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Council Declines State’s Offer Women’s History Month March is Women’s National History Month. In observance, To Limit “Onerous” Forms Use the News Review will run articles about Greenbelt women of significant accomplishment whose stories are not well known by Kathleen Gallagher here. The series is being coordinated by David Lange. At its regular meeting of requirements than a hue and cry members of the city’s Advisory February 25 council decided to was raised that the extremely de- Planning Board and Board of make little modification to the tailed financial disclosure report- Appeals. financial reporting requirements ing required under the new law, As interpreted by the city, the Watson, Autism Specialist, it adopted in 2011 to comply which was designed for state of- new, more detailed public disclo- with a new state law, despite the ficials, was unnecessarily burden- sure form was, in addition to the Has Broad Reach in Schools complaints of municipal officials some for smaller jurisdictions and above individuals, required of the could result in a reluctance to run assistant city manager, the city about the effects of implementing by Marat Moore the “onerous” form and despite for office or to volunteer to serve clerk, all department directors an admission by the state ethics as appointees on those boards and assistant directors, the chief board that the city’s require- required to file. The argument of police, police captains and Julie Watson fervently believes ments now exceed what the state was not with the conflict of inter- the members of the Greenbelt that all children should be able requires. est standards themselves but with Ethics Commission. In the past, to fulfill their potential. In her Nearly two years ago, the the paperwork and very detailed employees at level 15 and above, position as an autism instructional governor signed into law legis- forms. At the council meeting, which include most of those in- specialist for Prince George’s lation adopted by the Maryland Mayor Judith Davis said that dividuals, were required to file County schools, she is helping to e General Assembly in 2010 to smaller cities are now reporting only the section of the city’s make that a reality for students moor establish more consistent ethics the occurrence of these effects disclosure form dealing with the who enter the public education regulations at all levels of gov- and that a new study group has receipt of gifts. system with the diagnosis of an ernment across the state. In the formed to examine the impact of Slam Dunk? autism spectrum disorder (ASD). marat wake of a number of election ir- the new law on local government. The complaints about the Autism spectrum disorders are regularities, as well as corruption As noted in this newspaper’s state’s overreach had been so a group of developmental dis- charges at the county level, the August 11, 2011, coverage of abundant that the item on the abilities that can cause significant BY PHOTO legislation required county and council’s worksession on the agenda of the February 25 meet- social, communication and behav- Julie Watson municipal elected officials and new ethics code, in Greenbelt the ing, indicating that Greenbelt’s ioral challenges. ASDs range in members of boards of education new reporting requirements also application of the new law went severity, from the milder form to adhere to conflict of interest have a significant effect on city well beyond the requirement of of Asperger’s syndrome to the around others and tend to make standards and financial disclosure staff members. Prior to 2011 the the state and could thus be scaled more severe Autistic Disorder. a decision that others may not requirements that were “equiva- city’s complete financial disclo- back, appeared to be a slam dunk. ASDs are on the rise, although understand or they may just give lent to or exceed” the state’s sure form which, though lengthy, As reported in a memorandum it’s not yet clear whether that is up and isolate themselves. They requirements for its own officials. was not as detailed as the new to council from Clerk Cindy Mur- a result of improved diagnosis can become very anxious in so- Hue and Cry one required by the state, was ray, the state ethics board had or an increase in incidence, ac- cial situations. If not given the No sooner did local elected filed only by councilmembers and made clarifications indicating that cording to the federal Centers for right supports, the anxiety can officials begin to look at the new candidates, the city manager and there was no need for staff below Disease Control and Prevention. interfere with their ability to be the level of department head to More than 1,200 county students successful in class.” file the new detailed form nor was in all grades are on the autism Trains Teachers Hoyer Testifies in Support it required for the members of the spectrum. Watson trains teachers and Advisory Planning Board and the “Children with autism have staff in the county’s 24 mid- Board of Appeals. difficulty understanding social dle schools and 23 high schools Of County Location for FBI City Attorney Robert Manzi interaction,” Watson said. “They did, however, advise that those often are unsure what to do See WATSON, page 6 by James Giese individuals who were no longer expected to file the new detailed Greenbelt’s Congressional rights for property owned by the form should now be required to Greenbelter Studies Mary Representative Steny Hoyer and Washington Metropolitan Tran- file the city’s prior complete dis- five other area members of Con- sit Authority, now used for the closure form. None of the city Shelley and Has Two Jobs gress each testified on March Greenbelt Station parking lot. It staff members in this group had 13 in support of relocating the is the only Metro owned property been required to file previously. by Jim Link proposed new Federal Bureau of proposed for the FBI use. GSA Implementing the plan sug- Investigation (FBI) headquarters has indicated that proximity to gested by the city attorney would facility to his or her jurisdic- public transportation will be an Melissa Sites’s doctoral dis- tion according to metropolitan important consideration in site se- See COUNCIL, page 6 sertation topic – on Mary Shelley area press reports. Appearing lection. The site has the further – explains much about how she before a house subcommittee advantage of having direct access thinks and why she lives the way of the Transportation and In- to the Capital Beltway. What Goes On she does. And why she’s such frastructure Committee, Hoyer The other county site report- Saturday, March 23 stimulating company. emphasized that a September edly proposed is a portion of the 9 a.m. to noon, Donation Of the teenage prodigy who Maryland state study determined property planned to be developed Drop-off, Parking Lot between penned Frankenstein, Sites says, k lin that 43 percent of FBI employ- in the large planned community “I love her for her revolutionary

City Offices and the Commu- im ees live in Maryland. He be- to be known as Westphalia, lo- vision for domesticity combined lieved that a facility in Prince cated at the intersection of the nity Center with political revolution. I part George’s County would best suit Beltway with Pennsylvania Av- Wednesday, March 27 ways with feminist critics who the needs of the FBI and be the enue. That site is not adjacent to 7:30 p.m., Advisory Planning think she went conservative af- j BY PHOTO most convenient location for a Metro Station. Hoyer did not Board Meeting, Community ter writing Frankenstein. With Melissa Sites the greatest percentage of FBI express preference for a particular Center, Room 114 parents like William Godwin and headquarters employees. site in the county. 8 p.m., City Council Meeting/ Mary Wollstonecraft – such great According to the General “In addition, Maryland has re- Budget Presentation, Municipal radicals – no, no, no!” “Mary Wollstonecraft was an Services Administration (GSA), cently seen unprecedented growth Building, Live on Verizon 21, Me: “ Can you elaborate?” amazing person! The world there were 35 expressions of in- in the field of cyber security, Comcast 71 and streaming at Sites: “Godwin was Europe’s would have been a different place terest from throughout the region which would provide the FBI www.greenbeltmd.gov foremost theorist of anarchism. if she had lived!” for the construction of a new with greater access to experts He was no riot-prone bomb Hooked, I ask her to continue. Thursday, March 28 FBI headquarters facility. At in the field, as well as a highly- thrower but believed in a soci- “Wollstonecraft was an incen- least two are in Prince George’s skilled workforce,” Hoyer testi- 7:30 p.m., Greenbelt Homes, ety of responsible citizens who diary pamphleteer; she died at County. The one which appar- fied, noting the close proximity Inc., (GHI) Board Meeting, govern themselves instead of age 38 giving birth to Mary . . . . ently has garnered the strongest of the county to the U.S. Cyber GHI Administration Building being governed by parliament or Lots of people think Shelley was local official support is a site Command at Ft. Meade and other Saturday, March 30 legislators. Everybody keeps an a one-book wonder, like Harper offered by the developers of cyber related facilities, including 10 a.m., Egg Hunt, 18 months eye on each other and helps each Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird). Greenbelt Station at the Greenbelt educational facilities. to 6th grade, Buddy Attick Park other . . . .” Not at all!” Metro Station within the city, Intrigued, I ask about Mary who have obtained development See FBI HQ, page 2 Shelley’s mom. See SITES, page 9 Page 2 GREENBELT NEWS REVIEW Thursday, March 21, 2013 Rejoicing with Paul Downs Letters Grin Belt by Doug Love

Kudos on Profile I was thrilled to read Paul quiet and observe if we are going Kudos to Dr. Susan Breon Downs’ celebration of the Forest to be there. for her knowledgeable profile of Preserve at age 10. His descrip- The suburb is alive with the the fascinating Dr. Patricia Boyd tion of his ceremonial celebration social activities of people work- in last week’s paper. I suppose was fascinating but not as much ing, coming home from work, it’s not surprising that she can as are the woods themselves. gardening and playing. The lucidly explain arcana of astro- And yet, little reason of why he woods are alive with plants and physics, since she is the head of celebrates is conveyed by his animals doing what they need the Cryogenics and Fluids Branch words, no matter how grand. I to do to find nourishment and at NASA. think it is because Paul is at the love of their own kind. This As a talented musician who heart an artist and I expect him is a greater set than the sum participates in many of God- to report to us as a scientist. Let of humanity and pets; and yet dard’s MAD productions herself, me now again make the case we are welcome to be part of Dr. Breon is the perfect profiler for the woods being a forest an open preserve like we have to enlighten us about the multi- preserve, agreeing in all respects around Greenbelt. The fact that faceted Dr. Boyd. This extraor- with Paul but giving my own it surrounds us should be com- dinary woman was a hidden trea- view. forting. A few have met the sure until now, at least for me. I grew up in Hometown, relatively minor dangers of the Jim Link Ill., a suburb of Chicago. It woods, from briars to poison was one of many suburbs de- ivy to ticks, to rabid animals. Kudos for Joy Gods signed after Greenbelt, with its These problems can be avoided "Hey Dad, which branch of our family tree, The recent production of The own special details, as all green with a little care and have never Joy Gods Return was fantastic. towns were designed by their caused me to avoid the woods. did Sequester and Filibuster come from?" Once again, Chris Cherry has developers. The biggest dif- Even running down a trail dur- outdone himself in writing and ference between Greenbelt and ing a thunderstorm reveals sud- directing this musical. The tal- Hometown was that there is no den springs that rise in the trail, continued from page 1 ent of the teenagers involved greenbelt around Hometown. converting it to a small stream. FBI HQ was incredible. I was genuinely The stretch of weeds along the Even in dry weather I wonder at touched by their acting, singing railroad quickly filled up with the hydrological balance between According to Daniel J. Serno- this one out, they kind of excluded and dancing. I want everyone city facilities and civic organiza- the hidden ground water and the vitz of the Washington Business you.” While such a criterion was involved with the production tions. The elementary schools outcrop of the water table that is Journal, Delegate Eleanor Holmes not set by GSA, Dorothy Robyn, to know what an impact it had provided permanent playgrounds. a stream or pond. Norton of the District of Colum- commissioner of the GSA’s public on me. Thank you, thank you, Each house had a tree planted It is just that the woods con- bia was particularly incensed building service, said that transpor- thank you! in the front yard and 60 years tain so many features that are over a December 2011 resolu- tation options will be an important Cheryl Peckenpaugh later those trees that remain have different from our suburban lives tion of the Senate which she felt criterion in site selection, according grown to a glorious maturity. to be almost an exact opposite was an attempt to cut the district to Sernowitz. But copses of trees and bushes? to contrast with our homes and out of the site competition. That Robyn also told the repre- The nearest forest preserve is yards that gives Greenbelt char- resolution set as a site criterion sentatives that it likely will be several miles to the west. acter that so many suburbs lack. that it be located within 2.5 miles months before the GSA reviews Send us a line Here in Greenbelt, we live on If our homes become boring, we of the Beltway. Subcommittee the ideas submitted and decides the edge of a fairyland. There is need only step past our yards to Chair John Mica (R.-Fla.) agreed, whether to issue a more targeted newsreview a limit to the development and see something totally different, according to Sernowitz, saying, “I search for a private development beyond it is almost uncontrolled yet commonplace for our cli- saw the Senate resolution, figure partner. @verizon.net wildness. Here nothing was mate and terrain. We see what planted to grow in a straight line was there before our houses and or to border something. The what remains after we come in plants chose themselves by where droves to populate this fragile the birds dropped their seeds. land. Some European fiction Correction We have parkland between the describes villages that border on Greenbelt After reading “Feb. Na- units, with carefully paved paths a Fairyland, just beyond the mun- ture Discovery Walk” on the linking houses, stores and civic dane spaces of home. Some fear front page last week, Joey buildings. But the woods have it, others brave it. News Review Murray was in haste to cor- trails beaten into the living earth, And when some would build rect the size of the turkey linking not the natural features on it for a brief profit, we step AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER flock he’d seen – the turkeys we want to see but the places forward into the civilized commu- numbered fewer than 15 not that wild animals want to go. If nity to defend and preserve this 15 Crescent Road, Suite 100, Greenbelt, Maryland 20770-1887 the far larger (and unlikely) we see a creature of the forest, great alternative to civilization, 301-474-4131 • FAX 301-474-5880 flock size that appeared in we know that it is not invading an alternative that allows us to email: [email protected] the article. our space, we are invading theirs more fully appreciate the civilized website: www.greenbeltnewsreview.com and have the responsibility to be spaces around us.

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Sorry about that. 301-474-9744 • 301-474-9745 129 Centerway Greenbelt Community Center at 15 Crescent Rd. www.pandgtheatres.com OFFICE HOURS: Monday 2 - 4 p.m., Tuesday 2 - 4, 8 - 10 p.m. Thursday, March 21, 2013 GREENBELT NEWS REVIEW Page 3 Community Events At the Library Greenbelt’s Egg Hunt Greenbelt Holds Kids’ CERT Training Open Senior Ice Cream Storytimes Will Be at Lake Park Underwater Egg Hunt Free to All in April Social, Retro-Rockets On Wednesdays and Thurs- The Greenbelt annual egg On Friday, March 29 at 12:30 Greenbelt’s CERT (Community Friday, March 22 at 1 p.m. is days, a librarian reads age-ap- hunt for children age 18 months p.m. the Greenbelt Recreation Emergency Response Team) was the 16th annual Senior Ice Cream propriate stories to children and through sixth grade will be held Department will hold its second formed in 2006. On Saturday Social in the Community Center parents using imagination and on Saturday, March 30 in Buddy annual underwater egg hunt for and Sunday, April 6 and 7 from gym. This year’s entertainment props. Pick up a free ticket from Attick Park, 333 Crescent Road. children age three-and-a-half to 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., CERT basic will feature The Retro-Rockets the information desk before the Children are invited to bring Eas- 10. Initiated last year, the hunt training will be available at no providing music from the 40s, session. ter baskets and help Mr. Bunny allows kids to dive for eggs at charge for anyone interested in 50s, 60s, 70s and beyond. Wednesday, March 27, 10:30 find the eggs he and his helpers the Greenbelt Aquatic and Fitness learning about disaster response The Retro-Rockets, an oldies/ a.m., Drop-in Storytime for ages have hidden. The event begins Center. and preparedness to be ready to variety/dance band, is all about 3 to 5 years. promptly at 10 a.m. Registration is limited to 60 take care of themselves and assist making and bringing back memo- Thursday, March 28, 10:30 Following the egg hunt, chil- people; there is a nominal fee. their families and neighbors in a ries from poodle skirts, drive-in a.m., Toddler Time for ages 18 to dren can enjoy a performance by After the egg hunt, participants crisis when professional respond- movies and sock hops to disco 35 months with caregiver. local comedy juggler and circus can continue using the pool for ers are not immediately available. and classic rock. They provide Bookmark Contest performer Michael Rosman, who the afternoon. For more informa- CERT provides training in fire live music for dancing, sing It’s last call for entries in the will entertain the audience with tion call 301-397-2204. safety, light search and rescue, alongs and just listening. The library’s First Annual Summer crazy stunts, animal noses, giant team organization, traffic control audience can socialize, relax and Reading Bookmark Design con- unicycles and more. Rosman has and disaster medical operations. be entertained with memorable test, which closes on March 30. appeared on David Letterman, GHI Notes A free emergency kit is also tunes. Thursday, March 21, 7 p.m., Entry categories are for pre-K Jay Leno and the Wendy Wil- provided. After the performance partici- Finance Committee Meeting – through adult, with winning en- liams Show. All are welcome and there pants make their own ice cream Board Room tries printed as official Summer Call the weather hotline at are no medical requirements for sundaes. Ice cream will be avail- Monday, March 25, 7 p.m., Reading Program bookmarks. 301-474-0646 on the morning of participation. Greenbelt CERT able beginning at 2:15 p.m. in Communications Committee Each entry should illustrate a the hunt for updated event status. welcomes new members, although the dining room. All seniors are Meeting – GHI Lobby 2013 summer reading theme. In case of inclement weather, fes- taking the training is not a com- invited to join in this Greenbelt Wednesday, March 27, 7 p.m., For both the pre-K and the kin- tivities will be held on Monday, mitment to join. Recreation Department afternoon. Buildings Committee Meeting – dergarten to grade 5 categories, April 1. The April training will be For more information call the Board Room the theme is Dig Into Read- held at the Central Communica- Greenbelt Community Center at Thursday, March 28, 7:30 ing. Grades 6 to 12 should il- tions Facility, 7911 Anchor Street 301-397-2208. p.m., Board of Directors Meeting lustrate “Beneath the Surface” Menu for Senior in Landover. To register send – Board Room and the adult (age 18+) category Nutrition Program an email to certsignup@gmail. Friday, March 29, Office is “Ground Breaking Reads.” The Senior Nutrition “Food com or to Calvin Hawkins at Closed. For Emergency Service Submit entries to the Greenbelt and Friendship” program pro- [email protected]. call 301-474-6011. branch or email to SRPCommit- vides lunches for seniors Monday Additional information is also Smell Gas? Tuesday, April 2, 8:30 a.m., [email protected]. through Friday at the Community available at the Greenbelt and (Sulfur or rotten eggs) Yardlines Committee Meeting – Women’s History Center beginning at noon. Meals national CERT sites, respective- GHI Library Through March 30, library must be reserved by 11 a.m. two ly: tinyurl.com/greenbeltcert and Call Washington Note: Committee and board patrons of all ages can learn days ahead so that enough food www.fema.gov/community-emer- meetings are open; members are Gas Light about notable women, solve a is ordered. Call 301-397-2208, gency-response-teams. crossword puzzle and receive a ext. 4215. encouraged to attend. 800-752-7520 or 911 prize. An individual and family All meals include bread and friendly activity, puzzles suitable margarine, coffee or tea and skim for all ages are available at the milk. Menus for March 25 to information desk. 29 are: LISTEN to the For more information visit the Monday – Apple juice, baked The Bus Greenbelt Library, call 301-345- Seniors and Customers with Disabilities NEWS REVIEW chicken breast with Mexican Visually impaired 5800 or visit the library system sauce, rice pilaf, green cabbage, RIDE FREE may listen for free website at pgcmls.info for a num- diced peaches. Call Metropolitan ber of library services, to review Tuesday – Orange juice, split Washington Ear accounts or renew materials. For pea soup, turkey salad, tossed automated phone renewal call salad, fresh fruit. 301-681-6636 301-333-3111. Wednesday – Grape juice, Join us for the No special equipment needed Salisbury steak with onion gravy, Join the Cajun Jam mashed yams, green beans, rosy Saturday, applesauce. At New Deal Café March 23 Greenbelt On Wednesday, March 27 a Thursday – Pineapple juice, free Cajun Jam will be held at oven-fried chicken thigh, green 10:00 am - Elementary the New Deal Café from 7 to peas, stewed tomatoes, fresh 9:30 p.m. for dancers, musicians fruit. 1:00 pm School Spring Fair Academy and listeners who enjoy Cajun Friday – Apple juice, veg- 66 Ridge Road gie patty with barbecue sauce, Stadium music. Beginners are welcome. Games  Fun  Food Theatre For more information visit www. whipped potatoes, mixed veg- etables, fluffy fruit salad. Prizes  Book Fair 6198 GREENBELT ROAD newdealcafe.com. CENTER COURT OF BELTWAY PLAZA Proceeds benefit the school 301-220-1155 www.academy8theaters.com More Community Events Most features are $5.00 are on page 8. all day on Tuesdays. Add $2 for 3D. Greenbelt Arts Center R = ID Required (!) = No pass, (!!) No pass weekend ONE NIGHT ONLY!! NOTICE TO GHI MEMBERS WEEK OF MARCH 22 PRELIMINARY AGENDA Celtic Concert Jack the Giant Slayer, PG-13 GHI BOARD OF with The Homespun 11, 4:10 DIRECTORS’ MEETING Ceilidh Band Snitch, R th 1:35 Thursday, March 28 , 2013 G.I. Joe in 2D, PG-13 March 23 at 8:00pm 7:30, 10 GHI ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, 7:30 PM Ticket prices: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, PG-13 (!) GHI Key Agenda Items: $17 General Admission $14 • Exception Request for Screened Porch, 8A Ridge 11:30, 2:05, 4:20, 7:10, 9:40 • Exception Request for Serviceside Entrance Door, 4J Plateau Place Students/Seniors/Military G.I. Joe, Retaliation in 3D, • Membership Application Fees for Members Transferring from One Unit to PG-13 (!) Another 11:10, 1:50, 4:25, 7, 9:30 • 2013 Community Beautification Program The Croods in 2D, PG (!) • Proposed Revision of GHI Rules for Doors 11:20, 1:45, 4:10, 6:45, 9:05 • Revisions to GHI Employee Handbook The Croods in 3D, PG (!) • Contract for Replacement of Roof for 135A Northway, 2nd Reading For information & reservations, 12, 2:15, 4:35, 7:15, 9:30 call 301-441-8770 Olympus Has Fallen, R (!) or email: [email protected] or 11:15, 2, 4:40, 7:25, 10:05 Regular Board meetings are open to Members BOOK TICKETS ONLINE at www.greenbeltartscenter.org For more information, visit our website - www.ghi.coop Oz the Great & Powerful, PG (!) Coming Soon to the Greenbelt Arts Center: 11:55, 4, 7, 9:45 To request a sign language interpreter for this meeting, go to The Call, R (!) http://www.ghi.coop/content/interpreter-request-form, or go to April 12th – Big River the GHI Office (One Hamilton Place) or contact us by phone 11:35, 2:10, 4:30, 7:30, 9:50 (301-474-4161) or fax (301-474-4006). 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Free Concert Offered Arboretum Has Free Nat'l Gallery Offers Two Free Concerts At Berwyn Presbyterian Spring Exhibition The National Gallery of Art At 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, On Saturday, March 23 at On March 23 and 24 from 10 will hold a free concert at 6:30 March 27, pianist Edvinas Mink- Condolences to the Greenbelt 7:30 p.m. the next performance a.m. to 4 p.m. the U.S. National p.m. on Sunday, March 24. Pia- stimas will perform Beethoven’s Crowley family, Ed, Abby, Jesse, in the Berwyn Concert Series Arboretum will offer a Spring nist Yoshikazu Nagai will per- Concerto No. 2 with National Lucas, Macaela, Fran and Lauren, features “Songs of Colonial Kusamono Exhibit: Reflections form a National Cherry Blossom Gallery of Art and Phillips Cam- on the death of father, grandfa- Spain and The Spanish American of Fern Valley. Kusamono is the Festival program in the West erata resident musicians. ther and great-grandfather Vincent Colonies.” traditional Japanese art of potted Garden Court. The concert will be held in the Michael Crowley. A retired FBI Baritone Jose Sacin and pia- arrangements of wild herbaceous East Building Auditorium. agent, Mr. Crowley was 98 and nist Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal will plants in unique containers. Each living independently in Adelphi. provide a program of folk songs composition suggests a season Congratulations to: Mowatt Memorial United Methodist Church of colonial times compiled and and a habitat, such as a wetland, – Former Windsor Green resi- 40 Ridge Road, Greenbelt transcribed by composers in- meadow or woodland. dent, Allita Irby, whose novel cluding Manuel de Falla, Carlos This exhibit coincides with Open hearts, Open minds, Open doors “Fourth Sunday, the Journey of Guastavino and Rosa Mercedes the 27th Annual Lahr Native www.greenbeltumc.org 301-474-9410 a Book Club” was published by Ayarza de Morales. Plant Symposium and features Rev. Fay Lundin, Pastor B.W. Read in May 2011. Irby Peruvian native Sacin, accord- kusamono of native plants from and her friends were in the same Worship Service 10 a.m. ing to the DC Theatre Scene, is the mid-Atlantic region, many of reading group in 1994 which known for his expressive voice of which can be found in the Arbo- morphed into a writers group to “liquid gold.” He is one of the retum’s Fern Valley Native Plant pen the story based on their pro- top South American baritones and Collection. fessional lives and friendships in has performed and collaborated The U.S. National Arboretum Ye were created to show love one to the Washington Metropolitan area with leading figures of the opera is located at 3501 New York Av- from 1995-97. Her husband, Tim another and not perversity and rancor. and music world, including a na- enue, N.E. Edwards, is a member and past tionally televised performance for Take pride not in love for yourselves but president of the Greenbelt Lions Pope Benedict XVI with Placido Club. More information is avail- in love for your fellow-creatures. Glory Domino in Washington, D.C. He Leave It to Beavers able at www.bwread.com. Leave It to Beavers, a program not in love for your country, but in love for all has also performed with Gregory – Joelle and News Review for children ages 5 to 7, will be of- Buchalter of the Metropolitan mankind. (Baha’u’llah) reporter Jonathon Taylor, who fered on Friday, March 29 from 10 Opera, Chilean soprano Veronica welcomed fourth daughter, Jamie to 11:30 a.m. at the Patuxent Re- Villaroel, American soprano Ales- Greenbelt Bahá’í Community Michaela on February 9, 2013. search Refuge. In this free hands- 1-800-22-UNITE 301-345-2918 sandra Marc, Enrique Ricci and Jamie, who weighed in at 7 lbs., on program, children will discover [email protected] www.bahai.us Will Crutchfield. 3 oz., joins sisters Hannah, Abby the techniques these resourceful The concert will be held at and Sarah. As a newcomer to animals use to live in the wild. Berwyn Presbyterian Church, Greenbelt, dad joined the News Advance registration is re- 6301 Greenbelt Road. The con- Review staff after seeing a flyer quired; call 301-497-5887. Do- St. George’s Episcopal Church cert is free but donations are in a welcome packet recruiting nations are also appreciated. The Join us around a table where all are welcome! welcome. More information is new writers. Visitor Center is off Powder Mill available at http://berwynmusic. Services – Greenbelt CERT Coordina- Road between the Baltimore- • Sundays weebly.com/berwyn-concerts.html. tor, Greenbelter, Captain Ken- Washington Parkway and Rt. 197. 8 a.m. simple, quiet service (no music) neth Silberman of the Civil Air 10 a.m. main service Patrol (CAP) received its Charles (music includes a mixture of acoustic guitar, piano and organ music) E. “Chuck” Yeager Aerospace Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist Church Education Achievement Award on 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi • Wednesdays 7 p.m. service with healing prayers (no music) March 15. Phone: 301-937-3666 www.pbuuc.org 7010 Glenn Dale Road (Lanham-Severn Road & Glenn Dale Road) – Eleanor Roosevelt High Welcomes you to our open, nurturing community 301-262-3285 | [email protected] | www.stgeo.org School’s boys’ basketball team, winner of the State of Maryland Sunday at 10 a.m. 4A championship. The Raiders, coached by Brendan O’Connell, Rev. Diane Teichert became the first county team See our website: www.pbuuc.org to claim a state crown since Largo won the 3A championship in 2008. The tournament final ST. HUGH OF GRENOBLE CATHOLIC CHURCH against the Magruder Colonels 135 Crescent Road, Greenbelt, MD 20770 took place March 16 at Comcast 301-474-4322 Center in College Park. – Greenbelt Middle School Mass Schedule: students Erin Delaney, Elizabeth Sunday 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 a.m. Gardner, Tooba Malik, Teresa Saturday 9:00 a.m., 5:00 p.m. Ozga and James Rogers-Sites, Daily Mass: 7:15 a.m. whose History Day project on the Irish Potato Famine did well Sacrament of Penance: Saturday 3:30-4:30 p.m. at the Prince George’s County competition and will advance to Pastor: Rev. Walter J. Tappe the Maryland State level in April. Happy 90th birthday to Sally 101 Greenhill Road Greenbelt, MD 20770 Bersbach. Her friends from the (301)474‐4212 www.greenbeltbaptist.org senior aquacize class celebrated last Greenbelt Community Church Celebrate the Risen Savior! Wednesday morning at the pool th with a special cake and watergate UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST PALM SUNDAY, March 24 : salad from the kitchen of longtime Hillside & Crescent Roads Sunday School and Worship Service, 9:45 and 11:00am Greenbelter Irene Pavlish. Phone: 301-474-6171 mornings Easter Cantata: Champion of Love, 4:00pm th – Kathleen McFarland www.greenbeltucc.org GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE, March 29 : Sunday Worship with Infinity Baptist, 7:30pm 10:15 a.m. EASTER SUNDAY, March 31st: Clara Young, Interim Pastor Sunday School, 9:30am "A church of the open mind, the warm heart, Worship Service, 10:30am the aspiring soul, and the social vision..." Catholic All Welcome! Community of Greenbelt HOLY CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH Congregation HOLY THURSDAY 6905 Greenbelt Road • 301-345-5111 LITURGY AND POTLUCK www.myholycross.org • [email protected] Mishkan Torah 10 Ridge Road, Greenbelt, MD 20770 301-474-4223 MARCH 28, 6:30 P.M. Holy Week and Easter MUNICIPAL BUILDING An unpretentious, historic, welcoming, liberal, egali- March 24 – Palm Sunday tarian synagogue that respects tradition and becomes 9:30 a.m. Service your extended family in the 21st century. SERVE BREAKFAST 10:30 a.m. Brunch AT S.O.M.E. 6:00 p.m. Service Shabbat services: Friday evening at 8:00 PM, except 1st Friday of the month, i.e. family service at 7:30 PM. Saturday morning services at 9:30 AM. Sunday, March 31 March 28 – Holy Thursday Meet at St. Hugh's School Educational programs for children K–12 and for adults. 11:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. Combined innovative full family educational program for parents and children. Parking Lot, 6:00 AM March 29 – Good Friday Conversion classes. Concert choir. Social Action program. 11:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m. Opportunity for leadership development. SUNDAY MASS, 10:00 AM March 31 – Easter Sunday Moderate, flexible dues. High holiday seating for visitors. MUNICIPAL BUILDING Sisterhood. Men's Club. Other Social Activities. 9:30 a.m. Festive Service of Holy Communion ALL ARE WELCOME Interfaith families are welcome. 11:15 a.m. Service, 6:00 p.m. Service Historic synagogue dually affiliated with United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation Thursday, March 21, 2013 GREENBELT NEWS REVIEW Page 5 City Information

GREENBELT CITY COUNCIL MEETING Visual artists: Apply Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - 8:00 p.m. City of Greenbelt now through May 6 Municipal Building, 25 Crescent Road for studio space at COMMUNICATIONS the Greenbelt Presentations Community Center. - Anacostia Trails Heritage Area -Proposed FY 2014 City Budget 24-hr access through the SPRING CAMP Recreation Department’s Petitions and Requests (Petitions received at the meeting will not Warmer days are on their way, and Spring Break juried Artist in Residence be acted upon by the City Council at this meeting unless Council is right around the corner! We’ll keep your kid’s waives its Standing Rules.) Program. New residen- break action packed with a combination of cies begin July 1. Appli- Minutes of Council Meetings events both at the Youth Center and off prem‐ Administrative Reports cation available at www. ises. All campers must be in kindergarten through sixth grade and Council Reports are responsible for providing their own non‐perishable lunch and greenbeltmd.gov/arts, or Committee Reports drink. Mon: Magic Show. Tue: Pump It Up. Wed: Maryland Science write to ndewald@green- - Senior Citizens Advisory Committee, Report #2013-1 Center. Thu: Skate Zone. Fri: Cookout & Swimming beltmd.gov. Open to both (Police Signage) residents and non-resi- LOCATION: The Youth Center FEES: R: $175, NR: $210 dents of Greenbelt. LEGISLATION DATES: Monday, April 1 ‐ Friday, April 5 OTHER BUSINESS TIME: 9:00am ‐ 3:30pm (BEFORE & AFTERCARE AVAILABLE) - Letter of Support – Anacostia Trails Heritage Area VACANCIES ON - Replacement Police Vehicles SPRING CIRCUS CAMP FAST‐BREAK BASKETBALL BOARDS & - Federal Legislation Ages 8‐13 CLINIC COMMITTEES HR 112 Tax-Exempt Status of Municipal Bonds Join former Ringling Bros. and Ages 8‐14 Volunteer to serve on - Proposal for Organizational Assessment Barnum & Bailey Circus per‐ Spend your spring break im‐ City Council Advisory - Other Reports former Greg May for a fun‐filled proving your basketball skills *- Reappointments to Advisory Groups spring break and learn how to through this new clinic. Regis‐ Groups. There are * - Resignation from Advisory Group juggle, walk on stilts, balance on tration fee will include a Sprin‐ currently vacancies on: Advisory Planning MEETINGS a rolling globe or balance board ghill Lake Recreation Center NOTE: This is a preliminary agenda, subject to change. Regular and more! Campers are safely membership card that will Board, Arts Advisory Council meetings are open to the public, and all interested citizens taught at their individual skill allow each participant to re‐ Board and Greenbelt are invited to attend. If special accommodations are required for level. They will demonstrate their main in the facility beyond the Advisory Committee any disabled person, please call 301-474-8000 no later than 10am new skills in performance on hours of the basketball clinic. on the meeting day. Deaf individuals are advised to use MD RELAY on Environmental at 711 or e-mail [email protected] to reach the City Clerk. Friday afternoon at 2:30. Camp‐ DATES: Monday, April 1 ‐ Sustainability ers must bring a non‐perishable Friday, April 5 For information call lunch each day. TIME: 9:00am‐12:00pm 301-474-8000. MEETINGS FOR THE WEEK OF DATES: Monday, April 1 ‐ LOCATION: Springhill Lake MARCH 25-30 Friday, April 5 Recreation Center DONATION DROP-OFF TIME: 9:00am ‐ 3:30pm (BEFORE FEES: R: $30, NR: $55 American Rescue Workers Wednesday, March 27 at 7:30 pm, ADVISORY PLANNING & AFTERCARE AVAILABLE) BOARD, 15 Crescent Road, RM 114. On the Agenda: Mag- Saturday, March 23, from Greenbelt Community Center 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon. nolia Springs Nursing Home at Doctors Hospital – Detailed FEES: R: $179, NR: $215 Site Plan and Final draft review of the City of Greenbelt Parking lot between City Pedestrian and Bicyclist Master Plan Office and the Community MORE INFORMATION: Call the Greenbelt Recreation Center Wednesday, March 27 at 8:00 pm, REGULAR CITY COUN- Business Office at 301.397.2200 or Info: City of Greenbelt Re- CIL MEETING/BUDGET PRESENTATION at Municpal Visit us at www.greenbeltmd.gov/Recreation cycling Office at Building, 25 Crescent Road. Live on Verizon 21, Comcast 301-474-8308. 71 and streaming at www.greenbeltmd.gov UNDERWATER EGG HUNT This schedule is subject to change. For confirmation Ages 3½-10 GREENBELT that a meeting is being held call 301-474-8000. Friday, March 29, 12:30pm ANIMAL SHELTER Greenbelt Aquatic and Fitness Center, 550-A Crescent Road (behind Police Station) Later Service on the G12 & G16 in Greenbelt, 101 Centerway Effective March 24th Residents $1.00, Non-Residents $2.00 A fun new twist on the traditional egg hunt. Come out and G12, G16 Greenbelt-New Carrollton dive for eggs. Last year this proved to be a very popular Later service during weekday evenings will be provided event. After the egg hunt your child can enjoy the pool for the in Historic Greenbelt. A new G12 trip will leave Greenbelt rest of the afternoon! station at 10:55 p.m., arriving at Roosevelt Center via Registration is limited to 60 people. the North End at 11:12 p.m. The same bus will become a For more information call 301-397-2204. G16, leave Roosevelt Center at 11:13 p.m. and return to Greenbelt station, arriving there at 11:25 p.m. to connect ANNUAL EGG HUNT with the last Monday through Thursday Green Line train. Ages 18mo-6th grade Customers who live in the South End may remain on Saturday, March 30 this bus beyond Roosevelt Center as far as the last stop Begins PROMPTLY at 10:00am on Lakecrest Drive. A second new weekday G12 trip will Buddy Attick Park, 555 Crescent Road leave Greenbelt station at 11:35 p.m. and will operate via Bring your Easter Baskets and help Mr. Bunny find Mr. Muddles is the 3rd pup the North End, Roosevelt Center, and through the South the eggs he and his helpers have hidden. Immediately End to the last stop on Lakecrest Drive before Greenbelt to come in from an unknown following the egg hunt, we invite you to stay for local breeder here in Greenbelt. Road, where it will terminate. comedy juggler and circus He is scared but warming performer, Michael Ros- up to being loved. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK! man. Rosman will dazzle Give us a call 301-474-6124 www.facebook.com/cityofgreenbelt the audience with his crazy Come out and visit all of the stunts, hilarious antics, ani- available pets! EARTH HOUR 2013 The shelter is open on mal noses, giant unicycles Wednesdays from 4-7pm UNITING PEOPLE TO and more. Rosman has ap- and on Saturdays from PROTECT THE PLANET peared on David Letterman, 9am-12pm or by appoint- SATURDAY, MARCH 23 Jay Leno and the Wendy ment. Williams Show. Please call See all our pets on Face- book! AT the weather hotline, 301- 8:30PM 474-0646, the morning of What’s new at Turn your lights off for one hour. the hunt for updated event status. In case of inclement Greenbelt CityLink? Join the I will if you will challenge at www.greenbeltmd.gov weather, festivities will be held on Monday, April 1, at Stay informed! http://earthhour.org/ Buddy Attick Park. Page 6 GREENBELT NEWS REVIEW Thursday, March 21, 2013

COUNCIL WATSON continued from page 1 continued from page 1 about the needs of students with this intervention free to families,” us, ‘These kids just want to go to ers working with children with ASD. She also develops and she said. The state has provided school too.’ autism. That led to her current have substantially upgraded the supports new programs and funds for parent groups and in- “At Laurel High School we position, in which she oversees filing requirements for all elected works with families to ensure dividual sessions. (Currently the supposedly were always having the autism supports serving stu- officials and employees compared that children receive the custom- program is full.) riots, but I never saw anything,” dents in their middle school and to the pre-2011 standard, while ized supports they need to build “Children with autism can be she said. “I realized that normal high school years. relieving mid-level management social communication and func- quite challenging at home,” she altercations were being blown out Her first group of middle- employees of the burden of filing tional skills. She was drawn to said. “We work with parents of proportion and being publicized school students will graduate this the state’s very detailed form. It autism nearly a decade ago as a on their interactions with their as race riots.” year from county high schools. would have meant that council- provisional preschool teacher in children and this helps students Equal Rights “We need to keep up with members, candidates and the city special education. improve in the home setting as The civil rights movement and them,” she says. “We care what manager would still fill out the Arriving mid-year, “I had chil- well.” the women’s movement encour- happens in their lives, and we’ve new detailed form. Department dren with speech delays, Downs With the program in its sec- aged other social movements, and gotten to know the families so heads, who had never previously Syndrome and developmental ond year, Watson is one of five people with disabilities began to well.” had to file a disclosure form, delays. Of all the students, only people in the school system who push for equal opportunities and Recently she talked to several would file the new detailed form, Jason did not respond – the one are certified to provide RDI. The equal rights. Watson was affected of those graduating seniors about as would the new city ethics child in the class with autism.” families apply to the program and by all three – civil rights in her their autism. “They told me commission. The two boards She remembers her frustration Watson meets with two parent teens, the women’s movement in that if they had a choice, they would continue to file the city’s and desire to connect with him. groups twice a month each and early adulthood and the disability wouldn’t take away their autism. original disclosure form. Em- “He wanted to sit under a individual families once a month rights movement which opened They like who they are,” she ployees at the assistant director desk and ‘stem’ with a fork – with additional online contact. the door to her profession. said. “It’s been so amazing to and comparable levels, including flap it up and down in front of Roots in County About the women’s movement, watch their progress from seventh the assistant city manager and his eye. He was three years old Watson’s commitment to stu- she says: “The fact that I was grade.” the city clerk, who had not previ- and autism services didn’t begin dents is matched by pride in the able to pursue any career I wanted Looking Ahead ously been required to disclose, then until a child was four,” she county’s special education pro- was very important. The push for When Watson looks at the would also file the city’s original said. Watson sought help from grams. women’s rights, like civil rights, future of autism treatment, she form. an autism specialist and then “The school system supports was about people standing up and sees a spectrum of treatment as When asked by the mayor asked for training in the treatment students with autism in many making no apologies for who they diverse and customized as the if he wished to comment, City of autism. settings,” she said. “Students are and demanding equal treat- disorder itself. Manager Michael McLaughlin After her training, he respond- often remain in their neighbor- ment and respect.” “The model for future treat- replied that council had all the ed. “All of a sudden he did hood schools. If they need more After high school, she earned ment is very eclectic, I think,” information before it. He said everything I asked, maybe just to support, there are schools with her bachelor’s degree in psychol- she said. “Our county shines be- the issue was that the state ethics shut me up,” she said, laughing. specific programs for autism in ogy from Frostburg State and cause we usually rely on a range commission had originally given Later she saw progress with which the students are included went on to graduate school at the of treatments.” Those treatments bad guidance and now recognized another student. “I kept up with with other students but staff is University of Maryland to study include ABA (Applied Behavioral that it had gone too far and said him later and he was able to stay available for support throughout school psychology. Analysis); Floor Time; TEACCH the new city process could be in a small class with the regular the day, along with instruction in “We moved to GHI when I (Training and Education of Autis- scaled back. He pointed out that curriculum,” she said. “I was social skills, disability awareness, was in graduate school and intend- tic and Related Communication council had talked about how hooked – I loved the kids, loved self-advocacy and organization.” ed to live in Greenbelt for just a Handicapped Children), which uses onerous the forms are, even for the work and knew that early in- Watson’s dedication reflects few years, but I loved it so much visual schedules; the work of Stan- people choosing to run for office. tervention works.” her “deep roots” in the county. we never left,” she said. ley Greenspan, which focuses on Not So Fast Older Students She grew up in Laurel and at- After working in school psy- social development; and the state- To the surprise of many, how- Watson sees her students with tended public schools through chology, she and her husband funded RDI program of training in ever, a majority of council was ASD as “funny, loving and often high school. started a family and she was able home-based intervention. strongly opposed to the plan to misunderstood.” At Laurel High School she to spend a few years at home car- When asked about her hopes let assistant director level staff Now that she’s working with learned important lessons outside ing for her young children. Her and dreams related to this work, begin to use the complete form the county’s middle schools and the classroom, especially from the re-entry job was teaching pre- she smiles broadly: that had been used by the city high schools, Watson sees the civil rights movement that brought school part-time for the Greenbelt “For students to reach their for years in lieu of the more de- same qualities in the older stu- black students to the mostly white Co-op Nursery School, which potential and understand their dis- tailed form. A motion to support dents on the autism spectrum. school. lasted five years. “I loved that ability in a positive way so they the change garnered the support “They’re loyal and kind, and “I remember the assassination job,” she said. are comfortable with themselves of only Davis and Councilmem- honest,” she said. “Often they of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the When her youngest son was and can make the adjustments bers Leta Mach and Edward will tell you things other kids are TV images of riots,” she said. As in second grade, she moved to a they need when they’re anxious Putens. The other councilmem- too embarrassed to say, like how a Catholic, Julie had classmates full-time job teaching preschool or uncomfortable. And I want bers, including Emmett Jordan, they tried to ask someone for a whose parents moved them into special education for several years, teachers and others to understand Konrad Herling, Rodney Roberts date. parochial schools when busing where she got “hooked” on teach- how autism works and how they and Silke Pope, all believed the “These students are going out began. ing kids with autism. Then she can offer appropriate supports to stringent requirement should be into the world and we want to “But we stayed,” she said. became an itinerant teacher, trav- these students in their neighbor- maintained for at least most of help them make decisions that “My mom stayed calm. She told eling the county to help teach- hood schools.” the other employees. don’t backfire,” she said. “We The thinking was that assis- have four specialized programs tant director level staff in some that give them skills and support instances are independently re- that they can generalize in the sponsible for choosing vendors world. and contractors even though such “Puberty is a very difficult time decisions must ultimately be ap- for these students. All children proved by the department direc- are confused, going through so tor and the city manager. Even many changes but they are more in the case of amounts requiring confused,” Watson said. “And a bid and approval by the city with teenagers’ emphasis on re- council, it was thought that the lationships, students with autism recommendations of assistant experience higher levels of stress directors could easily influence and anxiety. the decision “up the line” through “Anxiety is an overall problem sign-off by city council without in the intense social environment sufficient further evaluation. It at school,” she said. “Sometimes was thought that financial dis- we can find an easy way to lower closure should be the same for anxiety, like switching classes a assistant director level staff, de- minute before the bell rings or partment heads, the city manager allowing them to eat lunch some- and the city council. where besides the cafeteria,” she Not wishing the state’s admis- said. “We give them a limited sion of error to be completely ‘break pass,’ to let them know The Allstate Rider Protection Package. for naught, Davis moved with a they don’t have to stay and melt second from Mach, that the city I can help protect your bike’s most important part: you. Call and switch today and you could save up to 50%. And if you down. Often they don’t realize combine your motorcycle with your auto policy, you can save even more. Call me today for a fast, free quote. clerk and the members of the that frustration is building inside. Advisory Planning Board and the And in some cases, just having Al Freeman III Board of Appeals be permitted a go-to person when they have to use the city’s prior financial problems can make a real differ- (301) 937-3700 disclosure form. That motion ence.” 10610 Rhode Island Ave Ste 202 passed 6 to 1 with Roberts op- RDI Program posing. Required to file the Beltsville Watson also has worked with [email protected] “onerous” form will continue to home-based intervention as part be the city council, candidates of a new state-funded program, for office, the city manager, -de Relationship Development Inter- Call or stop by to see how much you can save. partment directors and assistant vention (RDI). directors, police command staff “It is groundbreaking,” she Features are optional. Actual savings will vary and may depend on coverages selected. Subject to terms, availability and qualifications. 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Women’s Heart Group Council Takes Positions on State and County Bills To Meet at Doctors in Prince George’s County. It is its opposition to H.R. 803, the Maryland Certified Community. The Women’s Heart Sup- by Kathleen Gallagher highly likely that one of the bills Supporting Knowledge and In- Sustainable Maryland certifica- port Group will meet at Doctors will be adopted. vesting in Lifelong Skills Act, tion is awarded to municipalities Community Hospital on Tuesday, At its March 11 regular meet- Either one could affect plans and to ask him to oppose it. that not only want to “go green,” March 26 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ing with all members present, the for development at the Greenbelt This legislation would transfer control costs and save money p.m. This group is dedicated Greenbelt City Council began its Metro station. Olson’s bill is to governors much of the author- but also to take specific steps to to helping women who have or annual determination of which somewhat less radical in its im- ity that local elected officials and sustain their quality of life over support someone who has heart bills pending in the General As- pact. It would apply to projects business leaders currently have the long term. disease. Women who may be sembly to support. Council also within only a quarter-mile radius for developing and implementing Since only three people had at risk of heart disease are also reviewed two competing county of a Metro station. workforce programs responsive responded to a call for applicants welcome. A guest speaker will bills and a federal bill. Franklin’s bill, on the other to local needs. to serve on the team, council present “Stress Management Us- In other business, council hand, would encompass a half- Daily Use Fees accepted a staff recommendation ing Seated Yoga.” heard a request to charge daily mile from the “outermost point” During the portion of the that the city’s existing Green- The hospital is located at 8100 use fees to non-residents at Bud- of a constructed station, which meeting devoted to petitions belt Advisory Committee on Good Luck Road in Lanham. dy Attick Park and established might include not only parts of and requests, resident Bob Sny- Environmental Sustainability The support group will meet in the membership of the Green- Franklin Park but also Beltway der asked the city to consider (GreenACES) be authorized to the North Building, 5th floor, belt Green Team. Also council Plaza. Franklin’s bill also cuts charging a daily use fee to non- act as the city’s Green Team DSE Room A. advised Mayor Judith Davis on municipalities out of much of the residents who use Buddy Attick with the addition of the three For more information call Cec- an upcoming vote on gun vio- review process, and also allows a Park. He gave his impression additional individuals who ap- ily Ludka at 301-552-8058. lence that she expect to cast as number of decisions to be made that the number of non-residents plied to participate. The city has a member of the board of the solely by the chair of the plan- using the park has increased sig- already met most of the criteria Metropolitan Washington Council ning board rather than, as is now nificantly over the last decade, for certification, and GreenACES of Governments (COG). the case, the full board. with the result that amenities has been undertaking tasks that PAINT BRANCH MUSICAL State Bills Councilmembers voiced their such as picnic tables are not al- would otherwise have been car- REVUE Council voted unanimously displeasure with both bills, the ways available for residents’ use. ried out by the Green Team. to support two bills. If passed process and the inadequate time Since park upkeep and facilities Gun Violence Vote in the General Assembly, one allowed for comment on this are funded by city taxpayers, Davis, who serves on the would create a three-year pilot matter. Given an imminent he encouraged imposing a fee COG board, sought the direc- program to allow for commu- worksession on the bills by the on non-resident users, which he tion of council on how to vote nity renewable energy generat- Planning, Zoning and Economic said is a practice of some other on one of two alternatives to ing facilities to be developed Development Committee of the jurisdictions. come before the board at an up- and implemented by the Public county council; however, the Following questions about the coming meeting for the purpose Service Commission The other city council voted unanimously feasibility of implementing such of COG’s taking a position on to oppose CB-12 and to indicate a fee, council agreed to discuss gun violence. The choice was would support businesses on SATURDAY, APRIL 6 AT 7 P.M. the Maryland coast by mandat- that more time would be neces- it during the budget review pro- between endorsing the position ing that public schools open no sary for the city to take a posi- cess, subsequent to review by paper of the International As- Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist Church earlier than the day after Labor tion on CB-6. both the staff of the Recreation sociation of Chiefs of Police 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD Day. Workforce Act Department and the Park and (IACP) on firearms violence or 20783 County Bills Councilmember Leta Mach Recreation Advisory Board. referring the question to various Comedy, Tragedy, Romance Musical Two competing bills in the had alerted council to a threat to Green Team COG committees in order to de- Theater, Opera, Operetta county council have been intro- the federal Workforce Investment Last August council endorsed velop a position. duced by County Councilmem- Act, which supports training and creating a 15-member Greenbelt Councilmembers advised the Donations accepted at the door. bers Eric Olson (CB-6-2013) workforce programs that occur Green Team comprising residents mayor to vote for COG to en- and Mel Franklin (CB-12-2013), at the local level. Council then and representatives of businesses dorse the position paper of the For more information call to expedite development review voted unanimously to notify U.S. as one of the requirements for IACP, which can be found at 301-937-3666 or see the for projects near Metro stations Representative Steny Hoyer of the city to become a Sustainable www.theiacp.org/firearms. www. pbuuc.org/news/ Thursday, March 21, 2013 GREENBELT NEWS REVIEW Page 7

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Emergency Preparedness Police Blotter Drinking Water II – Based on information released by the Greenbelt Police Department, http://www.greenbeltmd.gov/police/index.htm, link in left frame to “Weekly Report” or Storing Water Properly http://www.greenbeltmd.gov/police/weekly_report.pdf. Dates and times are those when police were first contacted by Kenneth Silberman about incidents.

The best option for storing the tap water has been commer- contaminate the caps by touching water is commercially bottled cially treated from a water utility the inside of them with a finger. Arrests March 12, 3:47 p.m., 6500 water. If commercially bottled with chlorine, as is the case in Mark them with a date on the March 9, 2:55 p.m., 22 Ridge block Lake Park Drive. Electron- water is not available, it can be Greenbelt, nothing else needs to surface so it is clear when they Road. A 21-year-old nonres- ics, jewelry and currency were prepared and bottled at home. be added. were filled. Store the water in a ident man was arrested and taken. Purchase food-grade water stor- Water that comes from a well cool, dark place. Water can also charged with disorderly conduct Vehicle Crime age containers from surplus or or water source that is not treated be treated with water purifica- and resisting arrest after being Four reports of thefts from ve- camping stores or use empty with chlorine should be treated tion tablets that can be purchased stopped in a suspicious vehicle. hicles were received: 6800 block two-liter plastic soft drink bottles. with two drops of non-scented at most sporting goods stores. He was transferred to the De- Springshire Way (iPod, change Do not use plastic jugs or liquid household chlorine bleach Water that has not been commer- partment of Corrections for a and textbooks), 7800 block Walk- cardboard containers that have to every two liters of water. Let cially bottled should be replaced hearing before a district court er Drive (GPS unit), 7600 block had milk or fruit juice in them. the water stand for 30 minutes every six months. commissioner. Greenbelt Road (laptop, purse Milk protein and fruit sugars before using. A slight chlorine More information on water March 13, 10:19 a.m., 7400 and wallet), 6600 block Lake cannot be adequately removed odor should be noticeable in the treatment is available at http:// block Greenbelt Road. A Park Drive (car radio). from these containers and pro- water; if not, add another dose www.ready.gov. 27-year-old nonresident man was Five incidents of vandalism vide an environment for bacterial of bleach and allow the water to Kenneth Silberman is the arrested and charged with ani- were reported: 7800 block Walk- growth when water is stored in stand another 15 minutes. Tight- Greenbelt Community Emergency mal cruelty and disorderly con- er Drive (windows were broken them. Cardboard containers also ly close the containers using the Response Team (CERT) Coordi- duct after several people reported on two vehicles), Breezewood leak easily and are not designed original caps. Be careful not to nator. he was punching and kicking a Court at Edmonston Terrace (ve- for long-term storage of liquids. dog in the parking lot. He was hicle was scratched), 7800 block Also, do not use glass containers, transferred to the Department of Mandan Road (windows were which can break and are heavy. Corrections for hearing before a broken on a vehicle), 8000 block Regardless of the type of stor- district court commissioner. Lakecrest Drive (two vehicles age containers chosen, thoroughly Let’s join tens of thousands+ Burglary were scratched and had tires clean them with dishwashing March 11, 12:03 p.m., 5800 punctured), 9100 block Edmon- soap and water first. Rinse com- marching to The Supreme Court, block Cherrywood Terrace. An ston Road (windows were broken pletely so there is no residual attempted burglary occurred. on two vehicles). soap. Sanitize the bottles by Tue., March 26 to oppose any adding a solution of one teaspoon of non-scented liquid household decision to impose same sex The Department is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for chlorine bleach to a quart of wa- information leading to the arrest and conviction of a sus- ter. Mix the sanitizing solution in the bottles so that it touches “marriage.” Contact: caapus.org pect in any of the unsolved crimes reported in the blotter. all surfaces. After sanitizing the AND nationformarriage.org. Call 1-866-411-TIPS. bottles, thoroughly rinse out the sanitizing solution with clean People may anonymously report suspected water. Fill the bottles to the Bill Norwood drug activity by calling the Drug Tip Line top with regular tap water. If at 240-542-2145.

Upcoming Events at New Deal Café Thursday, March 21 pianist sical and jazz piano from 6:30 to Amy C. Kraft plays midday mel- 8 p.m., then Hard Swimmin’ Fish odies from noon to 2 p.m., fol- headlines with juicy, rockin’ blues lowed in the evening with a Joe from 8 to 11 p.m. On Saturday, Harris open microphone session March 30 the Greg Meyers Com- from 7 to 9 p.m. munity Jazz Jam session will be Friday, March 22 from 6:30 from 1 to 5 p.m. Afterward John to 8 p.m. pianist John Guernsey Guernsey plays up-tempo jazz plays classical and jazz piano, piano from 6:30 to 8 followed then Triage brings neo-jazz/al- by The Underscore Orkestra play- ternative/low rock from 8 to 11 ing a blend of Balkan, Klezmer, p.m. Gypsy Jazz and Swing from 8 to On Saturday, March 23 Bruce 11 p.m. The cafe will be closed Kritt plays classical guitar from on Easter Sunday, March 31. 4 to 6 p.m., followed by Guern- sey’s up-tempo jazz piano from Sun, Global Warming 6:30 to 8 p.m. The Badger Band headlines the evening with Grate- Is March ASG Topic ful Dead, Dylan and originals The next meeting of the from 8 to 11 p.m. Greenbelt Astronomical Society Sunday, March 24 is the (ASG), to be held on Thursday, weekly sign language brunch March 28 at 7:30 p.m. at H.B. Owens Science Center, will fea- discussion from 10:30 a.m. to EASTER SUNDAY MENU noon. Tower Green performs ture Greenbelt resident Dr. Robert Renaissance-inspired Tudor rock Cahalan speaking on “The Sun HOT SELECTIONS from 5 to 8 p.m. and Global Warming,” with a special emphasis on the use of Waygu Brisket of Beef served with Chipotle Barbecue Sauce Next Week Cajun Infused Turkey served with a Tasso Ham and Thyme Gravy Tuesday, March 26 Jesse satellites. All are welcome; there Carved Herb Crusted Leg of Lamb with Rosemary Mint Sauce is no fee for admission. Palidofsky will play soulful orig- BREAKFAST Cahalan is chief of Goddard’s Easter Sunday Special inals and covers on keyboard, Belgian Waffles Made to Order with your favorite toppings: $32.00 per person guitar and harmonica from 7 to Climate and Radiation Labora- Strawberry Sauce, Whipped Cream, Butter and Maple Syrup tory and adjunct professor at the Breakfast Potatoes, Bacon and Cheesy Scrambled Eggs $14.50 for children ages 5-12 9 p.m. On Wednesday, March Fresh Omelets Made to Order Gratuity and sales tax not included 27 from 7 to 9 p.m. bring instru- University of Maryland. He is SPECIALTY DISPLAY ments and join the Cajun Music also president of the International Seating begins at 11:00AM through 1:30PM Radiation Commission and has Tomato and Olive Bruschetta with Toasted Baguettes Jam. On Thursday, March 28 pi- Freshly Cut Seasonal Fruit, Artisan Cheese Display on March 31, 2013 received prestigious national and Peel and Eat Shrimp served with Spicy Cocktail Sauce and Lemon For reservations, call (301) 441-3700 anist Amy C. Kraft plays midday Spring Salad Bar melodies from noon to 2 p.m., international awards and is a fel- low of the American Meteorologi- Pasta Salad with Roasted Vegetables, Feta Cheese and Plum with a Songwriter’s Association Tomatoes Vinaigrette of Washington open microphone cal Society. 3 Bean Salad H.B. Owens Science Center Chicken Walnut and Golden Raisin Salad session in the evening from 7 Baked Flounder served with a Lemon Caper Sauce to 9 p.m. On Friday, March 29 is at 9601 Greenbelt Road in SIDES pianist John Guernsey plays clas- Lanham, adjacent to DuVal High School. Mac and Cheesy Casserole, Wild Rice, Broccoli and Carrots, Roasted Red Skin Potatoes and JR’s Famous Collard Greens, 6400 Ivy Lane, Greenbelt Maryland 20770 Assorted Gourmet Breads

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The words come tumbling out. understand all the words, they get the GI Bill for veterans. Think “The career balancing act is isolation that Friedan was com- Sites is impetuous, yet precise interested, stare with curiosity, of having an army of people out not just a woman’s problem. So plaining about. We can have a and thoughtful. get wide-eyed, lean forward and there doing service – they could it’s not just women who should home-based model of work and “After her husband’s death “drool! Then you know you’ve buy a house!” ask, ‘How career-driven am I? cooperation and still get so much (poet Percy), Shelley was a single got them.” Despite her impressive edu- What actually are my goals?’ done in the community.” mother who supported herself Greenbelters cational credentials and hold- Women are speaking up about Then she reminded me that and her son, Percy Florence, the Sites and her husband, Ian ing down two jobs, Sites is still the deleterious effects the career 2018 would mark the 200th an- only surviving child of five. She Rogers, have lived in Greenbelt sometimes perceived as “just” balancing act can have on the niversary of the publication of wrote professionally – encyclo- since 1997. When their son Ja- a stay-at-home mom. For the family, but not men.” Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. pedia articles, travelogues, edited mie was born, they moved from a record she has a double major One Advantage “How do you feel about that?” her husband’s work. She worked one-bedroom GHI apartment to a degree in English and music from Her unusual two-job quasi “I’m excited.” at presenting an acceptable por- three-bedroom GHI frame house. Hollins College for Women in stay-at-home situation affords “I’ve heard that Mary Shelley trait of him to the Victorian pub- As working mother, three is- Roanoke, Va., an MFA in poetry Sites at least one big advantage. saw through Lord Byron’s preten- lic . . . .” sues dear to Sites are child care, from the University of Maryland “As a private music teacher (not tiousness – she had his number, “Percy”? “Florence”? education and the perception of (College Park), a PhD in British in a public school classroom) I so to speak. Was he a sexual “Yup. Named after his dad stay-at-home moms. “Ian works Romanticism (primarily Mary have the most hands-on teaching predator?” and the city they loved so much. in child care. For 20 years he’s Shelley), plus a certificate in experience I can possibly have. Byron a Victim He’d have been teased mercilessly been teaching toddlers. Now Women’s Studies from UMCP I see my students grow as young “I feel sorry for Byron. He today. He grew up to be a model they are 20! Whoa!” she ex- with a concentration on women’s musicians, which is extremely was a victim of sexual predation, of Victorian respectability.” claims. One of the richest re- history, feminist theory and wom- rewarding.” was molested at age of nine by Sites is on a roll. She clarifies wards Rogers and Sites get is to en’s relations to race, ethnicity When Jamie was a student his nurse . . . but he was a jerk, Mary’s financial precariousness. see their young charges growing and sexuality. at Greenbelt Elementary School, too.” “Sir Tim was stingy. Mary beautifully, gradually becoming “I look like a stay-at-home Sites was active in the PTA. She “What do you think of Ayn had no personal right to her fa- empowered under their tutelage. mom but actually I do a lot of ran the Labor Day Book Sale Rand?” ther-in-law’s wealth. To be eli- Rogers’ job helps to make it work from home. As feminist for several years, using volun- “I was infatuated with her as gible for money from Tim, Mary vividly clear to Sites that “issues thinkers we have to think about teer GES students to collect and a teenager. I read The Foun- could not be perceived as earning of child care are not for women balancing our lives. We unfortu- sort as many as 30,000 books at tainhead, Atlas Shrugged, We too much herself. So she often only. We need to think about the nately still hold ourselves to the GES before carting them to the the Living. But I began to think signed her articles ‘by the author best ways to spend tax dollars for masculine standard which may parking lot behind the New Deal ‘There’s something wrong here.’ of Frankenstein’ to remain semi- education and child care. Those not be a healthy standard.” Café. After draconian cuts in the She’s smart but you have to take anonymous. He tossed her a pit- dollars cannot be better spent Brilliant Acquaintance library staff, she also tried some- her with a grain of salt – her tance now and then.” than there.” Sites buttressed her point by what to assist there as well. compassion bone was extracted Works Two Jobs Sites is convinced that forgiv- describing a brilliant female ac- Now Sites is active in the somewhere along the line.” Sites works two jobs. By day ing student loans in exchange for quaintance who commuted from Greenbelt Middle School PTA, Sites ends her interview on she is the organizer and execu- public service would be a huge Princeton, N.J., on Mondays to “I help my friends Anne Gardner an optimistic note. Her hus- tive director of the College Park educational improvement. work her dream job at the State (president) and Amy Hansen (vice band Ian acts in three different Arts Exchange, located in the “How can a 20-something buy Department in Washington, D.C. president). They call me ‘the theater companies: The Balti- Old Parish House. “We facilitate a house with an $80,000 student She worked 14 hours a day, then worker bee’,” she says. more Shakespeare Factory (BSF), arts events of various kinds,” she loan debt? These student loan returned to Princeton on week- When I reminded Sites that Brave Spirit and Pallas (Athene). says. “We have a youth choir, a debts are crippling the economy. ends. 2013 marked the 50th anniver- “He’s rehearsing Hamlet now for youth orchestra, a photography My mom, one of 13 kids, worked She loved her job, her hus- sary of the publication of Bet- the BSF – he has the title role!” club, a book club. It’s a little her way through college. She band, her children, Sites adds, but ty Friedan’s epochal book The “Congratulations! That’s ev- bit like Greenbelt’s recreational did service by teaching in Head the emotional cost of being away Feminine Mystique, she reacted ery actor’s dream.” center here. Start. Today’s student debtors from her family eroded her mo- thoughtfully. “Here in Green- “There are more things in “Recently we had a free open can teach their way out of debt. rale after two years. She and her belt we women are privileged. heaven and earth, Jim, than are rehearsal of Romeo and Ju- We need something equivalent to husband agreed she should quit. We don’t live in the stultifying dreamt of in our philosophy.” liet, so people could see how a Shakespeare play is shaped and tweaked, so to speak. It was very nice . . . not well attended, but very nice,” smiled Sites. Historic Greenbelt “We had a huge crowd to watch children perform Irish dance from the Culkin School of 301-474-4144 Irish Dance. The oldest dancer was 14 – she really knocked our socks off.” The Arts Exchange book club Millersville discusses non-fiction by women. Sites was reading their current 410-987-8800 selection, “George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I” by Miranda Carter, when I met her in the back room of the New Deal Café. By night she morphs into a music teacher and entertainer. She gives private lessons in pia- no, guitar and singing. Occasion- ally she also sings and plays at the New Deal Café. “I sing what people want,” she says. A favorite in her repertoire is presenting what she calls “baby music,” usually at the Green- belt Community Center. She sings nursery rhymes to infants and toddlers so they get an ap- preciation of rhythm, repetition and rhyme. “Even if they can’t Dental Implants Contribute To A Carolyn Holy Cross HEALTHY SMILE Thrift Store by the McCarl Dental Group Every Thursday 10am – 4pm Please visit us online for Special Discounts www.McCarlDental.com Good, clean clothes for women, “Two lower molar implants strengthened my men and children! jaw bone, consequently improving my bite Shoes, jewelry, books, etc. *$45 New Patient and virtually eliminating my TMJ issues,” 6905 Greenbelt Road Introductory Offer says Carolyn Lynch, who had traditional dental Greenbelt, Md. 301-345-5111 Offer includes Exam, Cleaning and X-rays ($295 value) implants restored with porcelain crowns.

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Gray by Eli Flam blowout, cakewalk or romp on the road to anything from ace The two primary issues raised these incidents come along, we ne- Jesse Goldberg-Strassler, who to zap. at the Greenbelt City Council’s gotiate them before they ever come grew up in Greenbelt’s Boxwood Look for details on the lon- March 4 worksession centered to fruition,” he said. He added Village, has scored a hit with gest winning streak in Major around the rights of police officers. that most complaints are minor and “The Baseball Thesaurus.” The League history, in 1916; salted First, City Attorney John Shay rarely rise beyond internal affairs new book grew out of his work throughout the book are color- presented information on the Law investigations. as a radio announcer for several ful anecdotes and quotes – e.g., Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Firearms baseball teams far afield. Yogi Berra’s “It ain’t over till Rights (LEOBR). Acknowledging Chief Craze’s attendance at the “The result,” says baseball it’s over” and Wee Willie Kee- many miscomprehensions regarding meeting, however, was primarily author Peter Morris, “is a rich ler’s advice, “Hit ’em where the law, Shay attempted to set the to request, along with Captain Carl and delightful work that pays they ain’t” – and a wide range record straight. Schinner III, that police retirees fitting tribute to baseball’s love of useful takes on how things Passed in Maryland in 1974, the keep their personal firearms, mov- affair with language.” It will work both on and off the field. law guarantees due process rights ing into the second main issue of give fans “no end of enjoyable Two bonuses: photos from back to police officers who are not on the night. browsing.” in the day and a smattering of probationary status. Due process, Many retiring police officers As a youngster – he turns terms in Spanish, reflecting the in Shay’s words, consists of an after serving for so long become 31 on the Ides of April – Jes- Jesse Goldberg-Strassler prominence of Latin Americans officer’s right to be heard when a emotionally attached to their fire- se delivered the News Review in baseball. complaint is lodged. arm, Schinner said. They would in Boxwood Village, a task he The book’s first press run is The law is applicable only in like to carry it and continue to shared with his younger brother slogan: “Go Nuts!”) almost sold out, says a pleased matters of misconduct. An officer protect citizens of the State of and sister. After graduating from A runner-up for Ballpark Di- Goldberg-Strassler, who visits upset over routine reassignment Maryland, he continued. Council Ithaca College in New York, gest’s Broadcaster of the Year, Greenbelt in October after the or job performance issues cannot heard a similar request a few years he broadcast for the Southern Goldberg-Strassler made lists over Lugnuts’ season ends. Now he’s evoke it – though, as Shay admit- back but insisted at that time that League champion Montgomery the years of fresh ways to reach getting into marketing what major ted with a grin, some still try. such firearms be disabled. Biscuits and then the Frontier his audiences. In the 206-page league broadcaster Dan Dick- The LEOBR sets in place a Mayor Concerned League Windy City Thunderbolts. “The Baseball Thesaurus,” from erson calls “a great window on procedure for methodically and Mayor Judith Davis reflected on Since 2009 he’s been a full-time August Publications, a team on baseball’s lexicon from days of fairly investigating reports of mis- her reaction to the first proposal. “I radio announcer/media relations a winning streak could be catch- yore – to the game today.” And conduct. Such reports are first was very concerned . . . that we’d specialist for the Lansing (Mich.) ing fire, hitting on all cylinders what John Lott, a Toronto-based subject to a departmental inves- be adding guns out there. But now, Lugnuts, an affiliate of the big- or surging, among many options, baseball writer, salutes as “a lol- tigation which in most cases is just about everyone seems to have a league Toronto Blue Jays. (Their while a defeat – with three pages lygagger’s delight!” handled by an investigating officer gun, unfortunately.” from outside the department. At To further support his claim, this time, information is gathered Schinner suggested that retired and witnesses are interviewed. police officers could have been a Visit www.greenbeltnewsreview.com The officer is not required to be great help in the Utah Trolley Mall informed of the investigation unless Museum shooting. Resident Kelly formal charges are issued or there Ivy, a gun owner, stood up to is to be a formal interrogation of articulate his confidence in police the officer. officers and their weapons. Lie detector tests taken at such “I would much rather have W A R N I N G a time are inadmissible in court, these guys have [their guns] on the though they may provide evidence street, retired or not, against the in an internal disciplinary action. people who have them,” Ivy said. Read This Before Filing Your TAX RETURN! 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