Davies and sug-gested that if he really wanted tohelp, he could send school sup-plies to the city. Church volun-teers collected supplies and sentthem to Honkawa ElementarySchool, and two other institu-tions.

The concrete HonkawaSchool was within half a mileof the center of the blast. Morethan 400 children and a dozenteachers died there when thebomb blew up Hiroshima at 8:15a.m. on Aug. 6.

Fires raged across what wasleft of the city, and the river grewthick with bodies of people try-ing to find relief, according tothe film. The school was one ofthe few buildings left standing.

Not long after the blast,about 800 students who hadbeen staying with relatives out-side the city returned with theirfamilies who moved back toprotect their properties and startover.

Officials had predicted noth-ing would grow for 75 years be-cause of the radiation, but thena typhoon hit and water washedover the city.

“They thought it was a deadplace, but then plants started togrow,” said Reichhardt. “Theywere going to stay and rebuild.”

The children resumed theirlessons in what was left of theschool despite the terrible condi-tions. Gangsters, who had movedin to fill the power vacuum, con-trolled the area, people contin-ued to die from radiation sicknessand there was little to eat.

“The children were living insqualor and going to school ina concrete shell open to the ele-ments,” Reichhardt said.

When the school suppliesarrived from All Souls in early1948, the students were thrilledby the brightly colored glassmarbles and the packets ofcolorful crayons, pencils andpaints.

“They were so ecstatic whenthey got their gifts,” he said.

The children used the mate-rials to make pictures of cherryblossoms, green trees, sunnyskies and happy people, a signof their optimism and hope forthe future.

Finding the artistsDecades later, it became

Manale’s job to undertake thejob of finding the adults whohad drawn the pictures, whichshe did with the help of theHonkawa school that was stilloperating.

In 2010, a delegation fromAll Souls headed by present Pas-tor Robert Hardies brought 17drawings to the school for dis-play during the school’s PeaceWeek.

Before they had “just beenpictures, and now they werepeople,” Hardies says in the film.

After documenting the trip,

Reichhardt then started the jobof editing the footage, but withlittle money to fund the work.

By sheer chance, he and hisfuture wife, musician and singerSuzanne Brindamour, were hav-ing dinner at a restaurant in Vir-ginia in the same dining roomas members of the board of theUnited States-Japan Founda-tion, which promotes intercul-tural understanding.

“They asked me to pitch thefilm at their dinner — that kindof thing never happens,” saidReichhardt about the grant helater received from the group.

A rough cut of the film hasalready screened in Japan andat the University of Califor-nia, Berkeley. Reichhardt alsoscreened the film at the NationalPress Club in the District on

Nov. 13 and at All Souls ChurchUnitarian on Nov. 17.

He said he hopes to show thefilm at a theater in Washington,D.C., in December and screen itnext year in New York and LosAngeles as part of a push for anOscar nomination in 2014.

Although the bombing ofHiroshima happened morethan 60 years ago, attempts atreconciliation continue today,and those efforts can also applyto other bitter conflicts, Reich-hardt said.

“I’m very proud of it — Ithink it’s a great story,” he said.

“If people can connect afterthis horrendous event, anyonecan connect,” said Reichhardt.“Peace is possible.”

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Yoshie Fujii of Tokyo looks at a colorful drawing she made of the river in Hiroshima when she was 9 years old, notlong after the city was demolished by the atomic bomb.

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BY MICHAEL PHILLIPSCHICAGO TRIBUNE

“The Best Man Holiday” follows inthe footsteps of writer-director Mal-colm D. Lee’s successful 1999 comedy“The Best Man,” using a template fa-miliar to anyone who may have seen“The Big Chill” or its micro-budgetpredecessor, “Return of the SecaucusSeven.” They’re all different in theirqualities and atmosphere. “The BestMan Holiday,” for example, is a farmore Tyler Perry-ish mixture of com-edy and tragedy than the easygoing“Best Man” was, back in the pre-Perrymovie era.

Yet along with everything from“Jumping the Broom” to “Think Likea Man” to Adam Sandler’s slovenly“Grown Ups” hits, these disparate en-semble pictures live or die on the samesimple question: Do we enjoy hangingout with these people for a couple ofhours?

The hangout factor remains gratify-ingly high in “The Best Man Holiday,”though the mood has grown bitter-sweet. In the first “Best Man,” TayeDiggs’ character, the novelist Harper,wrote a thinly disguised book abouthimself and his college friends in whichhe revealed his long-ago affair withMia (Monica Calhoun), who’s aboutto marry football star Lance (MorrisChestnut). Lance nearly threw Harperoff a balcony when he finally learnedof the tryst, but with God’s guidanceLance’s forgiving instincts brought ev-eryone peaceably together for a climac-tic wedding and closing dance number.

Fourteen years later, times aretough for Harper. Now married toRobyn (Sanaa Lathan), with a child due,the once-hot novelist has followed uphis best-seller with a sophomore slumpof a book. Also he’s been laid off byNew York University, news he has yetto share with his wife. Harper still holdsa small- to medium-sized torch for TVproducer Jordan (Nia Long).

Reneging on the all’s-well endingin the first “Best Man,” superstar Lancehas slipped into a jealous funk onceagain regarding Harper’s dalliance withMia. Nonetheless, Mia invites everyoneto stay with them for Christmas. The

gang’s all here, including Julian (Har-old Perrineau), now happily marriedto his ex-stripper, now-educator wife(Regina Hall). The shrill handful Shelby(Melissa De Sousa) was last seen hook-ing up with the unrepentant horn dogQuentin, played by Terrence Howard.Both return, and in particular it’s a treatto see Howard mess around so enter-tainingly, after so many dramas, in abrashly comic role.

Some of the writing is pungentlyfunny, as when Jordan’s new squeeze(Eddie Cibrian) is described by one ofthe characters as “a tall vanilla swaggalatte.”

The first film’s clash of true Chris-tian believers and nonbelievers waspart of the fabric of the comedy, thoughit wasn’t all played for laughs. This timethere’s a blunt tone to the inspirationaluplift.

It’s a bit of a drag that the film isconfined for long stretches to the in-terior of Lance and Mia’s oddly un-derfurnished McMansion. But Lee,who made the underrated Chicago-set“Roll Bounce,” knows where this mov-ie’s bread and butter is stored. Whenthe four male leads suave their waythrough a dance number set to NewEdition’s “Can You Stand the Rain,” it’sa highlight because the hangout factorwith this cast is considerable. And themovie, while nothing visually special,earns its queen-sized dose of pathoshonestly.

As to why studios don’t put outtwice, three times, five times as manypredominantly African-American en-semble pieces every year, given theirtypical cost-to-profit ratios ... goodquestion.

Reunion of ‘The Best Man’ cast is pleasant companyTHE BEST MAN HOLIDAYn 3 stars

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Robin (Sanaa Lathan) and Harper (Taye Diggs) star in “The Best Man Holiday.”


program and a performanceensemble. Upon their comple-tion of the two-year program,students receive a master’s ofmusic in opera performance.Students typically perform aminimally-produced or “whiteopera” in the fall, followed bya fully produced show in thespring.

“The opera is minimally pro-duced in that there is no set,” Ol-cott said. “We use our stock setcostumes which are all made ofwhite muslin, which is why wecall it the ‘white opera’ ... Usu-ally it’s done only with a piano,but this year, because the origi-nal piece is written for a cham-ber orchestra, we are actuallydoing it with the full orchestra itis written for.”

Houston-based conduc-tor Craig Kier is conductingthe piece. A graduate of SUNYFredonia in New York City, Kiercurrently spends most of histime working with the HoustonGrand Opera and the HoustonBallet. Recently, he’s been fre-quently making the trip to andfrom College Park to work withthe Maryland Opera Studio stu-dents.

“I’ve actually been thereseveral times,” Kier said. “Wespent the first week coaching itmusically and putting all of theensembles together ... I’ve beenback three or four times to over-see things.”

Thanks to the small size ofthe studio program, Olcott saidthe operas are chosen specifi-cally to fit the strengths of thestudents.

“Our primary goal is to serveour students,” Olcott said. “Asthe students are admitted andwe hear their voices and get toknow them, we make a selectionof what opera would suit themthe best.”

In addition to being a goodfit for this year’s class of studiostudents, Olcott said “AlbertHerring” was chosen in part tocelebrate Britten’s centennial.

Despite their varying vocalstrengths, one thing all Mary-land Opera Studio studentshave in common is their affinityfor drama.

“We place a lot of emphasison acting ... making sure theyknow how to act and analyzetheir scenes dramatically,” saidOlcott, whose professional ex-perience includes acting, direct-ing and writing for the theater.“There was a stereotype of operafor a lot of years that the sing-ers couldn’t really act they juststood in the center of the stageand sang and there was no realconnection with the characters... In the modern age, that ste-reotype is just disappearing —particularly with the advent ofHDTV broadcasts of opera. Thesingers really have to know howto act.”

For Kier, working with thestudents who have such an in-tense dramatic focus has beenboth refreshing and rewarding.

“Often students at this leveldon’t have the stage-savvy skillsor acting chops to pull from,”Kier said. “It’s been really greatto work with these students ...there’s a great focus on dra-matic content because of whatLeon has set the foundation for.

All of the singers come from thepoint of view of finding the mostdramatic way to present wherethey’re coming from.”

The drama-focused ap-proach may be yet another drawfor newcomers to the opera.

“The audience gets a lot outof it because there is compellingstorytelling,” Kier said. “Thereare no distortions to the audi-ence.”

But perhaps above all else, itis the characters in “Albert Her-ring” that Olcott said will drawan audience in.

“It’s all of these wonderfulEnglish Village-types we’re allso fond of because of our MissMarple Murder Mysteries,” Ol-cott said. “All of the stock char-acters we know from AgathaChristie are there.”

But for Maryland Opera Stu-dio student Katie Baughman,who plays Ms. Wordsworth, aschoolteacher, another cast ofBritish characters come to mind.

“‘Downton Abbey,’” shesaid. “[It] has come up morethan once since we’ve been talk-ing about our characters.”

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Katherine Ann Brandt as Florence in the Maryland Opera Studio production of“Albert Herring.”

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