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NEWS: Parents thrilled Lanhamschool has building of its ownfor new school year. A-4
FILLING A VACANCYCollege Park hotel opening set for fall 2016. A-3
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n Residents hold families,communities accountable
BY EMILIE EASTMAN
STAFF WRITER
During the first two weeks of August, Prince George’sCounty’s homicide rate matched that of June and Julycombined, which has some residents calling for more in-vestment in families and neighborhoods.
Five incidents — including a double homicide — tookplace primarily in the southern portion of the county thismonth, including attacks in the cities of Oxon Hill, Suitland
County seeshomicide spikethrough August
n Rebranded LaurelTV to feature morecity news, high school sports
BY ALICE POPOVICI
STAFF WRITER
Laurel’s public access television channelis going for a brand new look this fall as cityofficials prepare to launch shows that bring afresh perspective to high school sports, localnews and local personalities.
But some say LaurelTV is just returning toits community-focused roots.
“The city is getting back to a lot of the
Laurel focuses on new community-first TV station
BY ALICE POPOVICI
STAFF WRITER
Only the smell of exhaust and burnt rub-ber was missing Saturday afternoon in River-dale as miniature race cars zoomed by andspun out of control on a track built out of firehose and gutter pipe.
For 45 children who competed in theTen80 Race Car Challenge organized by thecommunity-based nonprofit GapBuster,Inc., the event capped off six weeks of in-tense preparation, organizers said. Duringthat time, the children learned to modify andoperate the radio-controlled cars, develop amarketing plan and find sponsors as part ofthe organization’s Science, Technology, Engi-neering, Arts and Mathematics, or S.T.E.A.M,summer camp.
But on the day of the event, some of theyoung competitors learned that things don’talways go as planned.
“My team is struggling because our en-gines and motor have problems ... it’s a bigmess,” said Nicholas Spicer, 11, of RiverdalePark as he and fellow members of the All StarsEngineering team tried to replace the partsof a malfunctioning car halfway through thecompetition. “But I still have faith.”
The competition between six teams fromGapBuster and two teams from the FortWashington-based Metro Warriors STEMOrganization included a five-minute speed
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Abdul Saibow, 10, of Landover, who attends Rockledge Elementary School, adjusts his car in the “pits” asanother racer’s car speeds by during the Ten80 Miniature Racecar Challenge held at the end of the Gap-Buster Science and Engineering Camp in Riverdale on Saturday. At top: Students from the Science, Technol-ogy, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics Program wait for the start of the race Saturday.
Audrey Barnes,Laurel’s communica-tions director, talksabout plans for therebranded Laurel TVstation during anAug. 6 open houseat the Laurel Munici-pal Center. Barnesasked residents tosubmit ideas forshows and to sendin photos of eventsin their community.GREG DOHLER/THE GAZETTE
Competition teaches students engineering, marketing and teamwork
See CARS, Page A-5
See TV, Page A-6
n Residents encouraged to sendfeedback on commission’s flood response
BY ALICE POPOVICI
STAFF WRITER
Laurel officials want residents to contact PrinceGeorge’s County officials and their representatives in theU.S. Congress to ask for more accountability from theWashington Suburban Sanitary Commission’s in responseto a flood that led to evacuations and damaged property inlow-lying areas of the city on May 1.
“I think there need to be some changes, changes in theright direction,” Mayor Craig Moe said to a gathering ofresidents and city officials who attended an Aug. 14 publichearing at Partnership Hall in Laurel to hear a presentationabout the flood and share their thoughts. “More account-ability and transparency.”
Marty Flemion, the city’s deputy administrator and di-
Laurel seeksto hold utilityaccountable
See FLOOD, Page A-5
n Seat Pleasant official says he’ll bringgovernment to people after losing City Hall space
BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAU
STAFF WRITER
Stripped of his City Hall office space, Seat PleasantMayor Eugene Grant is going mobile.
“We’re taking an obstacle and turning it into an op-portunity,” Grant said. “This is an opportunity to takegovernment to the people, to listen to their concerns, andto deliver services as best as possible under the circum-stances.”
Stripped of office,mayor goes mobile
See MAYOR, Page A-6
See HOMICIDES, Page A-6
AUG. 21Spying for Spiders, 10 to 11:30 a.m.,
Patuxent Research Refuge NationalWildlife Visitor Center, Powder Mill Roadbetween the Baltimore-WashingtonParkway and Route 197, Laurel. Join us tolearn why spiders are not insects. Exploretheir unique traits with a game, poem,song, craft, and a hike Registration is re-quired. Ages 5-7. Contact 301-497-5887.
Free Food Distribution to all, 1 to 3p.m., Bladensburg Community Center,4500 57th Ave., Bladensburg. Each thirdThursday of each month, free food distri-bution fresh fruit and produce to attend-ees. First come, first serve. Individualsneed only to sign up for a bag of foodregardless of the weather. Contact 301-277-3775 or [email protected].
Family Game Night, 5 p.m., Bladens-burg Library, 4820 Annapolis Road, Blad-ensburg. Game night for all ages. Contact301-927-4917.
AUG. 22“Let’s Move” (Yoga), 6 p.m., Goodwin
Park, 311 68th Place, Landover. Contact301-336-2600.
John Bull Roast, 6:30 p.m., RiversdaleHouse Museum, 4811 Riverdale Road,Riverdale Park. Spend the evening meet-ing the troops on their way to Bladens-burg and enjoy barbecue, live music,and dancing. Cost is resident $20; non-resident $24. Contact 301-864-0420; TTY301-699-2544.
AUG. 23Battle of Bladensburg Commemo-
ration, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., BladensburgWaterfront Park, 4601 Annapolis Road,Bladensburg. Join forces with thosecommemorating the War of 1812 inPrince George’s County Start with a ded-ication of the new monument, followedby a grand procession into BladensburgWaterfront Park. Then conclude theday with a thrilling battle re-enactment.Throughout the day enjoy the festivalactivities from trade demonstrations toboat rides and live entertainment; eventhe kids will have fun. Contact 301-927-
8819; TTY 301-699-2544.Investing in Residential Real Estate,
Noon to 3 p.m., Hyattsville Library, 6530Adelphi Road, Hyattsville. Free seminarpresenting information on how to investin residential real estate. Industry profes-sionals will share insights on topics likeresearching the market, identifying andpurchasing property and exploring thepros and cons of different investmentstrategies. Formal presentation followedby Q&A. Contact 202 386-3293 or [email protected].
Read to Rover, 1:30 p.m., Laurel Li-brary, 8101 Sandy Spring Road, Laurel.Build your child’s confidence in readingBring a favorite book or choose one fromthe library and Read to Rover. Speciallytrained therapy dogs will be glad to lis-ten. Each child will read for 15 minutes.Registration required, call the branch fordetails. Contact 301-776-6790.
Financial Literacy Seminar, 2 p.m.,Greenbelt Library, 11 Crescent Road,Greenbelt. Karen Kelsy and Elvia Ware,Branch Managers for American Bank,will present: Learn the 3 “B’s” of Bank-ing: Budgeting, Balancing & Borrowing.Contact 301-345-5800.
Gospel Concert, 4 p.m. to MountCalvary Baptist Church, 5120 WhitfieldChapel Road, Lanham. Come join us fora night of music with the SensationalNightingales, The Mighty Clouds of Joy,The Cantons Spirituals, The SwaneeQuintet, Doc. McKensie, Darrel McFad-den & the Deciples, The Tally Boyz &New Keynotes, The Southern GospelSingers and the Zion Hill Singers. Con-tact 301-459-7372.
AUG. 24Free Family Sundays, 8:30 to 4 p.m.,
Bladensburg Waterfront Park, 4601 An-napolis Road, Bladensburg. Enjoy a one-hour canoe, kayak or paddle boat rental.Please note: children 16 and under mustbe accompanied by an adult. Contact301-779-0371; TTY 301-699-2544.
Making Your Yard a Hangout forBirds and Butterflies, 2 to 3:30 p.m.,Patuxent Research Refuge NationalWildlife Visitor Center, Powder Mill Roadbetween the Baltimore-Washington Park-
way and Route 197, Laurel. Come learnhow to increase the bio-diversity of youryard. Master gardener Ann Coren has in-creased the bird species in her yard fromfive to 32 species since transitioning toecosystem landscaping. Registrationis required. Ages 15+. Contact 301-497-5887.
AUG. 25N.A.M.I. Meeting, 6:30 to 8 p.m.,
Hyattsville Library, 6530 Adelphi Road,Hyattsville. Support group meeting formembers of the National Alliance onMental Illness. Contact 301-275-3330 [email protected].
AUG. 26Entrepreneur & Small Business
Workshop, Noon to 2 p.m., BladensburgCommunity Center, 4500 57th Ave.,Bladensburg. Attendees will be tAug.htsteps to becoming an entrepreneur orcreating a small business in an afford-able manner. Contact 301-277-3775 [email protected].
Teen Advisory Board (TAB): Makea Difference @ Your Library, 6 p.m.,Glenarden Library, 8724 GlenardenParkway, Glenarden. Participate in TABand suggest programs/materials, planactivities and meet new people. Ages 13-17. Contact 301-772-5477.
Savage Bluegrass, 7 p.m., Sam andElsie’s Bar and Restaurant, US Route 1South, Laurel. No cover charge. Contact301-317-7796.
The Northern Prince George’s CountyRepublican Club Meeting, 7 to 9 p.m.,St. Mark’s School Library, 7501 AdelphiRoad, Hyattsville. Come join us for ourmonthly meetings Contact 301-422-8648.
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Undaunted Week-end: The 200th An-niversary of the Battleof Bladensburg, 8 a.m.to 4 p.m., Bladens-burg Waterfront Park,
4901 Annapolis Road, Bladensburg.Bladensburg Races 5K, “Beyondthe Battle” open houses, boat ridesand walking tours. Contact 240-619-9400.
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SPORTS The high school football season opens this weekend with St. VincentPallotti and Capitol Christian playing out-of-county foes. Check online for coverage.
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n Battle re-enactment,fireworks, crafts amongmilestone activities
BY ALICE POPOVICI
STAFF WRITER
Nearly 200 years to theday after it unfolded on a fieldoutside of Washington, D.C.,the Battle of Bladensburgwill return to the original sitethis weekend with the help ofAmerican and British soldierre-enactors.
The reenactment of thebattle that took place on Aug.24, 1814 is part of “UndauntedWeekend: The Battle of Blad-ensburg,” a two-day festivalthat will bring to BladensburgWaterfront Park the fighting,the cannon fire, the music andthe historical personalities sur-rounding the event many con-sider a turning point in the Warof 1812.
The weekend festival, or-ganized by Prince George’sCounty officials and local or-ganizations, is the culminationof a bicentennial commemo-ration of the war that beganacross the region two years ago.
“I hope that [people] willget a sense of the time, a senseof what those years were like,”
said Aaron Marcavitch, execu-tive director of Anacostia TrailsHeritage Area, a nonprofitwhich has been collaboratingon the project with the countyand the Maryland-CapitalNational Parks and PlanningCommission. “This is a chancefor them to see that historyhappened in their community,happened where they live.”
On Saturday, part of thathistory will include an hour-long reenactment of the battlebeginning at 3 p.m. and featur-ing more than 200 Americanand British soldier re-enactorsin costume, as well as ongoingdemonstrations of 1814-eratrades, music, dances and the-ater. The event will kick off at11 a.m. with the dedication ofa bronze and stone monumentdepicting American soldierJoshua Barney, who was shotduring the battle as he tried tostop British troops from ad-vancing into Washington.
Marcavitch said Sundayactivities will include a tourof three historical houses inBladensburg which date backto 1814.
“It’s going to be a hugefestival,” said Edward Day, di-rector of the Riversdale HouseMuseum in Riverdale, whohelped plan the event. “This isabout awareness that we have
this history.”Day said the Battle of Blad-
ensburg, which occurred rightbefore British troops marchedinto Washington and burnedthe White House and the U.S.Capitol on Aug. 25, 1814, issignificant not only because ithelped forge the national iden-tity of the United States, butalso gave the country its na-tional anthem.
County Executive Rush-ern L. Baker III (D) said manypeople are unaware of the sig-nificance of the role the Battleof Bladensburg played in de-veloping the country’s militaryand the fact it inspired the na-tional anthem.
“The War of 1812 reallyhighlights all the things thathappened in the county andled up to Francis Scott Key writ-ing the Star-Spangled Banner,”he said. “I’m just proud thatPrince George’s County playeda role in that.”
Organizers said the event isexpected to draw about 8,000people. Free shuttles will beavailable from Landover MetroStation and the University ofMaryland parking lot at thecorner of Campus Drive andAdelphi Road.
Bladensburg relives historywith War of 1812 weekend
n Development could bringover 300 jobs to the city
BY ALICE POPOVICI
STAFF WRITER
A new 13-story, 292-roomhotel and conference centercould be coming to Route 1 inCollege Park as early as the fallof 2016.
Project developers and ar-chitects who unveiled plans forthe building to City of CollegePark officials during an Aug. 6work session said they hope the329,000-square foot “The Hotelat the University of Maryland”will set the groundwork for fu-ture development along Route1. The estimated cost of the proj-ect is $115 million.
The project, which will in-clude restaurants, retail spacesand a spa, is being developed byVienna, Va.- based residentialproperty management com-
pany Southern ManagementCorp.
Councilman P.J. Brennan(Dist. 2) said he welcomed newsof the development.
“I am really energized by thisproject,” Brennan said. “Oneof the things I’m most excitedabout is the jobs that the peoplein our community will be able towalk to.”
David Hillman, chairmanand chief executive officer ofSouthern Management, saidthe development is expected tobring more than 300 permanentfull-time positions to the city, aswell as approximately 300 addi-tional part-time jobs.
Hillman said market studieshe did in the area showed thereis an “astounding” numberof conferences coming to theUniversity of Maryland, CollegePark, and much of that businessis leaving Prince George’s.
“That money should comehere,” Hillman said.
Bob Greenberg, presidentof Cabin John-based Gordon &Greenberg Architects, said thedesign presented to the councilwas developed with input fromthe city, the county and the uni-versity.
He said the building, whichwill have a “clean” design witha glass curtain-wall exterior,will include pedestrian-friendlygathering spaces with benches,restaurants with outside seatingand a rooftop pool.
“It was designed in such away to present itself and lay afoundation for a project thatwould enhance not only the citybut the university,” he said.
Greenberg said his firmis working on a detailed siteplan for the project, which willneed approval from the CountyCouncil. Greenberg said hehopes construction on the proj-ect can begin in the spring.
College Park hotel set for fall 2016
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Laurel residents Jocely Lopez (left), 6, Jordon and Justin Lopez, both 7, get their school suppliesSaturday during the Back to School Jam II at Granville Gude Park.
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BY JAMIE
ANFENSON-COMEAU
STAFF WRITER
Prince George’s Com-munity College in Largo an-nounced its Breathe Freecampaign, to support tobaccocessation, as it prepares to in-stitute a smoke and tobaccofree policy.
The college-wide smokingand tobacco ban, which takeseffect Sept. 15, prohibits all
smoking and tobacco productson campus, including the useof cigarettes, cigars, electroniccigarettes, pipes, hookahs,snuff and chewing tobacco,said Lark Dobson, PGCC Deanof Human Resources.
The ban covers all areas ofcampus property, includingprivate vehicles on campus andat bus stops, Dobson said.
“We want to cover all pos-sible sources where people goto smoke, to make sure thereis no ambiguity,” Dobson said.“If you want to light up, you willhave to wait until you get ontoCampus Way South, which is
not college property.”The college, in collabora-
tion with its partners includ-ing Dimensions Healthcare,CareFirst Blue Cross/BlueShield and Kaiser Permanentewill provide smoking cessationassistance.
“To support our smokers,we will be offering smokingcessation workshops, as wellas informational materials onhow to quit, the health effectsof tobacco use, and related top-ics,” Dobson said.
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n Hyattsville officials,residents discuss recentcity shootings
BY JAMIEANFENSON-COMEAU
STAFF WRITER
Crime in Hyattsville’s Ward4 has seen an increase over lastyear, and police and city officialsare looking for community helpin addressing it.
Hyattsville Police ChiefDouglas Holland spoke aboutrecent crime at a communitymeeting held Aug. 14, with ap-proximately 50 residents in at-tendance.
The community meetingwas held in response to theJuly 30 shooting of two teenagemales in Hyattsville. Both havebeen released from the hospital,but Holland said the incidenthas highlighted the need for po-lice engagement with the com-munity.
According to statistics pro-vided by Holland, crime in thefirst seven months of 2014 hasincreased only 3.9 percent overthe first seven months of 2013,while violent crime has also de-creased, although recent eventshave narrowed that gap.
Crime in Ward 4, wherethe shootings took place, hasjumped 27.9 percent, however.
“We have over the past threeweeks had an unusual spike inviolent crimes, so we have somework to do,” Holland said.
John Majano of Hyattsville,father on one of the victims,said that his teenage son is stillhealing from the psychologicalwounds of having been shot.
“He’s doing good, but thetrauma’s still there, it’s still withhim,” said Majano, who haslived in West Hyattsville for nineyears.
The meeting was originallygoing to be held at the site of theshooting, in the 5700 block of30th Street, but it was moved tothe nearby West Hyattsville Bap-tist Church for logistical reasons,said Ward 4 city councilman Ed-ouard Haba, who, along withfellow Ward 4 council memberPaula Perry, helped organize themeeting.
Perry said it was importantthe community band togetherin the wake of the shooting.
“This is our community. Weneed to pay attention to thingsand work with officers,” Perrysaid. “We don’t need this kind ofthing. We just need to band to-gether as a stronger communityto push this element out.”
Hyattsville Police ChiefDouglas Holland said the inci-dent has helped highlight theneed for police to make theirpresence felt in the community.
Holland said two of the foursuspects in the shooting havebeen arrested, but the firearmused has not been recovered.
“We have no definitive infor-mation this shooting was gangrelated, and we have absolutelyno indication at all it was drugrelated,” Holland said.
Majano commended policefor their work on the investiga-tion and quick work in arrestingtwo suspects.
“I just want to say, that as afather of a victim, we have a nicecommunity here. We don’t havea gang problem. It was just anisolated incident,” Majano said.
Alexi Sanchez de Boado ofHyattsville said more needs tobe done to integrate the city’sgrowing Latino population intothe city.
“I think the biggest issue iswe have a community within thecommunity,” Sanchez de Boadosaid. “We have a subculture thatdoesn’t really participate andthat makes them prey to thosewho know they won’t call thepolice.”
Police: ‘Wehave somework to do’
n Instructors welcomededicated FrenchImmersion space
BY JAMIE
ANFENSON-COMEAU
STAFF WRITER
The Robert GoddardFrench Immersion School isfinally getting a place of its own.
“Now we have a dedicatedbuilding where French is No.1,” said Principal Nasser Abi,sitting in his office at the newschool. “You can do your activ-ities, your cafeteria, your gym,everything in French.”
Although renovation workis still ongoing at the formerGreenbelt Middle School,school administration has al-ready moved out of the God-dard school building in Lanhamand into the new building, at8950 Edmonston Road.
Abi said the classroomshave been furnished and arejust waiting for students. Theschool will have 27 classrooms,plus band, instrumental, vocal,
chorus and gym rooms. Withthe program expansion foran extra kindergarten grade,Goddard is growing to 620students, Abi said. The schoolserves kindergarten througheighth grade.
For more than a year, thebuilding has been undergoingstructural repairs to the wallsand roof. Further renovation,including work on the school’sboilers, is expected to continueuntil October, but should notaffect pupil instruction, Abisaid.
That’s great news, saidJune Evans of Bowie, presidentof the school’s PTA and parentof two Goddard students.
“I’m ecstatic,” Evans said.“This is really allowing theschool to take the kids to thelevel that they’ve always beenaiming towards.”
Until this summer, theRobert Goddard French Im-mersion School has sharedfacilities with Robert GoddardMontessori, a separate schoolinside the same building.
Space was very tight, andthe two schools were forced to
share gymnasium and cafete-ria space, said Yolanda Rogersof Lanham, parent of two RGFIstudents.
“We couldn’t have a trueFrench immersion gym. Thegym would be divided bycones, and half would be inFrench, the other in English,”Rogers said. “Lunch startedbeing served at 10:30 in themorning to accommodateall the students from bothschools.”
In addition, sharing abuilding with a non-Frenchschool affected learning, Ev-ans said. Language immer-sion programs are intendedto “immerse” the students in aforeign language by having allclasses and conversations bein that language, Evans said.
“It was always somewhatawkward at times. Announce-ments would have to be madein English, and students wouldbe speaking English on thebus, in the cafeteria, and dur-ing extracurricular activities,”Evans said. “This is really al-lowing them to take part in thefull immersion experience.”
The county opened a newGreenbelt Middle School at6301 Breezewood Drive in2012, shuttering the old middleschool. Since that time, RGFIparents has pushed to movetheir school into the build-ing, even forming a task force,chaired by Rogers, to advocatefor the move.
In 2013, structural issuesdelayed the move for a year.Later that year, RGFI wasnamed a Blue Ribbon school,Maryland’s top school honor.
As part of school systemCEO Kevin Maxwell’s agenda,
specialty schools are beingexpanded. In addition to thisyear’s extra kindergarten class,Abi said the school will add aclass each year in subsequentgrades.
“Now we finally have roomto grow,” Abi said.
While they are no longer inthe Robert Goddard building inLanham, the school will retainits name for at least the 2014-15school year, Abi said.
Parents thrilled Lanham school has its own building
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Work continues on the former Greenbelt Middle School building, now hometo the Robert Goddard French Immersion School.
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THE GAZETTEThursday, August 21, 2014 lr Page A-5
n County nonprofit sharesbusiness, culture, financialtips with teens
BY JAMIEANFENSON-COMEAU
STAFF WRITER
A pair of Eleanor RooseveltHigh School alumni are hopingto teach students at their Green-belt alma mater how to succeedby learning to “FLYE” right.
Sam Sesay, 30, of Bowie andCortni Grange, 29, of TakomaPark have created the nonprofitFuture Leaders and Young En-trepreneurs, or FLYE, to teachskills such as financial manage-ment, self-marketing and gen-tlemanly behavior to minoritymale teen athletes.
“They’ll know how to act inan interview, how to talk to peo-ple, how to present themselves,how to market themselves posi-tively,” Sesay said. “Even if theydon’t make it to the NFL, they’llknow how to get a job, do aninterview and create a résumé.They’ll know how to be success-ful and turn their passions intosomething lucrative.”
The two piloted an eight-week FLYE program last schoolyear with members of the var-sity football team, but this year
have expanded it to other schoolathletes as well, holding a kickoffevent at the school on Aug. 18.
“The reason FLYE workswith minority male athletes isbecause we see that as one ofthe major opportunities in ourcommunities,” Grange said. “Ifthe athlete is the one leading thecharge in terms of professionaldevelopment, in terms of how totreat young women, in terms ofhow to carry yourself as a gentle-man, how to be a humanitarian,it will create a ripple effect to therest of the school.”
Teke Carlson, 17, of Green-belt said participating in the pi-lot last year helped him start hisown business, making altera-tions to clothes.
“It’s great. They’re teachingus that football is not everythingyou need in life,” said Carlson,who plans to go into business.“They’ve taught us a lot aboutbusiness, how to develop ourown business model. They reallyhelped me a lot.”
Joshua Adebayo, 17, of Lan-ham, said his experience in theprogram last year taught him thevalue of thinking ahead.
“The program makes youthink about the future; what youwant to be and how you want toget there, after high school,” saidAdebayo, who plans to studyphysical therapy in college.
FLYE meets with studentsweekly for 15 weeks and bringsin guest speakers to talk on anumber of subjects.
“We have different indi-viduals from different back-grounds coming to speak withthe kids, so they’ll see othersdoing something positive withtheir lives,” Sasay said. “Someof them are former athletes, sothey’ll talk about how they tran-sitioned from sports to being anentrepreneur, a lawyer, a doc-tor, a government employee, afather.”
Sesay said he saw a need forthe program while he was stilla student at Eleanor Roosevelt,where he also worked as an in-tern with the U.S. Department ofCommerce’s Minority BusinessDevelopment Agency. Sesaygraduated from ERHS in 2003.
“I got the full experience ofhow to work in a governmentsetting, how to work in a corpo-rate setting that a lot of my peersdidn’t have,” Sasay said. “Sowhen I looked back, I said, ‘howcan I change that?’”
Grange said they hope toexpand the program to otherschools as well.
The program’s website canbe found online at flye.org/.
Alumni teach Eleanor Roosevelt athletes to ‘FLYE’ right
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Cortni Grange (left), co-founder of Future Leaders and Young Entrepreneurs, speaks with Eleanor Roosevelt HighSchool students Karl Mofor, Mike-Ryan Mofor and Joshua Adebayo.
about the flood and share theirthoughts. “More accountabilityand transparency.”
Marty Flemion, the city’sdeputy administrator and direc-tor of emergency operations,said part of the problem is thatthe WSSC, which maintains thedrinking water supply, operateswith no oversight from otheragencies.
WSSC spokesman Jerry Ir-vine, speaking by phone, saidthe commission is overseenby state officials and PrinceGeorge’s and Montgomerycounties. He said WSSC releasedwater from the Howard DuckettDam on May 1 because waterlevels were rising quickly andofficials were concerned thatthe reservoir of drinking water,which serves about 600,000 resi-dents of Prince George’s Countyand Montgomery County wouldbe compromised.
“We’re open to dialogueabout how we operate the dam,”Irvine said. “But I wouldn’tcharacterize what we did orwhat we’ve done historicallyas something where we’ve hadmissteps.”
Fred Frederick, owner ofFred Frederick Chrysler JeepDodge Ram on Route 1, echoedLaurel officials’ calls for moreaccountability.
“I would like to see the cityelevate this to the federal level,because the [Patuxent] Riveris plugged up,” Frederick said.“The trash and everything elsein the river. It doesn’t have any-where to go.”
Frederick said he lost 18cars valued at approximately$400,000 during the May 1 flood,in addition to seeing about$200,000 worth of damage to hisauto body shop and the equip-ment inside.
During the meeting, Fle-mion said the city’s flood maps
are no longer accurate, be-cause the Patuxent River is fullof “snags,” or fallen trees andbrush that impede the waterfrom flowing freely and makewater levels rise upstream.
Irvine said a WSSC repre-sentative attended the meeting,
but did not make his or her pres-ence known. He said WSSC wasinformed the meeting wouldtake place, but was not asked toprepare comments.
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race, a 15-minute endurancerace and a pit crew challenge,in which teams demonstratedengineering projects by takingthe cars apart and putting themback together, said Yvette Butler,executive director of GapBuster.
Butler said the idea behindthe Ten80 racing program,which she incorporated into thecurriculum last year, is to givechildren training in science,technology as well as languagearts.
The program includesworking on the motors of theminiature cars, developing amarketing strategy and raisingmoney and making presenta-
tions.“In the next decade, the ma-
jority of the jobs are going to bein the S.T.E.A.M. fields,” Butlersaid. “We have to make sure ourkids are able to compete.”
And the project doesn’t endjust because summer camp isover. Butler said students arenow trying to raise money tocompete in a national Ten80competition in Anaheim, Calif.in March.
Ten80 Education, whichmakes the miniature cars andholds nationwide races that in-volve about 80,000 participants,is an organization focused onadvancing science and engi-neering education for youth, ac-cording to representatives whowere present at the GapBusterevent.
“I think it’s an awesomeprogram,” said Brittney Palmer,26, of Hyattsville, who came tosee her younger brother, Jor-dan Colquitt, 12, compete. “It’sso great for the kids...to see it inaction and to show it off to theirfamilies.”
Jordan, of Riverdale, whowas in charge of developing apresentation and finding ad-vertisers for the Black Diamondteam, ended up winning firstplace for his team in the five-minute race event.
“I just calmed down, andwhen I was doing a turn I didn’tturn the wheel completely,” Jor-dan said, explaining his strategy.“I didn’t try to speed through thewhole thing.”
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and Landover.Ron Balfour, 63, of Suitland
said he is a former neighbor-hood watch member and wasconcerned to hear of the Aug. 10shooting of a Suitland woman.
“Any incident that happenslike that in your community, youalways have concerns. [Crime]will go down, then all of a sud-den you have a spike,” he said.“They always recommend morepolicing, more security, but allthat costs money.”
Balfour said there is onlyso much law enforcement offi-cers can do to promote safety iffamily members and neighborsare not taking responsibility foreach other.
“Everything has to startfrom home. Parents have topay more attention to their chil-dren,” he said. “The police arethere to serve and protect, but ifit’s not monitored from home,if you don’t have any place forthese young men and womento go, that’s another thing that’snot helping.”
Balfour said there was a lackof summer jobs and recreation
programs for youth in his areathis summer.
Belinda Queen-Howard,a community organizer andresident of Capitol Heights —about three miles outside Suit-land — attributes the spike inincidents to the chaos of sum-mer and unaddressed personalissues.
“The problem is the sum-mer is here, kids are out ofschool, people are on vaca-tion, people are having sum-mer cookouts and drinkingand not thinking,” she said.“Even though we have policepresence, at this point, it’s the
people with the issues that aregoing to have to be addressed.People with anger issues orpeople who don’t have thetraining [to know better].”
Queen-Howard said herneighborhood organized a Na-tional Night Out Against Crimethis year for the first time to en-courage community participa-tion in public safety efforts.
“We wanted to get peopleout to meet each other and learnto respect each other,” she said.“We can’t expect the police de-partment to do everything. Wereally have to start taking it backto the neighborhoods.”
While the spike in deathschallenges the recent down-ward trend of homicide ratesacross Prince George’s County,county police spokesman Wil-liam Alexander said the currentrate is still nearly 30 percentlower than this time last year— with 30 homicides so far thisyear.
“Even one murder in PrinceGeorge’s County is too many,but we have made significantprogress in the last few years,”he said. “In 2013, we had 56murders, the lowest number ofhomicides in Prince George’sCounty since the mid 1980s.
Between 2010 and 2013, we hada 38 percent drop in murdersand a 30 percent drop in violentcrime.”
Alexander said the spike inhomicides in August is concern-ing, but not necessarily unusual.
“The number of murdersebbs and flows across the year,for instance, I recall we hadmultiple murders in January oflast year,” he said. “We still haveroom to improve, but feel we’vemade significant progress onreducing crime and improvingpublic safety.”
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things that the cable channeldid in its earlier days,” said PaulKirkpatrick of Laurel, presidentof the nonprofit Laurel CableNetwork Foundation, Inc.,which owned and operated thechannel since it began in 1986until the city of Laurel acquiredit in 2013. “I think it’s fantastic.”
Kirkpatrick, who will con-tinue working with LaurelTV totrain a new crop of volunteers,said the channel featured more
programs about high schoolsports and community organi-zations in the early 1990s than ithas recently. He said the chan-nel saw its community-basedprogramming dwindle in thelast five years due to a lack ofvolunteers and applauds AudreyBarnes, the city’s new directorof communications, for spear-heading its new direction.
LaurelTV’s new focus ispart of the city’s ongoing effortto reach out to residents andengage the community, saidBarnes, who started with the cityin March after 32 years working
as a television news reporterand anchor for networks such asFOX5 and the local NBC affiliate.
Barnes said the idea behindthe channel’s new theme, “TurnYour Power On,” is “to empoweryourself about what’s going onin your community.”
During an Aug. 6 event atthe Laurel Municipal Centerannouncing the launch of thestation, Barnes said she askedcommunity members who at-tended to suggest ideas for tele-vision shows as well as to getinvolved by volunteering in thestudio. She said the event drew
more than 200 people and shewas happy to receive “dozens ofapplications” from prospectivevolunteers.
“We want a lot of neighbor-hood shows — shows about theschools,” Barnes said. “Localshows that have been missed onLaurel television, and we want tobring them back.”
Barnes said shows alreadyin the works include a localnewscast and a show titled “LipGloss and a Sander,” which fea-tures furniture refinisher BridgetEdell. In the future, she said shehopes the station will feature
shows about the city’s growingAfrican and Latino communitiesas well as business shows andeducation shows. To help runthe operation, Barnes said she isin the process of hiring a mediacoordinator who will work withvolunteers and a production as-sistant who will shoot video.
“I think that they are headedin the right direction,” said JoyKline of Riverdale Park, presi-dent of the Rotary Club of Lau-rel. “Laurel is a big city andthere’s just a lot of things goingon here from a lot of people.”
Kline said she attended the
Aug. 6 event at the municipalcenter along with other clubmembers because she is hopingto get coverage about her orga-nization on the channel to helprebuild its dwindling member-ship. She said she was glad thatone of the club’s members ap-plied as a volunteer.
Residents can tune in toLaurelTV on Comcast Channel71 and Verizon Channel 12, aswell as stream programs onlineby visiting www.cityoflaurel.org.
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Grant said he received no-tice from the city last week thathe had to vacate his City Halloffice because he had created a“hostile work environment” forcity employees.
Grant denied this, saying thecouncil stripped him of over-
sight over employees over a yearago during conflicts between themayor and City Council.
Requests for comment fromSeat Pleasant City AdministratorLaTasha Gatling, and City Coun-cil members were not returnedby press time.
“To go into a closed doormeeting, and then to go into aspecial session, without evengiving me the chance to defend
myself ... is a slap in the face ofour democracy,” said Grant,who is in the middle of his thirdfour-year term as mayor.
Grant said he will be hold-ing a ribbon cutting ceremonyto announce the launch of his#Mobile Mayor Initiative at11 a.m. Friday in front of SeatPleasant City Hall.
Grant said he will set up atent in front of City Hall for work
space and in other areas of thecity to meet with constituents.
“Each week I’ll be in a dif-ferent part of the city, where I’llbe meeting with constituentsand listening to their concerns,”Grant said. “Some residentshave offered to let me use theirliving rooms as work space andsome business owners have of-fered to let me set up shop insidetheir business. Other times, I’ll
be under the tent.”Jacqui Battle, a Seat Pleasant
resident of 47 years, said Grant isthe most dynamic and innova-tive mayor the city has had whileshe has been a resident.
“It’s just like him to comeup with an idea like that,” Battlesaid. “He is a visionary. He canmake good out of anything.”
Greenbelt Mayor EmmettJordan said he does not have an
office at Greenbelt’s City Hall,and neither does the CollegePark or Berwyn Heights mayors.
“A lot of folks expect that Iwould have an office, but there’sonly so much space in our mu-nicipal building,” Jordan said,adding that he and City Councilmembers generally use the CityHall library to meet with con-stituents and others.
Jordan said he hopes Grantand the Seat Pleasant City Coun-cil are able to resolve their is-sues without Grant being forcedto use a tent, but commendedGrant for his initiative.
“A large part of being mayoror being a City Council memberis being out in the public and ac-cessible to constituents,” Jordansaid.
Grant has taken to socialmedia to promote his new ini-tiative, and is establishing a newwebsite, www.themobilemayor.com, where residents can getupdates on his #Mobile Mayorcampaign.
Battle was one of approxi-mately 20 people who took partin a demonstration outside SeatPleasant City Hall on Aug. 18in response to the council’s ac-tions.
“Our council needs to stopplaying these games and workwith our mayor for the good ofthe city,” Battle said.
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With the school year beginning next week inPrince George’s County, it’s a great opportunity tolook back over some of the challenges, accomplish-ments and announcements that occurred duringsummer break. Here are some of the highs and lowsthat are likely to resurface as classes resume:
Thumbs up: Schools CEO Kevin Maxwell is imple-menting full-day orientation for ninth-graders andsome sixth- and seventh-graders this school year tohelp them prepare for the transition to middle andhigh school. Previously, orientation only took a por-tion of the day. The leap to a higher-level school isan important, and often difficult, transition. It’s defi-nitely worth a full day.
Thumbs down: Prince George’s County publicschools are opening to all students on Tuesday,instead of Monday. For working parents of youngchildren, this means finding day care for a single daybefore school starts — or taking off work. Findingsummer camps that last up until school starts canalready be a challenge; finding single-day help whennearby school districts have resumed can be a night-mare.
Thumbs up: Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School inUpper Marlboro received the title of Best High Schoolin the 2014 Ford Neighborhood Awards. The Aug.9 ceremony, hosted by comedian/radio talk showhost/Family Feud game-show host Steve Harvey,recognized efforts in local neighborhoods by allowingthe community to vote for winners. The school’s aca-demic programs and athletic success were cited in itsnomination, along with the accomplishment of for-mer principal, Carletta Marrow, who was recognizedas the 2014 Washington Post Distinguished Educatorof the Year.
Thumbs down: In the 2013 Maryland Youth RiskBehavior Survey Report, troubling statistics emerged,such as 17 percent of the Prince George’s studentssurveyed reporting they seriously considered at-tempting suicide in the past 12 months or that nearlyone-quarter of county youths surveyed said theyhad their first drink of alcohol, other than a few sips,before they were 13 years old. In many categories,Prince George’s fared better than the statewide aver-age, but clearly there is more work to be done.
Thumbs up: Numerous residents, organizations,faith-based groups, businesses, municipalities andthe county government collected back-to-school sup-plies to help students — especially those who mightnot have been able to afford to purchase supplies— get a strong start this school year. At Bowie’s 11thannual Back to School Bash on Saturday, about 350backpacks filled with supplies were distributed.
Thumbs up: School officials have implementedadditional security measures at all schools, to thetune of $10 million. While there has been someoutcry over the appearance of fences constructedaround temporary buildings to better secure them,it’s good to see a concerted effort being made to pro-tect our children.
Thumbs down: Plans to put cell towers at somecounty public schools may seem like a good idea onpaper — the communications company can increaseservice in the areas and, in turn, schools get thou-sands of dollars — but more informational meetingsand other outreach must be done to address parents’fears before any plans are considered
Thumbs up: Maxwell expanded specialty pro-grams in county schools this year, including the addi-tion of two Spanish-immersion program sites. Moreoptions plus more access equals more opportunitiesfor students; that’s always a good thing.
Thumbs down: Athletic staff at some PrinceGeorge’s schools told The Gazette that field mainte-nance help from the county isn’t reliable. Volunteersand athletic staff pitch in, doing a lot of manual laborto make sure fields are presentable; the county mustfind a way to ensure they can be counted on, too.
Thumbs up: Future Leaders and Young Entrepre-neurs, a nonprofit focused on teaching young minor-ity men succeed by providing entrepreneurial skillsand professional development, will be expandingat Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt. Thegroup — founded by two former Roosevelt students— hosted a pilot program with the school’s varsityfootball team last year, but have opened it to all stu-dents this year.
Thumbs up: Robert Goddard French ImmersionSchool in Lanham recently finally moved into its newhome at the shuttered Greenbelt Middle School. Theschool formerly shared a building with a Montessorischool, and both were in need of more space. Therelocation was initially scheduled to take place lastyear, so it’s good to see the plan finally come to frui-tion.
School newsdidn’t stop forsummer break
OUROPINION
LET TERS TOTHEEDITOR
Editor,In [Blair Lee’s] assertions that
Maryland’s personal, businessand estate taxes are the rootsof a net population decrease,Gaithersburg and MontgomeryCounty must buck this trend.Mr. Lee furnishes solid numbersfor the net loss, but I once againchallenge him to show the cor-relation to tax policies.
People, particularly youngfamilies, seldom relocate to otherstates due to taxes. Better job op-portunities, pay increases, familyrelations and education prospectsare far more influential in makingsuch a decision.
Steve Whelan, GaithersburgSteve,Maryland Senate President
Mike Miller sees the correlationbetween Maryland’s high taxesand population flight: “We’relosing to Delaware, we’re los-ing to Virginia, North Carolina,Tennessee. I wish those stateshad not abolished their estatetax, but they have. We’re incompetition to keep our Mary-landers home.” That was Sen.Miller’s testimony on his bill tocut Maryland’s estate tax, whichbecame law this year.
Want more “correlation”?When the 2013 Gallup poll askedMarylanders their top reasonsfor leaving, high taxes came inthird. Maryland was second, be-hind New York, for listing taxesas a reason for leaving. Gallup’spoll analysis said: “Taxes are auniquely important factor inNew York, Illinois and Mary-land.”
Another “correlation:” thebulk of fleeing Marylanders arerelocating to low-tax states, es-pecially states with little or noincome tax. And Maryland, a tophigh-tax state, is also a top popu-
lation loss state. Just acoincidence?
Finally, I offer youthis letter from a Mr.Chris Smith: “As aformer Marylander Ican tell you that taxes— along with a laundrylist of other problems— were the reason Ileft Maryland. It’s notjust that taxes are high.The bigger issue is thatevery month there isa new tax or quasi-tax disguisedas a bag fee, speed camera or redlight fine and they all seem tokeep going up.”
Face it, Steve, taxes make abig difference, especially to bigtaxpayers.
Blair
Mr. Lee,Out-of-control children must
be removed from the classroomand placed in a different schoolcompletely. Their behavior nega-tively impacts all of the other stu-dents.
I returned to teaching this yearafter retiring from another career.The children you described ruinedit for the other students and forme. I left after only three monthsof teaching.
John MaxwellJohn,Sadly, the people who run
today’s public schools are moreinterested in political correctnessand pacifying “activists” than inrunning orderly classrooms. Nowthey’re applying a racial quotasystem to school suspensions toreduce “disparities.”
Instead of challenging youngpeople to meet society’s edu-cational and behavioral norms,the administrators keep lower-ing the bar. Meanwhile, the kids
get a steady diet of“progressive” indoc-trination and “self-actualization” in placeof learning.
Blair
Mr. Lee,Teaching is my
second career. Thefirst was in the Navysubmarine service.You are correct aboutthe administrative at-
titude toward our most disruptivestudents. The only person in theclassroom who is held accountableis the teacher.
G. DavisMr. Davis,At least when you were in the
submarine service, the trouble-makers were outside the sub.
Blair
Blair,I enjoyed your column, but
here on the Eastern Shore, wecount Harry Hughes as a CarolineCounty man. He might have hada Baltimore condo while he wastransportation secretary or associ-ated with a downtown law firm,but he represented the Mid-Shorefor years in the General Assemblybefore that.
Victor Laws IIIVic,Yes, Harry Hughes was state
senator from the Eastern Shore,but he became a Baltimorean.When he ran for governor in 1978,the election ballot listed Balti-more, not Denton, as his place ofresidence.
Similarly, our current gover-nor, Martin O’Malley, was raisedin Montgomery County, butconsiders himself a citizen of Bal-timore, not Montgomery.
Blair
Dear Blair,As the son of a former governor
(Ted McKeldin), as are you (BlairLee III), I really enjoyed your pre-and post-election articles. I’d loveto know what our fathers wouldthink of the present situation.
Ted McKelden Jr.Dear Ted,What would your Dad, who
passed away in 1974, and myDad, who passed away in 1985,make of today’s situation?
My guess is that, in descend-ing order, they’d be most shockedat foreign terrorists flying hijackedairliners into N.Y. skyscrapers, anAfrican-American communityorganizer defeating a white warhero for president, the Internet/cyberspace information age (andthe demise of print media), same-sex marriage, rap music, threewomen on the Supreme Court,death penalty repeal, U.S. energyself-reliance, the fall of the SovietUnion and the rise of China,drones and satellites, Hillary Clin-ton, Maryland’s $39 billion bud-get, baseball back in D.C., the raintax, today’s cost of a college edu-cation, the Terps quitting the ACCand Marion Barry still in office.
Blair
Mr. Lee,Please consider running for
governor. We have lived here for40 years and do not want to move,but the taxes are choking us.
Carol Davis, GaithersburgCarol,According to Steve Whelan,
Marylanders don’t mind payinghigh taxes. You must be the ex-ception. As for the governor’s race— I wouldn’t stand a chance and,besides, I’ve already lived in thegovernor’s mansion. It’s not thatbig a deal.
Blair
I’ve got mail
MY MARYLANDBLAIR LEE
When Blair Lee uses the pejorative term“Gaza slaughter” referring to the desire of85,000 Arabs seeking to leave that enclave(“By heart or by head?”), he fails to considerthe origins of the conflict.
When Israel in 2005 withdrew from Gaza,forcing out 10,000 of its own citizens, it as-sumed that with the resources available,Gaza would turn into a city state, similar toSingapore, and peaceful.
Instead in 2006, Hamas took over Gaza,with its agenda the destruction of the state ofIsrael. To this end, Hamas started to build upits military capabilities through the next eightyears, importing or manufacturing rockets,building a military infrastructure and con-structing tunnels for invading Israel, as wellas storing military equipment. All of this oc-curred with the cooperation and vote of thecitizens of Gaza.
When Hamas chose to attack Israel withshort- and long-range rockets, blanketingall of the major cities in Israel with now over2,400 fired and a like number destroyed, Is-rael had no option but to respond, and it did,with every effort to protect Arab civilians whowere being used as human shields.
Many Israeli soldiers have been lost inthe restrained operation to protect Gazancivilians who are entrenched in areas fromwhich Hamas rocket fire originates — with,incidentally, 10 percent of the rockets firedlanding in Gaza.
Slaughter is an inappropriate term whenone nation faces a terrorist organization in-tent on destroying that nation.
Nelson Marans, Silver Spring
Term misrepresentsIsrael’s fight
I’ve been living in Hyattsvillefor the past 17 years. I know thattimes change but I have thisburning question no one [can]answer. When I moved here, allentertaining was done in yourhome or in your backyard. Everyhome in my neighborhood has abackyard. For the past few years,this form of entertainment hasbecome passe. Nowadays, myneighbors entertain in their front
yard. Their grill is out in the frontyard, including tables and chairs.The families that have small chil-dren, their front yards look likea day care center, littered withtoys that remain in the front yardyear-round. When the weather isgood, the front yard fence is usedto dry the laundry. All birthdayparties are held in the front yard,decorated with balloons andtables for the guests, along with
music, of course.Pets have access to the front
yard, so they can bark at anyoneand everything that goes by. Itfeels like I live in a dog kennel;the chorus of dogs start bark-ing at 6:30 a.m. until they retireat night, which is at no specifictime. My favorite front yard activ-ity is the growing vegetables, withorange construction fencing tokeep the dog out. The plants are
doing quite well; they are at least3 feet tall now. They are doingso well, the cookout today waslimited to 10 people eating out onthe front steps.
My neighborhood has devel-oped into a garden, picnic area,dog kennel and a children’s play-ground. Have backyards becomea thing of the past?
Sharon Billings, Hyattsville
Front yards are not the place to entertain
About 79 people each day receive organtransplants, but 18 people on the waiting listdie each day because there aren’t enough do-nated organs available.
When my father was diagnosed with kid-ney failure in the mid-1990s, I had no idea ofthe impact that kidney disease would haveon me and my family. My sister and I decidedto get tested to see if we could donate a kid-ney to our father, and luck had it that I was amatch. In September 2001, I donated one ofmy kidneys to him, preventing him from go-ing on dialysis. Unfortunately, my kidney wasrejected in 2007 and he went on dialysis untilhis death in 2012. Although my father had oneof my kidneys for only six years, I will neverregret the choice I made to better his qualityof his life and give him the gift of normalcy fora bit longer.
Today, more than 615,000 Americansare living with kidney failure. They have onlytwo options for survival: dialysis treatment orkidney transplant. Because so few kidneys areavailable for transplants, most Americans withkidney failure — more than 430,000 — rely ondialysis treatments three times weekly to stayalive.
A kidney transplant can dramaticallyimprove a patient’s quality of life comparedto being on dialysis; however, there are justnot enough kidneys available to meet thedemand. More than 100,000 Americans arewaiting for a kidney today, and although mi-norities make up just 36 percent of the U.S.population, over half of all patients on the U.S.organ transplant wait list are minorities.
Clearly, among minorities, the need forkidney transplants is disproportionately high,so donations are essential. The likelihood of
finding a match is greater when the donatedkidney comes from someone of the sameracial or ethnic background. That’s becausecompatible blood types and tissue markersare critical for matching donors and recipi-ents, and compatible blood types and tissuemarkers are more likely to be found amongmembers of the same ethnicity. With moreminority donors, there will be greater accessto transplants for all patients.
Our community needs to work togetherto help our friends and family in need. In theD.C. metro area, the rates of kidney failure arewell above the national average, so it’s time toconsider organ donation.
There are two ways to become a donor.First, some people choose to become livingdonors, like I did for my father. We only needone healthy kidney to live a normal life. A liv-ing donor has made the incredible decisionto donate a kidney to a family member, friendor even to a total stranger. The second option,which is simple and straightforward, is to reg-ister to donate your tissue and organs, includ-ing your kidneys, following your death.
Giving a healthy kidney changed my lifefather’s life. I encourage you to visit organ-donor.gov today to learn more about organdonation and register to become an organdonor.
Learn more about kidney disease and itsimpact on minority populations at www.kid-neyfund.org.
Tanisha Ashford is from Upper Marlboro.Her fiance, Tony Simms, also has kidneydisease, and together they fight kidney diseaseas patient-advocates for the AmericanKidney Fund.
Become an organ donor
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n Show at National Harboruses acrobatics, drama
BY KIRSTY GROFFSTAFF WRITER
Cirque du Soleil has flipped the script withits female-centric show “Amaluna,” currentlyappearing at the National Harbor.
Traditionally, the touring acrobatic spec-tacles have consisted mostly of men; however,“Amaluna” is a first for Cirque, with femalesmaking up 70 percent of the cast and 100 per-cent of the band. The trailblazing show openedin Montreal in April2012, and has sincewound its way throughCanada as well as Se-attle, Denver and SanFrancisco before arriv-ing on the East Coast.
“Amaluna” is the32nd Cirque du Soleilproduction, and thecompany’s first writ-ten and directed byDiane Paulus. To en-sure the original visionstays intact, artisticdirector Rachel Lan-caster is working withthe cast and crew forthe National Harborleg of the tour.
“The thing I reallyenjoy is all of the story-telling,” Lancaster said. “The story is very muchwoven into the framework; that’s one thingthat’s quite unique compared to other Cirqueshows and is similar to previous work I’ve done. Iknew it was a show concept I had to take care of.”
“She really has an eye for the beauty of every-thing and getting everybody’s strengths out thereon stage,” added performer Lindsey Bruck. “Shebrings out the best in everybody.”
Beauty and strength is key for this produc-tion, which takes place on an island guided bymoon cycles, led by goddesses and their queen,Prospera. Her daughter, Miranda, will comeof age soon, and when a storm caused by thequeen brings a group of men to shore, one ofwhom catches the eye of Miranda. The young
Over the moon
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Cirque Du Soleil’s Max Panteleenko (left) and Vanessa Fournier, who perform as the “Storm Duo,”rehearse in the practice tent at National Harbor. Performances are scheduled to run every Tues-day through Sunday until Sept. 21.
n Miller tells story ofslain granddaughter
BY ELLYN WEXLER
SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE
The irrefutable fact is thatAlice Miller’s granddaughterdoesn’t live here anymore.
Irrefutable and horrific.In April 2013, the U.S. Army
sergeant who recruited and se-duced the 17-year-old RockvilleHigh School honor student andstar athlete, murdered her andkilled himself. And, thus, hergrandmother contends, MichelleMiller became “the face of collat-eral damage.”
“To the Army, she is just an-other statistic that they wouldprobably prefer to forget,” Millersaid. “Her family now lives withthe loss … and continues a longjourney through unimaginableloss and grief.”
Miller, a Potomac psycho-therapist who was already a pub-lished author, felt compelled totell “the story of Michelle’s bright
life andher tragicd e a t h …All I can dois some-thing posi-tive in hername.” Herbook, “AllThat BrightLight,” she
said, is “the story of that sorrow,spirituality and the struggle toreach forgiveness.”
The original edition – printedin Michelle’s memory, and also inhonor of the Wounded Warriors(“of which, she was one,” saidMiller) – sold out at a reading.Proceeds of more than $3,000went to the American Red Cross’Wounded Warrior Program atWalter Reed Military Hospital.
Miller has another importantagenda in telling the story.
“Many of the readers [of theoriginal edition] have expressedoutrage that the Army who,
Physician, heal thyself:Psychotherapist copeswith hole left in her heart
Michelle Miller
PHOTO BY TARA BRADY
Author Alice G. Miller sits in her Potomac home with a copy of her book, “AllThat Bright Light.”
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AMALUNAn When: various
times and datesthrough Sept.21; checkwebsite for ticketinformation
n Where: NationalHarbor, 300Waterfront St.,Oxon Hill
n Tickets: $45-$275
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For a free listing, please sub-mit complete information [email protected] at least10 days in advance of desiredpublication date. High-resolu-tion color images (500KB mini-mum) in jpg format should besubmitted when available.
THEATER & STAGEBowie Community Theatre, “The
Murder Room,” Oct. 31 throughNov. 15, call for prices, times, BowiePlayhouse, 16500 White Marsh ParkDr., Bowie, 301-805-0219, bcthe-atre.com.
Clarice Smith Performing ArtsCenter, University of Maryland,College Park, claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
Hard Bargain Players, “BUG,”Sept. 5 through 20, 8 p.m., call forprices, Theater in the Woods, 2001Bryan Point Road, Accokeek, 240-766-8830, hbplayers.org.
Harmony Hall Regional Center,Blue Magic, Sept. 13, 8 p.m., 10701Livingston Road, Fort Washington,301-203-6070, arts.pgparks.com.
Greenbelt Arts Center, “Mac-beth,” through Aug. 23, call forprices, times, Greenbelt Arts Center,123 Centerway, Greenbelt, 301-441-8770, greenbeltartscenter.org.
Joe’s Movement Emporium,Vision Contemporary Dance En-semble auditions, Aug. 24, 4 to 7p.m. Registration starts promptly at2:30 p.m., 3309 Bunker Hill Road,
Mount Rainier, 301-699-1819, joes-movement.org.
Laurel Mill Playhouse, “Disney’sPeter Pan Jr.,” through Aug. 24, callfor ticket prices, times, Laurel MillPlayhouse, 508 Main St., Laurel,301-452-2557, laurelmillplayhouse.org.
Prince George’s Little Theatre,“Brighton Beach Memoirs,” Aug.29 through Sept. 13, call for ticketsand show times, Bowie Playhouse,16500 White Marsh Park Drive,Bowie, 301-937-7458, pglt.org.
Publick Playhouse, Tiny TotsThursday: Found InstrumentsWorkshop, Sept. 9, 9:30 and 11:15a.m.; Platinum Series for Seniors60 and Better: Movie - “12 Years aSlave,” Sept. 16, 11 a.m., 5445 Land-over Road, Cheverly, 301-277-1710,arts.pgparks.com.
2nd Star Productions, “Childrenof Eden,” opening Sept. 26, BowiePlayhouse, 16500 White MarshPark Dr., Bowie, call for prices,times, 410-757-5700, 301-832-4819,2ndstarproductions.com.
Tantallon Community Players,“August: Osage County,” Comingin September/October 2014, Har-mony Hall Regional Center, 10701Livingston Road, Fort Washington,301-262-5201, tantallonstage.com.
Venus Theatre, “We Are Samu-rai,” coming in September, 21 CStreet, Laurel. venustheatre.org.
NIGHTLIFENew Deal Café, Mid-Day Melo-
dies with Amy C Kraft, noon to 2p.m. Aug. 21; John Guernsey, 6:30to 8 p.m. Aug. 22; Cold Hard Cash,
8 to 11 p.m. Aug. 22; Jazz Jam withGreg Meyer, 1 to 5 p.m. Aug. 23;John Guernsey, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Aug.23; Cooking With Gas, 8 to 11 p.m.Aug. 23; Deaf Brunch, 10:30 a.m. tonoon Aug. 24; Jack Couldn’t MakeIt, 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 24; The Hum-mingbyrds, 7 to 9 p.m. Aug. 26; Ca-jun Music Jam, 7 to 9 p.m. Aug. 27,113 Centerway Road, 301-474-5642,newdealcafe.com.
Old Bowie Town Grill, Wednes-day Night Classic Jam, 8 p.m. everyWednesday, sign-ups start at 7:30p.m., 8604 Chestnut Ave., Bowie,301-464-8800, oldbowietowngrille.com.
OUTDOORSDinosaur Park, Dinosaur Park
programs, noon to 4 p.m. first andthird Saturdays, join paleontologistsand volunteers in interpreting fossildeposits, 13200 block Mid-AtlanticBlvd., Laurel, 301-627-7755.
Mount Rainier Nature Center,Toddler Time: hands-on treasures,crafts, stories and soft play, 11a.m. to noon Thursdays, ages 5and younger free, 4701 31st Place,Mount Rainier, 301-927-2163.
Prince George’s AudubonSociety, Bird Walks, 7:30 a.m. firstSaturdays, Fran Uhler NaturalArea, 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 NaturalArea, Governor Bridge Road, Bowie,meet in parking lot; for migratingand resident woodland and fieldbirds, and waterfowl. For beginners
and experts. Waterproof footwearand binoculars suggested. Free.410-765-6482.
ET CETERACollege Park Aviation Museum,
Peter Pan Club, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.second and fourth Thursdays ofevery month, activities for pre-schoolers, $4, $3 seniors, $2 ages 2to 18; Afternoon Aviators, 2 to 4:30p.m. Fridays, hands-on aviation-themed activities for ages 5 andolder, $4, $3 seniors, $2 ages 2 to 18,events free with admission, 1985Cpl. Frank Scott Drive, College Park,301-864-6029, collegeparkaviation-museum.com.
Women’s Chamber Choir Audi-tions, by appointment for the con-cert season of women’s chamberchoir Voix de Femmes, 7:45 to 9:30p.m. Thursdays, 402 ComptonAve., Laurel, 301-520-8921, [email protected].
War of 1812, Croom events,commemorating the British marchthrough Croom in 1814, Aug. 23.Tours of the historic William W. Du-ley House at 3 and 3:30 p.m., 8100Croom Road, Upper Marlboro; Pro-gram at Showell Parish Hall at St.Thomas Church, 14300 St. ThomasChurch Road, Upper Marlboro.Doors Open at 3:30 p.m. - dramaticpresentation, light dinner and des-sert party, dancing and storytelling.Tickets $17.50 in advance, $20 atthe door, $5 children 5 to 16 each/(younger than 5 free) Proceedsbenefit St. Thomas Parish & Com-munity Support Systems.
IN THE ARTS
couple must overcome obstaclesthrough the course of the showon their way to happiness to-gether.
“The message of ‘Amaluna’ isa positive one, about love and joyand creativity,” Lancaster said.“Audiences should leave with asense of the strength of women,but also a sense of community,the connections people makethat keep them together.”
If the plot points seem ratherShakespearean, it’s because theshow draws inspiration from“The Tempest,” along with Greekand Roman mythology as well asMozart’s work “The Magic Flute.”Together, the source material
enhances the story about pow-erful women coming together,through the characters as well asthose performing them.
“It’s certainly inspiring tosee the different strengths eachwoman brings to the show,” saidBruck. “It’s a very unique thing toexperience night after night, I’mstill in awe.”
As a Cirque production, “Am-aluna” has little exposition, andrelies on acrobatic and gymnasticwork to tell the story. This showuses aerial straps, a teeterboard,juggling and other physically de-manding acts. Bruck performs asthe captain of the Amazons, whoall perform on the uneven bars.
Cast members took acting,dance and make-up classes in ad-dition to their gymnastic rehears-ing in order to develop every
aspect of their character. Bruckhas been with the productionsince rehearsal began in August2011, but that doesn’t mean herportrayal hasn’t developed overtime.
“Once we’ve gotten experi-ence portraying who we are, wekeep evolving — with the actsas well as our characters,” shesaid. “If you saw it when we firstopened and again now, thingshave definitely changed.”
That sentiment holds trueoutside of this particular produc-tion, as well; different produc-tions include different acts andvarying themes, from MichaelJackson and The Beatles tributeshows to the aquatic “O” anderotic “Zumanity.”
“Each Cirque show is incred-ibly different and has a different
identity and creative processbehind it,” Lancaster said. “It’snot like if you’ve seen one thenyou’ve seen every show.”
And why would anyone wantto stop at one Cirque du Soleilperformance? The gravity-defy-ing stunts enhancing powerfulstories make for unique experi-ences that affect even seasonedveterans of the company.
“I would have to say, no mat-ter how many times I’ve gone onstage, to see the audience mem-bers’ faces and watch them seeus for the first time,” said Bruck,“just seeing that awe — I cannever get tired of it.”
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months earlier, had launchedan investigation into the mis-deeds of the sergeant, a preda-tor with a history of encounterswith young girls,” she said.“Had the Army acted on thisknowledge, Michelle would bealive today.”
“It is too late to save our Mi-chelle,” Miller acknowledged.“But if we had the amendmentsthat Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand(N.Y.) is proposing [on how themilitary prosecutes rape andsexual assault], men like the ser-geant might have been stoppedand Michelle would be with ustoday. … perhaps this is a storythat can save someone else’sdaughter.”
Miller has written threeother books, the third, “OnBecoming A Swan: GardensGrace and Psychotherapy,” apersonal memoir she said shewrote with her granddaughter“looking over my shoulder.”The two were close, living aboutfour miles apart, and Michelle’sprofessional goal was to emu-late her grandmother. Havingcompleted “Swan” just beforeMichelle’s death, Miller felt un-able to look at the manuscript. Itsat in a box for months until sheself-published via CreateSpace.Miller’s previous titles are “ToEverything There is a Season:A Psychotherapist’s SpiritualJourney Through the Garden”and “A Thyme for Peace,” apsychotherapist’s search for in-ner peace.
Miller’s family moved fromBoston to Kensington when shewas in elementary school. Backthen, she aspired to be a jour-nalist – that is, she said, after acareer as a ballet teacher. In-stead of dance, she proceededfrom Bethesda-Chevy ChaseHigh School to study journal-ism and sociology at Penn StateUniversity. Post-graduation,Miller and her husband be-came youth group counselorsat their church, where they rana coffee house and served on atask force focused on youth anddrugs.
Realizing she “loved work-ing with kids and church
groups,” Miller felt it “madesense to go do something…ev-erybody was studying the prob-lems, but nobody was doinganything.” A rented two-roomapartment across from Mont-gomery Mall became the homeof The Listening Post, a youthcrisis center where anyonecould drop in and talk candidly.She remembers all the tales ofloneliness and isolation. The lo-cal police were supportive, andthe Justice Department gavethem several grants during its 41/2-year tenure.
Miller enhanced her aca-demic credentials by earninga master’s degree in counsel-ing at American University anda doctorate in clinical socialwork at the University of Mary-land. She also took numerouscourses in psychology.
Master’s degree completed,Miller moved on as a therapist,and then director, of KarmaHouse for Girls in Rockville, aresidential therapeutic com-munity for drug abusers, mostwith a dual diagnosis. Abouttwo years later, while workingon her doctorate, she brieflywent into private practice andthen spent five or six years asa psychotherapist for Met-ropolitan Psychiatric Group(connected with PsychiatricInstitute), where “the collegialpart was great.” She has had aprivate practice in a convertedarea of her home for about 16years.
“I’m one of those luckypeople who is doing just exactlywhat I want to be doing,” Millersaid. “I love working with peo-ple, being a catalyst for people,guiding them to wherever theyneed to be. It’s work that feelsvaluable and important.”
Her goals now, Miller said,are to continue her practice andtend the woodland garden shecreated; to improve her writingand find a new publisher, andto become a better cellist.
“I have music in my heart,and I need to get it out,” shesaid.
Alice Miller counts hermany blessings. But she willalways have a hole in her heart.
Alice Miller’s books areavailable at amazon.com.
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The music of Johnny Cash,one of country music’s original“outlaws,” spanned genera-tions. For almost 50 years, the“Man in Black,” entertainedfolks on the radio, with his ownTV show, and even in the mov-ies. It’s small wonder peopletoday still not only listen to hismusic, but idolize him as well.
Cold Hard Cash, the DC-area Cash tribute band, willbe performing at New DealCafe on Friday from 8 to 11p.m. CHC, led by Rob Petrieon vocals, Danny Stellabotte
on guitar, Geff King on bassand Mark Lucas playing drums,pride themselves on not beinga flashy cover band. They workhard to make sure the musicyou hear is just as it was whenit was performed by Cash, orBuck Owens, or Merle Haggard.They do tend to mix it up fromtime to time.
There is no cost to seethe show, however, the bandstrongly recommends callingahead for reservations. Formore information, visit newd-ealcafe.com or call 301-474-5642.
Back in Black
COLD HARD CASH
Cold Hard Cash, seen here playing at GypsySally´s in Georgetown, will beperforming at the New Deal Café in Greenbelt on Friday.
Something wicked this waycomes — theatrically speak-ing, of course — to Greenbelt.“Macbeth,” isn’t the easiest ofShakespeare’s plays to perform(“Titus Andronicus” mightbe a little higher up on thedifficultly-to-perform list), butwhen it’s done right, it can bequite powerful.
Leave it to the Rude Me-chanicals to do the Scottish Playjustice. The group, which hasa knack for doing the works ofthe Bard, will wrap up its pro-duction of the show at 8 p.m.this Friday and Saturday at the
Greenbelt Arts Center.The story follows Macbeth
(played by Alan Duda) and hispower-hungry wife, Lady Mac-beth (played by Jaki Demarest).After killing King Duncan totake the throne, both Macbethand Lady Macbeth have todeal with the consequences oftheir villainous actions. Throwin three witches and you haveyourself a bona fide good time!
Tickets for the show are $17,$14 for students/seniors/mili-tary. For more information, visitgreenbeltartscenter.org or call301-441-8770.
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JAE ROBINSON
Alan Duda as Macbeth appears with Lady Macbeth, played by Jaki Demar-est, in the Rude Mechanical’s production of “Macbeth” at this year’s CapitalFringe Festival.
You don’t need to be bonked on thehead by Ticker Bell and doused withfairy dust to fly away to Never Land,although if that’s your thing, knockyourself out.
To be safe, though, fly on over to theLaurel Mill Playhouse, where the Sum-mer Youth Production of “Disney’s PeterPan Jr.” will run from now until Sunday.
You know the classic Disney tale —Wendy Darling and her younger broth-ers, Michael and John, fly away withPeter Pan to Never Land, where theymeet the Lost Boys. Of course, they alsohave to stay away from the “dangerous”Captain Hook and his left-hand man (Ihad to do it) Mr. Smee!
Tickets for the show are $20, $15 forstudents 12 and younger, active dutymilitary and seniors. For more informa-tion, visit laurelmillplayhouse.org or call301-617-9906.
Those Darling childrenLaurel’s EliThompson,6, playsCubby aschildrenrehearsefor their2014 Sum-mer YouthProductionof “Disney’sPeter PanJr.” at theLaurel MillPlayhouseLaurel.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Season opens.
St. Vincent Pallotti High School travels to CarrollCounty on Friday to play the first football game ofthe season against Silver Oak Academy. Checkonline for coverage.
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n Raiders have won five straight, butOxon Hill might be the favorite
BY TED BLACKSTAFF WRITER
In each of the past two seasons, EleanorRoosevelt High School senior Ishmael Jabbiehas gradually climbed to the upper echelonof the county golfers. The Raiders graduatedtheir top player, Bryan Morris, last year so itwill be up to Jabbie to lead the squad to itssixth straight county and region title.
“Ishmael is one of those guys who can playtwo different sports really well,” Rooseveltcoach Troy Bradbury said. “For him, I thinkthe toughest choice is going to be whether ornot to play basketball at a big school or playgolf for a small school. I think he’s going tostick with basketball, but I’m looking for himto have another good season for us this fall.”
Jabbie leads a Roosevelt group that lacksthe overall depth of previous teams, whichhas Bradbury believing the Raiders are hardlythe favorites to successfully defend their five-year reign atop the standings. Joining Jabbieare senior Andrew Hung, sophomore LanceJewell and several newcomers.
“My guess is Oxon Hill has to be the favor-ite this year,” Bradbury said. “I know DeMar-kis Cooper graduated, but I think [Clippers’coach] Pua [Ponafala] has four or five return-ing strong players. That’s probably what’s go-ing to make the difference in the district andcounty tournaments. I have three guys whocan score, but I don’t know whether or notmy fourth player can break 100.”
Charles H. Flowers will have a rookiecoach in Arielle Dawson, a Jaguars’ graduateand former player. Brandon Davis, Alison Am-brose, Taylor Anderson and Cameron Bartonall are expected to return.
“Our first practice at Enterprise wasgood,” said Dawson, a 2013 Towson Univer-sity graduate. “... I’m always about practiceand work. It was different at first and I wasn’tsure that I could take it on, but it’s good to beon the other side.”
Prince George’s County golfers will playthe first nine holes at a set course this fall andthose who score well on the front nine willhave the chance to play the back nine.
Roosevelt’s reign under threat
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Eleanor Roosevelt High School’s Ishmael Jabbie, who also plays basketball, is expected to be one of thecounty’s best golfers this fall.
n Riverdale Baptist hires new soccer coaches
BY TED BLACKSTAFF WRITER
One Prince George’s County private school filled twocoaching vacancies for the upcoming fall sports season,while another private school will have a void to fill nextspring.
Riverdale Baptist athletic director Terry Terrill an-nounced last week that the Crusaders have hired MyronGarnes to take over as the boys soccer coach, while DariusQualls will handle the coaching duties for the girls soccerteam. Garnes takes over for longtime coach Bob Surette,while Qualls, a former men’s soccer coach at PrinceGeorge’s Community College, takes over for Stan Smith.
“I’m really happy with the two new coaches that wehave,” Terrill said. “I can’t say enough about the job thatBob Surrette did for us over the years, but now with hisdaughter in her senior year at [Elizabeth] Seton, he wantsto spend more time watching her play this season overthere and I’m all in favor of that. Myron and Darius areboth going to help us keep these programs going for-ward.”
Qualls has a trio of solid returning starters, includ-ing Christian Hardy, Kimberly McPhearson and TaylorWoods and expects to have a roster comprised largely offreshmen and sophomores. Garnes, who is the techni-cal coach for the Patuxent Football Academy in CalvertCounty, will lean on returning sophomore Brandan Betzfor goals and assists.
While Riverdale Baptist added two new coaches forthe fall, Bishop McNamara is going to have to find a re-placement for Larry Prange, who stepped down as theschool’s baseball coach after seven seasons. Prange, a1981 Potomac High graduate who spent 20 seasons as anassistant coach at DeMatha, had guided the Mustangs to
McNamara’sbaseball coachsteps down
n After year of being team’s and county’ssecond best, all eyes are on her
BY JENNIFER BEEKMANSTAFF WRITER
Last fall, current Charles H. Flowers High School se-nior Alexis Baynes spent the cross country season on theheels of graduated teammate and Prince George’s Countychampion Imani Matthews. In 2013, Baynes finished sec-ond at the county championship by nine seconds.
The county’s top returning runner, Baynes is no lon-ger pushing someone ahead of her but being pushed bythe teammates she motivated last year to work harder,coach Bryan Brown said.
“[Baynes] has a mindset that she is very competitive,”Brown said. “During workouts, I put a time limit on her. Itell her she has to be done in this amount of time and shepushes herself. ... She’s not by herself. [Her teammates]know they need to step up and they’ve been pushing her.”
With a solid core of last year’s third-place team re-turning — though the loss of Matthews will leave a size-able hole to fill — the Jaguars should be a contender forthe county title. But while many of the county’s top boyssides are dealing with large numbers of graduation losses,the girls field looks remarkably deep, coaches agreed.
FavoritesGirls: Defending county champion Bowie and run-
ner-up Eleanor Roosevelt look to be the frontrunnersin preseason as both return three top 10 finishers fromcounties. In addition to some of the county’s fastest,
Flowers senior nowthe runner to beat
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Charles H. Flowers High School’s Imani Matthews (left) andAlexis Baynes were the top two runners last season. Matthewsgraduated, leaving Baynes as the favorite for the county title.
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n Other positions musthelp out unproven quarterbacks
for 2014 success
BY KENT ZAKOURSTAFF WRITER
When redshirt senior Khari Lee enrolledas a freshman at Bowie State University, hewas considered a football project: A raw andtalented player that had yet to tap into his fullpotential.
Now, entering what could be his final yearof organized football, the Western Tech HighSchool graduate is considered the best tightends in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic As-sociation (he was named first team All-CIAAin 2013 and a 2014 preseason pick) and oneof the top players in all of Division II collegefootball.
“[Bowie State coach Damon Wilson] gaveme a chance,” said Lee, who added that hestarted playing the sport at age 7 as a runningback for the Pikesville Wildcats. “All my suc-cess — I actually got cut from my high schoolteam freshman year — all the praise goes tomy coaches that stayed on top of me andpushed me to realize my potential.”
Lee, who caught 34 passes for 352 yardsand a touchdown last fall, has improved eachyear in the Bulldogs offense. Listed at 6-foot-4and 235 pounds, Lee, a finance major that isinterested a career in real estate or financialadvising, said he wasn’t heavily recruited outof Baltimore County and chose to walk-on atBowie State due to affordable tuition.
“Khari is the reason you coach collegefootball,” said Wilson, who is entering hissixth season at BSU. “A kid that came here as awalk-on and has developed into an NFL pros-pect — four, five, six scouts have come outto look at him — and is on track to graduate;good things happen to good people and he’sgoing to be successful in whatever he does.
In addition to Lee, Bowie State has agood stable of playmakers. Workhorse run-ning back Keith Brown (1,174 rush yards, 16touchdowns, Suitland graduate), a redshirtsenior, is expected to carry much of the of-fensive load this fall. Classmate Kendall Jef-ferson (Westlake) and senior Kayvone Sprigs(Woodson) are also expected to contribute inthe backfield.
Juniors Nyme Manns (Patterson) — the
team’s second leading receiver in 2013 with489 yards and four touchdowns — JamalChappell (Baltimore Poly) and Garry Cropper(Arundel) should make significant contribu-tions at wide receiver.
But who will be handing off and throw-ing the ball remains to be seen. Senior TrevonBennett (Riverdale Baptist), junior NyemaWashington (Suitland) and graduate studentMatthew Goggans are competing for thestarting spot under center. The quarterbackcompetition is expected to continue until thefirst week of game preparation, according toWilson.
“We have a number of talented weaponsand we got to get them the ball,” Brown said.“We know, right now, our quarterback situa-
tion is a question mark, but we also know thatall three are capable of getting it done. All ofus, the guys that have more experience on of-fense, have to help them out.”
Bowie State, which is 164-238-6 sincethe program started in 1972, has made thepostseason just twice (1988, 2005). So, if theBulldogs, who went 5-5 last season and re-turn 42 lettermen and 14 starters this year,want to surprise people this fall, the defensewill likely have to be a key component. Wilsonsaid the unit, which allowed 30.6 points pergame last year and 376.1 yards, will improvesignificantly.
Senior defensive lineman Anthony
From Bowie State walk-on to an NFL prospect
Khari Leeturns torun after apass recep-tion duringSaturday’sBowie StateUniver-sity footballpractice.
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FEARLESS FORECASTSThe Gazette sports staff picks the winners for football games
involving Prince George’s teams. Here are this week’s picks:
St. Vincent Pallotti at Silver Oak Academy
Capitol Christian at Southern (N.C.)
Staff person Picks
Jennifer Beekman Silver Oak Southern
Eric Goldwein Pallotti Southern
Prince Grimes Pallotti Southern
Adam Gutekunst Pallotti Southern
Ken Sain Pallotti Southern
Kent Zakour Pallotti Southern
n Familiar face leadsRoadrunners into newWCAC season
BY ERIC GOLDWEINSTAFF WRITER
Lydia Garcia Mark, the newcoach of the Elizabeth SetonHigh School field hockey team,is part of an ever-growing fam-ily legacy, one that dates backnearly 40 years.
Mark, an assistant the pasttwo seasons, is the grand-daughter of the late MaureenLonergan, a former Seton ath-letics director and coach whoworked at the Bladensburgschool from 1977 to 1994.
Lonergan was so highlyregarded that following herdeath in 1995, she became thenamesake of Seton’s presti-gious athletic award (MaureenLonergan Coaches Award) andits multi-purpose field (Loner-gan Field).
Mark’s mother, aunts andcousins attended Seton, andher older sister Lina GarciaMartin (Class of 2001) helpedlaunch field hockey at theschool.
“It’s a family institution.You can’t escape it,” said Mark,a Seton graduate (2007) andex-Roadrunners field hockeyplayer.
Seton fielded a club teamin 2000, when Martin was asenior.
“We didn’t win a singlegame, but we had a lot of fun.And we had girls come outfrom all [grade] levels,” saidMartin, who grew up in Bowieand resides in South Pasadena,Calif.
The club became a varsityteam in 2002 and has contin-ued developing since, reachingthe semifinals in 2007.
“It was nice to hear thatregular kids at a regular placecould pick up a field hockeystick their freshman year andstill be confident enough toget to a championship level.It was a real testament to theprogram,” Martin said.
Seton is Prince George’sCounty’s lone WCAC fieldhockey team, and the county’spublic high schools do nothave any varsity squads. St.Vincent Pallotti in Laurel re-cently stopped fielding a team.
Though the Roadrunnershaven’t made a deep playoffrun since 2007, Mark is hopingthe team can get back to thetop of the competitive WCAC.Mark said that eight varsityplayers are returning; keycontributors for the upcom-ing season include MargueriteMatta, Michaela Schmidt andMegan Kotelchuck, Mark said.
“We have a really good,strong senior class with goodleaders in it, and I’m reallylooking forward to workingwith them,” said Mark, whoplayed at St. Mary’s College ofMaryland.
Mark replaces Delia Barr,who stepped down after oneseason, according to athleticdirector Candy Cage.
“[Mark] is the one whocame to me and said, ‘I wantthis job. I’m ready, I want it,’”Cage said.
Seton relies onfamily connections
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Elizabeth Seton High School fieldhockey coach Lydia Mark works withgoalies during Monday’s practice.
two Washington Catholic Ath-letic Conference championshipround appearances.
“I really enjoyed my daysat McNamara,” said Prange,who is now focusing his timeas the coach of the MariacciStars (VA), a travel team con-sisting primarily of playerswho have either signed or ver-bally committed to colleges.“We had a lot of great gamesand we got to the WCACchampionship twice. I wishthe outcome of those gameshad been a little different, but
we played with a lot of prideand did a lot of good things forMcNamara.”
Prange had also been theGreenbelt American LegionPost 136 coach for nine sea-sons, leading that squad tothree Maryland State Cham-pionship berths and one title
in 2002. Those summer daysin the Greenebelt dugout en-hanced Prange’s appreciationfor top quality baseball andtaking over the Stars has beena pleasant surprise.
“Coaching those guysis like a dream job for me,”Prange said. “It’s a great or-
ganization and they do every-thing first rate. I love watchingguys play baseball at a highlevel and these guys certainlydo that. I’m already lookingforward to next summer.”
COACHINGContinued from Page B-1
McDaniel (44 tackles, 8 sacks, Henry A. Wise),redshirt junior defensive back Curtis Humphrey(51 tackles, 5 interceptions, Atholton), redshirtsophomore linebacker Kevaugn Townsend (33tackles, Bishop McNamara) and redshirt juniordefensive end Cavin Murray (Bell Air) are ex-pected to lead the defense.
“I’m excited about the defense,” Wilson said.“They made some mistakes last year and
have a sour taste in their mouth.”Senior Mario Diaz-Aviles (Woodrow Wilson)
returns to lead the special teams after convertingall six of his field goal attempts last season and 42of 44 extra points.
The Bulldogs are scheduled to open theseason on Sept. 6 at home against St. AnselmCollege. For ticket information visit www.bsu-bulldogs.com
NFLContinued from Page B-1
“For the first twomatches, the cut is 55,but after that it goes to50,” Douglass coach JimWoods said.
“Usually Roosevelt hasfour or five guys that playall 18 and usually Bowieand Flowers have one ortwo, but right now I havenobody.”
Riverdale Baptist is thelone county private schoolthat plays golf in the fall.The Crusaders return twokey players, juniors Chey-enne Nelson and ZionJohnson.
GOLFContinued from Page B-1
both squads boast the depthnecessary to do well as anoverall team.
The Raiders had five run-ners in Prince George’s top15 finishers at states that areback this fall, Bowie had fivein the top 20.
Boys: Charles H. Flowersis in good position to buildon last year’s second-placefinish at the county meet as itreturns several members of itsstarting lineup.
That list includes the Jag-uars’ top finisher, CameronBurgess. Flowers has five run-ners back from its state squad.Laurel finished seventh at lastyear’s county meet but withits top runner, Caleb McCam-mon, who finished sixth at the
county meet, set to return,along with the majority ofhis supporting cast, the Spar-tans might be headed into thecounty’s upper echelon thisfall.
ContendersGirls: Flowers will likely be
propelled by the depth thatwill surround Baynes and,coaches agreed, many timesit’s those fourth and fifth run-ners that can truly make thedifference in a race.
With large returningcores, Largo and Parkdale,which finished fourth andfifth, respectively, at lastyear’s county championship— and were separated by onlythree points — should be nip-ping at the heels of the top 3.
Boys: Oxon Hill returnsthe county’s top finisher from
a year ago in Adel Akalu, whotook fifth at counties, andlooks to build on last year’seighth-place finish.
Parkdale trailed Oxon Hillby only two points and its sixreturning starters includesJalend Hill, who was one ofthe county’s top finishers atstates. Roosevelt should alsohave a strong season.
DarkhorsesGirls: Elizabeth Seton’s
running programs have his-torically been more sprint-based but cross countrycoach Louisa Puffet said sheis trying to encourage thoserunners to build their endur-ance in the fall.
As she attempts to buildup a distance corps, theRoadrunners look to improveon last year’s seventh-place
finish at the WashingtonCatholic Athletic Conferencechampionship.
Boys: It’s hard to considerfour-time defending countychampion Bowie anythingother than a favorite but theBulldogs were basically sweptclean last fall.
That being said, this is ateam that certainly shouldnot be overlooked based onits history.
Frederick Douglass willlook to repeat as a top 5 teamwithout last year’s countyrunner-up Terrell Green.And while DeMatha Catholichasn’t been a WCAC power inrecent years, the Stags couldbe in position to break intothe conference’s top 5.
RUNNERContinued from Page B-1
“Coaching those guys is like a dream job for me. It’s a greatorganization and they do everything first rate.”
Larry Prange,Bishop McNamara baseball coach
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Eleanor Roosevelt High School’s Andrew Hung returnsthis season and should be one of the top players forthe five-time defending county champion Raiders.
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Wise, Bowie to open footballseason in New Jersey
Bowie and Henry A. Wise highschools are set to open the foot-ball season in Palisades Park, N.J.on Sept. 6 at the Palisades ParkSportsplex. Bowie is scheduled toplay Hackensack at 1 p.m. and Wisemeets St. Peter’s Prep at 7:30 p.m. inthe I-95 Kickoff Classic.
This is the fifth consecutive yearof the event, which was createdby Bowie resident Tony Kennedy.Kennedy said he created it as a wayfor Maryland schools and athletesto gain more national exposure. Heplans on expanding the event to Mi-ami next year.
— PRINCE J. GRIMES
Capitol Christian opensagainst N.C. championCapitol Christian Academy
kicks off its football season onSaturday in Durham, N.C. TheWarriors, who were undefeatedat 7-0 in their first-ever seasonin 2013, are traveling out of thestate to take on Southern, whichis a defending North Carolinastate champion and currentlyranked fourth in the state by theHerald-Sun newspaper in Dur-
ham. Southern went 14-2 lastseason.
— PRINCE J. GRIMES
DeMatha grads set forcollege football season
DeMatha Catholic High Schoolgraduates JaWhaun Bentley (Pur-due), Cameron Phillips (VirginiaTech) and Jamal Robinson (Albany)were named starters for their respec-tive college football teams, accord-ing to a Tweet from Stags coachElijah Brooks.
The three alumni (Class of 2014)helped the Hyattsville school winthe Washington Catholic AthleticConference championship last sea-son. Phillips, a receiver, was namedPrince George’s County All-GazettePlayer of the Year while Bentley(linebacker, first team) and Robin-son (defensive back, second team)also received recognition.
— ERIC GOLDWEIN
Riverdale namesnew coaches
The Riverdale Baptist Schoolhas named Darius Qualls as theschool’s girls soccer coach for thefall and selected Myron Gaines as
the boys coach. Qualls, a formermen’s coach at Prince George’sCommunity College and an assis-tant coach at Towson University,takes over for Stan Smith. Gaines,the technical instructor for thePatuxent Football Academy inCalvert County, takes over forlongtime coach Bob Surrette.
— TED BLACK
Laurel soccer playerthrives with Houston
In 2013 Laurel native TiffanyMcCarty was the Washington Spiritwomen’s professional soccer team’sfirst-ever draft pick. The forwardscored two goals early in the seasonbut was relegated from starter tosubstitute for the struggling teammidway through the summer.
The 2014 season, however, hasbeen a completely different story.McCarty was drafted over the winterby the National Women’s SoccerLeague’s expansion team, HoustonDash. Though the team has strug-gled as a whole, the speedy McCartyhas adjusted to the professionalgame with a team-high five goals.
— JENNIFER BEEKMAN
KEEPING IT BRIEF YOUTH SPORTS
The Prince George’s Select Blue Sox 16-underbaseball team won the Metropolitan Junior BaseballLeague Inner City Classic national championshiptournament on Aug. 10 at Virginia State University inPetersburg, Va.
The Blue Sox defeated Bridgeport, Conn. 14-3 in thechampionship game, finishing the tournament with a5-1 record.
The players on the team include Riley Horn, ChrisBlair, Jimmy May Jr, Tyrone Patterson III, AnthonyVelasquez, Joshua Anderson, Adante Rhodes, NicoBrooks, Thomas Mason III, Abraham Herrera, DerrickNewman Jr., Damani Hamm, Kendell Robinson, IzzyVelasquez, and Myles Wolfolk.
The Bowie Blue Jays travel softball is conduct-ing tryouts for it 10-Under through 18-U travel softballteams. For specific times and more information, visitwww.BowieBlueJays.org, email [email protected] or call (240) 424-JAYS.
The Glenarden Ardmore Springdale boys andgirls club is registering for its fall football, soccer andcheer seasons for ages 4 through 16. Email [email protected], call 301-322-1866 or visit www.gabgc.com.
The Gazette accepts youth sports news [email protected]. Deadline is 5 p.m. Fridays .
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#526014A,Automatic, 15K Miles,Sport Sedan
$14,995
2011 Volvo S80 Sedan
#526043A, Automatic,36K Miles, Certified,Seville Grey
$25,980
2012 Ford Focus SE
#P8944A,Auto, 31K Miles,1-Owner
$13,9952012 Scion TC
#G0029, 13K Miles,1-Owner, ReleaseSeries 7.0 Coupe
$16,995
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#429043A, Auto,30K Miles, HybridEngine
$17,595
2011 Hyundai Sonata
#P8998A,1-Owner, 2SS Coupe,6.2L V8 Engine
$24,980
2010 Chevrolet Camaro
#526544A,Automatic, 48KMIles, Space Grey
$21,690
2008 BMW Z4 3.0I Coupe
2013 Subaru Forester 2.5X
#526513B,1-Owner, 35K Miles,Premium SUV
$24,980
2012 Volvo S60 T5 Sedan
#P9048,Certified, 1-Owner,29K Miles, Auto
$24,950
2012 Chevrolet Malibu LT ...........................................$14,995#N0434, Automatic, 2LT Sedan, 1-Owner
2011 Volvo V50 T5 Wagon...........................................$18,995#P8994, 1-Owner, Auto, Titanium Grey, 2.0L Turbo
2012 Honda Accord SE Sedan....................... $19,980#526040A, 1-Owner, 23K Miles, Auto, 2.4L Turbo Engine
2008 Audi A6 Quattro Sedan............................. $20,750#526519A, Automatic, 3.2L V6 Engine
2013 Volkswagen Jetta Sedan TDI........... $21,950#N0488, 10K Miles, Auto, Premium Sedan, 2.0L Turbo
2011 Acura TSK Sedan...................................................$22,950#526037A, Automatic, 29K Miles, 1-Owner
2012 Nissan Altima............................................................ $24,980#526035A, 1-Owner, Auto, 13K Miles, V6 3.5 SR
2012 Volvo S60 T5....................................................................$25,980#526045A, W/Blis, Heated Seats, Certified, 10K Miles, Ice White
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#3001704, Automatic, Power Windows/Power Locks,Keyless Entry, Heated Seats, Bluetooth, Cruise Control
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MSRP $21,085
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2014 JETTA S
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MSRP $17,775
2014 TIGUAN S 2WD
#13595050, Automatic, Power Windows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry
BUY FOR$21,999
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2014 BEETLE 2.5L
#1601415, Automatic, Power Windows/PowerLocks, Keyless Entry, Sunroof
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MSRP $21,915
2014 PASSAT SE TDI
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MSRP $27,730
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MSRP $24,715
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MSRP $22,765
2008 Chevrolet Cobalt.....#V441506A, Black, 78,101 Miles......$8,9952007 Toyota Corolla.....#V004904A, Red, 88,460 Miles............$9,9952010 Mazda Mazda3.....#V001251B, Teal, 37,270 Miles........$12,9952013 Jetta S.....#V293016A, Gray, 14,960 Miles......................$15,9952013 Toyota Corolla.....#V330995A, 14,797 Miles..................$17,9952011 Honda Accord.....#VP0076, Silver, 38,847 Miles.............$17,9992011 GTI.....#VP0065, Gray, 41,445 Miles.................................$18,9932011 GTI SR.....#V288623A, Black, 67,072 Miles.....................$18,9952012 Honda Civic.....#V537179C, Blue, 21,194 Miles.............$19,9952014 Jetta SE.....#VPR0074, Black, 5,213 Miles.......................$20,995
2014 Jetta Sedan.....#VPR0071, Silver, 1,060 Miles................$20,9952013 Golf.....#VPR0075, Black, 6,137 Miles..............................$21,9952014 Passat.....#VPR0070, Blue, 6,441 Miles...........................$22,6952012 Routan SE.....#VPR097794A, Gray, 33,019 Miles............$22,9952013 Ford Mustang.....#V310901A, Blue, 11,854 Miles..........$22,9952013 GTI...#V102017A, Black, 19,566 Miles.............................$23,9952013 KIA Optima.....#V007888A, Red, 21,885 Miles................$24,9952014 Passat TDI.....#VPR0069, Silver, 4,604 Miles...................$25,9952014 Passat TDI....#V336652A, Silver, 9,171 Miles..................$29,995
2014 GTI WOLFSBURG EDITION
#4002727, Automatic, Power Windows/Power Locks, Keyless Entry
BUY FOR$22,927
OR 0% for 60 MONTHS
MSRP $27,285
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$10,977#P9055A, Auto,Leather, LT SUV
2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer
$19,977#P9007, Automatic,Leather, BackupCamera, Alloy Wheels
2009 Nissan Murano SL SUV
$11,977#446163A,Automatic, 1-Owner,23K Miles
2012 Chrysler 200 Touring$13,977#441543A,
Automatic, 23KMiles
2012 Mitsubishi Galant ES
$17,977#P9016, Automatic,Leather, 27K Miles
2011 Honda Accord EX-L SDN
$14,977#446025A,Automatic, 1-Owner
2012 Nissan Altima 2.5L Sedan
$14,977#P9089A, Automatic,Navigation, 1-Owner,28K Miles
2012 Nissan Sentra 2.0S Sedan
$10,977#P9072A,Automatic, 1-owner,Wagon
2009 Toyota Matrix S
$14,977#440307A,Automatic, 1-Owner,42K Miles
2012 Nissan Leaf SV Hatchback
$16,977#P9021, Automatic,1-Owner, 32K Miles
2012 Nissan Rogue S
MSRP: $23,050Sale Price: $19,995Nissan Rebate: -$500NMAC Bonus Cash: -$500
2014 NISSAN ROGUE SELECT AWD
#29014 w/Bluetooth2 At This Price: VINS: 706165, 706267
$17,495
MSRP: $23,505Sale Price: $19,745Nissan Rebate: -$1,000NMAC Bonus Cash: -$750Nissan Holiday Bonus Cash: -$500
#131152 At This Price: VINS: 117385, 117625
2015 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 S#11155 w/Manual Transmission2 At This Price: VINS: 823814, 812703
MSRP: $13,170Sale Price: $11,495
2015 NISSAN VERSA S SEDAN
$11,495
#161142 At This Price: VINS: 474864, 474800
$18,995
$22,495
MSRP: $32,500Sale Price: $27,995Nissan Rebate: -$4,500Nissan Bonus Rebate: -$500NMAC Bonus Cash: -$500
2014 NISSAN MAXIMA S
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2014 NISSAN MURANO S
#232142 At This Price: VINS: 525397, 521023
$22,495
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