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A-4 n Baker to make decision on rest of budget by next week BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAU STAFF WRITER By a unanimous vote, the Prince George’s County Council overturned the county executive’s veto of a 5 per- cent property tax increase to go toward the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. “With all due respect to our county executive ... this veto is disappointing and irresponsible,” County Council Chairman Mel Franklin (D-Dist. 9) of Upper Marlboro said prior to the vote Tuesday afternoon. Franklin said the tax increase, from 27.9 cents to 29.4 cents per $100 of as- sessed value, was needed to address the department’s structural deficit and to avoid significantly higher tax increases further down the road or drastic cuts to youth programs. “These programs are not luxuries or extra; they are essential to building stronger and healthy youth and com- munities,” Franklin said. The vote marks the first time the council has overturned a Baker veto. Baker’s only other veto, of a 2011 bill that would have created a special me- diation process for disputes involving common ownership facilities, failed to get more than one vote to overturn, ac- cording to media reports at the time. Baker said in a statement following the vote that he was disappointed in the council’s decision. “While I’m not surprised at the County Council’s decision, it is cer- tainly unfortunate that they chose to raise people’s taxes for more parks and recreation, something we don’t need at this time. We already have world class facilities and programs for our youth County Council overturns veto of tax increase n School digs up 25-year time capsule, hosts former teacher, student BY KIRSTEN PETERSEN STAFF WRITER Students at Oaklands Elementary School in Laurel didn’t need to dig up a time capsule to unearth the school’s 50 year history — all they needed were a few memories from a founding teacher and a former student. “I enjoyed how they explained to us how it was before,” said David Ajomale, 10, of Laurel. “I found out our school is getting better and better.” Louise Craig, 86, of Greenbelt, one of the school’s first teachers, and Dwayne Jones, current principal at Laurel High School and a former Oaklands student, visited Oaklands on Friday as the school commemorated its 50th anniversary with student performances and presentations. The school first opened in February 1964. Craig, who worked at Oaklands from 1964 to 1983 as a third-, fourth- and fifth-grade teacher, said the students and staff enjoyed the school because “everybody loved the kids.” “It was like going from home to going to home,” Craig said. “This was a home for learn- ing.” Craig recalled walking into the brand new building and the years when class pets were KIRSTEN PETERSEN/THE GAZETTE Dwayne Jones, Laurel High School principal and a former student at Oaklands Elementary School in Laurel, breaks ground to dig for a time capsule buried in 1989. The school celebrated its 50th anniversary Friday with a ceremony and picnic. n Construction on entrance to begin this summer BY KIRSTEN PETERSEN STAFF WRITER Although the develop- ers of Konterra Town Center East quietly pushed back the project’s opening date to 2018, Laurel residents and city officials say they would prefer quality over expe- diency when it comes to completing the 1.5 million- square-foot retail center. Caleb Gould, a principal of Konterra, confirmed 2018 as the target date but said the site — a former sand and gravel mine located along Interstate 95 in Laurel — does not lay dormant. Construction has fo- cused on building infra- structure, including the Konterra Drive interchange, located between the Inter- county Connector and Md. Route 198. The previous opening date was 2015. “We’ve continued to build and built numer- ous buildings here over the years. We’re on a contin- uum,” Gould said. “Clearly the target date we had on the old website was really not relevant, so we pushed it out.” The town center’s de- sign, which also includes 3.8 million square feet of office space, 4,500 new multifam- ily rental and condominium residences and 600 hotel rooms, remains unchanged, Gould said. “This could be the jewel of this generation of Goulds if they can get it off the ground,” said Laurel City Councilman Michael Leszcz (At-Large). “That’s a big project, and it’s very dense.” While no official an- nouncement or ground- breaking ceremony is planned, Gould said resi- dents will see more develop- ment at the site this summer when the entrance to the New date for Konterra Town Center is 2018 n City hopes commuter-friendly spot, hours will attract more BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAU STAFF WRITER New vendors, a new time and new vendors are all on the menu for the Hy- attsville Farmers Market, which premiered at its new location at 3799 East-West Highway on June 2. “We have a lot of new and exciting surprises this year,” said Ellarose Preston, Hyattsville administrative aide and market manager. The Hyattsville Farmers Market is now in its 24th sea- son, but only its second year under city management, Preston said. Preston said that in spring 2014, the city received word that the long-time market manager, Peggy Campanella of Lothien- based Harris Orchards, was retiring. “The City Council de- cided that this was a valuable resource for the community and didn’t want to lose it, so they decided the city would take it over,” Preston said. This year, the market moved from the old BB&T Bank property, which the city is in the early stages of converting into a new police station. “We wanted a more vis- ible location. Before it was hidden behind the building, but here we’re at the corner of a very busy intersection, so we thought that would help the market grow,” Pres- ton said. Market crops up in new location Oaklands celebrates 50 years n Laurel coach inspires ‘love of the game’ with activities BY KIRSTEN PETERSEN STAFF WRITER Joni Warner has played for her university’s soccer team and trained under one of the United Kingdom’s professional football pro- grams, but she said got her start having a ball with a rec- reational soccer team. “I remember the sum- mer camps and what made it fun,” Warner said. “It was the coaches that would laugh around with you.” Now as a coach for the Greater Laurel United Soc- cer Club, Warner, 22, of Bath, U.K., is bringing the fun atmosphere she enjoyed as a child to the club’s 400 youth. “She is not only a great soccer knowledge person. She is just able to relate to Soccer standout brings expertise, fun to youth Joni Warner, a coach with the Greater Laurel United Soccer Club, gets ready to chase after a soccer ball in a one-on-one match against Jordi Moran, 6, of Laurel. Andres Moran, 9, of Laurel tosses the ball as Tyler Lam, 10, of Ellicott City looks on. KIRSTEN PETERSEN/ THE GAZETTE See TAX, Page A-9 See CENTER, Page A-9 See 50, Page A-9 See MARKET, Page A-9 See SOCCER, Page A-9

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n Baker to make decision onrest of budget by next week

BY JAMIE ANFENSON-COMEAUSTAFFWRITER

By a unanimous vote, the PrinceGeorge’s County Council overturnedthe county executive’s veto of a 5 per-

cent property tax increase to go towardthe Maryland-National Capital Parkand Planning Commission.“With all due respect to our county

executive ... this veto is disappointingand irresponsible,” County CouncilChairman Mel Franklin (D-Dist. 9) ofUpper Marlboro said prior to the voteTuesday afternoon.Franklin said the tax increase, from

27.9 cents to 29.4 cents per $100 of as-sessed value,wasneeded to address thedepartment’s structural deficit and toavoid significantly higher tax increasesfurther down the road or drastic cuts toyouth programs.“These programs are not luxuries

or extra; they are essential to buildingstronger and healthy youth and com-munities,” Franklin said.

The vote marks the first time thecouncil has overturned a Baker veto.Baker’s only other veto, of a 2011 billthat would have created a special me-diation process for disputes involvingcommon ownership facilities, failed togetmore than one vote to overturn, ac-cording tomedia reports at the time.Baker said in a statement following

the vote that hewasdisappointed in the

council’s decision.“While I’m not surprised at the

County Council’s decision, it is cer-tainly unfortunate that they chose toraise people’s taxes for more parks andrecreation, somethingwe don’t need atthis time. We already have world classfacilities and programs for our youth

County Council overturns veto of tax increase

n School digs up 25-year time capsule,hosts former teacher, student

BY KIRSTEN PETERSENSTAFFWRITER

Students at Oaklands Elementary Schoolin Laurel didn’t need to dig up a time capsuleto unearth the school’s 50 year history — allthey needed were a few memories from afounding teacher and a former student.

“I enjoyedhow they explained toushow itwasbefore,” saidDavidAjomale, 10, of Laurel.“I found out our school is getting better andbetter.”Louise Craig, 86, of Greenbelt, one of the

school’s first teachers, and Dwayne Jones,current principal at Laurel High School and aformerOaklands student, visitedOaklandsonFriday as the school commemorated its 50thanniversary with student performances andpresentations.The school first opened in February 1964.

Craig, who worked at Oaklands from 1964to 1983 as a third-, fourth- and fifth-gradeteacher, said the students and staff enjoyedthe school because “everybody loved thekids.”“It was like going from home to going to

home,”Craig said. “Thiswasahome for learn-ing.”Craig recalledwalking into the brand new

building and the years when class pets were

KIRSTEN PETERSEN/THE GAZETTE

Dwayne Jones, Laurel High School principal and a former student at Oaklands Elementary School in Laurel, breaks ground to dig for a time capsule buried in 1989.The school celebrated its 50th anniversary Friday with a ceremony and picnic.

n Constructionon entrance to begin

this summer

BY KIRSTEN PETERSENSTAFFWRITER

Although the develop-ers of Konterra TownCenterEast quietly pushedback theproject’s opening date to2018, Laurel residents andcity officials say they wouldprefer quality over expe-diency when it comes tocompleting the 1.5 million-square-foot retail center.Caleb Gould, a principal

of Konterra, confirmed 2018as the target date but saidthe site—a former sandandgravel mine located alongInterstate 95 in Laurel —does not lay dormant.Construction has fo-

cused on building infra-structure, including theKonterra Drive interchange,located between the Inter-county Connector and Md.Route 198. The previousopening date was 2015.

“We’ve continued tobuild and built numer-ous buildings here over theyears. We’re on a contin-uum,” Gould said. “Clearlythe target date we had onthe old website was reallynot relevant, so we pushedit out.”The town center’s de-

sign, which also includes 3.8million square feet of officespace, 4,500 new multifam-ily rental and condominiumresidences and 600 hotelrooms, remains unchanged,Gould said.“This could be the jewel

of this generation of Gouldsif they can get it off theground,” said Laurel CityCouncilmanMichael Leszcz(At-Large). “That’s a bigproject, and it’s very dense.”While no official an-

nouncement or ground-breaking ceremony isplanned, Gould said resi-dentswill seemore develop-ment at the site this summerwhen the entrance to the

New date forKonterra TownCenter is 2018

n City hopescommuter-friendly spot,hours will attract more

BY JAMIEANFENSON-COMEAU

STAFFWRITER

New vendors, a newtime and new vendors areall on the menu for the Hy-attsville Farmers Market,which premiered at its newlocation at 3799 East-WestHighway on June 2.“We have a lot of new

and exciting surprises thisyear,” said Ellarose Preston,Hyattsville administrativeaide andmarketmanager.The Hyattsville Farmers

Market isnow in its 24th sea-son, but only its second yearunder city management,Preston said.Preston said that in

spring2014, the city receivedword that the long-timemarket manager, PeggyCampanella of Lothien-based Harris Orchards, wasretiring.“The City Council de-

cided that thiswasavaluableresource for the communityand didn’t want to lose it, sothey decided the city wouldtake it over,” Preston said.This year, the market

moved from the old BB&TBank property, which thecity is in the early stages ofconverting into a new policestation.“We wanted a more vis-

ible location. Before it washidden behind the building,but here we’re at the cornerof a very busy intersection,so we thought that wouldhelp themarket grow,” Pres-ton said.

Market crops upin new location

Oaklands celebrates 50 years

n Laurel coach inspires‘love of the game’with activities

BY KIRSTEN PETERSENSTAFFWRITER

Joni Warner has playedfor her university’s soccerteam and trained under oneof the United Kingdom’sprofessional football pro-grams, but she said got herstart having a ball with a rec-reational soccer team.

“I remember the sum-mer camps and what madeit fun,” Warner said. “It wasthe coaches that wouldlaugh aroundwith you.”Now as a coach for the

Greater Laurel United Soc-cer Club, Warner, 22, ofBath, U.K., is bringing thefun atmosphere she enjoyedas a child to the club’s 400youth.“She is not only a great

soccer knowledge person.She is just able to relate to

Soccer standout brings expertise, fun to youthJoni Warner, a coachwith the GreaterLaurel United SoccerClub, gets ready tochase after a soccerball in a one-on-onematch against JordiMoran, 6, of Laurel.Andres Moran, 9, ofLaurel tosses the ballas Tyler Lam, 10, ofEllicott City looks on.

KIRSTEN PETERSEN/THE GAZETTE

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JUNE 11A Soldier’s Life: The War of 1812, 1 to

2 p.m., Bladensburg Waterfront Park, 4601Annapolis Road, Bladensburg. A recount-ing of the life of a soldier during the War of1812: the roles, responsibilities, uniforms,and weapons. Contact 301-779-0371; TTY301-699-2544.

JUNE 12The 34th Annual Invitational Sculpture

Exhibition, 7 p.m., Montpelier Arts Center,9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel. The 34th An-nual Montpelier Invitational SculptureExhibition will take place in the MainGallery at Montpelier Arts Center. Con-tact 301-377-7800 or [email protected].

Andrei Trach, 7 p.m., MontpelierArts Center, 9652 Muirkirk Road, Lau-rel. Through the tactile nature of thick,action-filled paint strokes, Andrei Trachexpresses moods and ideas through color,texture, and movement. Each work is adistinct orientation, enabling the viewerto see an optical mix of colors and tex-tures. Three-dimensional aspects accentthe dramatic and the bold in his paint-ings, which are a visceral response to andexpression of his world. Contact 301-377-7800 or [email protected].

David Brosch, 7 p.m., Montpelier ArtsCenter, 9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel. DavidBrosch received his BA in fine arts andBS in architecture from the University ofMaryland. While his concentration wasin printmaking at school, he paints aswell today. Regardless of the media, hisartwork usually contains representationalimagery and strong colors. Contact 301-377-7800 or [email protected].

JUNE 13Best Horse Show Series, 8 a.m., The

Show Place Arena, 14900 Pennsylva-nia Ave., Upper Marlboro. The PrinceGeorge’s Equestrian Center will host thebest Horse Show Series. Contact 301-952-7900; TTY 301-952-7998.

FBCG Health Expo, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.,FBCG Worship Center, 600 Watkins ParkDrive, Upper Marlboro. First BaptistChurch of Glenarden, in conjunction withPraise 104.1 FM, presents its 22nd AnnualHealth Expo, featuring Grammy-winning,nationally syndicated radio host YolandaAdams. “It’s All About You: BalancingMind, Body & Soul,” is a free event geared

toward the entire family. It features freescreenings, exhibits, prizes, giveaways,games, a farmers market, a Children’sZone, a Seniors’ Suite, a Man Cave andmore than 100 health organizations. Con-tact 301-773-3600 or [email protected].

Summer Wildflower Walk, 10 a.m. toNoon at Patuxent Research Refuge NorthTract, Route 198 between the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and Route 32,Laurel. All Ages Want to see a variety ofwildflowers but don’t want do a lot ofwalking in the heat? Join a guided caravantour (in the comfort of your own vehicle)and travel along our wildlife loop stop-ping at multiple locations to learn aboutbeautiful summer blooms. Registration isrequired. Contact 301-497-5887.

Mornings at the Museum, 11 a.m.,College Park Aviation Museum, 1985Corporal Frank Scott Drive, College Park.Explore exciting aspects of the CollegePark Aviation Museum’s collection onthe second Saturday of each month witha museum educator. June’s tour will lookat our new exhibit “Biological Flyers ofCollege Park.” Contact 301-864-6029; TTY301-699-2544.

PGCMLS DREAM Lab, 1 to 3 p.m.,Fairmount Heights Library, 5904 Kolb St.,Fairmount Heights. DREAM stands forDigital Resources for Electronic Applica-tions in Media, but it really means youhave access to digital tools to create. Joinus for a DREAM lab open house. Contact301-883-2650.

Hometown Heroes: 75 Years of Ex-traordinary Greenbelt Women, 2 to 4 p.m.,Greenbelt Museum, 10 Crescent Road,Greenbelt. Angella Foster, artistic directorof alight, collaborated with the dancersto choreograph the site-specific work forthe City of Greenbelt’s 75th anniversary in2012. Contact 301-507-6582 or [email protected].

JUNE 15Seniors: 2015 Club 300 Summer

Group Walk, 8:30 a.m., the NortheastBranch Trail (Meet at Wells-Linson Com-plex), 5211 Paint Branch Parkway, CollegePark. Meet other Club 300 members andkeep those feet moving as we exploresome of the wonderful trails in our area.For those who are interested, Club 300group walks will be scheduled and postedon the Club 300 webpage. Contact 301-446-3400 (Special Programs Division) or301-446-3444 (Club 300 voicemail).

Based on Books — Raccoons, 10:30 to

11:15 a.m., Patuxent Research Refuge Na-tional Wildlife Visitor Center, Powder MillRoad between the Baltimore-WashingtonParkway and Route 197, Laurel. Ages 4-5.Each program in this series begins witha beautifully illustrated children’s storyabout wildlife. Discover more about na-ture with puppets, props and activities.Registration is required. Contact 301-497-5887.

Book Discussion, 2 p.m., the BeltsvilleLibrary, 4319 Sellman Road, Beltsville.Solomon Northup’s “Twelve Years aSlave.” Adults. Contact 301-937-0294.

JUNE 16Healthy Habits for a Healthier You, 7

p.m., the Laurel-Beltsville Senior ActivityCenter, 7120 Contee Road, Laurel. Thisfree workshop will help you develop bet-ter habits for living a healthy lifestyle.Studies have shown that proper brain andheart health can contribute to the possiblerisk reduction of diseases and can ulti-mately lead to a longer and healthier life.Contact 800-272-3900.

“And Then There Were None” Audi-tions, 7 p.m., Laurel Mill Playhouse, 508Main St., Laurel. 8 Men, 3 Women, Coldreadings from the script. No appointmentnecessary. Please bring resume, conflictsand head shot with you to auditions. Con-tact 301-452-2557 or [email protected].

JUNE 17Healthy Grocery Shopping Tours,

Noon to 3 p.m., 3104 Queens ChapelRoad, Hyattsville. Come join CookingMatters to learn how to shop healthywhile sticking to a budget. Take 30-minuteguided tours through the grocery store Allparticipants receive a free reusable shop-ping bag, a booklet of tips and recipes anda $10 giftcard to the grocery store. Contact224-392-4155 or [email protected].

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Immunization Clin-ics, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.,International StudentCounseling Office(in the Judy HoyerFamily Learning

Center), 8908 Riggs Road, Adelphi.The Prince George’s County HealthDepartment is hosting four free im-munization clinics at PGCPS sites.Please bring your child’s immuniza-tion record and any letter that youreceived about immunizations fromyour child’s school. Contact 301-883-7859.

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n College Park schoolprincipal retiringafter 22 years

BY JAMIEANFENSON-COMEAU

STAFFWRITER

The motto at Hollywood El-ementary School inCollegeParkis: “Where everyone is a star.”

For 22 years, Principal Bar-bara Caskey has been guidingthose stars, but shewill behand-ing that job off to another at theend of this school year, whenshe retires.

Caskey said the departureis bittersweet. For 42 years, shehas been an educator in PrinceGeorge’sCountyPublic Schools,andeducation iswhereherheartis, she said.

“To me, it’s the best thingyou can do with your life: Work-ing with children is raising thefuture, and I’ve really enjoyedbeing a part of that,” said Cas-key, a resident of Rockville. “It’sbeen very meaningful.”

College ParkMayor AndrewFellows recognized Caskey attheCity Council’sMay 26meet-ing, noting the partnerships shehas forged with the city and lo-cal businesses and nonprofits.Fellows thanked Caskey for herwork in the community andawarded her the key to the city.

Anitra Edwards, parent of aHollywood first-grade studentand also a third-grade teacherat the school, said Caskey willbe greatly missed by the schoolcommunity.

“She has a relationship withall of her students, she knowseach of thembyname, and theyall know what her expectationsof them are,” Edwards said. “Asa parent, I appreciate what Bar-bara does to include the fami-lies in making decisions thataffect their children.”

Caskey said it had alwaysbeen her life’s goal to become ateacher to young children.

“Growing up, I admired my

teachers, and felt that I wantedto be a teacher, too,” Caskeysaid.

A native of Salisbury, Cas-key has worked her entire 42-year career in Prince George’sCounty Public Schools.

After student teaching atSpringhill Lake ElementarySchool in Greenbelt, Caskeysaid she began her teachingcareer in PGCPS at ConcordElementary in District Heightsin 1973, where she taught firstthrough third grade for 10 years.

She worked for the schoolsystem in a variety of instruc-tional positions before beingrecommended for administra-

tion.Never having been an assis-

tant principal, Caskey jumpedstraight into the principal’s seatat Hollywood in 1993.

She said she was most fa-miliar with the instructional as-pects, but other parts of beingprincipal took a while to learn.

“It was challenging to takecare of the building itself;main-tenance and operations andfinding out how to get the airconditioning running,” Caskeysaid. “That was quite surpris-ing.”

Caskey said some of herbiggest accomplishments havebeen the incorporation of

English for Speakers of OtherLanguages students into thestudent body, and the school’sconsistently high scores on theMaryland State Assessments,considering that over 70 per-cent of students are in the freeand reduced-price meals pro-gram.

“I’m proud of how ourteachers have worked together.Teamwork and cooperationhave really made a differencehere,” she said. “If we see thatsomething isn’t working, we tryother things until we get suc-cess.”

Caskey said she plans to dosome traveling after her retire-

ment, but the thing she willmiss most are the students.

“Just being around them,getting all the hugs, smiles. Let-tingmeknowhowthey’redoing.The everyday connection withthem. Helping them solve prob-lems and seeing the changes inthem. Watching them grow andlearn,” she said.

Jan Oosterhous, a fourth-grade teacher at the school, saidit is hard to put into words the

impact Caskey has had on herand others.

“She has been an incred-ible leader whose office doors— both of them — are alwaysopen, whose laughter can beheard down the hall, and whotreats people with kindness andrespect,” Oosterhous said. “Shewill be greatlymissed.”

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Barbara Caskey stands Monday with fourth-grade students at Hollywood Elementary School in College Park. Caskey is retiring after serving as principal at the school for 22 years.

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n Indictments leadto arrests in Silver Spring

and Forestville

BY VIRGINIA TERHUNESTAFFWRITER

After a year of surveillanceand undercover work, law en-forcement officers arrested 17people in the predawn hoursMonday for conspiring to dis-tributeheroin andcrack cocainein Montgomery and PrinceGeorge’s counties, according toauthorities.

The operation backed bysearch warrants began about4:30 a.m. and netted 11 hand-guns, an unspecified amount ofdrugs and more than $70,000 incash as of Monday afternoon,saidMontgomeryCounty policeChief Thomas Manger during anews conference hosted by theFBI in Rockville.

“They’re no longer there —they’ve been taken out of theneighborhood,” said StephenVogt, a special FBI agent whocoordinated the arrests, at thenews conference.

“This slows the potential forviolence [in neighborhoods] ...and sends a message [to drugdistributors] that you could benext,” Vogt said.

On June 3, a federal grandjury charged in two indictmentsa total of 18 people, accordingto a release from the U.S. Attor-ney’sOffice forMaryland,whichis prosecuting the case.

Seventeen of the 18 in-dicted defendants were arrestedMonday, wrote Vickie LeDuc,spokeswoman for the U.S. At-torney’s office for Maryland, inan email.

Contact information for anyattorneys representing the de-fendants was also not immedi-ately available Tuesday.

Some defendants were dis-tributing and storing drugs intheBel Pre Square area ofMont-gomery County.

The Bel Pre operation washeaded by George Earl Gee, 30,of Beltsville, according to anewsrelease from the U.S. Attorney’sOffice.

“Geedirects and/or suppliesseveral local drug distributorsoperating in the Bel Pre Squareand conducts hand-to-handdrug transactions with local dis-tributors,” according to searchwarrant documents.

The Prince George’s Countyoperation was headed by An-thony Niles, 36, of Bowie, whoworked out of the CrookedHouse Entertainment musicstudio on Cryden Way in theForest Center Industrial Park inForestville, according to searchwarrant documents.

The federal indictments seekforfeitures totaling $680,000from those involved, accordingto the release.

“Heroin and crack cocaineare extraordinarily dangerous,”said U.S. Attorney for MarylandRodRosenstein at thenews con-ference.

“The number of overdosesand death continue to increasein Maryland and throughoutthe country. ... [Dealers] bringin drugs [to a community], getpeople addicted and create life-long horror,” he said.

Sixdefendantswere indictedfromPrince George’s County:

• George Earl Gee, 37, ofBeltsville.

• Sierra Lynch, 37, of Belts-ville.

• Anthony Niles, 36, ofBowie.

• Abdul Hakim Sauda, 30, ofLaurel.

• Ryan Snowden, 30, of Lau-rel.

• Vincent Collins, 36, ofOxonHill.

Manger said the multi-agency investigation beganabout a year ago based onnumerous and ongoing com-plaints from residents of the BelPre Square townhouse complexabout open-air drug dealing.

Some residents were “toointimidated to go to police ...because of fear of retaliation,”Manger said.

Defendants appearedbeforea federal judge in Greenbelt forbond hearingsMonday.

They face a mandatoryminimum sentence of 10 yearsin prison on drug conspiracycharges, Rosenstein said. Sevenof them also face charges of dis-tributing drugs, according to therelease.

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POLICE BLOTTERThis activity report is pro-

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

District 1Headquarters, Hyattsville,

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

JUNE 1Vehicle stolen, 2400 block

Fordham St., 6:09 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 7500 block

23rd Ave, 6:32 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 1800 block

Metzerott Road, 8:03 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 3600 block

Bladensburg Road, 9:09 a.m.Theft from vehicle, Eb River-

dale Road/64th Ave, 10:54 a.m.Theft, 8400 block Annapolis

Road, 12:09 p.m.Theft, 5800 block Eastern

Ave, 2:33 p.m.Theft, 8900 block 62nd Ave,

4:26 p.m.Theft, 7200 block Baltimore

Ave, 5:41 p.m.Theft, 4700 block Berwyn

Road, 7:44 p.m.Theft, 9100 block Adelphi

Road, 9:11 p.m.

JUNE 2Theft from vehicle, 3800 block

64th Ave, 12:04 a.m.Robbery, 1300 block Univer-

sity Blvd, 12:24 a.m.Theft, 8900 block Tonbridge

Terrace, 2:51 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 1000 block

ChillumRoad, 7:49 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 9000 block

Rhode Island Ave, 9:55 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 8400 block

Carrollton Pky, 10:36 a.m.Theft, 4900 block La Salle

Road, 10:43 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 7200 block

Rhode Island Ave, 11:06 a.m.Theft, 5100 block Annapolis

Road, 12:43 p.m.Theft, 5600 block Sargent

Road, 1:04 p.m.Theft, 4300 block Rhode Is-

land Ave, 1:52 p.m.Robbery, 6100 block Lamont

Drive, 2:59 p.m.Theft,EbUniversity Blvd/Nb

NewHampshire Ave, 8:30 p.m.

JUNE 3Vehicle stolen, 3400 block

55th Ave, 5:44 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 4400 block

68th Place, 6:14 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 5800block

Riggs Road, 6:49 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 5300 block

85th Ave, 7:25 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 9500 block

Baltimore Ave, 8:26 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 4400 block

68th Place, 8:45 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 600 block

Sheridan St., 8:58 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 9500 block

Baltimore Ave, 9:06 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 8200 block

Baltimore Ave, 10:13 a.m.Theft, 3800 block Allison St.,

11:57 a.m.Vehicle stolen,QuebecSt./Nb

Baltimore Ave, 1:23 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 4800 block

Indian Lane, 1:41 p.m.Sexual assault, 6300 block

Block 63rd Ave, 5:48 p.m.Vehicle stolen, 7500 block

Dickinson Ave, 11:13 p.m.Theft, 5500blockNewtonSt.,

11:50 p.m.

JUNE 4Theft, 1800 block Metzerott

Road, 12:32 p.m.Theft, 4900 block Avondale

Road, 2:20 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 6200block

Annapolis Road, 2:52 p.m.Theft, 7400 block Jefferson

St., 5:22 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 8100block

Baltimore Ave, 5:24 p.m.Robbery on commercial prop-

erty, 7700 block Garrison Road,7:31 p.m.

JUNE 5Theft from vehicle, 7900 block

Riggs Road, 8:21 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 2000 block

Oglethorpe St., 9:30 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 7400 block

Varnum St., 9:56 a.m.Residential break-in, 7400

block Taylor St., 11:09 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 4600 block

Cooper Lane, 1:12 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 7500 block

Annapolis Road, 1:42 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 7100 block

Lory Lane, 2:27 p.m.Theft, 6600 block Annapolis

Road, 2:29 p.m.Theft, 3000 block Hospital

Drive, 3:15 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 4900 block

Colburn Terrace, 6:50 p.m.Theft, 7700 block Riverdale

Road, 8:19 p.m.Theft, 4700 block Cherry Hill

Road, 9:13 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 4900 block

Tilden Road, 9:56 p.m.Robbery, 66thPlace/Webster

St., 10:42 p.m.

JUNE 6Assault, 8100 block 14th Ave,

1:39 a.m.

Robbery, 4400 block 68thPlace, 2:07 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 3300 block52nd Ave, 6:12 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 1700 blockEastWest Highway, 6:49 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 7500 block25th Ave, 6:54 a.m.

Theft, 10200 block BaltimoreAve, 7:37 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6100 blockEastern Ave, 8:19 a.m.

Residential break-in, 7200blockMarywood St., 8:24 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 4400 block73rd Ave, 9:03 a.m.

Robbery on commercial prop-erty, 6200 blockGreenbelt Road,11:14 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 2000 blockHampshire Drive, 11:24 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 4600blockCooper Lane, 12:51 p.m.

Theft, 5600 block AnnapolisRoad, 1:40 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 7100 blockGlenridge Drive, 3:29 p.m.

Theft, 6800 block AnnapolisRoad, 6:14 p.m.

Assault, 8100 block 15th Ave,8:19 p.m.

Assault with a weapon, 5300block Furman Pkwy, 8:26 p.m.

JUNE 7Robbery, Knollbrook Drive/

Rittenhouse St., 12:44 a.m.Assault, 6200 block Annapo-

lis Road, 1:15 a.m.Assault, 6700 block New

Hampshire Ave, 3:14 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 5200block

Kilmer Place, 3:50 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 5200 block

Kilmer Place, 4:14 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 2500 block

Kirston St., 9:31 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 5900

block Knollbrook Drive, 10:07a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 3300 blockToledo Terrace, 10:37 a.m.

Theft, 3400blockToledoTer-

race, 12:06 p.m.Theft, 5200 block Buchanan

St., 2:00 p.m.Vehicle stolen, 6700 block

Riggs Road, 2:51 p.m.Vehicle stolen and recovered,

4700 block College Ave, 3:06p.m.

Theft, 4700 block Cherry HillRoad, 4:34 p.m.

Robbery, 400 block Green-lawnDrive, 9:11 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 200 blockSouthamptonDrive, 11:02 p.m.

District 3Headquarters, Palmer Park,

301-772-4900. Chapel Oaks,Cheverly, Glenarden, FairmountHeights, Kentland, Landover,Palmer Park, Seat Pleasant, Forest-ville, Suitland, District Heights andCapitol Heights.

JUNE 1Theft from vehicle, 2100 block

Brooks Drive, 5:42 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 7000 block

Yellow Amber Court, 7:02 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 100 block

Thomasson Court, 7:51 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 100 block

Thomasson Court, 8:49 a.m.Theft, 6500 block Halleck St.,

9:27 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 2900 block

Ritchie Road, 9:28 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 7000 block

Martin Luther King Highway,11:07 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 200 blockWesthampton Ave, 12:25 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 6700 blockDrylog St., 1:08 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 5600 blockLarson Court, 1:40 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 5200 blockMarlboro Pike, 2:13 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 1500 blockNova Ave, 3:40 p.m.

Assault, Nova Ave/CentralAve, 4:25 p.m.

Theft, 5600 blockWalkerMillRoad, 5:07 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, unit blockof Thomasson Court, 6:28 p.m.

Theft, 500 block Drum Ave,6:30 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, unit blockof Thomasson Court, 7:15 p.m.

Residential break-in, 7600block Normandy Road, 8:21p.m.

Theft, 1400 block Nalley Ter-race, 9:31 p.m.

Theft, 1400 block ElkwoodLane, 9:47 p.m.

Vehicle stolen, 500blockLim-erickWay, 10:32 p.m.

JUNE 2Assault, 7000 block Canyon

Drive, 12:41 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 500 block

Birchleaf Ave, 5:44 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 800 block

English Chestnut Court, 5:55a.m.

Vehicle stolen, 7900 blockSheriff Road, 7:15 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 1100 blockElfin Ave, 7:42 a.m.

Assault, 3500 block RegencyPky, 8:57 a.m.

Theft, 6100 block Hanlon St.,10:08 a.m.

Assault, 5900 block MartinLutherKingHighway, 11:26 a.m.

Break-in, 8600 block CentralAve, 11:38 a.m.

Theft from vehicle, 1000 blockQuietviewDrive, 12:50 p.m.

Theft from vehicle, 2100 blockBrooks Drive, 4:09 p.m.

Residential break-in, 1900block Rochell Ave, 6:06 p.m.

Homicide, 3300blockWaltersLane, 6:20 p.m.

Theft, 5700 block Bugler St.,6:48 p.m.

Residential break-in, 6500block Columbia Park Road, 6:51p.m.

District 6Headquarters: Beltsville, 301-

937-0910. Beltsville, Greenbelt,Laurel, Calverton, Adelphi, Mont-pelier and Knollwood.

JUNE 1Theft from vehicle, 5000 block

Garret Ave, 5:19 a.m.Theft, 11700 block Baltimore

Ave, 10:48 a.m.Residential break-in, 10000

block Snowden Road, 2:03 p.m.Theft from vehicle, 6403-D

Ammendale Road, 3:47 p.m.

JUNE 2Theft from vehicle, 6400 block

Ammendale Road, 10:14 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 13100 block

Larchdale Road, 4:22 p.m.

JUNE 3Theft from vehicle, 8700 block

Mulberry St., 6:44 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 13300 block

ArdenWay, 6:45 a.m.Vehicle stolen, 8800 block

Hawthorne Lane, 8:10 a.m.Theft from vehicle, 4800 block

Olympia Ave, 8:47 a.m.Theft, 3500 block Collier

Road, 8:12 p.m.

JUNE 5560A, 14100 block Bramble

Court, 10:19 a.m.

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n Community worktaken into accountin fraud conviction

BY JAMIEANFENSON-COMEAU

STAFFWRITER

A woman who providedfinancial literacy lessons tochildren and adults in PrinceGeorge’s County and servedon the housing committee ofthe county NAACP has beensentenced to over four years inprison for her part in amortgagefraud scheme.

Carmen Johnson, 48, ofGambrills, was sentenced to 57months incarceration followedby five years of supervised re-lease June 3 by Judge GeorgeHazel at the U.S. District Court-house in Greenbelt.

Hazel also ordered Johnsonto pay $2.3 million in restitutionto financial lending institutionsfor their losses on 10 foreclosedproperties.

Johnson was convicted offour counts of Conspiracy andWire Fraud last February. Ac-cording to prosecutors, in 2007and2008, sheusedher Lanham-based businesses, CJ Lendingand Able Estate and Company,to create false credit historiesthat were then used to convincemortgage lenders to grant loans.

“It looked like people had acredit history and paid on loansfor a number of years, so that itlooked like they had a credit his-tory that would allow them toqualify formortgage loans,” saidKristiO’Malley, assistantU.S. at-torney.

Johnson’s attorney RobertBonsib saidhis clientwas a goodwoman who became a victimherself of a larger conspiracy.

“The thousands and thou-sands of dollars people got outof this scheme didn’t go to Car-men Johnson,” Bonsib said.“She got her standard fee.”

Bonsib said Johnsoncharged $1,500 to $2,000 for“credit repair,” which she wasnot licensed to perform.

Other individuals in thefraud scheme brought falseand stolen identity informationto Johnson, who created falsecredit histories, to induce lend-ers into providing mortgageloans to straw purchasers, pros-ecutors said.

Hazel said he did not wantto give her a lengthier sentencethen the scheme’s ringleader,Edgar Tibakweitira of Severn,who took an early plea deal andwas sentenced to 57months.

Hazel said he also took intoconsideration Johnson’s workin the community and the tes-timony of those who asked forleniency.

In addition to providing fi-nancial literacy training throughher nonprofit Katie Able Foun-dation and her work with theNAACP, Johnson advocated forindividuals in danger of losingtheir homes due to foreclosure.

“We were very disappointedwith the length of the sentencein light of all the goodwork Car-men Johnson has done in thecommunity over the course ofseveral years,” Bonsib said af-terward.

Bob Ross, president of thePrince George’s NAACP, saidhe met Johnson five years ago,through her financial literacywork in the schools.

“In those years as housingchair, she helped 840 peoplekeep their homes,” Ross said.“She worked from sunset tosunrise on issues to make surepeople were taken care of.”

Roger Johnson said hisdaughter wanted to give back tothe community she grew up in.

“Over 800 children in PrinceGeorge’s County know how towrite a check, keep savings andeven work on Wall Street be-cause of her,” Roger Johnsonsaid.

O’Malley said that while itis clear Johnson has made con-tributions to the community, itdoesn’t change the fact that shecommitted fraud.

“If you are making a credithistory up for someonewho hasnone, you are responsible forthe fraudulent loans taken outwith those histories,” O’Malleysaid.

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NAACPofficialsentencedn Laurel police join

Special Olympics run

BY KIRSTEN PETERSENSTAFFWRITER

Fifteen Laurel police offi-cers and three Special Olympicsathletes ran eight miles to sup-port Special Olympics eventsin Maryland during the June3 Maryland Law EnforcementTorchRun for Special Olympics.

“It went well.We had a goodamount of participation,” saidSgt. Jordan Perretta. “The guysenjoyed it. The athletes enjoyedit. I think it was definitely a suc-cess.”

Perretta said Laurel policehas established a great relation-ship with Special Olympics andwill host fundraising events in-cluding a golf tournament June22 at Patuxent Greens CountryClub in Laurel.

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Carryinga torch

LAUREL POLICE DEPARTMENT

Sgt. Don Winstead (left) of the Laurel Police Department and Special Olympics athlete Ben Stevick carry the torch up Route 1 in College Park on June 3during the Laurel Police Department’s leg of the Maryland Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics.

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n Centenarian reflectson love, service

BY JAMIE

ANFENSON-COMEAU

STAFF WRITER

Sitting back in a chair atArbor Terrace Assisted Livingin Lanham, Robert Cox said henever expected to see his 100thbirthday.

“I never dreamed I wouldreach this day, 100 years, but I’mhere,” said Cox, who reached thecentury mark June 4. “I thankGod Almighty for his patiencewith me.”

There are approximately 17centenarians per 100,000 peoplein the United States, accordingto the 2010 U.S. Census. Thevast majority, over 82 percent,are women, so Cox has beatenthe odds in a number of ways.

Cox said his vision is fail-ing, he uses a walker and he hastrouble hearing out of his rightear, but his mind is still sharpas he recalls details from his lifeover half a century ago.

Roxanne Bowers, who worksin the Engagement Departmentat Arbor Terrace, said she metCox when he first came to theassisted living facility in 2012.

“I was just so amazed, forhim to be 97 at that time, and tostill have such a great memory,”Bowers said, adding that Coxwould share stories about grow-ing up in rural Florida and work-ing on the farm. “I really enjoyvisiting with him and talkingto him, and we’ve become verygood friends.”

The oldest of five children,Cox said he went from schoolinto the grocery business, and in1938 married Lorraine Walton,but the attack on Pearl HarborDec. 8, 1941, changed the direc-tion of his life.

“Good old Uncle Sam saidone Sunday morning, with thisnew bride I had, that we werenow at war,” Cox said. “After hemade that announcement, sixmonths later, I was in uniform.”

Cox said he served with theSixth Army on the Pacific frontduring World War II, later tak-

ing part in the occupation of Ja-pan and the Korean War, beforeserving stateside in Alaska andSan Francisco.

“Like any other soldier, Itook my assignment, and I didwhat I had to do,” Cox said.

Cox said he left the Army inJuly 1962, after a 20-year career,at the rank of master sergeant.

Cox then found work inshipping and receiving with adepartment store in Los Angelesand worked for that companyand the company that bought itout until he retired in 1980.

Cox and his wife did nothave any children, and his wifedied, he said, at “0900 hours Oct.22, 2003,” after 65 years of mar-riage.

Cox said the secret to a longmarriage is to never forget whyyou fell in love with your wife inthe first place.

“You treat your woman asyour sweetheart. You treat herwell, all the time,” Cox said.“That’s what gets you 65 years.”

Cox lived alone for severalyears after his wife’s death, butas his vision and mobility de-clined, he looked into assistedliving options, and in 2012 cameto Arbor Terrace.

Bowers said Cox has ayounger sister living in Floridaand a niece in New Jersey, butno other relatives in the area.

Diane Monroe, a friend whovisits Cox and assists him withreading, said she has enjoyedthe bits of wisdom he has sharedwith her over the past few yearsshe’s known him.

“He’s just amazing,” Mon-roe said. “He has a great senseof humor, and he’s really helpedme develop my sense of humor,and he’s given me lots of mar-riage advice.”

Cox said he attributes hislongevity to God, and said hedoesn’t think the Lord is fin-ished with him yet.

“I feel like I’ve got a prettylong ways yet to go,” Cox said,laughing.

A birthday party for Cox isset for Saturday at Arbor Ter-race.

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Robert L. Cox and his niece, Shirley Cox Marshall, of New Jersey, celebratehis 100th birthday at the Arbor Terrace Assisted Living Community inGreenbelt on Saturday.

n Group among 20to receive care packages

BY JAMIE

ANFENSON-COMEAU

STAFF WRITER

SHABACH! Ministries Inc.,an outreach service of FirstBaptist Church of Glenarden,was one of approximately 20regional nonprofits to ben-efit from a shoebox drive bythe United Way of the NationalCapitol Area.

The event, which took placeJune 4 at Tysons Corner Cen-ter in McLean, Va., drew ap-proximately 150 volunteers tofill shoeboxes with basic-need

items to support the work thatarea nonprofits are doing to helpthe poor, homeless and youth ofthe metropolitan Washington,D.C., region. Kelly Brinkley,United Way COO, said volun-teers came from the UnitedWay, nonprofits and corporatesponsors to fill the boxes.

“They contain clothing, toi-letries, toothbrushes, shavingneeds, various items that wouldbe of need to the homeless orothers in need,” Brinkley said.

Sharon Carroll of SHA-BACH!, said the items would beappreciated by those in need.

“It’ll go to help children andadults and families in need whowould appreciate those items,”Carroll said.

The shoebox filling, whichran from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., waspart of the United Way NCA’s“Do More 24” event, a 24-hourday of giving that raised $1.4million for Washington, D.C.-area nonprofits, said RosieAllen-Herring, CEO/President,United Way of the NationalCapital Area.

“The money raised will go tohelp the various needs that thenonprofits may have,” Allen-Herring said.

SHABACH! Ministries in-clude an emergency food pantryand a summer youth employ-ment program, Carroll said.

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Karen Williams and Nancie McCormick, volunteers with Glenarden-based nonprofit SHABACH! Ministries Inc., decoratedshoeboxes for donation at the “Do More 24” event on June 4 at Tysons Corner Center in McLean, Va.

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economic development activities. Position involves initiating and implementingeconomic development programs; collecting and reporting data on the City’seconomy; managing small business grant programs; revitalizing local commercialdistricts; encouraging new development; attracting and retaining businesses;promoting and marketing the assets of the City to potential businesses and residents;working effectively with local merchants, the community, the University of Maryland,Prince George’s County, and other economic development groups. Requirementsinclude bachelor’s degree in urban planning, economic development, public orbusiness administration; minimum 2 years of experience in economic development;excellent analytical, organizational, and computer skills; and competent writing andpublic speaking skills. Minimum starting salary $48,000 DOQ plus competitivebenefits. Must submit application, cover letter, and resume. Open until filled.

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Neighborhood Watch is a safety program for citizens by citizens to watch forand report suspicious and criminal activities.

To register for one of these sessions, or for more information, please contactPublic Services at 240-487-3570 or by email at [email protected].

FREE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY PARKINGIN THE DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGE

Come downtown this summer and see what’s happening in College Park!Parking will be free in the downtown parking garage on Saturdays and Sundays

through August 15, 2015. The parking garage is conveniently located on the corner ofKnox Road and Yale Avenue, across from City Hall.

Check out one of our new restaurants or visit an old favorite. Grab freshproduce or delicious barbeque at the Sunday Farmers Market located in the City Halllot. There are plenty of places to suit your taste – explore the options atwww.shopcollegepark.org.

Get reacquainted with downtown College Park this summer!

CALLING ALL GARDENERS…IT’S NOT TOO LATE!

Have you heard about our new community garden beside the Old Townplayground? It’s at the corner of Norwich Road and Columbia Avenue in the Old Townneighborhood. Memberships are available and ALL City residents are eligible to renta plot for $15/year. Please visit: www.collegeparkmd.gov and click on “CommunityGarden Announcement”, email: [email protected] or call 240-487-3538.

HOW TO LIVE WITH YOUR ADOPTED DOGWEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2015 AT 7:00 P.M.2ND FLOOR COUNCIL CHAMBERSCITY HALL, 4500 KNOX ROAD

College Park Animal Control is pleased to present the “How to Live with YourAdopted Dog” workshop conducted by College Park resident and dog trainer, LenneaBower, MA, CPDT-KA (website: www.nextbestpet.net.)

This workshop will be presented on Wednesday June 24, 2015 7:00 p.m. at CityHall. All current and future dog parents are welcome - but please leave your pup athome... this is a human training! You will get practical advice on building a successfulrelationship with your adopted dog and learn how to address common issues. Therewill be time to answer individual questions regarding your dog, and a handout will beincluded for you to take home.

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MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEETINGSTUESDAY, JULY 7, 20157:00 P.M. PUBLIC HEARING ON DRAFT 2015-2020

STRATEGIC PLAN7:30 P.M. MAYOR & COUNCIL WORKSESSION

TUESDAY, JULY 14, 20157:30 P.M. MAYOR & COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING

COUNCIL ACTIONIn a Special Session held during the Worksession on May 19, 2015, the College

Park City Council took the following actions:• Approved a letter to the Maryland Department of Business and Economic

Development expressing the City’s support of the University of Maryland’sapplication to be a Qualified Institution for the Maryland Regional InstitutionStrategic Enterprise (RISE) Zone program. (Mitchell and Kabir abstained.)

• Approved a letter to the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC)expressing the City’s dissatisfaction with one of their contractors.

• Approved a request for use of Duvall Field restrooms for a nearby privateevent.

At the regular Council Meeting on May 26, 2015, the College Park City Counciltook the following actions:

• Adopted Ordinance 15-O-03, an Ordinance of the Mayor and Council of theCity of College Park, Maryland to Adopt the Fiscal Year 2016 Operating andCapital Budget of the City of College Park, Maryland.

• Approved a motion to voice no objection to the application for a new Class B,(BLX) Beer, Wine and Liquor License for the use of Nando’s of College Park,LLC t/a Nando’s Peri Peri, 7400 Baltimore Avenue, College Park, subject to theapplicant entering into a Property Use Agreement with the City.

• Adopted 15-R-04, A Resolution Regarding Tax-Exempt Parking GarageRefunding Bond Of 2015.

• Adopted 15-R-05, A Resolution Regarding Post-Issuance Tax ComplianceProcedures For Non-Conduit Tax-Exempt Obligations.

• Approved a Letter to WMATA regarding installation of Metro test track andsound barrier wall in north College Park. (Dennis opposed and Dayabstained.)

• Approved a Letter to the Prince George’s County Council with comments onthe proposed tax increase in the County’s FY ‘16 budget.

• Appointed Nick Brennan to the Animal Welfare Committee, Susan Keller to theCommittee for a Better Environment, and reappointed Thelma Lomax to theCollege Park Housing Authority.

HOUSING AUTHORITYNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGTHURSDAY, JULY 23, 2015 AT 4:00 P.M.ATTICK TOWERS, 9014 RHODE ISLAND AVENUE

The Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority of the City of CollegePark, Maryland will hold a public hearing on The Housing Authority of the City ofCollege Park’s Five-Year/Annual Plan on Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. at AttickTowers, 9014 Rhode Island Avenue, College Park, Maryland. Copies of the Plan and allsupporting documents are available for review at the Housing Authority’s main officelocated at 9014 Rhode Island Avenue, College Park, Maryland.

All comments must be in writing and forwarded to James Simpson, ExecutiveDirector.

For additional information, please contact James Simpson at (301) 345-3600.

NOTICE OF FAIR SUMMARYORDINANCE 15-O-03

An Ordinance of the Mayor and Council of the City of College Park to Amend theFiscal Year 2015 Operating and Capital Budget of the City of College Park, Maryland

This Ordinance was introduced on March 10, 2015, a Public Hearing was heldon April 14, 2015, it was adopted on April 14, 2015, and will become effective onJuly 1, 2015.

Copies of this Ordinance may be obtained from the City Clerk’s Office at4500 Knox Road, College Park, Maryland 20740, by calling 240-487-3501, or on ourwebsite at www.collegeparkmd.gov.

INDEPENDENCE DAY CONCERT AND FIREWORKSSATURDAY, JULY 4, 2015 BEGINNING AT 7:00 P.M.UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, LOT 1

The University of Maryland and the City of College Park are once again breakingout the red, white and blue for a fabulous Independence Day celebration.

A free concert and fireworks spectacular are on tap for Saturday, July 4, 2015 atthe University of Maryland in Lot 1 adjacent to Campus Drive off Adelphi Road.

Residents are invited to enjoy The Nightlife Band with their performance startingat 7:00 p.m.

Fireworks Extravaganza will then entertain us at dusk - about 9:00 p.m. You canexpect a 30 to 40 minute program.

In case of storm or weather warning siren seek shelter in Cole (Field House)Student Activity Center. In case of rain cancellation, there will be only fireworks onSunday, July 5.

Concessions open at 5:00 p.m. offering hamburgers, hot dogs, funnel cakes, icecream, snow cones, soda and bottled water.

Grass seating is limited, so bring your lawn chairs and blankets. Personalcoolers are also allowed. Great family fun! For more information call 240-487-3570.

COLLECTION ROUTE CHANGES FORREFUSE/RECYCLING/YARD TRIM

Effective June 15, 2015, changes will occur to select areas of the refuse/recycling/yard trim collection routes in College Park. Public Works has gone door-to-door and left a doorhanger explaining the changes to those homes and business,affected by the revised daily collection routes. Not all residents will be affected by thischange.

Please visit the City website to see if your collection day is changing(www.collegeparkmd.gov/government/public_works). If you’re still unsure whetheryour collection day has changed, or have any other questions, please call or emailPublic Works with your address: 240-487-3590; [email protected].

PLASTIC BAGS NO LONGER BEINGACCEPTED IN BLUE RECYCLING CART

Effectively immediately, Public Works is asking all residents to refrain fromputting plastic bags in the blue recycling cart. This includes loose plastic bags orplastic film, a plastic bag containing other plastic bags/film, or a plastic garbage bagused to contain other recyclables. Shredded paper should now be contained in apaper bag. It can be secured by folding the top and stapling or taping it closed.Residents should place approved recyclables loose in the blue cart.

Plastic bags/film can still be recycled by taking them to a local grocery store.MOMs Organic Market, Shoppers, and Giant all have receptacles at the front of thestore for these items. Plastic bags/film include: retail bags, plastic wrapping on food,plastic sandwich bags, dry cleaning bags, newspaper bags, shrink wrap (e.g. aroundtoilet paper and bottled water). For more information on what kind of plastic bagsand film should be recycled at the grocery store, visit:http://www.plasticfilmrecycling.org/.

Prince George’s County has announced they will no longer accept plastic bagsin any form at the Materials Recovery Facility where the City’s single-stream recyclingis taken. These bags jam the sorting machines, which causes the entire facility to shutdown and also increases maintenance costs. Residents can ensure their clean, dryplastic bags and film are recycled by taking them to their local grocery store.

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and our community. I know thatwe need the same level of invest-ment to achieve a world class ed-ucation system for our students,”Baker said in a statement.The council moved quickly

to overturn Baker’s veto. Bakervetoed the bill Monday during apress conference, saying that thepriorityofany tax increaseshouldbe toward the county school sys-tem.Baker had originally pro-

posed a 15.6 percent property taxincrease to go toward the schoolsystem, which Baker said wouldhelp move the school systemfromnext to the lastonstate stan-dardized tests into the top10.Baker later reduced his re-

quest by approximately half, butthe County Council on May 28voted to approve a 4 percent taxincrease, to cover the rising costsof the county’s share in payingteacherpensions.Baker had held a number of

town hall meetings regarding histax proposal, and criticized thecouncil for not doing the samewith theM-NCPPC tax increase.“I could not in good con-

science sign a bill that would al-low an increase in the park andplanning property tax to go into

effect without our citizens’ inputin the tax increase and the in-creases in fees,”Baker said.Franklin responded to the

county executive’s criticism say-ing that thebudget hearingswereopen to the public and availableonline.Councilwoman Mary

Lehman (D-Dist. 1) of Laurel,whohadbeen the sole “nay” voteagainst theM-NCPPCbudget,butvotedwithher colleagues inover-riding the veto, said the councilneeds to examine ways to cutcosts in M-NCPPC and look atways to further open the budgetdiscussionswith thepublic.“The process we have now

doesn’t allow for what I thinkwouldbe the ideal circumstancesfor the understanding and theinformation to be out there in atransparent way for our residentsto react,” Lehmansaid.Baker’s chief budget officer

ThomasHimlersaidMondaythatBaker is currently reviewing therest of the budget, and has untilJune 16 to decide whether to ex-ercise a line-itemveto or approvethebudget.“We’re still continuing that

assessment for the next week,”Himlersaid. “Nextweektherewillbe adecision.”

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east sideof theproject is built.Tom Dernoga, a former Dis-

trict 1 Prince George’s countycouncilman whose district in-cluded Laurel, said a develop-ment at the Konterra site hasbeen in theworks fordecadesbutadded it’s not the Gould family’sstyle to build as soon as the prop-erty is acquired.“The one thing about the

Goulds, they don’t just throw upsome job. They’re not going tohire the first big box store devel-oper,” Dernoga said. “They’revery cautious. It’s goodandbad.”Leszcz agreed, saying al-

though the Goulds “play cardsclosetotheirchest,” theydon’tsetup shop andwalk awaywhen theproject is done.“They don’t think in terms

of today and tomorrow,” Leszczsaid. “They think of five years, 10

years, 20 years.”Barbara Sollner-Webb, the

president of the West LaurelCivic Association, said she wouldnot want to see Konterra TownCenter East become vacant likethe nearby Burtonsville Cross-ing shopping center because thedevelopers erect the center toohastily.“The last thing they want to

do is create more empty real es-tate,” Sollner-Webb said. “If theyare not 100 percent ready to go,pushing it back is an extremelywisedecision.”Gould said his family’s em-

phasis on quality comes from acommitment to building projectswith enduring value.“For the long term, we don’t

findit interestingtobuildata low-quality level,” Gould said. “Itmaybe themost affordable. It may bethe instantsolution.Forus it’snotenduring.”

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the kids at a level that I’venever seen before,” said clubpresident StevenHaversack.After Warner graduated

in 2014 from Cardiff Metro-politan University in Wales,U.K., she joined ChallengerSports, a Kansas-based pro-gram that recruits interna-tional soccer players to theUnited States to coach youth.She lives with a host family inHoward County and teachessoccer skills to youth rang-ing from 3-year-olds to highschoolers 24 hours per week.Haversack said after the

club’s previous ChallengerSports coach left prema-turely, he worried about“starting at square one” witha newChallenger coach.“I had lunch with Joni

and her boss and within 30minutes it was obvious thatwe were going to be movingforward in the direction wewanted towithout anyhiccupat all,” Haversack said.Warner said she starts ev-

ery session with a fun warm-up or game to encourage a“passion for the sport.”“You’ve got to make sure

you’re keeping things posi-tive,” Warner said. “Kids lovecompetition, as long as it’scompetitive in a good wayand not too hard.”

Andres Moran, 9, of Lau-rel said he enjoys playinggames during sessions, in-cluding one where playersmust dribble a soccer ballwhile attempting to stealeach others’ pinnie shirts,which are tucked into theirpants like tails.“She has us do some

things but she adds a bit offun,”Moran said.Haversack said Warner’s

emphasis on fun activitiescould help the club retainfamilies.“When we asked parents

why they didn’t sign backup, [the youth] didn’t reallythink it was fun,” Haversacksaid. “Joni hasmade the levelof play better and made theplayingmore fun.”Karen Frederick, 46, of

Laurel said Warner “capti-vates” the youth, includingher two daughters.“They all love her and

they really look forward tospending time with her,”Frederick said. “That rightthere helps them enjoy thegamemore.”Warner said she intends

to continuecoachingwith theclub through November. Shesaid shewould like tomove totheUnited States andwork insports conditioning, rehabili-tation and massage, whichshe studied at Cardiff.

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City Administrator TraceyNicholson said the new location,in the parking lot of LutheranRedeemer Church, is more vis-ible. In addition, the hours werepushed back to 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.to take advantage of the eveningcommute.“It’s the right place and time

so people on their way homefromwork or just passing by cancatch upon some veggies or fruiton the way home,” Nicholsonsaid.Preston said the market has

six new, local vendors this year,and is looking to attractmore.One of the new vendors is

HopeHoney Farm, aHyattsville-basedapiary, orbee farm,ownedby residentMaggieMills.Mills said her business is the

only certified naturally grownapiary inside the Beltway. Mills

saidshestartedkeepingbees fouryears ago,mostly out of curiosity,and has now expanded tomain-tainingmore than30hives.On June 16, Mills is plan-

ning to bring anobservationhiveand talk about beekeeping at theFarmersMarket.Also premiering at the Farm-

ers Market this year is CabinCreek Heritage Farm of UpperMarlboro, a pasture-based, sus-tainable, family-based livestockfarm.Lori Hill, owner of Cabin

Creek, said customers can placeorders by email and have themdelivered to theFarmersMarket.“I’ve had some ofmy regular

customerswho live here, and arereallyexcitedthatwe’reherenow,because it’s more convenient,”Hill said. “Sowe’re real excited tobehere. It’s a great littlemarket.”

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permitted in schools — her students mea-sured the temperature of chicks to predictsnow days, she said.Jones, who attended Oaklands in the

early 1970s, said he would not be as suc-cessful as he is today without support fromOaklands. The school’s speech pathologisthelped him overcome a speech problem,enablinghim tobeabetter student, he said.“It was the people. Everyone was sup-

portive and nice and worked with you,”Jones said. “You learned a lot and you justhad fun.”Jones remembered slipping into the

creek to retrieve a runaway ball during re-cess— an accident students would not en-counter today because of a fence betweenthe playground and the water.Following the ceremony, staff dug up a

time capsule, which was buried in 1989 forthe school’s 25th anniversary, and foundphotos, student work and newspaper ar-ticles inside. Oaklands principal AudreyBriscoe said the school is preparing a newcapsule to bury for the 50th anniversary.Students, staff and families attended a

picnic in the evening.Briscoe said she started planning the

anniversary celebration last year andwanted to do something that the studentswould remember.“I want to pay tribute to Oaklands,”

Briscoe said. “It turned out so much betterthan I thought.”Briscoe said Oaklands is completing its

pilot year of integrating art into classroomsand students put on the school’s firstmusi-cal “TheWiz.”Next year, Oaklands will be evaluated

as a candidate for the International Bac-calaureate Primary Years Programme, anelementary school academic program fo-

cused on “international-mindedness andstrong personal values,” according to theprogram’s website.“We have such a diverse group of stu-

dents andwe know the arts and transdisci-plinarymethods are theway to go,” Briscoesaid.As theschool introducesnewprograms,

Craig and Jones agreed thatOaklandsmustremain committed to students.“I just hope they absolutely, completely

love these children,” Craig said. “That’s theway children learn.”Diana Morales, 10, of Laurel said her

family has moved several times and shehas already attended four elementaryschools, but Oaklands has been the best ofthe bunch.“I really love this school and I’m so

proud it’s 50 years old,”Diana said. “I hopewhen I have kids they can go here.”

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Diane Bongiorni of Hyattsville purchases honey from Hyattsville beekeeperMaggie Mills, owner of Hope Honey Farm, on June 2 during the HyattsvilleFarmers Market’s opening day.

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Kudos to Prince George’s County Execu-tive Rushern Baker III for vetoing a County

Council-approved taxincrease thatwould benefittheMaryland-National CapitalPark and Plan-ning Commis-sion.

While the parks system is valuable, priori-ties should dictate that additional revenue goto county schools, which aremuchmore inneed of resources.

That’s where the pat on the back ends,however.While Baker’s rationale for the veto

makes sense, his criticism of the council’s ac-tions spotlights concerns that exist in his ownoffice, as well.

In a letter to council ChairmanMel Frank-lin, Baker explains that the council did not“sufficiently inform the public” about the in-crease. Franklin says the budgetmeeting wasopen to the public and a video of themeetingwas online, but Baker is right. The councilshould havemade amore significant effortto alert residents about plans to raise the taxand sought their input. It’s the same criticismBaker facedwhen he decided to overhaul theschool board in 2013, with only a fewweeks

left in the legislative session and little oppor-tunity for input from residents.

Sufficient timemust be allotted for com-munity involvement in such important deci-sions, whether they aremade by the councilor the county executive.

Baker’s letter alsomentions that the coun-cil’s lack of public engagement preventeddiscussions on the “propriety of such an in-crease.” Hementions that the council didn’textend the “same courtesy” he provided toresidents by hosting community forums ashe sought to increase property taxes by 15.6percent.

What Baker fails tomention, however, isthat the increase he was seeking was a slap inthe face to county residents who felt blind-

sided by his proposal. The county has a de-cades-old, voter-imposed tax cap that Bakercircumvented using a fairly recent state lawthat allows him to override county rules if thetax hike benefits schools. The county tax capdid not apply toM-NCPPC’s funding.

So while it’s wonderful that Baker tooka community approach to his proposed taxhike,many questioned the “propriety” and“courtesy” of his efforts, as well.

The only thing that appears clear in thistaxingmess is that county leaders clearlyaren’t on the same page regarding priorities,and both branches need to work harder toensure taxpayers— those footing the bill forsuchmajor decisions—become a critical partof the process on a consistent basis.

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The public discourse regarding the Board of Edu-cation Proposed 2015-2016 Budget yielded a hostof justifications for not increasing resources for thepublic schools. A number of our neighbors objected to

spendingmoremoney on theschools since they had no chil-dren in the school system.

First, does not the con-science demand that we payforward the education that oureldersmaintained for our ben-efit? Second, if the children oftoday leave school ill-preparedto replace our aging workforcenow achieving retirement age,where will that leave us as acivilized society?

Many an opponent trotted out the conservativesound bite that concerns in education are seldomresolved by showering themwithmoney. Unfortu-

nately, the facts do not seem to support that argumentinMaryland. The enactment of the Bridge to Excel-lence Act in 2013 brought increased state funding toMaryland’s schools, and the improvement in studentachievement has been steady, if incremental, eversince. Added resources havemade a difference, andthe gap between the highest- and lowest-performingschools has steadily closed.

Yes, statewide, the relative ranking remains un-changed for our schools, because the rising tide ofThornton funding lifted all boats. However, additionalresources have clearly contributed to our well-docu-mented improvements in Prince George’s, and thoseimprovements helpedMarylandmaintain a No. 1ranking for a number of consecutive years.

Some of our parents objected to a tax hike on thegrounds that the increase could impede their per-sonal ability to fund private school for their children.Former NEA President Bob Chase responded to thatargument nearly 20 years ago, “If your neighborhood

school is not good enough for your child, it is not goodenough for anyone’s child!”

All children need age-appropriate pre-K; all chil-dren need the arts; all children need less-crowdedclassrooms. All these needs have cost implications.

The proposed four-cent tax hike raises just enoughmoney tomeet twomandated responsibilities: therequired contribution to the State Retirement Agencyand “Maintenance of Effort” funding.Whenwill weregardMaintenance of Effort as the floor for new edu-cation spending and not the ceiling?

So, we are treading water, once again, as weprepare to endure harsh budget reconciliation andmaking systemic decisions that are tantamount toeducational triage.

Kenneth B. Haines, Beltsville

Haines is the president of the Prince George’sCounty Educators’ Association.

A school budget that treads water will move us nowhere

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FOOTBALL: Largo High School is one of 40 teamsscheduled to compete this weekend in the PrinceGeorge’s County 7-on-7 passing league. Lions are doingwell this summer.

BASKETBALL: Flowers boys vs. B-CC, 6 p.m. Tuesday.

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Riverdale graduates help Terps feel Supern Riverdale Baptistgrads help Marylandreach Super Regionals

BY PRINCE J. GRIMES

STAFFWRITER

Had it been a regular seasongame, University of Maryland, Col-lege Park’s, baseball coach mighthave considered letting right-handedpitcher Ryan Selmer remainin the game he started against Uni-versity of California, Los Angeles onMay 31.

Selmer, a 2013graduateofRiver-dale Baptist High School, was one ofMaryland’s top pitchers this pastseason with a 2.18 earned run aver-age, in 31 appearances— fourmorethan any other Terp. But it wasn’ta regular season game, the Terps

were on the brink of reaching theNCAA Baseball Tournament’s Su-per Regionals for the second seasonin a row, and the redshirt freshmanSelmer had allowed eight hits andthree runs through 2.2 innings, sohe was pulled to preserve a shot atwinning.

Ultimately, the Terps would stilllose the game 4-2, but in the two-loss elimination round of the NCAARegionals, they lived to see anothergame. UCLA, which Maryland haddefeated a day earlier, survived onlyto see another former Crusader.

Taylor Bloom, a true freshman,and a teammate of Selmer’s fromtheir days together at Riverdale Bap-tist, saw less than half the amount ofappearances as Selmer (15) this sea-son, but he received the start in theelimination game of the Regionals TAYLOR SMYTH/UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

Ryan Selmer, a Riverdale Baptist School graduate, pitches for the University of Mary-land, College Park.

n After successful season, Douglassshould contend for state title

BY ADAM GUTEKUNST

STAFFWRITER

Most teams would have thrown in the towelif they sat where the Douglass High School boysbasketball team did on March 9. Ten straightpoints by OaklandMills, the host of the Class 2ASouthRegionfinal, hadpushed theEagles deficitto 17 pointsmidway through the third quarter.

The sweltering hot gym vibrated with theechoes of cheers from the capacity crowd as ayoungDouglass teamgatherednear the sideline.

Giving up would have been easy. But, ascoach Tyrone Massenburg said, that wouldn’thavebeen“Douglassbasketball.” TheEaglesme-thodically clawed theirwayback into the contest,a rally that culminated with a buzzer-beating,coast-to-coast layupby senior Trevor Johnson tosend the game into an improbable extra period.It was during that final frame that the Douglassrally fell short.

Three days after the 73-70 overtime loss to

Douglassbasketballready to soar

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Douglass High School’s Cameron Hayes (right) returnsas the Eagles’ leading scorer. The Upper Marlboroschool returns most of its players from a 20-5 boysbasketball team.

n Theresa Banks favorites to win fifthstraight Division A Prince-Mont title

BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN

STAFFWRITER

DeMatha Catholic High School rising juniorSterling Smith experienced his first Prince-MontSwim League season last summer — he movedto Maryland with his family from New Jersey justbeforehis freshmanyear. And itwas a rather goodone.

Smith won the boys 15-18 50-meter breast-stroke at the Division A championship meet andwas runner-up in the event at the season-endingindividual all-star meet. And his team, TheresaBanks SwimClub, won its fourth consecutive titlein the league’s top group.

“The teams Iwaswith inNew Jersey,wenevercame out on top,” Smith said. “To be part of ateam out there winning first in [so many races],thatwas thefirst time I’vebeenona team that hasdone that well, and it was awesome.”

Prince-Mont, which has been the startingpoint for many of Prince George’s County’s top

swimmers, is scheduled to kick off its 56th sum-mer season on June 20 with the first of five weeksof dual meets. The league is comprised of 40teams of kids ages 6 to 18 — spread throughoutsix counties in Maryland — competing in sevendivisions. Theresa Banks won last year’s DivisionA meet, 363-230.5, over Washington, D.C.’s Ta-koma Park — a team that features two of PrinceGeorge’s County’s highest scorers in Flowersgraduate Sidney Horton and rising senior DonBrazelton.

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Flowers High School’s Don Brazelton swims for Takoma Park in the Prince-Mont summer swimming league.

n Falcons new-look passing game defeatsRoosevelt during 7 on 7 tournament

BY ERIC GOLDWEIN

STAFFWRITER

After a historic 3-0 start, the Central HighSchool football team’s 2014 campaign took aturn for the worse. Injuries — which coincidedwith the tough portion of the schedule — con-tributed tofive straight shutout losses, anda sea-son filled with promise ended with the Falconsonce again outside the playoffs.

But therewas a silver lining to the 3-7 season.And itwasn’t just that theCapitolHeights schoolimproved its record for a third straight year.

With the offense shorthanded — and oftenplaying from behind— players were forced intonew and unfamiliar roles. Receivers, such as Ga-varius Twilley, climbed up the depth chart. Thequarterback, rising junior Damarii Sumpter,shouldered a heavier load after running backDeion Peterson (Class of 2015) went down witha foot injury. The offense was taking on a newshape, and while that didn’t pay dividends lastfall — the Falcons managed 13 points the finalseven games — that could help Central as itopensup itspassinggame thisupcoming season.

Centralfootball opensup its offense

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Central High School quarterback Damarii Sumpterpasses during Saturday’s 7 on 7 football game inWashington, D.C.

Parents form travel baseball teamn Friendly High-based teamlooking to compete for thesecond-straight summer

BY PRINCE J. GRIMES

STAFFWRITER

Through some of his baseballteammates at Friendly High School,rising senior Chandler Mays heardabout a travel baseball teamthatwasbeing coordinated last summer andwas invited to tryout.

The team started for a plethoraof reasons, but amongst them wasthe opportunity to participate in theMetropolitan JuniorBaseball Leaguetournament in Richmond, Va.

Maysmade the team, comprisedmostly from a combination of play-ers fromPrinceGeorge’sCounty andWashington, D.C., schools, and theyreached the semifinals of the MJBL

tournament, an experience Mayssaid helped him tremendously thispast high school season.

“It was actually a really good ex-perience. Just tobeable to travel andplay baseball,” Mays said. “Duringthat tournament, I got to see a lot ofdifferent pitching. Got to see the dif-ferent skill levels of different peoplefrom different areas. I also got to seewhat I have to look forward to if Iwant to play baseball on the nextlevel.”

As it turns out, the teamwas co-ordinated by a combination of base-ball parents and people from thecommunity. They wanted to givetheir kids an opportunity to playhigh-level baseball for a local team,but the genesis of the programcamefrom outside of the county.

Ronald Hines, a Prince George’sresident who ran an RBI (Reviving TAYLOR SMYTH/UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

Taylor Bloom, a Riverdale Baptist School graduate, pitches for the University of Mary-land, College Park.

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See TRAVEL, Page B-2

See FOOTBALL, Page B-2

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Morgan MinerOxon HillSophomore

Clippers sopho-more won countyregional crown (81),besting the fieldby at least threestrokes.Miner hadto pull out of statesmidway throughthe first roundwitha knee injury.

Andrew HungSeniorEleanor Roosevelt

The four-yearplayer led a smallerRaiders team thisyear, finishing histenure with an 84 atthe regional cham-pionship, whichwas good enoughfor a share of sec-ond place.

Patrick McKinneyDeMathaFreshman

McKinney headedDeMatha’s youth-ful attack, shootingan 83 at theWCACchampionship; av-eraged an impres-sive 40.01 strokesper nine holeaverage in his firstvarsity season.

DanSpottsDeMatha

Spottscoached arelativelyyoung team to a fourth-place finishat theWashington Catholic AthleticConference Championship, finish-ing just one stroke behind Paul VI.

Second Team is online at Gazette.net

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GOLFER OF THE YEAR

COACH OF THE YEAR FIRST TEAM

Evan SantaDeMathaSenior

Stags senior finished second at theWashington Catholic Athletic Confer-ence championship with a score of 75. Penn State recruit helped lead ayoungDeMatha team to a fourth-place finish in the league.

Baseball in Inner Cities) team inWashington, D.C.,was lookingtorevive thatRBI teamfor theSoutheastD.C. kids that played for him. The team fell becamevictimof a corruption scandal.

Parents such as Eric Woodard Sr., Dr. RickBrysonandDuaneHughley,ofcountybaseballplay-ers, decided tohelpHines fund anewprogram, anda travel teamwasdeveloped.

“I was looking for a place for my son [BlakeBryson] toplayat ahigher level. ... Someone referredmeto[Hines],”RickBrysonsaid.“Ourthingwas, let’stry to keep this program going regardless of the ob-stacle thatweare facedwith.”

Last summer, the team was organized in Lan-ham. Players such as Northwestern graduate KevinRamirez, Friendly graduate Khaleel Todd, who’s at-tending Delaware State University, and Bowie’s Di-allo Adams all came out for the team. Players fromGwynn Park, Largo and DuVal alsomade the team.Not onlywere players getting a chance to travel andplay baseball during the summer, they were beingprepared for life after high school.

“We had an academic component that we part-nered with a local church so the kids could get anSATPrep,” RickBryson said. BlakeBryson is attend-ing Morehouse College. “It was like a 12 week SATPrep. Itwasprobably second tonone in thecounty.”

This summer, the MJBL travel team is beingformed again, this time with practices being heldat Friendly. If enough players come out, organizerswould like to have a 19-under and 16-under team,

like last year. So far, however, there have only beenenough players for a 19-U team this summer, andcoacheswant to have the roster finalized before thisweekend is over. The team is partially named afterthe league it participated in last summer, theMJBLTitans. They plan to participate in theMJBL tourna-mentonceagain this summer,beingheld inFlorida,but the teamwill also join theNationalsYouthAcad-emywhere itwill play several games.

Mays’ dad, James Mays, was an assisting par-ent last season for the 16-U teamhis son played on.Thissummer, JamesMays isstepping intoarolehe’sbeen familiar with in his son’s entire life as a base-ball player, coaching as an assistant to head coachDuaneHughley.Parentparticipation iswhatgot thisprogramrunningandiswhatwillkeepitgoing.Mayssaid itwas formedoutofnecessity.

“The biggest thing is providing kids an avenue,who wants to play baseball, where they don’t haveone,” Mays said. “There’s nothing in the sum-mer time, which is when you play baseball, in P.G.County, especially in the southern part, where kidscan go and play. Because once boys and girls clubis over with during the school season, they’re doneagain.”

“When I started looking forbetter competition, Ifound that somany of the parents of kids that couldplay were taking there kids to Charles County, andAnne Arundel County to play on travel teams basedin those areas,” RickBryson lamented. “Webroughttravel baseball to Prince George’s County for kidswhoeitherdidn’thave it, or typicallywentoutsideofthe county toplay.”

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Jackie Robinson Stadium in LosAngeles.Bloomdeliveredtheper-formanceofhis life.

“It’s definitely the biggestgameI’veeverpitched in,”Bloomsaid. He called the six inning, onehit,onerunperformance, thebestof his career. “Just to get the op-portunity to do that was prettyamazing.”

Bloom was groomed for themoment from the time he wasfirst given a baseball, through histime at Riverdale Baptist wherehe faced some of the best highschool competition.And fromhisearliest recollectionsat theUpperMarlboro private school, he andSelmer became close friends. Instature, the two couldn’t be far-ther apart, although not manypeople can match Selmer’s now6-foot-8 frame,but theywerevery

muchalike in attitude.“Both of those guys are ex-

tremely hard workers,” RiverdaleBaptist coach Ryan Terrill said.“Can’t say I was stunned whenTaylor beat UCLA, because Iwatchedhimsincehewasafresh-manatourplace.PrettymuchourNo. 1 from theminute he startedwith our program. ... Always hadpoise, always had composure,andhad that inner-belief andhadthat makeup that you can’t quitecoach,thatyouknowwhatit takesto get it done at a high level. Bothof those guys, Ryan and Taylor,had that early onatRiverdale.”

Bloom, Terrill said, has theability to use any pitch in anycount. The righty has a greatchangeup, and the arm-speedon it looks similar to his fastball.He was 2-3 in five starts this sea-son with a 4.01 ERA. Bloom saidthe biggest adjustment he hadto make in the college game wasslowing thingsdown.

“The jump from high schooltocollege iswaydifferent,”Bloomsaid. “The game really speeds up,but I think Ihandled itprettywell.When I first started, I think it re-ally hit me how fast the game re-ally is. But the more experience Igot through the season, themoreI just slowed it down to normalspeed.”

Even though Bloom is a yearyounger than Selmer, he com-mitted to Maryland first, as asophomore. Selmer didn’t followsuit until he graduated, but it wasduring that time thatBloomenvi-sioned the two becoming majorcontributors for the Terps. Eventhen,hecouldn’t imaginethewaythis spring turnedout.

“We definitely knew wewouldbeplayingtogether,butwedefinitely didn’t know we wouldend up pitching back-to-backgames in the regionals.”

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“Itmade usmake sure to tryto coach up the twos,” Centralcoach Ken Amaker said. “Try toget the twos almost where theones are, so the dropoff is not asgreat.”

Central’s new-look offenseandaddeddepthwas ondisplayin Saturday’s King of the Jungle7-on-7 tournament. There— atboth Catholic University andArchbishop Carroll High Schoolin Washington, D.C. — the Fal-cons put together an impressivewin against Eleanor Roosevelt(Greenbelt) and finished 2-3 inthepassingleaguecompetitions.

Sumpter showed off hisstrong arm, connecting withhis receivers on several longtouchdown passes. Twilley,whohadn’tplayedoffensepriorto last season,was abeneficiaryof the new passing game, us-

ing his speed and soft hands topull downmultiple touchdownreceptions. Carlos Martins, atransfer from McNamara (Up-per Marlboro), was also oneof Sumpter’s top targets, run-ning crisp routes and giving theCentral offense another deepthreat.

“We’re growing more asa team. We’re getting morecomfortable with each other,”Sumpter said. “... We feel eachother out andwe knowwhat webothwant.”

Sumpter, a starter sincemidway through his freshmanseason, is responsible for a lot ofthat growth. The quarterback’spowerful arm and strong graspof the playbook makes his re-ceivers threats to score fromanydistance.

“His arm strength, his foot-work. His composure in thepocket,” tight end and line-backer Kenneth Dorsey said.“He’s comfortable back there.

He’s on his game. He’s workingharder to keepdeveloping.”

Dorsey, entering his fourthvarsity season, was part of the0-10 campaign in 2012 and the2-8 campaign in 2013. The ris-ing senior said that the team’schemistry is as good as it’s everbeen.

“We have more together-ness than we did in past years,”Dorsey said. “We have morepeopleon the samepage.”

Whether that’ll lead to aplayoff appearance, Centralwon’t know for a few moremonths. But until then, the planis to continue working hardthrough the remainder of thesummer and 7-on-7 competi-tions,Dorsey said.

“[We’re] trying to pushthrough the tough days andtough battles — getting peopleto want to come back after thetough losses,”Dorsey said.

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the eventual state champions ended their season,a collection of Eagles playersmade their way backinto the gym, issuing in an important offseason fora teammanyconsider tobeamongthecounty’s—andstate’s—best.

“I knew we had a lot of people coming backand a lot of talent,” returning leading scorer Cam-eronHayes said. “We even have some young guyscoming up that are going to be good ... The focusrestarted thatweek.”

Leaving the 2014-15 season in the past wouldbenoeasy task for theEagles,whoat 20-5had theirbestseason“inalong, longtime”accordingtoMas-senburg.Graduationwasset toclaimthreestarters,a trioofdynamicguards inAnthonyByrd (4.3ppg),Johnson(8.6ppg)andKyleGreen(9.3ppg).But for-gettingthestandardthoseplayerssetwasneverpartof theplan, according to theEagles coach.

“I thinkthisyear is justawholenewyear,”Mas-senburg said. “There’s going tobedifferentplayerswith us ... The culture has always been established

with our program. There will definitely be newfaces, but itwill be the sameDouglass team.”

TheEaglesare set to featureabig frontcourt, astheywill return ZionCousins (6.5 ppg) andDaltonSmith (3.8 ppg), who along with Hayes (15.7 ppg)willcomprisea6-foot-6,6-foot-6and6-foot-5 frontline, respectively. But most eyes — and defenses—will keyonHayes, theversatile rising seniorwhoestablishedhimself as a leader onandoff the courtduring last year’s playoff run.

“I thinkCameron,hewasaleader lastyear,” theDouglasscoachsaid.“Hehasgreat leadershipskills...Heworkshard.He’snotoneyoueverhave toasktoputworkin—hedoeswork.Heworksonhisskillonhisown—firstone in thegym, lastone to leave.He’s definitely set a great example for the team.”

This upcoming season, the Eagles will look toHayes as they learn to handle the pressure of be-ing a favorite, something they never dealt with lastseason.

“Teamswewouldneverplay intheregularsea-sonarecomingatus likewe’re leaguerivals,”Hayessaid. “We’ve got tobe ready for it.”

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The two, along with Yugi Ka-caporandJaredMiller, setaBelairSwimandRacquet pool record (1minute, 55.40 seconds) en routeto winning the 200 medley relayat the all-starmeet.

Theresa Banks only joinedPrince-Mont in 1990 and startedat the bottom, club presidentMichelle Jordan said. But withJordanaheadcoachat thePrinceGeorge’s Sport and LearningComplex training site of the Na-tion’s Capital Swim Club — thesame club for which 2012 Olym-pic gold medalist Katie Ledeckyswims — the summer team hasarguably the league’s highestpopulation of year-round swim-mers and is again favored todominate the league.

But, while neighborhoodpride is on the line, the focus ofsummer swimming is not solelyonwinning championships.

“[The Prince-Mont season] iseverythingthatswimmingshouldbe for these guys,” said DeMathaswim coach Tom Krawczewicz,who swam in the league formorethan a decade and then coachedfor six years. “In what other sport

do youhave kids 6 years oldup to18working together?”

That, Smith said, is one of thebest parts of the league. Not onlyis heable to act as a rolemodel—something he said he relishes —but he himself said he has olderswimmers to look up to as well.Theinteractionbetweentheolderand younger age groups, Jordansaid, canbemonumental.

Summer, coaches agreed, isalso a good time for swimmers tostep outside their comfort zones.Krawczewicz said summer swim-mingcan, inthatregard,helppre-ventburnout.

“If you’re doing 100 breast,100 free, everymeet, it gives themsomething else to swim,” he said.“It helps, especially when peo-ple are plateauing in their mainevents. It gives them somethingelse to think about. It’s a distrac-tion from the main focus. Andthere’s motivation just from ex-periencing success in anotherevent.”

Smith is likely to competein events other than the breast-strokethissummerbecausethat’swhat this season is about, but heis far from plateauing. Two yearsago, before he set out to competeamong some of the nation’s fast-est high school swimmers in the

Washington Metropolitan PrepSchools Swimming and DivingLeague, Smith’s father showedhim some of the times from the2013 Washington MetropolitanInterscholastic Swimming andDivingChampionships.

“I saw the winner of the 100breaststroke went a 54 [seconds],and that was crazy. At the time,my best was 1 [minute], 16 [sec-onds],” Smith said. “Coming tothis state, times were a lot fasterthan Iwasused to.”

By the end of his freshmanseason, he was swimming a1:07.90 in the 100 breaststroke.Within the next year, he toldKrawczewicz, he intended tobreak the one-minutemark. Thiswinterhefinishedsixth in the100breaststroke and eighth in the 50freestyle at theWMPSSDL cham-pionship.

“[Smith] is one of those guyswho says those types of thingsknowing that he’s going to putthe work in or knowing aheadof time what it takes,” Krawcze-wicz said. “I think what kind ofsets him apart is that he doesn’tjust say it, he puts in the dedica-tion to get what he wants done,done.”

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P lays within a play are a well-worntheater trope, but few are ascelebrated as Cole Porter’s “KissMe, Kate.”

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“It was a lot of fun — kind ofa mad house,” said Brian Bin-ney on opening weekend. “Ithink everyone had a great time.First weekends, there are alwaysa few things to iron out. There’sa lot of energy, and it’s a prettyexciting time.”

“Kiss Me, Kate” is based onthe professional and roman-tic relationship between 1930sstage actors Alfred Lunt andLynn Fontanne. The show’sprotagonists, Fred Graham (Bin-ney) and Lilli Vanessi (BrendaParker), have a similarly vola-tile relationship that, naturally,spills into their stagework.

“There are strong parallelsbetween Fred and Lilli and Kateand Petruchio [their Shake-spearean characters],” Binneysaid. “The main one is that eachof them has annoying characterquirks that the other one has tolearn to live with. I think that’sthe connection. They both haveto deal with the shortcomings ofthe other person.”

In addition to handling itslarger-than-life leads, “Kiss Me,Kate” skewers the theater worldin instantly recognizable waysfor anyone with experience on amusical set.

“This play is wonderful be-cause it has all the stereotypicaltype of people,” director RoyHammond said. “We all knowthese people. The gruff old stagedoorman, the dressers who

grin and bear it with the peoplethey’re working for, the divastars. The writers drew upon ev-eryone they know.”

Hammond was drawn to“Kiss Me, Kate” both because ofits dissection of the theater andthe fact it’s an old-school showthat he wanted to bring backinto the spotlight.

“It’s hardly ever done,” hesaid. “Everyone nowadays is do-ing ‘The Addams Family’ andmodern plays, and this one ishardly ever done. There ain’t asong in it you don’t remember.”

Hammond is a huge fan ofCole Porter’s songwriting prow-ess. He called Porter a “masterof rhyming” and compared“Kiss Me, Kate” to the work ofStephen Sondheim and An-drew Lloyd Webber, saying thatthough he respects their works,he finds Porter’s shows better interms of pure entertainment.

Interestingly enough, boththe director and his leading manlove the musical but are not toofond of the 1953 movie versionof “Kiss Me, Kate.”

“When 2nd Star [Produc-tions] offered me the show, Ididn’t know it that well,” Ham-mond said. “I only knew themovie, which I didn’t like. It’shorrible, one of the worst thingsever. It puts me to sleep.”

Binney agreed, saying heparticularly didn’t like his owncharacter in the film.

“I think when a lot of peoplesee the movie, they don’t reallysee the humanity in the charac-ters,” he said. “That’s one thingthis show has that goes way be-yond at least my perception ofthe film.”

Binney has the unenviabletask of bringing humanity toboth Fred and Fred playing Pe-truchio in the play within a play.

“The challenge is, they’veobviously been rehearsing theirmusical version,” he said. “Youhad to have a vision of what thatwas going to be. Then there’sthis conflict between him andhis ex-wife who he still loves. Ihad this idea of what it was sup-posed to be as well as what itturned into during the show.”

Put all of this together, andyou have an extremely metamusical about theater being puton by theater-lovers who havemade it their goals to make thisversion of “Kiss Me, Kate” spe-cial.

“It’s extremely energetic,great dancers and singers,” Bin-ney said. “The staging is gor-geous. We have several differentsets, and the colors and every-thing are just amazing. I don’tknow what’s not to like.”

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IN THE ARTSFor a free listing, please sub-mit complete information to

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THEATER & STAGEBowie Community Theatre,

“Whose Wives Are They Anyway?”July 17 through Aug. 2, call forprices, times, Bowie Playhouse,16500 White Marsh Park Dr., Bowie,301-805-0219, bctheatre.com.

The Clarice, CAFE End-of-YearExtravaganza, June 13; National Fes-tival Orchestra, June 13; Open Re-hearsal: National Festival Orchestra,June 19; National Festival Orchestra,June 20; Make a Mask! (two events),June 21; National Orchestral Insti-tute (two shows), June 21; Universityof Maryland, College Park, thecla-rice.umd.edu.

Hard Bargain Players, “Downthe Road,” through June 27, Theaterin the Woods, 2001 Bryan PointRoad, Accokeek, 240-766-8830, hb-players.org.

Harmony Hall Regional Center,Ssuuna, June 24; Christylez Bacon,July 1; 10701 Livingston Road, FortWashington, 301-203-6070, arts.pgparks.com.

Greenbelt Arts Center, “Spider’sWeb,” June 19 through June 28; callfor prices, times, Greenbelt ArtsCenter, 123 Centerway, Greenbelt,301-441-8770, greenbeltartscenter.org.

Joe’s Movement Emporium,“Rock with You,” June 14; Aroundthe World in Dance, June 21; 3309Bunker Hill Road, Mount Rainier,301-699-1819, joesmovement.org.

Laurel Mill Playhouse, “TheMiss Firecracker Contest,” June 26through July 12, call for ticket prices,times; Laurel Mill Playhouse, 508Main St., Laurel, 301-452-2557, lau-relmillplayhouse.org.

Montpelier Arts Center; 9652Muirkirk Road, Laurel, 301-377-7800, arts.pgparks.com.

NASA’S Music And Drama club

(MAD), Barney & Bea RecreationCenter, 10000 Good Luck Road,Bowie. For ticket sales and ad-ditional information, call 240-475-8800 or visit madtheater.org.

Prince George’s Little Theatre,“Once Upon a Mattress,” Sept. 11through Sept. 26, call for tickets andshow times, Bowie Playhouse, 16500White Marsh Park Drive, Bowie,301-937-7458, pglt.org.

Publick Playhouse, HardwayConnection, June 19; 5445 LandoverRoad, Cheverly, 301-277-1710, arts.pgparks.com.

2nd Star Productions, “Kiss Me,Kate,” through June 27; Bowie Play-house, 16500 White Marsh Park Dr.,Bowie, call for prices, times, 410-757-5700, 301-832-4819, 2ndstar-productions.com.

Tantallon Community Players,“Company,” October 2015; Har-mony Hall Regional Center, 10701Livingston Road, Fort Washington,301-262-5201, tantallonstage.com.

Venus Theatre, “dry bones ris-ing,” through June 14, 21 C Street,Laurel. venustheatre.org.

NIGHTLIFENew Deal Café, One Tribe, June

12; Crimestoppers, June 13; LittleLeslie and the Bloodshots, June 14;113 Centerway Road, 301-474-5642,newdealcafe.com.

Old Bowie Town Grill, Wednes-day Night Classic Jam, 8 p.m. everyWednesday, sign-ups start at 7:30p.m., 8604 Chestnut Ave., Bowie,301-464-8800, oldbowietowngrille.com.

DANCINGBallroom dance and lesson with

instructor Dave Malek at 7 p.m.every Thursday. A beginner’s lessonprecedes the dance, which starts at8 p.m. Cost is $10. This dance is lo-cated at the Bowie Elks Lodge, 1506Defense Highway, Gambrills. Con-tact Dancin’ Dave at 410-370 8438 oremail [email protected].

OUTDOORSDinosaur Park, Dinosaur Park

programs, noon to 4 p.m. first andthird Saturdays, join paleontologistsand volunteers in interpreting fossil

deposits, 13200 block Mid-AtlanticBlvd., Laurel, 301-627-7755.

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

Prince George’s AudubonSociety, Bird Walks, 7:30 a.m. firstSaturdays, Fran Uhler Natural Area,meets at end of Lemon Bridge Road,north of Bowie State University,option to bird nearby WB&A Trailafterward; 7:30 a.m. third Saturdays,Governor Bridge Natural Area,Governor Bridge Road, Bowie, meetin parking lot; for migrating andresident woodland and field birds,and waterfowl. For beginners andexperts. Waterproof footwear andbinoculars suggested. Free. 410-765-6482.

ET CETERACollege Park Aviation Museum,

Peter Pan Club, 10:30-11:30 a.m.second and fourth Thursdays of ev-ery month, activities for pre-school-ers, $4, $3 seniors, $2 ages 2-18, 1985Cpl. Frank Scott Drive, College Park,301-864-6029, collegeparkaviation-museum.com.

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

A reception sponsored by theHyattsville Community Arts Alliancewill be held at the Prince George’sPlaza Community Center for DeliaMychajluk’s exhibition, “ExoticEarth,” from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. onJune 13. The exhibition will con-tinue through July 3. 6600 AdelphiRoad, Hyattsville, 301-864-1611,hcaaonline.org, or contact Denisefor more information at 301-699-1148, [email protected].

“APPLAUSE...the piano concert”will take place at 7 p.m. on June 20followed by a reception at the JohnAddison Concert Hall, 10701 Livings-ton Road, Ft. Washington. Free tothe public. For more information orto make reservations, call 301-567-7973 or visit mpgpianolessons.com.

‘KISS ME, KATE’n When: Through June 27

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

n Tickets: $19-$22

n More Information:2ndstarproductions.com;410-757-5700

Heavy Seas Beer.First out of the Heavy Seas docks was Winter

Storm, an imperial ESB, at 7.3 percent alcohol by vol-ume (ABV) brew. Winter Storm was followed by SmallCraft Warning Über Pils (7 percent ABV); Red Sky AtNight, a saison which is no longer made; Peg Leg (8percent ABV), an imperial stout; and Loose Cannon(7.25 percent ABV), a triple hopped (in the brewkettle,hopback and dry hopped) American IPA which is thebrewery’s best selling beer.

The Sissons have been involved in the Baltimoreregion for seven generations. Sisson proudly notesthat his namesake, stone mason and great grandfa-ther, supplied the marble for the upper two-thirds ofthe Washington Monument.

The brewery has experienced about a 20 percentannual growth rate in recent years. It brewed 40,000barrels in 2014 and expects to reach 50,000 this year.With new fermenters scheduled for installation in Oc-tober, the capacity will be about 70,000. Their beerscurrently are in 18 states focused on the Delaware/Virginia/Maryland region, reaching from Maine toFlorida and as far west as Indiana. Because he lovesfresh cask beer and believes that real ale is the bestway to experience the beer flavors and complexity,

Sisson has what he believes is the largest cask-condi-tioned beer program in the country.

LooseCannon(7.25percentABV) starts witha bouquet of bitter hops and citrus which presagesa delicious bitter hop front. In the middle, the hopsincrease a tad and grow further to medium in thefinish with a moderate sweet malt and tangy citruspresence. The citrus fades in the aftertaste while thebitterness, modified by the sweet malt, continues.This medium bodied, very smooth brew has a lovelymouth feel.Ratings8.5/7.5.

DoubleCannon(Imperial IPA,9.5percentABV)has a faint citrus and pine nose introducesDouble Cannon and its smooth, medium malt frontwith moderate bitter hops. The hops increase in themiddle to medium with a modest sweet malt. In thefinish the hops increase abundantly but are well bal-anced by the malt. This robust bodied brew finisheswith an aftertaste where the hops linger and come tothe front as the malt fades. Well blended and danger-ous with no noticeable alcohol in this high ABV brew.Ratings:8.5/9.

PegLeg (ImperialStout.8.0percentABV).Roast, toast, and burnt chocolate aromas introducea medium roast front. This smooth, medium bodiedbeer has a pinch of coffee joining in the middle. Thefinish adds a hint of semi-sweet chocolate while thecoffee and bitter hops continue. The aftertaste haslingering roast and bitter hops.Ratings:8.0/8.5.

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n Parking tickets,trips to tow pound enrichthe New York experience

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In the past decade, I’vevisited New York two or threetimes a year for various reasons,mostly to play the role of tourist.I thought I had the parking thingdown until a recent visit.I’d ignore the garages with

their $11.95 per half-hour spe-cials and find a gem of a spaceon a side street that would havemade George Costanza envi-ous. In all my previous visits, mysystem had only resulted in oneparking ticket when I returnedto ametered space a fewmin-utes too late.So on a visit in late May to

the Big Apple in which I tookmydaughter, McKenna, to her firstBroadway show, I was as confi-dent as ever in my ability to beatthe New York parking system.Wemade it to the Neil SimonTheatre two hours before theshow and parked temporarily infront of the venue onWest 52ndStreet. There was a “No stand-ing except commercial vehicles”sign, but other noncommercialcars were parked there withpeople running in to purchasetickets. Besides, we weren’t“standing;” we were temporarilyparking.We scored some discount

“rush” tickets on the third rowfor a mere $35 each. When I re-turned, I didn’t see one of thoseparking ticket experts in sight,so I became bold enough to sug-gest walking a block to the EdSullivan Theater. David Letter-man had given his final perfor-mance three days before, and Iread stories where crews placedmost of his dismantled set intodumpsters onWest 53rd Street,with people taking home piecesof history from the “Late Show.”Sure enough, workers were

still there, placing various metal-lic and wooden pieces into largedumpsters. They were blockedoff with yellow tape and orangecones, as if that was going tokeep people from approaching.

I walked up to one worker andasked if I could take home a sou-venir. He seemed a bit flusteredand said they were busy. I spiedone specific metallic piece about6 feet long that looked like itcould have been part of a bridge.“How ’bout that one?” I

asked. “Is that part of a bridge?”He realized he wouldn’t get

rid of me so easily and handedme the piece. “It could be. Butit’s probably from Paul Shaffer’sorchestra set,” he said.After havingMcKenna take a

photo of me near the dumpsterand then in front of the Letter-man sign with the piece to helpverify its authenticity, we startedwalking back to the car. Wepassed near Rupert Jee’s HelloDeli, and I couldn’t resist a slightdetour. But as I started to enterthe deli, some guy in shadesand a tight T-shirt —who couldhave been a Letterman crewunionmanager, Mafia boss orjust some Joe from the street —yelled at me to stop.“What are doing with that?”

he asked, pointing at my 6-foot-long souvenir. “You need to getout of here with that or hand itover. If my boss sees you walk-ing around with it, I can get inbig trouble.”I agreed to leave. Our car

had been fortunate enough tonot get ticketed, so we drovearound looking for a better park-ing spot. We almost had oneon 55th Street, but our vehiclewould have blocked part of adriveway. I was experiencedenough to know that parking infront of a driveway in New Yorkis the ultimate sin.So we ventured all the way

to 60th Street, finding a fewopen spaces near Columbus Av-enue. Parking signs in New Yorkare designed to be as ambiguousand confusing as possible. Theyhave stumped better peoplewithmoremagical interpreta-tive powers thanme. Few ofthem state what times permitsare good for, so you have to as-sume if they don’t state times,they are effective 24-7. Even ifthey aren’t.I knew that as our show-

time approached. I didn’t seeany large “No standing” or “No

parking” signs on that streetnext to the Church of St. Paulthe Apostle. So I parked there,figuring I would return in a fewhours after the performance andmove it. As I walked down theblock, I looked at other vehiclesto see if any had special permits.I couldn’t find any, so that wasgood enough for me. It was aSaturday afternoon, and surelythe parking czars would bemorelenient than on a weekday,right?“Gigi” was an enjoyable

show—McKenna grew upwatching “High School Musi-cal,” and Vanessa Hudgens isamong her favorite actresses.She was thrilled to see the actionlive from the third row. After-ward, we were hungry, so wewalked through Times Squareand ate at Planet Hollywood.It was a good time until we

walked back to retrieve our car.Problemwas it was nowhereto be found. I spied a city towtruck down the street and askedthe driver if he knew the where-abouts of my car. He pointed toa small sign partially-hidden bytrees, reading “Doctors parkingonly.” He told memy car waslikely in the tow pound.I knew enough not to argue

with him about that sign being

all but hidden down the streetfromwhere I parked, not statingthe times it was effective andhow few other vehicles park-ing on that street actually hadpermits. He was just a puppet ofthe New York TowingMachine,which involves Mayor Bill deBlasio, city budget and trans-portation chiefs, the unions, theMafia and the remains of JimmyHoffa supposedly buried underthe old Giants Stadium in NewJersey that was conveniently de-molished in 2010.I asked the driver if he had

a phone number for the pound,and he gaveme one and theaddress. At no time did he tellme to call 311 or check a citywebsite where you can actuallydiscover if your car was im-pounded. That would have beenextremely helpful. There shouldhave been signs upmentioningsuch a website or telling visitorsto call 311 if their car is missing.But this is New York, re-

member?At the only other time inmy

considerable number of years ofdriving that my car was towed,there were actually signs onthe Bethesda street with phonenumbers on them. And when Icalled, a human answered andtold memy car was towed, notstolen. The driver even drove itback to me, releasing it after Ipaid the $200 fee and fine.I tried calling the tow pound

number several times and onlygot lost in recording hell. I didn’thave much cash left for a cabride, soMcKenna and I walkedabout 2 miles to the pound.Not only did I not want to giveanyone in that city more moneythan I had to at that point, but Ineeded a long walk to cool myanger. As we walked, I couldonly hopemy car was at thatpound and not another, or it hadnot been stolen.By the time I entered the

tow pound, I was calm enoughto just state exactly what wasnecessary to retrieve my car. Ididn’t question why a poundwould need a copy of my insur-ance card that I had to retrievefrommy car under the watchfuleyes of a guard. I thought theregistration and license would

be enough, but whatever. I didask why I had to sign two re-ceipts. They charge a fee if youpay by credit card, rather thancash or money order. And theydon’t take personal checks. Iended up paying about $190 andlater learned I could dispute theticket online.We received our car quickly

enough. It helps going in theevening and not afternoon.McKenna seemed to enjoy ourlittle tour of the tow pound andasked why there was somethinglike 100 tow trucks there. I toldher that’s how theymake a lotof money off people like us, andthey have to justify the expenseof all those trucks.The bottom line is this

experience soured our visit tothe point that I cut it short andjust drove the five hours hometoMaryland, rather than find ahotel in New York, getting in at1 a.m. I realize the safest way topark in that city is in a garage orlot, but that’s too easy for me.Besides, there have been

numerous stories about people’svehicles returning from garagesand lots with odd scratchesand dents. And there are hid-den rates in fine print on thosecome-on garage signs. New YorkShow Tickets, a company thatprovides marketing services toBroadway and television shows,even advises visitors on its web-site to not bring a new car tothe city, but an older one “thatalready has some bumper dam-age.”The site also advises people

to strap bumper protectors ontheir vehicles and tomake surethey fully inspect their carsbefore driving away from the ga-rage. Garages will usually fix anydamage if it’s clearly their fault,but youmay have to take somecases to court, the site says.“Chances are you won’t have aneasy time winning the battle,”they grimly state.New York is the biggest

market for parking tickets inthe U.S., making roughly $542million in parking fines in fiscal2014, an increase of $58millionfrom 2013, according to citybudget figures. Chicago rakes inabout half and LA less than one-

third of that amount. D.C. —another city known for bloatedbureaucracy— receives evenless than LA with about $84mil-lion in 2014. But D.C. makes sig-nificantly more than Baltimore,which “only” collected some $21million in parking fines in 2014.Taken in that context, Mont-

gomery County’s parking ticketrevenue in fiscal 2014 is barelyworth mentioning at about $10million. That doesn’t includewhat Rockville and other incor-porated cities take in.Towing fees gave New York

another $24million in 2014,parking meter revenue another$204million, and red-light andspeed cameras another $30mil-lion. On top of that, New Yorktook in about $48 billion invarious taxes in 2014, includingabout $20 billion in propertytaxes and $6.5 billion in salestaxes.And it doesn’t seem that

even 0.00000001 percent ofthose billions go toward im-proving signage so out-of-townvisitors and others might bet-ter understand where they canand cannot park and avoidspending time andmoney atthe tow pound. Or adding signsthat inform visitors whose carsare towed to call 311 or checkthe city website. You’d almostthink New York officials want acertain percentage of visitors tobe ticketed and towed to keeptheir multimillion-dollar parkingticket and towing scheme going.After all, it’s a more significantsum that is built into their bud-gets than any other U.S. city.New York is a city, like no

other I know, where somethingmagical and something tragiccan happen at the exact sametime. I likely won’t return forawhile, but I will return.Like a black widow spider,

New York lures you in with itscharms, then at the zenith ofyour most enjoyable moment, itbites your head off. And perhapsthat’s precisely the way it shouldbe.

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2013 VW Beetle.......................V801398, Yellow, 16,020 Miles...................$16,293

2011 Jetta TDI..........................#V005099A, Black, 71,951 Miles...............$16,991

2013 Passat SE.......................#V080993A, White, 29,626 Miles...............$17,391

2012 CC.....................................#V820490A, Black, 47,400 Miles...............$17,491

2013 Jetta TDI..........................V320148A, Black, 31,444 Miles.................$17,492

2013 GTI Conv..........................V297056A, White, 31,734 Miles.................$17,993

2014 Jeep Patriot...................VP0134, Black, 9,454 Miles........................$18,692

2013 Beetle..............................#V591026A, Black, 35,857 Miles...............$18,791

2013 Passat TDI SE................V033935A, Gray,28,762 Miles...................$19,955

2004 Honda S2000 Roadster..V255772A, Gray, 36,661 Miles...................$19,792

2013 Jetta Sportswagen TDI. .V055283A, Black, 30,101 Miles.................$20,992

2012 Chevrolet Equinox AWD...#V099935A, Blue, 38,419 Miles.................$21,991

2014 Routan SEL.....................VP0130, Blue, 18,268 Miles.......................$25,993

2013 CC VR6 4Motion............VP0131, Black, 33,105 Miles.....................$25,993

2015 PASSAT LIMITED EDITION

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BUY FOR$21,999

OR $319/MO for 72 MONTHS

MSRP $25,135

2015 TIGUAN S 2WD

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BUY FOR$24,999

OR $372/MO for 72 MONTHS

MSRP $27,120

2014 CC SPORTLAST 2014 AVAILABLE!

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BUY FOR$26,999

OR $431/MO for 72 MONTHS

MSRP $35,060

2015 JETTA SEDAN TDI S

#7262051, Bluetooth, 1 Yr. car CareMaintenance*, Loaner Car For Life

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OR $299/MO for 72 MONTHS

MSRP $23,880

#7271256, Front/Side Airbags, AluminumWheels, Keyless Entry, Auto, Stability Control

MSRP $19,245

2015 JETTA S

BUY FOR$16,995

OR $229/MO for 72 MONTHS

2015 BEETLE 1.8L

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MSRP $21,105

BUY FOR$17,837

OR $245/MO for 72 MONTHS

2015 GOLF SPORTWAGEN S

#5500964, Automactic. I Yr. Car Care Maintenance*,Bluetooth, Keyless Entry, BackupCamera

MSRP $23,995

BUY FOR$20,995

OR $299/MO for 72 MONTHS

2015 GOLF GTI 2D HB S

#5501562, Manual, ABS Brakes, AudioStreaming, Keyless Entry

BUY FOR$20,599

OR $289/MO for 72 MONTHS

MSRP $23,315

2015 GOLF 2D HBLAUNCH EDITION

#3025420, Bluetooth, I Yr. Car CareMaintenance*, Auto, Keyless Entry

MSRP $18,815

BUY FOR$16,599

OR $219/MO for 72 MONTHS

*While supplies last

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#P9367, Only 21K Miles!!Gorgeous1-owner, Leather, Nav, Rear Cam,Sunroof,

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2012 Hyundai Equus Signature

2013 Hyundai Sonata SE

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2014 Volvo XC60 T6 AWD

2012 Honda CRV EX-L AWD

#P9369, 1-Owner, Leather,Sunroof, Alloys , Only 32KMiles!

$23,950

#P9279A, Automatic,Clean Inside and Out $6,995

2002 Honda Civic EX

2010 Volvo XC70 Premium AWD

#527021A, CERTIFIED!!,Only 23k Miles!, Leather,Sunroof.

$24,980

2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT

#P9232A, 6 spd Manual 3.8V6 Convertible, Only 35KMiles, Fun Car!!!

$12,995

#G0063,ONLY 54K mi,2.4L 4cyl,Auto

$14,995

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$21,950

2011 GMC Terrain SLE-1

#P9276A, Auto, Locally Ownedand Well Maintained, $14,995

#526571C, 1-Owner, Leather, HEATEDSEATS, Panoramic roof, Alloys,Beautifully Kept!

$15,995

2013 KIA Optima SX Turbo

2012 Hyundai Elantra Limited............................$14,750#P9372, Automatic, Low Miles!!, Leather, Sunroof, Alloys

2008 Mercedes C-300 4Matic.............................. $14,995#526593A, AWD, Nav, Leather, Alloys, Clean-Well Maintained

2014 Kia Optima LX........................................................... $15,995#E0730, Automatic, Fac Warranty, Leather, Alloys

2012 Volvo S60 T5 Moonroof.............................. $18,980#P9309, SERTIFIED!! 100K Miles Warr., Leather, 18” Sleipner Alloys, Only 55k Miles!

2012 Volvo S60 T5 Turbo......................$19,980#P9315, CERTIFIED!! Only 30K Miles, Leather, Sunroof, Homelink

2007 Volvo S60 2.5L Turbo..................................... $19,995#P9368A, Leather, Sunroof, Alloys, Great Shape In & Out!!

2012 Volvo XC60 AWD 3.2 Premier.......$23,980# P9295, Only 34K Miles! CERTIFIED! Leather, Blind spot, Park Assist

2013 Volvo XC60 AWD................................................... $27,980#P9278A, CERTIFIED!! 100K Miles Warr., Leather, Nav, Sunroof, Beautiful!!

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