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Volume 17, No. 50,Two sections, 20 PagesCopyright © 2014The Gazette
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BY EMILIE SHAUGHNESSY
STAFF WRITER
What has more than 200 legs, is cov-ered in sequins and just sold outthe 700-seat Bowie Center for the
Performing Arts?It’s the Bowie Senior Chorale — a
community choir of more than 100 arearesidents, age 55 and older, that will per-form two sold-out shows today and Dec.19. The concerts benefit the Bowie FoodPantry and also help support the choralethroughout the year, according to choraleorganizers.
Attired in festive green tops and sequinties hand-sewn by chorale member PatteSweeney of Bowie, the group will share arepertoire ranging from traditional holi-day hits to pop tunes this year, following atheme of “darkness to light,” said choraledirector Craig Sparks.
“The songs get progressively lighter,”said Sparks of Odenton. “I try and plan notjust for what the choir already knows andloves, but for the audience as well. We tryvery hard to put on a good show and makesure it’s entertaining.”
The chorale’s spring concerts, sched-uled for May 14 and May 20, will have itsown theme, Sparks said.
The Bowie Senior Chorale began in2003 when a group of around 30 area se-niors in a music appreciation class ropedtheir teacher into forming a singing group,
said founding member Patte Sweeney, 83.The chorale’s original director, Dale
Nunemaker, fell ill before the chorale’sfirst performance and Sparks took over theposition while his mother, Paula Sparks,accompanied on piano, Sweeney said.
“We didn’t know his health was as badas it was,” she said. “Dale was able to at-tend that concert in December, then thatfollowing January he passed away. Buthe was able to come and hear what he
Bowie seniorsset for winter
concert
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(Above) The Bowie Senior Chorale practices Dec. 4 at the Bowie Senior Center. (Below) Judy Terry of Bowietakes a break from practice.
n Over 20 county bills to be presented
BY JAMIEANFENSON-COMEAU
STAFF WRITER
A retail bag fee, a retail bag ban and a prohibitionon school board-issued credit cards are among over20 bills under consideration by the Prince George’sCounty Delegation for the upcoming 2015 General As-sembly legislative session.
PG416-15 would authorize Prince George’s to im-pose a fee on disposable paper and plastic bags usedin retail establishments, similar to five-cent fees al-ready charged in Washington, D.C., and MontgomeryCounty.
The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Paul Pinsky (D-Dist. 22) ofHyattsville said there is enough support topass thebagfee this year. It has failed to pass out of the delegationfor the past four years, which Pinsky said is due to lob-
Legislatorsto considerbag fee, ban
n Fine revenue down by about$1 million since 2012, police say
BY EMILIE SHAUGHNESSY
STAFF WRITER
A new speed camera coming to Bowie promises tomake the community safer — and not just by slowingdown drivers.
The camera is being installed on Collington Roadnear Benjamin Tasker Middle School in Bowie, andwill increase speed camera fine revenues, which areput toward public safety efforts in the city, said BowiePolice Chief John Nesky.
Revenues from Bowie speed camera fines have
Bowie addseighth speedcamera in city
n Firefighters hopeto adopt dog that
wandered into their station
BY EMILIE SHAUGHNESSY
STAFF WRITER
Gizmo, a 3-year-old York-shire terrier that wandered intoa Springdale fire station earlyThanksgiving morning is nowawaiting a holiday miracle,specifically, an adoption.
Among those hoping to be
considered as owners or fosterowners are some of the samefirefighters of the St. Josephfire department who took inthe small dog on Nov. 27, saidfirefighter Patrick Monahan.
Members of St. Joseph werereturning from a call shortly af-ter midnight when they foundthe Yorkshire waiting outsidethe station, Monahan said.
“We just brought him in-side to try to see if anybody elsefrom the station knew wherehe came from,” Monahan re-
called. “He was a nice littledog, everyone was friendlywith him and played with himand everything.”
Although the dog, whichfirefighters nicknamed Gizmo,had a collar, he didn’t haveany tags or a microchip so fire-fighters spent several hoursThanksgiving morning knock-ing on doors in the communityto try to find his owner, Mona-han said. Gizmo was taken tothe Calvert County HumaneSociety awaiting adoption,
according to Prince George’sCounty animal management.
After putting the wordout through social media andreceiving more than 50 non-productive inquiries, the firedepartment turned Gizmoover to Prince George’s Countyanimal management Nov. 28,said county fire departmentspokesman Mark Brady.
Rodney Taylor, associatedirector of animal manage-ment, said Gizmo’s stray dogholding period at the shelter
expired Friday. A potentialowner who came to the countyshelter Dec. 2 was unsure itwas really his dog and did notreturn to claim the Yorkshire,Taylor said.
But Gizmo was not for-gotten. The shelter receivedinquiries from several partieswishing to adopt him, Taylorsaid.
“He seems to be a very hottopic, which is a great thing,”
Springdale ‘Thanksgiving puppy’ still without owner
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT
“Gizmo,” a 3-year-old Yorkshireterrier, wandered into a Springdalefire station Thanksgiving morning.
n Arrowhead Elementaryenters $10k contest for
smoothie bar
BY KIRSTEN PETERSEN
STAFF WRITER
Teachers at Arrowhead El-ementary School in Upper Marl-boro are hoping to mix up theirstudents’ day in a delicious waywith help from a $10,000 Nutribul-
let grant.Lauren Sipe, the school’s
counselor, applied on behalf ofArrowhead for the Nutribullet#BeTheNextUni contest, whichawardsNutribullet blenders aswellas produce and informational ma-terials to five schools nationwide.If the school wins the contest, Sipesaid the grant funds would be usedto create a mobile smoothie bar.Contest results are set to be an-nounced in January.
“Ifwe teach it early onand theyenjoy eating fruits and vegetablesearly on, it will become a habit thatwe hope they carry on until they’readults,” Sipe said.
Sipe, who is a certified healthcoach, and school nurse MelanieFulford have started several healthinitiatives at Arrowhead. The pairputs on a Reebok morning fitnessprogram called “BOKS” and or-ganized a student wellness com-mittee, which plans school-wide
healthy eating challenges. Sipesaid she’s even brought in her ownblender for school smoothie par-ties.
Still, Fulford said she sees avariety of health issues in her stu-dents. Students as young as kin-dergartners have demonstrated arisk of obesity, diabetes or asthma,Fulford said. She added that chil-dren get exhausted more easily
UpperMarlboro school blends fun, health
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DEC. 11Internet Basics, 9:30 a.m., Hillcrest
Heights Library, 2398 Iverson St., TempleHills. Learn how to use web browsers,search engines and evaluate information.Mouse and keyboard skills required. Reg-istration required. Contact 301-630-4900.
DEC. 12Senior Movie at the Heights, 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m.,MarlowHeights CommunityCenter, 2800 St. Clair Drive,MarlowHeights. Enjoy an afternoonwatching theaward-winning film, “SingleMoms Club.”Refreshments will be provided. Contact301-423-0505; TTY 301-203-6030.
DEC. 13Breakfast with Santa, 9 a.m. to Noon
at Gwynn Park High School— SmallGym, 13800 Brandywine Road, Brandy-wine. Activities include: photo w/Santa,holiday arts & craft stations, ginger breadhouse competition, livemusic and holi-day vendor tables. The cost is $5 (adults)and $10 (children 12 and under). childticket includes breakfast, photo and arts& crafts. Contact 301-372-0140 or [email protected].
Jewelry Making Workshop, 11 a.m.,UpperMarlboro Library, 14730Main St.,UpperMarlboro. Ages 11 and up. Createawesome handmade beaded necklaces,earrings or bracelets. Make a special giftfor someone or deck yourself out in yourown artistic creations. Registration re-quired. Contact 301-627-9330.
‘Tis the Season, Noon to 4 p.m., Sur-ratt HouseMuseum, 9118 BrandywineRoad, Clinton. How did SouthernMary-land families prepare for the season? Findout how they celebrate the holidays, whileenduring the hardships of the Civil War.Receive a holiday discount in themuseumshop and sample cider and cookies. Regu-lar tour admission. Cost is resident $3;non-resident $3. Contact 301-868-1121;TTY 301-699-2544.
Seniors: Deck The Halls, 1 to 4 p.m.,Southern Regional Technology and Rec-reation Complex, 7007 Bock Road, FortWashington. Enjoy a fun-filled afternoonwith carols, live entertainment, refresh-ments, and a friendly wreathmakingcompetition.Wreathes will be donated todecorate the halls of a local senior ivingfacility. Cost is residents $5; non-residents$6. Contact 301-749-4160; TTY 301-203-6030.
Deck The Halls, 1 to 4 p.m., Temple
Hills Community Center, 5300 TempleHill Road, Temple Hills. Come out for afun-filled afternoonwith carols, live en-tertainment, refreshments and a friendlywreathmaking competition. All wreathsmadewill be used to decorate the hallsof a local Senior Living Facility. Cost isresidents: $5; non-residents: $6. Contact301-894-6616; TTY 301-203-6030.
Decorate a Gingerbread House, 2p.m., UpperMarlboro Library, 14730Main St., UpperMarlboro. Ages 5-12. Joinin this fun tradition. Be inspired as youcreate an edible work of art using grahamcrackers and candy. Registration required.Contact 301-627-9330.
Christmas Praise Festival, 5 p.m.,Church of the Redeemer, 7300 Race TrackRoad, Bowie. The Christian ArtMission’smission statement is “to share the gos-pel through Christian arts,” i.e., music,photography, painting, drama,musicals,dance, film, etc.Music will be provided bythe Joint Praise Teamof the Church of theRedeemer andHope to You CommunityChurch. Contact 301-262-7888 or [email protected].
Holiday Wine Tasting at MariettaHouse, 5 to 8 p.m.,Marietta HouseMu-seum, 5626 Bell Station Road, GlennDale.Just in time for holiday shopping. Samplethe wines from localMarylandwineriesand purchase bottled wine as gifts. Foryour convenience, wines will be pairedwith cheeses or chocolate. Cost is $10 perperson. Contact 301-464-5291; TTY 301-699-2544.
A Christmas Celebration, 6 p.m., TheMusic and Fine ArtsMinistries of EvangelAssembly, 5900 Old Branch Ave., TempleHills. This lively and thought provokingproductionwill enliven the audience witha warmpresentation of traditional holidaysongs and four theatrical presentationsthat will include the unforgettable andtimeless short plays, “Finding the PerfectGift” and “No Room in the Inn.” Contact301-899-5940 or [email protected].
DEC. 14Bowie Learning from Ferguson, 10:30
a.m. to noon at NewVision Church, 2100CrainHwy., Bowie. To use the events ofFerguson,Missouri to give place to a dia-logue that will spur better understandingand relationships between our commu-nity and law enforcement. The servicewill feature a platformwith representa-tives from the county and city police de-partments. The environment will be opento questions andmanaged in respectfulfashion. Contact 240-672-7907 or [email protected].
The 4th Annual Adopt a Family forChristmas event, 11 a.m., Life in VictoryOutreachMinistries, 5600Marlboro Pike,District Heights. Every year communityorganizations, community groups orindividuals around the region identify afamily in need to bring joy into their livesfor Christmas. Themost important itemson their wish list are clothes. Contact 304-506-6592.
DEC. 15Reading Stories with Ranger Steph:
Gift-Giving and other Ways to Show YouCare, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Oxon CovePark/OxonHill Farm, 6411 OxonHillRoad, OxonHill. The holidays area perfect time to demonstrate howmuchwe care for each other. At OxonHill Farm, the animals give us giftseach day, and in return, we give themthe care they need. Contact 301-839-1176 or [email protected].
A Christmas Carol, 10 a.m., TheHal-lam Theater, Largo. Original story byCharles Dickens. Adaptation byMelvinaMartin. Contact 301-322-0926.
DEC. 16Book Discussion: Black Literature, 6:30
p.m., OxonHill Library, 6200 OxonHillRoad, OxonHill. Nelson George’s “TheHippest Trip In America, Soul Train andthe Evolution of Culture & Style.” Contact301-839-2400.
DEC. 17Read to Rover, 4 p.m., Baden Library,
13803 Baden-Westwood Road, Brandy-wine. Bring a favorite book or choose onefrom the library and Read to Rover. Ages6-12. A specially trained therapy dogwillbe glad to listen. Registration required;call branch for details at 301-888-1152.
Holiday Hoopla, 7:30 p.m., OxonHillLibrary, 6200 OxonHill Road, OxonHill.Ages 3-12. Join us as we celebrate our win-ter holidays through stories, songs, andother fun activities. Contact 301-839-2400.
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Workshop, 2 p.m.,Largo-Kettering Li-brary, 9601 CapitalLane, Largo. Childrenand families. Join
us for a special holiday puppetshow presented by Kaydee Pup-pets. Thank you to the Friends ofthe Largo-Kettering Library forsponsoring this event. Contact 301-336-4044.
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n Patients say centeris first for the area
BY KIRSTEN PETERSEN
STAFF WRITER
Angelia McGriff, 47, of OxonHill said she put up with painfor three days before going tothe doctor Dec. 1, but when shecouldn’t get an appointmentwith her primary care physicianin Laurel, she stopped by Ur-gent Care Matters, a new clinicin Oxon Hill.
“It was to the point, it wasn’tlong and they were able to giveme a diagnosis,” McGriff said.
Before Urgent Care Mattersopened in October, residentssay there were no urgent carefacilities in the Oxon Hill area.
But chief medical officerErica Tobin and CEO KaysanJohnson said they wanted togive back and help residents im-prove their wellbeing.
After completely reno-vating the space, Tobin andJohnson opened Urgent CareMatters Oct. 29 and hosted agrand opening Nov. 15.
So far, more than 200 pa-tients, primarily from the OxonHill area, have visited the clinic,which is open from 8 a.m. to 8p.m. seven days a week, Tobinsaid.
Tobin, 46, of Upper Marl-boro and Johnson, 37, of Ow-ings Mills met while working atNorthwest Hospital in Randall-stown. They decided to open anurgent care facility after seeingemergency rooms packed withpatients who had minor ill-nesses, Tobin said.
“You see the sickest of thesick people and the longest,worst lines are in the emergencydepartment,” Tobin said. “Theemergency rooms were strainedwith people who could havesought help elsewhere, which iswhere we come in.”
In May 2013, the doctorscommitted to opening an urgentcare and found their location at5474 Saint Barnabas Road inNovember 2013. Johnson’s sis-ter, who goes to the gym nextdoor, suggested the site, whichwas formerly a day care center,Tobin said.
Anthony James, 43, of Tem-ple Hills said he was surprisedto see a health facility openonly five minutes away fromhis home. He brought his son,Ajami, 10, to have his eye exam-ined Dec. 1, and said he wouldusually go to MedStar SouthernMaryland Hospital Center in
Clinton or to their primary caredoctor in Greenbelt.
“The time to get here is ex-cellent, especially on a day off,”James said. “Even if I’m working,it’s hard to get to Greenbelt.”
Anniea Ewell, 28, of OxonHill was having trouble breath-ing and decided to visit UrgentCare Matters Dec. 1 after drivingby and seeing the clinic’s sign.
“It puts me at ease to knowthat if I have any health issues,I have somewhere to go,” Ewellsaid. “This is very convenient.”
During the grand opening,the doctors gave free blood pres-sure screenings and children’sentertainment.
“You acquire the commu-nity’s trust when you really careand you’re involved in healthand wellness,” Tobin said.
New clinic opens in Oxon Hill
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Clinical manager Kiea Green does a blood pressure test Nov. 26 on NanahSesay after demonstrating the test. Both women work at Urgent CareMatters, a new clinic that opened in October in Oxon Hill.
n Hyattsville team moveson to face Oxon Hill
BY EMILIE SHAUGHNESSYSTAFF WRITER
A Hyattsville school knownfor its focus on performingarts demonstrated its scien-tific prowess during Tuesday’sPrince George’s County Sci-ence Bowl middle school com-petition.
A team of three contes-tants and two alternates fromHyattsville Middle Schoolbested Greenbelt MiddleSchool 295 to 235 in the finalround of Tuesday’s competi-tion after beating a team fromMartin Luther King Jr in Belts-ville during round one.
Hyattsville will advance toplay Oxon Hill Middle Schoolin the Middle School semifi-nals on March 17.
Science Bowl is an annualtournament where PrinceGeorge’s elementary and mid-dle schools compete in teamsof three and answer Jeopardy!-style questions related to sci-ence.
While members of theHyattsville team touted theirschool’s performing arts pro-gram and their involvementin activities like the school or-chestra, they said their artisticinterests do not preclude theirscientific ones.
“We have a lot of academicprograms as well as creativeprograms,” said team captainBryana Rowley, 12, of Hyatts-ville, who said she hopes to be-come a forensic scientist. “Thetwo intertwine with each otherthroughout every day school.”
During the final round, inwhich contestants raced neckand neck to answer ques-tion on topics ranging frombacteria to butterflies, somemembers of the Hyattsvilleteam became nervous aboutthe close competition, saideighth-grader Ransom Melet-tole, 13, of Hyattsville.
Greenbelt almost dou-bled the score of competitorSamuel Ogle Middle School ofBowie during their first round,winning 300 to 155.
“I knew there was a pos-sibility we wouldn’t make it,”Melettole said. “I think the
teamwork and cooperation re-ally made us excel even whenwere falling behind the otherteam.”
The Hyattsville team’s ad-ditional members and alter-nates were Vincent Lan, 14, ofUniversity Park; Emma Allen,14, of Hyattsville; and LauratuBah, 13, of Hyattsville.
First-time judge DaisyRayela, a STEM coordinatorat Thomas Johnson MiddleSchool in Lanham, said shecould see how Science Bowlcontestants gained many skillsthrough the competition in ad-dition to science knowledge.
Howard Knights, Hyatts-ville science teacher and teamsponsor, said he is very proudof his team and is planning aclass celebration to mark theScience Bowl victory.
“They’ve worked veryhard,” he said. Knights saidhis team will take a short breakfrom studying science trivia forthe holidays.
“Then in January, we’ll getback into stride,” he said.
Ogle Middle School failsto advance in Science Bowl
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Samuel Ogle Middle School students Alexis Osuke, Mitchell Smith and Austin Okorie compete Tuesday in theScience Bowl at the Bonnie F. Johns Media Center in Landover.
Jim Flannery of Bowie hasbeen elected chairman of theMaryland chapter of the CoastalConservation Association, aTexas-based nonprofit dedi-cated to advocating for the sus-tainability of marine resources,according to a release.
Flannery is a member ofCCA MD’s Government Rela-
tions Committee and a formerpresident of the AnnapolisChapter, according to the re-lease.
“Maryland and the entireAtlantic seaboard has seengreat strides taken in the pastfew years to protect striped bassand menhaden, an essentialfood source of many species,”
Flannery said in a statement.“It’s essential that we continuethis progress to protect theChesapeake Bay and assurethat future generations will beable to enjoy all that our marineresources offer.”
— EMILIE SHAUGHNESSY
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n ‘No Bystanders’ initiativecalls on Prince George’s
community
BY EMILIE SHAUGHNESSY
STAFFWRITER
A Largo-based nonprofit’slatest campaign seeks to re-mind Prince George’s residentsthat ending domestic violenceis the responsibility of the en-tire community — not just lawenforcement.
Community Advocatesfor Family and Youth, a crimevictim support organization,launched its #nobystanders ini-tiative in October and is seek-ing to rally county residents totake proactive steps against do-mestic abuse, said Arleen Joell,CAFY’s executive director.
On Dec. 2, CAFY receiveda $1,000 grant from the Wash-ington, D.C., chapter of charitygroup Nka Ikem Esit Chari-table Organization Inc. whichfollowed a $15,000 grant fromVerizon, to support CAFY’s do-mestic violence victim services,she said.
The #nobystanders aware-ness efforts will culminate inan April event that will bringtogether around 500 domesticviolence survivors, communitymembers and supporters, Joellsaid.
“No Bystanders [started]when we began to see an in-crease in our domestic violence
referrals,” she said. “The goal isto get people engaged in tryingto reduce domestic violence.Wewould like for people to jointhe discussion.”
Prince George’s had 10,843domestic violence incident re-ports in 2013 and 7,530 as ofOctober in 2014.
Liz Trimnell of Beltsville,president of Nka IkemEsit, saidher organization rarely gives fi-nancial donations to nonprof-its outside natural disasters oremergencies, but saw CAFY’sdomestic violence program asa crucial.
“Supporting those whohave been suppressed, we justfeel the pain of those peopleandwe just want to be there forthem and support them,” saidgroup member Helen Inwangof Burtonsville.
Community Advocates forFamily and Youth providesdomestic violence victim ser-
vices for the Laurel Police De-partment and is one of the firstagencies the county police de-partment will call when a crimevictim needs counseling, shel-ter, legal support or other ser-vices, Joell said.
Maj. Bob Althoff of the Lau-rel PoliceDepartment, said thatbefore his department becameinvolved with CAFY two yearsago, officers would have lim-ited follow-up with domesticviolence victims.
“In the old days you justwent, took the complaint,didn’t see any injuries and said‘here’s a pamphlet, go get awarrant or contact whoever ison the card,” he said. “We’veupped our game and said,‘We’re going to take care of youright now.’”
Cheryl Dessesow of Hyatts-ville said she was introducedto CAFY about three years agowhen she experienced domes-tic violence in her family.
While law enforcement offi-cers responded to her situationand initiated the legal process,Dessesow said the supplemen-tal support that CAFY providedwas invaluable.
“When you’re goingthrough a situation such asthat, that’s what you need. Youdon’t need someone question-ing you or telling you I told youso,” she said. “You just needsomeone to listen and to bethat shoulder you can cry on.”
Largo group gets funding toaid domestic violence efforts
EMILIE SHAUGHNESSY/THE GAZETTE
Arleen Joell (second from left), executive director of Community Advocates for Family and Youth, receives a checkDec. 2 presented by (from left) Helen Inwang of Burtonsville, Margaret Nnorom of Bowie and Liz Timnell of Beltsville,members of Nka Ikem Esit Charitable Organization.
n Bree’s Sweet Treatscelebrates grand
‘reopening’ Saturday
BY KIRSTEN PETERSENSTAFFWRITER
Breana “Bree” Britt of Ac-cokeek began baking at age 5and started selling her dessertsonline at 12. Now, at 16, she’stransformed her small store-front on Livingston Road into afull-fledged café.
Breana opened her bakery,Bree’s Sweet Treats, in February2013 to handle the increasingdemand for her cupcakes andcookies. When a vacant spacenext door to the shop at 15638Livingston Road became avail-able, Breana and her mother,Charmaine Britt, decided to ex-pand the bakery.
The bakery, which will cel-ebrate its grand “reopening”this Saturday, now features asitting area and healthy options,such as wraps and sandwiches,which customers can order withtheir desserts.
Breana said these healthyitems were added to promotewellness in the community andhelp customers feel less guiltyabout indulging her desserts.
“They buy three differentsandwiches at a time and that’swhat we wanted,” Breana said.
“We wanted them to feel betterabout buying the food.”
Breana said her great grand-mother and her “church grand-mother” taught her how to bakeas a child. Her first recipe wasa sugar cookie, which she stillbakes at her shop today.
“Baking is an outlet, to thepoint where if I’m having a badday and I start working, it clearsmy mind and I feel so relaxedand so in syncwithwhat I’mdo-ing,” Breana said.
Breana has also inventedseveral recipes, from a red vel-vet cookie to a strawberry short-cake cupcake to adessert kebob,which she served at her cousin’ssweet sixteen party when shewas 11.
Breana said her late father,Corey Britt, motivated her toturnher passion into a business.Corey Britt suffered a traumaticbrain injury while serving in theU.S. Army, but he had alwaysaspired to be an entrepreneur—Charmaine Britt said he wouldoften tell her he would be a mil-lionaire by 40.
“He was really dedicatedand I see that samedrive inher,”Britt, 38, said. “I see that samesparklewhen she’s talking aboutthe business, that light.”
During the grand re-open-ing, Bree’s Sweet Treats will sella special cookie basket with allproceeds going to Rockville-
basedFisherHouseFoundation,which builds temporary homesfor familieswhohave lovedonesin the hospital.
“My father was an injuredsoldier and he suffered braindamage. We feel like there area lot of other people who havegone through something similaror worse than we can imagine,”Breana said.
Stacy Thomas, the founda-tion’s partnership developmentofficer, said the basket proceedswould go directly to buildingFisher homes, which can ac-commodate several families.
“It means so much to us toknow that they’ve thought of usand they’ve chosen us to be thebeneficiary,” Thomas said.
While prepping dessertorders as head baker, Breanakeeps up with her studies at St.Mary’s Ryken High School inLeonardtown and squeezes intime for a 16-year-old’s sociallife, she said.
Breana said her goal afterhigh school is to become a vet-erinarian, but she said shehopesto keep a piece of her bakerywith her wherever she goes.
“I go for what I believe in. Ilove helping people. Throughbaking I believe I am doing justthat,” Breana said.
Sixteen-year-old expands visionand space for Accokeek bakery
“We’ve upped ourgame and said,
‘We’re going to takecare of you right
now.’”Maj. Bob Althoff,
Laurel police officer
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n More locations neededto house people during cold
weather, organizers say
BY ALICE POPOVICI
STAFF WRITER
Terrance Pett, 59, of Laurel,who is homeless and usuallyspends the night in his van, saidhe sees more and more peopleliving in boxes, under parkbenches and in the woods.
As this year’s Laurel WinterShelter program kicked off atFirst Baptist Church of Laurelduring the first week of Decem-ber, Pett said he was thankful forthe opportunity to have a mealand a bed to sleep in.
“More and more people arehomeless. They’re everywhere,”Pett, a former truck driver whohas been homeless about fiveyears, said on Dec. 4. “Here youeat good and also you get tomeet a lot of interestingpeople.”
First Baptist is among about20 religious organizations inLaurel that have volunteered toeach host homeless men andwomen for one week in the an-nual program, but organizerssay more space is needed to ac-commodate everyone throughthe end of the cold season.
Currently, the program isonly able to accommodate menand women together throughthe first week or March, andcan accommodate only womenthrough the third week ofMarch, said Linda Bergofsky, avolunteer with the program atOseh Shalom synagogue in Lau-
rel. She said there is space to ac-commodate thewomenbecausethey are a smaller group — ap-proximately 5 to 10—comparedwith the approximately 40 menwhostill need shelter for the sec-ond and third weeks of March.
Bergofsky said more con-gregations are needed that arewilling to house about 40 menfor the second and third weeksof March.
“Homelessness is not thecity of Laurel’s issue. It’s a re-gional issue,” said Bergofsky,adding that people who take ad-vantage of Winter Shelter comefrom Prince George’s as well assurrounding counties. “I thinkwe have seen an increase sincethe Great Recession.”
Representatives of religiousorganizations who participatein the Winter Shelter programestimated that there are about60 homeless people in Lau-rel — who come from PrinceGeorge’s, Howard, Anne Arun-del and Montgomery counties— though only about 40 use theWinter Shelter resources.
Religious organizationsin Laurel began the program— originally known as WinterHaven and governed by theWinter Haven Board — in 1991,said Sheila McJilton, rector atSt. Philips Episcopal Church inLaurel, which participates in theprogram.
By 2011 and 2012, McJiltonsaid the board had grown tiredof running the program andtransferred it to a self-led groupof about 20 congregations whorenamed it “Winter Shelter” andcontinue to coordinate with one
another on various social ser-vices to assist the people whouse the program.
“It’s been wonderful to seethat kind of cooperation amongpeople of faith, to do somethingtogether,” McJilton said.
Tommy Rowe, associatepastor at First Baptist, said hehas assisted his wife, Cheryl,with running the shelter pro-gram at First Baptist for about13 years. On Dec. 4, volunteerscooked a dinner of ribs andbaked potatoes for about 40men and women and spent theevening cleaning as their guestswatched television, playedvideogames and socialized.
Jerry Nicklis, 47, of Laurel, aformer plumber who has beenhomeless about two years, saidhe usually sleeps in an aban-doned building, but in the win-ter he takes advantage of theWinter Shelter program. Nick-lis said he likes the relaxed andwelcoming atmosphere thatTommy and Cheryl Rowe havecreated at First Baptist.
“You’ve got a lot of gamesyou can play. We just have agood time,” he said. “You don’thave a bedtime.”
Over the years, Rowe saidthe program has given home-less men and women more thanfood and a place out of the cold.
“There’s a communityamong the people who needthe shelter — they’re a family,”Rowe said. “[Winter Shelter] cre-ates a sense of belonging.”
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Pastor Tommy Rowe cleans up in the kitchen at First Baptist Church of Laurel after the Dec. 5 dinner service for thehomeless as part of the Winter Shelter program in Laurel.
started.”Sparks, who said he grew
up in Bowie and knew severalof the chorale members fromhis childhood, said he initiallytook over as a temporary re-placement for Nunemaker.
“I had a great time, andnow I’ve been doing it for10 years,” he said. “It’s beenfun to build [the choir] up. Itstarted so small.”
Bill Terry of Bowie, whosaid he used to tune PaulaSparks’ piano and has knownCraig Sparks since he was lit-tle, joined the Senior Choraleabout five years ago with hiswife, Judy Terry.
“It’s something we bothwanted to do together,”Bill Terry said. “There arejust such nice people in the
group. You build relation-ships with the people whoare there.”
Although Bill Terry playedclarinet for the United StatesNavy band, neither he nor hiswife had been part of a choirprior to joining the chorale,the couple said.
“Being around musicmakes anybody feel better,but being involved with agroup is very uplifting,” JudyTerry said. “Even if we didn’thave concerts, even if youcould go sing one afternoon aweek, it would be a nice thingto do.”
Sweeney said many ofthe original members of thechorale still participate in thegroup and that she doesn’tsee herself moving on any-time soon.
“Music is a big part of mylife,” she said. “If I didn’t have
this voice and be participatingin this, I don’t know what I’dbe doing with my time.”
Sparks said it has beenexciting to watch the choralemore than triple in size overthe last decade and to intro-duce new, challenging ar-rangements to the group.
“It’s sort of a magicalspace every Thursday whenwe go to rehearse,” he said. “Itdoesn’t matter what’s goingon in my life. It all disappearsand for two hours my life isjust about making amazingmusic with people who arepassionate about that. Tohave that kind of space to ex-plore music and expressionwith dedicated people, that’ssuch a joy as a musician.”
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When asked if fire stationdogs were supposed to beDalmatians, not Yorkshires,Monahan just laughed.
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bers from the station that aretrying to adopt him,” he said.“It is definitely a first for thisstation.”
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Prince George’s Countypolice have arrested threeteenagers they believe areconnected with a homicidethat took place Dec. 3 inClinton.
Around 1 p.m., countypolice and Maryland-Na-tional Capital Park officerswere called to a park in acommercial area of Wood-yard Road in Clinton andfound Israel Salvador Alas,17, of Clinton had beenstabbed. Alas was pro-nounced dead on the scene,according to police.
While police report noevidence linking Alas to agang, investigators believethe victim and the suspectswere involved with rivalgangs, police said.
Alas was a student atCrossland High School inTemple Hills. The threesuspects, a 15-year-old andtwo 16-year-olds, all live inTemple Hills and are beingcharged as adults, policesaid.
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been dwindling since hittinga high of around $1.7 millionin 2012— three years after thefirst cameras were installednear Bowie High School, ac-cording to data provided bythe Bowie Police Department.
As of Nov. 30, revenueswere around $600,000 thisyear, which means the cam-eras have been effective inreducing driver speed and in-creasing caution, Nesky said.
“The program is doingexactly what we wanted it todo,” he said. “When you seethe numbers going down, it’sa good thing.”
By Jan. 5, when the newCollington Road camera be-comes operational, Bowiewill have eight mobile cam-eras that will be rotated be-tween 16 locations, Neskysaid. Other locations includeBelair Drive, Annapolis Road,Collington Road near Rock-
ledge Elementary and North-view Drive, according to cityofficials.
Nesky said the straightstretch of Collington nearTasker can be a common areafor speeders.
“That’s a tough spot,” hesaid. “If you have a green lightthere, you can pick up a lot ofspeed.”
Tasker principal IngridMichele Johnson said theschool employs two cross-ing guards to help studentssafely cross Collington Roadbefore and after school, butthat added cautionary mea-sures would be a benefit tothe school.
“Anything that ensuresthe safety of students is al-ways a positive for me,” John-son said.
Some residents are not asexcited about the new cam-era.
Shukoor Ahmed of Bowiesaid he is working on a smart-phone application that willalert drivers to nearby speed
cameras and fears that somecity and county speed cameraprograms may be more con-cerned with making moneythan with public safety.
Ahmed said he believesofficials will be prompted toaddmore cameras tomake upfor lost revenue without fullyevaluating their effectiveness.
“I think a lot of citizensare starting to slow downwiththe cameras,” he said. “I think[government officials] willfind ways to make up some ofthese lost revenues because alot of people do know aboutthe cameras. They may even[add] red light cameras.”
For two weeks after thenew speed camera goes live,violators will be issued warn-ing for exceeding the speedlimit by 12 miles or more, andcitations will be issued afterthe grace period ends, accord-ing to the police department.
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byingby theplasticbagmanufac-turing industry.
“I think it’s an idea whosetimehas come,”Pinsky said.
Pinsky said disposable plasticbagsareanenvironmentalhazardthat costs the county millions ofdollars to cleanupeachyear.
Pinsky said customers are al-readypaying for thebags in termsof higher prices that are built intotheproducts theybuy.
“Even if I bringmy ownbags,I still end up paying for plastic,”Pinsky said. “Now, it would be anadd-on you could choose to payornot.”
Del. JayWalker (D-Dist. 26) ofFortWashington,chairmanof thecounty delegation, said he wantsto go one step further sponsoringa bill, PG403-15, that would givethe county the authority to banstores from issuing plastic shop-pingbagsoutright.
In September, Californiabecame the first state to pass
legislation banning plastic bags,effective July 2015. Several coun-ties in Hawaii have enacted simi-lar bans.
“Wecomplainsomuchaboutthe environmental dangers ofplastic bags, so why do we allowthem to be used in our county?”Walker said. “If we’re talkingabout changing people’s behav-ior, then this is something weneed to consider.”
The bill, if passed, would re-quire the Prince George’s CountyCouncil to pass similar legislationbefore it tookeffect.
The bill as written bans dis-posable shopping bags, both pa-per and plastic, but Walker saidthe intent of the bill is not to banpaperbags.
“We’re going to have to fine-tune it a little bit,”Walker said.
Another bill on the delega-tion’s agenda, PG306-15, wouldestablisha task force to lookat thecreation of a juvenile assessmentcenter in the county.
The bill’s author, Del. Ger-aldine Valentino-Smith (D-Dist.23A) of Bowie, said a juvenile as-
sessment center would providetargeted services to assist youthreferred to the Department ofJuvenile Services and would helpkeepthemoutof thecriminal jus-tice system.
“It is one of the most impor-tant endeavors in our county,”Valentino-Smith said. “I thinkhow we handle and assess ourjuveniles is at least as importantas our business developmentendeavors to the future of ourcounty.”
For the second year in a row,Del. AlonzoWashington (D-Dist.22) of Hyattsville has put forwarda bill that would prohibit countycreditcardsbeing issuedtomem-bers of theBoardofEducation.
Currently, board membersare issued credit cards to pay forallowable expenses they wouldotherwise be reimbursed for,such as travel, business meals oraccommodations.
A public hearing on the billsis scheduled at 5 p.m. Tuesday attheSports andLearningComplexinLandover.
The 2015 legislative sessionbegins inAnnapolis Jan. 14.
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during physical education.“I get chest pain, shortness
of breath, and things we didn’thave when we were younger,”Fulford said. “Kids moved moreback in the day before the videogames and computers.”
Fulford said a smoothie barwould help her students learnabout healthy alternatives tosugary sodas and salty snacks.
“I think this will teach themthat you canhave good, healthy,delicious drinks and it doesn’thave to be a sugary drink. Itdoesn’t have to be a soda or aHuggie,” Fulford said.
If the school wins the grant,the smoothie bar would behoused in first grade teacherAmanda Meyers’ classroom.Meyers’ class would participatein a 90-day program duringwhich students would enjoysmoothies several times a week.
Meyers said she hopes to in-troduce smoothie time around2:30 p.m. as an incentive to helpher students push through tothe end of the school day.
Sipe said students at Arrow-head have told her how muchthey like smoothies and howthey drink themat home, even ifthey don’t realize what kinds offruits and vegetables their par-entsmight add.
After the 90-day challenge,Sipe said she would use theblenders for teacher events andincentives for students.
“We’re just hoping we’reable to have the opportunity totry this out with our studentsand see their excitement abouteating healthier foods,” Sipesaid.
To help garner support forschools, community memberscan tweet about their schoolsusing the hashtag #BeTheNex-tUni.
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Obituary
Paul Frederick Green passedaway at the age of 98 on October31,2014. Hazel, his beloved wife ofover 70 years, preceded his deathon February 21,2011. He issurvived by his three childen: PaulGreen Jr.of Brooklyn N.Y, RolandGreen Sr.of Jamaica N.Y., andPeggy Miles of Hyattsville, Md. Heis also survived by grandsonsRoland Green Jr., Randy Green,and Russell Miles, and great-grandson Micha Miles. He also hastwo surviving brothers, Arnold andIsaiah.Paul was a great lover of music andimparted that love to his children.He spent many hours listening tojazz, rhythm and blues, bluegrass,and gospel songs on the radio.Paul was interred next to hisbeloved wife on November 26,2014 at George WashingtonCemetery in Adelphi, Md.A memorial celebration honoringhis life will be held on or nearFebruary 16, 2014, his birthday, atthe home of his daughter.
Expressions of condolences can besent to Peggy Miles at
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n Session beers, flavorand style all becamethe norm in 2014
As 2014 comes to a close,several trends in the brewingworld have emerged. Theseincludemoving away fromhighalcohol beers to themore dif-ficult to brew butmore easilydrinkable session beers; theemergence of styles that havebeen very infrequently brewedin an effort to broaden thebrewing palette, and the growthof estate beers alongwith theincreased availability of localhops andmalt.
Session beers are namedbecause one can drink severalof them in one session, oftenwith friends, and still maintainsobriety. Part of the newfoundprominence of these beers isa reaction to the spate of highalcohol beers of the last de-cade. Drinks-writer and “TheSession Beer Project” bloggerLew Bryson says “Youwant abeer that facilitates conversa-tion, not dominates it.” Usuallythese are beers between 3.5 and4.5 alcohol by volume (ABV),although the Brewers Associa-tion defines a Session Beer as alower strength version of a beermeeting classic style guidelinesand one that can reach 5.1 per-cent ABV.
A number of session beersare available in the region fromFrederick’sMonocacy Brewing,DC’s Right Proper Brewpub(which always has 2-3 sessionbeers on tap), Philadelphia’sVictory Brewing, Dover, Del.’s,FordhamBrewing and Rose-land, Va.’s, Devil’s BackboneBrewing. The latter three andother breweries are evenmak-ing sessionable IPAs. Some
styles which are being brewedmore often are inherentlysessionable, such as BerlinerWeisse andGose.
Other styles that are receiv-ing renewed interest as brewersstretch their brewing horizonslooking for new avenues toentice the craft beer enthusiastinclude: Grisette, a Saison-likelow alcohol style originallybrewed for Belgium’s workingminers; Lichtenhainer, a tartsessionable BerlinerWeissebeer with a notable smokiness;and the Grodziskie style (alsoknown as Grätzer in German),another low alcohol, smokedwheat beer originating in Po-land and usually slightly tart.
Estate beers—beers forwhich the hops and grains arepreferably grown onsite butoften just locally— are becom-ingmore prominent as craftmalting has grown. Encouragedby changes in state agricul-tural regulations promotingfarm breweries, many in theMid-Atlantic andNew Eng-land regions, thesemaltstersare using heirloom grains, orgrains which take advantageof local soils for richer flavors.One regionalmaltster hearscomplaints such as “Yourmaltis too flavorful. I can’t tastemy hops.” Combinedwith theupsurge in local hop growing,and sometimes even locallyacquired yeasts, estate beersare becoming somewhatmoreavailable but still difficult tofind. Look for such beers fromMaryland’sMonocacy Brewing,Burley Oak Brewery and the
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n Play focuses on tensebit of jury duty
BY KIRSTY GROFFSTAFFWRITER
Bowie-based theater com-pany 2nd Star Productions hasbroken tradition with format,tone, and location with its cur-rent production of “12 AngryMen,” running throughDec. 20atWestArundelCreativeArts inOdenton.
Directed by Jane Wingard— who is also the companypresident — and produced byCheramie Jackson, the play fo-cuses on the jury deliberationfor the trial of a young man ac-cused of killing his father. Onlyone juror begins with a “notguilty” vote, and throughoutthe play slowlyworks to changetheminds of the rest.
Theplaydoesn’t havemanyset changes or backgroundplayers; most of the produc-tion takes place in the samescene with the same 12 actors,a change from the usual light-hearted fare 2nd Star puts on attheir typical home, the BowiePlayhouse.
Putting on a show with amore serious feel, however,was important to Jackson, andshe pitched it toWingard as hersecond-ever timeproducing forthe company.
“I’m an actress who’s beenwith them for a long time, andthey primarily take on com-edies and musicals becausefinancially it’s what works forus,” she said. “It’s something Iwanted to do to challenge 2ndStar to step outside of itself,because we do live in a com-munity where there are socialideas that need to be broughtto the stage.”
One such idea is the legalprocess, specifically what goes
on behind closed doors duringjury deliberation. The experi-ence is rather unique and canbe trying; for those unfamiliar,the play can serve as an insightinto how certain decisions aremade.
“This story brings about
what can happen inside a juryroom,” said Brad Eaton, whoplays the Foreman. “Manypeople can go their entire livesand not be called to serve; thisgives a little insight as to whatcan take place. Being on stage,it’s an awesome opportunity tosee how individuals will reactto being up close and personaland being like a fly on the wallwatching this jury deliberate.”
With 12 jurors comes 12distinct personalities of vary-ing ages, all clashing with eachother and making it tough tocome to a united decision —creating the central conflict ofthe play. Juror 8 serves as thecatalyst for change, a calmmanwho brings the “not guilty”vote to the table and changesthe opinions of the others overtime.
The other jurors can beaggressive or prejudiced, with
outrageous personalities thatstand out against Juror 8,played by Gene Valendo.
“My character is the onlyone who is not something of acaricature,” said Valendo. “Theothers are a little exaggerated,whereas my character is morereal and maintains emotionalcontrol mostly through theshow. It requires a much moremeasured approach.”
Another peacekeeper ofcourts acting as a calm, solidpresence rather that easily riledis the Foreman.
“My jobas the foreman is totry to keep order, keep controlof these angry men and theirpercept of how they’ve seenthe trial and move it along,”Eaton said. “He wants to be in
Room full of anger
PHOTO BY NATHAN JACKSON
Twelve men deliberate together on stage in 2nd Star Productions’ “12 Angry Men,” running through Dec. 20.
12 ANGRY MENn When: 8 p.m. Thursday,
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THEATER & STAGEBowie Community Theatre,
“Flyin’ West,” April 10 through25, call for prices, times, BowiePlayhouse, 16500 White MarshPark Drive, Bowie, 301-805-0219,bctheatre.com.
The Clarice, For and In BehalfOf, Dec. 11; Delta Chi Xi HonoraryDance Fraternity: New Dances,Dec. 11; For and In Behalf Of, Dec.12; Delta Chi Xi Honorary DanceFraternity: New Dances, Dec. 12;Kaleidoscope of Bands, Dec. 12;13th Annual Festival of Nine Les-sons and Carols, Dec. 12; BalletCompany M: The Nutcracker, (twoperformances) Dec. 13; ExcelsaString Quartet: Janacek String
Quartet No. 2; Dec. 15; Universityof Maryland, College Park, thecla-rice.umd.edu.
Hard Bargain Players, Theaterin the Woods, 2001 Bryan PointRoad, Accokeek, 240-766-8830,hbplayers.org.
Harmony Hall Regional Center,Blue Sky 5, Jan. 10; 10701 Livings-ton Road, Fort Washington, 301-203-6070, arts.pgparks.com.
Greenbelt Arts Center, Chro-matics Concert, Dec. 13-Dec. 14,call for prices, times, GreenbeltArts Center, 123 Centerway,Greenbelt, 301-441-8770, green-beltartscenter.org.
Joe’s Movement Emporium,Holiday Extravaganza: The MagicContinues, Dec. 13; Holiday Ex-travaganza: The Magic Continues,Dec. 14; 3309 Bunker Hill Road,Mount Rainier, 301-699-1819, jo-esmovement.org.
Laurel Mill Playhouse, “Ir-ving Berlin’s White Christmas,”through Dec. 21, call for ticketprices, times, Laurel Mill Play-house, 508 Main St., Laurel, 301-452-2557, laurelmillplayhouse.org.
Prince George’s Little The-atre, “A Shot in the Dark,” Jan.
9 through 24, call for tickets andshow times, Bowie Playhouse,16500 White Marsh Park Drive,Bowie, 301-937-7458, pglt.org.
NASA’S Music And Drama club(MAD), “The Musical of Musicals(The Musical)” winter show. at theCharis Center for the Arts, 130108th St., Bowie. $20. For ticket salesand additional information, call240-475-8800 or visit madtheater.org.
Publick Playhouse, HolidayTales (two shows), Dec. 16;Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, Dec. 28; 5445Landover Road, Cheverly, 301-277-1710, arts.pgparks.com.
2nd Star Productions, “TwelveAngry Men,” through Dec. 30,West Arundel Creative Arts,2288 Blue Water Blvd., Suite 410,Odenton, call for prices, times,410-757-5700, 301-832-4819,2ndstarproductions.com.
Tantallon Community Players,“A USO Christmas,” through Dec.14, Harmony Hall Regional Cen-ter, 10701 Livingston Road, FortWashington, 301-262-5201, tantal-lonstage.com.
Venus Theatre, 21 C Street,Laurel. venustheatre.org.
NIGHTLIFENew Deal Café, Mid-Day
Melodies with Amy C Kraft, Dec.11; Open Mic with James andMartha, Dec. 11; John Guernsey,Dec. 12; Sligo Creek Stompers,Dec. 12; Bruce Kritt, Dec. 13; JohnGuernsey, Dec. 13; The U-Liners,Dec. 13; Deaf Brunch, Dec. 14;Not2Cool Jazz Trio Brunch, Dec.14; Jack Couldn’t Make It, Dec. 14;Reel and Meal at the New Deal,Dec. 15; Poetry Night Open Mic,Dec. 16; Pub Quiz, Dec. 17; 113Centerway Road, 301-474-5642,newdealcafe.com.
Old Bowie Town Grill, Wednes-day Night Classic Jam, 8 p.m. everyWednesday, sign-ups start at 7:30p.m., 8604 Chestnut Ave., Bowie,301-464-8800, oldbowietowngrille.com.
DANCINGBallroom dance and lesson,
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OUTDOORSDinosaur Park, Dinosaur Park
programs, noon to 4 p.m. first andthird Saturdays, join paleontolo-gists and volunteers in interpret-ing fossil deposits, 13200 blockMid-Atlantic Blvd., Laurel, 301-627-7755.
Mount Rainier Nature Center,Toddler Time: hands-on treasures,crafts, stories and soft play, 11a.m. to noon Thursdays, age 5and younger free, 4701 31st Place,Mount Rainier, 301-927-2163.
Prince George’s Audubon Soci-ety, Bird Walks, 7:30 a.m. first Sat-urdays, Fran Uhler Natural Area,meets at end of Lemon BridgeRoad, north of Bowie State Univer-sity, option to bird nearby WB&ATrail afterward; 7:30 a.m. thirdSaturdays, Governor Bridge Natu-ral Area, Governor Bridge Road,Bowie, meet in parking lot; formigrating and resident woodlandand field birds, and waterfowl. Forbeginners and experts. Waterprooffootwear and binoculars sug-gested. Free. 410-765-6482.
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this leadership role, and he’sjust got something to provebecause he’s going throughthings in his life and wanted tojust make sure he does the rightthing.”
“12 Angry Men” was writ-ten in 1957, and yet many of thecentral themes like racism anddifferences between class andage shine just as bright today.The legal process in racially-tinged court cases has beenin the news everywhere lately,and a show like this adds an ad-
ditional perspective.“I think it’s every bit as rel-
evant now as it was then,” saidValendo. “It speaks to racialprejudices, to socioeconomicdifferences between groups ofpeople, to the idea of privilegedversus the disadvantaged.”
“The show has some peo-ple who are apathetic and don’tcare, they don’t believe in theprocess or commitment to jus-tice,” Jackson added, “and it’sthat kind of apathy and racismwe are witnessing right now. Ithink it’s important to put onshows highlighting these thingsexist.”
Though the content may be
a little outside of the standard2nd Star repertoire, the mes-sage is one that is importantto this community in this time,and discussion about these is-sues has to start somewhere —and why not on a theater stage?
“You want to make socialchange happen, you have todo it on the ground floor,” shesaid, “give the communitythings to think about and cryabout — as well as make themlaugh and make them sing.This is why I’m grateful to be apart of the company and to addsomething to what they do.”
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GrisetteWorkingClass Ale (5.6 percentABV) is brewed by Sly Fox Brewery in Pott-stown, Pa. Grissette has a sweet malt andenticing lemon nose. Smooth throughout, ithas a restrained sweet malt front with a mutedmelange of citrus fruits including orange, grape-fruit and lemon. The lemon citrus wanes asthe malt grows in the middle. A soft earthinessemerges along with a genial tartness in the fin-ish as the citrus ebbs. The tartness lingers in theaftertaste while the other flavors fade. Ratings:8.5/7.5.
Goldie’s Best Bitter Ale (3.9 percent ABV)is made at the Milkhouse Brewery at StillpointFarm in Mt. Airy. This delightful best bitter hasa light floral hop and sweet malt aroma whichpresages a slightly sweet malt front with a hintof bitter hops. The bitterness increases a bitin the middle and edges up more in the finishjoined by notes of apricot. In the aftertaste themild hops continue but are well balanced by therobust malt presence and tempered dryness.Ratings: 8.5/8.
PivoGrodsiskie/Grätzer Ale (4 percentABV) is produced by Dr. Fritz Briem, a profes-sor at Doemen’s University, the German brew-ing university in Friesing, who has recreated anumber of forgotten beer styles. It is brewed inMunich. Grätzer has a tempered sour bouquetof wheat, heavy smoke, and orange peel. Thesubtle sweet front is followed by the additionof some sourness, a modest smokiness, and a
tinge of orange rind in the middle. The smoki-ness intensifies in the finish as does the orangezest. The sourness comes to the front in theaftertaste while the smoke tapers and a wisp ofdryness appears. Ratings: 8/8.
Gold Leaf Lager (4.5 percent ABV) isbrewed by Devils Backbone Brewing of Lex-ington, Va. Gold Leaf has won several awards,including gold medals, at the Great AmericanBeer Festival in the Pilsner category. The sweetmalt nose with a touch of floral hops melds intoa delicate sweet front. The middle adds a pinchof citrus which continues in the finish where themalt elevates modestly. All these flavors con-tinue in the refreshing aftertaste, mingled with anuance of melon. Ratings: 7.5/8.
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Formed in 2009 at theNewEnglandConservatory ofMusicin Boston, the Excelsa Quartethas been performing sweetmusic in theUnited State andoverseas.
The group is theUniversityofMaryland’s Graduate Fellow-ship StringQuartet for 2013-2016. They are set to performJanácek StringQuartet No. 2“Intimate Letters,” at theGild-enhorn Recital Hall at 8 p.m. onMonday, as presented by theUMDSchool ofMusic.
Czech composer LeošJaná ek and the object of his af-
fection, Kamila Stösslová, car-ried on a complex relationshipthrough volumes of writtencorrespondence. These eventu-ally became the inspiration forhis StringQuartet No. 2, “Inti-mate Letters.”
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The Excelsa String Quartet is set to perform “Intimate Letters” on Mondayat the Gildenhorn Recital Hall at The Clarice in College Park.
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rah. At the heart of each story is giftsof love, kindness, compassion andgenerosity. This programwill warmyour heart with the genuine spirit ofthe season.
Tickets for the show are $8, $6for groups of 20 ormore. This per-formance is free to Title I Schools inPrince George’s County.
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Emmy-nominated Pushcart Players present “Holiday Tales,” atthe Public Playhouse in Cheverly.
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Tacklingdomestic violence
Pedaling into the future
OUROPINIONS LET TERS TOTHEEDITOR
The disturbing video of NFL player Ray Rice knockingout his then-fiancee in an Atlantic City elevator in Febru-ary continues to dominate headlines and spark discus-sions about what’s being done about domestic violence.It’s an important discussion, one that shouldn’t be over-looked in Prince George’s County.After all, of the 50 domestic violence-related deaths
that occurred from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013, inMary-land, 12 of themwere in our county—nearly one-quarterof the state’s total— according to theMarylandNetworkAgainst Domestic Violence. Only Baltimore city had ahigher number, 14.Many people live in daily fear of domestic violence,
and concerns can go up during this time of the year, whenofficials say incidents can increase due to holiday stress.Fortunately, there aremany efforts under way in the
county to address the problem.Most recently, CommunityAdvocates for Family and Youth, a crime victim supportorganization in the county, received a $1,000 grant from aWashington, D.C., charity and a $15,000 grant fromVeri-zon.CAFY provides services for domestic violence victims,
and in October launched #nobystanders, an initiativeaimed at battling domestic violence. The grantmoneywillgo toward supporting the effort.CAFY isn’t alone in its efforts. Law enforcement, gov-
ernment agencies, community organizations and places ofworship continue to add resources and educate the public.Last year, for example, the county announced a new 211phone line for residents to get help regarding domesticviolence.And CAFY is hoping to further efforts in the county by
gettingmore people involved—uniting about 500 domes-tic violence survivors, residents and supporters in April toaddress the issue.Such continuing efforts are critical since domestic vio-
lence is an ongoing battle, impacting the lives of somany.Prince George’s had 10,843 domestic violence incident re-ports in 2013 and 7,530 as of October in 2014. It’s a discus-sion thatmust continue long after the holidays and longafter the spotlight has dimmed on Ray Rice.To learnmore about CAFY, visit www.cafyonline.org,
and for a list of resources in Prince George’s County, visitthe county website at www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/sites/Family/Resources/domestic-violence.
The Riverdale-based nonprofit GapBuster Inc. embod-ies the saying, “It takes a village to raise a child.”Recently, the educational organization received a
$40,000 grant from the Aetna Foundation to help its bi-cycle repair after-school program. The program, though itmay seem fairly straightforward, is anything but.The programputs two Prince George’s County high
school students in charge of teachingmiddle- and high-schoolers how to fix bicycles in disrepair. Participantslearn how to be leaders while gaining a new technicalskill— and each gets to keep a bike, thus encouraging ahealthier lifestyle. Volunteers from the Proteus Bicyclesshop in College Park help the students, and theUniversityofMaryland, College Park, donates bicycles found aban-doned on campus.It’s a program that brings together the greater commu-
nity and businesses to provide a positive activity for youngpeople. Truly a win-win situation.The effort is another result of the county’s Transform-
ing Neighborhood Initiative, which targets six designatedareas in the county that face economic, educational, safety andhealth challenges and are eligible for additional resources.Andwhile GapBuster was started in 2006, it faced its
share of hardships and had to shut down for a while— re-viving in 2011 in pursuit of itsmotto to “Educate, Elevateand Empower.” In addition to the bicycle repair program,the organization aims to help youths with college prepara-tion, drop-out prevention and leadership development.Kudos to GapBuster and its supporters for the work
they are doing. It’s a program that can be duplicated inother areas and is sure to provide a lasting impact on theyouths involved.
In the face of serious concerns and ques-tions raised by residents and civic groupsand echoed by three council members, theCollege Park City Council blithely voted 5-3to build an $8million newCity Hall at thecurrent site at Knox Road onNov. 25. Theonly cogent argument put forward by coun-cil members who supported this decisionwas that it was a long time coming, and thatis certainly true. But for a decision that hasbeen pending for over a decade, the utterlack of substance in the council discussionsand the indifference displayed to residentinput simply took one’s breath away.The alternate site, the 3.7-acre Calvert
Road property, deeded to the city for pub-lic use by Prince George’s County, was thetop choice of all the civic associations thatweighed in on the decision. The reasonsare obvious. The Calvert Road site offers avision for community space that cannot bematched on the smaller 1.2-acre Knox Roadproperty. For communities further away,the Calvert site, just two streets south of thecurrent site, offered on-site parking. Forthe nearby Calvert Hills community, it of-fered the prospect that the blighted propertywould be renovated for a use they couldembrace.Building City Hall at Calvert also would
have been the fiscally prudent step for thecouncil to have taken; the Calvert site cannotbe sold for private development, the KnoxRoad site is likely worth between $3 and $5million andwould have covered half the costof a newCity Hall. As it stands, the councilhas promised Calvert Hills residents thatsomething worthwhile would be done at theCalvert site but did not think it fit to discusseither the likelymulti-million-dollar costor the time line for that unknown project.Meanwhile, residents inWest andNorthCollege Park have expressed frustration atthe lack of civic space in their neighbor-hoods. Three civic associations, jointlyrepresenting 60 percent of College Parkhouseholds, asked the council to pause anddiscuss the issues with thembefore proceed-ing. The council refused.
It is particularly troubling that the coun-cil held an open forum to solicit input fromresidents and then promptly set about ignor-ing that input. The reasons for that, too, areobvious. The big elephant in the room is theUniversity ofMaryland, which alternatelythreatened and cajoled the city. TheUni-versity ofMaryland Foundation has beendeeded a portion of the land along Route1 fronting the current City Hall property.The foundation hopes to obtain the entirefrontage property and is eager to engage ina “collaborative project” to develop the jointspace with the city. While on the face of itthis seems like a positive stance, the devil isin the details or the lack thereof.Drawings of the “collaboration” show
a five-story office building on universityproperty and a three-story City Hall tuckedbehind it. When asked whatmakes this acollaboration, the city’s finance directorstated during the Nov. 18 work session thatit was a collaboration because the univer-sity needs a portion of the city’s land for itsbuilding. That insightful comment did notraise a single response from the council. Thecouncil vote has been driven by the fear thatthe university will walk away from down-town College Park should City Hall be con-structed at the alternate location just twostreets away, and the university has playedup those fears.A newCity Hall should have been a
matter of pride for residents. Instead, it hasbecome an issue of conflict with residentsholding signs that said “Residents don’tmat-ter in College Park” at the council vote. Thisdecisionmay haunt the city and its residentsfor years to come. The university and the cityhave lost the opportunity to jointly develop aproperty that would give residents a reasonto come to downtownCollege Park— anoffice building and a City Hall are not thosereasons.What is certain is that City Councilmembers are no longer paying attention tothe residents of the city. When they no lon-ger represent us, it is time for them to go.
Suchitra Balachandran, College Park
College Park council isn’t listening
Ironically, the same night theCollege Park City Council pro-claimed itMunicipal GovernmentWorksMonth,municipal govern-ment did not work at all. Threecivic associations, as well a dozenresidents, requested exploration ofall feasible options for the newCityHall site and the tabling of amotionto vote on one of the options— theKnox Road site—until all pertinentfacts were reviewed. Despite theirappeals, five of the eight City Councilmembers, as well asMayor AndrewFellows, opposed the residents’wishes… again.In their remarks, residents
pointed out that the informationprovided to the council and taxpay-ers was inadequate tomake such asignificant decision.Maybemoreimportantly, how could such a deci-sion bemade in a vacuum—with-out consideration of other big-ticketitems coming down the pipeline?Moreover, there were no firmfiguresas to project’s expense, no detailsregarding a future collaborationwith theUniversity ofMaryland, northe future of the alternative site onCalvert Road. It was requested thecouncil postpone its decision untilthe five-year Strategic Plan is revisedlater this fiscal year, a sensible pro-posal.Handmade signs with such slo-
gans as “Listen to the Residents” and“College Park—Where the Residentsdon’tMatter” declared the residents’views but failed to sway five councilmembers andMayor Fellows, andonce again,more than 3,300 house-holds were ignored.
Mary C. Cook, College Park
Cook is a former College Parkcouncil member and current CollegePark Advisory Planning Commissionchairwoman.
Residents areignored, again
Kudos to Bladensburg, where I havelived for almost 30 years. It is a little enginethat could because it has slowly emergedover the years from a neglected, nonde-script path toWashington, D.C., into avibrant, active community, largely throughthe efforts of the elected officials and townpersonnel and the work of several ac-tive local groups. Has there always beentransparency? No, but the current electedofficials and town staff are themost open,approachable and available (24/7) duringmy period of residency, and difficult trans-parency issues are being addressed.I was involved in the development of
the Citizens Action Committee of Bladens-burg (CACB) that initially formed to reviewthe fiscal year budget and provide input assolicited by the TownCouncil. A push forpolicy and procedural transparency andresident involvement in important deci-sions, such as residents being provided alisting of planned council and staff tripson behalf of the townwith the rationaleand anticipated cost prior to travel takingplace and a public report afterward, is anexcellent goal in the group’s expandedmission. Issues are being aired in duecourse through townmeetings ofmanykinds, and important advances are beingmade. The loud voice and actions (e.g., theCACB dropbox) of the CACB can be cred-ited in part, including in the developmentof amore organized and progressive townwebsite and the electronic posting of doc-uments. The improvement in the town’s
electronic and televised presence is note-worthy, and credit should go to the TownCouncil and staff formuch of the progress.Citizens’ input overall is being paidmoreattention, and other organizations in thetown continue to bring positive actionsand good programs for the benefit of Blad-ensburg residents.Nonetheless, I have found among
somemembers of the CACB a derisive dis-dain of the “rule” of themayor and councilmembers and an intense personal dislikefor these individuals, including a statedand continuing deep resentment that theyrecently had received pay raises (as hadelectedmembers of other local area coun-cils). The CACB has wielded the Freedomof Information Act like a club, accumulat-ing not only official policy documents, but
copies of travel expenditure receipts adnauseum, over which somemembers withtunnel vision that borders on fanaticismpore, second- and third-guessing everyred cent, withmuch bitter hand-wringingand jaded condemnation of those whohad traveled without the advance approvalof the citizens of Bladensburg. Further, asensationalized approach has often beenused at townmeetings, and the group haswielded The Gazette as one of the weap-ons in its arsenal for attack.As citizens, we should rationally as-
sess all sides of the issues and try to be fairacross the board by giving credit freelywhere it is due, pointing out problems aswarranted, andmoving past that to poten-tial solutions. Neither the CACB nor anyother one group can or should speak forall residents, many of whomdo not attendor view townmeetings, keep up-to-dateon local issues and developments, or joingroups. Bladensburgers should leave theranks of the silentmajority, participatemore fully and bring out the best in this di-verse community by expanding the num-ber of voices being heard.We need to fullyunderstand that bureaucratic and socialchange take time, and that compromisescan be reached if there is goodwill on allsides toward that end. Unfortunately,the current climate is one of antagonismand guarded responses. Unless wemoveforwardwith a positive attitude, achievinglasting progress will not be accomplished.
Susan R. McCutchen, Bladensburg
Clear progress in Bladensburg
We need to fullyunderstand that
bureaucratic and socialchange take time, and
that compromises can bereached if there is goodwill
on all sides.
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The College Park City Council is planning to rebuild City Hall at its current location on Knox Road.
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Carlos Ramirez, 14, of Riverdale and Ben Bassett, a volunteer instructorfrom Proteus Bicycles in College Park, check used sprockets in the bikerehabilitation shop at the Gapbuster program in Riverdale.
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BOYS BASKETBALL: Largo at Douglass, 7 Friday.
Two of the top contenders in the County 3A/2A/1ALeague meet in an early season test. Lions’ AbdulaiBundu (left) is one of the top big men in the county.
FOOTBALL: PG vs. SMAC All-Star Game, 2 Saturday.
GIRLS BASKETBALL: DuVal at Suitland, 7 Monday.
Roosevelt senior leads the All-Gazette girls volleyball team. B-4
BY PRINCE J. GRIMESSTAFF WRITER
With its 38-0 defeat of Balti-more City’s Dunbar HighSchool on Saturday at
M&T Bank Stadium, the Douglassfootball team won its first statechampionship in school history.
The win was a microcosm ofthe entire 2014 season for Doug-lass, as it forced a running clock —up by 35 points or more — for the13th time in 14 games. The Eaglesdefense allowed an average of just3.9 points per game this fall whileoffense averaged 43.6 points.
That kind of dominance gaveDouglass coach J.C. Pinkney, hesaid, the confidence that the titlegame wouldn’t be any different.
“I was totally confident that wewere going to win today,” Pinkneysaid. “Because these guys, theyshowed up every week. ... I just feltgood about our team.”
The Eagles have been a Class-2A power for years — reachingthe title game on three prior oc-casions, including 2011 and 2012,but until Saturday’s win, a statefootball title was missing from theUpper Marlboro school’s trophycase. That won’t be the case any-more.
From the first two series of thegame, Douglass established itsdominance on both sides of theball. The Eagles’ defense forced aDunbar three-and-out and punt,and two plays after the offensegot the ball, running back AkivaWedge broke off a 43-yard touch-down run.
“I just sprinted,” said Wedge,who finished the game with 159yards and two touchdowns. “I ranlike it was the last day on earth.”
Pinkney said the offensive linehad been going to Baltimore everySunday to work out with trainerRob Slade. Each trip, the unitwould get a glimpse of M&T BankStadium — a place they envisioned
playing at since the offseason, de-fensive tackle Amir Fenwick said.
“You say what you mean andyou mean what you say,” Fenwicksaid about accomplishing the task.“It took a lot to get to this point,and we knew that we had to workin order to get here.”
While Fenwick and the Doug-lass defense put together its eighthshutout of the season, the offen-sive line paved the way for 410
Douglass captures elusive title
I can imag-ine DouglassHigh Schoolfootball coachJ.C. Pinkneywalking up toan underclass-man with theNo. 8 jersey inhis hand, butwhat I can’timagine are
the thoughtsgoing through that poor 15-, or16-year-old kid’s head as Pinkneyhands it to him.
Immense pride, no doubt, fol-lowed by overwhelming pressureto live up to it.
“As Coach P tells the guys, ifhe gives you the No. 8, that’s thehighest compliment you can get,”said longtime defensive coordi-nator Bill Johnson, who was thehead coach at the Upper Marlboroschool before Pinkney took over.“If you put on the No. 8 at Doug-lass, that means you’re a very seri-ous football player.”
No lie. Look at the players whohave worn No. 8 at Douglass since2000.
Eric Wedge, quarterback wholed Douglass to 16 straight winsin Johnson’s final seasons as headcoach.
Quinton Brown, 2003 All-Ga-zette player who went to Syracuse.
Jesse Robertson, made second-team All-Gazette in 2008.
Emani Benjamin, 2009 All-Gazette first team.
Matthew Paul, second-team AllGazette in 2012.
The No. 8 is one of three num-bers that hangs under the score-board at every Douglass home
football game, but it’s not therebecause of any of those great play-ers. About 13 months ago JerrellWedge died in a single-car colli-sion in Upper Marlboro. When heleft Douglass in 2007, he was theschool’s second all-time leadingtackler, only behind NFL greatShawne Merriman. Wedge woreNo. 8, just like his brother Eric.
“When Jerrell passed last year,obviously at that point, the jer-sey took on a whole new level ofmeaning for toughness, tenacityand dedication,” Pinkney said.
You’ve got to be greatto wear No. 8
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Douglass High School’s Akiva Wedgeremembers his cousin, Jerrell Wedge, dur-ing halftime of the Nov. 29 state semifinalfootball game against South Carroll atOxon Hill High School.
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Douglass High School football coach J.C. Pinkney holds the 2A state championship trophy Saturday after defeating Dunbar.
Eagles win first football crown
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n Longtime mentor to becomeassistant at Landon, where his
sons attend school
BY PRINCE J. GRIMES
STAFF WRITER
Long-time Forestville MilitaryAcademy football coach Charles Har-ley has coached his final year with the
Knights. Effective March 1, Harley willbe joining the athletic staff at Landon,a Bethesda private school, as the asso-ciate head football coach and assistantathletic director.
Harley said he has two sons thathave been attending Landon for thepast three years, leading to small talkbetween he and the school over theyears, but nothing serious came untilhe was recently offered a position at
Pennsylvania State University.“My son wanted to know, ‘Do they
have a Landon [in Pennsylvania]?’”Harley said. “I started thinking, ‘Whenhe gets to high school, can I actuallypull this kid out of [Landon] and bringhim to my school?’ And he really loveswhere he is. So that’s when things kindof intensified.”
Harley said he left Penn State think-ing he was going to accept the job,
which he was given a 24-hour windowto do so. He had the support of his sons,who wanted him to take the job andcommute, but they weren’t willing toleave Landon.
So, Harley accepted the position atLandon, which he was offered over thesummer.
“Family means a whole lot to me,”Harley said. “I got a lot of friends whocoach, who don’t see their sons as
much, or sons stay in one state, andthey stay in another state.”
Harley said he will continue to helphis seniors at Forestville through the re-cruiting process.
He took over as the Knights’ coachin 2000, leading the program to a 90-66record over 15 years. This past season,Forestville went 8-2 before being elimi-nated by Surrattsville in the first roundof the postseason.
ForestvilleMilitary Academy football coach resigns to take new position
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n Bulldogs should be strong inall events for indoor season
BY JENNIFER BEEKMANSTAFF WRITER
To some extent, crafting a trackand field championship lineup andfinding the best combinations is likesolving a mathematics equation.Coaches, however, are typically aidedby limited variables. But with perhapsthe deepest and most versatile groupin Prince George’s County this win-ter, longtime Bowie High School trackcoach Rich Andrulonis said he has hiswork cut out for him.
One point can go a long way inindoor track, where fewer events arecontested than in the spring outdoors.One or two big scorers can make allthe difference. And Bowie has a wholelot more than one or two star athletes;the Bulldogs seem to have multiplelegitimate contenders in almost everyevent.
Between this fall’s cross countrychampion Ashley Modeste, IndianaUniversity recruit Taylor Williams andFelicia Haidara, who also had a strongcross country championship season,the four-time defending county cham-pion Bulldogs are more than coveredin the middle and distance events.
Freshman Ja’Tae Joyner shouldbolster a sprint and shorter-distancecrew, which is also anchored by La-trease Magwood, who finished sev-enth in the 55-meter dash at lastyear’s state meet. Jazmine Wiggs, whowas an important part of several relaysquads last winter and spring, shouldalso contribute. Joyner should alsoadd to a strong jumping corps, whichis led by returner Genesis Oliver andfreshman Candus Burkes.
For the boys, defending 500 me-ters state champion Antonio Colemananchors a multifaceted crew lookingto build on last year’s county runner-up finish. Coleman and Maxwell Willis(300, 500, sprint relays), a top 5 finisherin the 300 at states a year ago, and Jon-athan George expect to lead the way inthe shorter distances. The addition ofdistance runner Marquis Miller shouldadd a new dimension and Calvin Tay-lor and Jason Ziegler should score wellin the jumping events.
“Balance is very important, youneed to try and get points whereveryou can,” Andrulonis said.
FavoritesBoys: It looks like Bowie, Wise
and Oxon Hill will all be vying for thecounty’s top spot come champion-ship season. The intriguing part aboutthis trio is its primary strengths lie indifferent areas, which could makethe field events the deciding factor.Oxon Hill should thrive in the middledistance events with Aaron Robinsonand Ike Olumese. Coming off a strongcross country season, Adel Akalu will
Bowie couldcontend fortrack titles
FILE PHOTO
Bowie High School’s Antonio Coleman (left)and Maxwell Willis are set to return to leadthe Bulldogs in the indoor track season.
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NO. 1 IN MARYLANDDouglass High School finished2014 as the top-ranked footballteam in the state media poll, theWashington Post’s region rankingsand had the most No. 1 votes ofthe Post’s coaches poll.
State media football rankings
Rk. School Record Points
1. Douglass (6) 14-0 286
2. Northwest (5) 14-1 272
3. McDonogh (1) 7-3 271
4. Gilman 8-3 260
5. Franklin 13-1 256
6. DeMatha 9-3 254
7. Good Counsel 10-2 232
8. Damascus 13-1 222
9. Linganore 11-1 204
10. Quince Orchard 10-2 183
n Number in parenthesis isthe number of first-placevotes received; rankings aredetermined by a vote of 12media members from across thestate, including three Gazettesports staff.
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ducational Systems FCU Honors2014 Winners of My FavoriteTeacher “Congratulations to thisyear’s winners and all of thenominees who were recognized by
their students as having an extraordinary andlasting impact on their lives,” said Chris Conway,president and CEO of Educational Systems FCU.“It’s truly an honor to support education and thosewho inspire greatness.”
As the platinum sponsor of the 2014 MyFavorite Teacher contest in Prince George’sCounty, Educational Systems Federal CreditUnion was happy to present the awards to thewinners at the Dec. 2 ceremony at PrinceGeorge’s Community College.
Educational Systems FCU has partnered withThe Gazette to host the My Favorite Teachercontest for the past seven years, providing
students with an opportunity to recognizeteachers who have made a difference in theireducational experiences. “We would like tocommend all of the students who took the timeto write about their teachers,” said VictoriaSamuels, vice president of community relationsfor Educational Systems FCU.
For nearly 60 years, Educational Systems FCUhas been serving the education community.
With over $750 million in assets and 11branches, the Credit Union serves nearly 90,000members in seven school systems and threecommunity colleges throughout Anne Arundel,Calvert, Charles, Montgomery, Prince George’s,St. Mary’s and Talbot counties. Learn more aboutEducational Systems FCU online at esfcu.org.
From left to right: Virginia L. Mentz, Reuben Burrows, and Charrice R. Warren.
Prince George’sCounty Selects Three
Favorite TeachersSome 500,000 Ballots Cast in The
Gazette’s My Favorite Teacher ProgramBy Karen Finucan Clarkson | Special to The Gazette
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“Too often we forget all the things teachers do in the classroom.They don’t just touch here,” saidVictoria Samuels, pointing toher head, “but here,” laying a hand on her heart. “The teacherswe are honoring tonight make their subjects come to life andhelp our students become better people.”
Samuels, vice president of community relations at EducationalSystems Federal Credit Union, made her comments during aDec. 2 awards ceremony at the Prince George’s CommunityCollege Marlboro Gallery for the winners ofThe Gazette’sseventh annual My FavoriteTeacher contest. Surrounded bycollege students’ works of art, the three winning educators werehonored for their devotion to the profession, determination toensure the success of every child and dedication to creatingclassrooms that are a haven for learning and fun. “Here we are, afamily of support – a college, a newspaper, a credit union,teachers, administrators, students and families – honoring thosepassionate educators who have made a difference in and touchedmany young lives,” said Samuels.
The contest – also held in Montgomery County – began inSeptember whenThe Gazette asked students to nominate theirfavorite teachers.The newspaper selected finalists at theelementary-, middle- and high-school levels based on the mostcompelling student essays, and then opened up the voting to thepublic to select the winners. Ultimately, the contest drew some
700 nominations in the two countiesand garnered more than 500,000online votes.
Prince George’s County selectedCharrice R.Warren, a third-gradeteacher at From the Heart ChristianSchool in Suitland; Reuben Burrows,a vocal music and piano lab teacher atHyattsville Middle School inHyattsville; andVirginia L. Mentz, amath and science teacher at DeMathaCatholic High School in Hyattsville.Burrows is a repeat recipient, havingwon the contest in 2011.
In addition to receiving verbal accolades from the sponsors, theteachers were presented with the My FavoriteTeacher signatureaward, a stunning glass apple mounted on an inscribed base.They were surprised and thrilled when Chauka K. Reid of TheGazette andThe Gazette-Star presented them with generousgifts – including a $300 check fromThe Gazette, a giftcertificate to BuffaloWildWings and Massage Envy, two ticketsto any show during the 2014-15 season at the Clarice SmithPerforming Arts Center, and two season passes to Six FlagsAmerica.The students who nominated the winning teachers
also received a gift certificate to the restaurant and passes to theamusement park as well as two show tickets.
During the ceremony, students read the essays they submittedonline nominating the winning teachers.Their words resonatedwith the sponsors, educators and parents alike. For additionaldetails aboutThe Gazette My FavoriteTeacher contest go towww.gazette.net.
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From left to right: Alexander Miller, Virginia L. Mentz, Charlie Dawson, Reuben Burrows,Reece J. Samuels, and Charrice R. Warren.
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“I must admit that I cried,” said Reuben Burrows after reading Charlie Dawson’s essaynominating him as Prince George’s County’s favorite middle school teacher. “Charlie’s essaywas inspiring, but not only that – it also hit to the core precisely why I teach. Every teacherdreams of knowing all the various ways they have affected their students’ lives. Rarely though,are we given the opportunity to find out – and with such transparency.”
Burrows teaches “so that students know that they are not a test score or defined by numericdata….I teach so that kids know that they matter.”The vocal music and piano lab teacherbelieves the award “provides validation that music is a core necessity, fundamental in theeducation and development of children; it confirms that some of the most important partsof a child’s education cannot be measured or represented by data.”
The Hyattsville Middle School teacher views the award not just as a victory for himself andhis students but for his father, Benjamin Burrows. “After surviving being run over by a bus,thyroid cancer, surgery to remove a brain tumor, and prostate cancer, he has been doingradiation treatments to remove some brain tumors which have returned.When I told him,he simply replied: ‘You’ve always been my favorite teacher. Congratulations!’”
A native of Cheltenham, Penn., Burrows enjoys working out with his personal trainer as wellas making music. “I recently composed an a capella arrangement of the Star SpangledBanner, which will be professionally published by Choristers Guild in April.”
“I was shocked and touched! I couldn’t believe that I was able to make that much ofan impact in a child’s life,” said Charrice R.Warren after reading Reece Samuel’sessay nominating her as Prince George’s County’s favorite elementary school teacher.“I stopped and thanked God for being able to be an example.Then I ran to Reeceand gave him a big hug….Everyone has been very supportive and proud of thisaccomplishment, including family, students, other teachers, administrators andfriends.”
Last year, as a novice teacher at From the Heart Christian School in Suitland,Warren viewed her students as her “biggest teachers. Sometimes I feel like theytaught me more!This award means that in spite of the struggles I faced, they wereable to grow and appreciate learning.”
It was her “love for working with children” that attractedWarren to the teachingprofession. “I have been working with them since high school and I cannot imaginedoing anything else.” Her teaching philosophy is, in a nutshell, “Tell me, I’ll forget;show me, I’ll remember; involve me, I’ll understand.”
A graduate of Salisbury University,Warren was raised in Prince George’s County.“I am heavily involved in my church, From the Heart Church Ministries. I also havean 8-month-old nephew.”
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The greatest thing about Mrs.Mentz isher passion.Not only does she love to
teach, but she loves what she teaches…It certainly is hard to be bored in her
class.Mrs.Mentz’s work ethic, as well,is quite contagious.
-Alexander Miller, 12th Grade
“It is not often that teachers have the opportunity to know that they have positivelyinfluenced their students. Sometimes a student will come back to DeMatha afterseveral years and will tell me how much I meant to them as a teacher, but usuallyI never know,” saidVirginia L. Mentz, a math and science teacher at DeMathaCatholic High School in Hyattsville.That’s why she found Alexander Miller’s essay,nominating her as Prince George’s County’s favorite high school teacher, so touching.“I honestly didn’t know that the moments in the classroom that he mentioned had anyimpact on the students. If anything, it makes me realize how even the little things cancarry a lot of weight with those I encounter in my day.”
To Mentz, teaching is “more than helping students get good grades. My job is toconvey my passion for math and science to my students in a way they can understand.If I can impart the beauty and mystery that I see in math and biology to any of mystudents, I am successful as a teacher.”
Mentz’s school community has been supportive. “When the win was announced atschool the students clapped and cheered and gave me high fives in the hallway…My family is very proud and glad that this happened even this late in my career!”
A native of Houston and graduate ofTexas A & M University, Mentz is married tothe pastor of Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Greenbelt.They have three adultchildren, two of whom are DeMatha grads. In her leisure time, Mentz enjoysgardening and reading.
MY FAVORITETEACHERAWARDS CEREMONY
HeldTuesday evening,December 2, 2014
Prince George’s Community College,Marlboro Hall
ElementaryWINNER
Charrice R. Warren3rd Grade Teacher
From the Heart Christian School
The first time I saw SisterWarren she hada smile on her face. At that moment,
I knew she was going to be a good teacherand we were going to have a good schoolyear…. SisterWarren is very, very nice.Every time I made a mistake, she wouldsay, “Don’t worry, do better next time.”
-Reece J. Samuels, 4th Grade
Middle SchoolWINNER
Reuben BurrowsVocal Music and Piano Lab
TeacherHyattsville Middle School
He held our class to an almost impossibly highstandard, yet going to his class never felt like
a chore. He showed us how to work hard whilestill having fun.His methods were very
effective and allowed us to take advantage ofopportunities that other choirs with lesser
directors can only dream of.
-Charlie Dawson, 9th Grade
High SchoolWINNER
Virginia L. MentzHonors Algebra 2, Geometry/
Trigonometry, and AP Biology TeacherDeMatha Catholic High School
THE FINALISTS
The Gazette congratulates all the Prince George’s County teacherswho made it to the final voting round this fall:
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL:•Jennifer Blaine St. Ambrose Catholic School•James Dorsey Vansville Elementary School•Vanessa Lofton William Paca Elementary School•Susan Rabenovets Chillum Elementary School•Tracey Roussin-Lally Bond Elementary School•Carrick Sweeney Holy Redeemer Catholic School•Charrise R. Warren From the Heart Christian School•Elizabeth Waxler Carrollton Elementary School•Brian Weeks Greenbelt Elementary School•Kianna Wright Avalon Elementary School
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL:•Jenny Atash St. Joseph Regional Catholic School•Shawna Berry John Hanson French Immersion
Middle School•Reuben Burrows Hyattsville Middle School•Celeste Hill Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School•Monica Jenkins-Jackson Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School•Manuela Pagunsan Greenbelt Middle School•Joshua Pleasant Thomas Johnson Middle School•Ericka Woods Walker Mill Middle School
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL:•Joy Grace Quisumbing Cuadera Largo High School•Merilyn A. Guardacasa Oxon Hill High School•Kathryn Heneghan Bishop McNamara High School•Christal D. Long From the Heart Christian School•Julian Lord Eleanor Roosevelt High School•Virginia L. Mentz DeMatha Catholic High School•Jason Ray Academy of Health Sciences @ PGCC•Raymund Rosales DuVal High School•Avery Tooley Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School
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OluwadamilolaOloyedeHigh PointJunior, Middle
The junior spear-headed the Eagles’play at the net,averaging roughly5 blocks per gameand 6 kills per gamein her third year ofvarsity play.
Shannon ReillyBowieJuniorLibero
Reilly anchored aBulldogs’ defensethat was dominant.The talented junioraveraged around 9digs per match witha .70 passing accu-racy percentage.
Paige SmithPallottiSeniorSetter/hitter
After making thetransition to setter,Smith registered ateam-high 185 as-sists to go with her200 digs, 129 killsand 47 aces.
Dara HarrisFlowersSeniorHitter
The versatile Jag-uars’ captain ledthe team in ser-vice points, servepercentage, kills,hitting percentage,digs and was sec-ond in aces.
Anna HicksonLanham ChristianSeniorHitter
Hickson wasnamed the MISALMVP, going for201 kills, 103 aces,72 assists and24 blocks whileleading her teamto their secondstraight MISAL title.
Valen JohnsonPallottiSeniorHitter
Johnson endedher career with thePanthers with ateam-best 134 kills,217 digs and 61aces. She is consid-ering playing for anumber of D-II andD-III schools.
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Second Team and Honorable Mentionsare online at Gazette.net
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
COACH OF THE YEAR
FIRST TEAM
Kristin WatsonRooseveltSeniorSetter
Watson has been a do-it-all player since arrivingat Roosevelt and finishedher senior campaign with556 assists, 94 aces and 9kills, carrying an inexpe-rienced Raiders team to a12-3 record.
Luanne SmithBowie2nd year
In just her second yearwith the Bulldogs, Smithled her team to an unde-feated record within thecounty and took Bowie totheir first state semifinalsappearance since 2011.
Two of Jerrell Wedge’scousins play on this year’sDouglass team, running backAkiva Wedge and quarterbackDevin Butler.
They combined to scorethe four touchdowns in Dou-glass’ 38-0 victory Saturdayin the Class 2A state cham-pionship game, securing theEagles first football title.
“My mother called me
early, and told me that mycousin had just died in a caraccident,” Butler said beforethe game. “I called [Pinkney],he didn’t believe me at first.He hung up on me, calledaround, he found out it wastrue. Next thing you know, mymother’s crying, my aunt’scrying, and we’re planning mycousin’s funeral.”
After Douglass, JerrellWedge played for Miami Uni-versity (Ohio). He was a cadetin the Prince George’s County
Police Academy when he diedon Nov. 10, 2013.
“Jerrell was a great man,not really outgoing,” AkivaWedge said. “How can I sayit, he was a man of few words,but you knew you could go tohim any time.”
The player currently wear-ing No. 8 is Thomas Myers,a junior running back andlinebacker. He scored the finaltouchdown in the Eagles vic-tory against Dunbar Saturday.
“He’s the perfect selection
for it,” Pinkney said. “He’s aheadstrong kid. He was like,‘Man, I can wear that number.I’ll represent it well.’”
Myers said he understandthe expectations that go withwearing No. 8 at Douglass.
“I know the history of it,the people who have wornNo. 8, they were actually goodpeople who played for Doug,”Myers said.
Douglass led Ballou(Washington, D.C.) 14-0 athalftime in the first home
game this year. Pinkney andButler both said they weren’tplaying well, having notscored in the second quarter.
At halftime, the schoolheld a ceremony to honor Jer-rell Wedge and put his num-ber up next to Merriman’s No.44 and Dion Johnson’s No. 46.Johnson was paralyzed play-ing football in 1993 and diedin 1999.
When Douglass took thefield in the second half, theteam came together, outscor-
ing Ballou 22-0 in the thirdquarter and winning 44-0,coach and players said.
“Ever since we put that up,we’ve basically been on it,”Akiva Wedge said.
“We really feel like he hadsomething to do with our suc-cess,” Butler said.
“It was incredible,” Pinkneysaid. “It was almost like every-thing wouldn’t be right untilwe paid homage to Jerrell.”
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be important in the distanceevents and David George willbe leaned on in the sprints. De-fending 55 meter state cham-pion Brenen Garrett leads apotentially dominant Wisesprint crew that also includesnewcomer Anthony Lyton.
Girls: Largo was one pointfrom ending Bowie’s streaka year ago and three pointsfrom a state championship, so
the Lions truly understand theimportance of each and everypoint, coach Daryl Hamiltonsaid. Largo is led by one of thecounty’s strongest middle dis-tance runners in Cayla Cole-man, and has potentially bigscorers, including StephanieMagruder, Janiya Battle andImani Conner, across theboard.
ContendersBoys: Douglass swept
championship season last win-
ter but lost some importantscorers. Despite the youth, theEagles should remain quitecompetitive at the top. Defend-ing 500 meters state championRico Gomez, who is also profi-cient in the sprint events, leadsthe way.
Largo should be propelledby a bolstered middle dis-tance and long distance lineup.Riverdale Baptist has housedsome of the county’s best ath-letes and increased numbersthis winter — the team hasgrown from 35 to 73 boys and
girls — should put the Crusad-ers in position to compete forthe Private Schools Invitationaltitle.
Girls: An effort to build upa stronger distance corps couldbe just what Wise needed tobreak into the county’s top2. Gabrielle Glasco is comingoff a strong cross country sea-son and should help support atypically sprint-heavy Pumassquad that also has potentiallybig scorers in the jump andfield events. An Alexis Baynes-led Flowers squad also has the
potential to move up from itsfourth-place finish at counties.
DarkshorsesBoys: It’s easy for Central to
get lost in a sea of bigger countyprograms but when on a levelplaying field at the Class 1ASouth Region and state cham-pionship, the Falcons shouldbe one to watch.
Roosevelt lost the major-ity of its major scorers but theRaiders don’t typically have anissue reloading and coach Elgin
Gordon said youth will not beused as an excuse.
Girls: Like their malecounterparts, the Central girlsshould be a major contender atthe 1A region and state meets.Indiana recruit Jaela Gay andDnia Freeman lead a sprint-heavy Riverdale Baptist squadlooking to compete with thearea’s best private schools.Roosevelt should remain a top5 county team and Douglassshould not be overlooked.
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rushing yards Saturday.“It starts with the bigs,”
Pinkney said. “When youcan find some teenagers thatare willing to wake up brightand early in the morning,and meet up at Douglass andride all the way out to Balti-more to have some man yellat them — that’s the type ofkids I have.”
Following a defensivestand by the Eagles inside oftheir own 5, the offense tookover possession from the 2and proceeded to drive 98yards in four plays to scoreon a 6-yard run by quarter-back Devin Butler. On thedrive, Wedge broke a 32-yardrun and Mikale Makle broke a55-yard run.
In the second quarter,Butler scored again on a 10-yard run to give the Eagles an18-0 lead at halftime.
“I’ve been dreaming towin a state championship,”said Butler, who rushed for 95yards. “It feels really good tohave a taste of what a cham-pionship feels like, to be No.1, to have a family aroundyou. ... When we all play to-gether, it just feels really goodto know that everybody’s hav-ing fun while we’re doing it.”
Dunbar quarterback Zi-
onnez Spencer accounted for129 of 152 yards for the Poets,but his effort wasn’t enoughto score on the stingy Eagles.And once Spencer exited thegame in the third quarter witha gruesome leg injury, the Po-ets last hope for a comebackwas over.
Wedge added his secondtouchdown, a 9-yard runin the third quarter. In thefourth, Makle, who rushedfor 110 yards, scored on a 12-yard run, and Thomas Myers
broke off a 21-yard touch-down to initiate the runningclock.
“I told my coaches itdidn’t matter what [Dunbarwas] doing,” Pinkney said.“I was focused about whatwe were doing, and our kidsshowed up to play everyweek. And that’s all we couldask. And I knew if they wereDouglass, we were going towin.”
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Frederick Douglass High School quarterback Devin Butler (left) hands off toThomas Myers against Dunbar during Saturday’s 2A state title game.
n Longtime coaches leadEagles to football state
championship
BY ERIC GOLDWEIN
STAFF WRITER
With the rain falling on theM&T Bank Stadium turf field, thetwo familiar men stood on theDoughlass High School sidelines,justas theyhave foreyears.Oneofthem, defensive coordinator BillJohnson, wore shorts as he alwaysdoes with a long sleeve shirt and abeanie, his playbook tucked un-der the back of his waistline. Theother,coachJ.C.Pinkney,worehisEagles cap and a smile. Both weredrenched, not from the weather,but from the coolers that theirfootball players dumped on theirheads.
The two have a combined 50seasons coaching at Douglass —Johnson 33, and Pinkney 17. Andtheir resumes are filled with ac-complishments, from coach ofthe year honors, to region titles, tostate final appearances.
But it wasn’t until Saturday’s38-0 win against Dunbar in the
Class 2A title game that Pinkneyand Johnson could call them-selves state champions.
“It’s fantastic. I can’t even be-lieve it,” said Johnson, whose de-fense carried the Upper Marlboroschooltoa14-0seasonanditsfirststate title. “... I have to go look atthe trophy to make sure it’s real.”
PinkneyarrivedatDouglassin1998, starting as the junior varsitycoach. Johnson has patrolled theEagles sidelines since 1982, takingover as varsity coach in 1997 andmoving to defensive coordinatorin 2002 to spend more time withhis family.
That left the varsity job openfor Pinkney, who has coachedDouglass for 13 seasons, andguidedit tothepostseasonthelast12. This season they were joinedby Ronald Pinkney (J.C.’s father),longtime assistant Sonny Yeat-man, Duane Bridges and MontySutton.
“We’reblessed.Notonlyisthisareallygoodstaffbutthesearemybest friends,” Johnsonsaid. “...Wedo everything together. We gameplan together, practice together.We have our good days and baddays together.”
Douglass’ defense dominated
Dunbar,muchlike itdidto itspre-vious 13 opponents. The Eaglesheld the Baltimore school to 152total offensive yards, recordingtheir eighth shutout and finishingtheseasonwith55pointsallowed.The offense, run by Pinkney, wasjust as impressive, registering410 rushing yards and six touch-downs.
“Whether you’re a scoutteam, the head coach, the as-sistant coach, we just need to allget on the same [page],” Pinkneysaid. “This is the way we want todo it. And that’s the plan that wefollow. I don’t have anybody onour staff with an ego or any of thatstuff. And we love each other, andeverything is consistent.”
For the past decade, that’sbeenenoughtogetDouglassdeepinto the postseason. The Eaglesmade the state semifinals in 2004,2005 and 2009, and reached thefinals in 2011 and 2012. And now,they’ve finally finished on top.
“This is our first,” Pinkneysaid.“... It’safeelingIcan’texplainright now. This year, for whateverthe reason, the sun shined on us.”
Staff continuity keys Douglass’ title
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Frederick Douglass High School coach J.C. Pinkney (left) and defensive coordinator Bill Johnson have combined for 50years of coaching experience in the program.
The Maryland PublicSecondary Schools AthleticAssociation should be em-barrassed.
In the organization’shighest-profile event of theathletic calendar, the foot-ball state championships,the television broadcast ofits games is atrocious.
Apparently play-by-playman Bruce Cunningham, alongtime Baltimore sportspersonality, and company call Prince George’sCounty, which has been around since 1696, sim-ply Prince George. And that’s just one example ofthe broadcasts’s countless slips of the tongue.
During Damascus’ loss in Thursday’s 3A statetitle game, the school was called DeMatha, a pri-vate school, on handful of occasions. In previousyears, Quince Orchard was simply called Quince.On Saturday, the broadcast crew was six minuteslate getting on the air for the Class 1A game be-tween Fort Hill and Douglass of Baltimore.
But none of the miscues compare to thebutchering of student-athletes’ names. That is in-
excusable and hurtful to the kids and their fami-lies. Full disclosure: The Gazette, like any mediaorganization, has made mistakes from time totime. Nobody is perfect, but please.
While I am sure the broadcast crew is givingits best effort, I’m positive a little more researchand practice would be appreciated by me and thefans. Where is the producer in their ear correctingthem?
I’m not a professional broadcaster, far from itin fact. But I did call football, wrestling, basketballand lacrosse games for the student radio stationwhile I was in college. Yes, I slipped up a few times— it is a tough job preparing to go on air — butthe broadcasts of the MPSSAA games had to bemuted.
I’ll never forget the most important piece ofadvice two of my journalism mentors, Jeff Brown,Penn State’s ComRadio director, and Steve Jones,the voice of PSU football and basketball, told me:Practice saying names before the game.
The teams practice hard to win a state title;maybe future television broadcasts will do themjustice.
Broadcast of football finals needs practice
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n Backcourt comes alivein the second half
BY ADAM GUTEKUNST
STAFFWRITER
Longtime DeMatha Catholic HighSchool boys basketball coach Mike Joneswasn’t looking for perfection Friday nightwhen his top-ranked Stags traveled toGreenbelt to take on perennial publicschool power, Eleanor Roosevelt. It wasunfair to expect perfection this early in theseason, with this many young pieces — nomatter how highly recruited somemay be.
Sowhen theStags tooka29-28 lead intothe locker room at halftime, nobody pan-icked. Instead, DeMatha composed them-selves, riding the scoring of guards TerrellAllen (19) and Nate Darling (20) to a con-vincing 78-54 victory against the Raiders.
“I would need to be more concernedif we were clicking on all cylinders,” Jonessaid after the game. “This is our first gamewith everybody healthy.”
In afirst half that saw34 fouls, the Stagsfound themselves discombobulated andin foul trouble from the very start. Seniorforward Thomas Bruce, a Binghamton re-cruit, was on the bench with two personalfouls less than four minutes into the game.By the second quarter, 6-foot-5 juniorMarkelle Fultz and 6-foot-7 senior JaelinGrant were joining Bruce there with foultroubleof their own.Theexodusof bigmento thebenchopenedupa slightwindow forRoosevelt to penetrate the paint — an op-portunity that allowed the Raiders to nar-row their halftime deficit to just one.
With the frontcourt in foul trouble,the second half belonged to a duo of Stagsguards. From the first whistle of the thirdquarter, Allen, aDrexel recruit, attacked therim with an aggression the Stags lacked inthe first half. The senior point guard usedhis quickness to blow by defenders on theperimeterandhis strength tofinish throughcontact at the rim, scoring eight early thirdquarter points to widen the gap.
“He’s not going to score 19points for usevery night — he understands that,” Jonessaid of Allen. “There will be games where
he might score 30 points. But there will beother games where he has four points and11 assists. The ability to be able to do bothof those equally well is [why] I’m relying onhim and his leadership.”
“I think I took it uponmyself a little bitmore because a lot of people that do scorefor us, they didn’t get a chance to get it go-ing,” Allen said of his second half scoring.“I tried to get myself going, so I could getthem the ball.”
Guard helps DeMatha defeat Roosevelt
n Dynamic point guardleads the Wildcats on a
second half charge todefeat Panthers
BY ADAM GUTEKUNSTSTAFFWRITER
When the third quarterstarted in Tuesday night’s boysbasketball game between Park-dale and Northwestern, thehost Wildcats had a comfort-able 30-20 lead. Northwestern,the older, more experiencedteam, had forced the Panthersinto a number of first halfturnovers with their aggressivefullcourt press, but sixth-yearcoach Terrance Burke decidedto pull the pressure to start thesecond half, not wanting to tirehis players out.
In 90 seconds, Parkdalewent on an 11-2 run and nar-rowed the Wildcats lead to 32-31, electrifying the Panthers’bench.
Still, Northwestern didn’tpanic — they’re too experi-enced for that. The Wildcats,a team with 11 seniors, com-posed themselves, got backinto their press, and wreakedhavoc. By the end of the quar-ter, Northwestern had com-piled a 24-12 run of their own,and rode their comfortable leadto an 84-65 victory.
“We weren’t startled at allby the run,” senior guard MikeWhite saidof Parkdale’s charge.“When I looked at the score, Ididn’t get rattled. When [myteammates] saw I didn’t getrattled, they didn’t get rattled.We stayed positive.”
White led the way for theWildcats on a night whereteammate and Bowie State re-cruit David Belle was held tojust 12 points on 4-of-10 shoot-ing. The 5-foot-2 point guarddazzled thecrowdonhandwithhis tenacity, lightning speedand his fearlessness, scoring
18 of his game-high 26 pointsin the second half to spearheadNorthwestern’s run.
“It was like an instinct,”White said of his second halfscoring. “I didn’t play as well inthe first quarter, I told [David],because he was doing well inthe first quarter, I said, ‘I’m go-ing to match you.’ I did see hewasn’t scoring as well ... I sawhim doing other things though,like getting rebounds. The leastI could do was take over thescoring.”
“He’s just so aggressive andI don’t want to totally containhim,” Burke said of White. “It’svery difficult trying to tell himto pick and choose where toshoot.”
White also led the chargeon the defensive front, wherethe Wildcats forced a seem-ingly overwhelmed Parkdaleteam into an abnormal amount
of turnovers with their swarm-ing press. When an errant passor a careless dribble by a Park-dale player found its way intoNorthwestern’s possession,there was White, scurryingup the floor, leading a frantictransition. If the shot wasn’tthere, theWildcats’ point guardfound the open man. Seniorshooting guard Jared Warrickwas 4-of-6 from behind thearc and chipped in 20 pointson the night, while 6-foot-6 ju-nior Saquan Jamison added 11points of his own, including athunderous transition dunk inthe fourth quarter.
The Panthers, who are stilla work in progress as they at-tempt to mold together anidentity out of an entirely newstarting lineup, had some posi-tives to take away from Tues-day’s loss. During the offensiveoutburst to start the second
half, seventh-year Parkdalecoach Tremaine Price was par-ticularly pleased with the wayhis team shared the ball andplayed with intensity. Afterguard Andre Butler had carriedthe scoring load in the first halfwith 11 points, five differentPanthers players recorded atleast five points in the final twoquarters.
Still, for Parkdale, the gamewas lost on the wrong sideof the halfcourt line, where agroup of young guards was un-able to match the intensity andthe quickness of a seasonedNorthwestern squad playingwith a uniform aggression.
“I think right now, we justfaced a teamearly in the seasonthat has been together,” Pricesaid. “That score, it’s prettymuchwhat [the game] was.”
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DeMatha Catholic’s Terrell Alen (center) leaps to shoot the ball between Delascio Dancy (left) andChristian Wright of host Eleanor Roosevelt during Friday’s boys basketball game in Greenbelt.
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Northwestern High School’s Mike White (right) drives the ball against Parkdale’s Chris Johnson during Tuesday’sboys basketbal game in Hyattsville.
DeMatha star re-opens re-cruitment
Tyler Green, a 6-foot-3 seniordefensive back for WashingtonCatholic Athletic Conferencechampion DeMatha, announcedin a Twitter post late Tuesdaynight that he was de-committingfrom Ohio State.
“I’ve decided it’s best to openupmy recruiting process,” Greenwrote. “I will no longer be at-tending Ohio St. Buckeye nationthanks for the gratitude.” Greenoriginally chose Ohio State overoffers from Virginia, Marylandand North Carolina State, andhas mentioned visiting Maryland,Syracuse and Indiana, accordingto a report by 247 Sports.
—ADAMGUTEKUNST
DuVal quarterback leadscoaches’ all-county teamsThe Prince George’s County
Football Coaches Association an-nounced its all-county teams forthe 2014 seasonWednesday.
Region champions Douglassand DuVal both had six playersmake first team. Another regionchampion, Surrattsville, placedfive.
The coaches vote on twoall-county teams, one for eachleague. DuVal placed six on thefirst team of the 4A League team.Junior quarterback AntoineBrooks was the only player rec-ognized on both offense defense.He also plays safety.
Douglass, which plays for theClass 2A state championship onSaturday, placed two linemen onthe 3A/2A/1A League offensiveline and had two of the top defen-sive backs.
All-County 4A League First TeamOffense: Antoine Brooks, quar-
terback, DuVal; MikeMofor, runningback, Roosevelt; Jeremy Fields, run-ning back, OxonHill; Isaiah Prince,tackle, Roosevelt; Kemani Brown,tackle, Northwestern; Obadiah Ben-nett, guard,Wise; Emmannuel Etoo,guard, Roosevelt; OshaneMcCall,center, Wise; Tra’e Gross, receiver,OxonHIll; Tevin Singleton, Suitland;Marvin Ransom, receiver, Bowie;Kruse Levi, tight end, Northwestern.
Defense: QuinlenDean, end,Roosevelt; Tolu Adeboyeku, end,DuVal; Armando Alvarado, tackle,DuVal; Caleb Peterson, tackle, Suit-land; Donnell Lowery, linebacker,Bowie; Dontay Smith, linebacker,Northwestern; Tommar Phillips,linebacker, DuVal; Emmanuel Akin-losotu, linebacker, Wise; AnthonyDougherty Jr., cornerback, OxonHill;MylesWolfolk, cornerback,Wise; Da-vid George, safety, OxonHill; AntoineBrooks, safety, DuVal; Abdul Deensie,punter, Bladensburg; Andy Akotia,kicker, DuVal.
All-County 3A/2A/1A League FirstTeam
Offense: Robert Harris III, quar-
terback, Surrattsville; AmaruMajor,running back, Surrattsville; JordanWashington, running back, For-estville; Kendell Robinson, tackle,Friendly; Cyrus Parker, tackle,Fairmont Heights; Keandre Batson,guard, Douglass; Sean Evans, guard,Douglass; Armani Ray, center, Surrat-tsville; Trey Lancaster, receiver, Sur-rattsville; YusefMuhammad, receiver,Potomac; Larry Powell, tight end,Forestville.
Defense: Aaron Parker, end,Gwynn Park; JimmieDumas-John-son, end, Fairmont Heights; KeironHoward, tackle, Potomac; AmirFenwick, tackle, Douglass; MarcusLeggett, linebacker, Surrattsville;Jahki Thomas, linebacker, Douglass;Marcel Toran, linebacker, Forestville;David Rose, cornerback, Potomac;Quinton Jordan, cornerback, Doug-lass; MikaleMakle, safety, Douglass;Gregory Ross Jr., safety, Potomac; Jef-frey Keene, punter, Potomac; DavionAlcock, kicker,Central.
All-County 3A/2A/1A League Sec-ond Team
Offense: Devin Butler, quarter-back, Douglass; Christian Paylay,running back, Fairmont Heights;AkivaWedge, running back, Doug-lass; ShaequanHolt, tackle, Potomac;GlenwoodWilliams, tackle, Douglass;Shawn Roberts Jr., guard, Crossland;Damon Atwater-Stephen, guard,Friendly; KeishonMcGill-White, cen-ter, Fairmont Heights; Ronald Bell,receiver, Friendly; NateManning,receiver, Largo; KennethDorsey, tightend, Central.
Defense:Marcus Bowman, end,Douglass; Mark Ford, end, Surratts-ville; AntoineMcCray, tackle, Forest-ville; Blake Bond, tackle, Gwynn Park;Isiah Ryans, linebacker, Friendly;Raekwon Reese, linebacker, Potomac;Aaron Johnson, linebacker, Doug-lass; Demetrius Boyd, cornerback,Fairmont Heights; Garry Brown, cor-nerback, Surrattsville; IsaiahDozier,safety, Friendly; Gavarius Twilley,safety, Central; Daniel Little, punter,Central; Gene Carson, kicker, GwynnPark.
All-County 4A League SecondTeam
Offense: Teke Carlson, quarter-back, Roosevelt; CJ Rainey, runningback,Wise; RakeemDarden, runningback, Suitland; Armondo Alvarado,tackle, DuVal; Aaron Boston, tackle,Wise; Joshua Baptist, guard, Bowie;Jordan Sykes, guard, OxonHill; DevinRivers, center, DuVal; JimmyWil-liams, receiver, DuVal; ManassehBailey, receiver, Suitland;MilanNell,tight end, Suitland.
Defense:MilanNell, end, Suit-land; JohnDaka, end,Wise; NoahMcQueen, tackle, Wise; AndrewPinkney, tackle, Northwestern;Antoine Ross, linebacker, Suitland;AndrewCampbell, linebacker, Flow-ers; JuwaunHatton, linebacker, Wise;Hassan Sheriff, linebacker, North-western; Issa Conteh, cornerback,Bowie; Floyd Little III, cornerback,Suitland;Malik Harris, safety, Blad-ensburg; Anthony Parker Jr., safety,Wise; ConradNkimbi, punter, Bowie;Abdul Deensi, kicker, Bladensburg.
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