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Vol. 77, No. 3 January 15 — January 21, 2009 Prince George’s County, Maryland Newspaper of Record Phone: 301-627-0900 25 cents “I Have a Dream that one day...” “my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. BY STAFF WRITER In the spring of 1963, King Prince George’s Post and SCLC lead mass demonstra - tions in Birmingham, Alabama, On the 45th anniversary of where local white police officials the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King were known for their violent Jr.’s most memorable “I Have a opposition to integration. Dream” speech, another African- Clashes between unarmed black American leader, Barak Obama demonstrators and police armed made a historic speech of his with dogs and fire hoses generat - own. He accepted the ed newspaper headlines through - Democratic Party's nomination out the world. President to become the first African Kennedy responded to the American president of the Birmingham protests by submit - United States in a speech that ting broad civil rights legislation promised change in the direction to Congress, which led to the of the country. Barack Obama passage of the Civil Rights Act was 2 years old when Dr. King of 1964. shared his dream. Subsequent mass demonstra - In 2004, Obama burst on to tions culminated in the March on the national scene with a speech Washington for Jobs and that paid homage to King and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in those who came before him. “I which more than 250,000 pro - stand here knowing that my story testers gathered in Washington, is part of the larger American D. C. It was on the steps of the (DEXTER AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH TO WHITE HOUSE) PHOTO BY STAFF story. That I owe a debt to all of Lincoln Memorial that King “...I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over , and I've seen the Promised those who came before me, and delivered his famous "I Have a Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land. And so that no other country on Earth is Dream" speech. I'm happy tonight; I'm not worried about anything; I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the my story even possible.” A century after the Lord.” - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King’s 'I Have A Dream" Emancipation Proclamation speech given at the Lincoln ended slavery, King looked out the Negro lives on a lonely Poor People's Campaign while supporting striking sanita - assassinated. Memorial on August 28, 1963 over a quarter million Americans island of poverty in the midst of designed to confront economic tion workers in Memphis, he The Country may hail the followed a long struggle to gain who'd gathered before the a vast ocean of material prosper - problems that had not been delivered his final address "I've justice for African Americans in Lincoln Memorial, and told ity." addressed by earlier civil rights Been to the Mountaintop." The this country. them: "One hundred years later, In late 1967, King initiated a reforms. The following year, next day, 4 April 1968, King was See KING, Page A 7

Upton Community’s Decay Heritage Crossing Fails Preceded by Housing Boom BY L EONARD SPARKS Just as in New York's Harlem, to Make Upton Bloom Capital News Service housing segregation laid the founda - BY LEONARD SPARKS AND BEN in the area surrounding the new com - tion for what would become one of SLIVNICK munity. BALTIMORE - On a Saturday the country's most vibrant black Capital News Service The city, state and federal govern - afternoon, Gordon Garrett runs a rag communities after World War I. ment spent $61 million to replace the dilapidated Murphy Homes public- across the surface of a Ford parked Bordered by Biddle Street on the BALTIMORE - When April Johnson housing project with Heritage Crossing, outside a block of houses on West south, Bloom Street on the north, looks out the front window of her house confident that the creation of a subur - Lanvale Street in west Baltimore’s Fremont Street on the west and in Heritage Crossing, she sees rows of ban-style neighborhood would bring Upton community. McCulloh Street on the east, Upton red-brick townhouses and neat lawns new investment into the beleaguered He pointed to 802 Lanvale, began drawing black residents as that define the five-year-old develop - community of Upton. where his parents moved in 1943. whites migrated to Baltimore's new ment in West Baltimore. She sees "Our housing plan was to use He recalls "Mr. Mitchell," the northern suburbs around World War homes with small gardens and doors Heritage Crossing as an anchor and start schoolteacher who lived next door I. decorated with wreaths. redeveloping the blocks all around it," and gave him money to sweep side - Restrictive housing opportunities But her back window opens to said William Cole IV, the area's city walks and cut grass. Two doors meant that black doctors, lawyers another view: shells of gutted houses, councilman. down, "Miss Robinson" lived with and teachers lived alongside blue- boarded-up doorways, smashed win - But that hasn't happened. her preacher husband and filled her collar workers. And with blacks dows. One house, three doors down Despite the efforts of active, vocal front and back yards with flowers. unable to shop and eat at downtown from her backyard, is missing an entire neighborhood associations, Upton is "People brought their houses stores and restaurants, businesses wall. still rife with vacant properties. The fail - here because they looked for a good followed them to Upton. PHOTO BY CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE When she was deciding whether to neighborhood. And in 1943 and Mikulski decried wage discrimination. buy a house in Heritage Crossing, built 1942 and 1941, you couldn't move "Let's start with equal pay for equal along Martin Luther King Boulevard, but certain places," Garrett, 75, said. See UPTON, Page A 7 work," Johnson said the city promised renewal See CROSSING, Page A 5

INSIDE Murphy Homes Neighbors Columns: Morningside-Skyline, Brandywine- Aquasco, Clinton, Suitland and 24th Are Gone, But Annual Christmas Food Basket Campaign Not Forgotten Neighbors , Page A2 BY DYLAN WAUGH and MEGAN MILLER Capital News Service Financial Super Bowl As it does every year, Super Bowl mania is sweeping the nation. In a BALTIMORE - For 20 years, Mary Holmes recent survey of Visa Inc. cardholders, lived on the third floor of 1058 Argyle Ave., one of more than 60 percent said they would the high-rises in West Baltimore's notorious George be inviting family and friends over to B. Murphy Homes. Then, one hot, hazy July morn - watch the game, spending an average ing in 1999, she blew it up. of about $170 on refreshments. How "The man told me, he said, 'One, two, three,' and do your plans and budget stack up? I pushed the button, but . . .I don't think I blowed it up. I think I just pushed a button and it looked like PHOTO BY CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE Community , Page A3 I did." Holmes laughs at the memory but says there Mikulski decried wage discrimination. "Let's start with equal pay for equal work," were tears in her eyes as the buildings crumbled. Eartha Kitt and Freddie Hubbard "I'm glad they (demolished Murphy Homes)," Much has been written about the giant she said. "But I just think about all the good times. Let It Snow, Let It Snow In Maryland shoulders Barack Obama stands on as he prepares to become America's first We had some good times." BY CHRISTOPHER CAREY and clear of snow and ice. Highway Administration. Murphy Homes, a public housing complex, Capital News Service That much salt has not been But weather forecasters dis - Black President. But with the recent comprised 15 acres of low-rise townhouses, play - needed since 2002-2003, an agree about whether this winter passing of Eartha Kitt and Freddie Hubbard over the holidays, we were grounds and basketball courts, centered on four 14- ANNAPOLIS - The State exceptionally snowy winter will be a bit warmer than usual, reminded that Obama's path to the story high rises. The towers contained one-, two- Highway Administration is pre - season. or significantly colder. And White House was also paved by the and three-bedroom apartments, strung along central pared for anything the winter "Since October, we have nobody seems to know how courageous lives of the transformative hallways. season throws its way, with been in winter weather mode," powers of iconic artists and entertainers. more than 336,000 tons of salt said Charlie Gischlar, a Neighbors, Page A4 at the ready to keep roads safe spokesman for the State See MURPHY, Page A 3 See SNOW, Page A 7 A2 — January 15 — January 21, 2009 — The Prince George’s Post Towns and N EIGHBORS

In and Around Morningside-Skyline Fire/EMS Department Promotions Prince George’s County by Mary McHale301 735 3451 Fire Chief Lawrence H. “Senior Moments” author, Bowie, graduated from St. Pius Sedgwick, Jr. recently com - Elder Law attorney to speak X elementary, Bowie High May they rest in peace pleted a round of promotions on senior citizen issues School and the University of Valaree M. Cullins, 83, a for four personnel. As part of their continuing Maryland. He was ordained a longtime Camp Springs resi - Throughout the course of this series of interest to seniors, chil - priest in 1989. As a deacon he dent, died Dec. 10. She was week, Fire Chief Sedgwick dren of seniors and caregivers, was assigned to Mount Calvary born in Seattle. During the visited each promotee and St. Philip’s Parish is offering in Forestville. 1960s she worked for U.S. presented a Certificate of “Senior Awareness and Elder Morningside Town offices Representative Glenard P. Promotion and encouraged Care Law Day” on Saturday, will be closed Jan. 19 for Martin Lipscomb (R-Calif.) and was a them to continue their efforts January 17, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Luther King Jr. Day and Jan. 20 board member of the Navy- in educating the public about in the Social Hall. m. This is a for Inauguration Day. Marine Corps Relief Society in the importance of smoke free program. However, the monthly Town the 1970s and ‘80s. Survivors alarms and home escape A continental breakfast will Meeting will be held on include her husband of 54 years, plans. These promotions be served from 9:30 to 10 a.m. Wednesday,Jan. 21, 8 p.m. at retired Navy Rear Adm. Peter were effective December 31, At 10 a.m., Jacqueline D. the Town Hall. All K. Cullins; son Richard Cullins 2008. Congratulations to: “Jackie” Byrd, of Bowie, author Morningsiders are encouraged and daughter Linda Cullins Regina L. Augustine – of “Senior Moments” will to attend. Wilcox; three grandchildren and Promoted to Fire speak. At 11 a.m., attorney Condolences to Marilyn four great-grandchildren. Fighter/Medic Lieutenant, Thorne on the death of nephew Richard J. Brushwood Morris Klein, of Bethesda and Catherine Hartman Beall, – Regina L. Augustine editor of the “Elder Law Larry Wilder who died Dec. 30. 85, daughter of C. Norris and Promoted to Fire Fighter Newsletter,” will discuss legal Patsy Hartman, owners of the Lieutenant, to Fire Fighter Lieutenant, Promoted to Fire Fighter Changing landscape issues regarding senior citizens old Hartman’s Market in John P. Callan – Promoted Anthony M. Salviejo – Lieutenant. and elder care. You’re going to be hearing Suitland, died Dec. 18 in There will be a question & more and more about BRAC Annapolis. She graduated from answer period, and possibly (Base Realignment and Surrattsville High, attended Clinton Conversations other speakers. There will also Closure) over the next few Strayer College, and worked for by Norma Fazenbaker301 579 6116 be materials available at the years because of increased Riggs Bank in Washington in Maryland to Play Important of this Inauguration and the antic - those living in the area. People Fair Tables, including “Five growth at Andrews. Nine F-16 the 1940s and later for a Prince Role in Historic Presidential ipated crowds, the amount of planning to attend the Wishes” and “Vial of Life.” fighter jets from Cannon AFB, George’s physician. She was Inaugural interaction between state, local, Inauguration and/or the parade in New Mexico, are due to be Reservations are required by active with a group that raises Reisterstown, MD (Jan. 7, and federal officials in the Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20 transferred to Andrews, as well Jan. 14. For information or reg - money for cancer research. Her 2009) – As final plans are being Baltimore and Washington should be able to walk long dis - as about 2700 government istration, call the rectory, 301- husband of 44 years, Irving made by the organizers of regions and around Maryland is tances and be prepared to stand employees. On Dec. 15 Lt. 423-4244, or the committee, “Bill” Beall, died in 1988. President-Elect Barack Obama’s unprecedented,” said MEMA for long periods of time. Gov. Anthony Brown, who 301-423-2633. Survivors include three sons, Inauguration, Maryland is play - Director Richard G. Muth. “It Transportation into and out of the heads Maryland’s BRAC com - St. Philip’s is at 5414 five grandchildren, seven great- ing an important role in the his - truly has been a team effort to area will be difficult, and area mission, approved a 655-acre Henderson Way, off Auth Road, grandchildren and a sister. toric event. With several coordinate security, transporta - transit agencies will have special area near Andrews which will in Camp Springs. In her history of Suitland, Inaugural-related events in tion, emergency medical and schedules and ticket policies that be allotted several million for Darlie Norton wrote about Maryland, including the recent logistical issues among two met - day. Please visit Neighbors development and revitalization Hartman’s Market. She announcement of the Whistle ropolitan areas and along 100 http://www.mdot.state.md.us/ Suitland High School stu - loans and grants. (Does this recounted how Norris Hartman Stop Tour through Maryland and miles of railroad.” 2009PresidentialInaugurationInf dents and faculty are mourning mean we get a grocery, drug rented a store from Mr. Ellis a stop in Baltimore on Saturday, The official list of Inaugural o.html for Maryland’s transporta - the death of their football coach, store or bank? Maybe a book - Middleton in 1914 and later Jan. 17, state officials have been events is expected to be released tion information. For Washington Nick Lynch, who was killed store?) bought it. “He went in a horse working closely to coordinate in the coming days by the Metro information, visit Dec. 31 in a two-car collision Forest Heights is pursuing and buggy to Clinton to court transportation, security, and other Presidential Inaugural http://www.wmata.com/getting_a about a mile from his annexation for a new housing his future wife, Mildred Hardy. issues with federal agencies, local Committee. The regional trans - round/metro_events/inauguration Brandywine home. development, named Talbert They were married in 1916 and emergency managers, and offi - portation plan developed by .cfm. Congratulations to one of Court, near its borders. have four children, Roland, cials in D.C. and Virginia for sev - transportation and law enforce - Potential attendees also need our District 25 delegates, Groundbreaking for the devel - Wilton, Catherine, and Peggy.... eral months. ment officials from the National to pay particular attention to Melony G. Griffith, for being opment—16 duplex homes Norris Hartman also bought Mr. The Maryland Emergency Capital Region was released this weather forecasts for that day and selected unanimously to be along Talbert Drive near Forest Suit’s store [located on the cor - Management Agency (MEMA) afternoon. be aware of security measures head of the House of Delegates Heights Elementary—is ner where the old water tower is the primary state agency for As the date of the Presidential that will be in place. The most up- for Prince George’s County for planned for next fall. was] and moved it across the Inaugural activities. Inauguration nears, officials are to-date source for such informa - the next two years. A site plan has been submit - street to the back of his store “Because of the historic nature offering some tips both to those tion is at As delegation chairwoman, she ted for a 6,300 square-foot making this the first large store planning to attend the events and http://inauguration.dc.gov/index. is responsible for coordinating church in the southwest corner in Suitland....” legislation and votes among the of Suitland Road and Meadow Do any of you, dear Readers, Brandywine-Aquasco county delegates. View Drive. have memories of Hartman’s by Ruth Turner 301 888 1139 John Kelly’s Washington County Executive Jack Market? (The Washington Post, Jan. 5) Johnson, members of the NOTTINGHAM-MYERS Senior Casey Banaszak is a Parish located at 13901 Baden pays tribute to Charlie County Council and county del - Milestones UNITED METHODIST member of the National Honor Westwood Road, Baden, MD Patterson, of Camp Springs, egates and senators met with Happy birthday to Eva CHURCH Society. Casey academics will be selling dinners 12:00 who has retired after 44 years as Governor O’Malley recently to Hugings and Charles Boxley, The members of include AP Government, AP Noon until (all dinners are an elevator operator at the Ring let him know they want a say in Jan. 8; Dwight Holloway Sr., Nottingham –Myers United Language, AP World History, sold). Dinners include Building, 18th and M north - how to distribute federal funds Frank Binsted, Ronnie Ellis and Methodist Church and the AP Biology, AP U.S. History, Chicken or Pig Feet for west. That’s lots of ups-and- from the economic stimulus Roc Wheeler, Jan. 13; Edythe community would like to wel - AP Statistics, AP Psychology, $11.00. Chiterlings, Fish, or downs, but he never got bored. package proposed by President- Neale, Curtis DeMarco come Rev. Daryl L. Williams AP Calculus, AP Human Barbecue Spareribs Dinner Among the VIPs he met: coun - elect Obama. Knowles, Kathleen Giroux, as our new minister at our Geography. Extra Curricular will be sold for $13.00 each. try singer Charley Pride, Among the projects they want Joanie Mangum and my son church. Rev. Williams is a activities include Principals The dinners will benefit St. Redskins’ running-back Larry funded are: reconstruction of Mike McHale, Jan. 14. graduate of Morehouse Leadership Team, Varsity Philip’s Church. Brown, Redskins’ Pete Wysocki Temple Hill and Brinkley roads, Happy anniversary to Diane College in Atlanta, GA where Tennis Team (Captain), Points of contact: Ruby E. and more. Branch Avenue reconstruction, and Steve Zirkle, Jan. 9; David he was a student senator while MJROTC Drill Team Gross 301-888-1475, Edna The Archdiocese has a Suitland Parkway at Route 4, and Lori Williams, Jan. 9; majoring in Religion and Commander. Awards: Jones 301-420-4323, newly-ordained auxiliary bish - and a safety project at Gary and Melody Barnes, Philosophy. He earned a Academic Hall of Fame Elizabeth Reeder 301-888- op, Barry Knestout, the first Allentown and Brinkley roads. Jan. 14; and Frank and Sharleen Masters of Divinity from Yale (Crossland Hall School). 1329. Day of dinner please Prince George’s County native (I don’t see Suitland Road on Kelly Cappella, their 54th on University. Casey plans to attend col - call 301-888-1536. to serve as a bishop in the list.) Jan. 15. Rev. Williams served as lege on a United Air Force Washington. He grew up in Youth Pastor of Bethel African ROTC scholarship and BOWIE STATE Methodist Episcopal Church become a pilot upon commis - UNIVERSITY Suitland Beat of New Haven, Connecticut. sioning, after receiving his Bowie State University by Janice Euell 240 619 5235 Executive Pastor of First degree. He is a member of the experienced major successes African Methodist Episcopal MJROTC color guard and is a and growth during the past The Prince George’s County fund raiser will support the book club." Church of Seattle Washington, 4th year Cadet Captain in that academic year from academics Delta Alumnae Foundation advancement of the comprehen - Darius Dickens - "I am able Senior Pastor of both St. Paul leadership. The MJROTC to athletics. The University is invites the community to a spe - sive programs of the Foundation. to ut emphasis on the dialogue in African Methodist Episcopal Drill Team that Casey com - proud to detail their accom - cial benefit – Diamonds and Reaching Objectives through the book much better. Church and St. John African mands has placed 3rd in plishments in the 2007-2008 Denim – An Old School Dance Joint Actions (ROJA), Inc. spon - Amaya Dickens -"I under - Methodist Church in regional competition. Casey annual report, which can be and Card Party at the Prince sors its After School Learning stand what's being said in the Columbia, Missouri and manages to balance his studies found at: BOWIES - George’s Ballroom (2411 Centers in Suitland and District book better." Centralia Missouri, respective - and part-time job. TATE.EDU/AnnualReport200 Pinebrook Avenue in Landover, Heights on the grounds of two Vertania Kemp - " I have ly. 8. MD) on Friday, February 20, apartment complexes - Parkland increased my vocabulary and I Rev. Williams is also an CHICKEN CARRY OUT 2009 from 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM. Village and Parkway Terrace. learn new words." accomplished writer and DINNERS EXPRESSIONS OF Enjoy DJ Music Maestro, line During their after school sessions James Smith - " feel happy teacher. He is currently work - Super Bowl Sunday will be SYMPATHY dance lessons, hors d’oeuvres, youth participate in book clubs and I like to read and learn new ing on a book entitled, Living held at St. Philips’s Church, The Nottingham Myers card playing, cash bar, and more. that enhance their academic per - stuff." In Power. He has traveled the Baden Parish 13901 Baden Church Family and Tickets are limited at $25 per formance in reading and reading Isn't this really what we want country teaching and facilitat - Westwood Road, Baden, MD Community extends its heart - person and will not be sold at the comprehension. Youth were our children to say about reading ing workshops on financial on February 1, 2009 at 11:00 felt sympathy to Barbara Hall door. Advance ticket sales only. interviewed and asked what they instead of treating it like it's a and stewardship empower - AM. Each dinner cost $10.00. and Maxfield Hodge and other Call Evonne at 301-352-8180 or liked about reading and here are negative thing. Let's get and ment and church growth. All dinners must be pre- relatives and friends in the Norma at 301-350-8884 for tick - some of their responses. keep them motivated to read, Rev. Williams a native of ordered and paid for in passing of Francine Makle. ets and additional information or Kaylah Gallimore - "I like Please call ROJA AT (292)422- Brooklyn, New York, and the advance. The Nottingham Myers send an email to reading long chapter books. I 0647 for information on how you son of Joshua and Earline The dinner will benefit St. Church Family extends its [email protected] or have learned to read and speak can get a book club started in Williams come to us with Philip’s Church, Baden Parish. heartfelt sympathy to John E [email protected]. This louder since I have BEEN in the your community. extensive ministerial and secu - Come and enjoy. Johnson’s (A.K.A. Johnnie lar experience. Johnson) in the passing of his SOUL FOOD DINNERS mother-in-law, Hazel Duckett. SCHOLAR OF THE WEEK Friday, February 20, 2009, Happy New Year! Crossland High School Saint Philip’s Church, Baden January 15 — January 21, 2009 — The Prince George’s Post —A3 COMMUNITY

Practical Money Skills Murphy Homes Gone, But Not Forgotten By Jason Alderman A financial Super Bowl

As it does every year, Super Bowl mania is sweep - ing the nation. In a recent survey of Visa Inc. card - holders, more than 60 per - cent said they would be inviting family and friends over to watch the game, spending an average of about $170 on refreshments. PHOTO BY CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE How do your plans and bud - get stack up? you live in the projects you don't ed to paint the walls what they When Baltimore received feder - Once all of the chips have been eaten and the stadium Murphy from A 1 have a future...It just happens call salmon color. And it seemed al funding through the HOPE VI lights have gone out in Tampa Bay on February 1, you don’t With 375 pounds of explo - that this is where I train and I to have calmed (the prisoners) program to revitalize its public necessarily have to banish football from your mind until sives, it took just 20 seconds for live, and I enjoy it. Murphy down. So I went to work the housing, the Housing Authority next fall: You can keep the football spirit alive year round the housing project to disinte - Homes will always be my base." next day, and said I want to decided to start over, using a and at the same time teach your kids some valuable lessons grate into a pile of rubble and The Housing Authority order this paint." completely different model. about managing their personal finances by playing a game concrete dust, a victim of the sometimes sponsored athletic McWhite says that 851, "The elimination of the con - called Financial Football. Baltimore Housing Authority's programs for neighborhood chil - renamed Fremont House, centration of poverty was Jointly developed by the National Football League and public housing redevelopment. dren, including dance classes, seemed to improve after the absolutely necessary," said Al Visa, Financial Football is a lively interactive game that Years later, the Murphy row boxing lessons and basketball changes and stayed that way for Barry, formerly a planner for teaches personal financial management skills to young houses and high-rises still stand games. Former champion at least a few years. But by the Baltimore City. adults. It can be played for free on the Web or downloaded in Baltimore's memory as heavyweight boxer Larry mid-1980s it was clear that all Murphy Homes was slated to to your cell phone and played at any time. "Murder Homes," a place of Middleton, who came within four high-rises were decaying. become the third high-rise pro - Financial Football combines the structure and rules of the crime, addiction and violence. one qualifying match of fighting Elevators were constantly ject demolished in Baltimore, NFL with financial education questions of varying difficul - Yet some people remember a Muhammad Ali for the title, ran broken, forcing some residents after Lafayette Courts and ty. You can play it with your kids one-on-one or by forming different version of the Murphy a Housing Authority athletic to climb the stairs to the 14th Lexington Terrace and before teams. Racing against the clock, teams gain yards and score Homes story, one that includes program at Murphy Homes in floor. Clogged trash chutes Flag House Courts. But before points for answering questions correctly, and lose yardage birthday parties, neighborhood the early '80s. caused garbage to accumulate in the towers could be blown up, for wrong answers. festivals and world champi - Marvin McDowell, also a the hallways. Plumbing, heating officials needed to relocate the Players pick home and visitor teams from among the 32 onships. They're people like champion boxer, helped and electrical systems were people living there. AFC and NFC teams, then choose the game length and level Mary Holmes, who lives on the Middleton run the Murphy pro - unreliable. The federal government of question difficulty to make the game either more or less spot where Murphy Homes once gram. He remembers 20 to 40 Even the concrete structures offered tenants vouchers -- then challenging. There is a standard edition for teenagers and a stood. kids showing up to spar in the themselves had become danger - called Section 8 certificates -- to more advanced version for college-age young adults. Holmes enjoys living in converted laundry room that was ous. In 1989, Raymond Toulson, subsidize their rent payments if Since first being introduced a few seasons ago, Financial Heritage Crossing, the mixed- their makeshift training area. 12, died after being struck on the they chose to move to housing Football has really caught on. The online version has been income development of home - "The (Middleton) program head by a 2-foot-long piece of owned by private landlords. downloaded more than 200,000 times and 19 state govern - owners and renters built on the was devised because of drug concrete that broke off a ninth Some used the certificates to ments have distributed the game to all their high schools, site of Murphy Homes. But she activity as a preventive program floor balcony of one of the tow - move away from Baltimore to making it a component of their financial education curricu - remembers Murphy as a close for youth. They would be there ers. Engineering studies the counties. A few, Henson la. community of friends and neigh - from 4 to 8 in the evenings," revealed that, because of the says, moved out of state. Here are a few of the many questions Financial Football bors, which she says Heritage Gloria Burton, who directed the way the balconies were made, But he adds that many resi - players are asked: Crossing has not replaced. program, says. "They had put they would continue to crack dents turned down the Section 8 Before entering your credit card number online, first "We could open our doors (in them in 'The 851,' the worst and crumble unless completely certificates, wanting to stay in make sure: (a) The website is secure; (b) You understand the Murphy) because we knew building that they had." rebuilt or removed altogether. public housing, where their rent site's privacy statement; (c) You trust the company you're everybody on the floor," says By the late 1970s, 851 In addition to physical prob - -- fixed at 30 percent of a ten - buying from; (d) All of the above. Holmes, who moved into one of George St. was the worst of the lems, Murphy remained a major ant's income -- covered every - Who is NOT allowed to access your credit report? (a) A the high-rises, 1058 Argyle Ave., Murphy high-rises. Drug dealers center of the city's drug and thing, including utilities. potential landlord; (b) Your employer; (c) your relatives; (d) in 1979. "And in the summer - sold in the stairwells and outside crime activity. Those who rejected the financial institutions. time we had a big playground around the neighborhood. They It became more and more dif - Section 8 vouchers were offered Which of the following is true about bankruptcy: (a) and . . .we'd watch each other's paid tenants, often single moth - ficult to find tenants willing to three choices in other Baltimore Bankruptcy will stay on your credit report for 10 years; (b) kids. Somebody would call, 'Ms. ers, to stash drugs in their apart - live in the high-rises. A Jan. 13, public housing projects, Henson Bankruptcy gets rid of all debts; (c) Bankruptcy allows me Mary, I got to go to the store. ments. Other apartments -- ten - 1993, Sun article reported: "At says. to protect my property by hiding it or giving it away; (d) All Bess is outside; can you keep an ants estimated as many as two or George Murphy Homes . . . 25 Murphy's concrete towers taxes are dischargeable when you file for bankruptcy. eye on her?' That's what we did." three per floor -- were used as vacant apartments are ready to were replaced with a suburban- Which of the following is NOT important in determining Holmes, who eventually "shooting galleries" where drug be rented. But...after making style townhouse community your credit-worthiness? (a) Your current debt; (b) Your cur - became tenant council president, users could get high. With the offers to the top 300 applicants called Heritage Crossing. To sat - rent salary; (c) Your past credit payment history; (d) Your began her leadership by organiz - drugs came shootings, stab - on the waiting list, the agency isfy HOPE VI regulations, the parents’ income. ing children"s birthday parties. bings, and regular police raids. has not been able to find a single new community placed public How many did you get right? If you answered four cor - "This little boy came to me "Murphy Homes had become tenant willing to live one of housing rentals next to market- rect, you scored a touchdown. Getting three right is a field one day and said, 'Ms. Mary, Murder Homes," former those 25 apartments." rate homes. goal. Only two is a punt. And one or fewer is a fumble. The today is my birthday. Can we Housing Commissioner Daniel "The families weren't moving Heritage Crossing has about correct answers are: 1(d); 2(c); 3(a); and 4(d). have something?'" Henson says. "What you saw on in," says Gloria Burton. "People one-third of the housing units of To learn more about Financial Football, play the game or Holmes organized with a few (HBO's) 'The Wire' was very had to be very desperate, or Murphy Homes. The majority of download a free copy, go to Visa’s free personal financial other mothers, made a cake, and, true," he says, referring to the come from a shelter, to move these units are privately owned, management site, Practical Money Skills for Life "that's how that started." HBO series about life in into the high-rise, because in the owner-occupied houses. (www.practicalmoneyskills.com/football). Later came crab feasts and Baltimore. high-rise you wouldn't have any When Heritage Crossing was Regardless of how much you plan to spend for your trips to Orioles games. The problems were so severe control over your neighbors, the built, the names of former Super Bowl gathering, if anything will make learning about Over the years, a few that the Housing Authority took elevator, or anything." Murphy Homes residents inter - money management fun and get your kids engaged in this Baltimore celebrities came out unorthodox steps to try to fix "With both crack cocaine and ested in returning were entered vital subject, it’s Financial Football. of the Murphy Homes commu - them. heroin available readily in that into a lottery. Mary Holmes was nity. Laverne McWhite, manager part of town, and people coming one of those selected. Jason Alderman directs Visa’s financial education pro - In 1984 Leroy Taylor, a of Murphy Homes from about to prey on folks in Murphy "They found places for grams. To sign up for a free monthly personal finance e- Murphy resident for most of his 1979 to 1984, remembers a Homes, nobody wanted to live everybody," Holmes says. "A lot Newsletter, go to life, won the world welterweight Housing Authority experiment there," said Henson. "Only the of people didn't come back www.practicalmoneyskills.com/newsletter. kickboxing title. "...world cham - in the 851 high-rise that attempt - poorest of the poor wound up at because after they moved they pion," The Baltimore Sun wrote ed to reduce the building's crime Murphy Homes. You only lived liked where they were. But they of Taylor's accomplishment, by relocating problem tenants there if it was the only place you still have a list of people who "not just East Coast champion or and replacing them with "not had to live." would come back (to Heritage Maryland champion or Murphy elderly, but mature adults 55 and Then-Mayor Kurt Schmoke Crossing) if they had a place to SUBSCRIBE TODAY! Homes champion." over." called the high rises "warehous - come to. If somebody'd move Call 301-627-0900 Taylor not only lived in At the same time a few minor es of poverty." out or somebody'd die or some - Murphy Homes, he trained renovations were done to Henson said that by the time thing like that." or Mail Your Name and there. As part of his condition - improve 851's appearance. Murphy Homes was imploded She says that Murphy resi - ing, he would run its 14 stories McWhite credits herself with the in 1999, almost 90 percent of its dents who did return to Heritage Address to: of stairs top to bottom, four idea to repaint the inside of the residents were unemployed. Crossing found a very different times in a row. Each trip took building a salmon color. By the early '90s it had community than the one they'd The Prince George’s Post, him about 15 minutes. "I was listening on a Sunday become clear to urban planners left. Taylor's brother John, also a to '60 Minutes.' And '60 Minutes' nationwide that the high-rise "I like it here," Holmes says, P.O. Box 1001, Upper champion kick boxer, told The had a program where the warden public housing experiment of smiling. "But this is not Murphy. Marlboro, MD 20772 Sun, "They think that because in this jail, or prison, had decid - the mid-20th century had failed. Let's put it like that." A4 — January 15 — January 21, 2009 — The Prince George’s Post COMMENTARY

By Wade Henderson Open to the Public President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights TV Converts to Digital: Will It Create a New Digital Divide? WASHINGTON-When most television St. Paul, 11.6% in Austin, 11.6% in Los Angeles broadcasts in the US go all-digital in February, it and 11.6% in Memphis. will mark a new triumph for communications The data paints a disturbing picture. Many technology. Across the country, the conversion low-income and people of color who were part of National Voting Rights Museum & Institute from an older method of transmitting TV signals, the broad coalition that lifted Illinois Sen. Near the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, AL, the Museum and Institute offers known as analog, will give way to digital tech - Barrack Obama to the presidency face the real America and the world the opportunity to learn the lessons from the past. Housed in this nology. possibility of not being able to follow his museum are exhibits that remind everyone of the struggle to secure the rights for all The transition to digital TV, which is taking progress once he takes office. Moreover, as the Americans to vote, regardless of race, education or wealth. place around the world, will bring vast improve - nation confronts one of its most challenging eco - ments in both picture (high definition) and sound nomic crises ever, millions of people won’t be quality, and the ability of broadcasters to multi - getting the latest news and information about cast – sending multiple signals over the same public policy changes from their television sets. airwaves used for one analog signal. There are It’s crucial that public officials, as well as cor - other benefits as well. There will be more space porate, community and civic leaders join in the Child Watch on the airwaves for public safety communica - effort to inform those with analog televisions tions, allowing police, fire and rescue squads to how they can obtain converter boxes that will by Marion Wright Edelman keep us safer. In addition, it will make a new allow their televisions to continue receiving sta - generation of wireless technologies available. tions after the conversion. Multicasting may allow more free ethnic media The government is sponsoring a conversion All Parents Can Use Support broadcasts. assistance program. A Digital-to-Analog Parenting offers the most time parents—many of them serve as wise parent mentors to Yet, there may also be a serious downside: Converter Box Coupon is available; households wonderful and daunting chal - young single parents—and counsel others parents going We may be creating a new digital divide. can receive two $40 coupons for the purchase of lenges in the world. Parents are stays with them through the through treatment. While many Americans take their cable and converter boxes. Depending on the television, their children's most important child's second birthday. The Support for families in need satellite TV services for granted, millions of fam - converter boxes cost between $40 and $70. For teachers and mentors, and they nurses work with mothers on through community-based ilies still rely on rooftop antennas and rabbit ears more information, visit www.dtv2009.gov, or bear primary responsibility for health-related behaviors during organizations, schools or public to receive their television stations. On February call 1-888-388-2009 (voice). The process can nurturing their sons and daugh - pregnancy such as cigarette agencies must fully engage par - 17th, when most television stations must broad - take up to six weeks, so people must order their ters while keeping them safe. smoking, drinking and drug ents, other family members and cast digitally, those old over the air televisions coupons now. Yet parenting is one of the most abuse, and educate them about the children and build on the sets will not pick up the stations many Americans The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights is undervalued and least prepared the physical and emotional strengths of all of them. rely on. urging civic, community and political leaders to for roles in America. Virtually needs of their children. Helping adults become better Not surprising, low income families and com - help their constituents keep their televisions on. everyone who has children The Healthy Families home parents reduces child abuse and munities of color will be impacted the most. The Here are ways to assist those who need our help: wants to be a good parent, but visiting programs target moth - neglect and works to prevent Nielson Company, leaders in television viewer Post flyers to community and office bulletin some do not know how to do ers at risk, connecting with crime and delinquency when research, has completed a study with stunning boards. that, and many lack the support them at the hospital and follow - children’s special needs are results. Their report shows that 12.5% of African Place announcements in newsletters, bul - of extended family or commu - ing up with visits, to some par - caught early. Ultimately, this American households and 13% of Hispanic letins, and newspapers. nity resources. So instead of ents and children through age type of intervention benefits households are using analog televisions and are Send postcards or emails to everyone in your judging or assigning blame five. The Parents as Teachers children and all of us over the not ready for the digital transition. Moreover, address book. when parents come up short in program offers home visiting to long term by helping to make households with annual incomes of less than Give bookmarks out at your neighborhood providing care and protection parents with newborns through the futures of those served $25,000 are five times more likely to be unpre - school. to their children, we should rec - the schools. Recognizing that more productive and by lower - pared for the digital conversion than households Attend conversion education events in your ognize that what many parents parents are their children’s best ing public expenditures. earning over $75,000. community. need is help. first teachers, families receive Marian Wright Edelman, The impact on communities of color is under - There are 21 million households currently Nobody raises a child alone child development instruction whose latest book is The Sea Is scored by Nielson’s listing of locations with the relying on analog television. As our nation and many parents need support and parenting support in their So Wide And My Boat Is So highest percentage of households with analog breaks many barriers, including the election of its from a spouse, parent, sibling, homes from a trained parent Small: Charting a Course for televisions; most have large minority popula - first African American president, we can’t allow friend or neighbor. That sup - educator for the child’s first the Next Generation, is presi - tions. For instance, 15.8% of Houston house - millions of people to lose their source of news port may come in the form of three years, and in some loca - dent of the Children's Defense holds aren’t ready for the conversion, 14.3% in and information. That would be taking a giant respite for an hour or two of tions, until the child enters Fund. For more information Dallas-Ft. Worth, 14.1% in Tulsa, 13.4% in Salt step backwards. alone time once a week or the kindergarten. All of these home about the Children's Defense Lake City, 13.3 in Milwaukee, 12.7% in Let’s help those who can’t afford new televi - ability to attend church while a visiting models have been high - Fund, go to Albuquerque-Santa Fe, 12.0% in Minneapolis- sions keep their access to the airwaves. friend sits with their children. ly effective in strengthening www.childrensdefense.org. Parents, grandparents or other parenting skills, promoting caregivers of children or healthy child development, and Mrs. Edelman's Child Watch teenagers can benefit from sup - addressing child abuse and Column also appears each week port groups organized by faith- neglect. on The Huffington Post. To Be Equal based or other community For parents facing special Marian Wright Edelman, organizations where they can challenges, such as substance whose new book is The Sea is So Marc Morial, President and CEO find help for coping with the abuse, comprehensive family- Wide And My Boat Is So Small: challenging behaviors of their based treatment brings parents Charting a Course for the Next National Urban League children or extra support to and their young children Generation, is president of the address their children’s special together so that attention can be Children's Defense Fund. needs. given to the parent-child rela - CDF’s Leave No Child Behind® Many parents are plagued tionship as well as the child’s mission focuses on ensuring Eartha Kitt and Freddie Hubbard by poverty or unemployment development. These programs every child a Health Start, a Much has been written about the giant shoulders nation for her role in the 1978 Broadway produc - that can make it particularly also help parents prepare a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Barack Obama stands on as he prepares to become tion of Timbuktu, Eartha Kitt carved a unique niche difficult for them to balance recovery plan as they transition Start and a Moral Start in life America's first Black President. Everyone from in the world of entertainment and influenced many parenting with job searches or back into their communities. As and successful passage to adult - Abraham Lincoln and FDR to Dr. Martin Luther well-known singers including Dianna Ross, Janet work. A parent who worries a component of some pro - hood with the help of caring King has been cited as inspirations. But with the Jackson and Madonna. She also left an indelible about the impact on their chil - grams, mothers in recovery families and communities. recent passing of Eartha Kitt and Freddie Hubbard mark as an outspoken activist, who worked on dren of an impending job lay- over the holidays, we were reminded that Obama's issues ranging from help for homeless children to off or eviction may at some The Prince George’s Post path to the White House was not only paved by the voting rights to HIV/AIDS awareness. In 1968, she point vent their frustration on a child. Stress grows as parents courageous lives of these great leaders but also by was condemned for speaking out against the The Prince George’s Post become more isolated. the transformative powers of iconic artists and Vietnam War during a White House luncheon with P.O. Box 1001 15207 Marlboro Pike entertainers. Some might argue that there has been President Johnson's wife, Lady Bird. Help for many families Upper Marlboro, MD20772-3151 no more poignant or effective way of conveying the Freddie Hubbard, who has been called the great - comes through home visiting Phone 301-627-0900 Legal Fax • 301-627-6260 dignity of the African American experience and est trumpet player of all time, died on December programs that engage parents building bridges of understanding than through the 29th. He was 70. A protégé of John Coltrane, and keep them from being iso - Editorial Fax • 301-627-8147 arts. Hubbard rose from humble beginnings in lated. Home visitors work with Contents © 2009, The Prince George’s Post Eartha Kitt and Freddie Hubbard may not have Indianapolis to play with the greatest jazz musicians parents to understand and thought of themselves as civil rights leaders, but of his time. At home in styles as varied as bebop, address their children's devel - Publisher Subscriptions Legusta Floyd Anna Curry their powerful multi-racial appeal played a big part hardbop, and soul jazz, Hubbard may be best opmental needs while strength - in raising the nation's consciousness and giving known for his 1977 double-album entitled, VSOP: ening their parenting skills. General Manager/ Editor birth to new possibilities. That is why I want to The Quintet, in which he joined Herbie Hancock, Some home visiting programs Legal Advertising Manager Legusta Floyd Brenda Boice take a moment to pay homage to their memories. Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams in a offer a variety of supports to It was ironic that Eartha Kitt died on Christmas landmark live performance. He was a Grammy families with differing needs, Legal Advertising Assistant Web Manager Kyler Quesenberry day. Her most enduring and recognizable song may winner and in 2006 the National Endowment for the but most seek to help parents Robin Boerckel have been her sultry rendition of "Santa Baby," Arts honored him with their prestigious Jazz beginning right after childbirth recorded in 1953 but now a Christmas standard. Masters Award. Freddie Hubbard made a lasting when they are especially recep - Prince George’s County, Md. Member National Newspaper Publishers Association, Born in 1927, Eartha Kitt was a self-professed "sex impact on the world of jazz and he influenced many tive to advice and assistance. and the Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia Press Association. kitten," whose career spanned six decades. She younger trumpeters, including Wynton Marsalis. The Nurse-Family The Prince George’s Post (ISSN 10532226) is published every Thursday spoke four languages, sang in seven, entertained The great philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson Partnership®, a successful by the New Prince George’s Post Inc., 15207 Marlboro Pike, audiences from Harlem to Paris and won interna - once said, "Every man is a quotation from his home visiting program, has the Upper Marlboro, Md. 20772-3151. tional acclaim as a cabaret singer, dancer, actor and ancestors." As we celebrate the presidency of longest track record. It engages Subscription rate: 25 cents per single copy; $15 per year; activist. Orson Welles once called her, "The most Barack Obama let us remember that he and all of us young women during pregnan - $7.50 senior citizens and students; out of county add $1; out of state add $2. exciting woman in the world." are quotes from a rich cultural heritage that includes cy, focusing on improving the Periodical postage paid at Southern Md. 20790. Postmaster, send address changes to Prince George’s Post, P.O. Box 1001, Whether winning accolades as Catwoman in the the incomparable musical contributions of Eartha health, well-being and self-suf - Upper Marlboro, Md. 20772-3151. 1960s Batman TV series or earning a Tony nomi - Kitt and Freddie Hubbard. ficiency of low-income, first- A6 — January 15 — January 21, 2009 — The Prince George’s Post

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ERIC D. SNIDER'S IN THTE DARK OWN County Events Movie Review January 15, - January 21, 2009 “"The Wrestler,"” Thursday, January 15, 12 noon-3 pm "THE WRESTLER" whose best days are now far I Dream of Martin Grade: A behind him. Living alone in a Do you have a dream Celebrate Dr. King’s dream as we jour - Rated R for a lot of harsh pro - trailer in New Jersey, he does ney through the life of this non-violent, crusader of justice. fanity, a fair amount of strip-club small-scale shows on the week - Listen to his speeches, and view video footage in honor of nudity, a brief scene of graphic ends, where he's invariably the this great man. sex, some torturous fight top dog and can still command All ages welcome. FREE sequences some respect from the has-beens Harmony Hall Regional Center 1 hr., 49 min. and not-yets of his profession. To 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington pay the bills, he works part-time Information: 301-203-6040; TTY 301-203-6030 Much has been made of on a grocery store's loading dock, Mickey Rourke's career-reviving ignoring the jokes made by his Thursday, January 15, 10:30 am-12 noon performance in "The Wrestler," smarmy boss (Todd Barry) about Seniors’ Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. where he plays a washed-up his weekend activities (on his The Langley Park Seniors will present a tribute to Dr. King Hulk Hogan type trying to make request for more hours: "What, with poems, short skits and singing. Light refreshments will sense of his life outside the ring. did the price of tights go up?"), be served. As eye-opening as that perfor - and he spends his spare evenings PHOTO COURTESY ROTTENTOMATOES Ages 60 & up; FREE mance is, I'm also intrigued by at a strip club, flirting with his Starring: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Langley Park Senior Center the work of the director, Darren favorite, Cassidy (Marisa Ernest "The Cat" Miller 1500 Merrimac Drive, Hyattsville Aronofsky, for whom "The Tomei). Cassidy's best days are Director: Darren Aronofsky Information: 301-408-4343; TTY 301-445-4512 Wrestler" is a complete departure behind her, too. -- and a completely successful As much as possible, Randy tential dilemma: What else can a (a real-life wrestler, born Dylan Thursday, January 15, 4 pm one, too. prefers to live in the past. He dri - guy like Randy "The Ram" Summers) and suffering wounds Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Aronofsky's first three ves an old van and listens to the Robinson do? He and Cassidy from broken glass, barbed wire, Learn about this famous leader while having fun with games movies, "Pi," "Requiem for a hair-metal bands from his heyday the stripper are kindred spirits. and a staple gun. Cassidy joking - and trivia. Dream," and "The Fountain," (he and Cassidy agree that "the They both have physically ly points out that Randy "The Ages 6 & up; FREE established him as a master of '90s sucked"), and he spends a lot demanding jobs that require Ram" Robinson is something of Langley Park Community Center visual poetry, albeit one who is of money on steroids and other stage names and have little use a Christ figure -- "You have the 1500 Merrimac Drive, Hyattsville sometimes baffling and obtuse. enhancements to fight the aging for anyone older than about 30. same hair," she says, calling him Information: 301-445-4508; TTY 301-445-4512 Those are not necessarily bad process. But his body has been Neither profession is taken seri - a "sacrificial Ram" -- but there's qualities -- I consider "Requiem" abused over the years, both in ously except by its audience, and truth behind it. Friday, January 16, 10 am-2 pm one of the best films of the and out of the ring, and he has the often not even then. Cassidy To misquote Isaiah, Randy Dr. Martin Luther King Observation Day decade -- but they do tend to scars -- and the hearing aid, and doesn't want to be a stripper for - was wounded for our enjoyment, In honor of Dr. King’s legacy and lifework, the center will be make Aronofsky an acquired the reading glasses -- to prove it. ever, though, while Randy is he was bruised for our amuse - airing documentaries of his life and about the civil rights taste. "The Wrestler," on the The pinnacle of his career was slowly realizing that wrestling is ment: the chastisement of our movement. Please join us in celebration of the Dr. King’s life other hand, is entirely straightfor - a now-legendary match in 1989 his destiny. "The only place I get bloodlust was upon him; and and legacy. ward in its visual style and story between him and a character hurt is out there," he says, mean - with his stripes we are enter - All ages welcome. FREE line. The camerawork is intimate, called The Ayatollah (Ernest ing the world outside the ring. tained. Tucker Road Community Center almost documentary-like, and the Miller, a real-life wrestler). The Which is an ironic thing to Aronofsky (working from a 1771 Tucker Road, Fort Washington characters resonate as regular, 20th anniversary is coming up, say, given how much he gets hurt lean, well-constructed screenplay Information: 301-248-4404; TTY 301-203-6030 identifiable people. The film's and Randy's promoter thinks a inside the ring. Aronofsky peers by Robert D. Siegel) directs the genius is in its subtleties, which rematch could be just the thing to unflinchingly into the world of film with restraint and compas - Friday, January 16, 7-9 pm combine to make it more than help him recapture some of his professional wrestling, bemused sion, never mocking his charac - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration just a "Rocky"-style underdog youth and glory. (The Ayatollah by the backstage choreographing ters' career choices or question - Join the Rollingcrest-Chillum Recreation Council and a spe - drama. If you look a little deeper, now sells cars in Arizona.) and gobsmacked by the torture able life decisions. cial guest to commemorate Dr. King’s birthday. the film has a lot to say about Randy's health problems, which these guys -- especially the up- He frequently shoots Randy All ages welcome. FREE America's entertainment and now include a heart bypass and-comers -- inflict upon them - from the back, suggesting the Rollingcrest-Chillum Community Center celebrity culture, and it tells a surgery, have led his doctor to selves for the sake of entertain - way cameras follow performers 6120 Sargent Road, Chillum poignant story in the process. urge him away from wrestling, ment. as they walk from their dressing Information: 301-853-2005; TTY 301-445-4512 Rourke plays Randy "The but come on -- what else is he One brutal sequence shows rooms to the stage -- except that Ram" Robinson, a major pro- gonna do? Randy grappling with a sado- Randy's stages are a trailer, a Friday, January 16, 7-9 pm wrestling hero in the 1980s That is the film's central, exis - masochist called Necro Butcher meat counter, and a strip club. Dr. King’s 80th Birthday Anniversary Celebrate Dr. King’s birthday by watching a documentary about his life as a Nobel Peace Prize recipient, and his fight for justice and civil rights for all. Arena Stage Crowns Zurin Villanueva as New Yolanda All ages welcome. FREE Howard University Student Announced Winner of the Finding Yolanda Patuxent Community Center 4410 Bishopmill Drive, Upper Marlboro Casting Search for Upcoming Arena Musical “Crowns” Information: 301-780-7577; TTY 301-203-6030 BY ARENA STAGE the Lincoln Theatre, 60 young, Regina Taylor’s musical credits include Songs for a New ambitious actresses auditioned Crowns. Winner of four Helen World (Tank Theater); Saturday, January 17, 10 am-12 noon (Washington, D.C.) During for the role of Yolanda, the Hayes Awards, including Best Working, Hamlet, A Chorus Dr. King Celebration an all-day open casting event at teenage character central to Resident Musical, Crowns runs Line, Gum and The Bear Join us for a celebration to honor Dr. Martin Luther King’s March 27–April 26, 2009 at (Howard University). She has life and legacy. Arena Stage at the Lincoln also trained with the British All ages welcome. FREE Theatre. American Drama Academy and Harmony Hall Regional Center After open auditions in the the Dance Theater of Harlem. 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington morning, 21 women were She is also a member of Information: 301-203-6040; TTY 301-203-6030 called back to sing, dance and D.I.V.A. Incorporated. perform a monologue before a Saturday, January 17–Thursday, February 26, 10 am-5 pm panel of judges, including Crowns is sponsored by A View From the Lakes: A History of the African Artistic Director Molly Smith, WJLA and NewsChannel 8. American Community of Lakeland Crowns Director Kenneth Lee The Arena Stage 2008/09 This year’s Black History Month exhibition underscores how Roberson, Crowns Music Season is sponsored by The Lakeland’s proximity to the University of Maryland and its Director E’Marcus Harper and Family of H. Max and settlement in low lying areas near Lake Artemesia influenced Arena favorite Marva Hicks Josephine F. Ammerman, the community’s development. The exhibition focuses on the (Arena’s The Women of Andrew R. Ammerman, and strong religious, educational and cultural ties that evolved Brewster Place). Of the many Hubert (Hank) and Charlotte and sustained the community for more than 100 years. talented actresses who audi - Schlosberg. All ages welcome. FREE tioned, Zurin Villanueva stood Under the leadership of Montpelier Arts Center out for her unquestionable tal - Artistic Director Molly Smith, 9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel ent and won the role of Yolanda Washington, D.C.-based Arena Information: 301-953-1993, 410-792-0664; TTY 301-490-2329 as well as an Actor’s Equity Stage has become the largest card. theater in the country dedicated Monday, January 19, 10 am-4 pm “Zurin Villanueva is a com - to American plays and play - Dr. Martin L. King Day Celebration plete delight—A big bright tal - wrights. Founded in 1950 by Films and audiotapes will be played throughout the day in ent with a wonderful voice and Zelda Fichandler, Thomas honor of Dr. Martin Luther King and the civil rights move - great presence,” said Arena Fichandler and Edward ment. Reservations required by January 12. Stage Artistic Director Molly Mangum, Arena Stage was one All ages welcome. FREE Smith. “We are thrilled she of the nation’s original resident Cedar Heights Community Center comes to us from Howard theaters and has a distinguished 1200 Glen Willow Drive, Seat Pleasant University to become our record of leadership and inno - Information: 301-773-8881; TTY 301-218-6768 Yolanda.” vation in the field. With the Originally from Brooklyn, opening of the new Mead New York where she attended Center for American Theater in LaGuardia High School for the 2010, Arena Stage will be a performing arts, Villanueva is a leading center for the produc - senior Musical Theater major at tion, development and study of Howard University. Her previ - American theater. Now in its ous professional theater experi - sixth decade, Arena Stage ence includes being an under - serves a diverse annual audi - study in the recent Metro Stage ence of more than 200,000. production of The Stephen For more information please Schwartz Project. Other theater visit www.arenastage.org. 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A nation that continues memorated in such a way. continually politely skirt the fun - Nam war speech: year after year to spend more Under the leadership of State “The Counseling Corner” is provided as a public service by damental problems plaguing our “A true revolution of values money on military defense than Representative Herman L. the American Counseling Association, the nation’s largest orga - country, starting with the superfi - will lay hands on the world order on programs of social uplift is Taylor, the State of Maryland nization of counseling professionals. Learn more about the coun - ciality of our race relations. and say of war: This way of set - approaching spiritual death. …” entered history seling profession at the ACA web site, www.counseling.org. Unless we address the funda - tling differences is not just. 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Classes start with Upton from A 1 The building that Sharp NAACP branch in the country other projects, but failed to halt Introduction to the Computer and progress to intermediate level com - Street Memorial United and the base for the Baltimore the decay. puter skills and run January through April. All of our staff members are On Pennsylvania Avenue, the Methodist Church occupied in AFRO-American, one of the According to the Baltimore volunteers. In the past we have received from the National Association community's commercial heart, 1898 stands as Baltimore's old - country's most successful black Neighborhood Indicators for County Government an award for outstanding service to the com - nightclubs, cabarets, sit-down est built by and for blacks, and newspapers. Alliance, the 2000 population munity. restaurants and specialty shops the church's membership once Fraternal organizations like for Upton and neighboring opened. Its clubs and theaters included Frederick Douglass. the Grand Order of Masons set Druid Heights stood at 10,404 The Laurel Museum drew performers like Duke In Upton's famed Marble up headquarters and chapters, as and 69 percent of households in The Laurel Museum continues with its exhibit "Buy It Here: Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Hill section, Union Baptist did organizations like the the community had an income Laurel Advertises" and the next exhibit "Shake, Rattle & Roll: Billie Holiday and the Church constructed a $50,000 American Legion and the Arch of less than $25,000. Laurel in the 1950s" will open in February. Admission to the Temptations. building in 1905 and became a Social Club. A master plan completed by Laurel Museum is free. The Museum is open Wednesdays and "I don't care whether you're major base in the civil rights "Yes, it was an African community leaders in 2005 says Fridays 10 am-2pm and Sundays 1-4 pm. Tours or groups by black, white, Italian or whatev - movement. American segregated communi - that about 60 percent of families special arrangement only please. For information on er, you came to Pennsylvania On Division Street, a young ty ... but it was a melting pot," with children under 5 years old the Museum call 301-725-7975, e-mail Avenue for the fine food, you Marshall walked three blocks Hamlin said. live in poverty. [email protected] or visit came for the fine restaurants, from his home to elementary By the 1960s, however, the But Hamlin is optimistic that www.laurelhistoricalsociety.org. you came for the fine entertain - school. And long before community fell victim to deseg - Upton is poised for a renais - ment," said James Hamlin, Frederick Douglass High regation. As housing and shop - sance, one built on the commu - Free Counseling director of the Pennsylvania School moved from Carey and ping opportunities increased, nity's history and the return of a Addiction is predictable. It will end in one of three ways: Avenue Redevelopment Baker streets to its current loca - middle-class blacks began to stable middle class. death, prison, or sobriety. You choice, contact Narconon Collaborative, which oversees tion near Mondawmin Mall, live and shop elsewhere. The "We're going to set the exam - Arrowhead today and receive free counseling, assessments, and Pennsylvania Avenue's Main Calloway took voice lessons flight accelerated after the riots ple as to how that's going to referrals to centers nationwide. Streets program. there as a student. that struck Baltimore following happen, how that takes place, Call 800-468-6933 or log on to www.stopaddiction.com to "You name it, it was here, Booker T. Washington, the 1968 assassination of Martin how we take a community that's learn more. whether it was upscale booter - Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. Luther King Jr. been neglected for over 30- ies, upscale clothing, food, DuBois were among the famous An attempt at renewal in the something years and turn it into Court Appointed Special Advocate entertainment." people who visited Upton to 1970s -- with more than $26 a thriving community where (CASA)/ Prince George’s County Churches, schools and civic speak at churches. The neigh - million in federal, state and people want to live, want to Do you have desire to help abused and neglected children in organizations also followed the borhood also became the loca - local aid -- brought new hous - work, can shop and enjoy them - our community? migration of blacks to Upton. tion for the second-oldest ing, an elementary school and selves," he said. Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)/Prince George’s County is recruiting volunteers to advocate for the needs of Snow from A 1 that a weak La Nina is expected "December will be 5 degrees mitigate global cooling," abused and neglected children living in foster care. CASA pro - during the winter season. below average," said Stillman. Stillman said. vides training and supervision to volunteers who spend about much snow to expect, or how According to the National The Old Farmer's Almanac Stillman's prognosis for 10 hours per month getting to know a child and what is in that much salt will be needed. Oceanic and Atmospheric also predicts that Maryland will global cooling is not shared by child’s best interest. Volunteers submit reports to help the "Temperatures ... will run a Administration, La Nina is the experience a very cold most scientists, who believe courts better understand each individual child and collaborate little [higher] than average," occurrence of unusually cold Christmas, followed by a snow - that greenhouse gas concentra - with family members, teachers, social workers and others to said Jeff Johnson, a certified temperatures in the Pacific storm to kick off the 2009 cal - tions are responsible for a con - ensure that the child’s needs are met. consulting meteorologist for Ocean, causing winter tempera - endar year. tinuing pattern of global warm - Applications for day and evening training sessions are now DTN/Meteorlogix. tures to be warmer than normal "Global warming is over," ing. being accepted. For more information, please visit our website DTN/Meteorlogix provides in the Southeast United States. said Stillman. "[The world] will The Old Farmer's Almanac at www.pgcasa.org or call 301-209-0491. weather information to more Johnson said this year's La experience a gradual cooling of uses three disciplines in their than 20,000 customers, includ - Nina effect is tough to predict. the atmosphere. We could very weather prediction: solar sci - Meals on Wheels ing the Maryland Department But not everybody agrees well be experiencing global ence, climatology and meteo - Meals on Wheels Needs Volunteer Drivers in Laurel Area of Transportation. with DTN/Meteorlogix. cooling." rology. According to Stillman, Columbia, MD – The Howard County Meals on Wheels pro - "The east side [of Maryland] "[Maryland will be] colder Stillman's argument is based many meteorologists do not gram, the program that delivers meals to Laurel residents who will be wetter than average, but and snowier than normal," said on what she describes as histor - take the sun into account when are homebound, is in need of volunteer drivers and substitute most of the precipitation will be Janice Stillman, the editor of ical weather cycles and how making predictions. drivers on Thursdays. Drivers would pick up the meals at in the form of rain," Johnson the Old Farmer's Almanac, they relate to solar activity. She Though the early days of approximately 11:15 a.m. at the Phelps Senior Center, 701 said. based in New Hampshire. acknowledged that there are December have been relatively Montgomery Street, Laurel, MD 20707. The delivery routes DTN/Meteorlogix predicts The Old Farmer's Almanac more greenhouse gases in our cold, DTN/Meteorlogix does take approximately an hour and a half to complete. weather patterns by looking at has been published each year atmosphere than ever, some of not see any cause for worry. To volunteer, call Karen Saul, 410-730-9476, or e-mail the temperature of the Pacific since 1792, and boasts that it is them released by human tech - "We're not expecting [cold [email protected]. Ocean for any El Nino or La accurate approximately 80 per - nologies that emit pollution. weather] to linger," said Nina behavior. Johnson said cent of the time. "[Greenhouse gases] may Johnson. A8 — January 15 — January 21, 2009 — The Prince George’s Post COUNTY CHURCH DIRECTORY

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