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Celebrating 83 years of service!
By Candace Rojo Keyes
@candacerojo
UPPER MARLBORO – The
framers of the budget at Prince
George’s County Public Schools
(PGCPS) are never going to make
everybody happy.
Or at least it doesn’t seem that
way when the Prince George’s
County Board of Education starts
digging into the budget and as the
PGCPS administration takes into
consideration all public input.
On Jan. 9, the administration
got its second full taste of concerns
from the board of education members as they went through the budget
page by page in the final budget
work session.
“The purpose of these budget
work sessions is to fine tune the proposal sent to us by (Chief Executive
Officer) Dr. Kevin Maxwell, so it
meets all of our highest priorities,”
said Board Vice-Chair Carolyn
Boston.
The budget proposed by
Maxwell asks for $2 billion dollars
from the county to help fund the ongoing programs, needs and operating costs of the school system. The
increase over last year’s $1.8 billion
budget is nearly 10 percent.
“The cost of doing business
alone has a pretty hefty price tag,”
See “PGCPS” page 3
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New exhibit
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Wisconsin snaps
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Education
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Child pornography case rocks community
By Jim Davis
Special to The Sentinel
GLENARDEN – As of the
morning of Feb. 16, a total of 16
children have been identified as alleged victims of Deonte Carraway, a
volunteer aide at Judge Sylvania
Woods Elementary School in Glenarden accused of making child
pornography.
As many as 30 children might
be victims, police say. The alleged
abuse took place in multiple locations, including in the school, at a
city recreation center, in private
homes and at a church in Bowie.
On Thursday, Feb. 4, the uncle
of a nine-year-old child who is allegedly one of Carraway’s victims
went to the school with the child’s
cell phone that contained disturbing
photos. He claims he met with Judge
Sylvania Woods Principal Michelle
Williams and Assistant Principal
Donna Smith and showed them the
photos. After meeting with Smith
and Williams, the uncle said he was
told to return the next day. That night
the uncle went to the police.
Parents allege Carraway told
PHOTO COURTESY PGCPS TWITTER FEED
Prince Georgeʼs County Stateʼs Attorney Angela Alsobrooks speaks to the
media on Feb. 10 regarding a child pornography scandal between a Judge
Sylvania Woods Elementary School volunteer and some of its students.
Behind Alsobrooks are, from left to right, County Executive Rushern
Baker III, Board of Education Chair Segun Eubanks, PGCPS Chief
Executive Officer Kevin Maxwell and Interim Police Chief Hank Stawinski.
them and teachers at the school he
had formed a club, and his position
at the school as choir director permitted him to remove students from
class and take them to various locations within the school, such as the
auditorium and bathrooms, where,
allegedly, the filming occurred.
Investigation by county police
uncovered that alleged abuse also
occurred at Zion Praise Tabernacle
Lutheran Church on Laurel Bowie
Road in Bowie.
Prince George’s County Public
Schools (PGCPS) Chief Executive
Officer Kevin Maxwell said the
school system learned of the allegations on Feb. 6.
“As a father, grandfather and
educator that has dedicated my life
to the education and safety of students across the state of Maryland,
my heart goes out to the families and
victims at Judge Sylvania Woods Elementary School and the entire Glenarden community,” Maxwell said
at a press conference on Feb. 10. “I,
like many, was shocked, appalled,
disgusted and disheartened by the allegations that a former PGCPS employee harmed students and vulnera-
See “Carraway” page 4
Farmers get concession at second budget session
By Emily Blackner
@emilyblackner
LAUREL – County Executive
Rushern Baker III’s second budget
listening session brought advocates
for student enrichment programs,
service providers for those with developmental disabilities, agriculture
and more to Laurel High School to
express their opinions to Baker and
his staff.
As at the previous budget ses-
sion held on Feb. 4, the Feb. 9 hearing brought many people advocating
for PG 414-16, a state bill that would
allow for a salary increase for those
who care for people with developmental disabilities by increasing
state subsidies and county reimbursements to the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
“I kind of feel déjà vu. But we
need your help. We can’t do this
alone,” said Nancy Tolbert, executive director of CAMRA Inc., speak-
ing on behalf of the Prince George’s
Provider Council. “Our staff is not
minimum wage employees. They
have to go through extensive training. They are responsible for people’s lives.”
She added the provider agencies can’t raise prices, which are set
by the state, nor can they cut many
services because of mandates for a
minimum level of service.
“We’re stuck and we need your
help,” she said.
Donald Lane, a county resident,
spoke about the benefits his son has
experienced working with New
Horizons, which led to him becoming a volunteer at the National Museum of American History.
“I have to honestly say these
folks, they do a wonderful job of
bringing life to people who otherwise would not have all that life has
to offer,” he said. “I came here in
See “Budget” page 4
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FEBRUARY 18, 2016
THE PRINCE GEORGE’S SENTINEL
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EFLECTIONS
Dec. 11, 1997
PGCOA elects its first black woman president
Each week The Sentinel visits a
memorable story from its archives.
Sgt. Verjeana McCotter is not
your typical correctional officer.
McCotter is young, bright and
articulate. Just the kind of person
you would expect anyplace other
than a correctional facility. That’s
just the image McCotter is trying to
change in her new job as president
of the Prince George’s County Correctional Officer’s Association.
The organization represents
284 correctional officers in the
county.
“Everybody asks me why a
person with my background would
want to do this?” McCotter said.
“My answer is why not? We want to
raise the standards.”
After becoming a correctional
officer on a whim following graduation from the University of Maryland in 1989 with a degree in criminology, McCotter, a practicing attorney, will lead the Prince
George’s County Correctional Officer’s Association for the next three
years after being elected president.
“When I applied for the job, I
didn’t know what I applied for until
they started doing the background
check,” McCotter said. This is her
ninth year as a correctional officer.
“I saw it as a challenge. Prince
George’s County had a model facil-
Perusing Prince George’s is The Sentinel’s weekly blotter of noteworthy events that
have happened or will happen in the area.
Melwood receives largest individual
commitment to Operation: Tohidu
Melwood’s Chairman of the Board of
Directors, George Watkins, recently made
the largest individual financial commitment to Melwood’s new program, Operation: Tohidu. The $20,000 pledge comes as
the organization celebrated the one-year
anniversary of the launch of Operation: Tohidu.
Watkins’ commitment to the program
extends well beyond his financial investment. Watkins played a major role in the
development of Operation: Tohidu; first as
concept engineer, then serving on the planning committee that refined and implemented the program. Joined by his daughter, Clara, Watkins participated in a check
presentation ceremony during the opening
banquet of the January retreat. During the
ceremony George renewed his commitment
to the future success of Operation: Tohidu.
“Together we’ve created a program
that is helping our nation’s heroes discover
new ways to cope with their unresolved
ity. I liked the philosophy of direct
supervision.”
She is the first African-American woman to hold the position in
the 14-year history of the union.
McCotter also is the first AfricanAmerican woman to head any public safety agency in the county.
“Public safety is a male dominated field,” McCotter said.
“Women are in it and have a place
in it. We’re real excited about [my
new position], but what’s more important is the job I do. We want to
do some new things for the Department of Corrections.”
McCotter, 30, might be just
what the fledging organization
trauma,” Watkins said. “To date, we’ve
helped nearly 170 veterans and active duty
military members begin their journey to recovery. I am honored to lend my support.”
Since 2010, Watkins has contributed
his time and expertise in accounting and
corporate finance to the Melwood Board of
Directors. He assumed his new role as
board chair in 2015. Prior to that he served
as the board vice chair and previously as
the treasurer.
Melwood is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
charitable organization that is one of the
largest employers of people with differing
abilities in the Northeastern United States,
proudly employing more than 800 people
with differing abilities at over 40 contract
sites in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. through the U.S. AbilityOne Program and partnerships with community employers. Melwood is headquartered in Upper Marlboro, with related facilities located
in Temple Hills, Waldorf and Nanjemoy. It
employs 1,426 people, including those with
differing abilities, who work at one of 43
contracts sites.
Baysox host national anthem auditions
The Bowie Baysox will host live audi-
needs to move forward as it attempts to gain public trust and a
higher respect level among their
peers.
“I see this as a move forward,”
McCotter said. “This will set me
apart from other attorneys, in say,
the public defender’s office. This
will give me an opportunity to learn
labor law and the public side of
things.
“Ultimately, with my experience, I want to help my organization to go into the next century.”
Her primary goals are to improve the image of correctional officers in the community and to develop a better relationship between
tions at Prince George's Stadium Saturday,
March 12, to sing the national anthem before a 2016 Baysox home game. Stadium
gates open for registration at 9 a.m. and auditions begin at 9:30 a.m.
Baysox Marketing Director Brandan
Kaiser will serve as a judge for the event.
Every participant must register, and auditions are conducted on a first-come, firstserved basis. The auditions are held rain or
shine, reservations for audition times are
not accepted and no word sheets are allowed to be used during the audition. All
auditions must be done in person, no CD's,
cassettes or videos are accepted for review.
The auditions are open to any individual or small group that is interested and instrumentalists are permitted. Large church
or school groups interested in performing
the national anthem at a game should call
the Baysox at 301-464-4880.
A Maryland educator to be surprised
with $25,000 as a 2015-16 Milken Educator Award Winner
An outstanding Maryland educator received an unrestricted $25,000 Milken Educator Award at a surprise schoolwide assembly. The prestigious award, presented
the officers and management.
“I want to focus on improving
relations between labor and management,” McCotter said. “I want
us to be more involved in the community. People see the police, but
they don’t see correctional officers.
Our job is just as important when it
comes to public safety.”
McCotter said she is especially
looking forward to working with
the new head of the Department of
Corrections, Barry Stanton.
“The timing is perfect,” McCotter said. “We have some of the
same philosophy. We want to take
corrections to a higher level. Stanton and I can do that.”
by Dr. Jane Foley, senior vice president of
the Milken Educator Awards and Interim
State Superintendent Dr. Jack R. Smith,
recognized the exceptional work of this educator as a model for the state and the nation. This is the only Milken Educator
Award to be given in the state of Maryland
this season.
The Milken Educator Awards, conceived by the Milken Family Foundation to
attract, retain and motivate outstanding talent to the teaching profession, is the nation’s preeminent teacher recognition program, dubbed the “Oscars of Teaching” by
Teacher magazine. Since 1987, the Milken
Family Foundation has devoted more than
$137 million in funding to the Milken Educator Awards, including over $66 million in
individual awards to more than 2,600 recipients plus powerful professional development opportunities and networking with
leading education stakeholders.
As of press time, the winner had not
been selected. The selection will take place
on Feb. 17, however, the Milken Family
Foundation asked that the specific details
be withheld until the selection had taken
place, as to keep with the surprise.
Check back next week to find out
about the winner.
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
NEWS
BOE members concerned over budget
From “PGCPS” page 1
Maxwell said in December. “We
have to negotiate agreements with
our employees. We have growing enrollment. The pressure is on. Even
standing still there’s a huge price
tag.”
At the work session last week,
board member Beverly Anderson
said, while she is impressed with the
finance office’s hard work in creating
the budget and in the schedule of the
meetings, she has some serious concerns with the budget.
Anderson, who has voiced her
support for literacy programs and
early childhood education numerous
times at board meetings and during
previous budget sessions, said she
sees “what appears to be a total lack
of plan” in regards to the number of
a staff needed to make “the kind of
literacy program that we want to
have here.”
She said she wants to see how
many coaches and faculty it will take
to make PGCPS students competitive in today’s world and “get them
where they ought to be.” She has
suggested a three-year plan to implement coaches and monitor the progression of students, so the school
system can gauge the impact of literacy mentors, but said she hasn’t
heard back from the administration.
“I do want to commend you for
having placed 25 new math coaches
in the budget for this year,” she said
to the finance office. “It appears that
students involved in the 25 lowest
performing schools will have a reading coach and math coach at each of
those schools. What I am concerned
about is the next tier and the next
tier.”
Anderson said she feels as if the
students who are not severely underperforming but are still struggling often get ignored and do not have the
kind of academic help they need.
Another concern Anderson
raised is her perception that the
school system does not have a solidified plan for universal pre-kindergarten, as she has not seen any research into the number of students
that kind of kindergarten program
would serve. She said she wants a
“reasonable” plan with a set amount
of years to fully create a universal
program.
While Maxwell proposed $1.28
million for additional pre-kindergarten and kindergarten staffing in
fiscal year 2017, Anderson thinks
PGCPS can do better.
“I understand the constraints of
the school system, but we have to do
a lot better than what we’re proposing for this year,” she said.
Board member Sonya Williams
raised concerns about equity in student-based budgeting, especially for
schools that do not have as many
English language learners, “double
basic” learners, are not a Title 1
school or have a smaller student population. She said she wants those
schools and students to achieve as
well, but the school system is giving
them a challenge by not affording
them as much funding.
“Although a school may not
need as much, we still want those
students to be risen in their academic
achievement, regardless of where
they are today,” Williams said. “But
if we don’t have the ability for the
principal to have after school programs or have science programs because their per-pupil calculation is
much less, we’re challenging them to
try to make that achievement.”
Raymond Brown, PGCPS chief
financial officer, said the school system will undertake a comprehensive
review process of the student based
budgeting model and if it is working.
Williams said she is glad the system
will review the process and over time
the schools in the 9th district have
lost teachers due to lack of funding.
Monique Davis, the deputy superintendent of schools, said PGCPS
also has a program in place for principals to request additional funding
for “additional human resources.”
“In the event they don’t believe
they can afford all of the human resources they need at a school, they
can submit a supplemental resources
that say ‘we need an additional
teacher,’ they give a justification for
why they need that teacher and for
the most part, most of those addition-
al requests were also fulfilled,”
Davis said.
Music education was also a topic of concern at the meeting. Board
member Edward Burroughs III said,
after talking to an elementary student, that he is concerned with the
amount of time and resources put
into musical education and asked if
the school system is serious about
music in schools or not.
As it stands, it is common across
the state for music educators to use a
“pull-off” program, where students
are pulled from class one or twice a
week for lessons. Burroughs said he
doesn’t understand how it is acceptable for students to see an instructor
that infrequently.
“If we’re sincere about students
learning instruments, we all know it
is not possible for students to learn
how to play an instrument, only having an instructor one day and a half a
week,” he said.
However Lionel Harrell, instrumental music supervisor, said it is
more than just budgeting involved in
the elementary music programs – it’s
a lot scheduling and compromise.
“I’m working with what I
have,” Harrell said.
“If we’re all on the same page
that this is not the best solution then
maybe we should start thinking of
what we can do better,” Burroughs
said.
Other topics of concern with the
budget raised at the work session included questions about administration salaries and funding for special
education training.
“The concern I have is that
whenever it is time to create a new
position, there’s always funding for
that. Whenever it’s time to expand,
no offence but, the cabinet or central
office, there’s always money to create a new chief but there’s not
enough money to add five, six, seven
more positions so that our students
are able to read,” Burroughs said.
Going forward, the board will
debate on and adopt a budget on Feb.
24. After the board adopts its budget
it will go to the county executive,
who will present his county budget to
the county council in March.
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OBITUARY
The Reverend
Lawrence W. Murphy,
Ph.D., age 91
Died January 31 at Westwood
Place in Woodsfield, Ohio, with two
of his children nearby, after declining for several months. He was born
in Tonawanda, N.Y., on Sept. 17,
1924, a son of the late Joseph
Patrick Murphy and Juliana Rita
(Schuster) Murphy. Larry was a
renowned linguist, college professor
and cryptoanalyst who had taught
14 languages, commercially translated 31, and could read more than
50. He was the first child in his extended Austro-Hungarian immigrant
family to be raised speaking English
and the first to earn a college degree. He grew up in a Central European enclave in Buffalo, N.Y.,
where a dozen languages were spoken. He attended Nativity of the
Blessed Virgin Elementary School
and Kensington and Riverside high
schools in Buffalo, where he excelled at long distance running as
well as languages. He joined the
Army Air Corps in 1942 and served
in England, France and Belgium.
After the armistice he remained in
Europe for a year, representing the
USA in the Army Olympics as well
as in track and field competitions
throughout Europe. He earned a
B.A. in History at Canisius College
in Buffalo in 1949, an M.A. in
French at the University of Buffalo
(now SUNY at Buffalo) in 1960,
and a Ph.D. in Linguistics at Indiana
University in 1968. During his 55year career, he taught seven foreign
languages in primary and secondary
schools and at Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, which he
helped establish. He also worked at
the National Security Agency at
Fort Meade, which granted the highest civilian award to him for his exceptional innovations. He helped establish the American Translators Association and created and taught the
first Introduction to Professional
Translation course.
Larry was an avid birder, especially in the Buffalo area. A tireless
observer oblivious to cold weather,
he and his cadre of hardcore birding
pals hitchhiked throughout western
New York and southern Canada documenting the first occurrence of
several species of birds. In 1975 he
founded the Otero County (NM)
Bird Club (now the United Field Ornithologists of Roswell). He also
was active in the Maryland Ornithological Society for many years. In
2013 the Buffalo Ornithological Society presented him with a Lifetime
Achievement Award for his contributions to the knowledge of birds of
the Niagara Frontier Region.
Overshadowing his intellectual and avocational achievements
was his livelong devotion to
Catholicism and his abiding faith in
Jesus Christ. His simple spirituality
imbued him with an aura of humility. His Army chaplain recommended
that he enter the priesthood, but instead Larry married and raised five
children. In 1983 he was ordained a
Deacon in El Paso, Texas. He served
in that capacity for 20 years. He was
a lifetime member of the Knights of
Columbus.
Those who knew Larry remember him as a genuinely kind, extremely polite, gentle, caring man
whose most intense expressions
were "Son of a pup!" and "For the
love of Mike!" He always had time
to listen to those in need of his advice. His children remember him as
a hardworking, loyal and dedicated
husband, father and friend.
In addition to his parents, he
was preceded in death by his wife of
65 years, Bernadette Isabelle (Cooley) Murphy on July 15, 2014, and
brother Donald Patrick Murphy.
He is survived by a brother,
Dennis Joseph Murphy, of
Louisville, Ky.; five children: Martie (Bob) Heins of Woodsfield,
Ohio; William (April) Murphy of
Fishers, Ind.; Isabelle Chasse of
Huntington Beach, Calif.; James
(Mary) Murphy of Greeley, Colo.;
and Joseph (Robin) Murphy of Lanham; 13 grandchildren; and 13
great-grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial was
celebrated Feb 3 at St. Sylvester
Catholic Church in Woodsfield,
Ohio, with Rev. Fr. David Gaydosik
officiating. Burial followed at the
church cemetery.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the Buffalo Ornithological Society, c/o Bob DeLeon, 381
Cadman Drive, Williamsville, NY
14221.
Arrangements by Bauer-Turner Funeral Home 100 S. Paul St.
Woodsfield, Ohio 43793.
Condolences may be expressed
online at www.bauerturner.com
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FEBRUARY 18, 2016
NEWS
Police say up to 30 children are possible victims of school aide
From “Carraway” page 1
ble children.”
According to police, Carraway
has admitted to his involvement in
the creation of child pornography.
He has been charged with 11 counts
of felony child pornography, sexual
abuse and second-degree sexual offense, said Prince George’s County
State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrook.
Speaking with reporter Marina
Marraco from Fox 5, Carraway alleged that he had been raped himself
when he was a 10-year-old. He also
said he considers himself one of the
children and claimed not to have
participated in any sexual acts himself, only filming them on the children’s phones and sending the
videos to his own phone using the
Kik messaging app.
On Wednesday, Feb. 10, and
again on Friday, Feb. 12, lawsuits
were filed in relation to the case. The
Feb. 10 lawsuit was on behalf of the
guardian of a nine-year-old child
who was allegedly one of the victims, and the second suit was filed
by the parents of another alleged vic-
tim, an eleven-year-old. A class-action lawsuit is also being considered.
The first lawsuit was filed by
Joseph, Greenwald & Laake, P.A.
against PGCPS and the accused,
claiming the school’s principal
could have done more to prevent
harm to the children.
After the arrest of Carraway by
Prince George’s County Police on
Feb. 5, the school’s principal,
Williams, was placed on paid administrative leave. The lawsuit alleges that Williams took no action
against Carraway despite parent and
teacher concerns about the aide, due
to having “no proof” of Carraway’s
actions.
Maxwell said Williams was removed out of an “abundance of caution.”
A release from PGCPS said
school leaders have met with the
Judge Sylvania Woods community
multiple times to share information
on the incident and review policies
and procedures for reporting abuse
and suspicious activity. Counseling
and psychological support will be
provided to students and families
upon request, and those services will
remain in place as long as they are
needed.
Maxwell said he will also convene a taskforce of internal and external partners to review current
policies and procedures and identify
areas of immediate improvement.
The district will also consult with
national experts in this field to ensure the taskforce recommendations
are aligned with best practices from
across the country.
This week, staff from the
PGCPS Office of General Counsel
will address principals during a systemic principals’ meeting and review all laws, policies and procedures related to an employee’s obligation to report abuse and suspicious
behavior.
At the school level, principals
will hold mandatory meetings with
staff to review the August 2015
training materials and October 2015
memorandum on procedures for reporting abuse and suspicious activities. Professional school counselors
will reach out to students and conduct lessons in the classroom that
address the differences between appropriate and inappropriate physical
contact, personal body safety rules
and when to use them, and how to
identify trusted adults to whom they
can report when they feel unsafe.
“We will work closely with our
community partners and use all possible resources to foster a safe and
supportive environment for all students and families,” Maxwell said.
“It goes without saying that these
types of acts are intolerable and unacceptable.”
Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker III echoed those
sentiments at the press conference.
“This is a painful situation for
the county. To think a person we entrusted would deliver everlasting
harm to your young people, our babies,” he said.
The FBI is taking part in the investigation and is asking parents, if
they have any information, to call 1800-225-5324.
PGCPS sent parents the following letter:
Dear Parents and Guardians.
I am writing to inform you that
Prince George’s County Police Department has arrested a former employee of Judge Sylvania Woods Elementary School, Deonte Lavell Carraway. Mr. Carraway was charged
with felony child pornography and
sexual abuse. We are fully cooperating with law enforcement in this investigation.
Prince George’s County Public
Schools is shocked by the recent allegations. It’s important to note that
every PGCPS employee goes
through a proper screening process
before they are hired. The safety of
our students is a top priority for
PGCPS.
We understand this turn of
events may raise questions or concerns for you or your child. Judge
Sylvania Woods Elementary School
has Professional School Counselors
available for students, parents and
staff who need this support.
If you’re concerned a child has
been a victim, please call 301-7724930.
Sentinel reporters Emily Blackner and Candace Rojo Keys contributed to this piece.
Farmers get concession, residents raise concerns at second county budget session
From “Budget” page 1
support of this bill because I feel if
it’s not funded, if it’s not approved,
then we’re looking at cuts within the
organization. Cuts mean someone
else has to pick up that workload, but
more importantly stuff gets dropped
through the floor.”
Once again, Baker did not comment on the issue beyond thanking
the people who came out to testify.
“I appreciate how hard it is to
get people in and out so I don’t take
it lightly that you came out,” he
said.
Baker did announce, however,
that as a result of last week’s testimony, he had reconsidered the decision to cut funding for the agriculture marketing specialist position,
currently held by Kim Rush-Lynch.
“I want you and your colleagues to know that you’ve done a
great job (advocating), therefore
we’ve decided to keep this position,” he said. “So you will have
your (agricultural) person.”
The announcement came after
the remarks of local farmer Jennifer
Bennett, who runs a small family
farm in Brandywine. She explained
how Rush-Lynch helps her and other farmers stay informed about marketing options, develop business
plans and identify market needs in
the area, for example a need for rabbit meat that Bennett was otherwise
unaware of.
“This position is beyond needed in this county, where rules are
endless and money for new farmers
is scarce,” she said. “We don’t ask
for money and concessions often, so
you know when we sit before you, it
is a serious need.”
Funding for after-school and
extracurricular programs was also a
hot topic, with representatives from
Lovely Ladies of Laurel and First
Generation College Bound testifying on the work those organizations
do and the need to support those efforts financially.
Lovely Ladies of Laurel is a
mentoring program out of Laurel
High School that seeks to promote
respect, responsibility and academic
achievement among the young
women in Laurel and surrounding
communities.
“It is because of this program I
am who I am today,” said Angel
Tillery, an alumna of the program
who attends Bowie State University.
Another Bowie State University student, Xavier Sykes, praised the
First Generation College Bound organization founded by Joseph Fisher to help students from low and
moderate-income families attend
college by providing guidance, encouragement and support.
“I’ve found this to be a missing
component in my life,” Fisher said
in explaining why he started the organization. “It’s important the county recognizes we’re not just here in
Laurel, but trying to help the county
(all over).”
Bridget Akintunde, a member
of the retention committee and an
alumna of the program herself,
agreed.
“I think it’s important for the
county to still fund this organization
because of the many great things
they are doing with students across
Prince George’s County to help
them realize the dream of going to
college,” she said.
Tatiana Sandoval, a youth case
manager with the Maryland Multicultural Youth Centers, also testified
about the need to fund after-school
programs in general, as well as programs for newly-arrived immigrants and students whose primary
language is not English specifically.
She also said affordable health and
mental health services should be
more accessible and schools need to
have health and fitness programs.
Health was also the theme for
Chloe Marshall, outreach coordinator for the Capital Area Food Bank.
She pressed Baker to restore full
funding for the SNAP to Health program, which allows families receiving food stamps easier access to
fresh produce and other healthy
food options.
“SNAP itself allows families to
have more autonomy in what they
can purchase for themselves, but
SNAP to Health really gives them
that option of that fresh local produce from local farmers that support
our economy,” she said.
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
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LEGAL NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE
The following individuals are applicants for nomination to Governor Hogan for appointment to the Court of Special Appeals
(Fourth Appellate Judicial Circuit – Prince George’s County):
Honorable Krystal Quinn Alves
Erika Louise Pierson
Honorable Cathy Hollenberg Serrette
Honorable Melanie Marva Shaw Geter
Phillip Robert Zuber
The Appellate Judicial Nominating Commission will accept
signed, written comments regarding the listed applicants for use
in its evaluation process.
Comments must be received by Monday, March 14, 2016.
Please address your comments to:
Appellate Judicial Nominating Commission
c/o Administrative Office of the Courts
Human Resources Department
Maryland Judicial Center
580 Taylor Avenue, Building A, First Floor
Annapolis, MD 21401
Debra L. Kaminski or Connie Winkel
(410) 260-1271 or (410) 260-1275
FAX: (410) 974-2849
debra.kaminski@mdcourts.gov
connie.winkel@mdcourts.gov
Maryland Relay Service: TTY/Voice (800) 735-2258
00005818 1t 02/18/16
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
The Housing Authority of Prince George's County Board
of Commissioners will hold a Board Meeting onFebruary
22nd, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at 9200
Basil Court, 2nd Floor Board Conference Room, Largo,
Maryland, 20774.
The public is welcome and invited to attend. If you have
questions, or if you have a disability and require an accommodation please contact the Housing Authority of
Prince George's County on (301) 883-5531 or TTD (301)
883-5428.
00005817 1t 02/18/16
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Annual Meeting for Enterprise Homeowners Association, held on September 24, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. has been rescheduled for February 29, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. at the EMS
Station. The meeting is rescheduled pursuant to Section
6-506 of the Corporations and Association Article of
Maryland Code, because of a lack of a quorum in September. Those present in person or by proxy will constitute a
quorum and a majority of those present in person or by
proxy may approve, authorize or take any action which
could have been taken at the original meeting if a sufficient number of members had been present.
00005815 1t 02/18/16
The Annual Meeting for Enterprise Woods Homeowners
Association, held on December 8, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. has
been rescheduled for March 1, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. at the
EMS Fire Station. The meeting is rescheduled pursuant to
Section 6-506 of the Corporations and Association Article
of Maryland Code, because of a lack of a quorum in December. Those present in person or by proxy will constitute a quorum and a majority of those present in person or
by proxy may approve, authorize or take any action which
could have been taken at the original meeting if a sufficient number of members had been present.
00005814 1t 02/18/16
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
1. Sealed Proposals, addressed to the Prince George's County
Department of Public Works and Transportation, Office of
Engineering and Project Management, 9400 Peppercorn
Place, Suite 310, Largo, Maryland 20774, for Pipes and Structures Replacement Program for Storm Drains, Contract Number
919-H (E), will be received until March 18, 2016, at 10:00 AM
local prevailing time at which time they will be publicly opened
and read in the Department of Public Works and Transportation,
Office of Engineering and Project Management. A non-refundable fee of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) will be charged for the
purchase of the contract documents, which are available for review on February 22, 2016, in the Department of Public Works
and Transportation, Office of Engineering and Project Management, 9400 Peppercorn Place, Suite 310, Largo, Maryland 20774.
Checks or money orders only will be accepted for the purchase of the contract documents and must be made for the
exact amount payable to Prince George's County, Maryland.
2. The estimated value of the Contract is classified with the letter designation “E” in accordance with the Maryland State Highway Administration Specifications, TC Section 2.01. The ap-
PUBLIC NOTICE
proximate quantities for major items of work involved are as follows:
Quantity Unit
15
DAY
4000
SF
7000
CY
2000
CY
3000
LF
550
LF
4500
LF
1800
LF
200
LF
120
5
1350
50
EA
EA
EA
EA
350
300
CY
LF
1000
100
3000
1100
SY
CF
TON
SY
2500
LF
1500
3000
800
15000
20000
15000
275
LF
SF
LF
SY
SY
SY
EA
Description
Flashing Arrow Panels
Temporary Traffic Signs
Excavation and Backfilling
Backfilling with Selected Material
Reinforced Concrete Pipe Class 4 - Various
sizes
Corrugated Aluminized Metal Pipe - Various
Sizes
High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
Pipe - Various Sizes
High Performance Polypropylene (PP)
Pipe - Various Sizes
Remove Existing Storm Drain Pipe - Various
Sizes
Standard Storm Drain Inlets - Various Sizes
Standard Pre-cast Manholes - Various Sizes
Standard Concrete End Walls - Various Sizes
Remove Existing Storm Drain Inlets Various Sizes
Miscellaneous Structural Concrete
Perforated Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
Underdrain
Stone Rip Rap - Various Classes
Brick Masonry for Misc. Drainage Structures
Hot Mix Asphalt Paving - Various Mixes
Residential or Commercial Driveway
Entrances
Reflective Thermoplastic Pavement
Marking- 5" wide
Concrete Curb and Gutter
Concrete Sidewalk and Access Ramp
Galvanized Chain Link Fence
Furnish and Place Topsoil - 4 Inch Depth
Permanent Seeding and Mulching
Soil Stabilization Matting - Type A
Tree Removal, Various Sizes
3. Proposals must be on the form provided with the specifications, shall be filled out completely stating price per each item,
and shall be signed by the Bidder giving his full name and business address. Each proposal shall be enclosed in a sealed opaque
envelope and marked “Pipes and Structures Replacement Program for Storm Drains, Contract Number 919-H (E)”
4. A Pre-Bid Conference will be held for the purpose of answering or obtaining answers to questions of parties interested in
construction of the work relative to rights of way, utilities, design
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FEBRUARY 18, 2016
PUBLIC NOTICE
MECHANICS LIEN
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
and construction details on March 4, 2016, at 10:00 AM local
prevailing time, at the Department of Public Works and Transportation, Office of Engineering and Project Management, 9400
Peppercorn Place, Suite 310, Largo, Maryland 20774.
mum Bid $ 5249.62 K & W AUTO SERVICE INC 4802 (REAR)
RHODE ISLAND AVE HYATTSVILLE MD
Lot # 16112, '14 NISSAN SENTRA Vin # 3N1AB7APXEY301832
Minimum Bid $ 3185.00 AUTO CLINIC INC 11800 ROCKVILLE
MD
Lot # 16114, '09
DODGE
JOURNEY
Vin #
3D4GG57V69T518089 Minimum Bid $ 4295.00
C & D AUTO BODY 5100 C COLLEGE AVE COLLEGE PARK MD
Lot # 16115, '11 NISSAN ALTIMA Vin # 1N4AL2AP2BN467208
Minimum Bid $ 8495.00 BROOKS AUTO REPAIR 2435 ADELIANA
RD PRINCE FREDERICK MD
Lot # 16117, '11 AUDI A5 Vin # WAULFAFH3BN007333 Minimum
Bid $ 18386.26 A & B AUTOBODY REPAIR 901 A DUNDALK
AVE BALTIMORE MD
Lot # 16118, '06
MERCEDES
BENZ ML500
Vin #
4JGBB75E76A005615 Minimum Bid $ 6780.00
LORENZO ANTOINE KENNEDY 7407 HARRISON LN TEMPLE HILLS MD
Lot # 16119, '08 ACURA TL Vin # 19UUA662781045891 Minimum
Bid $ 5913.51 MONKEY WRENCH GARAGE 2212 RUSSELL ST
BALTIMORE MD
Lot # 16120, '05 CHRYSLER 300 C Vin # 1C3JA63H75H652109
Minimum Bid $ 2437.56 COLLISION EXPERTS 98 DERWOOD
CIRCLE ROCKVILLE MD
Lot # 16121, '00 TOYOTA RAV 4 Vin # JT3HP10V3Y7170389 Minimum Bid $ 3469.10 ST'S AUTO SERVICES 16900-B OAKMONT
AVE GAITHERSBURG MD
Lot # 16122, '08
GMC
YUKON DENALI XL
Vin #
1GKFK66818J166414 Minimum Bid $ 18096.00 A & A AUTO 2914
HANOVER PIKE / PO BOX 701 MANCHESTER MD
Lot # 16123, '11 FORD EDGE Vin # 2FMDK3GC6BBB06558 Minimum Bid $ 9676.00 WHITE PLAINS AUTO 4500 CRAIN HWY / PO
BOX 461 WHITE PLAINS MD
Lot # 16124, '07
HARLEY
DAVIDSON ULTRA
Vin #
1HD1FC4107Y722702 Minimum Bid $ 8102.00 JAMES RITTER 300
QUEEN ANNE RD GLEN BURNIE MD
TERMS OF SALE: CASH OR CASHIER CHECK + 10% BUYER PREMIUM. MINIMUM BID POSTED. LIENOR RESERVES RIGHT TO
BID. ANY PARTIES CLAIMING INTEREST IN THE ABOVE MAY
CONTACT NATIONAL LIEN & RECOVERY AT 1-800-841-5436.
FAX 301-345-1892.
00005813 2t 02/18/16
MARCH, 2016, why the relief prayed should not be granted; and
the said respondent(s) is further advised that unless such cause be
shown in writing and filed by that date, the petitioner may obtain
a final decree for the relief sought.
This order shall be published in accordance with Maryland Rule
2-122 (a), Service by Posting or Publication.
Cereta A. Lee
Register of Wills
Clerk, Orphans’ Court
00005793 3t 02/25/16
5. This project requires 20% MBE subcontracting.
- By Authority of Rushern L. Baker, III
County Executive
00005819 3t 03/03/16
MECHANICS LIEN
NOTICE OF SALE
National Lien & Recovery will sell at public auction the following vehicles under & by virtue of section 16-202 & 16-207 of the Maryland Statutes for repairs, storage & other lawful charges. Sale to be held at 5411
Berwyn Road #202B, College Park, MD 20740 at 10:00 am on February
24, 2016. Purchaser of vehicle must have it inspected as provided in
Transportation Section 23-107 of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
The following may be inspected during business hours.
Lot # 16026, '01 BMW F650GS Vin # WB10183A31ZF70183 Minimum Bid $ 2160.00 LOGOH'S MOTORS 3815 38TH ST BRENTWOOD MD
Lot # 16049, '01
VOLKSWAGEN
NEW BEETLE
Vin #
3VWCK21C71M453703 Minimum Bid $ 1105.00
WALDORF
VOLKSWAGON/MIKEY LLC 2282 CRAIN HWY WALDORF MD
Lot # 16071, '99 DODGE RAM 3500 Vin # 3B6MC3664XM510840
Minimum Bid $ 6722.76 MCNEALS TOWING/CAR/TRUCK REPAI
510 H OREMS RD BALTIMORE MD
Lot # 16078, '05 FREIGHTLNR ST120 Vin # 1FUJBBCK15LU81057
Minimum Bid $ 4177.97
FREIGHTLINER OF HAGERSTOWN
16777 HALFWAY BLVD HAGERSTOWN MD
Lot # 16100, '09 FORD ESCAPE Vin # 1FMCU93G69KA80433
Minimum Bid $ 5210.52 SHAWN SHIRANI 12139 BRITTANIA CIR
GERMANTOWN MD
Lot # 16101, '96
CHEVROLET
CAVALIER
Vin #
4G1JF32TXTB105396
Minimum Bid $ 2096.90
AUTO
GIANTS.COM/AUTO SERVICE CENTER INC/ 4600 BRANCH AVE
TEMPLE HILLS MD
Lot # 16102, '94
FREIGHTLNR
FLBHIGH
Vin #
1FUPBCXB3RL745881 Minimum Bid $ 3783.60 FREIGHTLINER
OF DELMARVA 9367 OCEAN HWY DELMAR MD
Lot # 16103, '71 YAMAHA R-5 Vin # R5029534 Minimum Bid $
2276.00 MULLINEX'S BODY FRAME & PAINT 10226 BALTIMORE NATIONAL PIKE ELLICOTT CITY MD
Lot # 16104, '68 YAMAHA R-2 Vin # R252081 Minimum Bid $
2689.00 MULLINEX'S BODY FRAME & PAINT 10226 BALTIMORE NATIONAL PIKE ELLICOTT CITY MD
Lot # 16105, '75 YAMAHA RD 350 Vin # 351303543 Minimum Bid
$ 4115.34 MULLINEX'S BODY FRAME & PAINT 10226 BALTIMORE NATIONAL PIKE ELLICOTT CITY MD
Lot # 16106, '72 HONDA CB 350 Vin # CB3504023471 Minimum
Bid $ 3247.09 MULLINEX'S BODY FRAME & PAINT 10226 BALTIMORE NATIONAL PIKE ELLICOTT CITY MD
Lot # 16108, '07 TOYOTA CAMRY Vin # 4T1BE46K37U070617
Minimum Bid $ 4850.46 CARRIERS INC 1233 S PHILADELPHIA
BLVD ABERDEEN MD
Lot # 16109, '99 TOYOTA CAMRY Vin # 4T1BG22K6XU492384
Minimum Bid $ 3755.90 NORRIS' GARAGE 5509 LIVINGSTON
ROAD FOREST HEIGTS MD
Lot # 16110, '04 CADILLAC SRX Vin # 1GYEE63AX40152625
Minimum Bid $ 6841.50 NORRIS' GARAGE 5509 LIVINGSTON
ROAD FOREST HEIGTS MD
Lot # 16111, '06 INFINITI G35X Vin # JNKCV51F36M616581 Mini-
IN THE ORPHAN’S COURT FOR
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, MARYLAND
In the Matter of:
ANDRAUSHEE WITTGENFELD
Minor
Guardianship No. GD-10666
A petition for the guardianship of the person of a minor child,
namely ANDRAUSHEE WITTGENFELD
an infant FEMALE born on MAY 30, 2001
at ST. ANTHONY’S MICHIGAN CITY, IN
to DAWN NORFLEET AND FATHER UNKNOWN
having been filed, it is this 28TH day of JANUARY, 2016
ORDERED, by the Orphan’s Court for Prince George’s County,
Maryland, that the respondent(s) FATHER UNKNOWN
the natural parents of the aforementioned child are hereby notified that the aforementioned petition for the guardianship of the
person has been filed, stating that the last known address of respondent(s) as UNKNOWN
Respondent(s), FATHER UNKNOWN
is hereby notified to show cause on or before the 4TH day
JUDICIAL PROBATE
IN THE ORPHANS’ COURT FOR
(OR)
BEFORE THE REGISTER OF WILLS FOR
IN THE ESTATE OF:
THOMAS R. PROCTOR, JR.
ESTATE 100088
NOTICE OF JUDICIAL PROBATE
To all Persons Interested in the above estate:
You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed by
RIKKI DRYKERMAN
for judicial probate for the appointment of a personal representative. A hearing will be held at 14735 MAIN STREET, ROOM
D4010, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20773 on MARCH 15, 2016
at 9:30 A.M.
This hearing may be transferred or postponed to a subsequent
time. Further information may be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the Office of the Register of Wills.
CERETA A. LEE
Register of Wills
00005821 2t 02/25/16
(OR)
IN THE ESTATE OF:
RICHARD T. JAMES
ESTATE 102074
RIKKI DRYKERMAN
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
JUDICIAL PROBATE
JUDICIAL PROBATE
at 9:30 A.M.
at 9:30 A.M.
CERETA A. LEE
Register of Wills
00005820 2t 02/25/16
time. Further information may be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills.
CERETA A. LEE
Register of Wills
00005792 2t 02/18/16
(OR)
IN THE ESTATE OF:
JOAN A. WALLACE
ESTATE 101783
ALISA K. CHERNACK
at 9:30 A.M.
CERETA A. LEE
Register of Wills
00005822 2t 02/25/16
IN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR
(OR)
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND
IN THE ESTATE OF:
MARY M. HAYWOOD
ESTATE 102002
RIKKI DRYKERMAN
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SMALL ESTATE
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
Estate No. 102119
TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF
GRACE M. BROWN
NOTICES
Notice is given that SHEILA M BROWN, 2604 KEITH
STREET, TEMPLE HILLS, MD 20748 was on FEBRUARY 2,
2016 appointed Personal Representative of the small estate of
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
GRACE M. BROWN
JOHN P. VAN BEEK
and
HOLLY A. CURRIER
Substitute Trustees/
Plaintiffs,
v.
Case No. CAEF15-35217
ESTATE OF KAREN M. MINOR
and
FRANK D. DIXON, IV
and
JOSHUA CLARKE
Defendants.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given this 3RD day of FEBRUARY, 2016, by
the Circuit Court of Prince George’s County, Maryland, that the
JANUARY 12, 2016 sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings and described as 10504 GLOUCESTER LANE, CHELTENHAM, MD 20623 will be RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED,
unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the
3RD day of MARCH, 2016, next, provided a copy of this NOTICE be published at least once a week in each of three successive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published in
said County before the 3RD day of MARCH, 2016, next.
The report of sale states the amount of the Foreclosure sale to be
Two Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Dollars ($236,000.00).
Sydney J. Harrison #618
Clerk, Circuit Court for
Prince George’s County, Maryland
00005791 3t 02/25/16
who died on DECEMBER 20, 2015, with a will.
Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file
in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal
representative or the attorney.
All persons having any objection to the appointment shall file
their objections with the Register of Wills within 30 days after
the date of publication of this Notice. All persons having an objection to the probate of the will shall file their objections with
the Register of Wills within six months after the date of publication of this Notice.
All persons having claims against the decedent must serve their
claims on the undersigned personal representative or file them
with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or
before the earlier of the following dates:
(1) Six months from the date of the decedent's death, except if
the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the
date of the decedent's death; or
(2) Thirty days after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or
other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claims will be
barred unless the creditor presents the claim within thirty days
from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. A claim not
served or filed within that time, or any extension provided by
law, is unenforceable thereafter.
SHEILA M BROWN
Personal Representative(s)
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Register of Wills for Prince George's County
CERETA A. LEE
P.O. Box 1729
Upper Marlboro, MD 20773-1729
00005823 1t 02/18/16
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
RALPH W. POWERS, JR.
5415 WATER STREET
UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772
Estate No. 102126
Estate No. 99491
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
LILLIAN B. WHITE
ELIZABETH JENKINS
Estate No. 101272
Notice is given that BRANDON REED, 1714 BRIGHTSEAT
RD., APT. 11, LANDOVER, MD 20785 was on FEBRUARY 3,
2016 appointed Personal Representative of the small estate of
Notice is given that DONNA M JENKINS, 8520 SHORTHILLS DRIVE, CLINTON, MD 20735 was on APRIL 3, 2015
appointed Personal Representative of the small estate of
LILLIAN B. WHITE
ELIZABETH JENKINS
who died on NOVEMBER 30, 2015, without a will.
BRANDON REED
True Test Copy
Register of Wills for Prince George’s County
CERETA A. LEE
P.O. Box 1729
00005825 1t 02/18/16
who died on FEBRUARY 23, 2015, without a will.
DONNA M JENKINS
True Test Copy
CERETA A. LEE
P.O. Box 1729
00005824 1t 02/18/16
DOROTHY MAE BURRESS
Notice is given that MARY RANSOME, 1502 LITTLE JOHN
ROAD, RICHMOND, VA 23227 and NETTIE LEE RIDDICK,
1708 HODGES FERRY ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, VA 23701
were on DECEMBER 15, 2015 appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of
DOROTHY MAE BURRESS
who died on SEPTEMBER 21, 2015, without a will.
representative(s) or the attorney.
Any person having a claim against the decedent must present
the claim to the undersigned personal representative(s) or file it
(1) Six months from the date of the decedent’s death, except if
date of the decedent’s death; or
(2) Two months after the personal representative(s) mails or
otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice
or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will
be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two
months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. A claim
not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension
provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter. Claim forms may
be obtained from the Register of Wills.
MARY RANSOME
NETTIE LEE RIDDICK
True Test Copy
CERETA A. LEE
P.O. Box 1729
00005802 3t 02/25/16
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MEGAN A. SCHAEFFER
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BETHESDA, MD 20814
JESSICA L. ESTES, ESQ.
BYRD & BYRD LLC
14300 GALLANT FOX LANE, SUITE 120
BOWIE, MD 20715
THOMAS L. LACKEY, ESQ.
4327 NORTHVIEW DRIVE
BOWIE, MD 20716
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Estate No. 102096
Estate No. 102032
PHYLLIS W. IGLEHART
Notice is given that KENNETH MCCRELESS, 8422 SPRINGFIELD OAKS DRIVE, SPRINGFIELD, VA 22153-3566 was on
MARCH 11, 2015 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of
PHYLLIS W. IGLEHART
BRENT B. GODDARD
Notice is given that CAROLYN L. GODDARD, 12701 CRIMSON COURT, BOWIE, MD 20715 was on JANUARY 19, 2016
appointed Personal Representative of the estate of
BRENT B. GODDARD
who died on NOVEMBER 2, 2014, with a will.
All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the
probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the
Register of Wills on or before the 11TH day of SEPTEMBER,
2015.
the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with
the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before
the earlier of the following dates:
(2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or
other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be
barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months
from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. A claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided
by law, is unenforceable thereafter. Claim forms may be obtained
from the Register of Wills.
KENNETH MCCRELESS
True Test Copy
CERETA A. LEE
P.O. Box 1729
00005800 3t 02/25/16
who died on DECEMBER 3, 2015, with a will.
Register of Wills on or before the 19TH day of JULY, 2016.
CAROLYN L. GODDARD
True Test Copy
CERETA A. LEE
P.O. Box 1729
00005799 3t 02/25/16
FRANCES ENGLE LITZEL
Notice is given that BONNIE H. BRANHAM, 12916 BRUNSWICK LANE, BOWIE, MD 20715 was on FEBRUARY 2, 2016
appointed Personal Representative of the estate of
FRANCES ENGLE LITZEL
who died on JANUARY 11, 2016, with a will.
Register of Wills on or before the 2ND day of AUGUST, 2016.
BONNIE H. BRANHAM
True Test Copy
CERETA A. LEE
P.O. Box 1729
00005798 3t 02/25/16
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Notice is given that MARTHA E. DARDEN, 3752 STONESBORO ROAD, FT. WASHINGTON, MD 20744 was on SEPTEMBER 11, 2015 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of
CORNELIUS DARDEN
Register of Wills on or before the 9TH day of MARCH, 2016.
True Test Copy
CERETA A. LEE
P.O. Box 1729
00005786 3t 02/25/16
Estate No. 102058
JOHN FITZGERALD HARE
Notice is given that MARY HARE, 8049 TOWERING OAK
WAY, MANASSAS, VA 20111 was on JANUARY 20, 2016 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of
JOHN FITZGERALD HARE
who died on DECEMBER 14, 2015, without a will.
Register of Wills on or before the 20TH day of JULY, 2016.
MARY HARE
True Test Copy
CERETA A. LEE
P.O. Box 1729
00005801 3t 02/25/16
who died on MAY 31, 2015, without a will.
MARTHA E. DARDEN
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CERETA A. LEE
P.O. Box 1729
00005787 3t 02/25/16
RIKKI DRYKERMAN, ESQUIRE
PARKER, SIMON & KOKOLIS, LLC
110 NORTH WASHINGTON STREET, SUITE 500
ROCKVILLE, MD 20850
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate No. 100369
5415 WATER STREET
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
GERALDINE J. MCINTYRE
Notice is given that RIKKI DRYKERMAN, 110 NORTH
WASHINGTON STREET, SUITE 500, ROCKVILLE, MD
20850 was on SEPTEMBER 3, 2015 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of
Estate No. 99504
KISHA L. WOOLEN, ESQUIRE
TOBIN O’CONNOR & EWING
5335 WISCONSIN AVENUE, NW, #700
WASHINGTON, DC 20015
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
GERALDINE J. MCINTYRE
JOHN MCRAE, SR.
Notice is given that RALPH W. POWERS, JR., 5415 WATER
STREET, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 was on SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of
JOHN MCRAE, SR.
Estate No. 100165
CORNELIUS DARDEN
who died on SEPTEMBER 22, 2014, without a will.
who died on FEBRUARY 9, 2013, without a will.
Register of Wills on or before the 3RD day of MARCH, 2016.
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
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RIKKI DRYKERMAN, ESQUIRE
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P.O. Box 1729
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SPORTS
Maryland tops Bowie St. before falling to Wisconsin
By Sean Farrell
@Sean_PGSSports
COLLEGE PARK – The University of Maryland men's basketball team got to face an unfamiliar
regular-season foe on Feb. 9.
Although the two teams are
county neighbors, it was the first
time in school history the Terps
faced Bowie State University in the
regular season. In the end it was
Maryland coming away with a 9362 win.
Bowie State had played the
Terps in an exhibition game last
year, almost to the same result and
that game sparked interest in the
matchup within the area.
“When two teams are so close
to home, regardless of ranking, it is
good for the area. A lot of us played
together growing up and even
though the result wasn't what we had
hoped for, it was a lot of fun,” Bowie
State guard Kenneth Tappin said.
The Terrapins welcomed their
cross-county rivals by showing them
what a top 10 ranked school looks
like and dominated Bowie State in
every facet of the game after they
made adjustments to deal with the
Bulldogs’ press.
“Coming out of the game, we
just have to be better. We’ve seen a
variety of defenses this season, so
although we may not have been expecting it, I think we should’ve done
a better job handling it,” senior
guard Rasheed Sulaimon said. “All
credit goes to Bowie State. They
came out and played very hard. I
think once we settled into the game,
we made some good plays and adjusted to the press.”
Maryland Head Coach Mark
Turgeon thought that, while his team
was too much for Bowie State, his
Terps learned a little bit about themselves in the process.
“It was a good night for
us,”Turgeon said. “We shot the ball
well, we got to the foul line, we
made free throws. I thought we defended pretty well for the most part.
We took care of the ball until about
the last three minutes of the game.
To be quite honest, we weren’t pre-
pared for the traps and all the little
things that they were doing defensively. I thought we adjusted well.”
Turgeon scheduled Bowie State
in an open spot on the schedule after
having to cancel an exhibition game
before the season. The game marked
the first non-conference game the
Terps had played this late in a season
since 2011.
“It kind of keeps us in our
rhythm,” Turgeon said. “Instead of
playing Saturday to Saturday, we got
to prepare for a team and play the
game with the crowd. So it kind of
keeps us in rhythm. The good thing
is that we didn’t play a lot of guys a
lot of minutes.”
The “tune-up” game against the
Bulldogs did not do Maryland much
good in its next game though, as the
Terps had their record 27 home winning streak snapped by Big 10 foe
Wisconsin on Feb. 13.
The Terps came out slow
against the Badgers and were dominated on their home floor. In the end,
Wisconsin won 70-57.
The Badgers hit all of their key
shots and dominated on the offensive glass, leaving the Terps desperate for points. Star guard Melo Trimble couldn't buy a basket either, as he
finished 1-for-14 from the floor.
“I want to give Wisconsin a ton
of credit,” Turgeon said. “They
were dialed in from the beginning.
They were quicker and more physical. Coach Greg Gard has done an
unbelievable job with his team.
When I shook his hand at their
place, I knew they were on the right
track and they were terrific tonight.”
As mentioned, Maryland stared
out slow and couldn’t seem to get
going. Despite connecting on threeof-four three pointers in the first
half, the Terps were 7-for-21 from
the field as a whole and went into
halftime down by 15.
“This is the first time I thought
our offense affected our defense. It
was just one of those nights,” Turgeon said. “We kept trying to get to
the foul line in the first half and
couldn’t get there. So frustration
kind of mounted. We lost the game
in the last 10 minutes of the half. Our
PHOTO BY CANDACE ROJO KEYES
Wisconsinʼs Khalil Iverson slams it home in the Badgersʼ 70-57 win over Maryland in College Park on Saturday.
The loss snapped the Terpsʼ 27-game home winning streak.
effort was good enough in the second half.”
Maryland did get things rolling
in the second half behind some fullcourt pressure and an ability to finally make some shots. Jake Layman
and Sulaimon each scored eight
points in the final 20 minutes, but
Trimble continued to struggle and
went 1-for-9.
The Terps were able to get within six by the 10-minute mark and
had the Xfinity Center rocking with
the hopes of another huge comeback
win. However, Wisconsin responded
with an 8-4 run over the next two-
and-a-half minutes to push the lead
back to 10.
Afterward, Turgeon dismissed
the notion that the loss would affect
his team for days to come.
“Reality is, we are 22-4. We
have had a good year. Every team
goes through it. This is really the
biggest adversity we have hit because we lost a home game,” Turgeon said. “We will see how we handle it. I just want to get physically
tougher and I want to get mentally
tougher between now and Thursday.
That is really want I want to do.
Hopefully by doing that they can
play confident. They have responded all year, so I expect them to do it
again.”
Wisconsin (16-9, 8-4) saved its
season with the win and will likely
be playing in March because of the
quality win on the road. The Terrapins may have lost their shot at a one
seed, but as long as they can right the
ship their seed shouldn't matter.
Maryland (22-4, 10-3) now has
to rebound on the road against Minnesota before returning home to
hopefully avenge an earlier season
loss to Michigan.
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General Assembly looks to change ‘offensive’ state song
By Emily Blackner
@emilyblackner
ANNAPOLIS – Some legislators are hoping to say “not ours!” to
“Maryland, My Maryland.”
Several competing measures
have been introduced in both the
House of Delegates and Senate that
would officially change Maryland’s
state song.
The current song, designated in
1939, was written by James Ryder
Randall on the eve of the Civil War
and has come under fire for its Confederate sympathies. The song, which
was used as a Confederate battle
hymn, contains lyrics referring to
President Abraham Lincoln as a
“tyrant” and urges the state to join the
Confederates, declaring, “Huzza!
She spurns the Northern scum!”
“If you go to YouTube, the most
popular versions of this song all have
Confederate flags, Confederate paraphernalia associated with it,” said
PHOTO BY EMILY BLACKNER
Montgomery County Sen. Cheryl Kagan testifies on SB222, which would
set up a panel to administer a contest for the public to vote on a new state
song for Maryland.
Sen. Cheryl Kagan (D - Montgomery
County), the sponsor of one of the
bills, SB222. “It’s embarrassing for a
state as progressive and diverse as
Maryland is.”
Last year, the General Assembly
created an advisory group to study
the song, which recommended it be
changed and offered six suggestions
for how to do so. Two of the bills under consideration are based on committee recommendations, while Kagan’s is modeled on a process used by
other states in selecting new songs.
“We want not only to repeal the
state song and jettison that chapter of
our history, but we want to launch a
contest,” Kagan told the Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs committee (of which she is a
member) at a hearing on Feb. 11.
SB222 would immediately repeal “Maryland, My Maryland!” as
the state song and would call for the
formation of a panel of experts to solicit suggestions for a replacement
song from the citizens. The panel
would narrow the selections down
and then allow the public to vote for
their favorite.
“The General Assembly would
have a last bite at the apple to consider, indeed if this is the song we want
as our state song,” Kagan said, with a
vote in 2017.
It also calls for a $5,000 payment to the person who wrote the
winning song.
Kagan said seven other states Florida, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia,
Colorado and Oregon - held contests
to decide on their state songs, receiving hundreds of entries and between
8,000 and 9,000 votes each, which
she called “quite a success.”
She added a total of 27 states
have changed their state songs in the
past 25 years.
“There is this national trend, and
I think Maryland has fallen behind in
really addressing the remnants of our
Confederate past,” she said.
Amateur historian Paul Bessel
agreed.
See “Song” page E-4
Community, students weigh in on PGCPS 2017 budget
@candacerojo
UPPER MARLBORO – Each
year the administration at Prince
George’s County Public Schools
(PGCPS) attempts to make a budget
that strikes the right balance between the desires of the county
board of education, the local unions
and the county citizens.
While some have stated their
support for the currently proposed
budget, many want to see additions
made.
Over the past month and a half,
the Prince George’s County Board
of Education, along with Chief Ex-
ecutive Officer of PGCPS, Kevin
Maxwell, has held three public listening sessions to gauge community
desires and garner feedback on the
$2 billion budget currently proposed by Maxwell.
“As we’ve constantly talked
about, openness, transparency and
inclusiveness are essential to the
work we do and the improvements
we need to make as a school district,” said Segun Eubanks, the chair
of the board of education. “We cannot begin the work of creating a sustainable budget without including
your input in the process in moving
forward.”
Eubanks said the public insight
is “essential” in giving the board a
glimpse into what the students and
families need, along with a nudge in
the right direction on how to approach the proposed budget.
“Your insights, opinions, perspectives and your areas of expertise are needed so we can work together to create a budget that supports the key priorities of
community, of this school district
and the strategic plan,” he said.
Among the long list of suggestions from parents and community
members who attended the public
hearing were the request for more
money for the international schools,
money for music education, and
money to expand programs across
the county. But, perhaps the loudest
voices were from the many advocates of Forestville High School demanding their school not be closed.
At all three public hearings, the
Forestville community came out in
droves to support their school and
the community it fosters.
Angela Johnson-Clement has a
daughter who attends Forestville
High and said her daughter chose to
attend Forestville because she “saw
greatness.”
“What she told me, I will never
forget. She said ‘mommy, at that
school they don’t play,’” JohnsonClement said.
At Forestville, she said, her
daughter has thrived. She is on the
drill team in a leadership role, is on
the wrestling and softball teams,
and has maintained her “high honors” academically. She said the environment at the school – the teachers, students and adults – have
helped her daughter achieve.
“Don’t give up on Forestville,”
she said. “We’re going somewhere.”
Kimberly Harley, an alumna of
Forestville, spoke at the Feb. 4 hearing and said the school is “world
class.” She believes the school system has conspired against
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
How Trump could become president
Convincing victories by political outsiders in New Hampshire demonstrate without a doubt most voters are disgusted with both political parties. The electorate will probably make one of them - more likely Donald Trump the next commander in chief.
No candidate has ever lost in both Iowa and New Hampshire and become president. While history is not determinative, it can hardly be ignored.
On the Republican side, Trump won by a compelling margin in the Granite State over Iowa winner Sen. Ted
Cruz (36 to 12 percent) because he did well among moderates and conservatives and most age categories, except
the elderly.
Trump's diverse appeal among Republicans and Independents will be tough for Cruz, who relies principally on
religious conservatives and, with Rand Paul's departure, libertarians, to counter beyond southern states. Perhaps
not even those places, as he is polling a bad second to Trump in South Carolina.
As for the very moderate Gov. John Kasich, endorsed in New Hampshire by both the New York Times and Boston
Globe, he devoted enormous resources to that small state. With former Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio still
in the mix, he won't have the money to mount a successful southern strategy, but could do decently enough in
many of the 16 states holding contests on or before March 1 to be a king maker.
With five reasonably viable Republican candidates (Trump, Cruz, Kasich, Bush and Rubio) and a few stubborn
stragglers all winning some delegates, it will be tough for Trump to gather enough delegates before the national
convention to lock up the nomination. The most logical target for one of Trump's famous deals is Kasich, who,
unless he trips, should have a nice bundle of delegates to bargain.
Kasich, like Trump, is not an ideology-pure conservative, at least as measured by those who impose a litmus test,
such as the National Review. Rather both are malleable personalities interested in workable solutions, for example, instead of denying poor folks health care for partisan reasons, the governor implemented the Medicaid provisions of the Affordable Care Act in Ohio.
By offering Kasich the second spot on the ticket, Trump would show voters he is serious about finding help from
seasoned politicians to deliver on trade, immigration, health care and national security. On that score, if you can
name a more solid candidate, then you can have my academic tenure.
Meanwhile, Sen. Bernie Sanders whipped Hillary Clinton across all demographic categories, including women,
except voters over 65 in New Hampshire, but she still has a commanding hold on minority voters who are much
more important in Democratic primaries elsewhere going forward.
To ultimately prevail, she will have to continue to emphasize positions that younger women embrace, such as the
proposed Paycheck Fairness Act, and issues important to African-Americans and Hispanics, police behavior and
social issues beyond simple economic justice. That should be enough to ward off Sanders and win the Democratic nomination, but will push her into an awkward position for the general election.
Criticizing police tactics to adequately appease Black Lives Matters will alienate many white moderates. The notion that Hillary merits women's votes simply because she is a woman was roundly discredited in New Hampshire.
Young white women, along with white young men, often can't find jobs that make good use of their education or
pay very well. And Democratic prescriptions like more taxes, further building out Obamacare, free trade and
open immigration will not have the appeal of the radical change offered by Trump.
If Trump moderates his rhetoric and with the help of Kasich polishes his pragmatism on taxes, health care, immigration and national security, he offers both sexes what they want most - a change in direction from the slow
growth policies of Presidents Obama and Bush and the promise of a more effective national security policy.
Enter President Trump.
Peter Morici, professor, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
To the Editor:
I want to draw more attention to the flood of pollution that industrial poultry farming releases into the Chesapeake
Bay. As the industry grows on the Eastern Shore, one of the biggest public health threats is the waste dumped into
our waterways.
Corporate agribusinesses contract to our local farms, taking ownership of the chickens from the moment they’re
hatched. They do not take ownership of those chickens’ waste. Local farmers lack the resources to properly manage and dispose of the waste. Their current disposal processes, from leaky waste lagoons to spreading excess
waste on crops, cause dangerous nutrient overloads in waterways that lead directly to the bay. The waste will continue to feed the algae blooms and dead zones, making our iconic Chesapeake Bay hazardous to our health.
There are many things that agribusinesses can do to keep this pollution out of waterways, including using appropriate amounts of fertilizer, creating buffer zones, or paying for proper disposal. It’s time these corporate polluters
put these solutions to work, for the bay and all our waterways.
Dana Harriman, College Park
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New grocery, education technology jobs
coming to Prince George’s County
By Emily Blackner
@emilyblackner
NEW CARROLLTON - February has been a good month for economic development in the county,
with two large companies making
commitments to bring jobs to Prince
George’s County.
Germany-based grocery store
chain Lidl (whose U.S. headquarters
is in Arlington, Va.) is aggressively
pursuing U.S. expansion opportunities, and the Prince George’s County
Economic Development Corporation (EDC) met with executives Brian Kearney and Alex Ragonese earlier this month to discuss opportunities. EDC Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) Jim Coleman said Lidl plans
to open 10 new stores in the county
by 2018 - a $100 million investment
in the area that will lead to 700 new
jobs.
“We’re excited to have them
here. It’s the kind of company we
like having here,” Coleman said.
“The company’s stores are beautiful,
they sell more national brands and
fresh baked goods, and the employees are paid at above-average rates
for retail establishments.
Will Harwood, Lidl U.S.
spokesperson, said no official announcements have been made as to
locations.
“Lidl is in the early stages of
preparation to launch in the United
States and we have not announced
individual stores at this point,” he
said. “However, I can tell you we are
actively pursuing sites in Maryland
and along the East Coast of the U.S.”
In December 2015, the Bowie
City Council approved a preliminary
plan the company submitted to build
a store on Annapolis Road, at the site
of the current Melvin Motors, in
2018. And Coleman added that Suitland was another location on their
radar.
Lidl, which operates 10,000
stores in 26 countries, has been compared to fellow German supermarket
chain Aldi, and aims to offer afford-
able options.
“We are excited to open our
stores in the United States and to offer customers a unique shopping experience that is unlike anything
around,” Harwood said. “Our markets will deliver customers the highest quality products at the lowest
possible prices in convenient locations.”
Also on Feb. 3, 2U Inc., a fastgrowing technology-oriented education company, announced it will relocate its corporate headquarters
from Lanham to New Carrollton, a
move that will allow it to expand operations and add over 900 jobs over
the next five years.
2U is a technology company
that partners with universities nationwide, including Yale and New
York University, to offer online degree programs. It was named one of
the Washington Post’s “Top Workplaces” in 2015.
2U will lease about seven floors
of space at 7900 Harkins Road,
which is located within the New
Carrollton Transit Oriented Development (TOD) overlay in the areas
surrounding the New Carrollton
Metro station. CEO and co-founder
Chip Paucek said it will be “a new
state-of-the-art facility that will
match our unique corporate culture.”
The building was previously
used by the Internal Revenue Service, but Coleman said the EDC was
able to hold it for private-sector use
after that lease expired.
“We held onto a great commercial property. And the development
with 2U helps that property owner
attract new tenets and it helps Prince
George’s County have more personal income tax revenue to invest in
public services,” Coleman said.
County Executive Rushern
Baker III also said the move will
have ripple effects in revitalizing the
area.
“2U’s decision to relocate to the
once-vacant Harkins Road building
is a major victory for Prince
George’s County,” he said. “Not
only have we successfully retained
an award-winning technology business that is recognized as one of the
fastest growing companies in the
Washington region; it also supports
our TOD strategy to expand this type
of development at key locations
around the county. I am confident
2U will help to bring new energy to
this multi-modal location.”
County Council Chair Derrick
Davis agreed.
“This a great story for 2U and a
boom for our local economy,” Davis
said. “This is a consensus win across
the board and I am delighted 2U
chose to not only stay in Prince
George’s County but to expand its
operations.”
County and state officials
played a role in negotiating with the
company to encourage it to stay. 2U
will receive a $1.5 million conditional loan from the Economic Development Incentive (EDI) Fund administered by the EDC, as well as a
conditional $2 million loan from the
state Department of Commerce’s
Maryland Economic Development
Assistance Authority and Fund.
“Those incentives were really
just the icing on the cake,” Coleman
said. “What they really liked most is
access to talent, having a location
close to the Metro, and it’s affordable. Where else but Prince
George’s County can you find all
that?”
Unlike 2U, Lidl has not applied
for any type of incentive like EDI
funds, but Coleman said he told the
chain that funds could be available
to them.
He said the EDC is working
hard to attract even more new businesses to the county through programs such as the International
Business Export Forum, which is
designed to help companies market
themselves and their products overseas effectively, and Activate Prosperity, which hopes to attract companies in fields like technology and
education and match them with federal agencies.
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General Assembly, Sen. Kagan look to change state song
From “Song” page E-1
“I’m sorry to say I’m embarrassed every time I see or hear the
Maryland state song,” he said in his
testimony. “All the other state songs
talk about how beautiful the state is
and how wonderful the people are.
Our state song literally says Marylanders are cowards because they refused to join Virginia in the Confederacy. And it goes on to say we cheer
for the people who murdered United
States soldiers on their way to defend
Washington, D.C. We’re cheering for
people who killed soldiers. That’s an
embarrassment.”
The song’s first verse reads,
“Avenge the patriotic gore/ That
flecked the streets of Baltimore/ And
be the battle queen of yore/ Mary-
land! My Maryland!”
Bessel also said that aside from
the lyrics, the song’s melody was
“dreary.”
“The melody has nothing to do
with Maryland. It’s a German folk
song. And it’s already being used by
Iowa as the melody for their state
song,” he said.
The melody, called “O Tannenbaum,” is also the tune of the Christmas carol “O Christmas Tree.”
It is on the issue of the song’s
melody that Kagan’s proposal differs
from the other measures in the General Assembly. While SB222 would result in a change to the melody, the
other proposals would not. SB49, introduced by Sen. Ron Young (DFrederick County), would keep the
melody intact while changing the
lyrics. Another song, also titled
“Maryland, My Maryland,” written
by John T. White that uses the same
melody, would become the official
state song.
A third measure, HB215, would
use the fourth verse of White’s poem
and the third verse of Randall’s (the
current song) as the new state song.
Young said both of the other two
measures came from recommendations made by the “very prestigious”
committee. He said the fact that Kagan’s proposal does not immediately
include a replacement song gave him
concern.
“The reason we went with what
we did, and I’d have to ask you if
you’re aware of that, is it’s been
brought up six or seven times and one
of the reasons we were told it was
never adopted was there was never a
replacement ready,” Young said.
Kagan said while she respected
the committee and its work, the findings were only recommendations and
nothing obligated the senate to follow
them.
“I offer this as one idea. I think
it’s a valid conversation,” she said.
But, she said anything would be
better than the status quo, which features “racist and offensive” lyrics.
The committee seemed to agree
with that sentiment.
“Really, I think most of us (in the
state) haven’t really sat and looked at
the lyrics in detail,” said Sen. Johnny
Ray Salling (R-Baltimore County). “I
think some people, if they would look
at it, they’d go, ‘woah! I’ve never
known that was there. Why is that
there?’”
Young said all off the past obstacles seem to be gone this time around.
“President (Thomas Mike)
Miller, who has opposed replacing
this in the past, is amenable to replacing it this time. I don’t want to get into
a lot of confusion and lose it again
this year.”
So far the committee has not
voted on either SB222 or SB49. Their
counterpart in the House, the Health
and Government Operations committee, has also failed to vote on HB215.
But Kagan believes the time is
right for this change to happen.
“I think the time is now,” she
said. “If South Carolina can move
forward and Mississippi can move
forward, God knows Maryland can
move forward.”
Community, students weigh in on school system’s budget
From “Sessions” page E-1
Forestville and did not give it a
chance to thrive.
“This school has overcome
many obstacles in the past and continues to be viable in the Forestville
community,” she said.
Harley said she believes the
students at Forestville deserve to
finish their high school education at
the school where they are comfortable.
Along those same lines, Sheldon Dean said the school is home to
many alumni, is a cornerstone in the
community, and said taking away
the school would create a mess.
“It’s not fair to us in the community that you all are choosing to
close our school. That’s our home,”
he said. “I just wish you could
change your mind and understand
you’re not only tearing up our
school, you’re messing up our com-
munity.”
Advocates for the new international schools also filled the board
room to make their desires known.
Instructors and students from International School at Langley Park and
families bussed in by CASA de
Maryland spoke at both the Feb. 4
and Feb. 9 hearings, where there
were more than 100 people gathered
to talk about the importance of the
international schools and other immigrant support programs.
Christine Gilliard-Arthur,
along with some of her students,
came to the public hearing to ask for
equity when the board looks at the
budget, specifically in regards to
physical health and education.
She said the conditions at the
international school are bleak for
sports and P.E., as the classes are
held in portable buildings. It has
been a challenge, she said.
“Creating safe and supportive
environments is part of the budget,
in the conversation, and my high
school is in trailers of a parking lot
of Annapolis Road Academy,”
Gilliard-Arthur said. “I teach health
and physical education in a trailer
that sporadically gets cleaned.”
Gilliard-Arthur purchases her
own cleaning supplies to clean the
trailer and is working in a room with
six lights that do not work. She said
she often has to pick up “drug paraphernalia and alcohol” so her students “don’t have to see that.”
“I just need that support from
all of us as a community. I don’t
mind picking it up, but if we have
other supports there to help me so
my students have the best learning
environment that they can,” she
said.
Adrianne Mubiru, a student at
the international school, said of all
the schools he has been too, he has
never seen one lacking as much as
his high school. He said the portable
classrooms do not make a good environment for learning.
Churi Pari, another student at
the school, added the students have
to walk outside and across the way
anytime they need to use the restroom. She said when it is raining
the students get wet and are uncomfortable.
“We would ask that you guys
help us out with that because we’re
just students asking for help,” Mubiru said. “We cannot do this by ourselves. We’re asking for a facility,
just a safe environment where students will feel safe and happy and
we can collaborate with each other.”
Rhonda Harris, the Parent
Teacher Association president at
Overlook Spanish Immersion Elementary School, asked the board to
continue funding programs such as
Spanish immersion and asked the
board to consider fully funding the
needed staff at the school.
“The proposed 4.5 positions
will not be sufficient for the 12 positions required for K through second
in the coming school year. Finding
the remaining 7.5 from the remaining Overlook budget draws unnecessarily from our core curriculum
students,” she said.
As the school expands Spanish
immersion to kindergarten through
fifth grade, she said the school system will have to invest more money
into the program and the school and
with the probable loss of Title I
funding, the school will be in desperate need.
The board is scheduled to adopt
its budget at the Feb. 25 meeting, after which the budget will go to
County Executive Rushern Baker
III. Baker will include the school’s
budget in his proposed county budget, which will go before the county
council in March.
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Northwestern students ready to serve in
Hyattsville Teen Advisory Committee
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HYATTSVILLE – Learning
about how the government works is
a part of every high school student’s
classroom education, but eight students from Northwestern High
School in Hyattsville are taking a
more hands-on approach.
The eight students now form the
Teen Advisory Committee (TAC) to
the Hyattsville City Council. The
committee, which was created by the
council to “nurture youth engagement and facilitate a voice for youth
concerns” in the community, will
help the council “identify supportive
and meaningful actions to improve
or address issues of importance to
the residents of Hyattsville,” according to the city’s website.
Saarah Abdul-Rauf, the coordinator of youth and recreation and the
staff liaison to the TAC, said when
she first heard about the committee
she immediately thought it was
something every school should already be doing and was a perfect opportunity for Hyattsville teens to be a
part of their community.
“I thought it would be a great
opportunity for teens to be a part of
their community and the city that
they live in. To advocate and produce
change,” she said.
Abdul-Rauf said the committee,
which had its second ever meeting
last week, took everyone who applied, which was 10 initially with
eight fully committing to the committee. Each teen applied with ideas
and issues they wanted to take on in
the committee.
Destiny Powers, a junior, said
she decided to join after Prince
George’s County Board of Education at-large member Mary
Kingston-Roche, who helped bring
the committee to fruition, spoke at
Northwestern and asked the students
if there was anything they cared
about and wanted to take action on.
“That really made me want to
join. I wanted to have a say because
so many students, like in the hallways you hear, complain and it’s
things that everyone wants to change
but no one really does,” Powers said.
On the committee, Powers
hopes to tackle issues such as trash
and pollution in the local forest, a desire to relocate city deer to a more
suitable habitat, and said she wants
to be an advocate for other teens and
her classmates.
Marlin Gutierrez, who is the junior class president, said she joined
not only to improve her leadership
skills, but to also act on the many
complaints she has heard from her
classmates, teachers and the parents
around her.
“My issue is transportation,”
she said. “The buses and everything.
No one has really spoken up about it
and I want to be the first.”
Charisse Clarke, a sophomore
at Northwestern who wants to advocate for healthier lunches, said by
having the TAC, she feels Hyattsville has put faith in its teenagers.
“We have issues we would like
to address and now we have the power to do it,” she said.
Leydy Madrid agreed and said
when she first heard that Hyattsville
had created this committee she was
surprised the city was giving power
to teenagers.
“You don’t hear much about
cities actually giving power to
younger, people,” Madrid said. “I
think its great and more places
should get something like this because I feel like if more places get it
then we can all come together as one
big group.”
Madrid said she hopes one day
all of the different cities’ youth can
come together to create change in the
county.
Powers said she is thankful the
city of Hyattsville gave the teens in
the community a chance to raise their
voice and a chance to grow in their
skills of leadership, as well as a
means to seek out opportunities in
politics.
“I feel like this opportunity is
going to open up a lot more doors for
Hyattsville and kids around Hyattsville who do want to go into politics and have leadership skills. I feel
like this program is going to go far,”
she said.
“This is such a unique opportunity,” Northwestern junior Jonathan
Wemple said. “Because it is not
every day you’re going to get a say in
what goes on in your local politics.
That’s really cool – that we’re 16 and
we’re all so young and we have this
opportunity right now.”
Wemple said he hopes the city
will start a group to help teenagers
and young people going through
tough times, or who need someone to
talk to.
The teens won’t start taking on
issues right away though, as the first
few meetings are dedicated to talking about the committee’s role and
what it means to be in the political
sphere. Abdul-Rauf said the teens
will also go through public speaking
training and learn the ins-and-outs of
the city council.
Despite only knowing each other as a group for a month, Madrid
believes the committee is a strong
one.
“We each bring something different and I feel that, as a group,
each of our own individual qualities
bring out a really strong group that
can really do something,” she said.
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HYATTSVILLE – Each year,
the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) participates in the
USA Science & Engineering Festival
and the festival’s “Nifty Fifty” talks
across the metropolitan area.
When James Johnson heard the
EPA was looking for volunteers to
speak to children, he immediately
jumped at the opportunity.
Johnson, who is the director of
National Center for Environmental
Research at the EPA, said teaching
students is “all part of my roots” as
he used to teach at Howard University.
“After leaving the deanship, I
went to EPA and kind of continued
the theme of working with young
people and inspiring them. Especially in the STEM areas, you know, science, technology, engineering and
math,” Johnson said.
On Feb. 11, Johnson went to
Nicholas Orem Middle School in
Hyattsville to talk to the students
about sustainability and what part
they can take in their environment.
His visit was part of the “Nifty Fifty”
talks sponsored by the USA Science
& Engineering Festival, which welcomes professionals from across the
STEM fields into the classroom to
talk to and inspire kids to seek jobs in
those fields.
The talks were called Nifty
Fifties because the program originally had 50 speakers from across the
STEM field spectrum participate in
the event. Now the program has
nearly four times as many professionals giving speeches, said Courtney Counts Brown, the director of
community outreach with the festival.
“We have about 200 STEM professionals that will come out
throughout the D.C. Metro Area and
also in Northern California,” Brown
said. “And they go into classrooms
and we coordinate the program. Our
speakers are people who are our
sponsors, like the EPA, or other professionals that people have recommended from the community.”
Brown said Larry Bock, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, and Lockheed Martin executives started the
program and festival to bring STEM
education to students in a hands-on
way to help boost the interest in
STEM-related fields and boost the
technology work force. The science
and engineering festival, which is
nicknamed “The Super Bowl of
STEM,” is a free expo hosted each
year that features more than 3,000
hands-on activities, as well as live
performances and experiments.
This year’s expo is scheduled
for April 16 and 17, but the Nifty
Fifty speeches began early in the
year and will continue until the festival. Brown said the professionals
chosen have careers in anything from
NASA and Google to beekeeping.
“We want these professionals to
get in front of the students so they
can really see that they are learning
this for a reason and there is a potential career here,” Brown said. “At
least one student at every talk has a
light bulb go off and say ‘hey I might
want to work in engineering’ or ‘I
might want to be a marine biologist’
or whatever it is. That is a win for
us.”
Johnson spoke to the Hyattsville
middle school after the school’s coSTEM directors, Quornelia Hypolite
and Justin Leonard, filed an application to have a professional speak at
their school. They said they wanted
someone who reflected their student
body and represented their school.
“Many times we get speakers
who aren’t Latino or aren’t AfricanAmerica or aren’t of Caribbean descent, so it was very important that
we could get a speaker who was one
of the three,” Hypolite said. “It’s part
of a bigger scheme of things of bringing people in and taking our students
out so they have exposure to different experiences.”
Leonard, who has helped form
partnerships between the school and
PHOTO BY CANDACE ROJO KEYES
James Johnson, the director of
National Center for Environmental
Research at the EPA, recently
visited Nicholas Orem Middle
School to talk about sustainability
and what part students can take in
their environment.
the Anacostia Watershed Society and
the University of Maryland, said the
middle school is sustainability-focused, teaches environmental sciences daily in the classroom, and is
career and college readiness based.
Johnson said he feels it is important to talk to young students
about sustainability and the environment because they have an impact on
what happens around them.
“They can make a difference,”
he said.
And for Emmanuel Kouao, a
sixth grade student at Nicholas
Orem, that was something he was excited to hear – he can make a difference. He said he liked hearing about
all the ways his choices could make
an impact in the environment.
“I really enjoyed the presentation and the fact that I learned that
pollution is invading and we have to
stop it by recycling and putting our
trash away,” he said.
The Nifty Fifty speeches will
continue throughout the month and
into April, with three more speeches
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FEBRUARY 18, 2016
NEWS
New museum exhibition highlights
African-American aviation history
By Andrea Blackstone
@andreablackston
COLLEGE PARK – On Feb.
11, a steady stream of curious onlookers, such as 19-year-old Ebi
Ojo, showed up at the College Park
Aviation Museum to see a featured
exhibition called “Another Field of
Firsts: African American Aviators
in Prince George’s County” on
opening night.
Ojo is a home-schooled student from Montgomery County
who is also the grandson of the late
Cicero Satterfield, Sr. Satterfield
was an original Tuskegee Airman
who served as an assistant crew
chief within the group of first
African-American military pilots
who flew in World War II. Ojo said
he aspires to become an aircraft mechanic.
During the trip to the College
Park Aviation Museum that he took
with various family members, Ojo
gazed admiringly at an old, weather-beaten gas pump. According to
Andrea Cochrane-Tracey, director
of the College Park Aviation Museum, the pump is the last physical
representation of the Columbia Air
Center, which was originally
known as Riverside Field.
“It’s awesome. I like it,” Ojo
said with a smile.
Ojo knows more aviation history than most, because he grew up
embracing a love of the history of
aviation with Satterfield and his
well-known friends. However, a
plethora of other museum visitors
were introduced to historical facts
for the first time.
By 1941, a rural area located
approximately 25 miles from College Park, in Croom, had become
the site of the Columbia Air Center,
which was the first licensed
African-American owned and operated airport in the state, and perhaps
the nation. The Columbia Air Center was partially established by an
African-American aviation pioneer
named John W. Greene, Jr. Greene
and Coleridge Mason Gill were
among the history-makers who belonged to The Cloud Club Inc., a
group of African-American pilots
who came together to create their
own flying club. Although the Columbia Air Center closed in 1958, it
was recognized as a haven from the
racial discrimination that was evident at other airports.
Today, only memories of the
airfield remain on the land at Patuxent River Park in Upper Marlboro.
Preserving history and raising
awareness of this unique local story
are just a few reasons why the
newest museum exhibition at the
College Park Aviation Museum is a
timely Black History Month addition.
The museum, an affiliate of the
Smithsonian Institution, is situated
on the grounds of the world’s oldest
continuously operating airport. In
1909, Wilbur Wright came to the
College Park Airport to teach the
first military aviators to fly.
The College Park Aviation
Museum, which was opened by The
Maryland-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission (MNCPPC), offers everything from
hands-on exhibits for all ages to
public activities, educational programs and tours that are meant to
encourage and foster curiosity
about the development of aviation
history and science of flight.
“The official name (of this exhibit) is ‘Another Field of Firsts:
African American Aviators in
Prince George’s County,’ and it
came about because a lot of people
refer to College Park Airport as the
field of firsts, because there were so
many aviation firsts that happened
here, thus why the museum came
into being. However, the first
African-American licensed and operated airport was also in Prince
George’s County,” CochraneTracey said. “It didn’t come into
existence until 1940 or 1941, so we
realized we really needed to do a
better job of telling sort of the full
story of aviation in Prince George’s
County, and John Greene was sort
of the impetus.
“We always had a small case
and it told some of the story, and it
was referenced in some of our other
permanent exhibits, but we felt like
we really wanted and needed to
have something that celebrated the
amazing history represented by
these African-Americans who
founded their own airfield. Because
essentially everywhere else they
went, they ended up being turned
away at some point due to race, so
they founded the Columbia Air
Center.”
Cochrane-Tracey said museum
visitors will have an opportunity to
see the featured exhibition through
Dec. 1. She added that although
“Another Field of Firsts: African
American Aviators in Prince
George’s County” features approximately eight primary people, it also
chronicles the story of how Croom
or Columbia Air Center came into
existence. Exhibit research led to
finding interesting biographies of
individuals who are linked to
Hampton Institute in Virginia,
Howard University and even a jazz
musician named James “Jimmie”
Melvin Lunceford who died at a
young age.
Elizabeth M. Hewlett, chairman of the M-NCPPC, agreed that
local African-American aviators
who made historical marks deserve
more exposure.
“We’re thrilled to be able to
have this exhibit to tell the story
about African-American aviators. I
do not think it is well known. I do
not think people are as knowledgeable. They know generally about
the Tuskegee Airmen, largely because of the movie, but not real history and how much took place right
here in Prince George’s County and
at this airport, and the other airports,” Hewlett explained. “It is information that is not generally
known and we’re getting to share it,
so we’re absolutely thrilled.”
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UMD a 2016 ‘College That Pays You Back’
By Andrea Blackstone
@andreablackston
COLLEGE PARK - According
to The Princeton Review, “Colleges
That Pay You Back: The 200 Schools
That Give You the Best Bang for
Your Tuition Buck – 2016 Edition”
addresses two of the most pressing
concerns often expressed by today’s
college applicants and their parents:
paying for college and post-graduation job return.
The book, published by Penguin
Random House/Princeton Review
Books, named University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) among
featured higher education institutions
delivering affordability and academics and sending graduates on their
way to rewarding and satisfying careers. The Princeton Review is a leading tutoring, test prep and college admission services company.
The Princeton Review selected
the schools based on a comprehensive analysis of more than 650 colleges, weighing over 40 data points to
tally return on investment ratings. Areas of consideration were academics,
cost, financial aid, graduation rates,
student debt and other areas. Data
was collected from The Princeton
Review’s 2014-2015 surveys of administrators and students, while additional data that enabled the company
to uncover starting and mid-career
salaries of alumni was collected from
PayScale.com through April of 2015.
Rob Franek, The Princeton Review’s senior vice president, publisher and lead author of the annual
guide, explained why two institutions in the University System of
Maryland – UMD and University of
Maryland, Baltimore County
(UMBC) – are particularly noteworthy.
“The Princeton Review has a
high regard for UMD as well as
UMBC for many years. We have recommended them in our annual flagship book, ‘The Best 380 Colleges.’
Only 15 percent of the nation’s fouryear colleges are in that annual guide
which names the schools we consider tops academically,” Franek said.
“We chose UMD and UMBC for this
PHOTO BY ANDREA BLACKSTONE
University of Maryland, College Park is among the higher education
institutions selected for inclusion in The Princeton Reviewʼs “Colleges
That Pay You Back: The 200 Schools That Give You the Best Bang for
Your Tuition Buck - 2016 Edition.”
new edition of our ‘Colleges That
Pay You Back’ book – each of them
also made this book last year as well
– because both are standouts, not
only for academics, but for affordability and for career preparation,
two of the other key factors we analyzed for these book selections.
While we also salute two other outstanding Maryland schools – Johns
Hopkins University and Loyola University Maryland – in this book,
these two University of Maryland
schools are exceptional bargains for
Maryland applicants for whom cost
is a factor."
Two students who attend UMD
agreed the university offers support
systems and career guidance.
Sarah Niezelski, 21, from Ellicott City, is a senior who is majoring
in mechanical engineering and economics. She said the faculty is interested in helping students succeed and
they show concern about them, both
professionally and academically.
Ian Moritz, 22, from South
Brunswick, N.J., is a senior majoring
in finance management who credits
the UMD faculty for creating relationships with students.
“For example, the faculty at the
Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship have gone out of their
way to connect me with people in industry, provide career guidance and
share resources and events in D.C.,”
Moritz said.
Brian Ullmann, associate vice
president for marketing and communications at UMD, said the school’s
entrepreneurship programs have
long been recognized as among the
nation’s best. UMD’s president, Wallace Loh, established the Academy
of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
with an ambitious goal of providing
every UMD student with courses in
entrepreneurship. Ullmann added
that UMD is on the way to achieving
this.
Along with Entrepreneur magazine, The Princeton Review also
ranked UMD No. 10 among undergraduate entrepreneurship programs
in a separate survey naming the top
25 undergraduate and graduate
schools for entrepreneurship studies
for 2016.
Ullmann also said UMD prides
itself on the diversity of its students.
This factor was also analyzed in
“Colleges That Pay You Back.”
“For three years running, students of color have comprised over
40 percent of our incoming class,”
Ullmann said. “Part of that is the result of our location within the diverse
Washington Metropolitan region,
and part of it is a reflection of our
university’s commitment to diversity
and inclusion as a core value.”
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Whatʼs happening this week in Prince Georgeʼs County
THURS 18
MAGFEST: 14TH ANNUAL MUSIC &
GAMING FESTIVAL
Gaylord National Resort & Convention
Center, 201 Waterfront St., National Harbor.
MAGFest is a four day long party dedicated to
the appreciation of video game music, gaming
of all types, and the community. The festival
runs 24 hours a day, and offers consoles, arcades, tabletop, LAN, live video game cover
bands, chiptunes, vendors, guest speakers
and much more. February 18-21. For information: www.magfest.org.
CULTURAL REPRESENTATIONS OF
CONFLICT IN PALESTINE AND IRAQ
Brentwood Arts Exchange, 3901 Rhode Island Ave., Brentwood. Two films this evening: A
Candle for the Shabandar Café, (23 min, 2007)
Directed by Emad Ali. My Neighborhood (26
min, 2013) Directed by Julia Bacha and Rebekah Wingert-Jabi. Following the film screening, there will be a discussion with filmmaker
and co-director of “My Neighborhood,” Rebekah
Wingert-Jabi and Valerie Anishchenkova, University of Maryland, Director of Arabic Programs
about cultural representations of conflict in
Palestine and Iraq. 6:30 p.m. Free. For information: 301-277-2863; TTY 301-699-2544.
CHESS CLUB
South Bowie Library. Learn to play or improve your game! 7-9 p.m. All ages are welcome. Presented by Eagle Chess Academy.
MEDITATION MADE SIMPLE
BY RUSSELL SIMMONS
South Bowie Library. Find a copy at your
branch today Simmons shows the connection
between inner peace and outward success
through interviews with other successful leaders in various industries, and how learning to
be still has been instrumental in his own career. 7-8 p.m. Adults.
NAACP GENERAL MEMBERSHIP
MEETING
9201 Basil Court, Suite 115, Largo. 7 p.m.
DIGITAL ART WORKSHOP
Spauldings Library. Come explore your creative potential by creating your own graphic
art! Led by a professional animator, this class
will show children how to draw and illustrate
using up-to-date digital art software. Registration requested, but drop-ins are welcome if
seating is available. 4-5:30 p.m. Please signup at the Information Desk or 301-817-3750.
PALS
Hyattsville Library. Join PALS (Partnering
Adults with Learning Students) Listen to a child
read or assist with school assignments all
while enjoying light refreshments. No registration necessary. Seniors. 4:30-6 p.m.
FAMILY GAME NIGHT
Bladensburg Library. Come play board
games at the Bladensburg Library! Bring one
of your own or play one of ours. 5-6 p.m. All
Ages.
CALL FOR LOCAL VETERAN ARTISTS
The Art of Freedom: War, Peace and
Everything in Between. The Dept of Parks and
Rec is looking for veteran artists to participate
in The Art of Freedom: War, Peace and Every-
February 18, 2016 - February 24, 2016
thing in Between exhibit. Open to all veterans
and active duty members who reside or are
deployed in Maryland, Washington, D.C. and
Virginia. Only artworks that can be displayed
on the wall will be accepted. Applications may
be submitted by mail or delivered in person
and no later than February 27, 2016 at 4 p.m.
No applications accepted by email. For information: 301-277-2863 or phil.davis@pgparks.com.
SEARCHING FOR CENTENARIANS
The Department of Parks and Rec in
Prince Georgeʼs County is looking for County
residents who are ages 95 and older to invite
them to a special Centenarian Celebration in
May. Special recognition will be given to Centenarians – residents who are 100 years old
and older. To sign up, call 301-206-3350. Entrants must sign up no later than February 19,
2016.
FRI 19
A STUDY IN ARCHAEOLOGY
College Park Community Center, 5051
Pierce Ave., College Park. Are you interested
in archaeology and learning about what people
in the past have left behind? Listen as archaeologist Kristin Montaperto from the Parks and
Recreation Archaeology Program discusses
archaeology and how it affects you and your
community. She will also have examples of artifacts and hands-on activities to show what archaeologists do. 6-8 p.m. Free. All ages welcome. For information: 301-441-2647; TTY
301-699-2544.
A NIGHT OF JAZZ
Prince Georgeʼs Sports & Learning Complex, 8001 Sheriff Road, Landover. Join us for
an evening of jazz and throwback documentaries of musicians such as Art Tatum, Billie
Holiday, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and others. 6-9 p.m. Bring a friend and enjoy! Refreshments will be served, but they are limited.
Free. All ages welcome. For information: 301583-2400; TTY 301-699-2544.
MAGIC: THE GATHERING CLUB
Hyattsville Library. Come cast spells and
battle wizards in our favorite fantasy card
game. Bring your own cards or use the ones
we have here. All experience levels welcome,
from never-played to expert. 4:30-5:45 p.m.
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FREE HIV TESTING
Saturday at First United Methodist Church of Hyattsville, 6201 Belcrest Road,
Hyattsville. Results in 20 minutes. 1-3 p.m. For information: 301-927-6133.
EXHIBITION: AL-MUTANABBI STREET
STARTS HERE
Brentwood Arts Exchange, 3901 Rhode
Island Ave., Brentwood. “Al-Mutanabbi Street
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STAFF FAVORITES
Select dogs with reduced adoption fees. Give a dog a loving home.
Starts Here” exhibition at the Brentwood Arts
Exchange celebrates the free exchange of
ideas and knowledge and stands in solidarity
with people everywhere that free expression
is threatened. Opening Reception: Saturday,
January 30, 5-8 p.m. Through Saturday,
March 12, 2016 from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Free.
For information: 301-277-2863; TTY 301-6992544.
EXHIBITION: ULYSSES MARSHALL
Publick Playhouse, 5445 Landover Road,
Cheverly. An exhibition of the work by Ulysses
Marshall, an artist who works principally in paper and mixed media collage. Through
Wednesday, March 30, 8:30 a.m. Free. For information: 301-446-3251; TTY 301-699-2544.
SAT 20
TIMBERDOODLE HIKE
Patuxent River Park, 16000 Croom Airport
Road, Upper Marlboro. Join a naturalist for a
night hike to see the spectacular courtship display of the Timberdoodle, or American Woodcock! This mysterious bird reliably performs a
spiraling flight display shortly after sunset.
Then, walk to a pond and see if you can spot
beavers, owls or other nocturnal animals. 5:306:30 p.m. Resident: $2; Non-Resident: $3.
Ages 6 & up. For information: 301-627-6074;
TTY: 301-699-2544.
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ALENDAR
Whatʼs happening this week in Prince Georgeʼs County
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GIRL SCOUT DAY
College Park Aviation Museum, 1985 Corporal Frank Scott Dr., College Park. Girl
Scouts are invited to explore womenʼs roles in
the history of aviation and to learn about the
science of flight. The variety of activities they
complete will count towards badge and journey requirements.
11 a.m.-2 p.m. $5/participant. Ages 6 & up. To register or for information: 301-864-6029; TTY 301-699-2544
20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF
ROLLINGCREST SPLASH POOL
Rollingcrest-Chillum Splash Pool, 6122
Sargent Road, Chillum. The community is invited to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the
Rollingcrest-Chillum Splash Pool. 4-8:30 p.m.
Free. All ages welcome. For information: 301853-9115; TTY 301-699-2544.
CREATIVE DIALOGUE:
INNOVATOR TALK
Brentwood Arts Exchange, 3901 Rhode Island Ave., Brentwood. The Brentwood Arts Exchange in partnership with The Clarice Smith
Performing Arts Center presents Art and Community Development: City Blossoms is a nonprofit organization working out of the Washington, DC area dedicated to kid-driven, community engaging, creative green spaces. 1 p.m.
For information: 301-277-2863.
February 18, 2016 - February 24, 2016
JUBILEE VOICES
Trinity Episcopal Church, 14515 Church St.,
Upper Marlboro. The Washington Revels Jubilee Voices ensemble is committed to the
preservation of African-American history and
traditions — presenting songs and stories of
struggle and perseverance, trials and triumphs, as expressed through a cappella music and poetry. Program sponsored by Darnallʼs Chance House Museum. 2-3 p.m. Capacity limited; reservations required. FREE.
For information: 301-952-8010.
MS WORD BASICS
Spauldings Library. Microsoft Word is one
of the most popular and widely used software
packages in the world. Considered word processing software, Microsoft Word offers a large
number of features that can be used at home,
school or on the job. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Adults.
FIRST LADIES TEA
Marietta House Museum, 5626 Bell Station
Road, Glenn Dale. From Martha Washington to
Michele Obama, the First Ladies have been
hosting various teas, luncheons and events.
Join us for a tea featuring recipes from these
first ladies. Reservations are required, Space is
limited. 2-4 p.m. $25/person. Ages 8 and up. For
information: 301-464-5291; TTY 301-699-2544.
BIBLIOBOP DANCE PARTY
Greenbelt Library Auditorium. Calling all
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BRIDGES OF THE WORLD FILM FESTIVAL
Tuesday at Bowie Center for the Performing Arts, 15200 Annapolis Road, Bowie. Bridges to the World Film
Festival features films with English subtitles selected by the Embassy of the respective countries to show the
spirit of the country. This week: “Breaking the Wave” from Panama. 7 p.m. Free. The format for the festival is an
introduction followed by a discussion. For information: 301-805-6880, www.bowiecenter.org,
www.worldartists.org, or wae@comcast.net.
Preschoolers and Toddlers! Come and bust a
move and shake your sillies out at the Greenbelt Bibliobop Dance Party. Bring your parents
or caregivers and prepare to boogie and bop
until we all drop! 10:30-11:30 a.m. No registration or tickets required.
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TAX-AIDE
Surratts-Clinton Library. AARP Foundation Tax-Aide volunteers will
provide free tax aid for low-income and senior taxpayers. 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
AARP Foundation Tax-Aide volunteers are trained and IRS-certified each
year to ensure their knowledge about the latest changes and additions to
the U.S. Tax Code. Please bring a copy of last yearʼs tax return and all W2
and 1099 income documents to ensure accurate service. Call 301-2922188 on Fridays only between 10 am and 2 pm to make appointments for
the following Tuesday.
WRITERS GROUP
Laurel Library. The novice to experienced
writers are welcome to find your creative voice
through writing . Writers share ideas, find inspiration, and participate in the group critiques. All
writing genres are welcome. 11 a.m.-noon.
Adults.
NATURE HIKE
Patuxent River Park, 16000 Croom Airport
Road, Upper Marlboro. Join a naturalist for a
woodland nature hike and search for early
signs of spring. 10 a.m.-noon. Resident: $2;
Non-Resident: $3. All ages welcome. For infor-
mation: 301-627-6074; TTY 301-699-2544.
MARYLAND MADNESS
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
The Show Place Arena, 14900 Pennsylvania Ave., Upper Marlboro. Cheer and Dance
Extreme brings the Maryland Madness Open
Championship to The Show Place Arena for
two days of competition! Saturdayʼs events will
focus on the All Star Cheer and School Cheer
while Sundayʼs competition will feature the All
Star Prep and Rec Cheer and All Dance Divisions. 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m. $16/Spectators (ages
12 & up); $10/person (ages 6-11); Free (ages
5 & under). For information: 301-952-7900;
TTY 301-699-2544.
WRITE IT DOWN TO LAY IT DOWN:
HEALING AFTER LOSS
Chesapeake Life Center, John & Cathy
Belcher Campus, 90 Ritchie Highway,
Pasadena. The community is invited to attend
a workshop presented by award-winning author Laura Oliver 10 a.m.-noon. Oliver uses
writing as a tool to explore grief and to help
participants move to a new place in their journey through loss. Participants do not need to
have any writing experience; all that is needed
is an open spirit. The cost is $15. To register:
888-501-7077.
ACT-SO NAACP BREAKFAST
DoubleTree by Hilton, 9100 Basil Ct.,
Largo. Come out and learn more about the
ACT-SO Program. Win a gold medal on the local level and advance to the Nationals, where
you can receive prizes including money, scholarships, and laptops. 10 a.m.-noon. For information: 240-543-2676 or
dora.actso@gmail.com.
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HISTORY & LEGACY CELEBRATION!
Southern Technical/Recreation Complex,
7007 Bock Road, Fort Washington. Accepting
Our History, Acknowledging Our Progress &
Affirming Our Future! Join Region 3 at South
Tech/Rec as we celebrate the strength and resilience of our community with engaging workshops, an art exhibition, live music and entertainment, goods vendors, and dynamic speakers. 1-4 p.m. For information: 301-749-4160;
TTY 301-699-2544.
QUILTING CLASS
Spauldings Library. Come join us and have
fun learning how to hand quilt! We all can learn
from each other and make new friends. Come
with 1/2 yard of fabrics, 100% cotton light and
dark colors. 10 a.m.-noon. Adults.
BIRD WALK
Parking lot off Gov. Bridge Rd.,1 mile from
Rt.301. BirdWalk at the Governor Bridge Natural Area. PG Audubon Society. Meet 7:30
a.m. All skill levels. Variety of birds and habitats. No reservations needed. For information:
kiwisuits@msn.com or 240-603-5201.
PGCMLS FINANCIAL LITERACY
FUNDAMENTALS
Spauldings Library. The Prince Georgeʼs
County Memorial Library System Foundation
invites you to begin the new year wiser about
your financial life. Financial Literacy Fundamentals is a free workshop presented in collaboration with SunTrust Bank. 10 a.m.-noon.
CREATIVE COLORING FOR ADULTS
Upper Marlboro Library. This program will
provide coloring sheets, crayons, colored pencils and markers as tools to promotes creativity, encourage relaxation and provide an outlet
to have fun. 11 a.m.-noon.
CDA MEETING
Village Baptist Church, 1950 Mitchellville
Road, Bowie. Do you have a problem with
drugs or alcohol and find that you canʼt stop or
stay stopped? We meet every Thursday night
@ 8 p.m. & Saturday night @ 7 p.m. Call
Chemically Dependent Anonymous, a fellowship of recovering addicts and alcoholics at 1888-CDA-HOPE or visit www.cdaweb.org.
SUN 21
LYNN HOLLYFIELD CONCERT
7400 Temple Hills Road, Temple Hills. The
Davies Concert Series, on Sunday, February
21st, will present the award winning, Lynn Hollyfield, one of DCʼs most influential and gifted
singer-songwriters. Hollyfield will be celebrating the mid-winter season, with songs celebrating love, life and its beauty. $15 Adults, $5 Students-Includes a Meet-the-Artist reception following the concert. 6:30 p.m. For information:
301-638-2236 or www.DMUUC.org.
RE-INVENTION BY WINSTON HARRIS
Montpelier Arts Center, 9652 Muirkirk Road,
Laurel By combining printmaking techniques,
digital manipulation, hand-colored processes
and recycled past artwork, Winston Harris
seeks to produce images that provoke and
promote self-awareness and spiritual enlightenment. Through Sunday, February 28, 10
a.m.-5 p.m. (Daily). Free. For information: 301377-7800; TTY 301-699-2544.
WHAT REMAINS
Harmony Hall Regional Center, 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington. This yearʼs
Black History Month exhibit focuses on AfricanAmerican life in Prince Georgeʼs County from
the late 1600s to early 1900s. Using artifacts,
interactive displays and images, the exhibit illuminates spirituality, home life, children and
consumerism of African-Americans in Prince
Georgeʼs County. Through February 29.
FREE. For information: 301-203-6070 or
www.arts.pgparks.com.
MON 22
ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FORUM
Oxon Hill Library Auditorium, 6200 Oxon
Hill Road, Oxon Hill. The Prince Georgeʼs
County Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) will host a Community Forum. 6-8 p.m. Free and open to the public
and ample parking is available. For information: 301-883-5540.
TEEN MENTORS NEEDED
Volunteers are needed for the Cityʼs
Youth & Family Services Teen Mentoring
Program. Spend one hour a week with a
Bowie High School student and make a
tremendous impact! You can help by contacting Program Coordinator Rhonda Simon
at 301-809-3033 or 240-671-5382 or mentor@cityofbowie.org.
—Compiled by Tabatha Yeatts
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YEAR 2016 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR HOUSING
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT for the purpose of
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2016 Annual Action Plans to support the Arnold Gardens project.
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Prince George’s County High School Basketball
Boys Top Scorers (points-per-game)
1. Shawn Moss, Oxon Hill, 24.9
2. Christian Matthews, Nat. Christian, 21
3. Cameron Hayes, Douglass, 19.6
4. Travis Henson, Friendly, 19.2
5. Markelle Fultz, DeMatha ,18.3
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The Sentinel’s Photo of the Week
Girls Top Scorers (points-per-game)
1. Octavia Wilson, Roosevelt, 22.3
2. Jahnaya Peterson, Suitland, 20.2
3. Kaila Charles, Riv. Baptist, 20
4. Chance Graham, Largo, 17.9
5. Mykea Gray, Nat. Christian, 17.9
Boys’ Rankings
Girls’ Rankings
Catholic/Independent
DeMatha
22-4
St. John's
24-3
National Christian
20-1
Gonzaga
21-6
Capitol Christian
20-6
Catholic/Independent
National Christian
24-0
Paul VI Catholic
27-1
Riverdale Baptist
27-3
Good Counsel
21-4
St. John's
20-5
Public
1. Eleanor Roosevelt
2. Gwynn Park
3. Frederick Douglass
4. Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr.
5. Bladensburg
6. Crossland
7. Largo
8. Central
9. Bowie
10. Surrattsville
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Public
1. Forestville
2. Gwynn Park
3. Eleanor Roosevelt
4. Oxon Hill
5. Parkdale
6. Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr.
7. Crossland
8. Largo
9. Central
10. Bowie
17-2
17-1
15-1
13-3
12-5
12-5
12-5
11-4
11-8
10-8
*rankings complied by Sean Farrell as of
Feb. 14
PHOTO BY MICHAEL SMITH
Gwynn Parkʼs Kollin Mitchell goes up for a one-handed dunk in the Yellowjacketsʼ 7270 overtime loss to Largo on Feb. 10.
16-2
15-3
14-6
13-4
13-5
13-3
10-6
10-5
10-8
11-9
*rankings complied by Sean Farrell as of
Feb. 14
Prince George’s County High School Recruit Watch
Kaila Charles
Riverdale Baptist
5-11
Wing
Mikiyah Croskey
National Christian Academy
6-1
Forward
Shannon Dozier
Capitol Christian Academy
5-11
Wing
Mangela Ngandjui
Riverdale Baptist
6-0
Wing
Kiara Smith
Forestville High School
5-9
Point Guard
A University of Maryland commit,
Charles has every skill coaches
dream of. She is an athletic perimeter prospect who is explosive, attacks the rim and can finish in traffic. In the mid-range game, she elevates on her jumper.
Croskey is a Hofstra University
commit who uses her size to her advantage. She is a stretch-4 forward
who runs the floor well in transition
and is very solid defensively. She
still needs to develop some range
on her shot, but that should come
with time.
This long and agile perimeter player has already committed to Jacksonville University. She is very dynamic offensively, but lacks range
from deep.
The UNC-Greensboro commit is an
agile, however undersized, forward
with lots of versatility. She is very
active on the glass and defends her
area well. She still needs to develop
a better low post game offensively.
A speedy and athletic guard, Smith
brings a nice flow to her game with
a scorer's mentality. Her handle and
passing make her an asset as she
can distribute in transition with
great court awareness. She also attacks the rim and creates contact.
Smith has signed with Syracuse.
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FEBRUARY 18, 2016
SPORTS
Oxon Hill’s Shawn Moss Local boxing action to pick up this month
reaches 1,000-point mark
By Ron Harris
@DCRonski
By Craig Lee
@uaingotalicraig
OXON HILL – Senior guard
Shawn Moss of Oxon Hill High
School has put up big numbers all
season.
And although he steps foot on
the court wearing a No. 1 jersey, he
became the second player in his
school's history to reach the 1,000point milestone.
The Oxon Hill Clippers went
head-to-head with the Central Falcons on Feb. 4 in a game that resulted in an 81-68 loss for the Clippers. But not all was lost that night.
Moss, who was 22 points away
from joining 1998 All-Met Player
of The Year and 2003 New York
Knicks first round selection
Michael Sweetney as the only two
players to score 1,000 points at
Oxon Hill, scored exactly 22 points
to grab the career achievement.
“It's a great accomplishment,”
Moss said. “I'm only the second
player to accomplish 1,000 points
scored in Oxon Hill history. It's just
a testament to the work I put in
over the years with my dad, trainer
and coaches, and how much trust
my team has had in me as a leader.
This is just another part of the journey.”
As he dribbled through the opposing defenses, Moss was ascending to new heights - heights that
would correlate with his motivational forces.
“I'm one of those guys that
gets the ‘he's too small’ comment
all the time,” Moss said. “I play
with a chip on my shoulder every
night to prove that height doesn't
matter. Being overlooked is motivation.”
Moss, standing a little under
six feet, doesn't allow his height to
hinder his level of play. Averaging
24.9 points and three assists per
game, Moss has been consistent for
the Clippers this year as they push
toward the end of the regular season. His fearless attitude shows the
second he hits the court – much
like one of his idols.
“My biggest influence is Russell Westbrook,” Moss said. “I love
how passionate he is about the
game and how much intensity he
brings every night. I also love how
he feeds off of criticism and how he
is determined to prove people
wrong.”
Moss has proved skeptics
wrong on the court, and in the
classroom as he has proven himself
to be correct most of the time,
maintaining a 3.25 grade point average throughout all four years of
high school.
“It has been continuously
preached to me that without grades,
there will be no sports,” Moss said.
“Good grades will help you get
money for college, because the ultimate goal is to get a free education.”
Moss has taken a liking to
math and is looking to combine his
love of math and sports for his college major. He is currently leaning
toward majoring in sports management or physical therapy.
“I've always been a math guy,
and I love sports,” Moss said. “It's
hard to choose between Advanced
Placement statistics and team
sports.”
Moss keeps a well-balanced
system for his academics and
sports. Having to keep the pendulum swinging in both directions
equally, time management has
been the foundation for Moss' success during his stint at Oxon Hill.
“It's been both fun and stressful at times, but basketball relieves
the stress from schoolwork,” Moss
said.
The Oxon Hill senior is still
weighing his options with colleges.
“The recruitment process has
been picking up,” Moss said. “I've
received interest from some
schools, but I am still waiting on
my first scholarship offer.”
Putting his educational and
athletic goals in-sync with each
other, there are no limitations to
Moss’ ambition.
It has been a slow start to local
boxing in 2016.
It will pick up this month with
contender Mike Reed stepping into
the ring on Feb. 27 at the Theater at
Madison Square Garden, and Lamont Roach, Jr. fighting out west to
stay undefeated.
Reed, 23, sporting a 17-0
record with 10 knockouts, has not
fought since November.
“My promoter told me to shut it
down after the November fight and I
relaxed for the first time in my ca-
reer,” Reed said.
His opponent will be Marco
Lopez, who is 24-8.
“Lopez is a fighter that likes to
fight at a slow pace,” Reed said. “I
am going to try to speed him up.”
Reed, who hails from Clinton,
said he is feeling like a real professional fighter. He’s making a living
doing what he loves to do.
“Since signing with Top Rank, I
have moved out and I have my own
place and my first car,” Reed said. “I
feel like a man making a living, with
bills included.”
Reed is looking for a big crowd
from Prince George’s County to
come up to New York. He is telling
fans to get there early because he is
told he will fight early in the fight
card.
Reed’s goal for 2016 is to “fight
a 10-round fight and to fight on TV.”
There will be other local boxing
shows coming up as well. Also on
Feb. 27, Kings Promotions will put
on fights at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, featuring
several local pros.
On March 5, Golden Boy Promotions will feature locals
D’Mitrius Ballard, Kevin Rivers, Jr.,
Tony Thompson and Lamont Roach,
Jr. at the DC Armory.
Local sports around Prince George’s County
By Daniel Kucin Jr.
Sports Editor
LANDOVER – Eleanor Roosevelt’s men’s and women’s swim
teams put together amazing performances during the 4A/3A South Regional Swimming Championships
on Feb. 13. Roosevelt’s men’s squad
earned a second place finish with
340 points, while the women placed
third with 286 points through 24
events. The 4A/3A State Championship Meet will take place at Eppley Recreation Center on Feb. 20
starting at 10 a.m.
Bowie State University’s men’s
basketball team defeated Fayetteville State University 85-72 on
Feb. 11. Bowie State junior Michael
Briscoe led the Bulldogs in scoring
with 23 points. Briscoe also added
seven assists and a steal. Another top
performer for Bowie State was senior guard Justin Beck. Beck scored
20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds.
Bowie State will face Chowan University in its next matchup.
Gwynn Park’s girls’ basketball
team dominated Chesapeake Math
and IT 67-26 on Feb. 12. Junior Jada
Lewis led the Yellowjackets in scor-
ing with 18 points. Teammates Tania
Hill and Cekiya McIver combined
for 22 points as well. Gwynn Park
looks forward to facing Forestville
on Feb. 17.
Bladensburg’s boys’ basketball
team defeated Bowie 65-63 on Feb.
11. Bladensburg senior guard Kavon
Wade led all scorers with 21 points.
Wade had support from teammate
Daniel Oladapo. Oladapo finished
the contest with 17 points to help
lead the Mustangs to victory.
Bladensburg will go on to face Dr.
Henry A. Wise Jr. in their next
matchup.
Swimmers take part in 3/2/1A Regionals
By Shawn McFarland
Managing Editor
LANDOVER – Although nobody was able to bring home a
first-place finish in the 3/2/1A
South Regional Championships,
Prince George’s County had some
swimmers finish in the top six in
their respective events.
The area’s highest finish belonged to Gwynn Park’s R’Janae
Marshall. Marshall came in fourth
in the women’s 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:23.92.
Also picking up a fourth-place
finish was the men’s 200 freestyle
medley relay team from Friendly.
The four-man squad of Kerrington
Banks, Jordan Jackson, Juan
Charles and Jon Jackson finished
with a time of 1:46.60 in the event.
The quartet also finished in
sixth place (2:00.82) in the men’s
200 medley relay.
Friendly’s Freedom Morant
picked up two fifth-place finishes
on the day. She finished the
women’s 200 IM with a time of
2:53.99, and also placed with a
time of 1:16.08 in the women’s
butterfly.
Fellow Patriot Jon Jackson,
who was also on the relay team,
picked up a fifth-place finish of his
own in the 50 freestyle. He finished
with a time of 24.55.
Lastly, the women’s 200 med-
ley relay team from Frederick Douglass picked up a sixth-place finish.
The team of Tawnie Wood, Morgan
Eugene, Traleia McCorkle and Jordon Day came in with a time of
2:25.63.
The team helped Douglass to a
ninth place finish with 109 points –
the highest local finish on the
women’s side. Crossland (11th,
73), Friendly (12th, 54) and
Gwynn Park (13th, 52) rounded out
the scoring.
Friendly’s men tallied the
highest point total on their side,
coming in seventh with 172 points.
Gwynn Park was 10th with 42
points, while Douglass was 12th
with eight points.

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