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n Residents share theirtheories on Goatmanand other spooky tales

BY EMILIE SHAUGHNESSYSTAFFWRITER

A mad scientist mutatedinto a goat-like creature. Aphantom baby crying in thenight. An abandoned sani-tariumhaunted by the souls oflong-dead patients.

Each Halloween, thesestories resurface — PrinceGeorge’s County’s own setof fearsome folktales passeddown through generationswith just enough factual de-

tail to excite listeners’ darkestfears.

According to Barry Pear-son, a folklorist and Englishprofessor at the University ofMaryland, College Park, thetales fulfill a kind of collectiveappetite for the frightening orthe unexplained.

“Why are some stories toldover and over again? There’ssomething there that weneed,” he said.

Pearson, a Hyattsville resi-dent, has tracked the history ofseveral local legends over thepast few decades, includingwhat he refers to as the mostpopular ghoul: Goatman.

County’s local legends offer good scare

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Glenn Dale Hospital is a former tuberculosis sanitarium that was abandonedin 1981, but urban legends have made up a much more eerie history for theproperty.

n 10-year-old athlete keeps activedespite health conditions

BY KIRSTEN PETERSENSTAFFWRITER

LaurenMingo, 10, of Clinton says sheisn’t “soft” like other girls her age—she’s aggressive and competitive,

qualities that help her shine as a backupquarterback on her tackle football team.

“When I hit themhard, they hitmehard back,” Lauren said.

So when Laurenwas diagnosed lastyear with transient bonemarrow edema—a painful condition resulting from anincrease of blood flow in the bone— andhad an epileptic seizure inMay, she re-acted just like she would on the field. She

pushed back.“I just like playing somuch I don’t

feel the pain,” Lauren said.Lauren’s father, OrrenMingo, 47, of

Clinton said he knew his daughter couldbecome a talented athlete when, at fouryears old, she could bat eight of the 10balls he tossed to her.

“We just noticedwhen shewas littleshe was very coordinated,”Mingo said.“That’s how it took off.”

She has played soccer, tennis, base-ball, basketball, football, run track andcheered.

Until she joined the all-girls TeamTakeover basketball team, Lauren hadonly played on boys teams, which couldcomplement her aggression on the field,her parents said.

“I just like playing just to play andhave something to do to be athletic,”Lauren said.

Clinton quarterback tackles disorder

PHOTOS BY GREG DOHLER/THE GAZETTE

Lauren Mingo, 9, (standing, left, and below) of the Silver Hill Boys and Girls Club prepares to run the offense in a youth football game against Kent-land-Columbia Park Boys and Girls Club at the Kentland Community Center Park in Landover on Saturday.

n Council sets goalto reduce greenhouse

gas emissions


Bowie officials and city staffhave taken aim at a big, greentarget, but they say they willneed every resident’s help to hita bull’s-eye.

Councilmembers votedOct.20 to set a city-wide greenhousegas emissions reduction goal of20 percent by 2020.

The percentage is similarto the targets set by the state ofMaryland and the city of Balti-more, and, if achieved, wouldreduce harmful gases by about70,000metric tons, according toa memorandum from city man-ager David Deutsch.

“I think the goals are chal-lenging, but are they doable?Yes,” said BowieMayor G. Fred-erickRobinson. “It requires all ofus tomake a conscious effort onour parts.”

A recent city purchase oftwo electric motorcycles for the

Bowie fires up battleon global warming

n Residents raise traffic,safety concerns aboutbuilding expansion


A smile flashes across TheRev. Uzooma Erondu’s facewhen he talks about his Bowiechurch, Maranatha AdventistFellowship, growing and chang-ing, but someofErondu’sneigh-bors are not as happy aboutchurch expansion they say istoo large for their residentialcommunity.

Maranathahasbeenholding

services in anapproximate 5,000square foot building off MDRoute 564 for about six years,Erondu said, and is currentlyseeking permits for a replace-ment building of nearly 29,000square feet.

Some residents say parkingand traffic are already an issuein the neighborhoods near thechurchand that a largerbuildingwith more parishioners wouldexacerbate the problem, posinga safety risk to pedestrians.

Robert Koelsch of Bowie,who lives near the church, saidchurch members will be forcedto park along the road if the

Church’s growthhits a roadblock

n Questions raisedabout high school’spossible selection


Some Largo High Schoolparents say they are disap-pointed they were not askedfor their input before the schoolwas considered as a site for anon-native English speakersprogram.

The CASA-InternationalsCommunity High Schoolsprogram would offer a smallschool environment for Englishlanguage learners, said Prince

George’sCountyPublic Schools’spokesmanMax Pugh.

Largo has been discussedas one of two sites for the pro-gram, but the site selection hasnot been finalized, Pugh said.The second site will be in Lang-ley Park but a specific locationhas not been determined, Pughsaid. Each school will startwith 100 students during the2015-2016 academic year andexpand with a new class annu-ally.

Valerie White, president ofthe Largo High School PTSA,said the PTSA is not completelyopposed to the program, butmembers want the program

English learnersprogram sparksLargo concerns

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Halloween Without the Screams, 6:30to 8:30 p.m., Southern Regional Technol-ogy & Recreation Complex, 7007 BockRoad, FortWashington. Fun-filled nightof carnival games, arts & crafts, a costumeparade and our Trunk-A-Treat Finale.Cost is resident: $5; non-resident: $6.Contact 301-749-4160; TTY 301-203-6030.

Trunk or Treat, 7 to 8:30 p.m., CampSprings Community Church, Clinton.It is time for our annual Trunk or Treat.Held rain or shine, come enjoy the candy,crafts, games and snacks. No reservationnecessary. Contact [email protected].

Xtreme Teens: Halloween MonsterBash, 7 to 10 p.m., Glassmanor Com-munity Center, 1101Marcy Ave., OxonHill. Come have a spooky fun time at theHalloweenMonster Bash. Enjoy a DJ,games, giveaways, light refreshments anda costume contest. Contact 301-567-6033;TTY 301-203-6030.

CCBL 2014 Trunk or Treat, 7 to 10p.m., 2014 Trunk or Treat, 5030 BrownStation Road, UpperMarlboro. CalvaryChapel Breath of Life in Largo invites thecommunity to join us for 2014 Trunk orTreat. Music, games, treats and fun. Con-tact 202-468-7400 or [email protected].

Seussical the Musical, 7:30 to 9:30p.m.,BowieCenter for thePerformingArts, 15200AnnapolisRoad.BowieHighSchoolpres-ents “Seussical.” Fun for all ages. Tickets are$10, or $7 for children, seniors and students.Contact 301-805-6880, Ext. 55, or [email protected].

The Murder Room, 8 p.m., BowiePlayhouse,WhiteMarsh Recreation Park,16500WhiteMarsh Park Drive, Bowie.Contact 301-805-0219 or [email protected].

NOV. 1Step Up Ur Game Step Conference,

9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Bowie High School An-nex, 3021 Belair Drive, Bowie. Youth whoattend this conference will participatein the art of stepping, engage in struc-turedworkshops and see a live stepperformance. Cost is resident: $20; non-resident: $20. Contact 301-464-1737; TTY301-218-6768.

Zumbathon® Charity Event, 10 a.m. toNoon at Fitness Evolution, 12746 Old Fort

Road, FortWashington. Proceeds will beused toward decreasing the growing trendof poverty amongwomen through educa-tion, training, and development programsand services. Cost is $15 in advance; $20at the door. Contact 888-246-2006 [email protected].

Caregivers Book Discussion Group,10 a.m., OxonHill Branch Library, 6200OxonHill Road, OxonHill. This selec-tion is “EveryWakingMoment,” by ChrisFabry. Contact 301-332-4253 or [email protected].

Zumba Dance Class, 10 to 11 a.m.,Bowie Community Center, 3209 Stony-brookDrive, Bowie. Six-week Zumbadance class for ages 16 and over. Contact301-464-1737/ TTY 301-218-6768.

Craft Show, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., St.Matthew’s UnitedMethodist Church,14900 Annapolis Road, Bowie. Featur-ing 40 diverse and talented crafters, bakesale and lunch. Contact 301-262-1408 [email protected].

Service Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.,Accokeek Foundation, 3400 Bryan PointRoad, Accokeek. Get your hands dirtyvolunteering around site. If you are in-terested in attending a Service Saturdayevent, please RSVP to the Casey Lowe [email protected].

Rockledge Elementary School AnnualFall Fest, 11 a.m. to 2p.m., RockledgeEl-ementary School, 7701LaurelBowieRoad,Bowie. This yearwewill focusonfitnessandhealth andwill have games, exercises,andperformances throughout theday. Youcanwinprizes.Contact 301-805-2720.

200 Tigers, noon to 4 p.m., ComfortInn in Bowie. A Group FacePaint Eventwith The FacePaint Lady and Friends.Bring a fun friendwho youwill paint andwhowill paint you. All supplies included.No experience required. Ages 13+. [email protected].

Horse Show, 2 p.m., The Show PlaceArena, 14900 Pennsylvania Ave., UpperMarlboro. Cost is $15 per person. Contact301-952-7900; TTY 301-952-7998.

Chili Cook-Off and Fall Festival, 4 to 7p.m., Hope to Your Community Church,7300 Race Track Road, Bowie. Includedin the activities are a costume parade,games, entertainment, candy and refresh-ments. Among the refreshments will belots of chili, because the Chili Cook-off isbeing held. There also will be a pie auc-tion, with the proceeds going to the BowieFood Pantry and Emergency Fund. Con-tact 302-262-7888.

Hollywood and the Civil War: Shenan-doah Event, 6 to 8:30 p.m., Surratt HouseMuseum, 9118 Brandywine Road, Clin-ton. Contact 301-868-1121; TTY 301-699-2544.

Jane Monheit Concert, 7 to 9 p.m.,SuitlandHigh School Annabelle FergusonAuditorium, 5200 Silver Hill Road, Forest-ville. Cost is $20. Contact 301-517-0500 [email protected].

NOV. 2Sunday Shoreline Sweep-up: Novem-

ber Nature-Lovers, 9 to 11:30 a.m., OxonCove Park/OxonHill Farm, 6411 OxonHill Road, OxonHill. Every first Sundayof themonth, join Ranger Steph and helpclean up the shoreline of Oxon Cove.Wear clothes and shoes that can get wetandmuddy.Wewill provide work gloves.Contact 301-839-1176 or [email protected].

“Domestic Violence: Don’t Let It HitHome,” a panel discussion, 10 a.m. tonoon at Temple Solel, 2901MitchevilleRoad, Bowie. Speakers will include arepresentative from the P.G. County Po-lice Department Criminal InvestigativeDivision’s ViolenceUnit, a nurse psycho-therapist dealing with crisis intervention,a survivor of domestic abuse, and an at-torney forMaryland Legal Aid. Free andopen to the public. Contact 301-249-2424or [email protected].

Davies Concert with Edvinas Minksti-mas, 6:30 p.m., DaviesMemorial Unitar-ianUniversalist Church, 7400 TempleHill Road, Camp Springs. Programwillinclude works byMozart, Schubert, Liszt,Gershwin and Vince Guaraldi selectionsfromCharlie Brown. Call 301-868-0082.

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n Police say signs,flashing lights could reduce

speed at crossing


Oxon Hill residents maysoon see more reminders toslow down at the intersection ofLivingston Road and LivingstonTerrace as a result of an Oct. 10car crash that killed five people.

The crash occurred after aMercedes driving westboundon Livingston Road struck therear of an Acura, which wasstopped at a traffic light at theintersection, according toPrinceGeorge’s County police. Fourpassengers in the Acura fromWashington, D.C., includingtwo children, were pronounceddead at the sceneor diedof theirinjuries at the hospital, policesaid. One passenger in the Mer-cedes was pronounced dead atthe scene, according to police.Police spokeswoman Cpl. MariaMcKinney said the accident re-mains under investigation.

District IV police com-mander Douglas Garrett saidalthough speed and rain mayhave contributed to the crash,police want to make changes toprevent another accident at theintersection.

Garrett said the PrinceGeorge’s County Police De-partment’s Special OperationsDivision and the county’s De-partment of Public Works andTransportation are beginningto discuss ways to alert driversto speed restrictions in the area.Suggestions so far include in-stalling signs and flashing lights,improving the road and increas-ing police enforcement, Garrettsaid.

“With five people killed inone accident, obviously it’s avery unusual circumstance, andwe do need to look at the inter-section and make sure there’sanything the county can do toimprove safety,” Garrett said.

Carol Terry, a spokeswomanfor the Department of PublicWorks and Transportation, saidno final decisions would bemade on safety improvementsuntil a comprehensive accidentreport is completed by policeand submitted to the depart-ment.

A speed-monitoring device,which shows drivers how fastthey’re going, was installed nearthe intersection after the Oct. 10crash, Garrett said.

Kevin Smith, 26, of OxonHill said the area needs a stron-ger police presence focused ondriver and pedestrian safety.

“These people get to wherethey need to go and they don’tpay attention to lights,” Smith

said. “I think if they had securityout here that was strictly basedon people’s safety, it would bemuch better,” Smith said.

Raymond Portalatin, 51,of Forest Heights suggestedpruning trees that extend overLivingston Road to improve vis-ibility.

“When it rains, it pulls themdown,” Portalatin said.

Cathy Clark, 70, said she haslived in Forest Heights for 40years and said the car accidentwas theworst tragedy she recallsat the intersection. Still, she washesitant to paymore in taxes fornew safety implementations,Clark said.

“It may be another 40 yearsbefore it happens again,” Clarksaid.

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Fatal crash spurs look atOxonHill intersectionn Local nonprofit seeks clean water

for Indian villages


Traveling 8,000miles to oneof themostpopulous countries in theworldwasnot onMichael Callahan’s list of top priorities un-til he said he envisioned the word “India”larger than life in front of him.

After being unable to shake the feelingof responsibility for a country he had nevereven visited, the Bowie resident travelled toIndia several years later and what he foundwas shocking: poverty, children dying ofHIV/AIDS and limited access to basic ne-cessities like cleandrinkingwater, Callahansaid.

“What happens in India is people gen-erally have three choices,” he said. “Theycan drink the city water, which is terrible,or they could walk to the river, but some-times the riverbed is [severalmiles ormore]away. The other option is to have watershipped in, but many people can’t affordthat.”

These realizations led to BuildingHopeMinistries, Callahan’s faith-based non-profit that has been supporting churches,orphans and families in impoverishedparts of India and Nepal for the past sevenyears. This year, Building Hope launched aprogram to fund wells in regions withoutaccess to clean water and has already paidfor twowells at around $1,600 perwell, Cal-lahan said.

One of Building Hope’s main fundrais-ing tools for the wells is a worship bandcalled “Jacob’s Well” that performs con-certs in the Bowie area.

Jimmy Painter, Cresthill Church ofBowie’s electric guitar-wielding pastor, is amember of the band and said he has beenhelping Building Hope raise funds throughmusic since the organization’s inception.

“If you can connect to somebody

in their ears, it will reach their hearts,”Painter said. “When an individual comesto a concert that is going to raise funds fordigging wells in India, not only do they ex-perience God in the worship experience,they get blessed by the music so they inturn can get open their wallets and blesssomeone else.”

Painter said the bandplaysmusic rang-ing from reggae to rock to jazz and will beholding its next concert on Nov. 22 at Trin-ity Lutheran Church in Bowie.

“We’ve been practicing quite a bit. It’sa great group of musicians from severalchurches in the area,” he said. “I’m opti-mistic in that evening we can build at leastone— if notmore—wells in India.”

Pastor Jaim Gann of Trinity Lutheranhas also partnered with Building HopeMinistries and said some of his churchmembers even accompanied Callahan toIndia on some of his annual trips.

Gann said Building Hope stood out tohim because the organization doesn’t re-tain any portion of donations for adminis-trative fees.

“One hundred percent of donations gotoministry work as opposed to administra-tion,” Gann said. “In the church world, wehave a lot of organizations and charitiesand most of them have a lot of overhead.I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, but it doessurprise people.”

Callahan said he hopes the new wellproject will not only provide a basic physi-cal necessity, but will support Indian com-munities spiritually and bring them to acloser relationship with God.

“Sometimes those ultimate goals aremet through things like digging a hole, orproviding food or hugging a kid,” he said.“Thatmight be the only God they see.”

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Bowieman digs up hope in well project

PHOTO FROM MICHAEL CALLAHAN

Michael Callahan of Building Hope Ministries (top right) stands with a pastor and local children inKerala, India.

The Bowie public works department willrun a curbside leaf collection program Nov. 3throughDec. 18.

Every single-family home and a few town-house communities will be visited twice thisfall by leaf collection crews on scheduleddates.

The collection schedule is publishedonlineand available through a link at www.cityof-bowie.org/leaves.

The leaf collection program differs fromregularWednesday yardwaste pickupbecauseit doesn’t require leaves to be bagged or con-tained, saidMissyMarlette of the public worksdepartment’s street division.

“[Residents] rake the leaves to a curb, andwe come bywith a big vacuum,” she said.

Bowie has been running the leaf collectionprogramannually formore than10 years,Mar-lette said.

Public works staff are asking residents torake leaves to the curb by 7 a.m. on the sched-uled dates and to park away from the leavesduring pickup days.

— EMILIE SHAUGHNESSY

Leaf collectionto begin in Bowie

T H E G A Z E T T EThursday, October 30, 2014 bo Page A-3

n $500,000 media blitz highlightsPrince George’s assets

BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAUSTAFFWRITER

Anewmarketing campaign is aimedat highlighting the “hidden gems” ofPrince George’s County for potentialvisitors and businesses.

The campaign — Experience, Ex-pand, Explore Prince George’s County— launched Monday at National Har-bor.

“We want folks from around theworld to experience the great things wehave to offer here in Prince George’sCounty, from our history to our greatnew attractions,” said County CouncilChairman Mel Franklin (D-Dist. 9) ofUpperMarlboro.

The first phase of the campaignhas been budgeted at $500,000 for sixmonths and will run through April, saidBarry Hudson, senior policy adviser toCounty Executive Rushern L. Baker IIIand manager of the communications

division.“This builds on all of the stuff we’ve

done over the past four years to changethepublicperceptionofPrinceGeorge’sCounty,” Hudson said.

The campaign will feature adver-tisements on Metro trains and stations,on billboards in the county, during ra-dio traffic reports and at the southwestterminals of Baltimore-WashingtonInternational and Reagan National air-ports, said Gwen McCall, president ofthe Prince George’s County EconomicDevelopment Corp.

“We believe that if people are moreaware of the great things that are here,as well as themany great things that arecoming to our county, theywill give us amore serious look and considermovinghere,”McCall said.

The campaignwill be supportedon-line and through social media througha website, www.experienceexpandex-plorepgc.com,aswell as throughmobileapplications.

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Election judge Victoria Rinehardt (right) of Suitland hands an “I voted” sticker to Dakota Martin, 5, of Upper Marl-boro as her mother, Aisha, looks on Oct. 23 during the first day of early voting at the Wayne K. Curry Sports andLearning Center in Landover. The voting precinct was among eight county precincts open for early voting to Oct.30. Nearly 6,000 voters cast ballots Oct. 23, according to unofficial early voting results.

Really early voterThe newest artist showcase at Bowie City

Hall is entitled “Inside Spaces: Still Life and Inte-rior Scenes,” andwill run through Jan. 17.

The current exhibit portrays a variety of in-door scenes and activities, from bartending tomaking Valentine’s Day cards, said Annette Es-terheld, the city’s community outreach special-ist.

“We’ve done landscapes, we’ve done flow-ers, we’ve done other things, so the gallery sub-

committee decided [Inside Spaces]wouldbe thetheme,” Esterheld said.

Thegallery also includes a special exhibit fea-turinghandmadebasketsbyartistGloriaKinsley,Esterheld said.

The gallery is open to the public during CityHall’s normal operating hours:Monday throughThursday, 8:30 a.m. to9:30p.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m.to 5 p.m.; and Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to noon.

— EMILIE SHAUGHNESSY

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n Application deadlineis Nov. 1

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police department andanelec-tric car for city staff will helpmove Bowie toward that goal,Robinson said.

Kristen Larson, Bowie’ssustainability planner, said thecity already offers several resi-dent programs to encouragegreenhouse gas reduction, in-cluding tree rebate and energyaudit programs.

“Trees provide shading. Ifyouplant them inacertain spotto prevent sun from coming in,you can reduce your [air con-ditioning] bills and [trees] alsotake in carbon dioxide, whichis a greenhouse gas,” Larsonsaid. “When you get an audit

done, you get recommenda-tions of things you can do tosavemoney and save energy.”

Larson said city staff arealso working on a climate ac-tion plan to help Bowie busi-nesses, officials and residentsachieve the emissions reduc-tion goal by 2020, and that theplan should be available forpublic comment before theend of the year.

Gary Allen of Bowie, chair-man of the city’s environmen-tal advisory committee, saidit is important for commu-nity members to realize howmuchof a difference individualhouseholds canmake.

“Most of us think that theseare things power plants andother industries [are respon-sible for,] but the bulk of green-

house gas comes from theaccumulated small decisionsof millions of people,” he said,adding that greenhouse gasescan accelerate climate changeand contribute to increasedrainfall and storm damage.

Allen saidhebelievesmeet-ing the 20 percent targetwill bechallenging, but he said he hasfaith in the Bowie communityand its increasing focus on en-vironmental awareness.

“I think that over the pastfour or five years the city hasbecome increasingly more en-vironmentally conscious andresponsible,” he said. “I havea great deal of confidence. I’mencouraged by the number ofcitizens who are recycling.”

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It was during basketballseason last year when Laurenstarted to feel a sharp pain inher right foot.

“Shewas limping after bas-ketball,” said Lauren’s mother,ShavonSpryMingo, 42, ofClin-ton. “Because she never wantsto come out of the game, shesaid, ‘No, no. I’m okay.’”

Lauren’s parents took herto Kensington-based podiatristGene Mirkin last September,who diagnosed her with tran-sient bonemarrow edema. Thecondition may be caused bytrauma from intense runningor jumping and is very rare inchildren,Mirkin said.

The diagnosis forced her tosit out of most of baseball sea-son andwear a boot to stabilizeher foot.

“We had so many peopletelling us to stop, but everytime we would go back to do afollow-up and she would haveto get in a boot, she wouldcry because that meant twoor three more weeks withoutsports,” SpryMingo said.

Lauren said the conditionheld her back from contribut-ing to her team’s success.

“It made me feel bad be-cause I wasn’t there to helpthem or make them win,”Lauren said. “I still went to thegames to support them.”

Mirkin said patients can re-cover in as little as two to threemonths or as long as a year. Asshewas recovering, Laurenhadan epileptic seizure, which wasunrelated to her bone marrowcondition, SpryMingo said.

She responded well tomedication, her parents said,but with this new diagnosis,their concern was whether

Lauren could play sports.The doctors encouraged

her to stay active,Mingo said.“We go with what she

wants within reason for sportsbecause only she knows herbody,” SpryMingo said.

Lauren is no longer limp-ing and currently plays footballwith theSilverHill BearsBoys&Girls Club team and basketballwith Team Takeover, an Ama-teur Athletic Union team. Shesaid her goal is to play basket-ball for DukeUniversity.

Lauren’s basketball coach,Rigo Garner, 49, Waldorf, saidLauren’s teammates thrivefromher encouragement.

“Never say that becauseyou have this health issue youcan’t do this or that becauseLauren is a true example,”Garner said. “She can do allthings.”

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BY ALICE POPOVICISTAFFWRITER

The extra science books Mi-chael Stroud, 11, and his ScienceBowl teammates from BondMillElementarySchool inLaurel havecarried home since Septembermight havemade for heavy back-packs — but the students saidtheir hard work was rewardedwhen they won the final roundof the quarterfinal competitionTuesday.

“We work really well as ateam,” said Michael, captainof the four-member team whowouldgettogethertostudyforthecompetitionduring lunchand re-cess. “This is gonnabeour year.”

Michael led his team — in-cluding Braxton Harsley, 10;Joshua Webb, 10; and PeytonRidgely, 11 — to a 395-90 victoryagainst Laurel Elementary Schoolduring the “Jeopardy”-style com-petition, now in its 29th year, atthe Bonnie F. Johns EducationalMedia Center in Landover. Theteam will advance to the semifi-nal competition on Feb. 3, whenthey will face opponent Glena-rden Woods Elementary School,whose team was the elementaryschool champion in the 2013 Sci-enceBowl.

“They’resharp,theyworkwelltogether and they don’t get flus-

tered,” show host David Zahrensaid of the Bond Mill team.Zahren said the school has senta team to the Science Bowl everyyearsincethecompetitionbegan,and that the students owe part oftheir success to theenthusiasmoftheir coach,Kathy Jacobs.

“She’s very clearly a fan ofScienceBowlandshe takes itper-sonally,”Zahrensaid.“AndIthinkthekids sense that.”

Thanks to their vocabularytraining—which Jacobs had en-couraged — the Bond Mill stu-dents knew that entomophilousplants are pollinated by bugsbecause they knew that entomol-ogy is the studyof insects, Zahrensaid. They also knew that “migra-tory” is the opposite of “seden-tary.”

The team said that focus-ing on vocabulary helped themfigure out the answers to severalquestions.

“Prefixes and suffixes reallyhelped us during the competi-tion,” Braxton said. He and histeammates said that as they pre-pare to face Glenarden, they willwork on their game strategy —which they did not want to giveaway.

“We’re going to be ready in

February,”Michael said.Zahren,who takes the time to

learn a little about each student’sinterestsbefore theshow,said thechildrenwhodowell on the showare curious and havemany inter-ests.

Forinstance,hesaidthatSeanShackelford,9,oneofthestudentson the Laurel Elementary Schoolteam, enjoys writing short storiesin his free time. Meanwhile, histeammate, Jose Guevara, 9, said

hewantedtobeontheshowsohecould learn something.

In the first round of competi-tion, Laurel Elementary defeatedVansville Elementary School inBeltsville with a score of 215 to125. Vansville’s team includescaptain Ethan Vinodh, 11; Jas-mine Ives, 10; and Sammar Jaf-fery, 10.

In the second round, BondMill defeated opponent White-hall Elementary School —whoseteam includes captain MeghanRader, 11; Tinuke Alarapon, 10;andAlexYoung,10—withascoreof 275 to 170.

“It was a fun afternoon,”Zahren said. “I liked the enthusi-asm.”

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After seeing large corpora-tions fall prey to hackers, PrinceGeorge’s County business own-ers say they are taking extraprecautions to safeguard theircustomers’ data.

“It is a concern for us, withHome Depot and Target gettinghacked,” saidDanaUnderwood,office manager at Poist Gas Co.on Main Street in Laurel. “Youhear about it all the time andyou know that, no matter howbig or small you are, the threat isout there.”

Underwood said the com-pany started offering onlinepayment options to its approxi-mately 4,000 customers in July,and at the time the system waslaunched, she made sure se-curity protocols were in place.

She said the amount of sensitiveinformation the company col-lects isminimal, and customers’information is not saved in thesystem.

Maureen Rogers, adminis-trative coordinator of the LaurelBoard of Trade, said she is notaware of breaches or cyber at-tacks affecting any of its morethan 100 members, but addedshe takes common-sense pre-cautions such as making sureher computer is not unattendedand exercising caution whenadding new members to theboard’s Facebook group.

“A lot of times it’s just a frontfor spamming/advertisement,”Rogers said, referring to someFacebook users who request tobe connected on the social net-work. “We’re aware of emailsthat come in. ... We learn not toopenmalicious spam.”

At S&M Auto Supply Inc.on Kenilworth Avenue in Blad-ensburg, owner Stanley Sternsaid he and his staff are carefulabout what emails they open aswell and have taken precautions

such as installing anti-virus soft-ware.

But Stern, who follows newsabout databreaches, suchas theattack on Staples reported in thenews Oct. 20, said he does notbelieve hackers pose a threat tohis small, family-owned busi-ness.

“They’re not targeting guyslike me... . They wouldn’t getenough out of me to make itworth their while,” Stern said.“It concerns me that it happensat places where I shop.”

Security experts are stress-ing that everyone safeguardper-sonal, financial and corporateinformationonline, andarepro-moting such efforts this month,which is National CybersecurityAwareness Month. For moreinformation on National Cyber-security Awareness Month, visitthe U.S. Department of Home-land Security’s website at www.dhs.gov.

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to benefit all students, not justEnglish language learners, byencouraging them to becomebilingual.

“They said the school wouldbe involved. They said the com-munity would be involved. Noonewasat the table in thebegin-ning,”White said.

The county school boardneeded to pass an emergencyitem to approve the memo-randum of understanding withCasa of Maryland, which ad-vocates for Latinos and immi-grants in Maryland, and NewYork-based Internationals Net-work for Public Schools, a non-profit that operates schools forinternational students and sub-mitted the grant application forthe program.

The measure was passedMarch 13 as an emergency itemso the application could be sub-mitted on time, Pugh said. Theschool system was awarded the$3 million grant from the Carn-egie Corporation in July.

“The part I’m stuck on is thecommunitywasn’t givenavoice,and no one decided to ask Largowhat they thought of it beforethey made the decision,” saidparent Charmian Makell, 41, ofDistrict Heights. “I think some-one should take this to task onwhy it was an emergency deci-sion.”

Pugh said Largo is beingconsidered because a sectionof the school large enough tohouse the program is currentlybeing renovated. If Largo ischosen, White said the interna-tionals high school may utilize10 classrooms, which could ex-pand class sizes from 38 to 45students.

Some students questionedhow the school would operateif it housed two different educa-tional programs.

“I don’t think it will work,”said sophomore Tanijia Hardy-Leach, 15, of Clinton. “Howwould theydo lunch if theywereseparate fromus?”

Junior Keilo Savoy, 16, ofTemple Hills said the school istoo small to accommodate theprogram.

“If they follow through withthis, it’s not going to last long,”Keilo said. “Ten classrooms forpeople who don’t know English,that’s toomany.”

Parents and students feltthat English language learnersshould study alongside nativeEnglish speakers, rather thanattend separate schools in thesame building.

“I don’t think separating isthe idea,” said Natalie Wash-ington, 45, of Largo, who has asenior at the school. “If they’regoing to be there, bring them alltogether. Don’t separate thembecause they are from anothercountry or speak another lan-guage.”

Pugh said there is no dead-line for the schools to be se-lected, but recruitment forprospective students will con-clude in the spring. Therewill bea presentation on the interna-tionals high schools program atthe Nov. 13 school board meet-ing, Pugh said.

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parking lot fills.“They’ve asked for a 116-car

parking area, and if you’ve evergone by there on Saturdays,they’re close to 116 cars rightnow,” said “I think before longthey’re going to expand beyondthe limit of what they’re ask-ing for. It’s a concern to us forthe safety of everybody aroundthere. ”

A group of about around 10residents protested the churchexpansion at a communitymeeting on Oct. 14 and a BowieCity Councilmeeting onOct. 20,citing concerns such as traffic,pedestrian safety and environ-mental impact.

While the Bowie city gov-ernment does not have zoningauthority, council members aredrafting a set of recommenda-tions for the Prince George’sCounty planning departmentthey hopewill help address resi-dent concerns.

Some of the recommenda-tions include the request of a

construction design so the com-munity can better understandthe church’s plans, as well as arecommendation that theMary-land State Highway Administra-tion evaluate possible upgradesto state-owned Route 564.

“It seems to me, that at aminimum, they should expandthe road in front of [the church]to accommodate a dedicatedleft turn from Route 197 intotheir property that is protectedand a dedicated right turn lanecoming from traffic,” said coun-cilmanDennisBrady (At-Large).“So that any traffic coming intotheir property would not havean impact on the through trafficon 564.”

Bowie councilmembers alsorecommended the church des-ignate a safety officer to directtraffic before and after services,which Erondu said was a rea-sonable request.

“Every living creature onEarth is intended to grow andyou have to make provision forthe growth. You have to planahead of time,” he said. “I be-lieve we’ll be able to handle thetraffic. I don’t think it will be a

problem.”Despite proposed compro-

mises, several residents saidthey plan to appeal the expan-sion when it goes before theplanning board onNov. 6.

“[The council’s recommen-dations] are not adequate,” saidresidentMelanieGilbert. “To tryand turn into that site, there isn’treally much room. There are nosidewalks along thatwhole road.Mykidsuse that park that’s rightthere, and if we have a wholebunch of people coming in, thatposes a safety concern forme.”

Bowie Mayor G. FrederickRobinson said the city’s recom-mendations don’t ensure thecounty will adopt the condi-tions.

“I think the challenge wehave here is we don’t have thediscretion to say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ onsome of these things,” he said.“There’s no guarantee that theplanning commission will ac-cept or go forward with someof those conditions. There aresome legitimate differences ofopinion on this site.”

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Participating stores will have signs in theirwindows, and candy will also be available in thefood court, according to a news release from Si-monMalls, which operates the shopping center.

“[Bowie Town Center is] the perfect places forfamilies looking for Halloween entertainment in afun and safe community environment,” CristinaMontanez, a spokeswoman for the town center,said in a statement. “Whether kids want to showoff their new costume or participate in mall-widetrick-or-treating, guests of all ages are in for atreat!”

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A half-man, half-goat crea-ture that wanders rural areas ofthe county, some say Goatmanwas a scientist at the BeltsvilleAgricultural Research Centerwho experimented on himself,Pearson said.

Since the days of early Greekmythology, goatshaveoftenbeenthe subject of folklore and evencults, but Goatman likely madehis first appearance in PrinceGeorge’s in the 1960s, Pearsonsaid.

“People say goats are cute,but they’re really not if you re-

ally look at them,” Pearson said.“They become amanifestation ofthe root ofwhat our [devil] iswiththehorns and thehooves.”

Mark Opsasnick of Greenbeltspent years writing about un-explained phenomena and wasregarded as an expert on Goat-man before his research interestschangedto rock ‘n’ rollhistory,hesaid.

As a student at Eleanor Roos-evelt High School in Greenbelt inthe 1970s, Opsasnick heard someof the earliest versions of themyth, which surrounded Fletch-ertownRoad inBowie.

“Fletchertown Road at thetimewas just a little country roadand it was a really scary, really

spooky area,” he said. “We’d get20or30carloadsofkidsalldrivingdown Fletchertown Road. Thatwas the big thing: Go to a footballgame, go to a party, then go lookfor the Goatman. It became al-most aweekly ritual.”

Contrary to the popular leg-end,KimKaplan,aspokeswomanfor the Beltsville Agricultural Re-search Center, said the centernever experimented on goatsand that scientists at the centerdon’t give much credence to theidea that one of their former col-leagues could be running aroundthe county terrorizing carloads ofteenagers.

“Imean, comeon, don’t youthink we would have let a scien-

tist retire by now?” she said witha laugh.

A far cryOne of the oldest macabre

myths circulating the county isCrybaby Bridge, Pearson said.Some version of the story is toldall over the country, he said,with most renditions involvinga mother allegedly throwing hernewbornover abridge.

“I think the scariest version isyou park your car on the bridgeand you see baby handprints on[the car],” he said. “Let’s face it,ghost babies are scary.”

The legendhasbeenascribedto several bridges in the countyover the years, including Gov-erners Bridge in Bowie — abouta mile from where former BowieresidentBobKirchoffsaidhegrewup.

While Kirchoff said he neverwitnessed paranormal activity onthe bridge, he did notice some-thing strangeunderneath it.

“One thing that was weirdto me was I could never catchany fish — and I fish in tourna-ments — within about 40 to 50feet on either side of the bridge,no matter what I used,” Kirchoffrecalled. “This was odd tome be-causeasmostexperiencedfisher-manknow,fish like to congregatearoundbridges for cover.”

Dispelling mythsOne of the newer urban leg-

ends in Prince George’s Countyinvolves Glenn Dale hospital, aformer tuberculosis sanitariumthat closed in1981.

“Anytime you have a bigabandonedstructure, especiallyahospital, and if it’s kind of fencedoff and guarded but still preg-nable, you’re going to get it tobecome a haunt for teenagers,”Pearsonsaid. “They’regoingtogothere and break in. They’re goingto do that so they can get scared,so they have to invent some rea-son it’s a scaryplace.”

While local lore describes thegroup of buildings as hauntedby the ghosts of mentally dis-turbed patients, Kira Calm Lewis,a spokeswoman for the county’sDepartment of Parks and Recre-ation, said the hospital was neverapsychiatric facility.

“I think the active imagina-tions of local teenagers prob-ably turned the Glenn Dalehospital into many things overthe years,” she said. “But as faras what the facility was used for,it was only used to isolate tuber-culosis patients and then for theindigent.”

TheDepartmentofParks andRecreation currently owns theproperty and is seeking investorsto redevelop it, Lewis said.

Though Goatman, Crybaby

Bridge and Glenn Dale hospi-tal stories have been circulatingthe county for decades, Pearsondoesn’t attribute the legends’timelessness to academics likehimself, but to aparticulardemo-graphicof storytellers: teenagers.

“A folklorist always looks atwho tells these stories, who ownsthis legend, and all three [of thesestories] aregenerally toldby teen-agers,” he said.

Andrew Hethmon, 20, ofBowie said he grew up in Up-per Marlboro hearing storiesabout the Goatman and CrybabyBridge, although the version herecounted morphed from thosecirculating during Opsasnick’shigh school years.

“What they say is that if yougodowntoCrybabyBridge,you’llhear the sound of children cryingbecause there’s a barn near therewhere the Goatman steals new-born babies,” he said. “If you gothere andpark your car, he’ll takeyou.”

Pearson said hopes the sto-ries don’t end with Hethmon’sgeneration.

“I’d like to see [the legends]stick around,” he said. “Peoplejust have been interested, andwekindof like them. I’d hate to see itdie out.”

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Defenders atthe cyber-gate

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Getting criminals off the streets is a vital effort inmak-ing Prince George’s County safer, but just as important isestablishing programs to aid ex-offenders’ efforts to turntheir lives around.

Sound re-entry efforts are essential as 14,338 offend-ers were released from the county correctional facility in2012, and 14,015 were released in 2013. That’s a significantamount of potential job-seekers, some of whom can’t get afoot in the door once employers see a check on the appli-cation form indicating they have a criminal record.

It’s why County Council members and nonprofits arewisely intensifying efforts to aid non-violent ex-offendersin finding work.

The immediate thought to reject a potential job candi-date— regardless of their qualifications—based on pastcrimes is why County CouncilmanObie Patterson (D-Dist.8) of FortWashington sponsored a “ban the box” bill toeliminate the application question and put ex-offenderson equal footing in the early part of the job-seeking pro-cess.

Whilemany employers are understandably cautiousabout hiring ex-offenders, the bill does provide the safe-guard of allowing employers to ask about an applicant’scriminal history at the end of the interview—a requestmade by the county Chamber of Commerce and otherbusiness groups.

The bill essentially gives ex-offenders a chance to gettheir foot in the door and demonstrate their qualificationsbefore ushering in the cloud of doubt a criminal convic-tion can bring.

The proposal by County Councilwoman Karen Toles(D-Dist. 7) of Capitol Heights tomandate that countyagencies give hiring preference to non-violent ex-of-fenders was too far-reaching—non-offenders shouldn’tbe passed over simply for not committing crimes—butfinding creative ways to give well-meaning ex-offenders ahand is better than ignoring the issue.

With few opportunities tomake an honest living, thetemptation to seek ways to earnmoney in othermannersproves too great for some ex-offenders, said StevenMooreof Clinton, whowas released fromprison in 2008. Thenumbers seem to bear that out as, according to the countywebsite, the projected 2013 recidivism number was 5,078,up from the estimated 4,797 in 2012.

Beyond the lawmakers, Largo-based People forChange Coalition, an organization representing nonprofitandminority business sectors in theWashington, D.C.,metropolitan area, seeks to ease the re-entry process forex-offenders seeking employment and is leading commu-nity forums to educate business owners on employmentissues to erase the stigma of ex-offenders.

It’s a commendable effort that will hopefully providesecond chances to those aiming tomake positive changesin their lives.

Nearly everymonth, it seems there’s another reportof amajor retailer announcing a security breach in whichhackers have stolen personal data, causing customers toworry about the risks caused by the compromised infor-mation.

Fortunately, Prince George’s County officials are tak-ing the cyber threat seriously with the vigilantmindset of“it could happen to us,” instead of being shocked like somany other groups after their privacy has been invaded.

VennardWright, the county’s chief information officer,said he has prioritized cybersecurity since July 1, when helearned the county’s network was vulnerable to hackers.A full-time, five-member team seeks out potential weakspots in the county infrastructure, which is in line withindustry standards for protecting valuable information likecredit card payment data and health care records.

To help the county’s approximately 6,000 employeesbemore aware of possible cyber attacks, throughout Oc-tober, online cybersecurity training was offered. Addition-ally, department heads underwent additional training tolearn about potential threats.

While cybersecurity is drawingmore attention nation-wide due to the breaches,Michael Cukier, director of theUniversity ofMaryland’s Advanced Cybersecurity Experi-ence for Students program, said there still remains a defi-cit of people working in the growing field. As a result, theuniversity and others educational institutions are offeringcourses aimed at combating the threat.

But beyond the research and programs, it’s up toeveryonewho logs on to a computer to consider thepotential privacy risks they’re exposing themselves to—whether at home or the workplace— and to take precau-tions to practice their own form of cybersecurity. To learnmore, visit the Federal Trade Commission’s website atwww.consumer.ftc.gov and click on the “privacy and iden-tity” tab formore information on keeping your personalinformation secure.

I join you in celebrating themovesmade to date tomakeRoute 1 in College Park saferfor pedestrians, although I dohope that the plan calls formore fencing in themedian,since the one short sectioninstalled to date hasn’t donemuch to curb the studentsrunning across between thelights everywhere else on thatstretch of road.

I also hope the plannerswork towardmaking the trafficflow better, as you suggest theyshould. And in that spirit, hereare a couple of simple, cost-free suggestions: Ask the policeofficers who pull people over

for speeding or traffic viola-tions to stop blocking the rightlane when they do so.

Route 1 is linedwith park-ing lots on both sides, andthere is no reason the personin the car being stopped can-not be told to pull into the nextavailable lot. The PA system isgreat for that.

Likewise, the officers couldbe told to stop allowing ar-mored cars to park in the rightlane at every stop theymakeon Route 1. The banks andstores they serve all have park-ing lots and back doors. Thereis no need to block traffic for20-30minutes every time they

visit the bank.As to how to get people

to understand that the centerturn lane is not intended as aplace to park diagonally acrossthree lanes while they wait

for an opening, I’m at a loss. Iwould have thought that wasobvious, but experience provesmewrong every day.

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Here’s why I’m voting for Larry Hoganfor governor.

I don’t believe that the biggest problemfacingMaryland is gun control or abortion.The biggest problem facingMaryland, andits next governor, isMaryland’s stagnanteconomy.

Our economy is inextricably depen-dent upon federal government spend-ing. For the past century,Maryland hasbenefitted from its proximity to the na-tion’s capital. We’re the home of federalemployees, federal defense bases, federalagencies, federal con-tractors, and all theindustries and busi-nesses that thrive onthe federal presence.

But, thanks to the2010 elections, thateconomic engine hascome to a standstill.The decline of federalemployment andfederal spendinghas stalledMary-land’s economy,whichwill remainstalled for the next eight years. Here’s why:

The 2010 national elections gave rise tothe Tea Party backlash against Obamacare,theWall Street bailouts, the federal stimu-lus and the national debt. The big newswas the Republican takeover of Congress.But equally important, yet underreported,were the state elections where the GOPadded eight governorships, 675 legislativeseats and gained full control of 25 stategovernments (Dems controlled only 16).

As a result, congressional redistrictingfollowing the 2010 census favored Repub-licans. So, until 2022 (the next congres-sional redistricting), look for a Congresscontrolled by anti-tax, anti-spending Re-publicans firmly entrenched in “safe seats”thanks to GOP gerrymandering.

Maryland’s Democrats andmedialike to pretend that our state weatheredthe great recession by heroically reducingspending and by “making tough choices,”but that’s not what happened. Our state

governmentmade itself whole on thebacks of its taxpayers, its local govern-ments and its future generations.

The O’Malley/Brown administra-tion’s illusionary $8 billion spending cutwas really the elimination of vacant staffpositions and a reduction in the rate offuture spending, not actual cuts. So, if aprogram’s automatic 5 percent increasewas reduced to 3 percent, it was countedas a 2 percent “spending cut.” That’s howthe state budget grew 34 percent (from$29 billion to $39 billion) under O’Malley/Brown.Meanwhile, Maryland families andbusinesses suffered real spending cuts, not34 percent budget increases.

O’Malley/Brown also increased 40taxes and fees (mostly regressive) so that,today,Maryland taxpayers pay $3.1 bil-lionmore annually thanwhenO’Malley/Brown took over. But these new tax hikesstill weren’t enough to feed state govern-ment.

So, O’Malley/Brownmade cripplingcuts to local government aid programs likecommunity colleges, police, highways andteacher pensions. They even cleaned outthe local governments’ income tax reservefund. Then, O’Malley/Brown had the gallto call screwing the locals “state spendingcuts.”

But cutting local aid by billions stillwasn’t enough. So O’Malley/Brownfunded the state’s operating budget withdebt. Here’s how: They swiped hundredsofmillions of dollars from special accounts(Transportation Trust Fund, Bay restora-tion fund, parks and land conservationfund, etc.) and, instead of leaving theseaccounts depleted, backfilled thembyfloating bonds. That’s right, they replacedthemoney they swiped by borrowing $1.5billion.

As a result, debt service is the fast-growing item inMaryland’s budget, grow-ing from $233million this year to $557 in2019.Maryland now has the largest out-standing bond debt of any AAA state in thenation thanks to an administration thatspent eight years complaining about thedeficit it inherited back in 2007.

Another fiscal time bomb is the state’semployee pension fund, which is 65 per-cent funded. And, instead of contributing$300million to the pension fund this year,as promised, the Dems used $200millionfor the state’s operating budget.

This can’t go on. As the economysags and state revenues drop, we cannotsustain current spending levels by taxing,borrowing and passing pain to local gov-ernments. Yet, Democrats are emotionallyincapable ofmaking the adjustment. Tothem, “making tough choices”means do-ing anything to avoid putting the state’sfiscal house in order. Tax and spend is intheir DNA.

Larry Hogan has a clear view of aRepublican governor’s role in blue-stateMaryland. He says he’ll be a “goalie” to theDemocratic legislature. Hewon’t get anybills passed, but he will veto any tax in-creases which, thanks tomoderate Dems,lack enough votes for an override.

More importantly, he will submit abalanced budget to the legislature withoutany tax hikes.

Because somuch of the budget ismandated spending, he’ll have to slashdiscretionary spending. That will simplybegin his budget negotiations with thelegislature (which can neither increase nortransfer budget funds).

During the next eight years (twogovernor’s terms),Maryland’s stagnanteconomy is on a collision course with itsreckless spending habits. But the economyisn’t going to improve, so it’s the spendinghabits whichmust change. The longer weignore this reality, the worse the inevitableconsequences.

I’m voting for Larry Hogan becauseAnnapolis desperately needs a changeagent. Vote Hogan, changeMaryland be-fore it’s too late.

Blair Lee is chairman of the board ofLee Development Group in Silver Springand a regular commentator forWBALradio. His past columns are available atwww.gazette.net/blairlee. His email addressis [email protected].

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

FOOTBALL: Flowers at DuVal, 2 p.m. Saturday.

Both teams are officially 5-3 with two weeks to playand trying to keep their playoff hopes alive. Tigersare on a roll, and Jags are coming off a loss.

FOOTBALL: Bowie at Oxon Hill, 2 p.m. Saturday.

FOOTBALL: Friendly at Surrattsville, 2 p.m. Saturday.

Football rankings, standings, leaders. B-2

Thephonecalls usuallystart inmid-October andwon’t stopuntilmid-December.I’ve received twoalready andan-other two emails.

Theques-tions:Howdowe select ourAll-Gazette teams?What do I need todo tomake suremy student/athlete is con-sidered?Whyare youmixingpublicschool andprivate school kids?Won’tyou considermydaughter,who lives inBethesdabut attends aprivate schoolinWashington,D.C.?

Thought itmight beworth answer-ing theAll-Gazette FAQs:

1.Howdoweselect teams?Thebeat reporter is assigned todo

the research,whichusually involvesreaching out to all the coaches of thatsport in both countieswe cover andasking for their nominations. They alsolook at stats, talk to experts, thenputtogether a list.

Thebestway to ensure your ath-lete is considered is tomake sure theircoachnominates them.Not all do. Ifthey don’t nominate them,wehave towonderwhy.

They sendme the list and I havefinal say on all teams. I usually askwhythis person is on andwhy that personisn’t. The reporters have to convincemebefore I signoff.

2.What’s the criteriawhenevalu-atingathletes?

Three things: 1. value to the team;2. season statistics; 3. future prospects.Sometimes aplayer doesn’t have thebest stats, but they are themost im-portant player on a team that has greatsuccess. That should count. Futureprospects includes college scholarshipoffers or other opportunities (say aninvitation to train at theU.S.OlympicTrainingCenter).

3.But you tookmychild’s photo,why isn’t heon the team?

Getting thephotosweneed todothismany teams is a chore.We try todo it during the course of the seasonfor all theplayerswhoare contend-ers. Just becausewe took a facephotodoesnotmean they are on the team.It probablymeans that they’re underconsiderationor thatwemaydoa fea-ture soon.

4.Whyareprivate school athleteson the team?

Inmost sports, public schoolcoaches select their ownall-countyteams, so selecting a teamof onlypublic school athleteswouldbe redun-dant. TheAll-Gazette teams are uniquein that they combine the two. Inmanycases, but certainly not all, the privateschool athletes also live in the county.Their familieswant to see themhon-ored, too.

5.Whydo some teamshavehon-orablementionandothersdonot?

While itwouldbe easy topack alot of namesonto a list, as a staffwedecided that only cheapens thehonor.Ifwedon’t think there are enoughwor-thy candidates to justify anhonorablemention,wewon’t include it.

6.Howcanyoupossiblymake theright choices?

Great question, and there are timeswewonder if itmight bebetter not todoAll-Gazette teams.Wehave fourreporterswho cover eight fall sportsin two counties at 96high schools.Mystaff canonly seen a fractionof theteamsplay.

Therefore,we rely on coaches,objective observers andwhatever statsare available.Weknowhow importantthis is to our readers.We take it veryseriously andworkhard at getting itright, but this is difficult andwehavemademistakes. If there’s a betterwaytopick these teams, I’mopen to ideas.

7.What about athleteswho live inthe countywhoattend schools else-where?

Not going tohappen.We struggleto cover the schools in the county.Wecan’t take onmore.

8.What’s the schedule for thisfall’s All-Gazette teams?

Nov. 19—Cross-countryNov. 26—SoccerDec. 10—Girls volleyballDec. 17—FootballGolf and tennis run in the spring.

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STAFFWRITER

Brenden LeMaster has beenstopping shots for as long ashe’s been playing soccer. He

grew up competing against his olderbrother Joshua LeMaster, and thetwo would practice at Allen PondPark, in thebackyard, andsometimeseven inside of their Bowie home.

“It’d actually be a pretty toughchallenge to score on him,” saidJoshua, now a midfielder at theUniversity of Maryland, BaltimoreCounty.

Brenden has continued to thrivein net, as a third-year starting goal-keeper for the Bowie High Schoolboys soccer team. As the last line ofdefense, the senior has helped leadthe Bulldogs to the Class 4A SouthRegion semifinals, where they arescheduled to play Eleanor Rooseveltin Greenbelt on Friday.

Bowie coach Frantz Deetjen saidBrenden’s “telepathy”makes himanexceptional goalkeeper. He can an-ticipatewhere shots are going beforethey’re kicked, and reacts quickly

enough to make the saves; that frus-trates his opponents as well as histeammates, especially when they’repracticing penalty kicks, Deetjensaid.

“He is able to read your mind,”Deetjen said. “... Guys just get upsetbecause he’s there before you evenshoot it.”

Brenden grew up around soccerand around Bowie High, where hisfather Eric LeMaster has taught since2005. Joshua (Class of 2012) attendedBowie and was an All-Gazette mid-fielder; his sister, Erica (2009), playedclub soccer. His father, a Bowiealumnus (1981), was a member ofthe Bowie Soccer Association. Andwhile the mother, Robin LeMaster,didn’t play soccer at Parkdale (River-dale Park), she has started playing asan adult, Eric said.

The heavy dose of soccer isn’tsolely responsible for Brenden’s suc-cess. He also did gymnastics andtried out cheerleading, developingjumping and tumbling skills thatremain part of his goalkeeping rep-ertoire. Eric said that his son will oc-casionally do a backflip in net “just

for the heck of it.”“In gymnastics you learn to react

very quickly. Sometimes you don’teven think a lot about it, you just doit,” Eric said. “... He’s got that natu-ral ability to just react really quicklyand I think that the speed and abilityneeded for gymnastics has helpedhim become a better goalie.”

Though Brenden — also a fieldplayer—may deny it, he has the tal-ent to play college soccer, Deetjensaid. But the Bulldogs senior, whois a member of the Church of JesusChrist of Latter Day Saints, won’t befollowing in his brother’s footsteps—not immediately, at least. Instead,he plans on going on a mission aftergraduating fromBowie.He’snot surewhere—hementionedAustralia andBrazil — but wherever he goes, he’lltry tomake soccer part of the experi-ence, he said.

“Every week, there’s a thingcalled aP-Daywhere you can goplaysports in normal clothes,” Brendensaid. “Yeah, I’ll be [bringing] a soccerball.”

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Bowie High School goalkeeper Brenden LeMaster practices blocking shots during Monday’s practice at the school.

n District champwithdraws from states;Bowie duo misses cut

BY ADAM GUTEKUNSTSTAFFWRITER

OxonHillHighSchool sophomoreMorgan Miner grimaced slightly afterdriving her tee shot into a patch oftrees to the left of the fairway on theUniversity of Maryland Golf Course’s17thhole. Asher groupheadedoff, thescorekeeper, North Point High School(Waldorf, Md.) coach Chuck Skinner,waited back forMiner’smother.

“Morgan wants to know if youhave her knee brace,” Skinner said.

The Clippers standout golferlooked on worriedly while her mothershook her head. Her left knee was act-ing up — an occurrence she said hadonly started recently— and she didn’thave her brace; she had taken it out ofher golf bag to wash it two days prior.

Just a hole later, her 10th of theday, Miner informed Skinner andtournament officials that she waswithdrawing from the Class 3A/4Astate tournament. Upon her exit, thePrinceGeorge’sCountydistrict cham-pion was 16 strokes over par with ascore of 57.

“I started feeling [pain] on the 12thhole,” Miner said. “I might have pulledit on one of my shots but then it gotworseas Ikeptonwalkingandplaying.”

Miner said that the left knee painstarted two months ago and had oc-casionally flared up, but Monday itpeaked. After aggravating the knee onthe third hole, her game took a turnfor the worse. On the 17th and 18thhole — Miner’s last two holes beforewithdrawing — the Clippers golferturned in a quadruple bogey and atriple bogey, losing a ball in thewoodsand struggling to work her way out ofa sand trap. When she reached thegreen on both holes, the sophomoreneeded three putts to get to the cup.At that point, the thought of spendingtwo to three more hours on a throb-bing knee was too much to bare, soshe turned in her scorecard.

“I hate it. I feel terrible,” Minersaid. “I didn’twant to go fully through,like I didn’t swing through [the ball].I wasn’t as confident because of it. Ithought Imight hurtmyself.”

Miner’s coach, Pua Ponafala, wasscoring for a groupof boys on the 13thhole when he heard the news.

“I knewnothingofher kneesbeingbad,” Ponafala said. “It iswhat it is.Wecan’t do anything about it. I know for afact—she’s a very competitive person— that she’s breaking down right nowsomewhere.”

Minerwasoneof only threePrinceGeorge’s County golfers to partici-pate in the state tournament, joiningBowie’s Marianne dela Cuesta andSumayah Arcusa. Heading into Mon-day’s opening round, Bulldogs coachJohn Rappel had set the goal in thelow 80s for his sophomore-juniorduo. But when the day ended, so toodid his golfers’ chances of making itto Wednesday’s final round, as delaCuesta turned in a 101 and Arcusashot a 105.

“I think for bothof them it’s disap-pointing,”Rappel said. “This year theywere expecting and hoping that theywould do a lot better.”

“I was able to shave a few pointsoff my score from last year,” said delaCuesta, who improved six strokesfrom last year’s first-round score. “Ijust have to practicemore.”

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Morgan Miner of Oxon Hill watches herdrive off the 15th hole during the MarylandState Golf Tournament at the University ofMaryland Golf Course in College Park onMonday.

n Bowie prepared to handle the pressure ofbeing the team to beat in a grueling section

BY ADAM GUTEKUNST

STAFFWRITER

When Bowie High School volleyball coach LuanneSmith was putting together her Bulldogs’ 2014 schedule,she intentionally left an out-of-county opponent, GreatMills High School of St. Mary’s County, for penultimategame. Her reasoning was simple: leaving the county toplay a strongeropponentwouldonly toughenupher girlsfor a grueling regional stretch that loomed in the comingweeks.

So when the Bulldogs’ undefeated season wassnapped at the hands of Great Mills on Oct. 20, Smith,while upset with some of the sloppy play in the 3-0 loss,came away with a better understanding of her teamheading into the postseason.

“If we want to get better we have to see more peoplethan just the county,” Smith said. “We got better as thematch went on ... They still have a lot of fight and a lotof heart.”

It’s that same fight that has propelled the Bulldogsto an undefeated in-county regular season despite thegrowing target on their backs. As Smith’s teamhas slowlybut surely established themselves as the county’s best,the pressure to win has also mounted — something thecoachandher teamhavegrownaccustomed toover time.

“To be honest, I think we walk around with a targeton our back anyways,” Smith said. “As I was told when Ifirst took the job here, you’re at Bowie; everybody is go-ing to be gunning for you every single time. I think thegirls are very in tune to the fact that everybody’s goingto give them their best game possible and they’re usedto the target.”

“I believe that this year we are the team to beat,” ju-nior libero Shannon Reilly said. “We’re the team every-onewants to face, but we can handle the pressure.”

Reilly’s words have proven to be true, as the Bull-dogs have handled the pressure extraordinarily well,only dropping two sets in county play all season, both of

which came against their archrival, Greenbelt’s EleanorRoosevelt — a team Bowie could run into as early as thesectional final.

ButSmith said shewon’t allowhergirls to look forwardto any potential match ups down the road — that’s whatthey did last year when the Bulldogs dropped the regionfinal toHighPointofBeltsville.No, thisyear it’s agame-by-game, set-by-set approach in a sectional that will test the

Bowie focuses on the volleyball playoffs


Bowie High School volleyball player Shannon Reilly practicesMonday in Bowie.

Senior keeper leads Bulldogs to region semis

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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

FEARLESSFORECASTS

Season record

All gamesPr. George’s Co.

HOW THEY RANK

Also receiving votes: Capitol Christian, 1.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

The Gazette sports staff ranks the top 10 highschool football teams in Prince George’s Countyeach week during the season.

Rank School Record Points

1. Douglass 8-0 582. DeMatha 6-3 563. E. Roosevelt 8-0 484. Wise 6-2 425. Potomac 7-1 366. Forestville 7-1 307. DuVal 5-3 248. Gwynn Park 4-4 189. Surrattsville 5-3 12

10. Fairmont Hts. 5-3 5

STANDINGSCounty 3A/2A/1A League

Division OverallW-L GB W-L PF PA Strk

FrederickDouglass 6-0 — 8-0 332 24 W8Forestville 5-1 1.0 7-1 274 132 W1Potomac 5-1 1.0 7-1 152 87 W1Surrattsville 4-2 2.0 5-3 255 136 W1Gwynn Park 4-2 2.0 4-4 203 159 W4FairmontHeights 3-3 2.0 5-3 168 138 L1Friendly 2-4 3.0 4-4 173 210 L2Central 1-5 4.0 3-5 68 191 L5Largo 1-6 4.5 2-6 127 191 L1Crossland 0-7 5.5 0-8 14 267 L14

County 4A LeagueDivision OverallW-L GB W-L PF PA Strk

Eleanor Roosevelt 7-0 — 8-0 297 63 W12Henry A.Wise 6-1 1.0 6-2 203 92 W2DuVal* 5-2 2.0 5-3 236 82 W5CharlesH. Flowers 5-2 2.0 5-3 225 188 L1Suitland 4-3 3.0 4-4 107 140 W1Bowie 3-4 4.0 3-5 129 137 W2Northwestern 3-4 4.0 3-5 173 150 L4OxonHill 3-4 4.0 3-5 191 194 W1Parkdale* 3-4 4.0 3-5 62 220 L2Bladensburg 2-5 5.0 2-6 98 258 L1Laurel 1-6 6.0 1-7 114 212 L6High Point 0-7 7.0 0-8 42 284 L15

Private schoolsOverallW-L PF PA Strk

Capitol Christian* 9-2 276 173 L1Riverdale Baptist 6-2 276 116 L1St. Vincent Pallotti 7-3 239 116 L1DeMatha 6-3 290 231 W1BishopMcNamara 3-5 182 284 W1National Christian 3-5 152 128 W1

*Record includes forfeit result

LAST WEEK’S SCORESFriday’s resultsDouglass 38, Largo 0Georgetown Prep 27, Riverdale Baptist 24 (OT)St. John’s Catholic Prep 16, Pallotti 14

Saturday’s resultsFort Hill 56, Capitol Christian 16Bowie 26, Parkdale 0Eleanor Roosevelt 40, Bladensburg 6Wise 44, Laurel 0Potomac 43, FairmontHeights 6Gwynn Park 40, Central 0OxonHill 46, High Point 0Forestville 52, Friendly 27Suitland 21, Flowers 14Surrattsville 35, Crossland 0DuVal 27, Northwestern 0McNamara 31, St. John’s College 15DeMatha 28, Gonzaga 20National Christian 42, Eastern Shore (Del.) 0

RushingPlayer, school Rushes Yards Avg. TDsAmaruMajor, Surrattsville 130 1,296 10.0 8MikeMofor, E. Roosevelt 101 1,227 12.6 16Davon Julien, Cap. Christian 83 1,135 13.7 12JeremyFields, OxonHill 104 1,051 10.1 10AnthonyMcFarland,DeMatha 97 1,034 10.7 10JordanWashington, Forestville 94 987 10.5 16Christian Paylay, FairmontHghts 87 866 10.0 8Jaret Patterson, Pallotti 86 804 9.3 7Antoine Brooks, DuVal 81 772 9.5 14DonteMarks, Cap. Christian 55 700 12.7 9

PassingPlayer, school Att.-Cmp. Yards Int. TDsRamarWilliams,McNamara 113-182 1,733 8 15AmirHall, Riverdale Baptist 112-151 1,674 6 22Reggie Robinson, Cap. Christ. 45-75 1,422 11 13BeauEnglish, DeMatha 79-127 1,311 4 12AnthonyDougherty, Ox.Hill 63-143 960 6 5RobertHarris III, Surrattsville 40-82 808 3 12EmilNeugent, Potomac 44-72 756 3 11MasonClark, Pallotti 38-64 719 4 4

ReceivingPlayer, school Catches Yards Avg. TDsMaurice Lewis Jr., Cap. Christ. 25 783 31.3 8CamariMurray,McNamara 33 717 21.7 6Jaison Young, Riverdale Baptist 29 606 20.9 8Deron Smith, Riverdale Baptist 34 551 16.2 6Darryl Turner Jr., DeMatha 20 425 21.3 6AlphonsoBanks IV,McNamara 24 373 15.5 5Trey Lancaster, Surrattsville 17 353 20.8 6

Coaches and team statisticians may email sea-son team statistics to [email protected] noon on Mondays to be included.

COUNTY LEADERS

The Gazette sports staff picks the winners of this week’s football games involving Montgomery Countyteams. All games includes picks made in Prince George’s County. Here are this week’s predictions:

This week’s schedule Ken Eric Prince Kent Adam Jen

Wise at High Point Wise Wise Wise Wise Wise WiseAnnapolis Area Christian at Pallotti Pallotti Pallotti Pallotti Pallotti Pallotti PallottiRiverdale Baptist at Paul VI R. Baptist R. Bapt. R. Bapt. R. Bapt. R. Bapt. R. Bapt.Gonzaga at McNamara Gonzaga Gonzaga Gonzaga Gonzaga Gonzaga GonzagaFlowers at DuVal DuVal DuVal DuVal DuVal DuVal DuValBowie at Oxon Hill Bowie Bowie Bowie Bowie Bowie BowieParkdale at Suitland Suitland Suitland Suitland Suitland Suitland SuitlandPotomac at Crossland Potomac Potomac Potomac Potomac Potomac PotomacBladensburg at Northwestern N’western N’western N’western N’western N’western N’westernFriendly at Surrattsville S’ville S’ville S’ville S’ville S’ville S’villeFairmont Heights at Gwynn Park G. Park G. Park G. Park G. Park G. Park G. ParkDouglass at Central Douglass Douglass Douglass Douglass Douglass DouglassLaurel at Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt RooseveltLargo at Forestville F’ville F’ville F’ville F’ville F’ville F’villeFredericksburg Christ. at National Christ. Fr. Christ. Fr. Christ. Fr. Christ. Fr. Christ. Fr. Christ. Fr. Christ.

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Suitland High School’s Reggie Gardner tackles Charles H. Flowers running back Maurice Wright during Saturday’s game.


Bowie High School volleyball playerKendra Moeder practices Mondayin Bowie.

Bulldogs right from the start.“We’re going to have to stay

focused,” Smith said. “You can’ttake anyone for granted. Youhave to take onematch at a timeandyoucan’t lookpastanybody.”

Section II in the 4A Southregion includes Bowie (14-1),Roosevelt (11-2) and Charles H.Flowers High School (11-4) andHenryA.Wise (7-5)— teams thatcontend each season. Section Ifeatures only two winning teamsinHighPoint andLaurel.

“It’s likewhenthey talkaboutsoccer and the [group] of death,”Flowers’ coach Jeff Ware said ofthe teams. “That’s kind of whatour section is like.”

In order for Ware’s team toadvance to the state semifinalsheld at the University of Mary-land, theywouldpotentially haveto avengeall threeof their countylosses this season—Roosevelt inthe sectionquarters, Bowie in thesemifinals and High Point in thefinal.

“It’s going tobeadogfight foreveryone in our section,” Waresaid. “We’re going to have to playsmarter [to advance].”

After being swept at thehands of St. Vincent Pallotti inregular season finale on Oct. 30,Roosevelt coach Eileen Lloyd —similar to Smith — used the los-ing effort to better understandwhat her squad will need to ad-vance through what she called“an absurd” section.

“It’s going to be brutal,”Lloyd said. “Heart. The guts tokeep fighting if you drop one.You have to push through.”

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VOLLEYBALLContinued from Page B-1

There are only twoweeks remaining inthehigh school football regular season, but anumber of playoff spots are still up for grabs.Five PrinceGeorge’s schools have alreadyclinched aberth in thepostseason, andonemore can clinch thisweek. In total, 11 teamsare still playing to get into theplayoffs andsix have alreadybeen eliminated.

Home-field advantage throughpostsea-son regionplay is also on the line for severalteams. 4A South

EleanorRoosevelt has clinched a spot intheplayoffs andonemorewinwould earntheRaiders home-field advantage in regionplay.

HenryA.Wise has also clinched.Wisecan earnhome-field advantagewithwins inits final two games if Roosevelt loses its finaltwo games.

DuVal has clinched aplayoff spot as longas its not forced to forfeit a gamebyPrinceGeorge’s County Public School. If so, thenDuValwouldneed towin another gamewhile also having Suitlandor Flowers lose agame. IfDuVal dropped its final two games,

itwouldneedFlowers to lose twogames,andSuitland,Northwestern, andBowie tolose one game.

Flowers can clinchby simplywinning itsfinal two games. If the Jaguars lose a game,theywouldneedSuitland to also lose agame.

3A SouthPotomac has all but clinched a playoff

spot but canmake it official with onemorewin. TheWolverines clinch home-fieldwith twowins, two losses by Chopticon,and one Thomas Stone loss.

2A SouthDouglass has already clinched a playoff

spot and can clinch home-field advantagewith onemore win.

1A NorthForestville has clinched a playoff berth.

The Knights can gain home-field advantagewith onemore win and a FAET loss. Surrat-tsville only needs to win its final two games.

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n Play revolves aroundinept murderess

BY KIRSTY GROFFSTAFFWRITER

Bowie Community Theatrehopes to scare up some laughswhen they takeon“TheMurderRoom,” opening Halloweennight.The play follows Mavis

Templeton, newly wed to Ed-gar Hollister, and her attemptsto remove her husband fromthe picture and kill him after hediscovers she’s beenunfaithful.The mystery farce humorouslyhighlights all of Mavis’ mis-steps and themistakes of thosearound her in trying to find outwhat’s happened to Edgar.Though this is her first time

directing with Bowie Commu-

nity Theatre, Gayle Negri is nostranger to the comedy; she leda production of “The MurderRoom” 25 years ago, and theplay has stuck with her since,helping to bring her out of a di-recting hiatus.“There weren’t things I

was either appropriate for or

wanted todo—if you’re spend-ing three or four nights a weekit has to be something you’dlike to do,” Negri said. “When Isaw they were looking to do it,I thought to myself, ‘Well, if itwas going to be done, I want tobe the one to do it.”The play sets the classic

“whodunit” on collision coursewith a banana peel, mixingslapstick comedyandplotholesgalorewith fast-paced dialoguein a funny send-upof the genre.“It takes all of the tropes

of an Agatha Christie mystery— the wide-eyed ingénue, theexposition-providing detec-tives, the wealthy widower —and exaggerates them beyondbelief,” said Erica Smith, whoplaysMavis.When Negri brings in pro-

spective cast members foraudition, she doesn’t ask for

monologue pieces or shortscenes from other works; in-stead, actors read directly fromthe script. Fromdayoneof put-ting the show together, she hasbeen able to see how the per-formers take on the charactersandwhat theybring to the tablein the actual role forwhich theyare auditioning.“It’s kind of a gut reaction,”

said Negri. “You could havea gazillion shows on your re-sume, but if I don’t know you,I’m going off of what I see rightnow.”One cast member she did

know previously, however,was Smith, with whom she hasworked on two other produc-tions. As leading lady, Smithhas enjoyed the cluelessness ofMavis and everyone else trying

Killing me, loudlyPHOTO BY HEATHER BROOKS

Will Hardy, Liz Dapo, Joel Consolati, Caity Brown, Erica Smith and Brian Binney appear in “The Murder Room.”

n “Jellyfish Have Eyes,”first novel for Piatigorsky

Joram Piatigorsky is some-what of an anomaly. TheBethesda resident identifieshimself as half scientist, half art-ist.TheNational Institutes

of Health emeritus scientistretired in 2009 as chief of thelaboratory he established 28years earlier. While his impres-sive credentials— including abachelor’s degree fromHarvardUniversity and a doctorate inbiology and chemistry from the

CaliforniaInstituteof Tech-nology;long-termpositionsat NIH aschair of theDepart-ment ofBiology and

Genetics in the Foundationfor Advanced Education in theSciences, and as head of theLaboratory ofMolecular andDevelopmental Biology in theNational Eye Institute; a bookabout gene expression andevolution as well as a plethoraof published papers and awards— are unambiguously scien-tific, Piatigorsky insists on equalstanding for his artistic side.Hemeans artist in two

senses: first, in science, as alifelong creative rather thangoal-oriented researcher, andmore recently, as a writer of fic-tion. His first published novelcombines these aspects. “Jel-lyfishHave Eyes” is the “some-what autobiographical” storyof an eminent scientist whosestudy of jellyfish eyes earns himcondemnation rather than ac-

claim. Piatigorsky’s ownworkhas involved squid, scallop andjellyfish eyes.Among his goals in the

novel is initiating discussion ofthe U.S. government’s role indefining the direction and in-tegrity of scientific research.“Science is increasingly

funded specifically to doworkthat has a direct connection tohelping human beings,” Piati-gorsky explained. “That is howscientific research is justified toCongress and taxpayers.”Such restriction, he con-

tended, comes at a price.“The question is the line,”

he said. “Without creative non-destinational science, we losethe opportunity for interestingnew developments, for puttingtogether results in differentcombinations. That closes offopportunities for creative scien-tists— and everybody loses.”Piatigorsky sees parallels

in basic science research andliterature; they converge in the

Artistic NIH scientistenters literary world

BOOKSB Y E L L Y N W E X L E R

THE MURDER ROOMn When: 8 p.m. Friday,

Saturday, Nov. 7, 8, 14and 15; 2 p.m. Sundayand Nov. 9

n Where: Bowie Playhouse,16500 White Marsh ParkDrive, Bowie

n Tickets: $15 to $20

n More information:BCTheatre.org;301-805-0219

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THEATER & STAGEBowie Community Theatre,

“The Murder Room,” Oct. 31through Nov. 15, call for prices,times, Bowie Playhouse, 16500White Marsh Park Drive, Bowie,301-805-0219, bctheatre.com.

The Clarice, The NarrativeElements of War: An EmbeddedConversation, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30;UMSO Concerto CompetitionFinals, 7 p.m. Oct. 31, University ofMaryland, College Park, theclarice.umd.edu.

Hard Bargain Players, Theaterin the Woods, 2001 Bryan PointRoad, Accokeek, 240-766-8830,hbplayers.org.

Harmony Hall Regional Center,Kids’ Day Out: The Pirate of BullyBay, 10:30 a.m. Nov. 5, 10701 Liv-ingston Road, Fort Washington,301-203-6070, arts.pgparks.com.

Greenbelt Arts Center, “Deathby Design,” Nov. 7 through 23, callfor prices, times, Greenbelt ArtsCenter, 123 Centerway, Greenbelt,301-441-8770, greenbeltartscenter.org.

Joe’s Movement Emporium,Happy Hour at Madam’s Organ,5 p.m. Oct. 30, 3309 Bunker HillRoad, Mount Rainier, 301-699-1819, joesmovement.org.

Laurel Mill Playhouse, LoveLetters, Nov. 2, call for ticketprices, times, Laurel Mill Play-house, 508 Main St., Laurel, 301-452-2557, laurelmillplayhouse.org.

Prince George’s Little The-atre, “A Shot in the Dark,” Jan. 9through 24, 2015, call for ticketsand show times, Bowie Playhouse,16500 White Marsh Park Drive,Bowie, 301-937-7458, pglt.org.

NASA’S Music And Drama club(MAD), “Fanny” by S.N. Behrmanand Joshua Logan, through Nov.22, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3p.m. Sundays at the Charis Centerfor the Arts, 13010 8th St., Bowie.

$20. For ticket sales and additionalinformation, call 240-475-8800 orvisit madtheater.org.

Publick Playhouse, MidweekMatinee: Page Turner Adventures,10:15 a.m. and noon Oct. 30;Philadanco Master Class: ModernDance, 7 p.m. Nov. 6; PlatinumLive: Philadanco!, Noon Nov. 7;Philadanco!, 8 p.m. Nov. 7; PRAISEAuditions, 10 a.m. Nov. 8, 5445Landover Road, Cheverly, 301-277-1710, arts.pgparks.com.

2nd Star Productions, “TwelveAngry Men,” Dec. 5 through 30,Bowie Playhouse, 16500 WhiteMarsh Park Drive, Bowie, call forprices, times, 410-757-5700, 301-832-4819, 2ndstarproductions.com.

Tantallon Community Play-ers, “A USO Christmas,” Dec. 6through 4, Harmony Hall RegionalCenter, 10701 Livingston Road,Fort Washington, 301-262-5201,tantallonstage.com.

Venus Theatre, “Virus AttacksHeart,” Opening Nov. 6, 21 CStreet, Laurel. venustheatre.org.

NIGHTLIFENew Deal Café, Mid-Day Melo-

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DANCINGBallroom dance and lesson,

with instructor Dave Malek at 7p.m. every Thursday. A beginner’slesson precedes the dance, whichstarts at 8 p.m. Cost is $10. Thedance is located at the Knights ofColumbus Hall, 6111 ColumbianWay, Bowie. For more informa-tion, email dave@dancin-dave.

com or call 410-370-8438.DC DanceSport Inferno, one

of the largest amateur ballroomcompetitions on the East Coast,will take place Oct. 31 throughNov. 2 at the Grand Ballroom ofthe Stamp Student Union at theUniversity of Maryland in CollegePark. Regular spectator tickets are$10 each for the Saturday and Sun-day competitive sessions, $20 forthe Sunday evening show, or $30for the entire weekend. For moreinformation, visit dcdancesportin-ferno.com.

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programs, noon to 4 p.m. first andthird Saturdays, join paleontolo-gists and volunteers in interpret-ing fossil deposits, 13200 blockMid-Atlantic Blvd., Laurel, 301-627-7755.

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

Prince George’s Audubon Soci-ety, Bird Walks, 7:30 a.m. first Sat-urdays, Fran Uhler Natural Area,meets at end of Lemon BridgeRoad, north of Bowie State Univer-sity, option to bird nearby WB&ATrail afterward; 7:30 a.m. thirdSaturdays, Governor Bridge Natu-ral Area, Governor Bridge Road,Bowie, meet in parking lot; formigrating and resident woodlandand field birds, and waterfowl. Forbeginners and experts. Waterprooffootwear and binoculars sug-gested. Free. 410-765-6482.

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Women’s Chamber Choir Audi-tions, by appointment for the con-cert season of women’s chamberchoir Voix de Femmes, 7:45 to 9:30p.m. Thursdays, 402 ComptonAve., Laurel, 301-520-8921, [email protected].

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process.“Both science and writing

are adventures exploring themysterious unknown,” he ob-served. “Both deal with narra-tives of one sort or another, andare often surprised at how theirnarratives unfold.”

“Science is a human con-struct. It is the narrative ofnature that is understandable atthe time,” he added.

From Piatigorsky’s view-point, “Science is a thing ofbeauty, a form of self-expres-sion. It is a narrative every bitas much as art is. The scientistaccumulates data, or facts, andthere is only one type of pos-sible link between data pointsthat is consistent with what isknown and makes sense. Be-yond that, the scientist mustimagine how they are linked.When someone else gets datathat doesn’t quite fit, it creates anew narrative.”

He acknowledged the dis-parity as well.

“The fundamental differ-ence between them is that basicresearch has constraints. Youcan’t go beyond hard evidencethat is known, the rules of na-ture. You have to be creative.

In literature, there are alsoconstraints: the necessity tobe consistent within a piece ofwork; there are no natural con-straints.”

With literature and otherarts, Piatigorsky pointed out,“you’re allowed to create rules.Light can be dark. Time can gobackwards.”

Writing his book on genesharing “fueled me to think andwrite short stories. It freed myscience,” About 20 years ago, hebegan writing fiction; it was, hesaid, “a different and satisfyingform of self-expression for me.”Over 10 years, he accumulatedsome 400 pages, written dur-ing “cracks of time” in his busyschedule. He honed his skills inworkshops at The Writer’s Cen-ter [TWC] in Bethesda.

“What a help they havebeen for helping me make thetransition from the world ofscience to that of fiction and es-says!” Piatigorsky said.

He now serves on TWC’sboard of directors; among hisaccomplishments is arrangingto display the work of YellowBarn Gallery artists on thebuilding’s bare walls.

Piatigorsky wrote the firstdraft of “Jellyfish Have Eyes” in1999. It began as a short story,then expanded into a novella.

“It sat for many years,” he

said, until 2009 when he retiredfrom NIH and initiated fouryears of work in earnest.

Piatigorsky’s creativity isnot surprising, given his parent-age. His father was renownedRussian cellist Gregor Piatigor-sky and his mother, JacquelinePiatigorsky, born into the Roth-schild banking family in Paris,was a U.S. chess champion, anoted sculptor and a nationalsenior tennis tournament win-ner. As for the next generations,Piatigorsky and his wife, Lona, apainter, have two sons, a clini-cal psychologist and a writer,and five grandchildren.

A series of 15 personal es-says, “combining things ofgeneral interest to my life,” andlinked by the theme of trans-formations, is occupying muchof Piatigorsky’s time. Some ofthem have been published inLived Experience, a friend’sCanadian journal. Piatigorsky,who credits Marcel’s Proust’swork as his inspiration, plans toput them together as a memoir.

JoramPiatigorsky will readfrom “JellyfishHave Eyes” (2014,IPBooks.net) as part of a 2 to 4p.m. event on Sunday at TheWriter’s Center, 4508Walsh St.,Bethesda. Admission is free. Call301-654-8664 or visit writer.org.

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to solve Edgar’s disappearance.“Mavis Hollister is the most

inept murderess you’ve everseen,” she said, “and I love thatshe has absolutely no poker face— this woman couldn’t keep asecret in a bucket.”

Negri’s approach to direct-ing suits the small, farcical pro-duction — her preference forcomedies and knowing how towork with the cast to find theircharacters makes for a show fullof laughs and unique characterquirks that amplify the play’stone.

“She’s a laid-back, funnydirector, one who’s really orga-nized and prepared in terms ofwhat she wants for charactersand blocking,” Smith said. “Plus,it’s always easy to tell when shelikes something, because shehas an infectious — and loud —laugh.”

“I’m not so much into themore serious pieces,” Negriadded. “I enjoy comedies more,

though not necessarily farces.I think I can tell how to makepeople laugh, and the casts havealways been very responsive tothat.”

With a cast that’s on boardand into the piece, audiencesshould be responsive, as well.The enjoyment of the actor onstage translates well in the play,creating an experience fun for

everyone involved.“We’re having a terrific

time up there, and that’s goingto shine through,” Smith said.“Good actors doing a ridicu-lous piece and enjoying the hellout of themselves while doingit? What could be more fun towatch than that?”

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Erica Smith, Will Hardy and Caity Brown rehearse a scene from the upcomingproduction of “The Murder Room.”

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Theater company EnGarde Arts has partneredwith the corpsmen from the1st Battalioin/8th Marines tocreate “BASETRACK Live,”which can be seen at TheClarice in College Park at 8p.m. Saturday.

The show is a multimediaperformance piece which ex-amines the cost of war.

Teru Kuwayama, whoworked as a freelance jour-nalist in Afghanistan fornine years, took the lead as

the project coordinator. Ku-wayama sought new ways ofvisual storytelling, using so-cial media and photojournal-ists such as Balazs Gardi andTivadar Domaniczky.

“BASETRACK Live” com-bines the photos with thetext used in social media andoriginal music.

Tickets for the show varyfrom $10 to $25. For moreinformation, visit theclarice.umd.edu or call 301-405-2787.

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BASETRACK Live, a multimedia performance experience through music andspoken word, will take place at The Clarice Saturday.

Comedian Kevin Hart is agrown, little man. Seriously.Even his comedy tour in 2009was called “I’m a GrownLittle Man.”

He might be little, buthis star power right now isgigantic. Movies, TV shows,comedy tours ... the successis blindingly bright right now.

Hart will be debuting newstandup material at 8 p.m.Saturday at the Cole FieldHouse at the University ofMaryland in College Park.

As for his film career, Hart

has been in five movies in2014, including the hits “RideAlong,” “About Last Night,”and “Think Like a Man Too.”He’s slated to do “Ride Along2” in 2016 and “Captain Un-derpants” in 2017.

Tickets for the show,sponsored by Student En-tertainment Events, can befound at umdtickets.com andthe Stamp Ticket Office inthe Stamp Student Union for$25. For more information,visit see.umd.edu or call 301-314-8498.

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Kevin Hart as Ben Barber in “Ride Along.”

Can’t say the folks atLaurel Mill Playhouse don’tlike to mix it up a bit!

A one-day-only produc-tion of “Love Letters” is setto open — and close — thisSunday at 2 p.m.

That’s not too much of asurprise, as “Love Letters,”written by A.R. Gurney,was scripted to be easy toperform with a cast of two.Several big-name celebri-ties have done the play overthe years, including LarryHagman, Carol Burnett, MelGibson, Sigourney Weaver,Jeff Daniels, Elizabeth Tay-

lor and James Earl Jones,just to name a few.

The show follows Me-lissa and Andrew, twofriends who have knowneach other all of their livesand have written letters toeach other over the span ofnearly 50 years. They readeach other’s notes, wherethey talk about their hopes,dreams, victories and de-feats.

Tickets for the showare $15 to $20. For moreinformation, visit laurelmill-playhouse.org or call 301-617-9906.

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Rich Meyerburg (right) of Laurel and Theresa Joyner of Hyattsvillerehearse a scene from the play, “Love Letters,” during drama class at theLaurel/Beltsville Senior Activity Center in Laurel Oct. 22.

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2012 Ford Super Duty F250................................. $29,950#526078A, Auto, 1-Owner, 34K Miles, V8 Engine

2009 Chevrolet Colorado............................................. $7,995#G0034, Automatic, Summit White, Pick Up Work Truck

2009 Chevrolet Cobalt....................................................... $9,995#G0046, Auto, 33K Miles, Gold Mist, 1 Lt Sedan

2007 Toyota Highlander LTD..................................$14,995#N0431A, Auto, Millennium Silver, 3RD Row, SUV

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