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NEW LIFEHogan win reinvigoratescounty Republicans.A-6

NEWS

n School board jurisdiction willhave new representation for first

time in seven years

BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAUSTAFFWRITER

Powerful endorsements andchang-ing demographics may have helpedpush political newcomer Dinora Her-nandez of Hyattsville to defeat incum-bentAmberWaller in the tightly-foughtDistrict 3 school board race, accordingto political observers.

On Election Night — Nov. 4 — thecandidates were separated by onlyseven votes, but ballots from a late-reported precinct, provisional and

Newcomernarrowly winsDistrict 3 seat

n Third-graders at StoneElementary aiming for 50,000words by the end of November

BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAUSTAFFWRITER

A group of third-graders at ThomasStone Elementary School in MountRainier are hoping to become pub-lishedauthors themselveswith thehelpof a local fictionwriter.

Juliana Barnet of Mount Rainier iscurrently working on a sequel to hersocial justicemystery novel “RainwoodHouse Sings,” with the goal of writing50,000 words in November, which isrecognized as National Novel Writing

Writing a storyof their own

BY ALICE POPOVICISTAFFWRITER

Despite the40-degreeweather, pa-trons at Towne Centre at Laurel excit-edly carried glow sticks and balloonsto celebrate a mall they’d been await-ing for about nine years.

“There was nothing exciting here,there was nothing to keep you here.”said Diane Richards of Laurel, refer-ring to an old indoor shopping mallthat had been on the same site forabout 31 years. “I’m glad they brought

it back to life.”Representatives for Owings Mills-

based property developer GreenbergGibbons estimate about 2,000 peoplecame out Saturday to shop, eat andlookaroundduring thegrandopening,which featuredmusic, a light showandfree food samples providedby someofthe restaurants in the town center.

Richards, who usually does hershopping at the Arundel Mills orWheaton malls, said she was excitedabout the recently-opened Burling-ton Coat Factory, but wishes the re-

tail plaza had her two favorite stores:Macy’s andH&M.

LaurelMall,whichopened in1979,was anchoredby aMacy’s departmentstore and Burlington Coat Factory.

Richards’ 14-year-old daughter,Crystal Richards, said she has alreadystarted visiting the Tutti Frutti FrozenYogurt with her classmates from Lau-relHighSchool, andwaseagerly await-ing the opening of Regal Cinemas thisweek.

“I really want to go to the movies,because Arundel Mills movie theater

– that’s really out of my way,” Crystalsaid.

Preview events at Regal Cinemas,including discounted movie screen-ings, began Monday and its grandopening is set for Thursday.

“It’s a great day forus in the countyto be able to open a new state-of-the-art facility like this,” said Tom Fitzpat-rick, Greenberg Gibbons presidentand CEO.

Among future stores, Fitzpatrick

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Laurel High School’s marching band kicked off the Towne Centre Laurel grand opening celebration on Saturday afternoon.

Grand celebrationLaurel celebrates town center’s new shopping options

Prostitutionrates dropin county

n About 800 expectedto participate in fundraiser

to benefit low-income, homeless


Whether sprinting or walkingthroughhistoric Laurel onNov. 27, par-ticipants in the Turkey Trot fundraiserorganized by Laurel Advocacy and Re-ferral Services will be doing more thanworking off the evening’s Thanksgivingturkey and pumpkin pie.

For the 10th year in a row, theywill be helping the nonprofit known asLARS provide resources for the city’sgrowing homeless and low-income

population, said LARS officials. The 5Krun begins at 8 a.m. and is expected todraw about 800 people.

Founded in 1987, the organizationassists Laurel’s low-income and home-less population with groceries from itsfood pantry, transitional housing, rentand utility payments, job hunting andmental health resources, among otherservices, staff said.

“They have paidmy rent, they havegivenmea lot of food, theyhavehelpedwith Christmas, they have helped withThanksgiving,” Barbara Brewer, 30, ofLaurel said of LARS staff members. “Ireally love them ... They’ve been therewhenwe needed them themost.”

Laurel nonprofit preparing tohost 10th annual Turkey Trot

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Barbara Brewer picks out celery Friday at Laurel Advocacy and Referral Services. Brew-er credits LARS for helping her to get back on her feet when she was homeless.See FUNDRAISER, Page A-7

See CELEBRATION, Page A-8

See AUTHOR, Page A-8

See ELECTION, Page A-8

n County law enforcementattributes reduction tonew unit, task force

BY EMILIE SHAUGHNESSYSTAFFWRITER

For the second consecutive year,PrinceGeorge’sCounty should see a re-duction in human trafficking and pros-titution, according to data provided bythe Prince George’s County Police De-partment.

In 2010, county police offi-cers responded to more than 200

See PROSTITUTION, Page A-8

NOV. 20The Anacostia — River and Water-

shed, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., University ofMaryland, College Park, Adele H. StampStudent Union, College Park. This one-day symposium is an opportunity toreview the Anacostia’s history, the forcesthat have shaped it, the community’sinvestment in its revival and current re-search in, on, and about the river and itswatershed. Contact [email protected].

Pam the Kindersinger, 11 a.m., NewCarrollton Library, 7414 Riverdale Road,NewCarrollton. Join Pam the Kinder-singer as she combines songs, classicgames, and puppetry to delight little onesand encourage interactionwith theircaregiver. Ages 2 to 5. Contact 301-459-6900.

Free Food Distribution to all, 1 to 3p.m., Bladensburg Community Cen-ter, 4500 57th Ave., Bladensburg. Eachthird Thursday of eachmonth, free fooddistribution fresh fruit and produce toattendees; first come first serve. Individu-als need only to sign up for a bag of foodregardless of the weather. Contact 301-277-3775 or [email protected].

Family Game Night, 5 p.m., Bladens-burg Library, 4820 Annapolis Road, Blad-ensburg. Come play games at the library.Bring your own game or play one of ours.Contact 301-927-4917.

NOV. 21GEICO Gecko Series: “We The Peo-

ple,” 10:15 a.m., Publick Playhouse, 5445Landover Road, Cheverly. TheatreWorksUSA puts an energizing spin on the work-ings of democracy with a sizzling rock,R&B and hip-hop beat. Grades 4-8. Costis $8 per person; $6 per person (groups of20 ormore). Contact 301-277-1710; TTY301-277-0312.

Naturally Fun Campfires, 7 to 8:30p.m.,Mount Rainier Nature and Rec-reation Center, 4701 31st Place,MountRainier. Bring the whole family for anevening of fun. Share stories, both funnyor scary, learn about nature, and roastmarshmallows by the campfire.Marsh-mallows provided. SMARTlink#: 1518718.Cost is resident: $2; non-resident: $3.Contact 301-927-2163; TTY 301-699-2544.

UMD Wind Ensemble: Fanfare, Fugue,Fiestas, 8 p.m., The Clarice Smith Per-forming Arts Center’s DekelboumCon-cert Hall, StadiumDrive and Route 193,College Park. Contact 301-405-2787 [email protected].

NOV. 22Thankful to Give Campaign, 9 a.m.

to noon at Target, 6100 Greenbelt Road,Greenbelt. During this season of Thanks-giving, please join theMarylandHumanTrafficking Task Force in collecting dona-

tions to support victims of human traf-ficking. Donations can bemade at selectTarget locations. Contact 410-303-1113.

Annual Holly Days Bazaar, 9 a.m. to3 p.m., St Philip’s Church, 522Main St.,Laurel. St. Philip’s Church in Laurel isholding its 48th annual Holly Days Ba-zaar in the parish center, adjacent to thechurch. Handmade gifts and ornaments,toys, baked goods and raffles will be avail-able. St. Nick will visit from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. Continental breakfast and lunchwillbe available at the “Holly Inn.” Formoreinformation call the church office at 301-776-5151 or visit www.stphilipslaurel.org.

Bond Mill ES 32nd Annual Craft Fair,9 a.m. to 3 p.m., BondHill ElementarySchool, 16001 Sherwood Ave., Laurel. Besure tomark your calendar now for thisfun event – you can get a start on yourholiday shopping, purchase breakfastand/or lunch from the fifth grade, andenjoy homemade baked goods from thebake sale table. Proceeds from the foodconcessions and table rentals support thefifth grade end-of-year activities. he rentalfee for a 6-ft, cafeteria-style table is $25.Contact 301-497-3600.

Wright Aeroplane Rib-Making Work-shop, 1 p.m., College Park AviationMuseum, 1985 Cpl. Frank Scott Drive,College Park. Theworkshopwill beginwith a demonstration and then partici-pants will build their own 1909Wrightwing rib. The $7 workshop fee includessupplies andmuseum admission Pleasecall themuseum in advance to register.Private groupworkshops can also bescheduled. Contact 301-864-6029; TTY301-699-2544.

Winter Festival of Lights Trot for aTurkey, 6 to 10 p.m.,Watkins RegionalPark, 301Watkins Park Drive, UpperMarlboro. Enjoy a walk or run throughtheWinter Festival of Lights. Throughoutthe 3.1miles course, youwill see dazzlinglight displays up close. Registration feeincludes a commemorative long-sleevedshirt andwill provide a family in needwith a holiday turkey. Registration isavailable online through today before 5p.m. Contact 301-627-7755; TTY 301-699-2544.

Calder Quartet, 8 p.m., The ClariceSmith Performing Arts Center’s Gild-enhorn Recital Hall, StadiumDrive andRoute 193, College Park. The CalderQuartet brings an immediacy to theirperformances that creates an artfullycraftedmusical experience bristling withenergy. The group’s distinctive approachis exemplified by a bullet-proof techniqueand a driving curiosity. Cost is $25 public,$20 NextLEVEL, $10 student. Contact 301-405-2787 or [email protected].

NOV. 23La Vita Duo, 3 p.m.,Montpelier Arts

Center, 9652Muirkirk Road, Laurel. Con-

tact 301-377-7800 [email protected].

NOV. 24N.A.M.I. Meeting, 6:30 to 8 p.m.,

Hyattsville Library, Hyattsville. Supportgroupmeeting formembers of the Na-tional Alliance onMental Illness. Contact301-275-3330 or [email protected].

MAC: Manga and Anime Club, 7 p.m.,Hyattsville Library, 6530 Adelphi Road,Hyattsville. Watch your favorite anime,talk about and preview newmanga,create art, comics and costumes, enjoysnacks. Join fellow anime andmanga fansat the newHyattsvilleManga and AnimeClub. Ages 13-18. Call 301-985-4690.

NOV. 25Book Discussion, 6:30 p.m., Glenarden

Library, 8724 Glenarden Pkwy., Glena-rden.Mitch Albom’s “The First PhoneCall fromHeaven.” Contact 301-772 to5477 or 240-696-3844.

The Northern Prince George’s CountyRepublican Club Meeting, 7 to 9 p.m.,St. Mark’s School Library, 7501 AdelphiRoad, Hyattsville. Come join us for ourmonthlymeetings. Contact 301-422-8648.

NOV. 26Capitol Heights Bike with the Chief,

6 p.m., Capitol Heights Police Depart-ment, 401 Capitol Heights Blvd., CapitolHeights. Join us every otherWednesdayto Bike with the Chief, Chief Anthony L.Ayers, Sr. of the Capitol Heights PoliceDepartment. Contact 301-420-2444.

UPCOMING EVENTSpencer Taylor and HWy QC’s 68th

Anniversary Celebration, at 4 p.m., Dec.6,Mount Calvary Baptist Church, 5120Whitefield Chapel Road, Lanham. Comehear theMighty Clouds of Joy, CantonSpirtuals, The Swanee Quintet, PilgrimJubilee Singers, The Violinares and theSensational Nightingales. Contact 301-459-7372.

BestBetThe second annual

Thanksgiving GlitterFest, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.,Brentwood Arts Cen-ter, 3901 Rhode IslandAve., Brentwood. Our

annual Thanksgiving Glitter Festis back. At this workshop, youngartists and families will have thechance to decorate Thanksgivingcenterpieces with glitter. Familiesare encouraged to bring their ownitems to decorate, but can alsochoose from a limited selection offree centerpiece items at the work-shop. Contact 301-277-2863; TTY301-277-2863.

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SPORTS Five public high school football teams are still chasing a statechampionship and DeMatha plays this weekend for the Washington Catholic Athletic

Conference title. Keep track of their progress online.

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n Oxon Hill Middle earnsthird spot in semifinals

BY JAMIEANFENSON-COMEAU

STAFFWRITER

Oxon Hill Middle Schoolheld off a comeback byG. JamesGholson of Landover to scrapethroughwith a 200-195nail biterthat camedown to the last ques-tion in Tuesday’s Science Bowlcompetition.

“I thought it was going to bea tie score,” said Science Bowlhost David Zahren. “Both teamsdid extremely well. There was areal energy in the studio.”

The competition pits stu-dents from schools in PrinceGeorge’s County in Jeopardy-like competitions where stu-dents answer science questionsfrom different categories worth5 to 25 points.

With the win, Oxon Hill hasearned the third berth in theMiddle School Science Bowlsemifinals, which will takeplaceMarch 17.

OxonHill’s team,comprisedof eighth-graders Thomas Pan-teli, 13, Antonio Sosa, 13, andMatthew Mina, 13, all of FortWashington, took an early leadin the playoff game. The trioanswered questions about feralpigs and metric units to finishthe first half with a 160-65 lead.

The Gholson team, com-prised of eighth-gradersChigozie Agodo, 13, Zyion Kirk-land, 14, andDavidBlack, 13, allof Landover, made a comebackin the second half, answeringseveral high-value questionsabout jellyfish, avian parasitesand urine purification, untilthey closed towithin five pointsof Oxon Hill.

“Wewere determined that ifwe were going to lose, it wasn’tgoing to be by 100 points,” Ch-igozie said.

Thomas said the team pre-pared by watching previous Sci-

ence Bowl matches online.“We watched the old Sci-

ence Bowl, and then we com-pete against each other toanswer the questions,” Thomassaid.

Gholson earned the spot inthe playoff game after defeatingWilliam Wirt Middle School ofRiverdale 175-70 earlier in theday.

“This is only the secondtimeGholson has had a ScienceBowl team, and this is their first-

ever win, and I’m extremelyproud of them,” sponsor StacieHenry said afterwards.

Wirt’s team, comprised ofeighth-graders TabryiaHull, 13,MalikTaiwo, 14, andKheeborneLaBoard, 13, all of Bladensburg,tied the score repeatedly in thefirst half, but failed to score inthe second half.

“This was only my secondtime on the show, but I wasconfident, because I studiedhard,” Zyion said.

Earlier in the day, OxonHill came from behind to de-feat Thomas Johnson MiddleSchool of Lanham, 290-230.

Thomas Johnson’s team,comprised of eighth-gradersKenya Fox, 13, and MichaelMessina, 14, and seventh-grader Monette Mesina, 13, allof Lanham, answered severalhigh-value questions regardingthe eardrum, lactose intoler-ance and woody stems to lead120-105 at the close of the first

half.Antonio said they noticed

the Johnson team did well incertain categories, so the OxonHill team went for high-pointquestions in other categories.

“Once we had a good lead,we tried to stall things by pick-ing all the five-point questions,”Matthew said.

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Gholson Middle falls in Science Bowl competition


G. James Gholson Middle School students Zyion Kirkland, Chigozie Agodo and David Black compete Tuesday in the Science Bowl at the Bonnie F. Johns Educa-tional Media Center television studio in Landover.

n CEO cites accessto transit, communitycollege for selection

BY JAMIE

ANFENSON-COMEAU

STAFFWRITER

A new school for Englishlanguage learners will likelybe placed within Largo HighSchool, even though com-munity members say it mightheighten tension between stu-dents.

Prince George’s CountyPublic Schools CEO KevinMaxwell said that although thelocation has not been finalized,Largo High is currently the topschool under considerationfor the` site of one of two highschools being designed as anoption for students whose na-tive language isn’t English.

“Right now, it’s our firstchoice, and we’d like to finda way to make it work atLargo,” Maxwell said, citingthe school’s proximity to pub-lic transit and Prince George’sCommunity College, as well as

its current 62 percent enroll-ment.

Opponents to the schoolbeing located at Largo spokeout during the Nov. 13 schoolboardmeeting, which includeda presentation on the newschools.

School board memberZabrina Epps (Dist. 1) said theschools should be a startingpoint for conversations aroundequity in the school system.

“How do you think the stu-dents at Largo will feel know-ing and seeing their colleaguesgetting all of this, and they getnothing?” Epps said.

According to data providedby the school system, the vastmajority of the system’s 19,240ELL students are native Span-ish speakers, 86.8 percent, fol-lowed by French speakers, 2.1percent, and speakers of Ta-galog, 0.6 percent, a languagespoken in the Philippines.

Valerie White, Largo HighPTSA president, said shewouldlike to see Largo High’s cur-rent students receive the sameamount of resources and sup-port as students at the ELLschool.

“We’re asking for our stu-dents to get the same qualityeducation, and not be left be-hind,” White said.

School board memberCurtis Valentine said the wingat Largo High currently hous-ing the offices for SecondarySchool Reform staff will beused for the ELL school, andthat it will not take space cur-rently being used for LargoHigh School academics.

The two schools wouldshare cafeteria, library and gymspace, said Carlos Beato, one ofthe ELL school principals.

A site for the second school,which is expected to be locatedin the Langley Park area, hasnot yet been chosen, Maxwellsaid.

The schools are slated toopen for the 2015-16 schoolyear.

Maxwell said there is nostrict deadline for choosing asite, but whether work can becompleted in time to get thefacility ready is a consideration.

The two schools are a part-nership between the districtand Internationals Networkfor Public Schools, or INPS, a

nonprofit providing educationfor English language learnersat 19 schools in New York, Cali-fornia, Washington, D.C., andVirginia.

The start-up costs are be-ing funded through a $3milliongrant from the New York non-profit Carnegie Corporation.

Figures on annual operat-ing costs will not be availableuntil next month, according toschool officials.

Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk(D-Dist. 21) of College Parksaid that as a newly arrived im-migrant in PGCPS, she faceda number of academic chal-lenges not speaking English,and that she favored the newschools being considered forLargo and Langley Park.

“As a student, I often feltostracized, shy and picked on,”Pena-Melnyk said. “We’re notserving the students, we’re notserving the community, theway things stand right now.These International Schoolsare a solution.”

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Largo HS tops list for English learners schoolCourt Appointed Special

Advocates of Prince George’sCounty is looking for volun-teers to advocate for the needsof children in foster care.

CASA pairs trained volun-teers with children to advocatefor them within the judicialsystemandensure their needs,including need for a safe andpermanent home, are met ex-peditiously, saidPennyGerber,program administrator.

Deadline for applicationsfor the upcoming winter train-ing session is Dec. 29. Trainingbegins Jan. 22 and will be heldat the Hyattsville MunicipalBuilding, 4310 Gallatin St.

Training is 37 hours, in-cluding approximately sixhours of courtroom observa-tion and a background check,Gerber said.

CASA Prince George’s willhost an informational sessionfor volunteers from 6 to 7 p.m.today at theHyattsvilleMunic-ipal Building.

— JAMIE

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Building anEconomyin PrinceGeorge’sCounty

Prince George’s County isthe epicenter for expansivegrowth in theWashingtonMetropolitan area. Withinthe next five years, theCounty will have a nationalentertainment center, aregional health center, anew state agency, completedplans for a newMetro line,and massive retail/residential developments. Inaddition to all of theaforementioneddevelopment, there is a 66%chance of the FBI relocatingits headquarters fromdowntown D.C. into theCounty. All the newdevelopment builds uponthe solid foundation ofNational Harbor, Tanger, theUniversity of Maryland,Bowie State University,Prince George’sCommunity College, andthe most Metro stations inthe region.

A local economy is onthe horizon!An economyoccurs when dollars areboth created and disposed ofwithin a jurisdiction.Financial and social creationbrings new investments andattracts other assets.Developments then provideroom for grass-rootinvolvement or, atminimum, elevatescommunity capacity.During this time oftremendous Countyexpansion, it is essential thatevery project yield localinvolvement and jobcreation. The Chamber ofCommerce stands ready towork and advocate for localinclusion for building localinvestment in our Countyinfrastructure.

David HarringtonPresident & CEOPrince George’s

Chamber of Commercewww.pgcoc.org

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n Hospitals andfirst responders ramp up

training, supplies

BY EMILIE SHAUGHNESSY

STAFF WRITER

More than a dozen patientshave been evaluated for pos-sible Ebola virus infections inPrince George’s this fall. Whilethe results were all negative,hospitals and first respond-ers say they are equipped torespond to a potential countyoutbreak.

Ebola is a potentially fa-tal disease that is transmittedprimarily through body fluidsand has killed more than 5,000people in West Africa this year,according to the most recentdata from the U.S. Centers forDisease Control, or CDC.

Mark Arsenault, Dimen-sions Healthcare System’s vicepresident for emergency pre-paredness, said there have been13 patients exhibiting symp-toms similar to Ebola at Dimen-sions’ three campuses in Laurel,Bowie and Cheverly.

None of them were consid-ered high risk and did not needto have blood drawn to rule outthe virus, Arsenault said.

Arsenault said the hospitalsystem formed an Ebola DiseaseResponse planning committeein October, which meets once aweek to discuss the latest infor-mation from the CDC.

The system has also pro-vided its campuses with addi-tional hazmat suits and training,

he said.“The biggest place we’re

concerned about is emergencyservices,” he said. “If someonewalks in and fits the criteria forfurther screening, we isolatethem immediately and there’sa robust questionnaire we com-plete. If they are high risk, wedraw some blood from themand send it to a state health de-partment lab.”

While the response to anEbola case in Maryland wouldbe handled at the county orstate level, some municipalities— like Bowie — are doing whatthey can to keep residents calmand informed, said Alan Crevel-ing, Bowie’s director of emer-gency services.

Bowie staff met with countyhealth officer Pamela Creekmuron Nov. 5 to discuss quaran-tine procedures and how Bowiecould best inform residentsabout preventative measures,according to a memo from CityManager David Deutsch.

“We are basically a supportfor the county health systemwhen it comes to infectiousdiseases,” Creveling said. “Oursupport right now is commu-nication and education to ourresidents. We’re putting stuff onour websites, through Facebookand Twitter, so people knowwhat universal precautions totake.”

A Lanham company, Staff-ing, Etc., won a CDC contractto help detect potential Ebolacases as soon as they reachAmerican soil, said Nathan Por-ter, a spokesman for the com-pany.

Staffing, Etc. will supplyseveral dozen physicians andsocial workers to screen travel-ers at major airports this holidayseason, Porter said.

“We feel confident we canreally provide the best qualifiedand professional physicians toreally deal with this crisis,” hesaid.

The county fire departmentdispensed around 600 hazard-ous material suits to stationsacross the county in Octoberand has supplied firefighters/EMTs with additional trainingon how to use the suits, saidMark Brady, fire department/EMS spokesman.

“We have been followingthe state of Maryland protocolwhen it comes to how to treatand transport a patient sus-pected of Ebola,” he said. “Wehave equipped most of our firstresponse apparatus with haz-ardous material suits”

Brady said 911 call takersand dispatchers in the countyhave received updated informa-tion on the virus and its symp-toms.

Both Creveling and Ar-senault used the platform ofthe Ebola virus discussion toemphasize the importanceof awareness and preventionagainst other types of infectiousdiseases.

“Ebola is concerning, butthousands of people die frominfluenza,” Arsenault said. “Tome the carry away is if you’reconcerned about Ebola youshould get the flu shot.”

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County prepares for Ebola

n Hindu holiday added innext year’s school schedule

BY JAMIE

ANFENSON-COMEAU

STAFF WRITER

Prince George’s CountyPublic Schools has no plans tofollow Montgomery County’slead and remove the namesof religious holidays from theschool calendar, according toschool officials.

On Nov. 11, the Montgom-ery County Public Schoolsschool board voted to strike thenames of all religious holidaysfrom its school calendar, follow-ing a request by Muslim orga-nizations to add the holy day ofEid al-Adha to its calendar.

The dates of the holidays arestill listed as non-school days,only religious names such as“Christmas,” “Easter” and “YomKippur” were removed.

The PGCPS school calendarhas included Muslim holidayssince the 2007-2008 school yearcalendar, said spokeswomanLynn McCawley, and the ma-jor Hindu holiday of Diwali hasbeen added to the 2015-2016calendar.

“When the administrationsent the draft calendar back tothe calendar committee, theyrequested the Hindu holiday beadded to the calendar,” McCaw-ley said.

McCawley said the schoolsystemhasnot receivednegativefeedback from other religious orsecular groups regarding holi-days on the calendar.

School board memberVerjeana Jacobs (Dist. 5), whoserved as chairwoman of theboard from 2006 to 2013, saidPGCPS has always tried to be asinclusive as possible.

“I think this is an ongo-ing discussion we need to haveevery year with the calendarcommittee, so that every year,they’re looking at what we needto include and how do we needto include it,” Jacobs said. “Thisis just my perspective, but I’drather see inclusion rather thanjust eliminating everyone.”

The board approved its cal-endar Nov. 13.

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n Students discovercybersecurity careersat annual workshop

BY ALICE POPOVICISTAFF WRITER

Lauryn Felder of Cheverlysaid she figured a cybersecurityworkshop at the University ofMaryland, College Park, wouldteachher “how toprotect the In-ternet” — but she wasn’t count-ing on picking locks.

Lauryn, 11, and her class-mates from Thomas G. Pul-len Creative and PerformingArts Academy in Landoverwere among about 350 middleschool girls from Maryland wholearned how to pick a lock, takeapart a computer and deciphera code on Nov. 12, during ahands-on workshop meant tointroduce girls to careers in cy-bersecurity.

The Cool Careers in Cyber-security for Girls Workshop,hosted for the third year by theuniversity’s Maryland Cyberse-curity Center, brought togetherabout 36 women working in cy-bersecurity for employers suchas the National Security Agencyand Lockheed Martin.

The event was started byDavina Pruitt-Mentle of theNational CyberWatch Centerat Prince George’s CommunityCollege in an effort to encouragegirls to consider careers in thegrowing field of cybersecurity.

“It’s great to get them whenthey’re young and let themknow this is a field that’s opento them,” saidGail Schnell of Ac-cokeek, one of the professionalsleading a session.

Schnell, who served in Af-ghanistan as an IT specialistwith the U.S. Army, owns a con-sulting company called Schnell-Tech Solutions LLC.

Schnell said the lock-pickingactivity was meant to introducestudents to the concept of secu-rity, beginning with somethingas familiar as a lock.

“It shows you how some-thing as simple as breaking intoa lock can open up a vulnerabil-ity into a system,” Schnell said.“Physical security is just onelayer of cybersecurity ... but thephysical layer should be the firstline of defense.”

Thomas G. Pullen and Hy-attsville Middle School were theonly Prince George’s Countyschools selected to participatein the National Science Foun-dation-sponsored event — withabout 40 students each. RonnieLowenstein, an advisor withthe Washington, D.C.,-basedAlliance for Science & Technol-ogy Research in America, saidshe chose the schools for theircommitment to integrating artsinto their curriculum, which isa priority highlighted this yearby county schools CEO KevinMaxwell.

Leaders and experts in cy-bersecurity are reaching out togirls in particular because the

field is adding new jobs morequickly than it can find quali-fied employees, said Jan Plane,director of the university’sMaryland Center for Women inComputing. She said one wayto fill the vacancies is to lookto groups that are historicallyunderrepresented in IT — suchas women — and to help themdiscover all the possibilities thefield offers.

Plane said young peopleoften get a “small-slice idea” ofwhat cybersecurity is, and maynot realize that outside interestssuch as the creative arts can beapplied to careers in computing.

“The arts actually encouragediscipline,” she said. “Learningto read music and to under-stand that language is the samething as learning a computerlanguage.”

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(From left) Thomas G. Pullen eighth-graders Dyamond Wallace and EricaMorrissey listen as Cyndi Gula of Tenable Network Security explains parts ofa computer and how they are changing on Nov. 12 at the University of Mary-land’s Maryland Cybersecurity Center cybersecurity workshop for girls.

Four women from PrinceGeorge’s County will be recog-nized for their contributions totheir communities as they be-gin their official reigns as con-testants in the Maryland andD.C. Plus America Pageant.

Ashley Gibbs, Miss Col-lege Park Plus America 2015;Nichole Crutchfield, Ms. Clin-ton Plus America 2015; ShellyKing, Ms. Laurel Plus America2015 and Terri Ware, MissBowie Plus America 2015 willbe honored during the Holi-day Sip and Shop, hosted byL.B. Moore Signature, from3 to 7 p.m. Saturday at 10665Stanhaven Place, Suite 3109,

White Plains, said Mrs. PlusMaryland 2014 Kristus Ratliffof Hyattsville, the state direc-tor for the pageant.

Attendees can meet withthe contestants and learnmore about the competition,which is open to women inthe Maryland and WashingtonD.C. area size 14 and up, Ratliffsaid.

The Maryland and D.C.Plus America Pageant is an of-ficial regional pageant withinthe Miss Plus America Pageantsystem, which was created torecognize women for their ser-vice in their communities whomight not have the opportu-

nity to compete in traditionalpageants because of their size,said Melissa Stamper of Nash-ville, Tenn., executive directorand founder of the nationalpageant.

“These women are a re-minder that a woman’s capac-ity to serve and inspire shouldnever be held back because ofher dress size,” Ratliff said inan email. “They are using theirpast struggles as inspiration tohelp others.”

The pageant will be heldApril 24-25 in Annapolis.

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Energized by Republicangovernor-elect Larry’s Hogan’sNov. 4 victory in Maryland,members of the Prince George’sCounty Republican CentralCommittee are moving quicklytomobilize support for thepartyin a county of mostly Demo-cratic voters.

Some, like committeemem-ber-elect Robert Windley ofLaurel, who was elected in Juneto represent District 23, have al-ready started door knocking.

District 23 includes parts ofLaurel, Upper Marlboro, Mitch-ellville and Bowie.

Windley, who began intro-ducing himself to constituentsin his precincts on Nov. 11, saidHogan’s victory is a sign thatMaryland voters are ready for achange.

He said voters are unhappywith the high taxes imposed bythe state’s previous administra-tion, among other concerns,and Republican party represen-tatives nowhave anopportunityto showvoters thepartywants toengage with them and listen totheir concerns.

“If we’re going to try to winmore seats in the legislature,the key is to get more involvedwith the people,” Windley said.“We need to take the party tothe people. We can’t just waitfor people to contact us.”

Therewere 43,545 registeredRepublican voters in the countycompared to 442,639 registeredDemocrat voters asof June7, ac-

cording to the Maryland Boardof Elections website.

In the two weeks since Ho-gan defeated Lt. Gov. AnthonyBrown in the midterm guber-natorial election, Heather Ol-sen of Hyattsville, the county’sRepublican chair, said she hasreceived many calls and emailsfrom people whowant to get in-volved with the party. She saidsome people are reaching outbecause they are interested inrunning for public office in thestate legislature or the CountyCouncil, and want advice onhow toprepare their campaigns.

Audrey Scottwas the last Re-publican to serve on the CountyCouncil, representing Bowie

and Greenbelt among other ar-eas. Her term ended in 2002.

“I think a lot of people justfelt that the situation was hope-less,” Olsen said. “Now peoplefeel more hopeful, they feel likethey canmake a difference.”

The Republican CentralCommittee, based inFortWash-ington, has 16 members. Olsensaid that, according to docu-ments she has seen, the partyhas been in existence in thecounty since at least the 1930s.

But one of the challengesthe party faces in mostly-Dem-ocratic Prince George’s is thesense of discouragement felt byRepublican supporters, said LeeHavis of College Park, commit-

tee member-elect representingDistrict 21, which includes partsof Laurel, CollegePark, Beltsvilleand Adelphi.

Havis said the challenge isgetting people to believe thatthere is a future for the party be-yondHogan’s success.

Havis, who is trying to re-cruit canvas leaders to go outinto the neighborhoods and talkwith residents, saidHogan’s vic-tory was “a shot in the arm” forpartymembers.

“I thinkwe’re going tohaveamuch better opportunity now,”Havis said. “We just have tomo-bilize the people.”

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Carl Carrington (right) of Laurel writes his contact information Nov. 11 for Robert Windley of Laurel, committeemember-elect for the Prince George’s County Republican Central Committee.

Prince George’s Commu-nity College recognized Sen.Barbara Mikulski (D) of Bal-timore and Lockheed Martinand Kaiser Permanente of theMid Atlantic States, during itsPartners for Success AwardsDinner and Gala, held Oct. 29at National Harbor.

“The honorees..all exem-plify true partnership, stake-holder engagement, and adesire to impact the landscapeof education and jobs in ourcounty, state and region,”Brenda Mitchell, executivedirector of the PGCC office on

institutional advancement,said in an email. “The workof strengthening the college’sability to respond to com-munity concerns and dem-onstrate innovative, win-wincollaborations through federaland state-funded grants, pri-vately funded grants, dona-tions from corporations anda host of individuals who gavegenerously when we asked fortheir support - is a reflectionofthe commitment of our ‘Part-ners in Success.’”

— JAMIE

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College honors ‘partners’

Bond Mill ElementarySchool in Laurel recognizedits Citizens of the Week for theweeks of Oct. 27 andNov. 5.

Those recognized areBrayden Chi, Bailey Batte,Kennedy Lyght, Neev Patel,Aashi Moola, Loren Davis,Alexis Gumapas, Joab Urbina,Claudia van der Have, MicahRivera, Giovanni Mitchell, Af-roja Khan, Shandler Villard,Patricia Dyson, Taylor Baker,Glory John, Olivia Dickerson,Noel Norman-Williams, ElenaLopez-Garcia, Mateo Walcott,Gurshan Nakai, Sneha Jose,Jadon Le, Kevin Hsu, BriannaHarper, Nya Singleton, Myles

Barrett, Amir Taylor, GabrielleClary, Sophia Amimi, NolanVernor, Luis Bonilla, AngelNorman-Williams, DanielaChavez, Alexis Casey, Fred-ericka Daramy, Ivan Collins,John Shen, Nicole Nnabuenyi,CaseyTucker,Dillen Sampson,Olanna Nwozo, Noel Klund,Jahmali Brown and AndreaGaldamez.

Students are chosen onthe basis of a variety of criteria,including academic achieve-ments and exemplary behav-ior, said school officials.

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This activity report is pro-vided by the Prince George’sCounty Police Department as apublic service to the communityand is not a complete listing ofall events and crime reported.

District 1Headquarters, Hyattsville,

301-699-2630, covering Adelphi,Beltsville, Berwyn Heights, Blad-ensburg, Brentwood, Calverton,Cheverly, Chillum, College Park,Colmar Manor, Cottage City, Ed-monston, Greenbelt, Hyattsville,Landover, Landover Hills, LangleyPark, Mount Rainier, New Carroll-ton, North Brentwood, Riverdale,Riverdale Park,University Park andWest LanhamHills.

NOV. 10Assault, 2000 block Univer-

sity Blvd, 1:36 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 1900 block

Saratoga Drive, 7:03 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 2200 block

Metzerott Road, 7:29 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 5200 block

Kenilworth Ave, 8:06 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 2500 block

Avalon Place, 8:42 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 6300 block

Landover Road, 8:55 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 7900 block

Riggs Road, 9:05 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 8100 block

Baltimore Ave, 10:02 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 2000 block

University Blvd, 12:49 p.m.Vehicle stolen, 8200 block

Baltimore Ave, 1:08 p.m.Robbery on commercial prop-

erty, 6200blockAnnapolis Road,1:13 p.m.

Theft, 4900 block La SalleRoad, 3:27 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 8300 blockQuentin St., 4:18 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 4800 blockCalvert Road, 5:08 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 8000 block18th Ave, 7:38 p.m.

Robbery, Norwich Road/Rhode Island Ave, 7:49 p.m.

NOV. 11Theft from vehicle, 8600 block

CunninghamDrive, 8:56 a.m.Theft, 6800 block Eldridge

St., 9:29 a.m.Residential break-in, 6200

block 20th Place, 10:21 a.m.Residential break-in, 9300

block Adelphi Road, 11:19 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 1700 block

Jasmine Terrace, 11:41 a.m.Theft, 3500 block Bladens-

burg Road, 12:34 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 6800 block

25th Ave, 12:47 p.m.Theft, Eb Annapolis Road/

Ardwick Ardmore Road, 12:57p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6600 blockAnnapolis Road, 1:11 p.m.

Theft, 5700 block Nevada St.,3:18 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 6000 block66th Ave, 5:01 p.m.

Theft, 2000 block UniversityBlvd, 5:53 p.m.

Theft, 8300 block BaltimoreAve, 6:18 p.m.

Residential break-in, 1700block Keokee St., 6:44 p.m.

Residential break-in, 6800block Riverdale Road, 7:28 p.m.

Theft, 8100 block 48th Ave,7:50 p.m.

Theft, 600 block FairviewAve, 8:16 p.m.

Assault, 3800 block 37thPlace, 8:56 p.m.

NOV. 12Theft, 4000 block Hanson

Oaks Drive, 7:22 a.m.Theft, 4200 block 74th Place,

1:00 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 3400

block Bladensburg Road, 2:17p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 3400 blockBladensburg Road, 2:38 p.m.

Residential break-in, 9600blockMilestoneWay, 3:54 p.m.

Residential break-in, 5000block 56th Ave, 4:06 p.m.

Assault, 6000 block 64th Ave,4:25 p.m.

Residential break-in, 9600blockMilestoneWay, 4:43 p.m.

Robbery, 3400 block 54thAve, 6:21 p.m.

NOV. 13Vehicle stolen, 5100 block

Mineola Road, 7:35 a.m.Robbery, 1300 block Merri-

mac Drive, 9:12 a.m.Theft, 5500 block Karen

Elaine Drive, 10:30 a.m.Residential break-in, 6300

blockLandoverRoad, 10:32 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 8100 block

Baltimore Ave, 11:27 a.m.Residential break-in, 5800

block 64th Ave, 11:53 a.m.Theft, 6900 block Decatur

Place, 2:49 p.m.Theft, 7400 block Riverdale

Road, 2:53 p.m.Assault, 7600 block Carroll

Ave, 3:26 p.m.Vehicle stolen, Nb Riggs

Road/Amherst Road, 4:09 p.m.Assault, 6300block Landover

Road, 4:24 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 8000block

New Riggs Road, 5:21 p.m.Theft, 7500 block Topton St.,

6:27 p.m.Residential break-in, 6800

block Riverdale Road, 7:41 p.m.Commercial property break-

in, 6400 block New HampshireAve, 7:46 p.m.

Residential break-in,1400block

EastWestHighway, 7:53p.m.Vehicle stolen and recovered,

6300 block 64th Ave, 9:39 p.m.Residential break-in, 1900

block Erie St., 9:47 p.m.

NOV. 14Theft from vehicle, 8100 block

15th Ave, 5:13 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 5800 block

Annapolis Road, 5:16 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 6400 block

Landover Road, 6:40 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 6800 block

Furman Pky, 7:17 a.m.Theft, 6000 block Carters

Lane, 8:12 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 6800 block

Freeport St., 8:34 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 6500block

40th Ave, 8:49 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 15th Ave/

Kanawha St., 10:42 a.m.Theft, 6000 block Springhill

Drive, 11:17 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 8200block

Carrollton Pky, 11:28 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 5400block

16th Ave, 1:19 p.m.Theft, 6200 block Annapolis

Road, 1:26 p.m.Theft, 2200 block University

Blvd, 6:20 p.m.Robbery, East West Highway

& Riggs Road, 6:50 p.m.Assault with a weapon, 5800

block Eastern Ave, 8:50 p.m.Vehicle stolen, 7500 block

Annapolis Road, 10:51 p.m.

NOV. 15Theft from vehicle, 2000block

University Blvd, 3:24 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 7400block

Riggs Road, 3:29 a.m.Residential break-in, 5000

block 55th Ave, 8:54 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 1800block

Metzerott Road, 11:44 a.m.Residential break-in, 6200

block 64th Ave, 12:36 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 6600block

Annapolis Road, 4:43 p.m.

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Brewer, who came to LARSon Friday to pick up food forher family and a friend whowas in the hospital, said LARShelped her earlier this year,when she was homeless andliving in a tent off of Route198. She said that now she hasa job and is living in a hotel,but still comes by for grocer-ies once in a while.

“It does a lot of good forthe community because ithelps keep people in theirhomes, it helps keep their util-ities on, it helps keep food onthe table,” said Lori Proietti,the organization’s executivedirector. “Over the last coupleof years we’ve seen a drasticincrease in the amount of cli-ents that we’re seeing.”

According to records fromLARS, the organization pro-vided food for 2,543 clients infiscal 2014, compared to 2,094clients in fiscal 2013.

Proietti said the Thanks-giving Day run, which is theorganization’s biggest fund-raiser, becomes more popularevery year.

“It’s just becoming a partof everybody’s Thanksgiving,”she said. “It’s been a familytradition for everyone.”

Other funding sourcesfor the organization includea silent auction fundraiserduring the summer, variousfederal grants as well as dona-tions from individuals, Proietti

said. She said the organizationis now looking to identify newfunding sources to keep upwith growing demand for itsservices.

The Turkey Trot wasstarted in 2004 by Kelly Millerof Laurel and other membersof First United MethodistChurch. Miller said that afterthree to four years of organiz-ing the race, she passed theevent on to LARS.

Miller said the run hasgrown from a grass-roots ef-fort attended by about 200 to300 hundred people the firstyear into a large fundraiser.LARS officials estimate thatthis year’s Turkey Trot will

raise more than last year’s re-cord of $22,000.

“It’s just a great way tostart Thanksgiving Day,”Miller said. “Both physicallyand spiritually, too, by doingsomething for the commu-nity.”

The run begins at 8 a.m.at First United MethodistChurch of Laurel, 424Main St.Registration, which is avail-able through Nov. 27, is $40and includes a long-sleeverace shirt.

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prostitution-related incidents,and numbers remained highuntil 2013, which saw fewerthan 100 incidents, according topolice-provided data.

For the first quarter of 2014— the most recent numbersavailable at press time—countypolice responded to approxi-mately a dozen incidents, com-pared to around 35 in the firstquarters of both 2010 and 2011.

Sgt. David Coleman, headof the county’s Vice IntelligenceUnit, attributes the downwardtrend to the work of his unit andcross-agency initiatives like thecounty’s Human TraffickingTask force—bothofwhichwerecreated in 2013.

“We’re seeing reducednum-

bers, absolutely,” Coleman said.CollegeParkandunincorpo-

ratedHyattsville had the highestrates of prostitution since 2009,according to police data.

Coleman said his unit ar-rested a sex worker earlier thismonth who said she was told tostay away from College Park be-cause of the chance of gettingcaught.

The June shooting of a NewYorkwomanwhowassolicitedforprostitution in College Park drewattention to the issue and causedCity Council members to reachout to state and county officialsfor resources, said College ParkcouncilmanFazlulKabir (Dist. 1).

Almost all of the activity inCollege Park over the past sixyears took place in three motelson Baltimore Avenue.

“The problemwithmotels isthere is not a single entrance,”

Kabir said. “Wehave tried to talkwith the owner about how thecity canhelp by possibly turningthe motels into something dif-ferent that is safer.”

“Our issue in the county isdomestic minor sex traffick-ing,” said D. Michael Lyles, whooversees the county’s humantrafficking task force. “We findthere are countless children be-ing coerced inhuman traffickingand theydon’t even realize it un-til they’re involved.”

Lyles said the task forcetrains hotel managers to rec-ognize the signs of prostitutionand sex trafficking.

“Just like many other crimes,it is sex-driven, but it is alsomoney-driven,”hesaid.“Sowhenwe create a hostile business envi-ronment, itmoves elsewhere.”

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Month.At the same time, she is also

helping a group of third-graderswrite a companion novel forchildren.

“They’re really enthusiasticabout the project,” said theirteacher Jessica Ellis of MountRainier. “I’ve been very proud ofhowmuch they’vebeenproduc-ing.”

Ellis said she invited Barnetto speak to her students in Sep-

tember after reading her novel.“Just having a real-life per-

son in the community come inand speak to the students aboutwhat they do, that can be reallyinspiring,” Ellis said.

After several of the studentsexpressed interest in becomingauthors, Barnet said she and El-lis came up with the idea of thestudents writing a children’scompanion novel to her sequel.

“The idea is that they areeach writing these episodesthat use the settings from mynovels,” Barnet said. “The chil-dren take their own experiences

and work with them, and addto it and fold in characters andevents from the book.”

The launch party for theproject was held Oct. 31, andthe goal is for students to havereached a combined 50,000words byNov. 30.

“It’s a big goal, but we hopeif we keepplugging awaywe canreach that goal,” Barnet said.

Ellis said the students workon the project during writingclass, after school and at home.

“My favorite part is thatwe get to write every day,” saidBintuKanu, 8, ofMount Rainier.

Barnet said 16 third-gradersarepart of thewriting team.Bar-net has been meeting with thestudents, providing encourage-ment and advice.

Ellis said the students in-volved in the project has gener-ated a great deal of excitementabout writing among her stu-dents.

“They’re very enthusiasticabout the project, and they’vebeencarrying their journalswiththem, writing during school, athome, on weekends,” Ellis said.“They’ve been so proud of howmany words they’ve been writ-ing.”

Madison Hamlet, nine, ofMount Rainier said her storyinvolves a villainous charac-ter named Charles and variouscharacters’ efforts to stop hisplans.

“I think it’s kind of fun, andit’s been nice that [Barnet is]coming to help us do this write-a-thon,”Madison said.

Ellis said the goal for the restof the school yearwill be toworkon revising the stories they pro-duce.

Barnet has created a crowd-funding campaign to raisemoney to develop the students’work into a finished novel, withthe goal of raising $5,000.

For more information, visitBarnet’s website at www.juli-anabarnet.com.

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absentee ballots widened Her-nandez’s lead.

According to unofficial re-sults from the Prince George’sCounty Board of Elections, Her-nandez received 5,700 votes toWaller’s 5,607 votes followingthe counting of the last absenteeand provisional ballots.

Results were certified Tues-day, said Daneen Banks, deputyadministrator of the Board ofElections.

District 3 includes Adelphi,Lewisdale, University Park, Hy-attsville, Mount Rainier, Brent-wood andNorth Brentwood.

Hernandez, 27, the child ofimmigrants from El Salvador,is the Latino liaison for CountyExecutiveRushernL.Baker,whocampaigned for her on ElectionDay.

Waller, 65, was appointedto the board in 2007 to fill a va-cancy and elected to her first fullterm in 2010. Waller was out oftown and could not be reachedfor comment.

Hernandez said her pri-

orities include advocating foradditional funding for schoolrenovation and constructionand expanding pre-kindergar-ten, saying research has indi-cated that the younger studentsfrom disadvantaged back-grounds start school, the smallerthe achievement gap betweenthem and their peers.

“I think it’s important tomake sure our kids are startingoff at the same level,” Hernan-dez said.

The Prince George’s CountyDemocratic Central Commit-tee also endorsed Hernandez

and Lupi Grady of College Park,who defeated incumbent PeggyHiggins of Greenbelt in anotherclose election, 53.5 percent to46.3 percent, according to theBoard of Elections’ unofficialtally.

David Cahn, co-chair ofCitizens for an Elected Board,said he felt it was inappropriatefor either party to endorse can-didates in the school board race,which are supposed to be unaf-filiated.

“To inject partisan politicsinto a nonpartisan election isreprehensible. It taints thewholeprocess,” Cahn said. “I served asan election judge, and it’s amaz-

ing howmany people came intothe polling place clutching theofficial Democratic ballots. I’msure that had a lot to do in bothraces.”

Cheryl Landis, chair of theDCC, said that it has historicallybeen the case that the commit-tee endorses candidates in theschool board race.

“Sometimes decisions aremade that not everyone agreeswith, but that’s the nature ofelections,” Landis said.

Citizens co-chair JanisHagey said demographics alsomay have had a lot to play in theelection.

“There were concerns that

Hispanic issues had not beenaddressed by the board in thepast,” said Hagey referencingissues like a lack of Hispanicteachers and administratorsand a lack of support servicesfor Spanish speaking studentsand their families.

Prince George’s Hispanicpopulation has continued togrow, according to U.S. Censusdata, which estimates the coun-ty’s Hispanic population has in-creased from 128,972 in 2010 to144,193 in 2013.

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The 130-million project,which includes clothing retail-ersOldNavy and Sports Author-ity, restaurants such as MissionBBQ, Panera and BJ RestaurantBrewhouse and a recently-opened Harris Teeter grocerystore, will open about 15 morestores through 2015, officialssaid.

“Many of us remember theold Laurelmall ... andwe all wit-nessed its slow decline that led

to its closing,” said Mayor CraigMoe during the grand open-ing ceremony, as he thankedresidents for supporting thenew town center. “Have a funevening. Let me remind you tospend a lot ofmoney.”

Laurel Mall was demolishedin 2012 and construction of thenew retail complex began in2013, according to GreenbergGibbons.

“It’s nice compared to themall before,” said Simona Puiuof Laurel. Puiu said she waslooking forward to shoppingat the Harris Teeter, but wouldhave liked themall to havemorelarge retailers.

“I wish they hadmore stores– department stores,” she said.“TheyhadaMacy’s before. Iwas

hoping it would come back.”Representatives for Green-

berg Gibbons said that, as ofnow, no department stores areplanned at the town center.

“We do hope that thistown center now will also at-tract visitors to shop there fromMontgomery County, HowardCounty, Anne Arundel County,”said Scott Peterson, a spokes-man for county executive Rush-ern Baker III, who added thatthe retail plaza has the county’sfirst Harris Teeter supermarket.“The city of Laurel has alwaysbeen a critical part of the PrinceGeorge’s economy.”

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OUROPINIONS LET TERS TOTHEEDITOR

There’s good news and bad news in Bladensburg.The good news is that a group of residents are themselves creat-

ing a searchable website of town documents to improve governmenttransparency.The bad news is that they have to do it at all.The Citizens’ Action Committee of Bladensburg, a group formed

last year over concerns of alleged “reckless spending” by officials, isnow putting town financial records, meeting information, town ordi-nances and other official documents online so that residents can seehowmoney is being spent and better monitor officials’ actions.Their effort is commendable. All too often, residents turn a blind

eye— or feel powerless — when they believe the government isn’tfulfilling its duties.Unfortunately, while the website allows better review of what’s

happening with town finances, it is evidence of a serious breakdownin government and community relations. Sure, residents can checkout the results of audits and purchases — but after-the-fact com-ments aren’t as effective as suggestions made— and adhered to—before the spending occurs.“Our problem is we’re not allowed to ask questions about their

spending before they vote on things,” committee member Steve Weitzsaid. “We live here. This is our town, so we want to have some input.”And while Mayor Walter James says town officials have been open

and transparent, there is clearly an enormous difference of opinionwhen not only does a citizens group form around spending concernsbut it also feels compelled to create a website focused on governmenttransparency.Committee members say their efforts have resulted in more timely

information being posted on the official town website. Hopefully,that’s just the beginning.It shouldn’t be up to a citizens group to file a Maryland Public

Information Act request to make available documents that shouldbe readily available to the public. Bladensburg officials need to stepup andmake sure public documents are available online in a timelymanner on the town’s website and begin immediately working onways to ensure the public is aware of and involved in upcoming deci-sions.Kudos to the citizens committee for going above and beyond to

keep the community informed.

Listen closely, and one can almost hear the tooth-gnashing andhand-wringing of the state’s largely Democratic electorate at thethought of a Republican occupying Government House in January.Gov.-elect Larry Hogan is anathema to many Democrats: a Repub-lican hellbent on cutting taxes, which will mean less governmentrevenue, and by definition, fewer government services. But such con-sternation is premature.Yes, he wants to cut taxes, but there’s no sign Hogan is a tea party

conservative, straight out of Central Casting, who wants to shut downgovernment.Yes, he wants to end the “rain tax.” But he also told Gazette edi-

tors that he wants to replace Maryland’s funding of environmentalprograms, money that was raided in recent years to balance budgets.That doesn’t sound like the kind of Republican who wants to chokethe life out of state government.We’re sure many Democrats in the legislature are worried that

some of their priorities will be put on the back burner. Lt. Gov. An-thony Brown promised to provide relief to Maryland families, mean-ing he would have had to squeeze the Maryland budget himself,threatening some of those priorities anyway. Maybe Brown wouldn’tcut taxes as deeply as Hogan would, but no one should think Mary-land would have had an overflowing larder of services and projectshad the election results gone differently.Among counties’ priorities, of course, are school construction

projects. Despite attempts to make it appear Hogan wants to cutschool construction completely out of the state budget, there still willbe schools to build andmoney to build them. Economic developmentwill be a hallmark of the future Hogan administration. Growing jobsand strengthening the economy will be important, just as much asmaintaining our schools.After all, in order to attract businesses to the state, Maryland must

have a good education system.Despite his opponents’ attempts to make it appear Hogan will halt

transit programs, people still need to get to and from work. Maybetransit advocates will bristle at the miles of fresh pavement the newgovernor might budget. But too much of our transportation moneyhas been siphoned off to pay for other priorities. Even the Coalitionfor Smarter Growth has been willing to take the man at his word, atleast until his Jan. 21 swearing in. That organization supports thestate’s signature big-money transportation project, the Purple Line.“If Larry Hogan is worried about Maryland losing jobs to Virginia,

then I can think of no better project to move forward than the PurpleLine. We have faith when he says economic development is his No.1 focus,” said Alex Posorske, managing director of the coalition, themorning after Hogan was elected. This might reveal that the coalitionis giving Hogan the benefit of the doubt.Hogan named a former member of the legislature and former

Anne Arundel County executive — Bobby Neall — as an appointmentto his transition team. Neall is a Democrat.Matthew Crenson, a well-known political science professor, noted

to a reporter from Capital News Service that Neall’s appointment is asign that the governor-elect is reaching out across the aisle to create abipartisan team.This announcement might mean Democrats around the state have

one less thing for which to criticize the governor-elect.

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Thank you for remembering ourveterans with your front page feature,“Laurel group seeks out, celebratesWWII’s ‘Rosies,’” by Alice Popovici,Staff Writer, and The Gazette ForumOpinions to “Celebrate veterans everyday.” It was great to open and readThe Gazette front page and forumabout veterans in themidst of thiselection season.Our veteransmade our freedom

possible, and I am so pleased that TheGazette chose to highlight veteransbefore the official Nov. 11 holiday.The Gazette’s remembering “Ros-ies,” about the womenwho servedduringWorldWar II, was a welcomereminder of women’s contributions toour nation. If it weren’t for the Rosies’service, womenwould not be able tostand up and seek political office inthis 21st century, newmillennium.As The Gazette Forum’s call to

“celebrate veterans every day” re-minded us, “it is especially significantin Prince George’s County, hometo the state’s largest population ofveterans.”Who knew that, as the Ga-zette noted, “Of the 435,657 veteransprojected to be living inMaryland thisyear, 61,938 reside in Prince George’s,according to theU.S. Department ofVeterans Affairs.”Thanks too for including the let-

ters to the editor from Lt. Col. DavidDinkelman of Ft. Meade, a 22-yearArmy veteran, and his work with vet-erans about his “Entry-level job with

benefits, strict dress code” and otheropportunities. “Providing service forveterans” letter fromDennis H. Smith,director of the VAMarylandHealthCare System, was informative also.As the proud daughter of a late

U.S. Army, Purple Heartmedal recipi-ent, I agree as The Gazette Forum’sOpinion noted, “Celebrate veteransevery day.”I look forward tomore features

about veterans in The Gazette, es-pecially coverage of the Library of

Congress Veterans History Project, thecongressionalmandate that serves to“preserve and collect veterans stories”for archival history. I look forward toreading The Gazette’s coverage of theupcoming Veterans Concert on theNationalMall.Thank you again, Gazette, for

“celebrating veterans every day” andshedding an important focus on veter-ans’ contributions to our America.

Jacqueline Miller Byrd, Greenbelt

Thank you for coverage of veterans


Wilma Foster of Laurel, who was a riveter for Fairchild Aircraft, working on PT-19 planesduring World War II, shares her story about being a “Rosie the Riveter.”

I want to extendmy sincere thanksto all those that voted to sendme on fora second term in theMarylandHouse ofDelegates. I am grateful and honored byyour support and confidence, and I lookforward to the opportunity to serve thecitizens of District 23A.I am forever grateful to themany

volunteers that helped run our cam-paign. I was blessedwith friends, familyandmanywho justmetme along theway and believed inme.A successful government only works

when the community and elected of-ficials have effective communicationchannels. I promise to listen to yourneeds, issues and concerns, and act onthat information in Annapolis. I appre-ciate the trust you’ve shown inmy abili-ties, and I pledge to domy best in these

challenging economic times to followthroughwith that promise.I will continue to participate in

community events, visit neighborhoodsand place the highest priority onmain-taining good constituent communica-tion. Please do not hesitate to contactmy office when youwould likeme toattend events andmeetings.For those I no longer represent be-

cause of boundary changes, know thatboundaries do not separate us and I amavailable to advocate on issues impor-tant to you and our great county.Withmuch appreciation, it remains

my privilege to represent you.

Geraldine Valentino-Smith (D) ofBowie represents District 23A in theHouse of Delegates.

‘It remains my privilege to represent you’

Some years ago, a brilliant televi-sion advertisement for a well-knownbreakfast food featured two older sib-lings— bothdubious abouttheir mother’schoice ofcereal— at-tempting tofoist her latestselection upontheir littlebrother say-ing, “Give it toMikey! He’lleat anything!”While the

advertisement was clever andmemo-rable as amarketing ploy, the strategyseems to have been adopted nation-wide in formulating job descriptionsfor educators.For all professional educators, the

phrase “other duties as assigned” hasevolved into the bane of their profes-sional lives. No task is too intrusiveon the contractual day, or toomind-

numbinglymenial, to prevent its in-clusion on the long list of mandatoryduties that have nothing to do withimproving the cognition of students.Give to the teachers; they’ll do

anything.The acquisition of a teaching cre-

dential does not require a three-creditcourse in “bus counting” prior tocertification.Nothing in teacher formation

programs prepares teachers for theirfuture in lunchroom crowd-control orsupervision of the hallways.At least those duties do not di-

rectly interfere with teaching time.However, for eight weeks during

the school year, the added task ofproctoring standardized tests (Bench-marks, PSATs, HSAs, PARCC, etc.)interferes with the ability of teachersto deliver coherent instruction.For those not directly involved in

proctoring, the challenge becomeskeeping entire classes “on standard”when a different 30 to 40 percent ofthe class is pulled out for testing for

45 days during the year.Proctoring exams is not teaching.Furthermore, teachers spend

weeks reteaching concepts to chil-dren returning from the testinghiatus. Nomatter how you cut it, thecurrent protocols for standardizedtesting disrupt instructional programsfor everyone.A teacher’s workday should be

mostly devoted to diagnosing theneeds of students, organizing lessons,delivering instruction and evaluatingformative assessments. The inevitablecollision with “other duties” too fre-quently results in a profoundmisuseof teacher expertise.We can ill afford to continue fill-

ing the teacher’s contractual day withextraneous, non-instructional taskswhile pushing to themargins the es-sential planning required to improveacademic outcomes.

Kenneth B. Haines is the presidentof the Prince George’s CountyEducators’ Association.

When do teachers get to teach?

Share your thoughts onPrince George’s topics. Let-ters must include the writer’sname, address and telephonenumber. The phone numberwill not be published; it is forverification purposes only.We reserve the right to editall letters. Letters selectedmay be shortened for spacereasons. Send letters to:Editor, The Gazette, 13501Virginia Manor Road, Laurel,MD 20707. E-mail them [email protected].

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COMMENTARYKENNETH HAINES

OnVeterans Day, wewere taking advantage ofthe generous annual offerof a freemeal for veteransat the Applebee’s in LaPlata. Two very nice ladiessitting in the booth behindusmust have overheard ustalking with a fellowU.S.Navy veteran as he andhis wife were leaving therestaurant. As the ladies

left, they stopped by ourtable, shook our hands andthanked us for our service.Later, as wewere finish-

ing ourmeal and preparingto pay for the drinks we hadordered, the server from thetable behind us informedus that our drinks bill hadbeen paid by the ladieswho had been sitting there.She said they just wanted

to do something nice forveterans.This anonymous

gesture from two perfectstrangersmade us feel veryspecial indeed, andwehope that somehow thoseladies will know howmuchitmeant that they so kindlyrecognized ourmilitaryservice.We’d also like them

to know that we’ll “pay itforward” and do somethingnice for someone else intheir honor.

Sandy and Val Wadsworth,Brandywine

Thewriters are,respectively, a retired U.S.Navy chief warrant officer 3and CWO2.

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Johnathan Avila recorded one ofhis slower times at the Prince George’sCounty cross country championship,but itwasunderstandable. After all, theHigh Point High School senior wasn’tevenwearing running shoes.

Avila, 17, is a three-sport athleteand a soccer player first. On that race,he said he decided to go with comfort,and wear his Adidas F50 soccer cleats.He still managed to place fourth (16minutes, 49 seconds), but it was a sub-

par performance by his standards.A week later, though, the 5-foot-7

speedster put his running spikes backon for the Oct. 30 Class 4A South Re-gion. He captured the individual boystitle (16:23.07) in that race, and at theNov. 8 state championship, he placed29th (17:15.40) to top all runners in thecounty. He accomplished all of this inthe same season that he helped theBeltsville school win a county champi-onship in soccer, andkickingpart-timefor the football team.

“He’s a soccer guy who loves torun,” said Omar Sharief, High Point’s

cross country coach. “… He’s a com-petitor at the end of the day.”

He is TheGazette’s boys Runner ofthe Year in cross country despite beinga part-time racer, because in the fewraces he did compete in he was domi-nant. See the entire team on Page B-2.

Avila, of Beltsville, grew up play-ing soccer, but got into running af-ter winning a community 5K as aneighth-grader. He’s been on and offthe track team ever since. He excelledon the indoor track and field team as afreshman, and then focused on soccermost of his sophomore year. He tried

returning to cross country late last sea-son, only to get disqualified from theregional meet because he hadn’t par-ticipated in prior races, he said.

Avila increased his commit-ment during the ensuing indoor and

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SPORTSSPORTSGAMES GAZETTE.NET IS STAFFINGPosted online by 8 a.m. the following day.

FOOTBALL: DuVal at Roosevelt, 1 p.m. Saturday.

Roosevelt is undefeated, but they didn’t play theTigers this season. DuVal is competing in its secondstraight region championship game.

FOOTBALL: DeMatha vs. G.Counsel, 2 p.m. Saturday.

FOOTBALL: Patuxent at Douglass, 1 p.m. Saturday.

High Point, Bowie runners lead the All-Gazette cross country team. B-2

SurrattsvilleHigh Schoolfootball coachRobert Harris Jr.said he knowswhat a futureNFL player lookslike because hecoached two inNorth Carolinabefore they wentoff to college,former Cleveland BrownMohamadMassaqoi and former Detroit LionKenneth Moore.

“He’s ahead of both of themwhen they were at this point,” Harrissaid.

“He” is senior running backAmaruMajor, who needs 110 yardsrushing on Saturday for back-to-back2,000 yard seasons.

Major and the Hornets (7-4) faceFriendship Academy of Engineeringand Technology (10-0) in the Class 1ANorth Region championship game at1 p.m. Saturday at Baltimore’s Poly-technic Institute.

Major rushed for 2,086 yards in 13games last season, scoring 17 touch-downs. This year, he has 1,890 yardsand 15 scores. Major has good size(recruiting sites list him at 5-foot-11, but I’m 5-11 and was lookingup at him on Saturday so I’d guesseither 6-1 or platform cleats); he’sgot enough speed to break 70-yardrun after 70-yard run; and has greatinstincts.

All that is why I was surprised an-other national signing day came andwent andMajor still hasn’t receivedan official scholarship offer.

“The NCAA has certain require-ments that have to be met, and hehasn’t met them all yet,” Harris said.“But I’m confident he will. He’s al-most there.”

Once Major does, colleges arelining up. Harris says Major’s been inregular contact with Maryland, OldDominion, and others.

“He’s on the radar of a lot ofschools, I just got letters fromMichi-gan and Nebraska,” Harris said.

As good as Major is, he’s notalone. When teams put extra defend-ers in the box to stop the run, theHornets have a passing game to makethem pay. Harris’ son, Robert HarrisIII, has thrown for 1,152 yards and 15touchdowns.

His favorite target is senior TreyLancaster, who has 30 receptions for523 yards and eight scores.

“Trey was on the team last year,but he was just starting to get in-volved in the passing game,” coachHarris said. “This year he’s been a bigpart of our offense.”

A senior-dominated team thatwas tested in one of the toughestleagues in the state and features aplayer with NFL potential ... soundslike it has everything needed to con-tend for the state title, but there’s oneproblem. Because of that difficultleague featuring five playoff teams,Surrattsville is likely playing its statesemifinal in Cumberland, againstdefending state champion Fort Hill,also known as the team that endedSurrattsville’s 2013 season.

The Sentinels (11-0) are loadedagain, play before some of the loud-est fans in Maryland, and that trip tothe mountains of Western Marylanddidn’t get any shorter. If the Hornetsdefeat FAET, and Fort Hill wins its re-gion as expected, that’s where they’regoing.

What do they remember mostabout last year’s game, a 42-0 loss?

“It was cold,” Lancaster said.“It was real cold,” Harris III said.Coach Harris chuckled when I

relayed those comments.“It had actually warmed up on

game day, it had snowed there earlierin the week, but yes, it was cold,” hesaid.

In case it defeats FAET, Surrat-tsville is preparing for another coldnight in Cumberland. They are prac-ticing three nights this week underthe lights at Friendly High Schoolto adjust to both night games andcolder weather, something they don’tsee on Saturday afternoons.

“This year, we know what to ex-pect,” Major said. “I think we’ll beready for it.”

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SPORTS EDITORKEN SAIN

Always on the run

n Girls basketball centersigns with women’s basketball

powerhouse UConn

BY ERIC GOLDWEIN

STAFFWRITER

Charles H. Flowers High SchoolseniorDe’JanaeBoykinwas the centerof attention Friday as she signed herNational Letter of Intent to join thepowerhouse University of Connecti-cut women’s basketball team. Butshe said she didn’t want to make themorning exclusively about her.

Before the ceremony, she invitedher familymembers tonotonlyattendthe signing, but sit beside her whileshe put the ink on paper. The historicmoment was shared by De’Janae, 17,

and six of her closest relatives, who allworeUConngearwhile sitting in frontof her teammates, friends, coachesand administrators at the school’smedia center.

“She loves her family,” said oldersister Janiesha Boykin. “She likes tohave [us] all around. She loves hercoaches, she loves her siblings, Shejust loves everybody. She wanted ev-erybody to be a part of this.”

De’Janae has been the star of theJaguars the past two seasons, fillingup the stat sheets and averaging 21.1points, 15.8 rebounds 7.1 assists, 3blocks and 3.2 steals in 2013-14.

But if not for family, she mayhave never played for the Springdaleschool. De’Janae attended Ernest JustMiddle School (Mitchellville), then

Family brought basketballstar to Flowers program

n Benefits of AAU basketballoutweigh the negative attention

it often receives

BY ADAM GUTEKUNST

STAFFWRITER

Last year, Clinton Christian HighSchool basketball coach Chris Colewalked into a coach’s dream, hesaid. The former New Mexico Statepoint guard was greeted with eighttransfers from high schools aroundthe Washington, D.C. area, includingtalents such as Develle Phillips, whorecently signed his letter of intent toplay at DePaul University, and ByronHawkins, now a freshman at Towson.

Cole had fostered relationshipswith many of the players through hisyears as a trainer for elite level bas-ketball prospects, but still the masstransfer of talent to Upper Marlboroschool caused a bit of a stir on the lo-cal basketball circuit.

People called the Eagles an Ama-teur Athletic Union team in an at-tempt to perpetrate some of thenegative stigmas surrounding theamateur sports organization onto theupstart program. But instead the col-lection of high-level AAU players onCole’s roster served as an embrace ofthe changing times — an example ofan era that now embraces interactionwith the high-powered basketball or-ganizations rather than shying awayfrom it like many of their predeces-sors did, as a number of current highschool coaches said.

“Everyone is going to have AAUkids,” Cole said. “If they’re trying toget the best players, they’re going tohave to get players from [Team] Take-over and {D.C.] Premier.”

It’s no coincidence that some ofthe area’smost successful high school

programs are stacked with playersfrom these elite AAU programs. Onewould be hard pressed to find a var-sity player at a program like DeMathaHigh School, Paul VI or ClintonChris-tian that aren’t affiliated with a pro-gram like D.C. Premier (formerly D.C.Assault) or TeamTakeover.

But coaches haven’t always beenso fondof dealingwithAAUprogramsdue to thenegative attention someor-ganizations have received in the me-dia, some said. In May, D.C. AssaultfounderCurtisMalonewas sentencedto 100 months in federal prison afterhe had pleaded guilty to distributinglarge amounts of cocaine and heroin.In June 2013, a USA TODAY articlerevealed that the AAU coach of then-University of Kansas standout BenMcLemore had taken large sums of

Dispelling the stigma


Flowers High School senior De’Janae Boykin (center) signs a letter of intent Friday to playbasketball for the University of Connecticut next season. She is flanked by her parentsJeff and Sheila Boykin.


High Point High School’s Johnathan Avila played football, soccer and ran cross country in the fall.

Senior playssoccer, kicks forfootball team,earns Runnerof the Year

See BASKETBALL, Page B-2 See AAU, Page B-2

See AVILA, Page B-2

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Potomac High School’s Randall Broddiecompetes against Largo during a gamelast season.

n Tigers quarterbackrushes for nearly

200 yards in playoff win

BY PRINCE J. GRIMESSTAFF WRITER

In an otherwise defensivebattle between the DuVal andWise high school football teamsin Saturday’s Class 4A South Re-gion semifinal playoff game, the“beast” inside of DuVal quarter-back Antoine Brooks Jr. turnedout to be the difference in a 20-14 win for the Tigers.

With less than 2 minutes re-maining in the fourth quarter,and the game tied at 14, Brooksbroke off a 17-yard run up thegut of the Wise defense for whatturned out to be the game-win-ning touchdown.

The play resembled whatBrooks was able to do all day,making it difficult for Wise de-fenders to tackle him — runningdespite defenders grabbing andpulling at him.

“The beast in me,” Brookssaid of whatever it is that keepshis engine running. “It comesout at times [on game day].

“Coach just saw I was run-ning hard, and running prettyhard in the middle. So they keptgoing, feeding me the ball.”

Brooks and a stout defensecarried DuVal to its second con-secutive playoff victory againstWise — this time on the road inUpper Marlboro. Last season,DuVal defeated Wise 14-12 inLanham.

Outside of what Brooks wasable to do, the Wise defensewasn’t bad either, but offen-sively, the Pumas struggled.

Wise didn’t get a first downuntil its fifth and final posses-sion of the first half.

The Pumas were only ableto keep the game close with a‘bend-but-don’t-break’ defense.They allowed yards, but DuValonly scored in the first half on a38-yard run up the right sidelineby Brooks. At halftime, DuValled 7-0. In the second half, Wisewas able to steal the momen-tum thanks to a 90-yard kickoffreturn for a touchdown by MylesWolfolk. The two-point conver-sion gave Wise an 8-7 lead.

A lost fumble by Brookson DuVal’s first play followingthe touchdown afforded theWise offense field possessionon DuVal’s 26, and the Pumascapitalized in three plays ona 2-yard touchdown run byQuincy Crawford. Less than twominutes into the second-half, a14-point swing saw Wise take a14-7 lead.

In the fourth quarter, fol-lowing a shanked punt by Wisedeep in its own territory, DuValgained possession on the Wise

24. Brooks broke off a 14-yardrun and a couple plays laterJimmy Williams scored on a7-yard run to tie the game at 14.

Two possessions later,Brooks scored the game-winner,bringing his rushing total to 188yards — a total that would’vebeen more if not for a couple ofsacks on pass attempts.

“[DuVal] did a tremendousjob,” Wise coach DaLawn Par-rish said. “[Brooks], I thoughtwas the best player in the leaguebefore the game, and he didnothing but prove it again. He’sa beast.”

“Best player in the stateof Maryland,” DuVal coachDameon Powell said of his quar-terback. “That’s in my eyes. Buthey, when you run around likethat, through a big ol’ defenselike that, that can hit and knockyour heads off, you got to give[Brooks] some credit.”

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Alyson AllenRooseveltSophomore

Posted coun-ty’s fourth-besttime, returnedfrom injury toplace eighth atregion.

Alexis BaynesFlowersSenior

Region winnerfinished in top5 of six out ofseven racesheading intostates.

Cayla ColemanLargoSenior

Her third-placetime at countychampionship(21:03.70) wascounty’s sixth-fastest.

Anne DickersonRooseveltSenior

Consistentperformeranchored Raid-ers; owner ofcounty’s third-fastest time.

Gabrielle GlascoWiseJunior

Did best inpostseasonwith top 10finishes at bothcounty and re-gion meets.

Obichi OnwukweParkdaleSenior

Finished inthe top five ofall her raceswithin county,fourth at regionmeet.

Andrew ZanghiEleanor Roosevelt

Built the girls teamup to its best seasonin recent history withfirst county title inat least four years.Raiders also won re-gion meet and were

county’s top performer at states.

Adel AkaluOxon HillJunior

Had county’sfourth-fastesttime, he fin-ished third atboth countyand region.

Estifanos AsfawNorthwesternSophomore

Posted coun-ty’s fastest time(16:21.4) enroute to countytitle; second atregion meet.

Edward BelsoiRooseveltSophomore

Finished sec-ond and fourthat county andregion meet,respectively;top 50 at states.

Derse FeyssaParkdaleSophomore

Top 5 per-former atcounty, regionmeets, postedcounty’s sixth-fastest time.

Joe GrahamDeMathaSenior

Posted threetop 10 finishes,including winat Don Stoner;top 20 atWCAC meet.

Andrew SheppardBowieJunior

Finished sev-enth at coun-ties, ninth atregionals andowns top 5time (16:52.0).

Kenneth WashingtonNorthwestern

Wildcats graduate isinvested in growingthis boys program;team jumped fromoutside the top 10 atcounties a year agoto No. 6 and quali-fied for states with top 5 showing atregion meet.

Cross Country

Second teams

First Teams

RUNNERS OF THE YEAR COACHES OF THE YEAR

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All gamesPr. George’s Co.

KenSain283-64134-22

Prince J.Grimes277-70133-23

KentZakour277-70125-31

EricGoldwein276-71129-27

JenniferBeekman272-75132-24

AdamGutekunst271-76118-38

The Gazette sports staff picks the winners of this week’s football games involving Prince George’sCounty teams. All games includes picksmade inMontgomery County.

This week’s schedule Ken Prince Kent Eric Jen Adam

Potomac at Thomas Stone T. Stone Potomac Potomac Potomac T. Stone T. StoneDuVal at Eleanor Roosevelt DuVal Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt RooseveltPatuxent at Douglass Douglass Douglass Douglass Douglass Douglass DouglassSurrattsville vs. FAET S’ville S’ville S’ville S’ville FAET S’villeGood Counsel vs. DeMatha G. Counsel G. Counsel G. Counsel G. Counsel G. Counsel DeMathaNorthwest at Quince Orchard QO Northwest QO Northwest Northwest QOPaint Branch at Howard Howard P. Branch Howard P. Branch Howard HowardLinganore at Damascus Damascus Damascus Damascus Damascus Damascus Linganore

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Johnathan AvilaHigh Point, senior

Also a member of school’ssoccer team, Avila followedup 4A South Region finalwin with top 30 finish atstate championship, bestfinish by a county runner.

BoysBrandon Betts, Riverdale Baptist, freshman; MenelikEldridge, Bowie, junior; Anthony Glasgow, FairmontHeights, junior; Hylton Irons, Roosevelt, junior; JabrielJackson, Wise, junior; Chris Jeletic, DeMatha, senior;Markese Miller, Bowie, senior.

Ashley ModesteBowie, senior

Boasted county’s fastesttime; won counties, fin-ished second at regionalsdespite being sick and washighest female county fin-isher at states (49th).

GirlsDarien Colson-Fearon, Roosevelt, senior; MaryCommins, Roosevelt, senior; Felicia Haidara, Bowie,junior; Jackie Jones, Flowers, senior; Nichole Magana,Bladensburg, senior; Michelle Njigna Njiguent, Cen-tral, junior; Taylor Williams, Bowie, junior.

KEEPING IT BRIEFRoosevelt girls basketball senior

signs with Division I schoolTolu Omokore wasn’t always an athlete. In middle

school, she was more into designing dresses thanplaying sports. But since she was tall, and she couldjump, her grandmother, Mary Woodward, suggestedthat she try out for the Greenbelt Middle School bas-ketball team.

Omokore showed up to her first practice insweatpants, low-top sneakers, and ankle socks. Butwhile she didn’t dress like a basketball player, sheplayed like one. After that, she started wearing revers-ible shorts, instead of pants, and soon earned thenickname “roadrunner” because of her speed andrebounding.

“People were like, ‘the way you jump and get allthe rebounds. You can actually go far,’” Omokoresaid.

Five years after picking up the sport, the Elea-nor Roosevelt High School senior has done exactlythat. Omokore has become one of the top players inMaryland, using her size and athleticism to dominate

the glass. The 6-foot forward’s rebounding prowesshelped the Raiders win last season’s Class 4A statechampionship, and more recently, awarded her aspot on the University of Central Florida women’sbasketball team.

“I’m not really surprised because she’s somebodywhen she goes out to do anything, she puts everythinginto it, to make sure it’s the best,” Woodward said.

— ERIC GOLDWEIN

Bowie runner signs with IndianaBowie High School middle distance runner Tay-

lor Williams signed her letter of intent on Nov. 12 torun indoor and outdoor track on full scholarship forIndiana University in 2015-16, Bulldogs coach RichAndrulonis confirmed. Williams, who owns Bowie’sall-time records in the 500-meter run (indoor track)and 400-meter dash (outdoor) and should be amongthe state’s best this winter and spring, was also onpace to contend for county and region titles this crosscountry postseason before a concussion sidelined herfor three weeks.

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

money from a middle man to tryand steer the Jayhawks star ina particular post-college direc-tion.

Even on a much more localscale, there has been an auraof negativity surrounding theAmateur Athletic Union, as aNov. 14 tweet by the CapitolChristian Academy account (@CCAWARRIOR) claimed thatD.C. Thunder, a local AAU orga-nization, attempted to “pawn”two of their players to BishopO’Connell (Arlington, Va.) in ex-change for a shoe deal.

Old school coaches haveshied away from the AAU circuit,not wanting to get entangled inthe politics and the sponsor al-legiances that often rear theirheads during recruiting. Long-time University of Maryland,College Park basketball coachhad a well-known problematicrelationship with many of thearea’s premier amateur basket-ball organizations.

But, as Cole and other

coaches were quick to point out,the negativity people so oftenassociate with AAU basketballshould not overshadow thegood that these organizationsoften foster.

“Any type of thing that goeson, there’s going to be some-thing that goes wrong,” Colesaid. “There just is. There will bepeople who take advantage ofthe system.

“But if you look at the good, Ithink the good that AAU basket-ball does outweighs any of thebad, no matter how bad it mightbe. I think it affords kids to go tocollege and that’s what it’s reallyall about.”

While schools such as Clin-ton Christian and the Washing-ton Catholic Athletic Conferencepowers have the advantage ofplaying a national schedule thatoffers more exposure, AAU al-lows some of the standout play-ers that choose to stay in publicschool the same opportunity toshowcase their talents at a highlevel for the sake of recruiting.Last season, Potomac standoutDion Wiley signed to play withMaryland, where he is now a

freshman. In October, Wiley’sformer Potomac teammate,Randall Broddie, gave a verbalcommitment to play at the Uni-versity of Memphis.

Laurel High basketballcoach and Athletic Director Tor-rance Oxendine has served as acoach with the Team Takeoverprogram for six seasons, andwas quick to praise the benefitsAAU has to offer.

“In recent years, people haveonly looked at the negative con-notations for AAU,” Oxendinesaid. “But it also gives kids theopportunity to play basketball,[it] keeps them in a safe envi-ronment and it helps a lot of kidswho otherwise might not havegotten the exposure to collegecoaches or college programs.”

“Our goal in this generationis to get degrees, not only highschool diplomas,” Cole said.“When you look at AAU basket-ball and you count how manykids have gotten full athleticscholarships, I think it’s been apretty good job.”

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began high school at St. John’sCollege High (D.C.) and trans-ferred to Riverdale Baptist andplayed under coach Diane Rich-ardson for her freshman season.

De’Janae said she trans-ferred to Flowers in part to helpher younger brother Joshua(now a junior at Flowers), whois visually impaired, transitionfrom middle school to highschool. The move also coin-cided with Richardson leavingthe Upper Marlboro school foran assistant coaching positionat George Washington Univer-sity in June 2012.

De’Janae (6-foot-3) has thesize of a center, the speed of aguard, and a skill-set that hasmade her one of the best young

athletes in Prince George’sCounty. The height comes fromher father, Jeff Boykin (6-4), whoplayed basketball at McKinleyTech in Washington, D.C.

“I see some things that shedoes and it reminds me of thestuff that I did,” Jeff said. “Andshe never saw me do it. So it’skind of strange.”

Janiesha, 27, said she knewright away that college bas-ketball was in her little sister’sfuture long before she startedracking up Team USA goldmedals and gaining national at-tention.

“She was always a teamplayer. She always wanted to gether team involved, but when-ever it was time for them toscore, time for them to win, theywould always look at her,” Ja-niesha said. “Even at eight yearsold, they would always look at

her to put the team over thathump.”

De’Janae said she is excitedto play for coach Geno Au-riemma at a school that’s wonnine NCAA Division I titles. Butfor now, she’s looking forwardto her final season with Flow-ers under coach Patrice Frazier-Watson. It could be the lastopportunity — for a few yearsat least — for the Boykins fam-ily to watch De’Janae play, with-out making the six-hour drive toStorrs.

“It just means a lot to knowthat they’re there all the time,”De’Janae said. “I’ll look in thestands, they’re there, if I’mdown, they’re always picking meup. So, it’s great to have them.”

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outdoor track and field seasonsin his junior year. This fall, heand Sharief set up a plan thatwould allow him to continue onwith the soccer team, while par-ticipating in several meets, andkicking footballs on the week-ends. Competing in three sportsmade for a busy schedule, butAvila carved out time for eachof the activities, while complet-ing his school work during lunchand study halls, he said.

“I don’t really like stayinghome and being lazy,” he said.

Avila, the oldest of four, hasbeen that way since he was a lit-tle kid, according to his mother,Elisa Avila.

“He was always asking,mom, can I go outside?” shesaid.

“He’s very active, which isgood, and he always wants to beNo. 1 in everything.”

Nicknamed “Squirrel” by histrack and field teammates — “hecan run for a long time and it’shard to catch him,” captain ToyeBarnard said — Avila said he is

hoping he can parlay his speedinto a college scholarship.

With the fall season com-plete, he won’t have to worryabout any sports besides track.But while he’s done with thesoccer team, don’t be so surehe’s done with his soccer foot-wear.

“To this day I still don’t likewearing my spikes. I just wearthem because my coach tells meto,” Avila said. “… Every once ina while, I sneak in my indoorsoccer shoes.”

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n D.C.-area musicianto unveil new music

in Greenbelt

BY IMAN SMITHSPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE

After graduating AmericanUniversity in 1984, singer-song-writer Billy Coulter took a breakfrom themicrophone.“I hadacouplebandsduring

that time, but after I graduated,I gave up playing,” Coulter said.“I just did casual musical en-deavours and then around 2000,some things changed inmy life.”With help from Steve

Thoma, a longtime musicianwho has collaborated withbands such as Fleetwood Mac,Coulter released his first self-ti-tled, 12-track album in 2003, anendeavour he didn’t think pos-sible without such support.“One of the most remark-

able things, when I look back, isthe power of encouragement,”Coulter said. “To have some-one take a listen to somethingthat you poured your heart andsoul into and say ‘Why don’tyou come out to California?’ —he really believed in me. Hav-ing someone with his resumeencouraged me and I had thedesire and will to put a band to-gether.”

Coulter said his upcomingshow on Saturday at New DealCafe in Greenbelt will presenta mix of familiar rock classicsalong with original material,including the debut of his newsong titled, “Never Better.”“We decided for this show

to start out with a full band firstset and by the timewe get to thethird set, we are going to dust offsome songs we’ve rarely playedin public,” he said. “That’s oneof the joys of playing at NewDeal Cafe — it’s a very familialatmosphere. It’s this shared ex-perience and sometimes it’s like‘Wow, I wish this didn’t have to

Roots rock with a twistPHOTO PROVIDED BY MIKE FOSTER

The Billy Coulter Band is set to play at New Deal Cafe on Saturday.

n Duo to perform musicfrom their new album

BY KIRSTY GROFFSTAFFWRITER

Combine punk, gypsy jazz, indierock and world music, and you stillwon’t come close to describing thesound of musical duo Frenchy and thePunk.For nearly a decade, Samantha

Stephenson and Scott Helland havebrought their eclectic sound across thecountry to festivals, conventions, bars,and cafes. They’ll return to GreenbeltFriday for a show at New Deal Café insupport of their new album, “BonjourBatfrog.”Frenchy and the Punk bring dozens

of musical influences to the table, fromHüskerDüandTheRamones toDjangoReinhardt and Motörhead, which canmake their sound hard to pin down.“Our music is so accessible to so

many different types of people,” Ste-phenson said, “which is great and reallydifficult at the same time.We’remixingso many styles, it’s hard to categorizeus.”Though they met in 1998 at of-

fice doing temp work, they didn’t start

performing together for seven years.Helland performed with punk bandsDeep Wound and Outpatients — thus,“Punk”— and released seven solo CDsprior to forming Frenchy and the Punkwith Stephenson, whose backgroundis in dance. His hardcore side shinesthrough his acoustic-electric guitarplaying with a full, heavy strum thatadds weight and grit to their songs.Stephenson was born in France —

thus, “Frenchy”— but grew up in Eng-land,where she tookballet andmodernjazz, continuingwhen shemoved to theU.S. The physicality of her arts back-groundcombinedwith a love for drum-ming influences her side of the musicequation, providing the lyrics and per-cussion for their songs.Theculminationof Stephensonand

Helland’s musical influences stood out

to one promoter they worked with asbefitting the steampunk culture. Themovement reimagines a 19th-centuryfeel for the modern world, and as faras music often blends current musicaltrends with a lean toward the Victorianera.“We didn’t actually go toward ste-

ampunk — steampunk embraced us,”she said. “I think it’s because we havesort of a vintage sound, it’smodernwithan eclectic vibe.”The band has appeared at steam-

punk gatherings, as well as other con-ventions and musical festivals — butthey also perform at smaller venuessuch as bars and cafés around thecountry, to includeNewDeal.“I love to tour and perform live,”

Helland said. “For me, it’s why I do it.Recording and writing songs is great,too, but touring is such a fun experi-ence— I hate to saymystical, but it sortof is.”Because their sound is soversatile, it

works for a variety of different settings.That approach is seen in their music it-self, which has evolved throughout theyears to fit different influences or ideasfrom the duo.“Thiswhole project from thebegin-

ning has been very organic,” Stephen-son said, “it’s really just going with theflow.”After nearly 10 years writing to-

gether, producing four albums and anEP along the way, they have a solid cre-ative relationship that influences theirwork from all angles. The two designedtheir most recent cover art together,and Stephensonhas even said there aretimes where she will hear one of Hel-land’s guitar riffs and begin to visualize

Batfrogs,a punk and a girl from France

PHOTO BY FRANK SICILIANO

Frenchy and the Punk, made up of Samantha Stephenson and Scott Helland, bring theirimpossible-to-categorize sound to New Deal CafÈ on Nov. 21.

FRENCHY AND THE PUNKn When: 8 p.m. Friday

n Where: New Deal Cafe, 113Centerway, Greenbelt

n Tickets: Free admission

n More information: newdealcafe.com;301-474-5642

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end.’”The Billy Coulter Band, a

group based out of Washing-ton, D.C., has made a name foritself since its inception. Withan Americana and pop sound,Coulter’s music has attractedattention from The WashingtonArea Music Awards, otherwiseknown as “The Wammies,” hissongs generating more than 30Wammie nominations since2004.

In 2008, his 10-track album“Dose” won Album of the Yearand two of the record’s trackstitled “Party of One” and “Con-science”have receivedhonorary

songwriting recognition fromthe Billboard and Mid-AtlanticSong Contests.

For Coulter, who works 40hours aweek, never forgetting towalk his 11-year-old Lab “SweetPea” at the day’s end, makingtime for rehearsals can be dif-ficult.

However, his bandmates,

ArchAlcantara onbass, JohnPe-novich on lead guitar and DougTull on drums, never let themu-sic stop.

“I’m blessed with great mu-sicians in my band,” he said.“They can be relied upon, withvery little rehearsal, to go outand play well every single time.These guys, they’re just topnotch. We don’t need a lot ofpreparation.”

Sowhere doesCoulter’s lyri-cism stem from?

“My two favorite songwrit-ers were John Lennon and IanHunter — they were both reallygenuine and sincerewriters,” hesaid. “Both of thempoint to BobDylan as their inspiration for alot of themusic I grew up listen-ing to. I never really cared for hisvoice but I do admire theway hecan turn a phrase. You listen tohis lyrics and they aredownrightpoetic.”

And when it comes to writ-

ing music, it’s about an inter-nal feeling and gravitation, thathelps Coulter compose, he said.

“You know how the Ouijagameworks? That’s howmyfin-gers gravitate toward the songsthatwant to bewritten,” he said.“Imaywant towrite a particularcomposition, but every time Ipick up a guitar, something elsewants to be played. The songsthat want to be written, makethemselves known.”

Presenting truth within hislyrics is also an important aspectof his craft, Coulter said.

“More than anything else,what I’ve tried to do is be an ear-nest songwriter,” he said, “andwrite from my heart. I’m notafraid to get personal in my lyr-ics and for a lot of these songs,there’s a story behind it. Thereare some significant tales to betold to engage the listener in away that they are going to hearthat story unfold in a song.”

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THEATER & STAGEBowie Community Theatre, “Flyin’West,”

April 10-April 25, call for prices, times, BowiePlayhouse, 16500WhiteMarsh ParkDrive,Bowie, 301-805-0219, bctheatre.com.

The Clarice, BachCantata Series, 1:30 p.m.Nov. 20;MarylandOpera Studio: Cosi fan tutte,7:30 p.m.Nov. 21; Faustin Linyekula: Look Back,Dance Forward, 8 p.m.Nov. 21; UMDWind En-semble: Fanfare, Fugue, Fiestas, 8 p.m.Nov. 21;Choreographers’ Showcase Auditions, 10 a.m.Nov. 22; Tone of Silence, 3 and 7:30 p.m.Nov.22; Panaibra Gabriel Canda: Look Back, DanceForward, 8 p.m.Nov. 22; Calder Quartet, 8 p.m.Nov. 22; Choreographers’ Showcase Auditions,10 a.m.Nov. 23; Tone of Silence, 3 p.m.Nov. 23;MarylandOpera Studio: Cosi fan tutte, 3 p.m.;How all women act? #yesallwomen, 6:30 p.m.Nov. 24;MarylandOpera Studio: Cosi fan tutte,7:30 p.m.Nov. 24;MarylandOpera Studio: Cosifan tutte, 7:30 p.m.Nov. 25; University ofMary-land, College Park, theclarice.umd.edu.

Hard Bargain Players, Theater in theWoods,2001 Bryan Point Road, Accokeek, 240-766-8830, hbplayers.org.

Harmony Hall Regional Center, Kid’s DayOut-Christmaswith Santa, Dec. 10; Blue Sky 5,Jan. 10; 10701 Livingston Road, FortWashing-ton, 301-203-6070, arts.pgparks.com.

Greenbelt Arts Center, “Death byDesign,”throughNov. 23, call for prices, times, GreenbeltArts Center, 123 Centerway, Greenbelt, 301-441-8770, greenbeltartscenter.org.

Joe’s Movement Emporium, Windows to theSoul, Nov. 22 and 23, 3309 BunkerHill Road,Mount Rainier, 301-699-1819, joesmovement.org.

Laurel Mill Playhouse, “Death Takes aHoli-day,” throughNov. 23, call for ticket prices,times, LaurelMill Playhouse, 508Main St., Lau-rel, 301-452-2557, laurelmillplayhouse.org.

Prince George’s Little Theatre, “A Shot in theDark,” Jan. 9-24, 2015, call for tickets and showtimes, Bowie Playhouse, 16500WhiteMarshParkDrive, Bowie, 301-937-7458, pglt.org.

NASA’S Music And Drama club (MAD),“Fanny” by S.N. Behrman and Joshua Logan,throughNov. 22, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays,3 p.m. Sundays at the Charis Center for the Arts,13010 8th St., Bowie. $20. For ticket sales andadditional information, call 240-475-8800 orvisitmadtheater.org.

Publick Playhouse, MidweekMatinee:Wethe People, 10:15 a.m. and noonNov. 21; 5445Landover Road, Cheverly, 301-277-1710, arts.pgparks.com.

2nd Star Productions, “Twelve AngryMen,”Dec. 5 through 30, Bowie Playhouse, 16500WhiteMarsh ParkDrive, Bowie, call for prices,times, 410-757-5700, 301-832-4819, 2ndstarpro-ductions.com.

Tantallon Community Players, “AUSOChristmas,” Dec. 6 through 14, HarmonyHallRegional Center, 10701 Livingston Road, FortWashington, 301-262-5201, tantallonstage.com.

Venus Theatre, “Virus AttacksHeart,”throughNov. 30, 21 C Street, Laurel. venusthe-atre.org.

NIGHTLIFENew Deal Café, Mid-DayMelodies with

AmyCKraft, Nov. 20; SAWOpenMic, Nov. 20;JohnGuernsey, Nov. 21; Frenchy and the Punk,Nov. 21; Jazz Jamw/GregMeyer, Nov. 22; JohnGuernsey, Nov. 22; Billy Coulter Band, Nov.22; Deaf Brunch, Nov. 23; LuLu’s Fate, Nov. 23;DragonSong, Nov. 25; CajunMusic Jam,Nov.26; 113 Centerway Road, 301-474-5642, newd-ealcafe.com.

Old Bowie Town Grill, WednesdayNightClassic Jam, 8 p.m. everyWednesday, sign-upsstart at 7:30 p.m., 8604 Chestnut Ave., Bowie,301-464-8800, oldbowietowngrille.com.

DANCINGBallroom dance and lesson, with instructor

DaveMalek at 7 p.m. every Thursday. A begin-ner’s lesson precedes the dance, which startsat 8 p.m. Cost is $10. The dance is located atthe Knights of ColumbusHall, 6111 Colum-bianWay, Bowie. Formore information, [email protected] call 410-370-8438.

OUTDOORSDinosaur Park, Dinosaur Park programs,

noon to 4 p.m. first and third Saturdays, joinpaleontologists and volunteers in interpretingfossil deposits, 13200 blockMid-Atlantic Blvd.,Laurel, 301-627-7755.

Mount Rainier Nature Center, Toddler Time:hands-on treasures, crafts, stories and soft play,11 a.m. to noon Thursdays, ages 5 and youngerfree, 4701 31st Place,Mount Rainier, 301-927-2163.

Prince George’s Audubon Society, BirdWalks, 7:30 a.m. first Saturdays, FranUhler Nat-ural Area,meets at end of LemonBridge Road,north of Bowie StateUniversity, option to birdnearbyWB&ATrail afterward; 7:30 a.m. thirdSaturdays, Governor BridgeNatural Area, Gov-ernor Bridge Road, Bowie,meet in parking lot;formigrating and resident woodland and fieldbirds, andwaterfowl. For beginners and experts.Waterproof footwear and binoculars suggested.Free. 410-765-6482.

ET CETERACollege Park Aviation Museum, Peter Pan

Club, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. second and fourthThursdays of everymonth, activities for pre-schoolers, $4, $3 seniors, $2 ages 2 to 18, 1985Cpl. Frank Scott Drive, College Park, 301-864-6029, collegeparkaviationmuseum.com.

Women’s Chamber Choir Auditions, by ap-pointment for the concert season of women’schamber choir Voix de Femmes, 7:45 to 9:30p.m. Thursdays, 402 Compton Ave., Laurel, 301-520-8921, [email protected].

IN THE ARTS

For two nights at TheClarice in College Park—8p.m. on Friday and Saturday— the Kogod Theatrewillfeature “Look Back, DanceForward: Tales ofHome,”with Faustin Linyekula,from theDemocratic Re-public of Congo, on Fri-day, and PanaibraGabrielCanda, ofMozambique, onSaturday.

Both artists grapplewith complex histories oftheir countries through thefiltered experiences and re-

lationshipswith their fathersand their own experiencesof dislocation.

Linyekula’s “Le Cargo,”tells of his return home tosearch for lost things and thedance, people andmusic hereclaims in the process.

Canda is the founder ofMozambique’s first contem-porary dance company.

Tickets for the showsare $25, $10 for students.Formore information, visittheclarice.umd.edu or call301-405-2787.

Tales of Home

PHOTO BY AGATHE POUPENEY

Faustin Linyekula is set to perform as part of the Look Back, Dance For-ward: Tales from Home series at The Clarice.

The Venus Theatre inLaurel is currently in themiddle of its 50th produc-tion, “Virus Attacks Heart.”

Written by award-win-ning Australian playwrightShannonMurdoch, “VirusAttacks Heart” followsBeatrice, who is trying fora less crazy life, and Jamie,who has just stepped off atrain in a new city. A spilleddrink in a nightclub leadsto an odyssey of connec-tion, confession, heartache,

and transcendence for thetwo strangers who come torealize just howmuch theyneed each other.

“Virus Attacks Heart,”wraps up a phenomenalseasonwhich saw new andgroundbreaking shows per-formed in the small formerChinese restaurant on CStreet.

Tickets for the show are$20. Formore information,visit venustheatre.org orcall 202-236-4078.

Love is the cure

ADAM S. LOWE PHOTOGRAPHY

“Virus Attacks Heart,” which is the Venus Theatre’s 50th staged produc-tion, is currently running through the end of November in Laurel.

BILLY COULTER BANDn When: 8 p.m. Saturday

n Where: New Deal Cafe,113 Centerway, Greenbelt

n Tickets: Free admission

n More information:newdealcafe.com;301-474-5642

the lyrics attached.“We have a really good rela-

tionship writing-wise,” he said.“I’ve been with so many differ-ent bands, it’s just great to findaperson you really connectwithand respect their creativity. It’slike the ultimate thing you wantas amusician.”

Taken from the DIY aspectof the punk movement, Hel-land and Stephenson do muchof their tour work themselves,from publicity to booking. Theirlogo, the “batfrog” referencedin their latest album title, com-bines her love of bats with hislove for frogs, and Stephenson

will even create bat finger pup-pets for their merchandise tablethat “have a fan club of theirown” among audiences.

The group’s aesthetic is ap-pealing to fans of many genreswithout sounding generic.Stephenson hopes that bandssimilar to Frenchy and the Punkcontinue to gain attention andturn everything people expectaboutmusic upside down.

“The mainstream thing canbe so robotic,” she said, “sohopefully people can get outand really explore bands thatare doing something different,and that will have a ripple effecton society in general.”

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We offer a competitive compensation and comprehensive benefitspackage including medical, dental, 401(k) and tuitionreimbursement. EOE.

AUTO VEHICLE PREPAcademy Ford in Laurel has an opening for a FTemployee to work in our vehicle prepdepartment. Seeking a dependable person w/agood work history & a clean driving record. Youwill "clean and sparkle" our inventory of usedcars to a "new, showroom finish" . You willperform a variety of other duties as needed.Competitive pay & a great benefits packageincluding paid vacations and paid holidays.Health/dental coverage offered after 60 days ofemployment. 401K w/a company match! Weare a drug free work place. A clean drivingrecord and acceptable background check arerequired. If interested please contact MalcolmYoung at: [email protected] please contact Scott Richmond at:[email protected] forconsideration.

Scale House AttendantSeeking a FT scale house attendant for a localrecycling facility. Must be able to work in a fastpaced environment and be able to workindependently. Working knowledge of MD/DCarea, excellent customer service skills, goodcomputer skills and ability to multi-task is key tothis position. Previous scale house experience isrequired. Send your resume with salaryrequirements to [email protected] or fax to410-795-9546.

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Part-time Warehouse LoaderThe Gazette has an opening for a part-time Warehouse Loader towork between the Gaithersburg and Laurel offices. Position consistsof numerous tasks such as: loading vehicles, working with pallet jacksand overseeing all distribution in the warehouse. Must be flexible andable to work 20 hours per week. Some weeks consist of workingbetween Montgomery and Prince George’s County locations. Youmust have transportation to get to warehouse in both areas. Emailresume to: [email protected]. No phone calls. EOE

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2010 Routan SE...#VLP0102, Brown, 30,797 Miles...........................$17,9912013 Dodge Charger SE...#VP0100, Black, 34,164 Miles................$17,9912012 Mini Cooper S...#V034678A, Red, 33,011 Miles...............$18,3512011 Golf...#VPR0098, Black, 7,392 Miles.........................................$18,9912014 Passat Wolfsburg...#VPR0097, Silver, 8,459 Miles..................$19,3612009 Jeep Wrangler Unltd...#V000346A, Red, 73,973 Miles....$19,4842012 Jetta Sportwagen CPO...#V625092A, White, 40,267 Miles....$20,9922013 Passat SEL...#V017623A, Black, 53,252 Miles........................$21,9912012 Touareg TDI Sport...#V014506A, Blue, 38,962 Miles..............$36,995

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2012 Nissan Rogue SV SUV

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2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe

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2012 Ford Fusion

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2011 Nissan Murano SL$20,977#E0369A, Automatic,

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$12,995

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$15,995

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$18,995

2012 Nissan Altima

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$15,995

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2011 Mini Cooper CountryMan S............... $20,995#526051A, Auto, 29K Miles, 1-Owner, True Blue

2012 Volvo S60 T5................................................................. $21,950#P9097, Auto, Ice White, Volvo Certified, 1-Owner, Moonroof

2012 Volvo S60 T5 Sedan......................................... $25,950#P9158, Volvo Certified, 1-Owner, 9K Miles, Flamenco Red

2013 Toyota Corolla

2010 Jeep Compass......................................................... $12,995#460053C, 2.4L Engine, Sport SUV, Auto, Bright Silver

2007 Acura TL.............................................................................. $15,495#G0040, Auto, 3.2L V6 Engine, Sedan

2008 Volvo C70 Coupe.................................................. $16,995#N0552, Auto, Black, 1-Owner, 2.5L Turbo Engine

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$21,590

2 AVAILABLE: #472632, 472790NEW 2014.5 CAMRY SE

AUTO,4 CYL., 4 DR

$18,690

4 DR., AUTO, 6 CYL.

NEW 2014 AVALON XLS2 AVAILABLE: #478067, 478074

$25,990

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tier one approval through NMAC. Prices and payments valid only at listed VINS. See dealer for details. Offer expires 11/24/2014.

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2015 NISSANVERSA S+ CVT

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MODEL #11125

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OR

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$12,995w/automatictransmission

MODEL #11515



OR

2014 NISSANSENTRA SV

MSRP: $18,920Sale Price: $15,495

Nissan Rebate: $1,000NMAC Bonus Cash: $500

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$13,495w/bluetooth

MODEL #12114$0 DOWN


OR

2015 NISSANALTIMA 2.5 S


Nissan Rebate: $1,250NMAC Bonus Cash: $1,000

Nissan Holiday Bonus Cash: $500

$16,495

MODEL #13115



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2014 NISSANROGUE SELECT AWD MSRP: $23,040

Sale Price: $19,495NMAC Bonus Cash: $500

$18,995w/bluetooth

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2014 NISSANMURANO S


Nissan Rebate: $3,500Nissan November Bonus Rebate: $500


$22,995

MODEL #23214



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Nissan Rebate: -$500

$11,995

2014 NISSANPATHFINDER 4X4 S MSRP: $32,040

Sale Price: $25,995Nissan Rebate: $500


$24,995

MODEL #25014



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2014 NISSANMAXIMA 3.5 SV


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$25,495w/leather,

heated seats,moonroof

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