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TOP RANKINGS County leads state for recycling, diverting waste. A-4 Gazette-Star DAILY UPDATES AT GAZETTE.NET Thursday, March 5, 2015 SPORTS: Crossland’s girls basketball team sees only a bright future ahead. B-1 25 cents Automotive B-7 Calendar A-2 Classified B-6 Entertainment B-3 Opinion A-7 Sports B-1 Please RECYCLE Volume 18, No. 6, Two sections, 16 Pages Copyright © 2015 The Gazette SEE HOME IMPROVEMENT SERVICES INSIDE ADVERTISING INSIDE A SECTION WINTERIZE YOUR WINTERIZE YOUR HOME HOME INDEX SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY NEWS: Upper Marlboro woman twists art out of balloon business. A-3 n Bowie officials say excess signage on Collington Road confusing for drivers BY EMILIE SHAUGHNESSY STAFF WRITER “Sign, sign everywhere a sign” weren’t lyrics penned about Collington Road in Bowie, but ac- cording to City Councilman Dennis Brady (At- Large), they could have been. There are 32 road signs on Collington between Benjamin Tasker Middle School and the offramp for U.S. 50 and Brady says the deluge of directions can be overwhelming and confusing for motorists. “It’s been an issue for a while,” Brady said. “Last summer I had a couple constituents point out that some of the signs they put in face each other. You almost can’t see the school for all the signs” A new speed camera and speed camera sign were added in January, but are not located next to a speed limit sign of 40 mph, which Brady fears could lend justification to the idea that speed cameras are installed as revenue generators and not for safety reasons. “It took me four trips through that intersection to finally find the sign that says ‘photo enforced’,” Brady said. “It really is hidden unfortunately and it definitely is not on the sign that has the speed limit and that’s the most appropriate place.” Brady asked Bowie Police Chief John Nesky and City Manager David Deutsch to explore options for simplifying signage on Collington near Tasker. Motorists: Signs point to trouble EMILIE SHAUGHNESSY/THE GAZETTE There are 30 road signs in near the intersections by Benjamin Tasker Middle School in Bowie. n Green group plans to grow produce for the hungry BY EMILIE SHAUGHNESSY STAFF WRITER A group of Bowie middle schoolers have spent the winter months designing a school vegeta- ble garden and hope to share the fruits of their labor with residents in need later this year. Around a dozen students from Samuel Ogle Middle school are par- ticipating in an organic garden proj- ect and have been involved in every aspect — from design to project management to marketing for the ribbon cutting ceremony on March 31 — said Susie Foushee, an Ogle parent who received a $350 City of Bowie grant for the project. “They plan to not only take their harvest and donate it to the local food bank, but they plan on taking a power point presentation [about the project] on the road to schools in Bowie to try to encourage them to do the same,” Foushee said. “They are inviting everyone from Michelle Obama to the new governor to the ribbon cutting ceremony.” Foushee received a $1,000 grant to lead a garden project at Yorktown Elementary in 2012, and now, with around a third of that budget, she is cutting costs by repurposing ship- ping pallets as garden beds, she said. “We spent [the money] on pal- lets and plants and decided what to do with them,” said Foushee’s son, Cameron Foushee, 12, who is on the ‘budget committee’ for the project. “So far I think it’s good. We have a bunch of sponsors so we can save some of our money. We’re get- ting gardening stuff from stores like MOM’s and Home Depot.” Samuel Ogle students had to ap- ply to be part of the garden project and were assigned to committees that included budget, construction and administration, said Ogle sci- ence teacher Karen Pumphrey. “This project lends itself to project management [learning op- portunities],” Pumphrey said. “The kids are learning quite a bit about the administrative aspect and bud- get aspect of the project. I think they were expecting the construction part, but I don’t think they had any idea about the pre-planning that goes into it.” Andrea Alvarez, 12, of Bowie is on the administration committee and said she chose that group be- cause she feels comfortable talking with other people. Samuel Ogle students plot school garden DAN GROSS/THE GAZETTE Parent volunteer Susie Foushee (left) helps the Samuel Ogle Middle School Green Team plan Tuesday how they will deconstruct, then rebuild, a wooden pallet to make one of several raised gardens at the school. Watching are (from left) Green Team members Chiebuka Ohams, 13; Madelyn Nazelrod, 11; principal Glenise Marshall; Chrisria Lightout-Taylor, 12; Andrea Alvarez, 12; Lelia Smith, 12; and Karissa Monfort, 11. The students will plant gardens to grow food for the homeless in Bowie. n Town Center manager: Unique vendors needed to attract customers BY DANIEL LEADERMAN STAFF WRITER Eatery operators have had concerns about low foot traffic at the Bowie Town Center food court for several years, but visi- tors may soon find a new restau- rant moving in as the mall looks to offer more specialized cuisine, according to its manager. “We’ve got to take the food court and make it unique and special and different,” said Ste- ven Andrews, the mall’s man- ager. Andrews said Monday he met with an entrepreneur who wanted to bring Caribbean food to the space, and has recently had conversations with a couple of other potential food court ten- ants. There are currently five eat- eries operating in the food court amid several vacant spaces, and more than a dozen restaurants including Red Robin, Longhorn Steakhouse and Five Guys are located elsewhere in the mall. Bowie Town Center opened in 2002. Andrews and two colleagues from the Indiana-based Simon Property Group, which oper- ates the mall, briefed the Bowie City Council on Monday on the community events offered at the mall over the past year. They also offered a preview of their Food court looks to dish out new options n Grant may be split among several businesses, commissioners say BY DANIEL LEADERMAN STAFF WRITER Upper Marlboro may soon see enhanced storefronts, but town officials first must de- cide how to divide up the grant money they’ve been promised from the state. The town has been granted $35,000 from the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development to improve building facades in the town, but officials haven’t yet decided whether that money should be split into a large and small grant — such as one for $30,000 one for $5,000 — or di- vided into a number of smaller grants, said Stephen Sonnett, president of the town’s Board of Commissioners. The commissioners want business and property owners to meet with them to discuss possible improvements, and submit applications for grant money to the town by April 15, Sonnett said. Eligible projects include painting, new awnings or signs, masonry repair, new doors and windows and even some land- scaping work, Sonnett said. A large grant to a property Upper Marlboro to divvy up funds for facades n Officials say problems are resolved, parents want class time made up BY DANIEL LEADERMAN STAFF WRITER School officials say the back-to-back maintenance is- sues that closed Barack Obama Elementary School in Upper Marlboro for two non-consec- utive days late last month have now been fixed, but the closures left some parents scratching their heads. “It’s a relatively new school, so I was surprised that they were closed,” said Arletta Love of Up- per Marlboro, whose daughter, Aniya, is in the fifth grade. The $18 million school, which incorporates eco-friendly design elements that include low-flow sinks and toilets and a geothermal heat pump system, opened in the fall of 2010. Frigid temperatures led to both a power failure that left the school without heat on Feb. 18 and a burst water pipe that caused flooding in one portion of the school Feb. 20, according to Sherrie A. Johnson, a spokes- woman for Prince George’s County Public Schools. Chapel Forge Early Child- hood Education Center in Bowie; Northview Elementary School in Bowie and Benjamin Fulois Creative and Performing Arts Academy in Suitland were Maintenance issues at Obama Elementary leave parents perplexed See GARDEN, Page A-5 See SIGNS, Page A-6 See FOOD, Page A-6 See FACADES, Page A-6 See MAINTENANCE, Page A-6 SPRING FORWARD Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday. Don’t forget to turn your clocks ahead one hour.

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SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTYNEWS: Upper Marlborowoman twists art out ofballoon business. A-3

n Bowie officials say excess signage onCollington Road confusing for drivers

BY EMILIE SHAUGHNESSY

STAFFWRITER

“Sign, sign everywhere a sign” weren’t lyricspenned about Collington Road in Bowie, but ac-cording to City Councilman Dennis Brady (At-Large), they could have been.

There are 32 road signs on Collington betweenBenjaminTaskerMiddleSchool and theofframpforU.S. 50 and Brady says the deluge of directions canbe overwhelming and confusing formotorists.

“It’s beenan issue for awhile,” Brady said. “Lastsummer I had a couple constituents point out thatsome of the signs they put in face each other. Youalmost can’t see the school for all the signs”

A new speed camera and speed camera signwere added in January, but are not located next to aspeed limit sign of 40mph,whichBrady fears couldlend justification to the idea that speed cameras areinstalled as revenue generators and not for safetyreasons.

“It took me four trips through that intersectionto finally find the sign that says ‘photo enforced’,”Brady said. “It really is hidden unfortunately and itdefinitely is not on the sign that has the speed limitand that’s themost appropriate place.”

Brady askedBowie PoliceChief JohnNesky andCity Manager David Deutsch to explore optionsfor simplifying signage on Collington near Tasker.

Motorists:Signs pointto trouble

EMILIE SHAUGHNESSY/THE GAZETTE

There are 30 road signs in near the intersections byBenjamin Tasker Middle School in Bowie.

n Green group plans to growproduce for the hungry

BY EMILIE SHAUGHNESSY

STAFFWRITER

A group of Bowie middleschoolers have spent the wintermonths designing a school vegeta-ble garden and hope to share thefruits of their laborwith residents inneed later this year.

Around a dozen students fromSamuelOgleMiddle school are par-ticipating inanorganic gardenproj-ect and have been involved in everyaspect — from design to project

management to marketing for theribbon cutting ceremony onMarch31 — said Susie Foushee, an Ogleparent who received a $350 City ofBowie grant for the project.

“Theyplan tonot only take theirharvest and donate it to the localfood bank, but they plan on takinga power point presentation [aboutthe project] on the road to schoolsinBowie to try toencourage themtodo the same,” Foushee said. “Theyare inviting everyone fromMichelleObama to the new governor to theribbon cutting ceremony.”

Foushee received a $1,000 grantto leadagardenproject at YorktownElementary in 2012, and now, with

around a third of that budget, she iscutting costs by repurposing ship-ping pallets as garden beds, shesaid.

“We spent [the money] on pal-lets and plants and decided whatto do with them,” said Foushee’sson, Cameron Foushee, 12, who ison the ‘budget committee’ for theproject. “So far I think it’s good. Wehave a bunch of sponsors sowe cansave some of ourmoney.We’re get-ting gardening stuff from stores likeMOM’s andHomeDepot.”

SamuelOgle studentshad toap-ply to be part of the garden projectand were assigned to committeesthat included budget, construction

and administration, said Ogle sci-ence teacher Karen Pumphrey.

“This project lends itself toproject management [learning op-portunities],” Pumphrey said. “Thekids are learning quite a bit aboutthe administrative aspect and bud-get aspect of theproject. I think theywere expecting the constructionpart, but I don’t think they had anyidea about the pre-planning thatgoes into it.”

Andrea Alvarez, 12, of Bowie ison the administration committeeand said she chose that group be-cause she feels comfortable talkingwith other people.

Samuel Ogle students plot school garden

DAN GROSS/THE GAZETTE

Parent volunteer Susie Foushee (left) helps the Samuel Ogle Middle School Green Team plan Tuesday how they will deconstruct, then rebuild, a wooden pallet to make oneof several raised gardens at the school. Watching are (from left) Green Team members Chiebuka Ohams, 13; Madelyn Nazelrod, 11; principal Glenise Marshall; ChrisriaLightout-Taylor, 12; Andrea Alvarez, 12; Lelia Smith, 12; and Karissa Monfort, 11. The students will plant gardens to grow food for the homeless in Bowie.

n Town Center manager:Unique vendors neededto attract customers

BYDANIEL LEADERMAN

STAFFWRITER

Eatery operators have hadconcerns about low foot trafficat the Bowie Town Center food

court for several years, but visi-torsmaysoonfindanewrestau-rantmoving in as themall lookstooffermorespecializedcuisine,according to itsmanager.

“We’ve got to take the foodcourt and make it unique andspecial and different,” said Ste-ven Andrews, the mall’s man-ager.

Andrews said Monday hemet with an entrepreneur who

wanted to bring Caribbean foodto the space, and has recentlyhadconversationswith a coupleofotherpotential foodcourt ten-ants.

There are currently five eat-eries operating in the food courtamid several vacant spaces, andmore than a dozen restaurantsincluding Red Robin, LonghornSteakhouse and Five Guys arelocated elsewhere in the mall.

Bowie Town Center opened in2002.

Andrewsand twocolleaguesfrom the Indiana-based SimonProperty Group, which oper-ates the mall, briefed the BowieCity Council on Monday on thecommunity events offered atthemall over thepast year. Theyalso offered a preview of their

Food court looks to dish out new options

n Grant may be splitamong several businesses,

commissioners say

BYDANIEL LEADERMAN

STAFFWRITER

Upper Marlboro may soonsee enhanced storefronts, but

town officials first must de-cide how to divide up the grantmoney they’ve been promisedfrom the state.

The town has been granted$35,000 from the MarylandDepartment of Housing andCommunity Development toimprovebuilding facades in thetown, but officials haven’t yetdecided whether that money

should be split into a large andsmall grant — such as one for$30,000 one for $5,000— or di-vided into a number of smallergrants, said Stephen Sonnett,president of the town’s Boardof Commissioners.

The commissioners wantbusiness and property ownersto meet with them to discusspossible improvements, and

submit applications for grantmoney to the town by April 15,Sonnett said.

Eligible projects includepainting, newawnings or signs,masonry repair, new doors andwindows and even some land-scaping work, Sonnett said.

A large grant to a property

Upper Marlboro to divvy up funds for facades

n Officials say problemsare resolved, parents want

class time made up

BYDANIEL LEADERMAN

STAFFWRITER

School officials say theback-to-back maintenance is-sues that closed Barack ObamaElementary School in UpperMarlboro for two non-consec-utive days late last month havenowbeenfixed, but the closuresleft some parents scratchingtheir heads.

“It’s a relatively new school,so Iwas surprised that theywereclosed,” said Arletta Love ofUp-per Marlboro, whose daughter,Aniya, is in the fifth grade.

The $18 million school,which incorporates eco-friendlydesign elements that includelow-flow sinks and toilets and ageothermal heat pump system,opened in the fall of 2010.

Frigid temperatures led toboth a power failure that leftthe school without heat on Feb.18 and a burst water pipe thatcaused flooding in one portionof the school Feb. 20, accordingto Sherrie A. Johnson, a spokes-woman for Prince George’sCounty Public Schools.

Chapel Forge Early Child-hood Education Center inBowie; Northview ElementarySchool in Bowie and BenjaminFulois Creative and PerformingArts Academy in Suitland were

Maintenance issuesat Obama Elementaryleave parents perplexed

See GARDEN, Page A-5

See SIGNS, Page A-6

See FOOD, Page A-6

See FACADES, Page A-6See MAINTENANCE, Page A-6

SPRINGFORWARDDaylight SavingTime begins at2a.m. Sunday.Don’t forget toturn your clocksahead one hour.

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MARCH 5Let’s Get Seussical: Dr. Seuss Story-

time, 11:15 a.m., Largo-Kettering Library,9601 Capital Lane, Largo. Joins us forstories, music and a crafts as we celebrateDr. Seuss’ birthday. Ages 3-5. Contact 301-336-4044.

MARCH 6Global Mission Society Fundraiser, 7

to 9 p.m., 17213 Birchleaf Terrace, Bowie.Presents a night ofmusic, food and fun-draising featuring “Bliss the Violinist.” Aglobal food and dessert tasting and a si-lent auction to raise funds for the juffurehproject. Cost is $20. Contact 240-481-8196or [email protected].

MARCH 7Criminal Record Expungement Fair,

9 a.m. to 5 p.m., HemingwayMemorialAMEChurch, 6330 Gateway Blvd., DistrictHeights. Learnwhat it takes to expunge acriminal record. Learnwhy it is importantto expunge a criminal record. Removethat criminal record andmake yourselfmarketable to employers. Contact 301-568-9127 or [email protected].

Pancake Breakfast, 9 to 11 a.m.,Patuxent River 4-HCenter, 18405 QueenAnne Road, UpperMarlboro. The Patux-ent River 4-HCenter is holding an all youcan eat pancake breakfast. Includes pan-cakes, bacon, sausage, eggs, coffee andjuice. Cost is adults $6, children 3-6, $3under 3 free. Contact staff.pr4hc@gmail.

EdCamp JHFI Partie Deux (Part Two),10 a.m. to 2 p.m., JohnHanson FrenchImmersion, 2000 Callaway St., TempleHills. Please join us for the highly antici-pated sequel to Prince Georges CountyPublic Schools’ first edcamp. This year wewill have three strands: Parent, Educator,Student (middle school and up). Contact301-702-3950 or [email protected].

Starting a Vegetable Garden, 10:30a.m., Hillcrest Heights Library, 2398 Iver-son St., Temple Hills. Eat healthier andenjoy fresh vegetables from your ownsustainable garden. Learn the basics ofvegetable gardening. This program ispresented by the Prince George’s CountyMaster Gardeners. Contact 301-630-4900.

Bloody Sunday and the SelmaMarches, 2 p.m., Bowie Library, 15210Annapolis Road, Bowie. Fifty years ago,onMarch 7, 1965, peaceful demonstra-

tors gathered in Selma, Alabama, tomarch to the state capital inMontgomery,Alabama. Join us as Professor Bonner ofthe University ofMaryland discusses thesignificance of themarches and BloodySunday. Contact 301-262-7000.

Read to Rover, 2 p.m., Surratts-ClintonLibrary, 9400 Piscataway Road, Clinton.Build your child’s confidence in reading.Bring a favorite book or choose one fromthe library and read to Rover. Speciallytrained therapy dogs will be glad to listen.Each child will read for 15minutes. Reg-istration required; call branch for details.Ages 7-10. Contact 301-868-9200.

Psalom Concert, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Churchof Christ, 2518 Kenhill Drive, Bowie. A freeconcert of sacredmusic featuring Psalom,an a cappella singing ensemble from St.Petersburg, Russia is being presented atthe Church of Christ, 2518 Kenhill Dr.Bowie,MD, 20715.

MARCH 8Holy Trinity Episcopal Day School

All School Open House, 1 to 3 p.m., HolyTrinity Episcopal Day School - DaisyLane Campus, 11902Daisy Lane, GlennDale. Holy Trinity Episcopal Day Schoolwill hold its All School OpenHouse forprospective parents. The Lower Schoolcampus, Grades 1 – 4, is located at 13106Annapolis Road, Bowie. Preschool, Kin-dergarten andGrades 5 – 8 are located at11902Daisy Lane, GlennDale. For ad-ditional information, call 301-262-5355 orvisit our website at www.htrinity.org.

Davies Concert Series Presents Wil-liam Feasley, 6:30 p.m., DaviesMemo-rial UnitarianUniversalist Church, 7400Temple Hill Road, Camp Springs. DaviesConcert Series, now in its 44th year, willpresent guitaristWilliam Feasley. Ticketsare $15 for adults and $5 for 1– 18 yearolds. Contact 301-449-4308.

MARCH 9Accokeek Women Writers Group, 1

p.m., Accokeek Library, 15773 Livings-ton Road, Accokeek. This program is forwomenwho aspire to write. Contact 301-292-2880.

Minecraft Workshop, 4 p.m., SouthBowie Library, 15301Hall Road, Bowie.Kids need tools, not just toys. FutureMak-ers’ mobilemakerspaces ignite curiosityand build skills among youngmakers—hands-on problem solvers, who tinker,build and thoughtfully play—using tra-ditional tools and cutting-edge technolo-

gies. Contact branch to register. Contact301-850-0475.

MARCH 10Book Discussion, 2 p.m., OxonHill Li-

brary, 6200 OxonHill Road, OxonHill. A.S. A. Harrison’s “The SilentWife.” Contact301-839-2400.

Afternoon Tea Book Discussion, 2:30p.m., Surratts-Clinton Library, 9400Piscataway Road, Clinton. J. CaliforniaCooper’s “Life Is Short ButWide.” Contact301-868-9200.

The 90+3 Boys Read, 4 p.m., Glena-rden Library, 8724 Glenarden Pkwy., Gle-narden. Led by a former NCAADivision1 athlete, this new programwill give boysthe chance to read about sports, andmoreimportantly gain the skills to be success-ful in the classroom and in life. Programhighlights include reading library-approved books, playing outside to buildteamwork and eating healthy snacks. Ages10-12. Contact 301-772-5477/240-696-3844.

MARCH 11Book Discussion, 2 p.m., Spauldings

Library, 5811 Old Silver Hill Road, DistrictHeights. Michael J. Sandel’s “WhatMoneyCan’t Buy: TheMoral Limits ofMarkets.”Contact 301-817-3750.

Genealogy 101, 6 p.m., HillcrestHeights Library, 2398 Iverson St., TempleHills. The best things in online genealogi-cal research are free at your library. Thisworkshop takes a look at using two re-search and information resources that thelibrary has to offer: Ancestry Library Edi-tion andHeritageQuest Online. Instructormediated practice time on the computerincluded. Contact 301-630-4900.

Book Discussion, 7:15 p.m., BowieLibrary, 15210 Annapolis Road, Bowie.SusanWittig Albert’s “Widow’s Tears.”Contact 301-262-7000.

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n Community groupcelebrates effortsof rescue workers

BYDANIEL LEADERMAN

STAFFWRITER

It was Charles L. Burne-son’s first fire, a blaze at ahouse in Bowie last Decemberwhere a man was trapped onthe second floor.

“Everything happened soquick,” Burneson said. “[We]went through the steps andeverything went smoothly.”

Burneson and peers fromboth the Prince George’sCounty and Bowie fire depart-ments were honored Saturdayfor their efforts as firefightersof the year by theBowie-basedSacred Heart Council of theKnights of Columbus.

“When we pulled up therewere family members in thefront yard who were yellingat us that there was still onetrapped inside,” said Lt. Rob-ert J. Angell, a 25-year veteranof the department, who alsowas honored.

For their efforts, Burne-son and Angell, both with thePrince George’s County Fire/EMS Department, and Sgt.Joshua Blanks of the BowieVolunteer Fire DepartmentandRescueSquad,whohelpedremove the injured man fromthe house, were recognized.

“I’m honored to receive[the recognition],” Blanks said,

adding that he wished it wason better terms, because thevictim didn’t survive.

The Sacred Heart Coun-cil also gave awards to othercommunitymembers for theirwork over the past year.

Cpl. Michael Myerly andOfc. Alejandro Rivera of thePrince George’s County PoliceDepartment were recognizedfor their work in stopping ahome invasion where onesuspect was posing as a UPSworker, and Det. ChristopherWuthrich of the Bowie PoliceDepartment was honored fortracking down and arrestingthe man suspected of threearmed robberies in the city,said Romeo Paternoster, dis-trict deputy with the SacredHeart Council.

The annual awards areintended to honor those “thatreally put their lives on theline for us every day,” saidJeff McMullen, Grand Knightof the Sacred Heart Council.“They’re great people ... run-ning into a burning buildingtakes an incredible amount ofself-discipline.”

The council also rec-ognized Nancy Weeks ofSt. Edward the ConfessorCatholic Church in Bowie asCCD teacher of the year, andGeorge George of Saint PiusX Regional School in Bowie asCatholic Teacher of the Year,Paternoster said.

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Police, firefightershonored in Bowie

DANIEL LEADERMAN/THE GAZETTE

Firefighter Charles L. Burneson (left) and Lt. Robert J. Angell Jr. of thePrince George’s County Fire/EMS Department were honored Saturday bythe Sacred Heart Council of the Knights of Columbus in Bowie.

n Inflatable decorationsare passion for UpperMarlboro entrepreneur

BYDANIEL LEADERMANSTAFFWRITER

Ima Akwara can make a potof gold out of thin air. Well, thinair and a few balloons.

At FLOAT, a balloon-artistryconvention held in St. Louis inFebruary, a centerpiece Akwaradesigned won second place in ajury competition and was alsonamedbestdesignoverall by theabout 300 peoplewho attended.

In the room inher basementthat doubles as her studio, theUpper Marlboro balloon artistpictureswhat shewants tomakeinhermind, then starts breakingit into pieces that can be repre-sented by differently-shapedballoons.

Akwara, whose work canbe seen and ordered at www.balloonglam.com, has been inthe balloon business for abouttwo and a half years. She makesdecorations for parties, barmitzvahs, sporting events, babyshowers and other special occa-sions.

“For me, personally, bal-loons are fun,” the 34-year-oldnative of Nigeria said. “Any timepeople have balloons, it puts asmile on their face.”

A couple of years back, Ak-wara was looking for a job thatwould give her some flexibilityto stayhomewithher twoyoungchildren, Anthony, now 8, andAlexis, now 6. She and her real-estate broker husband, Isioma,considered buying a banquethall to rent out and manage,but it became clear that eventplanning would be too time-consuming, she said.

But during her research, Ak-

wara came across balloon-dec-orating, and was inspired. Shetook some classes and beganpracticing on her own.

“I was a little but puzzled,”Isioma Akwara said. “I’d neveractuallymet a balloon artist.”

Sometimes he gives his cli-ents balloon bouquets designedby his wife to celebrate the clos-ing of the sale, he said.

Ima Akwara’s studio is freeof equipment. She doesn’t workmuch with helium, renting thetanks when she needs to, anduses a red electric air pumpabout the size of a toaster to domost of her inflating. To the sideof one room is a futuristic-look-ing machine with a big plasticsphere. The machine creates a

vacuum which inflates the bal-loon inside the sphere, allow-ing Akwara to put objects insidethe balloon, creating a sort ofgumball-machine look. The de-sign Akwara considers her bestwork thus far is a centerpieceshe designed for a bar mitzvahlast year. A largeheliumballoon,with several smaller balloons in-side it, was tethered to the tablewith a string of electric lights,she said. Akwara had to makesix of them for the party, andstruggled initially because shedoesn’t often work with heliumand needed to make sure therewas enough weight to keep theballoons anchored.

Her peers in the industryhave taken notice of her skill.

“[Akwara’s] talent is obvi-ous,” said Steve Jones, FLOAT’sexecutive producer. “She madequite an impact for herself in thecenterpiece competition.”

The convention, aimed atprofessionals, included ad-vanced level design workshopsas well as marketing training,Jones said.

Akwara was a wonderfulperson to have at the conven-tion because of her energy, herpositive attitude, and her de-signs, which could appear sim-ple at first but were full of smalldetails, Jones said.

“The delegates’ award waswell-deserved,” he said.

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Ima Akwara, an entrepreneur and balloon artist from Upper Marlboro, works Friday on one of her balloon creations.

Bowie’s new resident noti-fication system, Alert Bowie 2.0,went live last summer and hasaround 4,000 subscribers, butBowie officials are encouragingmore of the city’s approximate57,000 residents to register.

The old system was phasedout last fall and residents needto create a new account in order

to use the new system, said UnaCooper, Bowie’s communica-tionsmanager.

Some of the new featuresare pop-up notifications forsmartphones, more accurateweather updates, a more intui-tive interface and the ability topoll the status of residents afteran emergency.

“The nice thing about thisnewsystemiswehavea lotmoreflexibility in the thingswecandowith it,” Cooper said. “Anyonenot getting messages, we wouldencourage them to sign up.”

Alert Bowie 2.0 can targetmessages to residents living inspecific areas of the city, Coopersaid. When trash removal was

delayed because of inclementweather last week, the systemwas able to call the residents af-fected, she said.

Residents can register forAlertBowie2.0 through thecity’swebsite at www.cityofbowie.org or by contacting [email protected].

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n Officials plan to increasecomposting efforts

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STAFFWRITER

Prince George’s County isleading the way in Marylandefforts to divert waste fromlandfills and is one of the stateleaders in recycling.

“We’re way ahead of thestatewide averages and the goalsset by the state for waste diver-sion and recycling, but we ex-pect to continue to climb as ourprograms continue to gain trac-tion,” said Adam Ortiz, directorof the county’s Department ofthe Environment.

A report released by theMaryland Department of theEnvironment for the 2013 calen-dar year placed Prince George’sas first in the state for divertingwaste from its landfill, with aWaste Diversion Rate of 64.53percent.

Data for the 2014 calendaryear is expected in December,according to DOE officials.

The Waste Diversion Rate iscalculated using the recyclingrate plus a credit for voluntaryprograms designed to encour-age or support recycling.

PrinceGeorge’s received the

maximum credit of 5 percent,according to the report.

“MDE maintains an exten-sive list of specific activitiescounties must enact or com-plete in order to obtain credit,”said Marilyn Rybak, recyclingmanager.

Many of the activities in-clude encouraging people toleave grass clippings on theirlawn, use reusable shoppingbags and water bottles and en-couraging the reuse of textilesand other materials, accordingto theMDEwebsite.

The county’s recycling rate—of 59.53 percent— is the sec-ond-highest in the state; trail-ing only Washington County,which had a higher percentageof 61.89 percent.

Rybak said the county hasstepped up its recycling ef-forts by improving its recyclingtechnology and also by gettingmore communities, businessesand students onboard with re-cycling efforts.

The county, in partner-ship with Keep Prince George’sCounty Beautiful, have assistedcounty public schools in imple-menting a system-wide recy-cling program as well, Rybaksaid.

“Without these partner-ships, the county could not ac-complish the great goals it has

achieved,” Rybak said.The county has also imple-

mented a food scrap compost-ing pilot, with participationfrom University Park; the Uni-versity of Maryland, CollegePark;Whole Foods andTakomaPark.

Composting yard waste hasprovided additional revenue forthe department, Ortiz said.

“But with the food waste,we now have a higher grade ofcompost, so we’ll be releasinga new, premium product to themarket this year,” Ortiz said.

Rybak said there is more thecounty can do to improve itsrecycling and waste diversionnumbers.

“Food is a major source ofmaterial being landfilled. Aswe expand the food compost-ing project, more food will bediverted,” Rybak said. “Otherthings such as mattress recy-

cling canmake a difference.As more outreach and pub-

lic education is conducted, theparticipation in recycling is ex-pected to increase.”

Dan Smith, advocacy di-rector for the Anacostia Water-shed Society, an environmentalstewardship nonprofit based inBladensburg, said the county’sefforts are an important firststep.

“Certainly, we think there’ssome real positive things goingon in the county,” Smith said.

“This is an important place toget to, but there’smore we needto be doing.”

Smith said AWS would liketo see a ban or fee on disposableplastic bags, and a ban on poly-styrene, or Styrofoam, contain-ers, both of which are currentlyunder consideration by theMarylandGeneralAssemblyandCounty Council, respectively.

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“I personally like to receiveall the information, who is com-ing and what is going on,” shesaid. “I’m very proud of theproject. I think it’s going towarda good cause. I think there are alot of people out therewhoneedthe food.”Foushee said she contacted

the Bowie Interfaith Pantry toinform them about their inten-

tion to donate produce and thatstudents will set up a meetingwith pantry coordinators to or-ganize logistics.Pumphrey said the garden

project exemplifies her schools’effort to teach environmentalresponsibility and give studentshands-on learning opportuni-ties.“What we’re trying to do

as a school is our green initia-tives. We’ve done a lot of thingsthrough our building like a rain

barrel, a butterfly way stationand we’ve upped our recycling170percent,” she said. “Wehavestudents involvedat every level.”Pumphrey, the green initia-

tive chairperson at Ogle, saidshe saw the garden project as along-term teaching opportunitythat could also be shared withother schools.“I’mcertainwewill continue

it in the years ahead,” she said.

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n Grocery will anchorAnnapolis Road center

BYDANIEL LEADERMANSTAFFWRITER

A Harris Teeter grocerystore will soon come to Bowieas part of the long-awaited re-development of the aging BowieMarketplace Shopping Center,according to city officials.“Since the 60s there has

been a shopping center of somesort on the site, and since about2000 it’s been in decline,” saidUna Cooper, a city spokes-woman. The property has beenthrough several owners, andwasmost recently purchased by theRockville-based Berman Enter-prises in 2013, she said.Aftermonthsof negotiations

between Berman and Kroger,Harris Teeter’s parent company,an agreement was signed lastweek, Cooper said.

To help move the projectforward, the city and PrinceGeorge’s County have eachpledged about $1 million ineconomic incentives, which forBowie includes reimbursingBerman an estimated $700,000for the cost of demolishing thecurrent structure, Cooper said.The shopping center, lo-

cated off Annapolis road acrossfrom Bowie High School, wasformerly anchored by a Safewaystore, which closed in 2012.It will likely be at least 18 to

24 months before the new storeopens, but first the existingstructure must be demolished,said John Henry King, Bowie’seconomic development direc-tor.The general design work for

the redevelopment was com-pleted several years ago undera previous owner, which meansBerman has been able to movefairly quickly to get the proj-ect underway since buying theproperty, King said.

King said the new storewould increase the choices forgrocery shopping in Bowie, andwould bring competition to ex-isting grocery stores in the arealike Giant and Safeway. Thiswould likely lead to better pricesfor shoppers, he said.“For the 14 years I havebeen

with the city, reviving BowieMarketplace has always been ahigh-priority item for economicdevelopment,” King said.The Harris Teeter chain,

which began in North Caro-lina in 1960, has more than 220stores in eight states and Wash-ington, D.C., according to itswebsite. The new Bowie loca-tion is also slated to include aHarris Teeter-brand gas station,Cooper said.Berman has previously said

that the renovated shoppingcenter is expected to include aChipotle and a Petco.

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The Colonial Athletic Asso-ciation’s 2015 Women’s Basket-ball Championship is coming toUpper Marlboro, where 10 col-legiate teams will face off fromMar. 12 toMar. 15.The tournament, hosted by

Prince George’s County and theMaryland-National Capitol Parkand Planning Commission, willbe held at The ShowPlaceArena

in Upper Marlboro and will in-clude teams from Drexel Uni-versity, Elon University, HofstraUniversity, JamesMadisonUni-versity and TowsonUniversity.The winning team will ad-

vance to theNCAATournament,said Kira Calm Lewis, spokes-woman for M-NCPPC’s Depart-ment of Parks and Recreation.“The department is excited

to support this endeavor in fe-male athletics,” Lewis said. “Wethink it’s a fun event for the en-tire family.”Games will be played at

noon and 2:30 p.m. on Mar. 12,noon, 2:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m. anmd7:30 p.m. Mar. 13, 1:30 p.m. and3:30 p.m. on Mar. 14 and 1 p.m.Mar. 15.

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plans for mall events in 2015,which include two carnivals,one in May and one in October,as well as a series of live concertsandholidayevents forHalloweenandChristmas.

Councilman Henri Gardner(Dist. 3) said he was concernedabout both the empty space inthe food court and the overallamount of empty retail spaceelsewhere in Prince George’sCounty, such as the Boulevardat the Capital Centre, which hecompared to a crime-ridden“ghost town.” Gardner said hedidn’t want to see that happen atBowieTownCenter.

Andrews said he wasn’t wor-ried “one bit” about the Bowiemall eventually becomingplagued by such commercial va-cancies and attracting crime.

“I have a great sense of ten-ant mix that really focuses oneverybody in the community,”Andrews said, adding that thecompany not only had its ownsafety protocols, but is in close

proximity to the Bowie PoliceDepartment.

Reports of crime at the mallhave held steady for the pastfew years, with shoplifting themost commonly-reported typeof crime, said Bowie Police ChiefJohnNesky.

“It’s been fairly constant,”Neskysaid. “There’sabliphereorthere, butnothing that’s trendingupward.”

Andrews told thecouncil thatfournewstoreshadopenedat themall in2014andthreewere reno-vated. Two new stores — Rue 21and First Watch — have alreadyopened in 2015, he said.

Andrews told thecouncil thattwo stores at the mall recentlyclosed due to corporate bank-ruptcy; a lease had already beensigned for a new store in one ofthe spaces and the other, thoughit had been vacant for 45 days,wasn’tworrying the company.

“We feel very comfortablethat we’ll be able to get it re-leased by summertime,” An-drews said.

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owner could fund more sub-stantial repairs and improve-ments, and a small grant to anindividual business could payfor new signs, Sonnett said.

The grant would reimburseproperty owners for 50 percentof costs, up to $30,000 for alarger project; a smaller grantto a business owner would pro-vide 66.6 percent of the fund-ing, up to $5,000, according toofficials.

About 100 separate busi-nesses are registered in thetown, but not all of those havefacades or storefronts, saidTownClerkM. DavidWilliams.

A public meeting to discusstheprogramandget input fromarea business and propertyowners was all but snowed outFeb. 26, but one local business-man, Raouf Abdullah II, said hewas interested in using someof the money to renovate thebuilding he shares with his fa-ther’s law practice.

The two own the MarylandHome Title Insurance Com-pany Building on Main Streetin UpperMarlboro, and Abdul-lah said the building — origi-nally built in 1931, according tostate property records — could

usenewwindows,wooden trimand paint, and its brick facadecould use power washing.

The wooden trim aroundthe businesses door has begunto disintegrate, and Abdullahshowed The Gazette a small

hole in thebuilding’s large frontwindow that appeared to havebeenmade by an air rifle.

Officials provided Abdullahwith an application and he saidheplans tomeetwith townoffi-cials within the next two weeksto discuss his request in detail.

Officials initially requested$300,000 through the state’sCommunity Legacy grant pro-gram, said Christina R. Pompa,planner coordinator with theMaryland-National CapitolPark and Planning Commis-sion, who also attended themeeting.

Even though the overallamount of money to be dis-persed is smaller than theyhoped, officials said they wantas many businesses as possibleto submit applications for thefacade improvement programthatway,whenofficials petitionthe state formoremoney in thefuture, they’ll be able to showa list of specific projects theywant to fund, which will maketheir case stronger, Pompasaid.

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also closeddue toheat andelectrical is-sues Feb. 20, according to Johnson.

Obama Elementary was closed onboth days, and Johnson wrote in anemail that the issues were resolved andofficials don’t expect further problems.

But further maintenance issuesweren’t really a concern for Love. In-stead, she wanted to know how theschool would make up the class timethe students lost due to the closures.

School administrators declined tocomment, directing all inquiries to theschool system’s communications of-fice.

Johnson said that individualschools don’t make up class time lostdue to emergency closures like theonesat Obama Elementary.

“It’s a great school, I just don’t un-derstand while they’re having heatingissues when it’s a newer school,” saidTonya Fellrath of Upper Marlboro,whose son, Alex, is in the fifth grade.

While the closures caught parentsoff-guard, some said the extreme coldwas causing problems that couldn’t behelped.

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Since the road — also known as MD Rt. 197— is a state highway, Bowie has limited con-trol, Deutsch said.

“We are reaching out to State HighwayAdministration to review the item. It gen-erally takes a minimum of 60 days on thesekinds of requests to get an answer from theState,” Deutsch said in an email. “In termsof solutions, options are limited to removingsomesignsdetermined tobenotneeded, andadjusting the signage relating to the speedcameraprogram.”Bowiepolice,whooverseethe city’s speed camera program, are explor-ing location options for the ‘photo enforced’sign, Nesky said.

Daniel Kaufman of Bowie said he drivespast Tasker everymorning to take his daugh-ter to school and that the intersection nearthe school can get crowded and hectic.

“There’s somuchgoingon therebecausethere are parents taking their kids to Taskerand there are people trying to go around it,”he said. “There’s sort of a jumble of peoplegoing in different directions.”

Kaufman, a Prince George’s CountySchool Board representative, said he hasanother concern about pedestrian and mo-torist safety near Tasker. Motorists who aredistracted or driving too quickly through theintersection near the school may not see pe-

destrians and bikers exiting a path that runsalongside Collington, he said.

“Even if you stop and look, a car that’sturning right onto Kenhill almost can’t seeyou,” he said. “There’s something about thatintersection and the way the signs are set upthat’sdangerous tobikers. I’m justwaiting forsomething terrible tohappenat that intersec-tion.”

Bowie police reports didn’t note any ve-hicle incidents on Collington near Taskerfor the past two years, but Nesky told TheGazette in December that the area can be aproblem spot for speeders.

Sonja Robinson, a vice president forTasker’s parent teacher student organiza-tion, said the signage near the school is clearto her.

“I know at certain times in the morn-ing and afternoon it gets a little clutter, but Idon’t know the new speed camera and signsare causingany issues,” she said. “Everbody’sinterpretation is going to be different. Itmaywork for some people and not for others.”

Brady saidhe thinks a solution should in-clude reduced signage andbetter placement.

“The signage should be appropriate forwhat is needed,” he said. “I suspect todo thattherewould be fewer sings, better layout andclearlyweneed toput the sign that alertsmo-torists to the speed camera co-located on thesame polewith the speed limits sign.”

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DANIEL LEADERMAN/THE GAZETTE

Raouf Abdullah II indicates the wood trim he’d like replaced at the officebuilding that he and his father occupy in Upper Marlboro on Feb. 26. Thetown has been awarded a state grant for facade improvement at localbusinesses, and is soliciting input from business owners about how thegrant should be divided.

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the community. He was predeceased by his wife,Cornie, and is survived by his three children LynnJulian-Gordon of Eugene, OR; Vicky Larimore ofPhiladelphia, PA and Randy Julian of Salem, OR. andgranddaughter, Katy Julian. Memorial Services will beheld at Whitehall Baptist Church on March 7 at 1:00pm with a reception following in the church hall. Inlieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be madeto Miriam s Kitchen (www.miriamskitchen.org) 2401Virginia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20037 Ph:202-452-8926) or St. Judes Children s ResearchHospital (www.stjude.org) 262 Danny Thomas PlaceMemphis, TN 38105 (800) 822-6344.

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I amwriting to notify you ofmy intent tomovemywife and two children from the state ofMaryland—Prince George’s County’s city of FortWashington—andrelocate to Northern Virginia. However, as I prepare forthis transition, I feel compelled to informmy current rep-resentatives of the procuring causes of this decision.In 2003, I took a leap of faith andmoved frommy na-

tiveWoodridge neighborhood inWashington, D.C., andpurchasedmy first property in FortWashington. Thisdecisionwas partlymade on the potential of the develop-ment coming to the area (National Harbor), its proximitytoWashington, D.C., and its affordability. Now, 12 yearslater, the leap of faith I took is lookingmore like economicsuicide onmy part. For the past five years, mywife andI have felt imprisoned in a neighborhoodwe have out-grown. And in a state that has economically condemnedourmoderate incomes, we have felt shackled to represen-tatives we have come to loathe.August was a very sobering time forme andmywife.

First, it was very disheartening to have to put our houseon themarket for $289,000 whenwe purchased it for$211,000 over 12 years ago. But to have our home listedfor over 100 days and receive not one offer and evenhave one of the potential buyer’s Realtors tell me thatmy house was overpricedwas themomentmywife andI realized that Prince George’s County, FortWashingtonin particular, was not only the land that God forgot tolove, but that its very own representatives forgot to love aswell. Moreover, we had to watch in utter disgust as homesin Northern Virginia andWashington, D.C., that weresmaller, more outdated andwith schools on par with ourssell for $300,000-plus, and in less than 60 days.I had to wonder tomyself, what was it about these

areas that their homes were able to sell and our homewas not? I have concluded that the problem is not withour house, but with you ... the distinguished gentlemenand ladies who hold the positions of governor, senators,county executive and delegates of the of state ofMary-land.Even though I strongly feel that Rushern Baker is a

shining beacon of hope and promise as, so far, he hasdemonstrated nothing but outstanding competence infulfilling his fiduciary duties, others have deemed thisarea, particularly FortWashington, as inconsequential.

Maryland representatives have been overzealous aboutthe National Harbor development, but all I have seenis amixed-use waterfront development that has doneeverything to distance itself from the FortWashington orOxonHill communities and align itself with Alexandria,Va., andmostlyWashington, D.C. It is easier to get intoNational Harbor fromVirginia than it is for FortWashing-tonians or OxonHillians to get into theHarbor.I will fast-forward to the final straw. I decided to catch

upwithmyDistrict 12 delegate, Obie Patterson. I satdownwith him and informed him ofmy decision to leaveMarylandwith the hopes that he would say somethingthat would convinceme to stay. The highlight ofmy con-cerns were poor home values, inferior school systems,crime, lack of development outside of National Harbor,untapped potential (Rosecroft, Rivertowne Commons,OxonHill Road, Route 210), and a continuous disinterestin the residents of FortWashington to think economi-cally or progressively. His response, and I’ll paraphrase,tomewas, “There are a few things, but I can’t talk aboutthem.” And, then he concludedwith, “Well, you have todowhat’s best for your family,” as he threw up his handsin a sign of defeat. There was no plan outside of PrinceGeorge’s putting their eggs into the National Harbor bas-ket.It only leadsme to wonder what the value of Fort

Washington could be had there been quality leadershipin place. It has also ledme to wonder why a governmentthat has emphatically encouraged people to buy homesto increase their wealth feels no sense of responsibility incorrecting thismatter. And, if they do, they certainly havenot been effective at doing so.

A.J. Smith, Fort Washington

Leaving Maryland, for many reasons

The newsmedia has recently high-lighted alarming increases in heroindeaths inMaryland. The good newsis that Gov. Larry Hogan, who lost acousin due to a heroin overdose, hasinstituted a program to combat thisproblem. The effort is being funded bya $500,000 federal grant.But the bad news is thatMaryland

is on the verge of losing approximately$13million from its Federal BlockGrant for Substance Abuse Preventionand Treatment. This potential loss offunds is becauseMaryland is notmeet-ing federallymandated requirementson prohibiting the sale of tobacco prod-ucts tominors. The loss of thismoneywould be a tragedy for our state.A good fiscal outcome is possible.

Gov. Hogan can—and should— sup-port a piece of legislation currently intheMarylandGeneral Assembly; it isthe HealthyMaryland Initiative. If en-acted into law, this legislationwill raiseapproximately $90million per yearwith some of the funding earmarkedfor tobacco control tomeet the federal

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It only leads me to wonder whatthe value of Fort Washington

could be had there been qualityleadership in place.

In response to the letter [“On votingat 16: ‘Age and puberty have nothingto dowith our decisions’”] fromCrys-talMiller in the Gazette of Feb. 12, weapplaud her enthusiasm towish to beinvolved in the elective process of ourcountry. However, her letter displayswell that 16-year-olds are not ready forprime time.Crystal, your version of historical

facts is factually flawed bywhat youhave heard or read, since you have only

just arrived at the beginning of under-standing recent history.We hope youwill check facts beforemaking deci-sions based on opinions.You have the advantage of living

in ametropolitan area wheremany ofthe decisions of that history were beingmade.A couplemore years of listening to

many voices will make you a first-ratevoter, andwewill welcome that.

Dave and Dorie Ranaghan, Laurel

Sixteen is too young to vote

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n Crossland keeps winningdespite losing three topscorers a year ago

BY ERIC GOLDWEINSTAFFWRITER

TreasureDobersonandKatelynCanlas first met this past summerafter competing against each otherin anAmateurAthleticUniongame.

Doberson, a senior atCrosslandHigh School, had noticed Canlaslooking upset after her team hadlost, and so she started talking tothe then-rising freshman, trying tocheer her up.

“I was like, ‘Wherever you gonext year, I wish you the best ofluck,’” Doberson said.

Though Doberson didn’t real-ize it then, she had just met her fu-ture teammate. For the past threemonths, they have been part of anexciting, revamped backcourt thatalso includes Alexus King, a sopho-more transfer from H.D. Woodson.The three have helped lead theyoung Cavaliers to a 14-7 recorddespite losing several key play-ers from last year’s 17-6 team. TheTemple Hills school was scheduledto play Chopticon Wednesday in

Crossing crossroads

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WRESTLING: Bowie High School’s Javan White andother wrestling region champions compete on Saturdayfor state championships at Cole Field House.

BASKETBALL: If the weather cooperates, regionchampionship basketball games are scheduled for thisweekend. Check online for matchups.

Iused tolove thesnow.

Itmeantdays offfromschool,sled-ding,snow-ballfights, hot chocolate, grilledcheese sandwiches and to-mato soup.

Now, I just count thedays until daylight savingstime resumes.Winter isjust a nuisance and incon-venience—dealingwithschool cancellations andstaffing rescheduled gamescan be amajor headache—and each successive year itseems to getmore annoying.I long for the hot, humid andmosquito-filled days of Julyand August (I will probablycomplain about theweatherthen, too).

But with snow, ice andtemperatures in the 20son Saturday, thousands ofstudent-athletes throughoutMaryland began trying outfor spring sports. A quickglance through Twitter re-vealed that themajority ofteams held indoor practicesor delayed tryouts.

Lacrosse, baseball, soft-ball, tennis, golf and trackdon’t lend themselves tra-ditionally as indoor sports.They, for themost part, aredesigned to be played ongrass under the blue skiesand the golden sun.

“It’s a huge hindranceand puts us at a disadvan-tage,” Damascus girls la-crosse coachMarcus Juradosaid. “It is tough to get any-thing accomplished otherthan conditioning.

“I’m not sure whenwewill be able to get outsideevenwhenwe get the snowoff the field.Maybe nextweek?”

Teamsmay not even beable to have—or delay—accurate cuts.

“We have several kidson the bubble and you can’tfind out anything in thegym,” Jurado said. “It’s goingto be a lot of blind guessesuntil we get outside and intogame-like conditions.”

Whilemost teams arein the same position andwill likely lag behind theirexpected routine due tomuddy fields, a few schools—mainly thosewith artificialturf—may enjoy the luxuryof getting outside sooner(there’s no guarantee it willhappen). InMontgomeryand Prince George’s countiesWalter Johnson, Gaithers-burg, Paint Branch,Wootton,RichardMontgomery andOxonHill are the public highschools with turf.

When theD.C. Sniperterrorized the region in thefall of 2002, I remember hav-ing to practice football insidethe gym—sometimes in fullpads— for several weeks. Itflat out stunk andwas hardto focus. I imagine it is nodifferent now for athletesused to playing outside.

But theweather, as italways does, will eventu-ally improve. In the comingweeks, TheGazette is sched-uled to begin profiling stu-dent-athletes and teamswithour spring previews. JenniferBeekman is covering softballand gymnastics, Eric Gold-wein is handling lacrosse andtennis, Prince J. Grimeswillcover baseball and volleyballand AdamGutekunst will beour go-to guy for track andfield and golf.

If you have any story sug-gestions please send them [email protected].

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Crossland High School’s Treasure Doberson is followed by Largo’s Jocelyn Manning during a Dec. 18 game.

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Crossland High School’s Katelyn Canlas looks to shoot against Largo during a Dec.18 game.

n Eagles girls basketball teamsoars to top of county

after no team for two seasons

BY ERIC GOLDWEINSTAFFWRITER

Olivia Martino and Mykea Gray played ontwo of Prince George’s County’s top girls bas-ketball teams last season, and the same couldbe said formany of their current teammates.

But neither of those teams were NationalChristian Academy.

Martino, E’Lexus Davis and Mikiyah Cros-key transferred from reigning national cham-pionRiverdaleBaptist. Gray and several others,meanwhile, transferred fromCapitolChristian,following their coach, Henry Anglin.

That combination of talent has come to-gether to help National Christian — inactivesince the 2011-12 season—become one of thebest teams in the area. After a slow start, onethat included a 33-point loss to Riverdale (Ten-nessee), the Eagles improved to 23-7 and haveestablished themselves as a contender in yearsto come.

Gray is averaging a team-high 12.5 pointsstarting at guard for the Fort Washingtonschool. The 5-foot-6 sophomore said it wasdifficult adjusting to her new role and her newteammates, particularly at the beginning of theseason.

“I would try to run plays and peoplewouldn’t know what to do and where to go,”Gray said.

But as the season progressed, so did theteam. The Eagles lost four straight in late De-cember that culminated in a 72-62 loss toRiverdale Baptist, but picked up their play in2015, putting together several extended win-ning streaks. They beat Life Center Academytwice in late February after losing to the NewJersey school on Jan. 31. They also earned a48-44 victory Riverdale Baptist, which they hadlost to on Dec. 30 at the sixth annual NationalTitle IXHoliday Invitational.

“Constant progress, constant progress,”Anglin said. “We’re getting better and better.”

“Wehad some tough games andnowwe’rejust being able to come together,” added Gray,who is averaging 5.5 assists. “What’s better ischemistry. Us getting along and knowing whocan hit shots and who can drive and look forother people.”

Martino, a 5-9 sophomore, said communi-cation has improved since the start of the sea-sonwhen the teamwas still incorporatingplaysand players were adjusting to one another.

“[It] has gotten a lot better.Our offense is ina better rhythm,” said Martino, who averages10.6 points.

Nationalexcels afterrebirth

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Parkdale High School’s Kaine Wilson (front) transferred toPotomac to start the 2014-15 school year, but recently enrolledback at Parkdale.

n Offseason transfer, two mid-season additions have Panthers

peaking

BY ADAM GUTEKUNSTSTAFFWRITER

When the lights dimmed on Fridayinside the Parkdale High School gymna-sium, leaving a thin ray of light illumi-nating the Panthers bench, the playershadadifferent look from the teamcoachTremaine Price had said would be “re-building” at the start of the season.

Three months ago there was noKaine “Lights Out” Wilson — as thepublic address announcer called him—running out in the green and gold withParkdale’s starting group. The seniorsharpshooter transferred back to hishome school, where he had spent hisfirst three seasons, in early January afterplaying the beginning of the seasonwithPotomac.

Following close behind Wilsonwas the man called “Superman,” therec-spec sporting Joseph Adedayo, ahigh-flying, tenacious senior guard whojoined thePanthers just prior to theholi-

Fresh faces,new look forParkdale boysn First-year player hits

three late shots to liftEagles past National

BY ADAM GUTEKUNST

STAFFWRITER

For three quarters and fiveminutes of Saturday night’sCapital Beltway boys basketballchampionship game betweenNational Christian Academyand Clinton Christian School,Clinton seemed baffled by itsopponent’s 2-3 zone defense.Just three days prior, the teamshad met at National Christian,whereClintonhad somesuccessworking the ball inside towardsthe end of the 80-67 Nationalwin.

Clinton coach Chris Coleassumed that when the teamsmet Saturday night for the title,that middle area wouldn’t beaccessible — he was right. Thedefending champs struggled tofind holes in National’s zone —a problem that kept them be-hindmost of the game. But withminutes remaining, Cole sawa weak spot in his opponents’zone — a spot where he hadwatched one of his players drill

shots over and over throughoutthe season’s practices.

And so in the biggest spotof the season, Cole called upon6-foot-4 freshman Matt Web-ber. With 2 minutes, 55 secondsremaining, Webber collecteda pass from teammate KevinDorsey in that same corner andburied a 3-pointer to cut theNa-tional lead to 63-62. Then, with2:14 remaining, Webber drilledanother 3-pointer from the ex-act same spot to tie things up at65-65. But the Clinton freshmanstill wasn’t done.

After National’s IshmaelJohnson connected on a layupto take a 70-69 lead with 17 sec-onds remaining,Webber caughtthe ball in the same corner yetagain. This time, however, thesharpshooting freshman side-steppeda leapingdefender, tooka step and buried what provedto be the game-winner, as Clin-ton held on to secure its secondstraightCapital Beltway title, 71-70 over National Christian.

Cole praised Webber for be-ing unflappable throughout theseason — always open to criti-cism and constantly improving.So when he entered the game,

Freshman delivers bigfor ClintonChristian

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n Several county wrestlers earnstate tournament berths

BY TERRONHAMPTON

SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE

Twowrestlers fromPrinceGeorge’sCounty punched their ticket to nextweekend’s state championships withfirst place finishes at the 4A/3A SouthRegion tournament Saturday night atWise High School.

Bowie senior Javan White reached

the state tournament for the third-con-secutive year, winning the 106-poundfinal, 3-1, over La Plata’s Gavin Stod-dard. FellowOxonHill senior Jahi Joneswill compete in his first state tourna-ment, as he defeated La Plata’s TreyBryant, 5-1, in the 145-pound final.

White said that hiswork is anythingbut done.

“Bryant was my greatest competi-tion at 106 that I’ve probably had in along time,” said White, who is 41-1 inhis final high school campaign. “I saidat the beginning of the season that I

wanted a state championship. I haveto concentrate even harder andworkereven harder for next week.”

Meanwhile, along with winning hisfirst region title, Jones will also striveto maintain is perfect record, whichstands at 29-0 this season.

“I started cautious at the begin-ning, I startedmyoffense anddidn’t lethim score points,” Jones said. “I shouldhave made states last year but I didn’tand sometimes you fall short of yourgoals. This season, I’m just having fun.”

Bowie coach Aaron Handy said

he was proud of White and freshmanNathaniel White, who reached theregion final at 145 pounds. He lost toNorthern’s defending 113-pound statechampion, Breanden Coughlin, by pinat the 1 minute, 36 second mark of thesecond period.

“I feel great for those guys,”Hankeysaid. “As long as we work hard in prac-tice, how much better can you havethan two guys that can place in the top2 in the state. If they keep that mental-ity throughout the week, how can theynot do well?”

Seven county wrestlers advancedto the region final including EleanorRoosevelt’s Ricky Bryant, who lost his132-poundbout, 6-3, toHuntingtown’sNick Morgal. At 152 pounds, Flowers’Limini Sherman lost by pin in the sec-ond round to Leonardtown’s AndrewLee. Parkdale’s Rudolph Funn waspinned in the second period by North-ern’s Jackson Drum and Roosevelt’sChibueze Omwuka lost his bout at 190pounds toThomas Stone’s Ryan Sharp.

Bowie, Oxon Hill seniors win wrestling region crowns

the coach’s message to thefreshmanwas clear.

“Shoot the ball, man. Shootthe ball,” Cole said. “We’ve gottremendous faith in that kid,even as a freshman. I’m soproudof him,man. Youhaveno idea.”

Webber, who started thegame for Clinton, had not at-temptedasingle shot throughoutthe course of the game beforeburying what he called the “big-gest shots of my life” when hisnamewaseventuallycalled in theclosingminutes.

“[Coach] just told me to runto the corner and I know Kevin[Dorsey] could penetrate verywell, so I just stepped in the cor-ner and waited for him to kickit to me,” Webber, who waswrapped in a line of postgameembraces, said. “It’s kindofmindboggling because I’ve never beenhere before. It’s all new tome.”

“He’s one of those guys thatyou can trust, as a freshman, tohit a big shot,”Dorsey said.

Before Webber’s late gameheroics stole the show, it wasonce again Dorsey who keptClinton alive despite its strugglesversusNational’sdefense.Dorseyscored 13 of his game-high 21points in the second half, anddrove fearlessly into the teethof avery sizeableNational frontcourt.But perhaps the University ofMinnesota-bound guard’s great-est contribution of the night wassetting an aggressive tone.

“Like Coach Cole alwaystells me, ‘The team goes as Igo,’” Dorsey said. “I think I tookit upon myself to bring the guysup tomy level and they really didthat. They took the challenge.”

The loss was the first gameNational had dropped sinceDec.29, ending a 14-game winningstreak. Coach Trevor Brown,who said hewas pleasedwith histeam’s defensive effort through-out the game, admitted he wasa bit caught off guard by how theclosingminutes transpired.

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day break. Adedayo had spenthis sophomore season at theRiverdale school before trans-ferring to Theodore Roosevelt(D.C.),wherehewasamemberof the Rough Riders’ 2013-14City Championship team.

Wrapping up the parade tocenter court was the Panthers’leader, Gregg “GB3” Boyd —the player who had assumedcontrol of the young groupa month before the veterantransfers arrived despite beinga relatively new face. Boyd, ajunior, had spent his first twoseasons at Riverdale BaptistandEleanor Roosevelt, respec-tively, before transferring toParkdale in the offseason.

Together, the three haveformed a trio that has trans-formed Parkdale into a seri-ous postseason contender. Butthe Panthers’ season outlookwasn’t always quite as opti-mistic.

After losing Wilson to thedefending 2A state champi-ons to start the season, Price’steam featured zero returningstarters and an alarming num-ber of holes to fill.

“We’re in the rebuildingstage,” Price said during thepreseason. “Right now, we’rejust trying to jell together.”

At the center of that pro-cess was Boyd, who said herealized that despite his un-familiarity with the program,his designation as point guard

forced him into a leadershiprole that would take time forhim to becomemore comfort-able with.

“I had to get used to it be-cause I knew if I didn’t step up,then nobody on my team wasgoing to step up,” Boyd said.“Me being a point guard, I hadto step up and take hold of thatleadership spot.”

Still, as the Panthers sortedout the odds and ends of theirnewmakeup.They struggled toopen the season. Parkdale lostfive of its first eight games be-fore a four-game slide carriedthem into the closing weeks ofJanuary.

“We had games early on inthe seasonwherewewould getup 10 and, because we wereyoung, we didn’t know how toplay time and score and differ-ent things like that,” Price said.“Wewere giving up victories.”

If youth was what troubledthe Panthers, Adedayo andWilsonwerewelcomedveteranleaders, and just at the righttime.Wilsonwas already com-fortable the system and hadproven himself a savvy seniorscorer, while Adedayo broughta relentlessmotor and a cham-pionship pedigree from hisdays at Theodore Roosevelt.

But, as Price pointed out,the most important thing thetwo seniors offered was a fa-miliarity with the program,something the seventh-yearcoach said was the decidingfactor in letting them join theteam with the season well un-derway.

“If those were just somerandom guys, it would havebeen a lot of thought thatwould have went into bringingthem on this team,” Price said.“With those guys, Kaine threeyears and knowing Joe for awhile and the kids know them,it really wasn’t a big deal be-cause I think they also under-stood that it brought anotherdynamic to our team.”

The impact was almostimmediate. Wilson and Ade-dayo not only brought a vet-eran presence to the team,but lessened Boyd’s scoringresponsibilities. After a weekof adjusting to the new system,thePanthers began topiece to-gether a seven-game winningstreak that carried them intoWednesday’s scheduled sec-tion semifinal against DuVal.

“When I came here, I triedto bring as much leadershipas I [could],” Adedayo said.“Kaine does the same becausehe’s been playing on the teamsince he was a freshman atParkdale. We just bring [the]leadership. We know what ittakes to win.”

Despite its recent success,which included a Feb. 12 over-time win at Eleanor Roosevelt,Parkdale has yet to reach itsfull potential as the team con-tinues to find its next gear withits recent additions.

“I think we still haven’tseen the best,” Price said,laughing. “I hope we will see itvery soon.”

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the second round of the Class3A playoffs.

“They’re going tobea team,talent-wise, that’s going to bepretty good,” Crossland coachSelina Smith said. “... Oncethey’re seasoned ... they’re go-ing to be pretty phenomenal.”

Doberson, a fourth-yearvarsity player, said she didn’tknow what to expect head-ing into this season, with Ja-nee Harris, Alexis Welch andUniqek Miller graduated, andJewel Ledbetter transferred.

“I was thinking: how am Igoing to find some guys? ... Iknow that we lost some great,great scorers, so how can wemake that up?” Doberson said.

But theCavaliershavemorethan made up for that lost pro-duction. Though they struggledagainst the top Prince George’sCounty teams, they had severalimpressive performances, in-cluding a win against Douglassand a loss on a buzzer-beaterto perennial contender GwynnPark.

Canlas has been a bigreason for that success. The5-foot-2point guard,whocamefrom Isaac Gourdine Middle

School in Fort Washington, hasmade an immediate impact,averaging 10.9points per game.

King has also been a keycontributor. The 5-6 shootingguard was the primary scor-ing option as a freshman atH.D. Woodson. Though she’sno longer the focal point of theoffense, she’s still averaging ateam-high 12.1 points and pro-vided consistent scoring.

“Last year I didn’t have asmuch help as I do this year … Ihavemoredefensive andoffen-sive help.,” King said.

Doberson is the team’sthird double-digit scorer, aver-aging 11.4 points. But it’s her

defense and work ethic thatSmith said was impressed by.That leadership has been keyfor a team that has two fresh-men and three sophomoresgetting significantminutes.

Doberson said she intendsto play in college, though hasyet to commit. As for her soon-to-be alma mater, Dobersonsaid she’s optimistic. Not onlyabout the current players, butthe ones coming up from themiddle school team.

“They’re going to have agreat future. Trust me,” Dober-son said.

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But Martino said there arestill areas, like transition defense,where the team needs to tightenup. The good news for the Ea-gles: they’ll have plenty of timeto improve. The team has onlyone senior — Therese Gilmore— and most of its contributorsare juniors and underclassmen.There’s even a seventh-gradergettingminutes inElizabethMar-tino,Olivia’s sister.

“Us being together our firstyear, by next year— this upcom-ing season—we should be a topnational team, and be like one ofthe best teams in the area,” Graysaid.

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Rooseveltsweeps

Above, the Eleanor Roosevelt HighSchool girls basketball team cel-ebrates its 57-53 victory againstLargo to win the Prince George’sCounty championship. Right, theRoosevelt boys team celebratesits 58-51 victory against Largo forthe county title. Both games wereplayed Feb. 25 at Wise High Schoolin Upper Marlboro.

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n Show centers around acceptance

BY KIRSTY GROFFSTAFFWRITER

Seeing a 6-foot, 3-and-a-half-inch tall rab-bit might be troubling even only a month fromEaster, but the bunny presents a catalyst for ac-cepting people the way they are in TantallonCommunity Players’ production of “Harvey.”

Possibly better known by some through the1950 filmof the samename starring Jimmy Stew-art, the play has been in the works for TCP forawhile.

Harvey the rabbit is said to be a “pooka,” aCeltic mythological figure believed to be drawnto social outcasts, according to Elwood P. Dowd.He sees Harvey— though not everyone else does— and attempts to introduce the rabbit to every-onehemeets, developing for himself an eccentricpersona that creates a stir in the community andtensionwithin the family.

Artistic Director Charla Rowe’s husband,Ron Rowe, was a founder of the company andwas particularly interested in the piece. Unfortu-nately, hedied last year before seeing theproduc-tion come to fruition.

“It’s been on our ‘must-do’ list for years,”said co-director Juliette Chagnon, “but difficul-ties with rights and other things made us unable

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Jamie Hamilton, seen here as psychiatrist Dr. Chumley, performs with Sarah Hamilton as hiswife in the Tantallon Community Players production of “Harvey,” which runs through March 8.

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The grandfather of thefamily, traditional bock, gavebirth tomai (May) bock, dop-pel (double) bock, and eis (ice)bock. Other offspring includeweizenbock, winterbock anddunkle (dark) bock. Traditionalbock beers usually first appearinMarch each year. Doublebo-cks are released around Easterwhilemaibocks follow onMay1, often with festive celebra-tions.

First produced in the late14th century in the town of Ein-beck, these strong beers werecopied by the breweries inMu-nich in the early 17th century,modifying the barley/wheatgrain bill to an all barley beer.The Bavarian dialect name forthe Einbeck beer evolved intothe word beck and then to bock.

Bock beer does not comefrom the bottom of the fer-menting vessel as the old taleis told, but is a separate, full

bodied, type of lager beer. Sincebock alsomeans goat in bothGerman andDutch, the goat isoften displayed on bock labels.It is said that a good bock hasthe kick of a goat.

Traditional bocks are lightcopper to brown in color witha complexmaltiness, and oftensome toasty or caramel flavors.Theymay have slight hop bit-terness, butmalt is the domi-nant flavor.

Medium to full-bodied,these strong, smooth,maltylagers have alcohol by volumes(ABV) of 6.3 to 7.2 percent.Somewinter bocks have addedspiciness or alcohol. Mostbocks are bottom fermentedlagers but some,most promi-nently weizenbocks, are topfermented ales.

Maibocks, also called helles(bright) bock to distinguishthem from the darker winterbocks, are clear and deep goldto subdued amber in hue.Mai-bocks have a crispmalty flavor,possibly a low spicy or peppery

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Mount Rainier Nature Center, ToddlerTime: hands-on treasures, crafts, stories andsoft play, 11 a.m. to noon Thursdays, age 5and younger free, 4701 31st Place, MountRainier, 301-927-2163.

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IN THE ARTSto actually stage it until now. He’s onour minds as we produce this showhe loved so much.”

“For years he was saying, ‘Dick,you’ve gotta do ‘Harvey,’ that’s theperfect role for you,’” added DickReed, who plays Elwood. “So doingthis really is kind of a tribute to Ron.He wanted it, he pushed for it, andI’m doing it for him.”

Elwood is relatively quiet andsoft-spoken but has a kind heart. Un-fortunately, his friendship with Har-vey means that people who can’t seethe rabbit think he is talking to him-self and isn’t entirely all right, and hisrole in society means that others lookat his family members similarly.

“He’s a very gentle soul that peo-ple don’t dislike,” said Reed, “he justseems to be in the way of getting asuitor for his sister’s daughter.”

There are others, however, whocan also see Harvey — including hissister, who tries to commit him toa sanitarium, and psychiatrist Dr.Chumley, the director of the sanitar-ium who attempts to give Elwood aninjection to turn him into a “normal”person.

However, Elwood’s nature pre-vails, and his kindness and caring forothers win out over his quirks.

“I thought it was not only a sweetand funny piece,” Chagon said, “butone with a very important message— things aren’t always as they seem,and the ‘odd’ folks around us may bethe wisest.”

Chagnon co-directed the pro-duction with Sarah Hamilton, whoalso appears as Mr. Chumley’s wife.This is not the first time the two haveworked together at TCP; their sharedtheatrical view creates a united frontthat came in handy when dealingwith busy schedules and last-minutecast replacements.

“I was very grateful she agreed tojoin me in directing ‘Harvey,’” Cha-gnon said. “Two kids and a more-than-full-time job make my schedulereally hectic, and she was able to at-tend some rehearsals I was not pres-

ent for.”The play first appeared in 1944

and little has been changed for thisproduction; the decades spannedmean some references and dialogueis dated and doesn’t fit in as well withmodern views.

“I think we were all a little takenaback by some of the old-fashionedviews in the script, of women in par-ticular,” said Chagnon, “but we as agroup decided to go with it and usethose moments for humor.”

The contrast between time pe-riods also results in a tone unfamil-iar in current theater, in Chagnon’sopinion, making for a refreshing taleof a man who wanted the world to bea little kinder.

“I don’t think most modern playsare as shamelessly optimistic as Har-vey,” she said. “In this day and agewe’re all about being edgy and cyni-cal — there’s nothing cynical aboutHarvey, it’s very life-affirming.”

“He’s a gentleman who just triesto make people feel better aboutthemselves,” Reed added. “Everyonehas troubles to life in some degree;this guy just tries to let them talk andmakes them feel better about them-selves. That seems like somethingto me that will always be relevant —people will always need help.”

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HARVEYContinued from Page B-3

quality, a moderate hop (more ap-parent than the other bocks) anddry finish. Maibocks have 6.3 to 7.4percent ABVs.

All doublebocks stem from theoriginal of the style called Salvatorand known as “liquid bread.” It wasdeveloped by monks for consump-tion during their 40 day Lentenfast preceding Easter and the fourweek Advent fast prior to Christmas.Doublebocks are dark gold to darkbrown, full-bodied with complex,deep malty sweetness and aroma,and often with intricate choco-late and dark fruit flavors. Little orno hops are evident in these verystrong, rich lager with ABVs of 7 to14 percent. Doublebocks are agedfor much longer than regular lagersto develop the pronounced smooth-ness, mellowness and higher alcoholcontent. Many doppelbocks havenames ending in “-ator,” as a tributeto the original Salvator now made by

the Paulaner brewery.To make a more robust beer,

Bavarian brewers froze a bock, re-moved the ice and created a moreconcentrated version called eisbock.Legend has it that this was an acci-dent. Now similar beers are breweddirectly. Eisbocks are deep copper todark brown in color with rich, sweetmalt and sometimes caramel orchocolate flavors, balanced with sig-nificant alcohol and some dryness.There may be some dark fruit tastesand the alcohol (9 to 14 percent ABV)is smooth, not harsh, providing aclean lager taste.

Troegenator (8.2 percent alco-hol by volume, ABV) is brewed bythe Troegs Brewery in Hershey, Pa. Ithas a very sweet nose with a hint ofcaramel. Quite smooth, the moder-ate sweet malt front continues intothe middle. The finish adds lightfloral hops which slightly balancethe malt and segue in the aftertastewhere the malt fades and the hopsand malt are in balance with anadded hint of cherry. The high alco-hol level is incredibly well hidden in

this dangerous beer. Ratings: 8/8.Aventinus Eisbock (12 percent

ABV) is made by G. Schneider andSohn in Kelheim, Germany. TheAventinus has an aroma of alcoholand dark fruit tending to plum. Thelight plum and sweet malt frontleads to a middle where the sweet-ness increases to medium with atouch of alcohol present. The sweet-ness ebbs in the finish as the maltbrings in a toffee character. Thealcohol reappears and comes to theforefront in the quite dry aftertaste.The alcohol will blend into the beerwith some aging. Ratings: 8.5/8.

PikantusWeizen-Bock (7.3percent ABV) is brewed in Erding,Germany, by the Erdinger Brewery.Pikantus has a bouquet of sweetmalt, cherry, chocolate and roast.The quite light sweet front fromthe large volume of wheat malt inthe brew presages a similar middle.The finish adds a slight roast whichcontinues in the aftertaste which hasa lingering sweet malt and a hint offloral hops. Ratings: 8/8.

BEERContinued from Page B-3

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There’s the story thatpeople tell about you… andthen there’s the story you tellabout yourself.“Good Kids” comes out

of the Big Ten Theatre Chairsprogram, which hasmadeits mission for three years tocommission newworks bywomen playwrights. NaomiIizuka’s piece addressesrape culture, drawing on therecent case at SteubenvilleHigh School in Steubenville,Ohio.The play examines the

aftermath of a casual sexualencounter gone wrong. Wasshe raped?Was she askingfor it? Does it matter? Whosestory do you believe— andwhat does this reveal aboutyou?The show takes place at a

high school in a townwherefootball is king and serves asthemain entertainment for

the entire community. As aresult, the young teen playersare well-loved and respected.At a party one night, two

girls from a different highschool across town arrive,and one of the football play-ers slips something into oneof their drinks. A group ofthe players take advantageof the situation, one of themtweeting the incident as ithappens.“Good Kids” is the Uni-

versity of Maryland’s firstproduction as part of theBig Ten New Play Initiative,which supports women intheater by commissioningwork from American femaleplaywrights that featuresignificant, age-appropriateroles for young women.Tickets for the show are

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You like zombies, right?Everyone does! Just look atthe ratings for “TheWalk-ingDead!” How aboutchainsaws and lots and lotsof blood? Still have your at-tention?Now, what if I toldyou that you could see all ofthese things on stage at onetimeWITH singing?You’re absolutely right—

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2013 Passat SEL...................V024049A, Black, 11,681 Miles............$22,990

2014 GTI Wolfsburg..............V039591A, Black, 7,854 Miles...................$23,752

2015 Passat 1.8T Se............V504978A, Fortana Red, 1651Miles......$25,990

2013 Camaro RS...................V040108B,Black,30,660 Miles................$25,993

2012 Mercedes E350 AWD....V061959A, Silver, 46,366 Miles.............$29,720

2013 Golf R............................V064055A, Gray,32,643 Miles...............$31,990

2013 Lexus RX 350 AWD.....V003389A, Black,40,837 Miles.............$34,671

2015 Mazda CX-5.................V039474A, Blue,6,454 Miles........Call for price

2014 PASSAT S

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MSRP $23,495

2015 TIGUAN S 2WD

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MSRP $27,180

2014 TOUAREG TDI R-LINE V6

#14012689, Navigation, SunroofPower Windows/Locks, Loaded

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OR $659/MO for 72 MONTHS

MSRP $55,835

2014 JETTA SEDAN TDI

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BUY FOR$18,699

OR $289/MO for 72 MONTHS

MSRP $23,495

SAVE UP TO$8,000

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MSRP $19,245

2015 JETTA S

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2015 BEETLE 1.8L

#163411, Power Windows/Power Locks,Keyless Entry, AutoMSRP $22,615

BUY FOR$19,999

OR $289/MO for 72 MONTHS

2014 JETTA 4D SPORTWAGEN TDI

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MSRP $30,320

BUY FOR$24,499

OR $358/MO for 72 MONTHS

2015 GOLF GTI 2D HB S

#4036792, Manual, Power Windows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry

BUY FOR$22,999

OR $329/MO for 72 MONTHS

MSRP $25,535

2015 GOLF 4D HBLAUNCH EDITION

#3022537, Power Windows, Power Locks,Auto, Keyless Entry, Sunroof

MSRP $18,815

BUY FOR$16,599

OR $219/MO for 72 MONTHS

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