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Plenty of Music, GamesAnd Fun for New Year's

What Goes On

See COUNCIL, page 6

Planning Staff Briefs City CouncilOn Greenbelt Station Development

by Thomas X. White

Council Debates Historic StatusOf Greenbelt Middle School

by Jennifer Sciubba

This year’s Greenbelt NewYear celebration is called “AThousand Stars.” Among thestars shining brightly on Satur-day evening will be some tal-ented performers who callGreenbelt home. FolksingerMelissa Sites will lead songs atthe Community Campfire hostedby the Girl Scouts in RooseveltCenter. She teaches a pre-schoolmusic class at the CommunityCenter and enjoyed a stint asmusic teacher last summer atCreative Kids Camp (CKC).Sites will be joined by storytellerTim Livengood for the campfire,which the Girl Scouts will lightat 7 p.m.

Another CKC instructor,Greenbelter Chris Fominaya, willhave two gigs at Greenbelt NewYear. He will play Disney favor-ites in the Sing-along PianoLounge at the Community Cen-ter and will also accompanyCamp Cabaret Sings at the ArtsCenter. The teen performers ofCamp Cabaret have spent theentire week polishing their showunder the direction of Fominaya,Madeline Bell and RachelMoore-Beitler.

Greenbelt is fortunate to bethe home of several fine pianists.Following Fominaya in the pi-ano lounge will be Sondra Hol-land who will play holiday songsand Stefan Brodd who will playBroadway tunes. Holland has ap-peared at the city’s Artful After-noons and Brodd has played fora series of popular senior musicclasses, as well as accompanyingmany camp shows and youth mu-sicals.

In addition to the teen singersof Camp Cabaret, the Arts Centerwill feature a special sneak pre-view of selections from the up-coming production of “Cabaret,”which opens January 6. The the-ater has been configured as acabaret for the show with audi-ence members seated aroundsmall tables.

Young local filmmakers willpresent short animation pieces atthe GAVA/GATE animation show-case at the movie theater. A high-light of the showcase will be theworld premiere of two shorts byJoel Mason-Gaines and CalebValentich.

Partygoers who want to boosttheir glamour quotient will findwilling assistants at the Wacky HairSalon where volunteers from theGreenbelt Swim Team will createspectacular ‘dos for the evening.Salon clients will be entertained bythe high-octane antics of “ImprovAsylum,” featuring hometown per-formers Jesse Goldberg-Strassler,Kevin Skolnik and CKC dramateacher Jesse Folks.

Food OfferingsGreenbelt civic groups will be

selling food to partygoers. TheSt. Hugh’s Home and School As-sociation will keep the stove hotin the Community Center kitchen,serving up hot dogs, lo mein

noodles, egg rolls, nachos andmore. GreenBeLT Pride will beselling pizza and sodas at theYouth Center and the Girl Scoutswill be making S’mores at theCommunity Campfire at RooseveltCenter.

Greenbelt restaurateurs will becooking up a storm as well. ChefLou will serve desserts upstairs atthe Community Center and theNew Deal Café will be open allnight with a special buffet servedfrom 12:45 to 2 a.m.

The evening will feature somepopular imported talent as well.At the Community Center thegym will rock to the beat of“Smooth Pan Sounds Steel DrumBand” and “DC Motors.” Justdown the hall Frank Cassel, TheBanjo Man, will be pluckin’ andstrummin’ for delighted fans.The Kaydee Puppets are present-ing three shows: “The UglyDuckling,” “Bunny Tales” and“Little Red Riding Hood.” Inthe Celestial Craft Shop, party-goers will create starry hats andtiaras to wear for the evening.

DancingDownstairs at the Community

Center ballroom champ FrankSolomon is hosting an all-nightMad Hot Ballroom dance party,with non-stop music and mini-lessons in the hottest moves forcouples dancing. Upstairs, singer-songwriter John Hill and magicianMagic Mike will performthroughout the evening.

At the Youth Center, thekaraoke DJ will be standing byfor those partygoers who emergefrom the Wacky Hair Salon andImprov Asylum ready for theirmoment in the spotlight. Giantaction games will thrill thosewhose aspirations take a moreOlympic turn.

The New Deal Café willpresent three musical acts duringthe evening. First up, at 8 p.m.will be Doug Way who playsAmerican roots music. Next, at 9p.m. is “The Scrub Pines” whoplay alternative country. Finally,from 10 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. MikeHamilton and “Don’t Blame Us”will play Appalachian and urbantraditional music.

The evening’s festivities beginat 7 p.m. on Saturday, December31. Admission wristbands are onsale now at the Community Cen-ter, Youth Center and theGreenbelt Co-op Supermarket.Children five and under are ad-mitted free. For information andschedule call the CommunityCenter at 301-397-2208.

Saturday, December 317 p.m., New Year’s Celebra-tion, Community CenterMonday, January 2 – City andGHI Offices Closed inObservance of New YearHolidayWednesday, January 47:30 p.m., Advisory PlanningBoard Meeting, CommunityCenter8 p.m., Council Worksessionre: Greenbelt Station, Commu-nity Center (May Be Changedfor Executive Session)Monday, January 98 p.m., Regular CouncilMeeting, Municipal Building

At a December 21 councilworksession Celia Craze, directorof the city’s Planning and Com-munity Development Departmentand members of the planningstaff provided briefing on thecurrent state of negotiations be-tween city staff and GreenbeltStation developers. The briefingconcerned the revised Concep-tual Site Plan (CSP) for theplanned development and themore specific Detailed Site Plans(DSP) for the Greenbelt StationSouth Core development.

The latter plans are trackingalongside the CSP as it is beingconsidered by the Prince George’sPlanning Board staff. All mem-bers of council and representa-tives of the Greenbelt Station de-velopment team attended theworksession.

Craze characterized the brief-ing as a “prepping” for council’sformal consideration of the up-coming plans prior to the PrinceGeorge’s Planning Board consid-eration early in the New Year.Craze said that December 2005and January 2006 have beendesignated “Greenbelt Station”months for her office because ofthe intense review activity tak-ing place for the development,especially for the development’sSouth Core.

City staff has been consultingwith both the Greenbelt Station

development team and Maryland-National Capital Park and Plan-ning Commission staff on theproposed plans. Craze wantedcouncil to be fully aware of re-maining issues that could requiredifficult decisions, what she re-ferred to as a “set of staff condi-tions that will likely be evolvingover the next few weeks.”

Craze also provided a tentativeschedule for planning reviewmilestones that could unfold inJanuary, assuming that theGreenbelt Station developers sup-port a continuance for the Prince

George’s County PlanningBoard’s consideration of the CSPto January 26.

In terms of the ongoing dis-cussions and negotiations withthe Greenbelt Station develop-ment team, Craze noted thatplanning staff has been trying topay attention to development is-sues raised previously by coun-cil, notably, “Housing choices(style, rental versus owned andaffordability), environmental is-sues and available recreation ar-eas. Some of those issues arebecoming inflexible.”

Staff ConditionsCity staff provided council

with its latest draft of the “StaffConditions” document on De-cember 21. This documentlisted 61 proposed City ofGreenbelt positions applicable tothe revised CSP. The focus ofdiscussion, however, was on theso-called difficult issues.

The first of these issues dealtwith a so-called “Dernoga” planfor the South Core portion ofthe plan. Apparently CountyCouncil Chairperson ThomasDernoga has suggested a revi-sion to the CSP for the residen-tial portion of the South Coreplan east of the proposed con-nector road, connecting theSouth Core with the North Core

Tentative PlanningReview Schedule

January 4 – Greenbelt Advi-sory Planning Board (APB) reviewof CSP.

January 9 – Greenbelt CityCouncil considers and acceptsAPB report on recommended cityconditions applicable to the re-vised CSP and update on devel-opment planning schedule.

January 18 – APB review ofthe DSP for the South Core de-velopment.

January 23 – Council actionon city staff recommendations ap-plicable to the revised CSP andDSP for Greenbelt Station devel-opment.

See GMS, page 5

On Wednesday, December 14a debate over the importance ofhistory became heated during aGreenbelt City Council workses-sion called by Jose Morales, theschool board member responsiblefor construction plans. The pur-pose of the meeting was to dis-cuss plans for the historic part ofGreenbelt Middle School when anew building is constructed to-gether with a new elementaryschool. The planning for a two-school complex is difficultenough but becomes even morecomplicated when historical areascome into play. The challenge isdetermining what exactly gives asite historical significance.

There are those Greenbelt pur-ists, like Councilmember RodneyRoberts, who argue that virtuallyany change removes historicalsignificance from a site and whoadvocate for preserving Greenbeltin its original form. On the otherhand there are those like MayorJudith Davis, who argue that tokeep Greenbelt alive as a thriv-ing, contemporary community,some physical changes must bemade to reflect changes in the

citizenry. The presence of theseopposing viewpoints on onesmall, five-person council isenough to spark conflict, butcompounding the problem is amuddled definition of whatqualifies a space as historic inthe first place.

The school board representa-tives and their architect arguethat the truly historic part of themiddle school is the portionbuilt in 1937, which includessome classrooms and a foodpreparation area, among otherthings. The gym, though built in1945, does not qualify as “his-toric.” However, one schoolboard representative questioned,“Just because something is old,is it actually historic?”

Apparently, while the façadeis somewhat in line with tradi-tional Art Deco Greenbelt styl-ing, very little of the interior ofthe school is original, except fora few doors. And, as the archi-tect pointed out, what exists isnot an efficient use of the space.In order to use the building forclassrooms a great deal of reno-vation would need to be done

and this work could potentiallyundermine whatever was historicabout it in the first place.

AlternativeThe alternative the school

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A Review

by Judy Bell

“A Celebration of Christmas,”a concert performed by membersof Music Amongst Friends, drewover 100 listeners to GreenbeltCommunity Church on Sunday,December 18. The performersincluded Greenbelt residentMuriel Bennett Balzer on piano,with soprano Gina Vikari Mooreand baritone James K. Mooreproviding vocals.

The concert opened with acarol – the Moores singing a vi-brant “O Come All Ye Faithful”duet. James sang “O HolyNight,” followed by another duetwith Gina, Bach’s “Jesu, Joy ofMan’s Desiring.”

The next group of offeringscentered on the birth of Jesuswith James singing a spot-on ver-sion of a little-heard piece called“The Kings,” followed by RalphVaughn Williams “The Oxen.”Gina Moore, sounding like anangel, sang “The Virgin’s Slum-ber Song,” a lyrical lullaby.“Rejoice Greatly” from Handel’sMessiah, an ambitious piece, wasably sung by Gina.

After a brief intermission theconcert continued with lightercarols, such as a delightfully-per-formed, playful duet of “A Win-ter Wonderland,” Gina singing“White Christmas,” an affection-

ate “Let it Snow”duet, James on“Christmas Song” anda “Silver Bells” duet,with the singers usingtheir voices in perfect harmonyto sound out the bells, as wellas the bustle of the holidays, inmusic.

The concluding selectionsconsisted of familiar traditionalcarols. Gina exquisitely sang thefirst verse of “Silent Night” inboth English and German. Jamessang “O Little Town ofBethlehem” with such feeling thatI found myself really concentrat-ing on the words.

One of my favorites was JohnJacob Niles’ “I Wonder as I Wan-der” performed meaningfully byJames. A rousing “I Heard theBells” concluded the performance.

And what Christmas concertcould be held without somemeasure of audience participa-tion? The group obliged with“Joy to the World.” All selec-tions were deftly accompanied byMuriel Balzer. I would have en-joyed hearing at least one soloby her.

The concert was anotherhigh-quality performance such asGreenbelters have enjoyed in re-cent years at the CommunityChurch. Bravo!

Muriel Bennett Balzer is the

Celebration of Christmas Amongst Friendsfounder and artisticdirector for MusicAmongst Friends, asmall classical en-semble dedicated to

the high vocal arts. Balzer re-ceived a master’s egree in pianoperformance from the PeabodyConservatory of Music, JohnsHopkins University. She hasdone extensive solo, chamberand accompanying workthroughout the United States.

Gina Vikari Moore was a win-ner in the Seattle Civic OperaAuditions and appeared in Se-attle Opera’s Don Carlos. Shehas pursued the opera and musi-cal theater stages in both Europeand the United States. In 2003she was one of few nationally-chosen participants in the Ameri-can Singer’s Opera Project inNew York City.

James K. Moore earned adoctor of arts degree in VocalPerformance from the Universityof Washington and is currentlyassistant professor of voice atHoward University in Washing-ton, D.C. He is the winner ofseveral major vocal competitionsand has performed extensivelywith a number of opera compa-nies throughout Europe and theUnited States as both a baritoneand tenor. He is equally at homeperforming musical theater.

Music Amongst Friendstreated Greenbelters with a vari-ety of Christmas music fillingGreenbelt Community Churchwith sounds of joy on December18. The artists’ range coveredmany songs from classical music,such as excerpts from Handel’sMessiah, to more modern, secu-larized Christmas songs like“Winter Wonderland.”

All three artists presentingthis wonderful concert are world-class musicians with impressiveresumes. Greenbelter MurielBennett Balzer, who, amongmany other things, has taught atJohns Hopkins and the PeabodyConservatory of Music, playedpiano for the friends. GinaVikari Moore, who has appearedin concerts in Europe andthroughout the U.S., sang so-prano. Lastly, James K. Moore,an amazing singer and actor witha huge resume and a doctorate inmusical arts, sang baritone.Moore is the winner of sevenmajor vocal competitions and hashad the pleasure to performSiegmund in “Die Walkuere” andFord in “Falstaff,” among manyother impressive roles.

While the three performed,one could to observe many adreamy-eyed member of the audi-ence who filled the church’spews listening in amazement to

the beautiful music.The first half of theevening was mostlytaken up by classicalChristian songs onedoes not hear much outside ofchurch these days – and hardlyever performed by such wonder-ful musicians. The friends sang12 classical songs. Handel’s“There Were Shepherds Abidingin the Field” from the Messiahand “The Virgin’s Slumber Song”by Max Reger were two of them.

Some of the works were per-formed in a duet and some assolo. Both Gina and JamesMoore are impressive soloistsand one can tell they live tolove their music. James Mooresang in English and Italian andGina Moore in English and Ger-man. They are fluent in the for-eign languages and Gina Mooremade “Stille Nacht (SilentNight)” sound ever so beautifulin German, a language very dif-ficult to sing.

The second half of theevening highlighted popularChristmas songs likely to beheard on the radio, TV and ev-erywhere one goes this season.The singers performed “Let itSnow,” for example, as a cutelove song that certainly put oneinto a happy Christmas mood.

During the last song, the audi-ence joined the three friends for“Joy to the World” assuring the

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Audience Enjoys Christmas Concertholiday spirit.

The only downsideto the performancewas that some mem-bers of the audience

clearly left their concert etiquetteat home. One person not onlyinterrupted the concert with hercell phone’s musical ring buttook the call! Sadly, her cellphone was not the only one toring during the course of theevening.

Aside from these interruptions,everyone had a great time. Notonly the three performers butalso the audience clearly enjoyedthemselves and had a wonderfulevening at the CommunityChurch. This reviewer cannotwait until next year’s round ofChristmas songs from MusicAmongst Friends. If you wouldlike to learn more about thisgroup, you may visit http://www.musicamongstfriends.com.

The Maryland-National Capi-tal Park and Planning Commis-sion announces registration forbio aerobics dance fitness classesfor adults and teens. Programsavailable include Cardio Fit(high/low) and Tone & Firmclasses. All Monday/Wednesdayclasses start January 18. AllTuesday/Thursday classes start

January 17. Classes will be heldat Berwyn Heights CommunityCenter in Berwyn Heights, Col-lege Park Community Center inCollege Park and Good LuckCommunity Center in Lanham.

For information and a freebrochure call 301-262-5175 orvisit the website atwww.bioaerobics.com.

M-NCPPC Offers New Year Classes

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Community EventsFolk Dance ClassHolds Open House

Overextend by eating too wellduring the holiday season? Wantto have fun and burn a few calo-ries? Join the Greenbelt FolkDancers for a free folk danceopen house on Friday, January 6at 7:30 p.m. at the GreenbeltYouth Center.

Dances from many differentcountries will be taught; all areeasy enough for beginners.There will be light refreshments.Partners are not necessary butcomfortable shoes and clothingare important.

Those who enjoy dancing atthe open house can enroll in theFriday night classes that eveningor by contacting the GreenbeltRecreation Department for enroll-ment instructions.

Principal to SpeakAbout Middle School

Greenbelt Middle SchoolPrincipal Judy Austin will be theguest speaker at the GreenbeltElementary School (GES) PTAmeeting on Tuesday, January 3from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in theschool’s media center. She willtalk about how to ease the tran-sition to middle school. Parentsof current 5th and 6th graders areespecially encouraged to attend.Free babysitting is available.The GES PTA hopes to makefurther outreach efforts toGreenbelt Middle School. Forfurther information go towww.greenbelt.com/gespta or call301-441-8312.

At the LibraryLibraries will be closed Sun-

day, January 1 and Monday,January 2.

Tuesday, January 3, 10:30a.m. – Cuddletime for newbornsto 17 months with caregiver,limit 15 babies.

Wednesday, January 4, 10:30a.m. – Toddlertime for ages 18 to35 months with caregiver, limit15 toddlers.

Thursday, January 5, 10:30a.m. – Drop-in Storytime for ages3 to 5, limit 20 children.

GEAC MeetsThe next meeting of the

Greenbelt East Advisory Commit-tee (GEAC) will be held Thurs-day, January 6 at 7:30 p.m. atGreenbriar. Election of officerswill be held at this meeting.

Holiday HomeworkDue on January 3

Parents are reminded that ev-ery Prince George’s County pub-lic school pupil, K-10, was senthome for the winter break withhomework packets that are to beturned in on January 3. For thesecond year in a row, the vaca-tion homework is designed to as-sure children are prepared for ad-vanced placement exams and newstate testing requirements thatdetermine whether they willgraduate high school, startingwith the 2009 graduating class.Parents are asked to spend timethemselves during the winterbreak, to see that students prac-tice the reading and math skills inthe vacation skills packets.

The county school boardurges parents to call the principalright away if their student doesnot have a packet of holidaywork. Extra homework credit isgiven as an incentive to completethese holiday assignments.

City NotesPublic works facilities main-

tenance crews began work on amulti-week project to installstage lighting in the gymnasiumat the Community Center. Thisproject requires city staff towork in coordination with atleast three outside contractorsand staff from the RecreationDepartment to design and installstructural supports, wiring andequipment. The crew also metwith representatives from theNational Historic Trust, the con-tractor and staff from the Recre-ation Department to inspect allof the windows that were reno-vated to create a list of out-standing work items.

The vehicle mechanics crewrepaired several parts on a dis-abled dump truck.

Recreation department man-agement held five in-house in-terviews last week for the va-cant recreation coordinator posi-tion and a recommendation wassent to the city manager.

North Pole forms were filledout, collected and handed toSanta last week for North PoleCalling. Santa made about 35phone calls to area children.

Late Night was held witheight participants enjoyingpizza, swimming and a movie atthe Youth Center on December16.

More than $3,700 has beencollected for the Mary PurcellGeiger Scholarship Fund sup-porting arts and senior pro-grams.

CARESMasters of Social Work in-

terns Jamie Wilson and OliviaMoore have completed conflictresolution and decision-makinggroups at Springhill Lake El-ementary. There were 29 stu-dents attending.

Teresa Smithson and JamieWilson completed a 10-weekpsycho-educational group onself-esteem. Five clients partici-pated in the group.

Girl Scouts can change the lifeof a girl. Today’s young peopleface problems and challengesmany do not imagine. Givingthem tools to successfully meetthose challenges is everyone’sresponsibility. During the holi-day season, consider giving agirl something that can be ben-eficial to her and just plain fun.Girl Scouts is a resource for par-ents who want to get theirdaughters involved in somethingthat inspires them to accomplishbigger things. The national GirlScout organization recently re-dedicated itself to the missionof building girls of courage, con-fidence and character to makethe world a better place.

Through educational pro-grams that teach math, science,the environment and literacy, GirlScouts reaches out to thousandsof girls in the community – pro-viding services and opportuni-ties that help them reach their

Girl Scouting Programs Offer Plusesgoals no matter what their race,religion or financial status – andthey have fun reaching thosegoals together.

Parents and guardians are en-couraged to think about howGirls Scouts could make achange in the life of a girl andtake the next step to make thatchange. It could be a great giftfor the season and one that willlast for a Girl Scout’s lifetime.There are a number of Girl Scoutand Brownie troops in Greenbelt.Interested families can callBeverly Smith at 301-441-3814.

Children Skate FreeGlide on the ice to start off

the New Year on Sunday, Janu-ary 1 from 1 to 3 p.m. and 7 to 9p.m. at Herbert Wells Ice Rink,5211 Paint Branch Parkway, Col-lege Park. Up to four children areadmitted free with a paying par-ent admission. Admission feedoes not include skate rental.

Free Gymkana Jan. 8On Sunday, January 8 at 3

p.m. there will be a free gymkanaprogram for kids at the Old Par-ish House, 4711 Knox Road inCollege Park. This activity ledby Scott Welsh, coach of theUniversity of Maryland Gymkanatroupe, will include tumbling,bouncing, rolling and learninggymnastic tricks. Participantsshould come dressed to move.

Registration is requested. Call301-927-3013 or emailinfo@cpae.org for information.

MVA/VEIPClosed Monday

The Maryland Motor Ve-hicle Administration (MVA)offices and Vehicle Emis-sions Inspection (VEIP) sta-tions will be closed onMonday, January 2 in obser-vance of New Year’s Day.

Happy New Year!

from the

Greenbelt Lions Club

Our thanks to the Greenbelt Community for their generous support of the

White Cane Collections which help finance our programs such as:

• Holiday Toy Drive for the Children of our Community

• Pre-School Vision Screening (for blindness prevention in children)

• Support of the Wilmer Eye Clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital

The Friends of New Deal Café Arts (FONDCA) would like to thank allthe past and present visionaries, volunteers, financial supporters, boardmembers, managers, staff, cooks, loyal customers, dedicated members,artists and musicians who have made the Café what it is today!

Special thanks for the early and continued support from the GreenbeltConsumers Cooperative (the Co-op) and the City of Greenbelt.

COME OUT TO ENJOY OUR NEW SPACE,ART AND MUSIC THIS NEW YEAR’S EVE!

Access starts at 8pm with the Greenbelt New Year’s wristband.

8pm Doug Way – Good old country style pickin’ and singin’

9pm The Scrub Pines – Alt. Country & Folk

10pm Mike Hamilton & the Don’t Blame Us Band – Appalachian& Urban Traditional (scheduled to finish at 12:30am)

A special buffet breakfast will also be served from 12:30 to 2 a.m. for an additional cost.

Music performance brought to you by the Friends of New Deal Cafe Arts (FONDCA),which sponsors arts programs at the New Deal Cafe and in Roosevelt Center withsupporting funding from the City of Greenbelt, Prince George’s County, Prince George’sArts Council and many individual supporters.

Come Celebratethe 10th Anniversary

of the Founding of the

New Deal Café

Movie on Wal-MartTo Be Screened

The Eleanor & FranklinRoosevelt Democratic Club ofGreenbelt will collaborate withthe United Food and CommercialWorkers (UFCW) Local #400 fora screening of the movie “Wal-Mart: The High Cost of LowPrice.”

The feature-length documen-tary (90 min.) will be shown inthe Terrace Room of theGreenbriar Community Building,7600 Hanover Parkway onWednesday, January 4 at 7:30p.m.

Club members, prospectivemembers and the public are in-vited to attend. There is no feebut reservations are necessary be-cause of limited seating. CallRoosevelt President Pat Unger at301-474-1052 to make a reserva-tion.

There will be a moderateddiscussion following the film.Light refreshments will beserved. Tony Perez, assistant di-rector of Government Affairs forthe union, will be on hand togive background and answerquestions.

For information about the film,produced by Robert Greenwaldand Brave New Films, visitwww.walmartmovie.com.

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ObituariesMichael Zukauskas

Michael Paul Zukauskasdied on Christmas Eve, De-cember 24, 2005. A funeralwas held on Thursday, De-cember 29 at St. Margaret’sChurch in Belair, Md. TheZukauskas family is alsoplanning a service to cel-ebrate Michael’s life, to takeplace at the Greenbelt Com-munity Church sometime inAugust 2006.

Our condolences to Lee-Ellenand Katie Zukauskas, whosehusband and father Michael PaulZukauskas died on Saturday, De-cember 24, 2005.

Our best wishes to formerNews Review staffer BarbaraYoung who is at home recoveringafter hip replacement surgery.

Air Force Air-man Raymond A.King, Jr. hasgraduated from ba-sic military trainingat Lackland AirForce Base, SanAntonio, Texas.King is the son of Raymond andDiane King of Research Road. Heis a 2002 graduate of EleanorRoosevelt High School.

Congratulations to EleanorRoosevelt High School on beingone of 41 Maryland public andprivate schools to receive a Mary-land Center for Character Educa-tion 2005 School of the YearAward. To be considered for rec-ognition schools must have ex-celled in two or more criteria per-taining to character building pro-grams.

Kimberly Lynn Lawson re-ceived her bachelor's degree inbiology from the University ofNorth Carolina at Wilmington onDecember 10. Kimberly is thedaughter of Betty and JamieLinkenhoker of King George, Va.Her grandparents are Sandy andFred Mooney of Research Road.

Councilmember Edward Putenshas a new position as head of theSmall Cities Council of the NationalLeague of Cities. He is the repre-sentative from the State of Mary-land. At the December GEACmeeting, Putens noted that thegroup is holding a summer meetingin Greenbelt at which he hopes toshowcase the city. He is lookingfor donations for the event fromGreenbelt businesses.

ST. HUGH OF GRENOBLECATHOLIC CHURCH

135 Crescent Road, Greenbelt, MD 20770301-474-4322

Saturday, December 31New Year’s Vigil - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, January 1 – New Year’s DaySolemnity of Mary Mother of God

8:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m., and 11:00 a.m.

Pastor: Fr. Walter J. TappePastoral Associate: Fr. R. Scott Hurd

Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights began on theevening of December 25 with the lighting of the firstcandle. The eighth candle will be lighted this Sundayevening. (For the first time in almost 50 years the firstnight of Hanukkah and Christmas shared the same date.)

by Debbie Thompson

Fun and Cookies with SantaAnd Greenbriar Residents

Little Miss Greenbelt Alexis Thompson, Junior Miss Greenbelt DevinFendlay (left) and Miss Greenbelt Emily Ivy pose with Santa Clauseat Greenbriar cookie event.

Greenbriar residents of allages enjoyed having cookieswith Santa in the Greenbriar Ter-race Room on Sunday, December11. Crafts and gingerbreadcookie decorating kept the chil-dren busy until Santa arrived.“The Facepaint Lady” fromPainted Faces, Inc., transformed

guests into Rudolph the RedNosed Reindeer, Santa’s elf,beautiful fairies and a TeenageMutant Ninja Turtle. Specialguests included Miss GreenbeltEmily Ivy, Junior Miss GreenbeltDevin Fendlay and Little MissGreenbelt Alexis Thompson.

One of Santa’selves (Matt Thomp-son) and Rudolphthe Red Nosed Re-indeer (Allison Th-ompson) at the“Cookies withSanta” event atGreenbriar.

Photos byDebbie Thompson HOLY CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH

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Dec. 31, 5 p.m. – Service of Holy Communion Jan. 1, 10 a.m. – Service of Holy Communion

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Every breath that we breathe is ablessing from God and we learn fromthe Prophet Solomon (peace be upon

him) to recognize these blessings eachday. The Holy Qur'an tells us how he never

forgot to be thankful to God. He is quoted to have said, "This is bythe grace of my Lord, to test me whether I am grateful or ungrate-ful! And if any is grateful, it is (a gain) for his own soul; but if anyis ungrateful, truly my Lord is free of all needs, supreme in honor."

– The Holy Qur'an, 27:40

Remember to count your blessings each day. For informationabout gratefulness from an Islamic perspective, call 301-982-9463or email searchislam@mail.com or visit www.islamguide.com.

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City InformationGREENBELT AQUATIC AND FITNESS CENTER

Winter Session ~ Adult and Children’s ClassesSession Dates: January 2 thru February 25

Open registration for Adult classes:December 21 until classes fill

Open registration for Children’s Lessons:December 21 until January 6 at 2:00pm

Holiday Hours: RHoliday Hours: RHoliday Hours: RHoliday Hours: RHoliday Hours: Recreation Fecreation Fecreation Fecreation Fecreation Facilitiesacilitiesacilitiesacilitiesacilities

GCC GAFC YC/SHLRCDecember 31 9am-1pm 8am-5pm 12- 5pmJanuary 1 12-4pm 12-5pm 12-5pmGCC - Greenbelt Community Center, GAFC - Greenbelt Aquatics and

Fitness Center, YC - Youth CenterSHLRC - Springhill Lake Recreation Center

HOLIDAY SCHEDULECity Offices will be closed

Monday, January 2nd

in observance of the New Year’s Holiday.

REFUSE/RECYCLING SCHEDULEWeek of January 2nd

Monday Route – Collected TuesdayTuesday Route – Collected WednesdayWednesday Route – Collected Thursday

Thursday Route – Collected FridayThere will be no appliance or yard waste collections

on Friday, December 30th and Friday, January 6th.

GREENBELT CONNECTIONThe Greenbelt Connection will not be operating on

Sunday and Monday, January 1st and 2nd.

Notice of Amendment to the City Charter Addition of Power to Engage in Collective BargainingAt its December 12, 2005, meeting, the City Council adopted a resolution to add a new paragraph to the City Charter to empower the City todevelop a labor code for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining with representatives of the non-managerial sworn officers of thePolice Department. This action was taken in response to a binding referendum question that the Council placed on the ballot of theNovember 8, 2005, City election, which permitted the voters to decide whether this change should be made. There were 1,105 (58%) votesin favor of the amendment and 797 (42%) votes against it.The charter amendment resolution will become effective on January 31, 2006, unless a proper petition to submit the amendment to thevoters on a referendum is filed as permitted by law.

Charter Amendment Resolution 2005-4A Resolution of the City of Greenbelt Adopted Pursuant to the Authority of Article XI-E of the Constitution of Maryland and Section 13of Article 23A of the Annotated Code of Maryland, (1957 Edition as Amended), Title, “Corporation-Municipal,” Subtitle “Home Rule”to Amend the Charter of the City of Greenbelt Found, in Whole or in Part, in the Compilation of Municipal Charters of Maryland (1983Edition as Amended), as Prepared by the Department of Legislative Reference Pursuant to Chapter 77 of the Acts of the General Assem-bly of Maryland of 1983, by Amending Section 3, Titled “General Powers” to Add a New Paragraph 22 to Empower the City to Providea Labor Code to Recognize the Right of Certain City Employees to Organize and Bargain Collectively.

The resolution will add the following paragraph to the Section of the City Charter titled “General Powers”:22. To recognize and engage in collective bargaining with one or more designated bargaining representatives of non-managerial,sworn police officers of the City of Greenbelt, Maryland, Police Department; to enter into a binding collective bargaining agree-ment with said representatives; and to enact by ordinance or amendment a system of rules and regulations to govern this process.The City Council shall approve all collective bargaining agreements entered into by the City with a collective bargaining represen-tative prior to their becoming effective. In the event the parties negotiating a collective bargaining agreement are unable to reachagreement on one or more terms of a collective bargaining agreement, the City Council shall have the authority to set those termsand conditions of employment that remain in dispute upon a majority vote.

As required by state law, this resolution will be posted in its entirety for 40 days, until January 21, 2006, at the Municipal Building at 25Crescent Road. It can also be found on the Greenbelt CityLink Web site at http://www.greenbeltmd.gov under “Code Revisions.” A copymay also be requested from the City Clerk. For additional information, call or e-mail Kathleen Gallagher, at 301-474-8000 orkgallagher@greenbeltmd.gov.

GREENBELT NEW YEAR 2006:

a thousand starsa thousand starsa thousand starsa thousand starsa thousand starsJoin your friends and neighbors for a starry hometown New YJoin your friends and neighbors for a starry hometown New YJoin your friends and neighbors for a starry hometown New YJoin your friends and neighbors for a starry hometown New YJoin your friends and neighbors for a starry hometown New Yearearearearear ’s Eve celebration featuring’s Eve celebration featuring’s Eve celebration featuring’s Eve celebration featuring’s Eve celebration featuring

entertainment for all ages, at these adjoining venues in the heart of historic Greenbeltentertainment for all ages, at these adjoining venues in the heart of historic Greenbeltentertainment for all ages, at these adjoining venues in the heart of historic Greenbeltentertainment for all ages, at these adjoining venues in the heart of historic Greenbeltentertainment for all ages, at these adjoining venues in the heart of historic Greenbelt:::::

In Roosevelt Center: Community Campfire with Folksinger Melissa Sites and Storyteller Tim Livengood, hosted by Girl ScoutsDon’t Blame Us Country and Blue Grass Band, and Roots Music by Doug Way at the New Deal Café * Camp Cabaret Sings atthe Arts Center * GAVA/GATE Animation Festival at the Movie Theater * S’mores for sale by the Girl ScoutsAt the Community Center, 15 Crescent Road: DC Motors * Smooth Pan Sounds Steel Drums * John Hill Magic Mike w KaydeePuppets * Mad Hot Ballroom w The Banjo Man * Celestial Craft Workshop * Sing-Along Piano Lounge * Hot Foods and SweetTreats for sale by St. Hugh’s Home and School Association * Desserts for sale by Chef LouAt the Youth Center, 99 Centerway: Wacky Hair Salon and Improv Asylum * Karaoke DJ * Giant Action Games * Pizza andSodas for sale by GreenBeLT Pride

ALL FOR ONE LOW ADMISSION PRICE! ONLY $5 IN ADVANCE; $7 AT THE DOOR. CHILDREN 5 AND UNDER FREE!Saturday, December 31, 2005 at 7:00 PM Till After Midnight

Buy your admission wristband now at Greenbelt Co-op Supermarket, the Community Center, or the Youth CenterCall (301) 397-2208 for more information. Hosted by the Greenbelt New Year Committee and Greenbelt Recreation Department.

VACANCIES ON BOARDS & COMMITTEESVolunteer to serve on City Council advisory groups.

Vacancies exist on the:Advisory Planning Board

Arts Advisory BoardEmployee Relations Board

Park and Recreation Advisory BoardSenior Citizens Advisory Committee

Youth Advisory Committee(Openings for adult & youth positions.)

For more information, please call 301-474-8000.

Meetings for January 2-6Wednesday, January 4, 7:30pm, Advisory Planning Board,Greenbelt Community Center, Theater Rehearsal Room 202,AGENDA: I. Call to Order, II. Approval of Agenda,III. Approval of Minutes, IV. Election of Officers, V. Revision toConceptual Site Plan – Greenbelt Station, VI. Adjourn

Wednesday, January 4, 8:00pm, *Council Work Session re:Greenbelt Station, Community Center.*May be changed to an Executive Session.

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board proposed to council was aconcept replicating the design ofa combined middle and elemen-tary school similar to one in usenear FedEx Field. This designwould preserve the historic partof the existing middle school foruse as administrative offices andcommunity space. This particu-lar concept keeps the elementaryand middle school studentsphysically separate, thoughhoused in one building. The ac-tual school would be located be-hind the current school andwould not touch any part of theexisting school. All but the his-toric part of Greenbelt Middlewould be razed.

Though much research wasdone on this particular conceptbefore it was implemented nearBaltimore, Roberts felt that notenough alternatives were beingoffered to the council by theschool board. He hoped to see adesign that would incorporatethe historic part of the middleschool into the new school. Thearchitect, however, said that sucha plan would be nearly impos-sible given the school’s budgetbecause the elevation of the cur-rent school is so high and thearea behind it so low that expen-sive and time consuming level-ing would need to be done.There was also little support foralternative concepts from the restof the council.

Instead, Davis, Councilmem-bers Leta Mach, Edward Putensand Konrad Herling asked thatthe school board return to thedrawing board and bring councilseveral options of where the pro-posed building could be placedon the site to preserve more ofthe forest. The concept of acombined middle and elementaryschool and even the proposedbuilding design seemed to havethe majority of the council’s ap-proval but placement remains anissue. Though future enrollmentfor the school is uncertain, mostagreed that building on the cur-rent site would not allow a largeenough school. Also debated washow the preserved historic partshould be used and whether ornot administrative offices wouldbe appropriate there.

The architect and schoolboard will be working over thenext two weeks to produce thedrawings requested by counciland will present them in an earlyJanuary council meeting.

May thewarmth and peace

of the seasonstay with you nowand throughout the

New Year!

Delegate Tawanna Gaines

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in the overall development plan.Dernoga’s plan would reduce

the number of mainly townhouseunits in the development east of theconnector road in order to create alarger civic open space or commonsessentially extending from the con-nector road to the preserved openspace area to the east.

Although the city has longsought such a commons area, thereduction of housing units therewould require added density onthe west side of the connectorroad. This change would bringhousing closer to the most envi-ronmentally sensitive area locatedto the north.

Further, in order to maximizethe overall impact of the enlargedcommons area, the city would askthat some additional townhousesbe moved to provide a bettervista from the commons to thepreserved open space to the east.Such a move would integrate thiswider opening to a possible envi-ronmental interpretive center inthe area and connect to a pro-posed pathway system along theperiphery of the protected greenspace.

The question posed for futurecouncil decision is, “Is this trade-off agreeable?”

Recreational FacilitiesThe commons issue also

touched on concerns about avail-able recreational facilities andopen space to serve the develop-ment. In spite of the large areain the Dernoga plan designated asa commons, city staff feels thisspace would still not be appropri-ate for organized sports activities.Staff recommended that it couldserve as a “free play” area for in-formal recreation uses.

In order to address the lack of

active recreation facilities(ballfields), staff was looking atthe possible upgrading of otherfacilities in the city to increasetheir efficiency and the possiblepurchase of property adjacent tothe South Core specifically foractive recreation uses.

Councilmember Rodney Rob-erts again reiterated his belief thatthe developer should be able toafford and be responsible for pro-viding adequate recreational facili-ties to serve their development.

Housing ChoicesAnother issue brought to

council’s attention was labeledhousing choice/opportunities.This concerns the availability ofaffordable housing, a diversehousing mix and consideration ofso-called active senior housing(age 55+) in the proposed devel-opment plan as well as a councilconcern that marketing to onlyone population segment could re-sult in a monoculture for thearea. Councilmembers used thisopportunity to again urge consid-eration by the developers for thecooperative housing option.They also expressed support forsome single-level units (so-calledpatio homes).

This issue was directly relatedto condition numbers 32 and 35in the “Staff Conditions” draft.Council expressed agreement withstaff that they should continue towork with the development teamon more variety in housing de-sign and mix to increase housingchoice and opportunities.

Auto TripsAnother potential issue relates

to reduced overall floor area forthe development as a result of re-visions made in the agreementwith the city. Under the formula

used by planners, this has resultedin a reduction of estimated autotrips generated by the develop-ment. The developer, asking fair-ness, seeks a comparable reduc-tion in the transportation require-ments for the development,thereby reducing their paymentrequirements.

The city staff position is thatthere is no such thing as “surplustrips.” Staff considers trip esti-mates to be planning tools pro-viding flexible trade-offs to bal-ance the number of units and tripgeneration numbers to provideadequate transportation facilities.

For this issue, the majority ofcouncil agreed they were comfort-able with the staff treatment ofthis issue as set forth in conditionnumbers 1 and 2 in the StaffConditions draft.

In addition, council arguedthat other developers not be ableto use such perceived “excess ca-pacity” as a way to avoid costsof transportation improvementsdeemed necessary to serve theirindividual projects. Staff was di-rected to work with the develop-ment team and counsel to lockup any so-called excess capacity.

Possible ShuttleCouncilmember Konrad

Herling suggested that anothermeans of providing access to rec-reational opportunities for futureresidents of the developmentwould be increased emphasis on alocal transportation shuttle. In re-sponse, Assistant Planning Direc-tor Terri Hruby recommended thatthe city get more involved in theRegional Bus Study being under-taken by the Prince George’sCounty Department of PublicWorks & Transportation. Sheurged that the transportation sec-

This earlier prepared Illustrative Site Plan and Landscape Plan for Greenbelt Station depicts the general layout for the proposed develop-ment at and south of the Greenbelt Metro Station. In this plan, north is approximately to the right. Running across the top of the property(toward the west) are the tracks for the Metro and CSX lines. The Metro station property is the large area on the right side labeled highdensity mixed use. Below the development (toward the east) is Cherrywood Lane with the Springhill Lake apartments on the other side of theroad and the Beltway Plaza property at the south (left) end of the road. On the far left side is Greenbelt Road with the principal road throughthe proposed development (connector road) proposed to intersect with it just east of the overpass across the tracks. The connector road willbe the main access initially to the South Core. Most of the wooded area shown is the 75.5 acres of state-owned land along Indian Creek. Greenbelt Station is divided into two sections. The North Core (right side) located on the Metro station property where high-densitymixed use is proposed and the South Core (to the left) located on the former A. H. Smith property once used for sand and gravel miningoperations and for asphalt and concrete mixing plants. The part of the South Core to the east (below) the connector road is to be developedwith owner-occupied townhouses. It is in this area where discussion has occurred to enlarge a small park area into a commons which couldbe tied to pathways alongside the state property. On the other side of the connector road plans call for apartments and condominiums, someto be located above retail stores. Between the North Core and the South Core is an area of environmentally-sensitive land to be leftundisturbed except for the road. The developer plans to begin construction in the South Core first, so planning for that area is further alongthan for the mixed use North Core. The city council has adopted resolutions to annex the South Core property and the state-owned land. These annexations will becomeeffective in January if neither owners nor citizens petition the matters to referendum.

tion be made aware of the devel-opment planned for GreenbeltWest, including the potential rede-velopment of Springhill Lake.

Annexation ResolutionsIn wrapping up the briefing,

council was also updated on thestatus of the two recently adoptedannexation resolutions. Assumingthere are no citizen or landownerchallenges to the adopted resolu-tions, the annexation of the Stateof Maryland property adjacent tothe Greenbelt Station develop-ment would be completed onJanuary 12. Annexation of theunincorporated areas of the SouthCore development would be com-pleted on January 26. Staff isalso preparing an annexationagreement to be entered into be-tween the city and Greenbelt Sta-tion developers.

It is anticipated that the annex-ation agreement would be estab-lished in advance of the actualannexation. In that regard, Crazenoted that the latest outline of thecity’s Tax Incremental Financing

(TIF) commitment for funding ofthe connector road is approxi-mately $8.4 million, with a gen-erally accepted schedule to allowcity financing for the road to bephased according to the level ofdevelopment that has taken place.

Phase One would be the initialconstruction from Greenbelt Roadup to the northernmost develop-ment along the west side of theconnector in the South Core.Phase Two would go up to theso-called sensitive area south ofthe Metro property.

Phase Three would take theroad up to the existing Metro ringroad. Phase Four would completethe connector road to the NorthCore development area.

City staff will continue workon the annexation agreement andcoordinate with the city’s finan-cial advisor on the TIF details.Staff will also deal withtransitioning the authority of theannexed lands from the county tothe city, once the annexations arecomplete.

Illustrated Site Plan and Landscape Plan for Greenbelt Station(Prepared by Lessard Group, Inc.)

Red Cross LimitsBlood for Hospitals

Appointments at AmericanRed Cross blood donor centersand blood drives were extremelylow throughout the holidayweekend and many people failedto show up for their appoint-ments as scheduled, causing in-ventory of Type O and Type Bblood products to fall below aone-day supply. As a result, theRed Cross has been forced tolimit distribution of blood prod-ucts to some local hospitals.Blood donors are needed immedi-ately to eliminate this bloodshortage and help ensure thatblood will be available for traumavictims, cancer patients and otherlocal patients in need. Appoint-ments are available at all donorcenters and community blooddrives by calling 1-800-GIVE-LIFE. Platelet donors are alsoneeded; appointments are avail-able by calling 1-800-272-2123.

The Red Cross is asking thatmembers of the community tomake it a priority to find anhour of time in their schedulethis week to make a lifesavingdonation.

As a special token of appre-ciation, the Red Cross is offeringparticipants a limited-edition“Authentic Lifesaver” T-shirt.Further information about donat-ing blood and a list of RedCross blood donor centers andcommunity blood drives is avail-able at www.my-redcross.org.

Who Can GiveDonors must be in generally

good health, be at least 17 yearsof age (or in the state of Mary-land only 16 years of age withparental consent), weigh over110 pounds, not have received atattoo within the past year nordonated whole blood within thepast 56 days.

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The Department is offering a reward of up to $500 for information leading tothe arrest and conviction of a suspect in any of the unsolved crimesreported in the blotter. Citizens may anonymously report suspected drugactivity by calling the Drug Tip Line at 301-507-6522.

RobberyDecember 20, 9:30 a.m.,

Greenway Center, a woman re-ported that she was sitting in avehicle in the shopping centerparking lot when she was ap-proached by a man who at-tempted to open the lockeddriver’s door. He broke out thedriver’s door window and de-manded money from the woman.The man opened the driver’s doorand the woman ran from the ve-hicle. He took the victim’s pursefrom the vehicle and fled in a sil-ver 2000 Chevrolet truck, DCtags BH6569. A computer checkrevealed that the vehicle hadbeen reported stolen. The suspectis described as a young blackmale, 5’7”, 180 pounds withblack hair and brown eyes, wear-ing a dark coat, a black hat anddark pants.

AssaultDecember 17, 12:39 a.m., T.G.I.

Friday’s Restaurant, a nonresidentwoman was arrested and chargedwith assault, disorderly conduct,trespass and resisting arrest. Po-lice responded to a report of agroup of patrons walking out ofthe restaurant without paying thebill. Police stopped two membersof the party as they were attempt-ing to leave. One of them be-came disorderly, striking theofficer’s hand away in an attemptto walk by him. The bill was fi-nally paid and the woman wasordered to leave the restaurant.She came back inside a shorttime later and was again asked toleave. She again came back intothe restaurant, shouting profanitiesat the police. The woman wasarrested and transported to theDepartment of Corrections for ahearing before a district courtcommissioner.

ArsonDecember 20, 4:14 p.m., 6100

block Breezewood Court, wit-nesses reported that a trashdumpster was set on fire by juve-niles.

DWI ArrestsDecember 15, 3:59 a.m.,

Springhill Drive and SpringhillLane, a nonresident man was ar-rested and charged with drivingwhile impaired and driving underthe influence after being stoppedfor a registration violation. Hewas released on citations pendingtrial.

December 17, 3:34 a.m.,Cherrywood Lane and Ivy Lane,a nonresident man was arrestedand charged with driving whileimpaired, driving under the influ-ence and failure to obey a trafficdevice after being stopped for atraffic violation. He was releasedon citations pending trial.

Disorderly ConductDecember 22, 3:47 p.m., 7800

block Mandan Road, a nonresi-dent youth was arrested for disor-derly conduct and failure to obeya lawful order when police re-sponded to a report of a group ofdisorderly persons in the hallwayof an apartment building. Policelocated the youths, who wereshouting and running throughdifferent apartment buildings.The group was told to leave andbegan to comply when the youth

told them to come back and notto pay attention to the police of-ficer. The youth’s actions causedresidents coming home from workto gather, afraid to walk past himinto their residences. He was ar-rested and released to a parentpending action by the juvenilejustice system.

TrespassDecember 16, 7:13 p.m., 5800

block Cherrywood Lane, a non-resident man was arrested andcharged with trespass. He wasseen on the grounds of SpringhillLake Apartments after having beenbanned from the complex earlierby agents of the property. Theman was released on citationpending trial.

December 17, 4:59 p.m.,Beltway Plaza, a nonresident manwas arrested and charged withtrespass. He had been bannedfrom the mall by agents of theproperty but returned a short timelater. He was arrested and re-leased on citation pending trial.

December 19, 11:06 a.m.,Greenbelt Middle School, threenonresident youths were arrestedfor trespass after they were foundwalking through the hallways ofthe school. They were released toparents pending action by theSchool Board and the juvenilejustice system.

Identity TheftDecember 13, in reference to

an identity theft reported Novem-ber 15 in the 7100 block of LakeDrive, an arrest warrant has beenobtained charging a nonresidentwoman with six counts of identitytheft.

Open AlcoholDecember 19, 9:50 p.m., 5800

block Cherrywood Terrace, a non-resident man was arrested andcharged with open alcohol in apublic place after he was observedin possession of an open alco-holic beverage in the laundryroom of an apartment building.He was released on citation pend-ing trial.

BurglariesDecember 20, 10:36 a.m., 6200

block Springhill Drive, it was re-ported that unknown person(s) at-tempted to enter a residence bybreaking out the living roomwindow and forcing open a bed-room window. Entry was notgained.

December 20, 10:22 p.m., 40block Crescent Road, it was re-ported that unknown person(s)forced open the basement storagebin in an apartment building.Musical instruments, amplifiersand video tapes were taken.

Vehicle CrimesThree vehicles were reported

stolen: a green 1998 Buick ParkAvenue 4-door, Maryland tagsA134276 from the 6200 blockSpringhill Drive; a black 2005Honda Accord 4-door, Marylandtags 1ATZ89 from the 9100 blockEdmonston Terrace; and a purple1996 Dodge Caravan, Marylandtags 617M322 from the 5800 blockCherrywood Lane.

Seven vehicles were recovered,three by Greenbelt police with noarrests and four by other policedepartments with one juvenile ar-rest made.

Vandalism to and theft fromvehicles were reported in the fol-lowing areas: 8000 blockMandan Road, 6900 blockHanover Parkway, 7700 blockHanover Parkway, 7500 blockGreenway Center Drive, 6300block Golden Triangle Drive,6100 block Springhill Terraceand 6200 block Greenbelt Road.

by James Giese

Christmas Band Concert DelightsCommunity Center Audience

The Greenbelt Concert Band’sannual holiday concert at theGreenbelt Community Center onSunday, December 18 was wellreceived by friends, family mem-bers and Greenbelters in atten-dance. Unlike previous concerts,the nearly 40-member bandplayed from the floor of the gymrather than the stage, bringingabout a greater feeling of close-ness between the band and theaudience.

Many band members woreSanta Claus hats for the holidayoccasion. Six others had antlersand there were a halo, an orna-ment beret and one miniaturestovepipe hat. As usual the bandwas conducted by ThomasCherrix. Assistant ConductorJim Moore directed the musi-cians in one number.

At first glance, the program,filled with traditional Christmasand Hanukkah music, seemed arepeat of those in previous years.In fact, however, many of the ar-rangements were new.

I found particularly interestingthe sequential playing of threesleighing melodies, each repre-senting a different type of con-veyance. “Jingle Bells,” thistime arranged by Morton Gould,is light and peppy as it repre-sents a one-horse open sleighdashing through the snow.Mozart’s “The Sleigh Ride” rep-resents to me a rather large andheavy conveyance being trudgedthrough the snow by manyhorses. LeRoy Anderson’s“Sleigh Ride” fits in between,giving the impression of a sleighpulled by two fine horses trot-ting through the snow.

Bandmember Joan Culpepperintroduced each piece of musicwith interesting program notes.She said that “Jingle Bells” wasoriginally written about goinghome for Thanksgiving, notChristmas. Livingston andEvans’ “Silver Bells” was origi-nally called “Tinker Bells” untilthe wife of one of them said thatthe chorus sounded funny sing-ing “tinker bells, tinker bells.”The Paul Yoder arrangement ofthis piece was intricate and differ-ent from what one usually hears.It also presented a challenge tothe virtuosity of the musicians.

The band veered away fromholiday music with “MarvinHamlish Showcase,” an arrange-ment by Warren Barker of thatcomposer’s most popular tunes,

“The Entertainer’ and “What IDid for Love.”

It quickly returned to theholiday theme, however, withGene Autry and OakleyHaldman’s “Here Comes SantaClaus,” which, of course, wasthe cue for Santa Claus, in fullregalia, to enter the auditorium.

Santa Arrives“What a surprise!” exclaimed

Cherrix. But to those who at-tend these concerts regularly, itreally wasn’t. Santa passed outcandy canes to members of theaudience and particularly to thekids present. Then Santa, whowas really tuba player Ed Stepp,read Clement Moore’s “TheNight before Christmas,” thistime with the band playing amusical accompaniment writtenby Newell H. Long.

The Christmas programended with an Eric Leidzen ar-rangement of Irving Berlin’s“I’m Dreaming of a WhiteChristmas.” Unlike many ar-rangements that attempt to doall kinds of variations to amelody, this arrangement kept itpure and simple.

What good is a band withouta march? The Concert Bandconcluded with Sousa’s “An-cient and Honorable ArtilleryCompany.” While at first glancethis doesn’t seem like a holidaypiece, Sousa ends the marchwith a rendition of “Auld LangSyne,” an appropriate way toend this concert.

After enjoying the hour-and-a-half performance by this tal-ented amateur musical groupthat has been playing now foraround 50 years, members of theaudience left uplifted and forti-fied with the wonderful spirit ofthese holidays.

The Greenbelt Concert Bandis supported by the City ofGreenbelt Department of Recre-ation and rehearses on Mondaysat the Community Center. Be-sides regular performances at cityevents such as the IndependenceDay fireworks, the band alsoperforms for veterans groups,hospital patients and for civicand charitable activities. Theband welcomes new members.

For information call TomCherrix at 301-552-1444 orGeneral Manager David Clarkeat 301-384-5674. The bandalso gladly accepts donations,grants or gifts.

GIVE BLOOD 1-800-GIVE-LIFE

A Review

Schools BudgetSurvey Is Online

The second annual PrinceGeorge’s County Public Schools(PGCPS) budget survey is nowonline, collecting public inputon spending priorities for thenext school year.

By uploading a formal ques-tionnaire to www.pgcps.org, theschool system’s website, theBoard of Education and InterimChief Executive Officer HowardBurnett established a tool forconnecting with parents and allstakeholders interested in build-ing upon two consecutive yearsof significant academic gains.

The development process forthe fiscal year 2007 operatingbudget began with three publicforums in October and Novemberto receive public input on bud-get priorities. The Interim CEOproposed a $1.5 billion operatingbudget to the Board of Educa-tion on December 15. TheBoard of Education will holdthree additional public hearingsin January and public work ses-sions on the budget in Januaryand February. The school sys-tem online survey will recordfeedback on budget policies andpriorities through January 19.

County residents are encour-aged to review the “QualitySchools Program Strategic Plan”and the current school year bud-get for consideration when an-swering survey questions. Thesurvey establishes an open forumto harness the public’s interest ineducation and gain input on pro-grams, identify needs, target ar-eas for improvements and alignpriorities for the 2006-2007school year.

There will be ongoing oppor-tunities for public participationin the budget process throughBoard of Education work ses-sions and open forums scheduledfor January 12 at SurrattsvilleHigh School in Clinton, January17 at Rosaryville ElementarySchool in Upper Marlboro andJanuary 18 at Largo High Schoolin Upper Marlboro. All publicforums begin at 7 p.m. Publiccomments are used during thecreation of the budget documentpresented by the Board of Edu-cation to the County Executivefor approval.

When logging on to theschool system website, partici-pants will be able to review thecurrent year budget, includingprogram improvements and pro-vide feedback by answering a se-ries of questions that includeranking programs in 12 areas as“high, medium or low” priorities.People will see a comparison ofPrince George’s County publicschools to other jurisdictionswith regard to needs, includingteacher salaries, costs per pupil,test scores and more. There willalso be space provided for gen-eral comments and to addressspecific areas that may not becovered in the survey.

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Greenbelt Museum Is Close to Reaching $100,000 Matching Grant Goal

Visitors to the Greenbelt Mu-seum are continually amazed todiscover Greenbelt, a thriving,walkable and cooperative com-munity tucked away in the ever-expanding metropolitan Wash-ington, D.C. area. For the past18 years the Greenbelt Museumhas been a gateway for visitorsand residents alike to experienceGreenbelt’s beauty and rich his-tory through tours of an originalhome, award-winning exhibits,public lectures, educational pro-grams for children and walkingtours.

In December 2003 theGreenbelt Museum applied forand received a challenge grantfrom the National Endowment forthe Humanities (NEH) for$100,000. Over the past severalyears the museum has seen adramatic increase in requests forspecial tours, educational pro-gramming and curriculum mate-rials for schools. In response tothis need, the museum appliedfor the challenge grant to estab-lish an endowment to fund anEducation/Volunteer Coordinator.

The NEH endowment willfund a permanent Education/Vol-unteer Coordinator ensuring thatthe museum will continue toprovide exceptional educationalprogramming for all visitors.The coordinator’s duties will in-clude training and managing themuseum’s many volunteers,scheduling tours and developingand implementing both on- andoff-site educational programs forschool groups.

Since being awarded the grantthe Greenbelt Museum has raisedover $85,000. The museum isnow entering into the final yearof fundraising and is now askingGreenbelters to help reach its fi-nal goal of raising $100,000.

Campers explore Lenore Thomas’ artwork on the facade of the Com-munity Center.

by Jill St. John, Curator

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The museum hasuntil the end ofJuly 2006 toraise the final$15,000. Be-cause this is achallenge grantevery donationreceived will bematched dollarfor dollar by theNEH, creating a$200,000 endow-ment for theEducation/Volun-teer Coordinatorposition.

As a 501(c)3organization, do-

nations to the Friends of theGreenbelt Museum are fully taxdeductible. For informationabout the NEH Challenge Grantor the Museum, contact the mu-seum curator at 301-507-6582 ormuseum@greenbeltmd.gov.

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Beginning February 14 ap-plications will be accepted forthe GAIL Adaptable Equip-ment Program. The City ofGreenbelt has partnered withGIVES, Green Ridge Houseand Greenbelt Homes, Inc., tooffer Greenbelt residents assis-tance in receiving adaptableequipment for their homes.This new program will offerseniors and disabled partici-pants a choice of two itemsfrom the following list: non-skid bath mat, toilet safetyframe, raised toilet seat,handheld shower, tub grip bar,smoke detector, shower chair,shower transfer bench.

Items will be delivered andinstalled by community part-ners. Participants also havethe option of installing itemsreceived themselves. The pro-gram will offer items to resi-dents on a sliding scale fee.Residents at or below the Fed-eral Poverty Line will receivethe items for free. Currently,the Poverty Line is $798 permonth for an individual and$1,070 per month for a couple.These guidelines are scheduled

to change on February 1.New guidelines will be avail-able at that time. Residentswill pay a sliding scale basedon 25 percent increments. Forexample: residents with in-come of up to 25 percentabove the poverty line will re-ceive items at 25 percent ofthe cost. Residents with in-come 50 percent above thenew guidelines will receivethe items at 50 percent of thecost, etc.

Applicants must be resi-dents of incorporatedGreenbelt, be disabled adultsor seniors 60 years of age orolder and require the twoitems selected to help main-tain their independence. Ap-plicants will be required toshow proof of gross income,bank statements and residency.Assets may not be greater than$15,000 for a couple and$10,000 for individuals. As-sets do not include one’s resi-dence or automobile. For ad-ditional information about theprogram call the Greenbelt As-sistance in Living Program at301-474-8000 ext. 2012.

Dungeon Master Welcomes New Players

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) Game. (This AD&D Game is Pre-d20 System, using the success tables in the original DM Guide.)

AD&D Game takes place in my home in Lanham, MD

Game Time: Typically Saturday Afternoon (or TBD based on consensus).

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Interested in joining an RPG using cool polyhedral dice for some fun?

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Do You have What It Takes To Survive?

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Programs at the National Wild-life Visitor Center located on Pow-der Mill Road between the Balti-more-Washington Parkway and Rt.197 include:

Owl Prowl on Sunday, January8, 4:30 to 6 p.m., all ages. Ex-plore the refuge at night whilelooking and listening for owls onthis guided hike.

Bird Walk on Sunday, January8, 8 to 10 a.m., all ages. Searchfor birds in several refuge habi-tats on this guided hike. Fieldguides and binoculars recom-mended.

Nature Tots: Furry Friends onMonday, January 9, 10:30 to11:30 a.m. and 1 to 2 p.m., ages3 to 4. Introduce preschoolers tothe marvelous world of mammalsthrough stories and songs in thisfun interactive program.

Nature Tots: Bright Eyed andBushy Tailed on Saturday, Janu-ary 14, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. and1 to 2 p.m., ages 3 to 4. Squir-rels are what it’s all about in thisfun interactive program forpreschoolers.

Nature Hike on Sunday, Janu-ary 29 from 1 to 2:30 p.m., ages8 to 10. Explore Maryland’s win-ter wonderland on this hands-onhike. Learn about animal signsand just who is out and aboutduring these chilly months. Dressfor the weather.

Programs taking place at NorthTract located on Rt. 198 betweenthe Baltimore-Washington Parkwayand Rt. 32 include:

“Pass the Energy Please” onWednesday, January 18, 2 to 3p.m., ages 5 to 7. Enjoy a time torelax and listen to a story – “Passthe Energy Please!” all whilelearning about the food chain.Discover how animals help hu-mans to survive. This course isperfect for homeschoolers.

Owl Prowl on Sunday, January22, 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., all ages.Explore the refuge at night whilelooking and listening for owls onthis guided hike.

Bird Walk on Sunday, January22, 8 to 10 a.m., all ages. Searchfor birds in several refuge habitatson this guided hike. Field guidesand binoculars recommended.

All programs at the WildlifeVisitor Center and North Tract arefree but require advance reserva-tions. Reservations are taken bycalling 301-497-5887. Advise ofany special needs while register-ing.

Bonsai SilhouettesAt Nat'l Arboretum

From December 31 to January8 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., thesilhouettes of deciduous bonsaiare featured in a free annual ex-hibit at the U.S. NationalArboretum’s National Bonsai &Penjing Museum. Visitwww.usna.usda.gov or call 202-245-4523 for more information.

Patuxent Research Refuge Programs

Botanic Garden OffersPreschool Classes

Bring a preschooler (ages 3to 5) to the U.S. Botanic Gardenfor free plant-related fun. Signup for a one-month session andattend four different programs.February will be a repeat of theJanuary programs. EachWednesday session will includevarious activities which may in-clude a story, songs, art activityor walk in the garden. Childrenmust be accompanied by anadult.

The dates are: January 4, 11,18 and 25 and February 1, 8, 15and 22. All sessions are from10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Con-servatory classroom. Pre-regis-tration is required and may bemade by calling 202-245-4523.

“National Mall” ExhibitAt Botanic Garden

The holidays are here and atrain whistle is signaling the ar-rival of visitors to Washington.This year the National Mall inminiature will be adorned inpoinsettias and magically con-tained within the Conservatory’sGarden Court through the craftand genius of garden train de-signer Paul Busse. Don’t missthis holiday train exhibit at theBotanic Garden through January 8.

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