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County Schools State Rejects Prince George’s Request for Aug. 22 Opening by Julie Depenbrock
Prince George’s County Public date if the waiver from the state said Segun C. Eubanks, Board of Schools will begin the 2017-2018 was denied and left open the idea Education chair. “I strongly be- school year September 6 and end of litigation if necessary, but not lieve a pre-Labor Day school cal- June 13. for the 2017-2018 school year. endar is best for Prince George’s The school system’s request to Last August, Gov. Larry Ho- County.” begin prior to Labor Day was de- gan issued an executive order At the board meeting, Segun nied Tuesday, February 28 by the mandating local education agen- Eubanks expressed his frustration State Board of Education, accord- cies to develop a school calendar with Hogan’s proposal, saying it
PHOTO BY OLIVIA GUERRIERI BY PHOTO ing to a press release from Prince that starts after Labor Day and was “illegal” and “bad education Serge (Julian Pitts), Josh (Aidan Larkin) and Skeeter (Finn George’s County Public Schools ends no later than June 15. To policy.” McNabb) enter the abandoned Treasure Trove mine, where dragons CEO Kevin Maxwell. date, the primary rationale given He continued, “This proposal are rumored to lurk. The winter youth musical opens Saturday at On Thursday, February 23, the for the executive order is the [referring to the governor’s man- the Community Center. Prince George’s County Board boost of tax revenue for Ocean date] is about doing what’s right of Education voted 8 to 4 to City and the popularity of the for businesses on the Eastern Buried Treasure Opens approve the 2017-2018 school proposal with the general public. Shore, not about doing what’s calendar with a pre-Labor Day “Under the Governor’s man- right for poor kids in Prince This year’s Greenbelt Youth level, so that kids can enjoy the start date, violating the Executive date, local Boards of Education George’s County.” Musical is Buried Treasure, an magical adventure story, complete Order from Maryland Governor can no longer implement a school Maxwell also expressed enchanting story about three high with dragons and gnomes, while Larry Hogan. They also voted to calendar that reflects the unique school students who fall down adults discern more sophisticated accept their post-Labor Day start needs of their school districts,” See CALENDAR, page 4 a mineshaft in the abandoned themes. Forty enthusiastic young Treasure Trove mine and find actors are in the cast. themselves in the mythical Un- The Greenbelt Youth Musi- derworld. The trio’s subterranean cal is an open-enrollment pro- adventure forces them to con- gram for performers in grades 7 County Board of Education front the idealized surface iden- through 12. The popular program tities they have constructed. As is in its 17th year. Buried Trea- Votes to Increase AP Funding the teens acknowledge the flaws sure opens this Saturday, March they previously denied, they are 4, at the Community Center. The by Julie Depenbrock able to grow in courage, wisdom show runs this weekend and next and goodness. Writer and direc- weekend only. For information In response to student testimo- B in an AP course, according to has the ability to enroll in four tor Chris Cherry notes that the and tickets, call the Community ny, the Prince George’s County the debate. AP classes. The cost of four AP show is written on more than one Center at 301-397-2208. Board of Education voted unani- Kevin Maxwell, CEO of exams is $372. mously to increase funding for Prince George’s County Public “P.G. County currently has a Advanced Placement (AP) exams Schools, came under fire in Janu- $2 billion budget. We are asking to $500,000. ary for leaving AP tests out of for 0.04 percent of that money to The funds will cover all stu- the 2018 budget. In response to go towards AP testing,” Awano ERHS Basketball Playoff dents on the Free and Reduced- the outrage, he and the board said. “There is no reason why we by Bill Cornett price Meals (FARM) program added $400,000 for AP tests – an should sit here today and have “and everyone else we can fit amount $300,000 short of what to debate over whether a student in,” Chair Segun Eubanks said. the county provided in years past. will be able to further their edu- In the region quarterfinal on no way that Bowie could come “Everyone else” could potentially At the February 23 board cation.” Tuesday, the Raiders opened up with five points in under four be any student earning an A or meeting, nine students stepped Several students argued that up a big lead in the beginning, seconds, so they ended the game up to the podium to make a case AP tests have long-term impact, but in the second half Bowie at that point. Final score was for full funding of AP tests. providing college credit and gave it maximum effort and tied ERHS 62, Bowie 57. Sarah Leonard, a senior at bringing them closer to a diploma it up with less than five min- What Goes On Eleanor Roosevelt High School, without pushing them further into utes to play. The lead was the first to speak. “I think debt. see-sawed in the fi- Saturday, March 4 that this county needs to provide The board meeting, which was nal minutes. With ten 7 p.m., Buried Treasure, AP tests with no economic barri- scheduled for 7:05 to 9:35 p.m., seconds to play, the Greenbelt Youth Musical, ers to all of its students,” Leon- lasted until 12:32 a.m. Many stu- Raiders sank several Community Center ard said to the more than 120 dents began to clear out around foul shots and had a people packed into the boardroom 9 p.m., after having overheated five-point lead. With Sunday, March 5 of the Sasscer Administration in the poorly ventilated room or 3.6 seconds to go, a 1 to 3 p.m., Community Art Building in Upper Marlboro. needing to finish homework. foul by a Roosevelt Drop-In, Community Center Bryce Awano, a freshman at The 42 registered speakers player caused the (see city ad for details) Parkdale High School with a Bowie bench to storm 3 p.m., Buried Treasure, 4.0 grade point average, said he See AP FUNDING, page 4 onto the court, fol- Greenbelt Youth Musical, lowed shortly thereaf- Community Center ter by hordes of fans. Monday, March 6 The numerous Green- 8 p.m., Council Worksession belt Police officers on Dog Park and Financial and school adminis- Interests Report, Municipal trators had their hands full controlling the Building crowd, but all ended Tuesday, March 7 well with no sub- 7 p.m., Arts Advisory Board, stantial altercations. Community Center (Greenbelt police later 7 p.m., Public Safety reported one Bowie Advisory Committee, student was arrested Community Center for assault.) Wednesday, March 8 The officials de- 7:30 p.m., Advisory Planning cided that there was WILLIAM CORNETT BY PHOTO Board, Community Center 7:30 p.m., Zero Waste Circle,
Gus Okafor (20) of the Roosevelt Raiders Varsity Basketball Team AMY HANSEN BY PHOTO Public Works tries to get the ball past Kevin Chase (23) of the Bowie Bulldogs for A cherry tree on Lakeside Drive came into early bloom this Feb- a basket. ruary. Page 2 GREENBELT NEWS REVIEW Thursday, March 2, 2017
Correction The Old Curmudgeon Letters to the Editor In the February 23 issue the Council Discusses Crime, Po- lice and Legislation article in- OK This Time by a company who wanted a new correctly identified the amount I have spoken with Mayor contract with the city there was of the recruitment bonus for Emmett Jordan and Councilmem- no apparent ethics violation when the police department. The cor- bers Judith Davis and Silke Pope, a no-bid contract was awarded. rect amount is $500. people whom I respect. I have However, in the future, mem- also gained clarity from Act- bers of council need to know if a ing Police Chief Thomas Kemp. company, wanting a contract with Since the council did not know the city, has given a gratuity of City Notes some city employees had received any kind to our employees. Public Works staff met with a free paid trip to a conference Lois Rosado WSSC regarding the proposed water line replacement at Roos- evelt Center, inspected the stream restoration project on Hanover Parkway near the dog park, met with Pepco staff regarding the theater’s electric bill, supervised and inspected the gun range reno- vation, met with the lake dam contractor regarding the schedule and change orders and met with Pepco staff separately to review the electrical installation and me- tering at Roosevelt Center. Refuse/Recycling/Sustainabil- ity staff organized and led the Presidents Day Tree Protection event, with 29 volunteers caging 35 trees for protection from bea- vers and liberating 30 trees from English ivy.
"I feel so lousy... if I weren't retired, I'd call in sick!" PHOTO BY MICHAEL REINSEL BY PHOTO Snowdrops bloom in a Greenbelt yard. Originally published on October 28, 1999.
Oscars Night at OGT
Assistant House Manager Theatre. There was bingo, trivia Brenna Lauer welcomed Green- and special offers for theater belt’s stars for this free, live members, opportunities to become streaming of the Oscars award a member, as well as concessions Greenbelt ceremony at the Old Greenbelt and movie posters for purchase. News Review AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Movies since 1938 Old Greenbelt Theatre 15 Crescent Road, Suite 100, Greenbelt, Maryland 20770-1887 129 Centerway Phone: 301-474-4131; Fax: 301-965-8247 301-329-2034 [email protected] (stories, letters, photos) www.greenbelttheatre.org [email protected] (ads) Members always $6.50! [email protected] (billing) Adults $9, Senior/Student $8, Members $6.50, Kids $6 website: www.greenbeltnewsreview.com Community Calendar: www.greenbeltnewsreview.com/calendar All shows before 5 PM: Adults $7, Members $6.50, Alfred M. Skolnik, President, 1959-1977 Kids $5 Elaine Skolnik, President, 1977-1985 OC = Open Captions CC = Closed Captions Editor: Mary Lou Williamson 301-441-2662 STAFF SHOWTIMES Cynthia Beck, Judy Bell, Judi Bordeaux, Melinda Brady, Jessi Britton, Ar- lene Clarke, Jill Connor, Bill Cornett, Cynthia Cummings, Peter Curtis, Dean- Mar 3 – Mar 9 na Dawson, Angie Evans, Samantha Fitschen, Kathleen Gallagher, Anne
PHOTO BY LI'L DAN CELDRAN LI'L DAN BY PHOTO Gardner, Jon Gardner, James Giese, Bernadette Gormally, Jim Gray, Carol Lore Rosenthal and Li'l Dan Celdran attend the live Griffith, Mary Halford, Kyla Hanington, Amy Hansen, Solange Hess, PeggyHig- MOONLIGHT gins, Rebecca Holober, Larry Hull, Elizabeth Jay, Jeff Jones, Ginny Jones, streaming of the Oscars at Old Greenbelt Theatre. (R) (CC) (111 mins) Suzette Joyner, Jennifer Moser Jurling, Lesley Kash, Sue Krofchik, Sandra Lange, Fri. & Sat. 2:30, 5:15 PM Sylvia Lewis, Jim Link, Marcie Lissauer, Chris Logan, Linda Lucas, Marc Manheimer, Joan Marionni, Kathleen McFarland, Cathie Meetre, Mary Moien, Elaine Nakash, Pa- On Screen Sun. 12:00 (OC), 5:15 PM tricia Novinsky, Gail Phillips, Marylee Platt, Peter Reppert, JoEllen Sarff, Pat Scully, Mon. & Tues. 5:15 PM Lola Skolnik, Shayna Skolnik, Helen Sydavar, Nancy Tolzman, Joanne Tucker, Jean Turkiewicz, Alan Turnbull, Lynn White, Stan Zirkin and Dea Zugby. Moonlight Wed. 2:30, 5:15 PM “And the winner is....” Thurs. 5:15 PM CIRCULATION Circulation Coordinator: Karen Yoho [email protected] Fences continues at Old Greenbelt Theatre and is joined by Core of Greenbelt: Ian Tuckman 301-459-5624 Moonlight this Friday, March 3. Named Best Picture of the Year Franklin Park: Arlene Clarke 240-988-3351 on Oscar night after “alternative facts” briefly declared La La Land FENCES Greenbelt East: Contact Condominium Homeowner's Association (PG-13) (CC) (139 mins) Circulation and Distribution information also available at: the winner, Moonlight is the masterful coming-of-age story of Chi- www.greenbeltnewsreview.com/contact-us/distribution/ ron, a young, black, gay male growing up in the projects of South Fri. & Sat. 8:00 PM Miami. Sun. 2:30 PM Published weekly since 1937 by the Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Association, Inc Cuban-born drug dealer Juan (Mahershala Ali, winner of the Tues. 8:00 PM Best Supporting Actor Award) gently nudges the sexually conflicted, BOARD OF DIRECTORS Wed. 8:00 PM Cathie Meetre, president; Diane Oberg, vice president; Deanna Dawson, secretary; Sylvia achingly vulnerable Chiron into some form of manly self-reliance. Lewis, treasurer; Tom Jones and Pat Scully. Their bond is deeply strained by the fact that Chiron’s crack- Thurs. 8:00 PM addicted mother is one of Juan’s best customers. Business Manager: Mary Halford One critic called this raw, delicate, violent, tender slice of life IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT DEADLINES: Letters, Articles and Classified Ads—8 p.m. Tuesday. Display Ads 4 p.m. “a flat out masterpiece.” (105 mins) - FREE! Monday, 8 p.m. Tuesday if camera ready. Materials for publication may be mailed to Director – Barry Jenkins Mon. 1:00 PM address above, deposited in our box in the Co-op grocery store (by 7 p.m. Tuesday) or Writer – Barry Jenkins, based on the play by Tarell McCraney brought to our office in the Community Center, 15 Crescent Road, during office hours. Mail subscriptions—$45/year. Rated: R VICTORIOUS Running time: 1 hour, 50 minutes - Jim Link (101 mins) - FREE! Greenbelt Community Center at 15 Crescent Rd. Mon. 8:00 PM OFFICE HOURS: Monday 2 - 4 p.m., Tuesday 2 - 4, 6 -10 p.m. Thursday, March 2, 2017 GREENBELT NEWS REVIEW Page 3 Community Events
Knitting to Infinity At the MakerSpace Star Party Saturday Order Rain Barrels Garden Club Meets The presenter for Explorations MakerSpace will have a new To View Moon Before March 18 For Plot Assignments Unlimited on Friday, March 3 class starting on Sunday, March The Astronomical Society of Rain barrels can help improve The Greenbelt Community will be Karen Haseley. Haseley 5. Quilting 101, a six-week class, Greenbelt will host a star party, water quality and possibly save Garden Club will hold its plot will teach participants how to will teach how to plan and create free and open to the public, on money. The City of Greenbelt, in assignment meeting in Room arm knit an infinity scarf. If pos- a simple quilt. For six Sundays, Saturday evening, March 4 at the partnership with Prince George’s 114 of the Community Center sible, participants should bring experience handling fabric, cut- city observatory located at North- County Department of Environ- on Monday, March 6 beginning at least two skeins of yarn. The ting big pieces into little pieces way Field. They plan to observe ment and Plumbers and Gas- at 7:30 p.m. Those not able to bulkier the yarn, the better. Some and sewing them back together, Venus, Mars, the moon and a fitters UA Local 5, is offering attend or with questions, should yarn will be available to learn and completing a practical work number of deep sky objects, in- discounted 50-gallon rain bar- contact Martha Tomecek at 301- with for those who cannot bring of art and comfort. Instructors cluding the Orion Nebula and the rels for a limited time. To learn 614-0691. any. Participants will complete a Rose and Pat have combined ex- Crab Nebula. As always, visitors more contact Erin Josephitis at short scarf during the program. perience in all types of quilting are welcome to set up their own [email protected] or Arts Center Presents Haseley is the therapeutic rec- techniques and designs. Greenbelt telescopes on the hill. order at rainbarrelprogram.org/ reation supervisor for the City Makers are also working on the Observing will begin at around Greenbelt. Spelling Bee The Greenbelt Arts Center will of Greenbelt. Knitting is one of following classes: 7 p.m. and continue for at least The last opportunity to or- present the 25th Annual Putnam her many hobbies and she loves Thursday, March 2: Coding two hours. Attendees are asked der is March 18. An installation County Spelling Bee on Fridays teaching it to others. Club from 7 to 8 p.m. to park in the ballfield lot, not demo and rain barrel pickup is and Saturdays, March 3, 4, 10, Explorations Unlimited is held Friday, March 3: Game Night up on the hill, unless bringing a scheduled for Saturday, April 11, 17, 18, 24 and 25 at 8 p.m. every Friday at 1 p.m. at the from 6 to 9 p.m. telescope. The star party will be 1 from 9 a.m. to noon at the and on Sundays, March 12 and Community Center. This presen- Saturday, March 4: Time Bank canceled without notice if it is Plumbers and Gasfitters Training 19 at 2 p.m. tation will be held in Room 114. Orientation from 10 to 11:30 a.m. hopelessly cloudy. Facility at 5000 Forbes Blvd. in Winner of both Tony and Dra- Everyone is welcome to attend Sunday, March 5: Quilting 101 Lanham where you can see a rain ma Desk awards, this musical and questions are always encour- from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Ani- barrel installed and apply for a features an eclectic ensemble aged. Call 301-397-2208 for more mation Meetup from 2 to 4 p.m. rain check rebate. information. Tuesday, March 7: Chess Club GCF Grant Writing of tween characters who vie for from 7 to 9 p.m. the spelling championship of a Wednesday, March 8: Fiber Workshop lifetime. While candidly disclos- The Greenbelt Community GHI Notes Menu for Senior Fans from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, March 2, 7:30 p.m., ing hilarious and heartfelt angst, Foundation is offering a free Nutrition Program Check the website at make125. Board of Directors Meeting, these adolescents spell their way workshop to Greenbelt organiza- The Senior Nutrition Food org for details. Board Room through a series of esoteric words tions and cooperatives interested and Friendship program pro- Saturday, March 4, 11 a.m., in a quest to avoid the soul- in applying for a grant. The vides lunches for seniors Monday Pre-purchase Orientation, Board crushing, pout-inducing ding of workshop will be held Tuesday, through Friday at the Community Golden Age Club Room the bell that signals a mistake by Bunny Fitzgerald March 7 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Center beginning at noon. Meals Tuesday, March 7, 7:15 p.m., and necessitates a quick exit The members of the Golden at the Greenbelt Police Station must be reserved by 11 a.m. two Task Force on Solar GHI Admin- from the competition. With its Age Club are busy preparing for Meeting Room. days ahead so that enough food istration Complex Meeting, Board fast-paced and funny yet poignant its 60th Anniversary celebration This workshop will use the is ordered. Call 301-397-2208 Room script and a truly fresh score, this on April 26. The club was origi- GCF application form and focus ext. 4215. Wednesday, March 8, 7 p.m., bee is a riotous ride. nally formed as a social club, and on writing a successful applica- All meals include margarine, HIP/Finance Seminar w/Green- Courageous souls in the audi- we try to live up to that idea and tion for funding for projects in coffee or tea and skim milk. belt Federal Credit Union, Board ences come up on stage and spell keep the club active. Greenbelt. The spring grant ap- Menus for the week of March 6 Room words along with the cast of There will be a Brown Bag plication deadline is April 15. are as follows: Wednesday, March 8, 7:30 angst-ridden students. Audience Lunch on March 8. Bring a sand- To attend, please email info@ Monday, March 6: beef tips p.m., Architectural Review Com- participation provides comical wich or a snack and enjoy a greenbeltfoundation.net. For with mushroom gravy, egg noo- mittee Meeting, GHI Lobby improv opportunities for the ac- social hour. Tell a joke or a story more information visit the GCF dles, ratatouille, cornbread muffin, Friday, March 10, office tors. No two performances are and enjoy a talk with a friend. website at greenbeltfoundation. mandarin oranges, apple juice closed. Emergency maintenance the same. For more information We always welcome guests at net. Tuesday, March 7: crustless service available at 301-474-6011. or for tickets, contact boxgac@ turkey pot pie, rosemary can- our meetings. Come and enjoy gmail.com. nellini beans, broccoli and cau- the activities and speakers. liflower, biscuit, fruit cocktail, Time to sign up for the annual Zero Waste Circle grape juice luncheon. Dues must be paid. There will be a meeting of the Utopia Film Festival Presents Wednesday, March 8: brus- March comes in like a lion but Zero Waste Circle on Wednesday, Sunday, March 5, Wed., March 8, & Fri., March 10 chetta beef, Delmonico potatoes, goes out like a lamb. We can’t March 8, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at green beans, wheat bread, fresh fight Mother Nature but we can the Department of Public Works. Beginning at 8 PM fruit, orange juice enjoy life along the way. Topics to be discussed include Thursday, March 9: split pea recent accomplishments, progress “Graveyard of the Great Lakes (2015),” soup with crackers, baked chick- More Community Events on current initiatives and pending “Autism: Made in America,” en sandwich on club roll, mixed legislation of interest. For infor- and “The Worst of the Worst (2013)” green salad with balsamic vinai- are located throughout the mation contact Susan Barnett at grette, fresh fruit, cranberry juice paper. [email protected]. On Greenbelt Access Television, Inc. (GATe) Friday, March 10: breaded pol- lock, potato wedges, hot cinna- Comcast 77 & Verizon Fios 19 Channels mon applesauce, coleslaw, wheat hamburger bun, orange juice Greenbelt Access Television, Inc. (GATe) 2nd Floor, Greenbelt Community Center, Suite 204 Text gen layout for GAC ad, 4 columns by 5 inches for the www.greenbeltaccesstv.org • Studio: 301-507-6581 GreenbeltMarch 2, 2017 Arts edition Center Arts Advisory Board OPENINGOPENING THISTHIS WEEK! WEEK! To Meet March 7 Free and Open to the Public The 25th Annual Putnam County The Greenbelt Arts Advisory Orientation Class Board will meet on Tuesday, Spelling Bee March 7 at 7 p.m. at the Com- Wondering what GATe is all about? munity Center Art Gallery, Room Join us Saturday, March 4th from 10 – 1PM 112. The agenda includes discus- to find out! sion of grant applications from the Friends of the New Deal Café General Membership Annual Meeting Arts, the Greenbelt Concert Band Members are encouraged to attend. and the Greenbelt Arts Center. Sunday, March 26th, 3-5PM in the GATe Studio For additional information, con- tact Nicole DeWald, staff liaison, at [email protected] or Check out our Channel on Comcast 77 and Verizon Fios 19 240-542-2057. To view our schedule, visit: www.greenbeltaccesstv.org And click on “Channel”
Spring Grant Application Deadline - April 15, 2017
March 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25 at 8PM March 12, 19 at 2PM Greenbelt Community Foundation is offering a free Ticket prices: $25 General Admission, $22 Students/Seniors/Military, $14 Youth (12 and under with adult) Grant Writing Workshop COMING SOON: Tribute - Apr 21 - MayCOMING 13 - Directed by Gayle SOON Negri She Speaks - June 2 - 18 - Guest Production from the Rude Mechanicals ChokingTribute Out the – AprKudzu 21 -- Apr. May 10-26 13 – Directed- Directed by by Gayle Billie Negri Colombaro Tuesday, March 7 2017, 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM She SpeaksCeltic – June Concert 2 - 18 by – the Guest Homespun Production Ceilidh from Band the Rude- May Mechanicals 1
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Page 4 GREENBELT NEWS REVIEW Thursday, March 2, 2017 The Newspaper and the Cat AP FUNDING continued from page 1 by Kit E. Kwanta were allotted three minutes for students are on free and reduced public comment, though Eubanks lunch,” Blocker added. “That’s Schrödinger’s cat is a famous encouraged them to use two, if a federal indicator to the federal thought experiment postulated by possible. government that our students are the seminal Austrian physicist Er- When public comment end- living below the poverty line.” win Schrödinger in 1935. It illus- ed after 10 p.m., debate among Blocker argued that whether trates the probabilistic nature of board members began. students receive meal support is the universe on very small spatial Edward Burroughs III, who not always an indicator that they scales and also demonstrates that represents District 8, recommend- can afford $93 for an AP test. He the act of observation may affect ed adding the student-requested had spoken with a family just the the outcome of the experiment on $300,000 to the budget. Eubanks other day that was not in that 70 such scales. The News Review is was the first to push back. “Pay- percent, but still could not afford willing to bet that its readers nev- ing for AP exams for all students the test. er expected that this humble and is not sound educational policy,” Perhaps the most influential prosaic local newspaper would be Eubanks said. He and other board testimony came from the num- dabbling in quantum mechanics. members, like Lupi Quinteros- bers presented: a study found But read on. Grady, representing Greenbelt’s that $468,000 would cover AP The conundrum is stated as District 2, advocated for a middle exam costs for all students on follows: a cat is imagined as be- ground – paying for students in the FARM program. That would ing enclosed in a box with a ra- need. mean adding $68,000 to the bud- dioactive source and a poison that “When we made the decision get. will be released when the source
PHOTO BY AMY HANSEN BY PHOTO to add the $400,000, it was a Eubanks altered the motion to (unpredictably) emits radiation, The cat in the safe is as alive as he ever was. compromise,” Quinteros-Grady provide half a million for FARM the cat being considered (accord- said. “This was not in the bud- students. The board approved this ing to quantum mechanics) to while turning the little wheelie- without blowing their cover was get.” 12 to 0. “Student voices made a be simultaneously both dead and bobbers on the front to the left given a setback when the city’s Student board member Juwan tremendous difference,” Eubanks alive until the box is opened and and to the right (or is it right locksmith took about 35 micro- Blocker expressed his disappoint- said. the cat observed. Though – as and left?). It has occurred to the nanoseconds to open the safe. ment with the board. “We are Julie Depenbrook is a Univer- everybody who knows anything News Review that Greenbelt’s He declined the prize saying, “It beholden to the people that we sity of Maryland graduate student at all about cats is well aware – proximity to Agencies That Shall was the right thing to do.” And represent,” he said. in journalism writing for News the probability of a cat putting Not be Named possibly means showing, once and for all and “Almost 70 percent of our Review. up quietly with being shut in a that in our midst, most likely not for the first time, that the box alive is vanishingly small. posing under deep cover as GHI News Review staff should stick Schrödinger was apparently not members, are individuals with to what it knows how to do. a cat guy. continued from page 1 these specialized skills. But, more critically, what of CALENDAR Here’s what makes this ac- The News Review considered the fate of the quantum kitty ademic discussion so real for holding a contest, open to all cat? Should the animal shelter frustration in the press release am concerned about the basic Greenbelt, however. The News comers (false identification papers be involved? Would the no-kill sent to parents on Tuesday. “As needs that many families struggle Review has an old safe dating and fake moustaches accepted policy be upheld? Chief Executive Officer of the to meet, such as regular nutritious from the mid-1930s – contem- with merely a wink), to open Nobody was around when the second-largest school district in meals and child care. We do not porary with this postulated cat. the safe. The contestants were to safe was opened. The locksmith the state, I am concerned about believe this mandate prioritizes It is a very heavy 30” boxy item be given 75 micro-nanoseconds swore that the safe was empty. summer learning loss and our children and families.” and has (the populace should be each to open the safe, in an order There was not a scrap of fur, not ability to schedule professional Julie Depenbrook is a Univer- reassured) so far shown no signs determined by a well-known (but a scratch in the paint to indicate development and planning op- sity of Maryland graduate student of being either radioactive or subtly flawed, as always) random the presence of a cat although, portunities for teachers,” said in journalism writing for News poisonous. It may (or may not) number generator with 256-bit arguably (as scientists like to Maxwell. “More importantly, I Review. contain a live cat, a dead cat or encryption. The first contestant to say), that doesn’t mean there possibly no cat at all. open the safe and reveal wheth- never was one. Indeed, a person The problem has been that, er there was, or was not, a cat of no fixed address recumbent even though we had the combi- (alive or dead) would have re- on a nearby park bench saw, out nation, and despite considerable ceived the grand prize of a year’s of the corner of his eye, a flash exertion, nobody at the News Re- free delivery of this newspaper of orange and heard a Doppler- view could open it. And nobody to their doorstep (as long as the www.greenbeltnewsreview.com shifted yowl that still haunts his knew what was in it – especially doorstep is in Greenbelt) and the dreams. So the paradox remains whether or not there was a cat. grateful thanks of the community. and the News Review’s safe be- So, the fate of the probabilistic The Nobel nod was only ever a comes merely a footnote in the quantum mechanical cat remained Greenbelt Community Church rumor. history of science. unknown and an essential part of UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST This ingenious ploy to tap If that. the theory of everything necessar- nefarious community resources 1 Hillside (at Crescent Road) ily undetermined. Phone: 301-474-6171 mornings According to television and www.greenbeltcommunitychurch.org movies, any former spy or rea- Mowatt Memorial United Methodist Church sonably accomplished criminal 40 Ridge Road, Greenbelt Sunday Worship with good hearing can open a 10:15 a.m. safe by listening carefully to it Open hearts, Open minds, Open doors (preferably through a stethoscope) www.greenbeltumc.org 301-474-9410 Rev. Glennyce Grindstaff, Pastor Rev. Fay Lundin, Pastor
Worship Service 10 a.m. 40 Days for Life Sunday School 9am; Communion 10am. Mishkan Torah Congregation Campaign Begins 10 Ridge Road, Greenbelt, MD 20770 St. Hugh’s Catholic Church Rabbi Jonathan Cohen Cantor Phil Greenfield hosted about 60 pro-life activ- ists from the Greenbelt area and ST. HUGH OF GRENOBLE CATHOLIC CHURCH beyond to kick off the local 40 135 Crescent Road, Greenbelt, MD 20770 Friday evening services 8:00 PM, except first Friday of the month, when children's service begins at 7:30 PM Days for Life prayer vigil cam- 301-474-4322 paign this past Saturday. The Mass Schedule: Saturday morning services at 9:30 AM. local campaign is part of a co- Children's Education, Adult Education, Socal Action, etc. ordinated international effort to Sunday 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 a.m. pray to end abortion worldwide. Saturday 9:00 a.m., 5:00 p.m. For further information call 301 474-4223 www.mishkantorah.org The event included a keynote Daily Mass: 7:15 a.m. Conservative and Reconstructionist speech from Mary Forr who di- Sacrament of Penance: Saturday 3:30-4:30 p.m. rects Department of Life Issues for the Archdiocese of Washing- Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist Church Pastor: Rev. Walter J. Tappe 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi ton. Phone: 301-937-3666 www.pbuuc.org Welcomes you to our open, nurturing community March 5 10 a.m. "Kindness"
Catholic Guest speaker Rev. Pratima Dharm; with Will Snyder, Worship Associate; and Carla Community Miller, DMRE Come worship God with us! Christian Nestell Bovee wrote, “Kindness is a language which even the deaf can hear of Greenbelt Sunday School 9:45AM and the blind can see.” Rev. Pratima Dharm will speak on the topic of ‘kindness’ to MASS remind us of how we need to be more kind in order to live with hope instead of hate Sundays 10 A.M. Worship Service 11:00AM especially to fight the wrongs present in our society today. Kindness when applied on Municipal Building self and others, is a strategy that helps us not only to adhere to the principles of our faith better but also helps us hear our own inner voices of truth and justice in order to ALL ARE WELCOME. 101 Greenhill Road, Greenbelt, MD 20770 create our Beloved Community. (301) 474-‐4212 www. greenbeltbaptist.org *** To be followed by Congregational Town Hall Meeting ***
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At Greenbelt Park Computer Club Hear Local Bands Saturday, March 4. Greenbelt Meets Thursday Free at UMD WSSC Project at Roosevelt City, a Green Oasis. An inter- The Greenbelt Computer Club The UMD Wind Ensemble pretive talk focusing on the his- will hold its monthly meeting will Strike Up the Bands on Center to Begin March 9 tory of Greenbelt to describe the on Thursday, March 9 from 7 Friday, March 10 at 8 p.m. in The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) will birth of a planned city, a green to 8:30 p.m. at the Community Dekelboum Concert Hall of The town as a relief project during commence work to replace a fire suppression water line which ser- Center in Room 112. Everyone Clarice. The UMD Wind En- vices the Greenbelt Co-op on Thursday, March 1. A meter vault will the Great Depression, its growth is welcome to the discussions semble is joined by the Eleanor during war and peace, and the be delivered on that day, making it necessary to close the service about the latest in computers, Roosevelt High School Band for road to Roosevelt Center from 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. The project is Art Deco architecture of private tablets and consumer electronics. a side-by-side free concert that homes and public buildings with expected to take about a week to complete and is part of the WSSC Basic trouble shooting advice for includes band classics such as Infrastructure Improvement Project. More information on this proj- the civic adornments of Lenore Windows computers and some Morton Gould’s Symphony No. Thomas’ sculpture which still ect may be found at https://www.wsscwater.com/files/live/sites/wssc/ for Apple iPad and iPhone is 4 West Point, which was com- files/major%20projects/WaterMainReplacement_8-15%20web.pdf grace this modern community available. missioned for the West Point today. Meet at the Ranger Station Sesquicentennial Celebration, and at 1 p.m. Persichetti’s Symphony No. 6. Sunday, March 5. Meet the Beaver. Join a park ranger to learn about the beavers of Green- belt. Learn the distinct character- istics of beavers and interesting facts about their habitats and life. Meet at the Ranger Station near the campground at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 11. Greenbelt Park, Yesterday and Today. The City Information history of Greenbelt Park from the Girl Scout Camp Conestoga MEETINGS FOR WEEK OF MARCH 6-10 VACANCIES ON BOARDS & COMMITTEES (1938) to NPS Mission (1966) Volunteer to serve on City Council Advisory Groups. Monday, March 6 at 8:00pm, and the construction of the camp- COUNCIL WORK SESSION There are currently vacancies on: Advisory Planning Board, Arts at the Municipal ground, to what might have been re: Dog Park/Financial Interests Reports Advisory Board, Forest Preserve Advisory Board, Greenbelt Building, 25 Crescent Road. Live on Verizon 21, Comcast 71 – the 1972 proposal for a theme Advisory Committee on Environmental Sustainability, Park and and 998, and Streaming at www.greenbeltmd.gov/municipaltv park, The Spirit of America. Golf Recreation Advisory Board, Senior Citizen Advisory Board and course? Horse stables? A youth Tuesday, March 7 at 7:00pm, ARTS ADVISORY BOARD at Youth Advisory Committee. dormitory? All of these were Community Center 15 Crescent Road. On the Agenda: Dis- originally planned for the “urban , For information on how to apply contact 301-474-8000. cussion of FY18 grant applications from Friends of New Deal Café oasis” of Greenbelt. Meet at the Arts, the Greenbelt Concert Band and the Greenbelt Arts Center. Ranger Station at 1 p.m. GREENBELT RECREATION DEPARTMENT Saturday, March 11. Leave No Tuesday, March 7 at 7:00pm, PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY GREENBELT YOUTH MUSICAL 2017 Trace. Join a ranger on an inter- COMMITTEE at Community Center, 15 Crescent Road. On pretive talk and video on Leave the Agenda: Security Cameras. No Trace. The program will build awareness, appreciation and re- Wednesday, March 8: NO CITY COUNCIL MEETING spect for America’s public lands Wednesday, March 8 at 7:30pm, ADVISORY PLANNING by teaching minimum impact BURIED at Community Center 15 Crescent Road, Room skills ethics. Meet at the Ranger BOARD , Station at 10:30 a.m. 114. On the Agenda: Draft Report Detailed Site Plan (DSP) – Sunday, March 12. Volunteer Greenbelt Station North Core/Metro Parking Redevelopment and Update on planning projects. TREASURE and Stewardship Opportunities for An Underground Musical Adventure 2017. How can I become a camp Wednesday, March 8 at 7:30pm, ZERO WASTE CIRCLE host? What is the volunteer trail at Public Works, 555 Crescent Road. On the Agenda: New Greenbelt Community Center Auditorium crew and what does it do? To Business Update on legislation, Discussion on Community Impact 15 Crescent Road, Greenbelt, MD 20770 what other visitor services can I Grants, Discussion on potential locations for compost systems contribute in 2017? Learn about Saturday, March 4, 7:00 pm the positive impact of volunteers Detailed agendas are posted on the calendar at on the park and how you can www.greenbeltmd.gov. This schedule is subject to Sunday, March 5, 3:00 pm join our stewardship team. Meet change. For confirmation that a meeting is being held Saturday March 11, 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm at the Ranger Station near the call 301-474-8000. campground at 10 a.m. Josh is as brave as a lion, Harriet is as wise as an owl, and Saturday, March 18. Animals Miranda is always as good as gold – or so they think, until an of Greenbelt. Kids ages 5 to 12 Heavy Landscaping Project Grant adventure in the Underworld challenges their surface notions are invited to join a park ranger and impels the trio to a deeper understanding of courage, wis- for a presentation about the wild- for Seniors dom, and goodness. In a world where dragons and gnomes Are you a senior that needs life that call this special place are real, can three high-school kids break a spell of ignorance help with heavy yard work, their home. Meet at the Ranger and rescue Sophia, the Underworld’s rightful queen? Station at 10 a.m. cleaning of yard debris, rak- ing, hedge trimming, tree Tickets: $5 Advance sales at 301-397-2208 Free Talk on Bariatric removal and more? If the Surgery, Weight Loss answer is yes, the Prince On Monday, March 6 from 9 George’s County Depart- Greenbelt Community Art Drop-In to 10 a.m., Doctors Community ment of Family Services has Sunday, March 5 Hospital will offer a free lecture a grant that may be able to 1-3pm. Free. Greenbelt Community Center about bariatric surgery and weight help you address these yard 15 Crescent Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20770 loss. Adults who are at least 30 maintenance needs just in time for Spring. Funds are limited. Ph. 301-397-2208 pounds overweight are invited Application Requirements are as follows: The Greenbelt Recreation Department Arts Program to learn about a comprehensive • Seniors 60 + approach to weight loss surgery. • Must demonstrate financial need via a copy of proof of income invites guests to collaborate in the creation of a colorful Dr. Hitesh Amin, M.D., board- and a financial statement mosaic for public display using recycled bottle caps as our certified surgeon and medical di- • Must seek support from Homeowners Insurance first if appli- tiles. All ages are invited to participate in this free Com- rector, Bariatric and Weight Loss cable munity Art Drop-In workshop on Sunday, March 5, from Center, will present the lecture • Maximum award $2000.00 per household, If approved, you 1-3pm at the Greenbelt Community Center. The workshop at the Professional Office Build- must use pre-approved vendors from the Department of Fam- will be led by Karen Arrington, one of seven Artists in Resi- ing, Suite 210, 8116 Good Luck ily Services list of vendors dence with studios at the Community Center located at 15 Road. Registration is required; • Home to be serviced must be primary residence Crescent Road in Greenbelt, Maryland. All materials will call 301-324-4968. • Home cannot be for sale or in a state of foreclosure be provided. No reservations are needed. Interested residents should contact the Department of Family Services at 301-265-8450. Holy Cross Recreation Activity Guide- Spring 2017 Thrift Store Less is More Support Group Now Forming now available online: Many people become overwhelmed with the tasks of sort- Every Thursday www.greenbeltmd.gov/recreation ing, reorganizing and uncluttering. Is it very difficult for you and in print at City of Greenbelt Recreation facilities. 10am – 4pm or someone you care about to part with “stuff” even if it seems to be of no value, duplication and gets in the way of Class registration is going on now! Good, clean clothes for women, Classes begin on or after the week of March 27. his or her daily living or may even be dangerous? A lot of men and children! the Greenbelt homes have very little storage space. This Please call 301-397-2200 for more information. Shoes, jewelry, books, etc. group will help member develop strategies and identify re- source for maintaining a safe, livable environment. Please 6905 Greenbelt Road call Tom Patota at the City of Greenbelt Assistance in Liv- Follow the City of Greenbelt on Facebook and ing Program - 301 345-6660 for more information. Greenbelt, Md. 301-345-5111 Twitter @cityofgreenbelt Page 6 GREENBELT NEWS REVIEW Thursday, March 2, 2017
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Volunteers erect cages to protect trees from beavers.
Photos by Therese Robbins Volunteers at the Presidents Day Tree Protection service event The Department of Public of Greenbelt Lake for a tree cag- world. Contact Connor Roessler Works and the Greenbelt Forest ing demonstration led by Brian at [email protected] or Stewardship Project sponsored a Townsend, horticulture supervi- 240-542-2150 for more informa- tree protection volunteer event sor. Then, tools and equipment tion. in Buddy Attick Park on Mon- were distributed so volunteers Connor Roessler is a Chesa- day, February 20 in honor of could start protecting trees. An peake Conservation Corps mem- Presidents Day. A group of 29 estimated 35 trees were pro- ber working for Public Works. volunteers and two Public Works tected from beavers by volunteers employees made it a day on, not placing wire caging around the a day off, by contributing to the trunks. About 30 trees were liber- service event. This service-learn- ated from English ivy using hand ing opportunity brought individu- shears. Participants reflected that als, families and volunteer groups they enjoyed learning about the of all ages and backgrounds to- project while making friends and gether to make a positive impact having a positive impact on the on the environment by protecting environment. trees from beaver herbivory and Thanks to Bagel Place Bagels English ivy takeover. of College Park for donating Volunteers met at the Depart- food. Special thanks to individu- Move to a “home”? ment of Public Works for an ori- als from Broccoli City and So entation to learn about the impact What Else for volunteering. The of their service on the local envi- importance of volunteers cannot ronment. Beavers provide many be overstated, as they play a key ecosystem benefits to Greenbelt role in caring for our remnant NEVER! Lake and this project ensures woods. that we are able to coexist with The next tree protection vol- the beavers. Volunteers learned unteer event will take place on Then I saw Arbor Terrace Senior Living. that beavers change landscapes International Forest Day Satur- by cutting down trees for food day, March 25 from 10:30 a.m. and building materials for lodges. to 1 p.m. at Buddy Attick Park. Caging the trees around the lake Meet inside of Public Works for helps to protect old, native trees orientation and training. Remem- $500 off the first month’s rent! from being downed by beavers. ber to dress warmly and to wear Non-native softwood trees are clothes you don’t mind getting 301-637-5001 | www.at-greenbelt.com left for the beavers to eat, as they dirty. RSVP at signupgenius. 9885 Greenbelt Road, Lanham, MD 20706 grow back faster. Red twig dog- com/go/409084FA4AD2BA3F58- wood trees planted by volunteers on Arbor Day, 2015 were un- caged because these trees are able to grow back and continue serv- ing as an ongoing food source for beavers. Additionally, volunteers learned about how invasive Eng- Holy Redeemer lish ivy negatively impacts trees Pre-Kindergarten - 8th Grade and must be maintained (with the help of volunteers) to remove the Small Math & Reading Groups vines from the forest. Before & After Care Available Once the orientation was over, School volunteers walked to the shoreline 4902 Berwyn Road, College Park 301-474-3993 holy-redeemer.org
Starry Night Gala The Women of the Moose are hosting a Starry Night Gala to benefit the Mooseheart Child City at the College Park Moose Lodge #453 on Saturday, March 18 starting at 6 p.m. Live music will be offered by The Split Sec- ond Band, a local award winning band, that will entertain from 8 to 11:30 p.m., after a roast pork dinner starting at 6 p.m. Attend Our School Open Houses! There will also be a silent auction and pull offs. The Moose Lodge is located at 3700 Metze- Tuesday, March 14 7:00-8:30 p.m. rott Road. For more information contact 301-935-5525 or 301- Tuesday, March 21 6:30-7:30 p.m. (Pre-K Open House) 441-2725 or write to lodge453@ Personal tours o ered Tuesdays in March and April from 8:30-11:00 a.m. or by appointment! moosepages.org or plcrouse1@aol. com. There is a fee for the event. Home of the Archdiocese’s Distinguished Principal, Mrs. Maria Bovich Page 8 GREENBELT NEWS REVIEW Thursday, March 2, 2017 Volkssporting Movement Create Mosaic, Encounter Adventure Snippets from the Past The Greenbelt Recreation De- Is Worth Exploring partment Arts Program invites by Matt Arbach guests to collaborate in the cre- ation of a colorful mosaic for Spring Blitz Upsets Plans, Trees public display using recycled And … Oh Those Cold Beans bottle caps as tiles. All ages are invited to participate in this free by Snowball Jim, Arctic Reporter for the Cooperator Community Art Drop-In work- shop on Sunday, March 5 from One black-out for which whole business afire. His wife 1 to 3 p.m. at the Community Greenbelt had no “spotters” came running into the kitchen Center. The workshop will be led came whistling down the when she smelled “burned by Karen Arrington, one of seven Maryland Countryside with feathers.” artists in residence with studios a fine disdain for timetables. A more practical demonstra- at the center. All materials will It shouldn’t have happened- tion of the art of makeshift be provided. No reservations are not even to a dog. Not in the cookery was provided by a needed. balmy springtime, at least. neighbor who placed a number Following the workshop, stay But it did. Up-ended trees and of wicks into a pan of con- for a 3 p.m. ticketed performance slender pines which snapped gealed bacon drippings. Broil- of Buried Treasure, the 2017 like so many matchsticks are ing over the flame was slow Greenbelt Youth Musical. En- still with us in silent testi- but reliable. counter gnomes, dragons, pixies mony to the havoc. (So are the A popular practice was to and more in a moving tale of many, many bottles of rubbing make use of an open can con- underground adventure suitable alcohol, the tremendous num- taining some rubbing alco- for audience members of all ages. bers of candles and the count- hol. Inventors of this method less hamburger sandwiches vow that a quart of water was PHOTO BY MATT ARBACH MATT BY PHOTO Advance ticket purchase is rec- ommended; for assistance, contact sold in Greenbelt last Sunday.) set to boiling in five minutes. The underpass under Crescent Road next to Roosevelt Center the Community Center business All through the night the (Electric clocks don’t move will be a part of the 5k walk on March 18 starting at 9 a.m. at the office at 301-397-2208. heavy snow came plopping very fast during a power shut- Greenbelt Youth Center. The march is sponsored by the American For more information about down, so that by 7 a.m. ev- off.) Volkssport Association. City of Greenbelt arts programs, erything that was not already, One of the less spectacu- and by nature, laying on the lar but nonetheless effective If noncompetitive fitness ac- visit greenbeltmd.gov/arts and fol- ground, gave up resistance procedures to meet the emer- tivities that encourage lifelong attend a walking event. She in- low Greenbelt Recreation ARTS and tumbled to earth. Trees, gency was encountered in one fun, fitness and friendship for all stantly fell in love with the orga- on Facebook. Arts programs are power lines, and plans for a court where a group of citizens ages and abilities sounds inviting nization, attracted by the positive sponsored in part by the Mary- Palm Sunday holiday, all in a had built a fire out of broken to you, then the American Volkss- social aspect of it and the joy of land State Arts Council. heap. Northerners chortled over branches, of which there was port Association (AVA) is worth staying fit in the midst of beauti- the familiar scene of limitless a plentitude. A string of black- exploring. AVA is sponsoring two ful garden paths. snow, others shivered, some ened coffee pots and patient free 5-km walks on Saturday, Pennington feels that Green- Greenbelt Time Bank grumbled, but all admitted that householders was evidence that March 18 beginning at the Youth belt is a great fit for AVA for Orientation Meeting the blizzard was sure some- the open fireplace still remains Center. Start time is between 9 several reasons. Greenbelt was Join a growing community of thing. an old American custom. a.m. and 1 p.m. with the finish designed as a garden city, one Greenbelters who are exchanging As usual, thanks to the he- There were many other time being 4 p.m. The first walk of the three established by the goods and services using hours roic efforts of trouble shooters schemes, concocted to provide centers on Old Greenbelt, while New Deal in 1935, and is itself instead of dollars. Earn hours and the presence of mind of heat for cooking, too many to the second involves more recent built around walking trails. It is by providing services to others Greenbelt Consumer Services, be recounted here. Two more additions to the city and the lake. “an amazing, historic city,” with and spend the hours to receive which threw open the doors of which possibly are worth men- This writer had a chance to a true “walking community,” she services in return. Members use the grocery store and the vari- tioning are the inverted waste preview the Old Greenbelt walk said. their talents to help their neigh- ety store, much of the discom- basket, punched with holes on a brisk, overcast Saturday. In recent years, the administra- bors, get their own needs met fort was of a transient nature. and housing a heap of burn- I found it to be a serene, in- tion of the Greenbelt AVA chapter and build a stronger community. By 7 p.m. nearly all services ing twigs, and the tray laden triguing trek past old and new, has shrunk, and Pennington is The Greenbelt Time Bank will were restored. Unfortunately, with candles, over which the through the less-frequented by- encouraging Greenbelt residents hold an orientation meeting on the broken trees were not. cook holds a pot. (We saw this ways, between homes and past to consider joining the ranks. Saturday, March 4 from 10 a.m. If the downfall accom- one ourselves and held the pot playgrounds and along quiet, Help is needed in event logistics, to noon at MakerSpace. plished nothing else it certainly awhile.) forested paths. such as welcoming the public, The Greenbelt Time Bank will was a test of the ingenuity of That not all Greenbelters The trail begins at the Com- planning and scouting for new hold its annual get-together on Greenbelt families in meet- are possessed of the inventive munity Center, where the unini- walking trails, web support, video Sunday, March 12 from 2 to 4:30 ing an emergency. Faced with spirit was indicated by the tiated can enjoy vintage photos development and the maintenance p.m. in the Community Center, a dinnerless Sunday a good rapid disappearance of canned that recount the early planning of social media sites. Room 202. Special guests Mary number of our townsmen re- heat appliances, a half hour and construction phase of Green- Local businesses are encour- Murphy and Laura Kranis from sorted to devices which make after the variety store opened. belt; one photo shows FDR him- aged to sponsor events. In addi- the Silver Spring Time Bank Edison’s experiments and Gali- Candles sold furiously and rub- self on-site. Following this is a tion to the financial rewards of will share how its members earn leo’s cogitations look like dull bing alcohol at the drug store pass by the Greenbelt Museum product presentation is the “abil- hours and help their time bank affairs. From here and there was in great demand. which is displaying the work ity to interact with participants grow. the Cooperator has managed to Out of all of this can be of sculptress Lenore Thomas for several hours,” and enhanced The afternoon will include fun learn a few of the devices used gleaned the reflection, perhaps Straus, the artist responsible for “exposure to (the) lucrative senior activities to help individuals iden- by local snowbound pioneers a bit trite, but we pass it on the bas-reliefs on the exterior of market,” according to the website. tify gifts and needs (requests and in providing cooking facilities. anyway, “Some fun, eh!” the Community Center, as well Often, businesses will work out offers) and find other members One genius flooded the From the Greenbelt Coop- as the mother and child statue in a complementary arrangement with whom to exchange. Bring broiling pan of his stove with erator, April 3, 1942 the Roosevelt Center, also on the with the AVA chapter, such as the anecdotes about prior experiences rubbing alcohol and set the trail. Of note on the trail is the printing of event programs and and any questions about the time first occupied home in Greenbelt, trail maps. bank. Potluck snacks to share inhabited on September 30, 1937. In addition to the one-time are welcome. Help this be a zero The Volkssporting movement, only trails on March 18, the waste event by bringing a reus- originating in Germany in 1968 AVA has mapped 5-km and 10- able plate, mug and silverware. is, according to the AVA web- km trails that are open all year. For more information, call site (ava.org), a “personal fitness Both begin at the Aquatic Center. 240-473-3497 or email at green- sports and recreation program There is also a swim program [email protected] or visit that is held at the Aquatic Center. facebook.com/pg/greenbelttime- offeringKathie noncompetitive Jarva, 301 walks,-345- 5384 hikes, bike rides, swims and in For further information on bank/events/ some regions cross-country ski- Greenbelt AVA, contact Penning- ing.” Walking (or volksmarching) ton at 301-431-6668 or greenbelt- is the most frequent activity. [email protected]. For more in- Volkssporting began in the formation on Volkssports, consult U.S. in 1976 and there are now ava.org and ivv-web.org. 250 clubs nationwide. Annu- ally, the AVA sponsors more than 3,000 events, most of which are self-guided and open every day of the year. This September, the HOUSEHOLD SALE Greenbelt AVA chapter will be ONE DAY ONLY Babe Ruth 30 years old. The March 18 event WALL TO WALL Baseball Signups commemorates this milestone as well as the 80th anniversary of SUNDAY, MARCH 5 the City of Greenbelt. 13-C LAUREL HILL RD Players 13-15 Greenbelt chapter president 9AM - 4PM And 16-19 Yvonne Pennington joined the EVERYTHING GOES AVA in the late 1990s. Her moth- Call Ian at er discovered an AVA advertise- HOUSE FOR SALE ment and invited Pennington to TOO! 240-305-7458 Thursday, March 2, 2017 GREENBELT NEWS REVIEW Page 9
Police Blotter Greenbelt History in Photos
Based on information released by the Greenbelt Police Department, www.greenbeltmd.gov/police Dates and times are those when police were first contacted about incidents. A Rush for Plans by James Giese DWI/DUI block Hanover Parkway. The vic- February 15, 9:06 a.m. 5500 tim reported that on February 15 This is the 13th in a se- block Cherrywood Lane. A a parcel was taken from the front ries of articles with photos 26-year-old nonresident was ar- stoop of a residence. depicting the early history of rested and charged with driving February 19, 8:45 a.m. 7600 Greenbelt. while impaired by alcohol and block Hanover Parkway. A cell Groundbreaking for the new other traffic-related charges as a phone was taken from a pocket at town of Greenbelt took place result of officers responding to a Eleanor Roosevelt High School. October 12, 1935. But there report of a possibly intoxicated February 19, 12:45 p.m. 7500 still were no plans for it. Ear- driver. The man was released block Greenbelt Road. An unat- ly planning by engineers had on citations to the Department tended purse was taken at the produced a town plan with a of Corrections for service of an CVS pharmacy. regimented geographic pat- open arrest warrant. February 20, 6 a.m. 7400 tern that called for 66 miles Robbery block Greenbelt Road. An unat- of streets. By mid-summer of February 16, 3:45 p.m. 9100 tended iPad was taken from a 1935 the engineers had been block Springhill Lane. A young counter at the IHOP. replaced with town planners. man was walking behind an Vehicle Crime Led by Hale Walker, the plan apartment building when he was Three vehicles were stolen. On they developed called for six surrounded by several people February 17, a 2006 Saturn Vue miles of streets. who punched him in the face. An was stolen from the 8000 block The plans were prepared unsuccessful attempt was made Mandan Road and returned to the in the 54-room Evelyn Walsh to take the man’s sneakers. The same location the next day. On McLean mansion on Mas- group then fled. The man was February 18, a blue 2001 BMW sachusetts Avenue in Wash- taken by a parent for treatment of 530i 4-door, Md. Tag 5CL8646, ington, D.C., its main ball- CARL MYDANS BY PHOTO minor injuries. It is known that was stolen in the 7700 block Ha- room crammed with drafting Architects and draftsmen at 2020 Massachusetts Avenue, Rural the young men know each other nover Parkway. On February 20, tables. Draftsmen and design- Resettlement and the investigation is ongoing. a black 2000 Honda Civic 2-door, ers worked late into the night February 17, 8:45 p.m. 6000 Md. tag 19019CG, was stolen in to keep up with the needs of block Greenbelt Road. Cashiers the 6000 block Springhill Drive. the Construction Division for at the Super Beauty store said A 1999 Dodge Caravan report- plans. that two people entered the store ed stolen on January 16 in the The Construction Division wearing masks and armed with 6000 block Cherrywood Court wasn’t created until Decem- handguns. A robbery was an- was recovered on February 18 ber 1, 1935. It had a staff nounced, and after getting money by the Prince George’s County of over 400, plus advisors. from a register, they fled. They Police Department in the 5100 Participating in planning and are described as black males, one block of Durant Street, Temple building the town were 28 wearing a Helly-Hanson brand Hills, but there were no arrests. federal agencies, technical as- hooded jacket and another with The tags on the vehicle were sto- sociations, foundations and curly brown hair with blonde len and not recovered, Md. Tag corporations. tips, wearing all black clothing. 9AZ4262. Construction was to begin Burglary There were three thefts from with the D block, the super- February 17, 8:30 p.m. 7300 automobiles reported. On Febru- block between Crescent and block South Ora Court. A resi- ary 16 in the 7700 block Hanover Ridge Roads and Gardenway Artist’s drawing of housing for the Greenbelt project dence was entered and jewelry Parkway, a catalytic converter and Eastway. was taken. was removed from a vehicle. On This artist’s drawing is of equal-sized units. At the end of each six-family row is a one-story, February 21, 12:15 p.m. 6900 February 20 in the 6000 block the 35 and 37 courts of Ridge, one-bedroom unit. These small homes were dubbed “honeymoon block Hanover Parkway. A base- Springhill Drive, an in-dash radio a unique layout in the plan, cottages” by the residents. ment storage unit was broken was removed from a vehicle after having a shared garage area (Information for this article is taken from Greenbelt: History of into. Items stolen were a stroller, the driver’s window was broken. and, while balanced together a New Town, 1937-1987, Chapter 2, Constructing the New Town by a laptop computer, a television On February 20 a rear tag, Md. as two courts, having a six- Leta Mach. Photos are from the Library of Congress photo files, and a crib. 3PZC3595, was taken from a home and a four-home unit available online at loc.gov/pictures) Theft vehicle in the 5800 block Cher- in each court instead of two- February 16, 9 a.m. 6300 rywood Terrace. block Ivy Lane. Travel documents Four tires were slashed on a were taken from a hotel room at vehicle February 15 in the 5500 the Marriott Courtyard. block Cherrywood Lane. February 18, 3:20 p.m. 6900 visit www.greenbeltnewsreview.com The Department is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a suspect in any of the unsolved Being a Member Means Being a Member-Owner crimes reported in the blotter. 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People may anonymously report suspected drug activity by calling the Home Sales Advantage Owned and operated by its members. Drug Tip Line at 240-542-2145. Jeannie Smith, Broker C: 301 442 9019 A Community Credit Union.
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LASSIFIED DVERTISING C A PLEASANT TOUCH BY GWEN – For HELP WANTED facials, waxing and massage. 301- SELL IT TO THE WALLS! DRIVERS – Getting home is easier. 345-1849. RATES ANTIQUES – VINTAGE CLASSIFIED: $3.00 minimum for ten words. 15¢ for each Nice pay package. BCBS + other GUTTER CLEANING! Gutter clean- benefits. Monthly bonuses. No-touch. MODERN additional word. Submit ad with payment to the News Review ing! Free estimates! No McMansions. KITCHENWARE office by 8 p.m. Tuesday, or to the News Review drop box in the Chromed out trucks w/APU’S. CDL- Please call Paul, 301-474-6708. A. 855-200-4631 HOUSEHOLD & GARDEN Co-op grocery store before 7 p.m. Tuesday, or mail to 15 Crescent AIR CONDITIONING – We specialize TOOLS Rd., Suite 100, Greenbelt, MD 20770. RUNNER/BUSSER – Café in Green- in installing Mitsubishi ductless heat PATIO FURNITURE belt seeks individual to work days, BOXED: $9.60 column inch. Minimum 1.5 inches ($14.40). pump systems in Greenbelt Homes. FURNITURE Deadline 4 p.m. Monday for ads that need to be set up, including and some nights. Must be friendly, IKEA BILLY SHELVES Call Mike at H&C Heating and Cool- those needing clip art and/or borders. 8 p.m. Tuesday for camera- hardworking and able to multi-task. COPPERWARE ing, 301-953-2113. Licensed and ready ads. Must be 21. If interested, please call insured since 1969. SILVER 301-848-8142. DECORATIVE ITEMS NEEDED: Please include name, phone number and address HAULING & JUNK REMOVAL – with ad copy. Ads not considered accepted until published. CASHIER – Friendly, outgoing and LOTS OF BOOKS & CDs Complete clean out, garages, houses, SUNDAY MARCH 5 hardworking person to work at Café in construction debris, etc. Licensed & Greenbelt. Must be able to work nights insured – free estimates. Accept credit 9AM-4PM and multi-task. Must be over 21. If cards. Mike Smith, 301-346-0840. 13-C Laurel Hill Road interested, please call 301-848-8142 GREENBELT YARDMAN – Leaf rak- MERCHANDISE ing, bagging, mowing, seeding. Main- FOR SALE – 2 dressers, a Lowrey taining grounds. John, 240-605-0985. Genie 44 organ, small china cabinet, PIANO LESSONS in your home! dining room chairs, a drafting table with Former PGCPS music teacher, expe- light, TV and TV stand. 301-922-6340 rienced private instructor. Students STAIR LIFTS – Never walk up steps with special needs welcome. Ms. Liz, again! Buy new or certified pre-owned 240-601-2825. chair lifts at reduced prices. Lifetime MEDICAL ASSISTANT – Certified, warranty and service contract. Call experienced seeks full-time employ- 301-448-5254. ment in Greenbelt, Lanham, New REAL ESTATE SALE Carrollton area. Ms. Hawkins, 240- 461-0071 NATURALIST’S DELIGHT! 2 BR frame backs to woods. 13-C Laurel PAINTING SERVICES – Interior/ex- Hill Rd. $118K. Open Sundays, 1-4. terior bathrooms, kitchens, bedrooms, additions, fences, decks, sheds. Please OLD SAFE TO GOOD HOME – With call Ward, 240-461-9056. or without cat. No cash, you carry. 301-441-2662 LEAVES MULCHED – Small GHI units, GS-SS, $30. Call 301-213-3273. SERVICES LEAVES BLOWN – Taken away in COMPUTERS – Systems installation, tarps, GS-SS, $60. End units must be troubleshooting, network, wireless estimated for price, 301-213-3273. computer upgrades, antivirus, anti- spam, firewall, etc. 240-601-4163. CARPETS CLEANED – Small GHI units only. Removes odors and pet LEW’S CUSTOM UPHOLSTERY – stains. Free estimates. 301-213-3273 Free estimates, fabric samples, local business for over 30 years. Call Missy, WRITERS! Do you need an editor? 301-345-7273. Professional copy-editing and proof- reading services available locally. PATTI’S PETSITTING – By a Profes- [email protected] sional Animal Care Specialist. All types of animals! Insured! Reasonable HARRIS LOCK & KEY SERVICE – rates! References available. Patti, Mobile service: repairing, rekeying and 301-910-0050. installation. 240-593-0828 JACKIE’S CLEANING – No job too RUSSELL’S TRIMLAWN & LAND- big or small. Estimates, 301-731-0115. SCAPE spring clean-up – leaves & debris, lawn maintenance: cutting, HOUSECLEANING – Over 20 years pruning, mulching, planting, seeding in Greenbelt area! Weekly, bi-weekly, & aerating. Free est. 301-595-9344 Richard Cantwell/Broker: 410-790-5099 Frances Fendlay: 240-481-3851 monthly or one time cleaning offered. Local references and free estimates HANDYMAN – Carpentry, painting, Mike Cantwell: 240-350-5749 Christina Doss: 410-365-6769 available. Debbie, 301-523-9884. drywall, roof repairs, ceramic tile. Michael McAndrew: 240-432-8233 Mark Riley: 301-792-3638 240-460-5485 INFANT CARE SPECIALIST – Li- Mindy Wu: 301-661-5387 Rachel Howard: 443-852-4924 censed available full time or part SALES 7829 BELLE POINT DRIVE, GREENBELT, MD 20770 (301)441-1071 time, 6 a.m. – midnight, seven days a INDOOR COMMUNITY YARD week. – Call Angela, 301-807-0513, SALE – March 11, 9-1, at Greenbelt in Greenbelt. Fire Dept., 125 Crescent Road. For COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSES: Saturday, 3/4, 12-3pm MISSY’S DECORATING – Serving more information and to reserve tables, Greenbelt for over 30 years. Interior call Kathy, 301-474-4372. 2L EASTWAY- 2 Br, Block w/ updated kitchen, new floors and windows. $164,900 painting, wall papering. Free estimates. SELLING TO THE WALLS! Whole 7E LAUREL HILL- NEW LISTING!!!! Bright and Sunny 1 Bedroom! MHIC #26409. Insured. Call Missy, house sale, Sunday, March 5, 9 a.m.- 4 301-345-7273. p.m. 13-C Laurel Hill Road. OPEN HOUSE: Sunday, 3/5, 1-3pm: KELLAHER MAINTENANCE EN- GINEERING, LLC – Plumbing, elec- 7704 MANDAN-NEW LISTING! 3 level town- home w/ 3 Br and 3.5 baths- $279,900 trical, painting, drywall, landscape design, flower beds, bucket truck 4A CRESCENT- 3 Br, End block. Garage, Central AC/Heat, large yard! $196,000 services, stump grinding, pruning trees & removal, pole lighting, power 58L CRESCENT- Large sunroom addition w/ new windows & door. First floor bath! washing siding & decks. Mulch & top $165,000 soil delivery. [email protected]. - 2 Br, 1 bath, Remodeled. Parking directly in front of house! Backs to 301-318-5472. Insured. Visa, Master- 19B HILLSIDE Card, Discover. woods! $129,900 BUYING JUNK from basements, 4G PLATEAU- Charming one bedroom. Completely renovated!! $88,000 garages, attics, self-storage. Robert, 240-515-4700 7D PLATEAU- NEW LISTING! 2 Br, 1 Bath, renovated and backs to woods, last house on Plateau! 9E RIDGE- 2 Br, brick, w/ forced air/heat. First floor half bath, mud room. This home is in a
LICENSED GREENBELT SERVICE CENTER NON-SMOKING row!! $145,000 PLUMBER Auto Repairs & 13B RIDGE-2 Br, 1 bath Brick, updated thru out, Landscaped and private yard. This is one of the best homes you can find. $145,900 Call Dr. Jarvis for Road Service 9B SOUTHWAY- 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath w/ Family room or third bedroom addition! Super any of your plumbing A.S.E. Certified Technicians Clean! $139,900 or heating needs. Maryland State Inspections Reasonable rates. 11F SOUTHWAY- 2 Br, with skylights! Bright and sunny! Great Parking- $128,900 Available 24 hours for 161 CENTERWAY 12 EMPIRE- Lakewood Home, 3 Br, 2 Bath- $339,000 no additional charge. GREENBELT, MD 106 LYNBROOK CT- Boxwood Rambler with 3 Br, 2 bath- $369,900 240-706-1218 301-474-8348 15K LAUREL HILL- 2 Br, large remodeled kitchen, bay window! UNDER CONTRACT!!!
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Hospital Holds Stroke Support Meeting Doctors Community Hospi- tal will hold its monthly stroke Wisler Construction LLC education meeting on Wednesday, Home & Business Sarah V. Liska March 8 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Improvements Broker/Owner the Bowie Senior Center, 14900 Kitchens~Bathrooms~Basements ~Painting 410-549-1800 Health Center Drive, Bowie. Pressure Washing~Repairs~Sheds~Deck Care 301-385-0523 Ceramic Tile~Drywall~Laminated Floors [email protected] This free session will teach Commercial Interior Remodeling stroke survivors and caregivers ~Licensed Bonded Insured~ Continental Movers MHIC #40475 how to manage the physical and Free boxes emotional challenges caused by Local – Long Distance Call 301-345-1261 Color Wheel strokes. Participants may share $80 x two men [email protected] experiences and offer comfort and $90 x three men We can also assist with GHI Renovations: Painting empowerment to others. A team 301-340-0602 Moving Furniture, Air Conditioners, Etc of professionals will provide in- formation about stroke prevention 202-438-1489 and management. To register call www.continentalmovers.net JC Landscaping Custom Painting 301-324-4968. Beds Trenched and Mulched, Interior/Exterior Annuals, Flowers, Perennials, 25Years+ Experience Ornamental shrubs and trees installed, Small tree removal. Shrubs and small trees trimmed and Contact: Joe Rooney pruned. New lawn seeding or sod. 443-627-1540 Free Estimates [email protected] 301-809-0528 RICHARD K. GEHRING, HOME IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST IN REMODELING & REPAIRS CARPENTRY – DRYWALL – PAINTING KITCHENS – BATHROOMS SIDING – WINDOWS – DOORS – DECKS LICENSED – INSURED – LEAD PAINT CERTIFIED MHIC #84145 PHONE 301-441-1246 Roblero’s Lawn & Landscaping Full lawn services • shrub trimming • edging Thursday, March 20, 2014 •GREENBELT mulching NEWS • weedREVIEW control • aerate • fertilize Page 29 • tree removal • overseed • new sod. Russell’s Trimlawn && LandscapeLandscape 301.213.4068 Commercial & Residential www. roblerolandscaping.com Commerical & Residential • MOWING & MAINTENANCE • FALL & SPRING CLEAN-UP • MOWING & MAINTENANCE • FALL & SPRING CLEAN-UP [email protected] • Trimming & Pruning • Seeding & Lawn Aeration • Trimming & Pruning • Seeding & Lawn Aeration • Grading• Grading & &Sodding Sodding •• EdgingEdging • Planting:• Planting: Perennials Perennials & &Annuals Annuals •• MulchingMulching (301) 595-9344 Great Offer! (301) 595-9344 When you service annually! Pay for 2 FreeFree EstimatesEstimates lawn cuts, 3rd Free! (1 time Only) GuaranteedGuaranteed •• LowLow Prices Prices Traditional Monuments Cremation Funerals Service Donald V. Borgwardt Funeral Home, P.A. Family owned and operated Pre-Need Counseling 4400 Powder Mill Rd. Beltsville, Md. 20705-2751 By Appointment (301) 937-1707 www.borgwardtfuneralhome.com w Greenbelt Auto & Truck Repair Inc. 159 Centerway Road Greenbelt, Maryland 20770 301-982-2582 www.greenbeltautoandtruck.com A.S.E. Serving Families in the Greenbelt Area ... Master Certified Technicians … Since 1858 A complete service facility equipped to Pet Cremations Traditional Funerals perform all service requirements that your Life Celebrations Caskets, Vaults, Urns manufacturer recommends to comply with Memorial Services Monuments & Markers Preventive Maintenance service sched- Flowers Simple Cremations ules & extended warranty programs! Also, 4739 Baltimore Avenue Hyattsville, MD 20781 routine repairs that keep your vehicles operating safely and reliably. Auto-body, collision repairs and theft recovery damage 301-927-6100 A.S.E. Certified Technicians, www.gaschs.com Insurance Claims Welcome. Free estimates, please call for appointment Page 12 GREENBELT NEWS REVIEW Thursday, March 2, 2017
At the Library Homeschoolers Tour GAFC With Pen in Hand. On Mon- Bin Those Unhealthy Butts by Li’l Dan Celdran day, March 6, 7 p.m. Novice to experienced writers are wel- In Their Proper Receptacles come to find their creative voice by Erin Josephitis through writing. Share ideas, be inspired and participate in group Smokers have a responsibil- ence of litter decreases property critiques. All genres welcome. ity to keep our watershed clean values by a little over 7 percent. Crazy 8s! Season 4 will begin by preventing cigarette butt lit- Other concerns include fire haz- Tuesday, March 7, 4:30 p.m. for ter. The planet is not an ashtray, ards directly impacting local grades 3 to 5, limit 15 children. yet the Ocean Conservancy lists wildlife and eventually contrib- This after-school math club is de- cigarette butts as the single most uting to lost economic develop- signed to get kids fired up about common item littered along lo- ment opportunities. math. Every week Crazy 8ers cal waterways in Greenbelt and When human health, econom- will engage in activities where across the globe. Though ciga- ic and environmental costs are they may race across the country, rette butts may be small, their factored in, it is no wonder that make music with their hands and litter takes an enormous toll on cigarette smoking in America feet or train to be a firefighter, our human health, economy and has decreased 28 percent in the while bonding with new friends planet. last decade. Yet the question over math. Advance registration Cigarette litter is all too com- remains: why do cigarette butts will open one week prior to each mon at parks and the toxic sub- remain the most littered item in session. This eight-week program stances in cigarette butts can Greenbelt and across the globe? will be conducted on Tuesday cause harm to children, pets and When walking outside, take a afternoons through May 9 (no all living organisms. A common moment to look at the ground PHOTO BY LI'L DAN CELDRAN LI'L DAN BY PHOTO sessions on April 11 and 18). misconception about cigarette and actually count the number of GAFC Pool Operator Manager, Stephen Didion, shows students Contact the branch information butts is that they will break down cigarette butts that litter our city. how water testing is done and how the spa and pool filter/pump staff for details either in person naturally in the environment. The Most importantly, walk the talk room operates. or by calling 301-345-5800. truth is that cigarette butts are and spread the word to bin butts Greenbelt Homeschoolers vis- how to test the water quality and Ready 2 Read not biodegradable. When it rains, in proper receptacles, because ited the Greenbelt Aquatic and the importance of taking soap Storytimes are Monday, March cigarette butts end up in the local butts are litter, too! Fitness Center (GAFC) for a showers before swimming. Many 6: ages 3 to 5 at 7 p.m.; Tues- streams, rivers and waterways. Erin Josephitis is the envi- behind-the-scenes tour last week thanks to the GAFC for hosting day, March 7: for ages 3 to 5 According to Prince George’s ronmental coordinator in Green- in which they learned how a this tour. at 7 p.m.; Wednesday, March 8: County Department of Environ- belt’s Department of Public pool filter/pump system operates, for ages 3 to 5 at 10:15 a.m. ment, a recent study shows when Works. and ages 2 to 3 at 11:15 a.m. cigarette butts were Each group is limited to 20 par- soaked in fresh and ticipants. On Thursday, March 9 saltwater at a con- storytime for ages newborn to 2 centration of one will be at 10:15 and 11:15 a.m., butt per liter, half limit 15 babies with parent(s)/ of the fish exposed caregiver(s) or ages 2 to 3, 4:15 to the water died. p.m., limit 20. Smokers should On Tuesday, March 7 at 7 take their cigarette p.m., Forgotten Fighters: African butts with them to Americans and World War I will dispose of proper- be the last session of the winter ly, in the trash. 2017 season in the audiovisual Litter, includ- lecture series presented by histori- ing cigarette butts, an C.R. Gibbs. The spring season thrown out of a car will begin on Tuesday, March 28 in Greenbelt can and run through May 2. result in a munici- pal infraction and $500 fine. Accord- ing to the Ameri- can Legacy Foun-
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