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The Prince George’s Post A COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER FOR PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY Since 1932 Vol. 81, No. 27 July 11 — July 17, 2013 Prince George’s County, Maryland Newspaper of Record Phone: 301-627-0900 25 cents O’Malley Baker Names Dr. Maxwell Lt. Governor Anthony G. Brown Gives as PGCPS’s New CEO Makes Keynote Address at MML Dinner Historic Court County Native Returns to Run the Nation’s 20th Largest School System Appointments By PRESS OFFICER from Bladensburg High School. Highly Qualified, Prince George’s County Schools Dr. Maxwell began his career with the Prince George’s County Diverse Candidates Upper Marlboro, MD - Public Schools in January, 1978, Prince George’s County and spent 22 years as a teacher, Selected to Serve Executive Rushern L. Baker, III principal, and administrator in named Dr. Kevin Maxwell as the Prince George’s County Public Schools system until By PRESS OFFICER the new Prince George’s County 2000. Prior to being Chief Office of the Governor Public Schools Chief Executive Officer. (CEO) The announce- Educational Administrator and Principal at Northwestern High ANNAPOLIS, MD (July, 2013) ment took place at Northwestern School, Dr. Maxwell was also – Governor Martin O’Malley High School in Hyattsville, MD. Principal at Buck Lodge Middle announced two historic judicial County Executive Baker was School, Vice Principal at Central appointments to the Maryland joined by Lt. Governor Anthony High School, Administrative Court of Appeals, Maryland's Brown, Prince George’s County Assistant at Central High highest court. The Governor Council Member Mel Franklin named The Honorable Mary Ellen (D-District 9), Prince George’s Barbera as Maryland’s first woman County House Delegation Chair Chief Judge of the Maryland Court Jolene Ivey (D- District 47), of Appeals and The Honorable Prince George’s County Senate Shirley M. Watts to fill the vacan- Delegation Chair Douglas J.J. cy in the Sixth Appellate Judicial Peters (D-District 23) Prince Circuit on the Court of Appeals, George’s Public Schools Board which represents Baltimore City. of Education Chair Segun Together, these decisions give the Eubanks, and members of the Maryland Court of Appeals its first County’s Board of Education in ever female majority, first female introducing Dr. Maxwell back to Chief Judge, and first African the Prince George’s County Public Schools. Dr. Maxwell American female judge. In another Dr. Kevin Maxwell the New served as Principal of historic moment, Maryland’s first- Prince George’s County Public Northwestern High School from ever “Governor for a Day” Genea Schools Chief Executive Officer Harrison joined Governor 1992 to 2000. PHOTO COURTESY LT. GOVERNOR (CEO) O’Malley in notifying the “I am thrilled to have Dr. appointees and offered her con- Kevin Maxwell serve as the new School, and Horticulture gratulations. leader of our school system,” Baltimore Mayor Endorses Instructor and Coordinator of Judge Barbera has served on the said Prince George’s County Vocational Support Services and Court since 2008, representing the Executive Rushern L. Baker, III. Anthony Brown for Governor Supervisor of Discipline Center Seventh Appellate Judicial Circuit “It is absolutely wonderful to at Crossland High School. in Montgomery County. She will welcome him back home to Prince George’s County where “This is a special day for me. succeed the Honorable Robert M. Baltimore, MD - At the Avenue Bakery main streets like historic Pennsylvania he grew up and began the first It is not often that you have an Bell as Chief Judge. Chief Judge on historic Pennsylvania Ave, Baltimore Avenue in Baltimore City. Mayor 22 years of his incredible career. incredible opportunity like this, Bell retires on July 6, 2013. Judge Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake formally Rawlings-Blake also released a web video I am confident that Kevin’s and I am very excited about Shirley M. Watts has served on the endorsed Anthony Brown for Governor and explaining why she’s supporting Anthony greatest achievement and legacy returning to Prince George’s Court of Special Appeals since Ken Ulman for Lt. Governor. At the event, Brown. is still yet to come as the new County," said Dr. Kevin 2011 and on the Circuit Court for Rawlings-Blake, Brown, and Ulman met “I’m proudly supporting Anthony Chief Executive Officer of the Maxwell. "I am ready to make Baltimore City from 2002 to 2011. with small business owner James Hamlin Brown for Governor because he under- Prince George’s County Public an impact on the County that I “I am pleased to appoint Judge and discussed how small family-owned stands that Baltimore City is a strong eco- Schools.” love, have deep roots in, and Barbera to the Maryland Court of businesses like his are strengthening our nomic engine for the State and he stands up A resident of Bowie and par- care so deeply about. There is so Appeals and Judge Watts to the economy as well as the importance of ent to PGCPS graduates, Dr. working together to revitalize neighbor- Maxwell was raised in Prince hoods like Druid Heights and restoring See ENDORSEMENT, Page A7 See COURTS, Page A3 George’s County and graduated See MAXWELL, Page A5 Water May Wipe Away Trail Harriet Tubman Blazed, Swamp Blackwater By MEGAN KOWALSKI Rising waters are expected to claim much of Capital News Service the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, where some of the monument’s most important land- CHURCH CREEK - Harriet Tubman led marks lie. Blackwater also contains the largest slaves to freedom through the thick reeds and contiguous tidal marsh in the Northeast United marshes of her hometown here on the eastern States -- where the peregrine falcon, American shore of the Chesapeake Bay. bald eagle and Delmarva fox squirrel thrive. And in an effort to preserve that history, Cultural, historical and ecological sites all President Barack Obama recently designated the along the Maryland’s 7,700-mile shoreline are area the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad threatened, from the cobblestoned streets of National Monument. Baltimore’s Fells Point to Fort McHenry, the But even a presidential proclamation can’t halt birthplace of the National Anthem, to Eastern natural forces. Neck, a winter habitat for tundra swans. Also in Sea levels have been rising in the Chesapeake peril are the old crabbing town of Crisfield; Bay at more than twice the global rate -- and one Assateague Island, a haven for wild horses; and of the most important stops on the Underground St. Mary’s City, the state’s colonial capital. CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE PHOTO BY LAUREN REDDING Railroad likely will be largely underwater within Sea-level rise is a global phenomenon, tied to By LAUREN REDDING the next 50 years. gradual changes in climate and melting polar ice simply: The city can retreat or Retreating means relocating Capital News Service This bleak fact wasn’t mentioned in the cele- caps. But its effects are more pronounced in the defend. low-lying properties that are at bratory pronouncements for the monument, nor in Chesapeake Bay region, where the land is sink- But many say that for risk for major flooding -- not a the National Park Service study, directed by BALTIMORE -- Engineers Baltimore, a city with 61 miles Congress, that supported the designation and fed- sum up Baltimore’s options for of coastline, neither option is eral funding. See TUBMAN, Page A6 dealing with rising sea levels perfect. See BARRIER, Page A7 INSIDE Protecting Voting Rights is Critical What Happens to the Undrafted ICC Travel Saves Time Movie Review “White House Down” Earth Talk On the heels of the Supreme Court’s Some bounce around the internation- Since opening between I-370 and I- Roland Emmerich has demonstrated Dear EarthTalk: Shelby County v. Holder decision al leagues for a few years, and a few 95 in November 2011, Intercounty an unusual interest in American his- What is the gist of President that dismantled a key component of even make it to the NBA. Many Connector drivers have cut their tory, government, and iconography. Obama’s new plan to tackle global the Voting Rights Act, the more go on to office jobs. But far too travel times in half when compared The director of “Independence warming and how does the green Presidential Commission on Election many college basketball players, to travel on local east-west routes, Day,” “Godzilla,” “The Patriot,” community feel about what the White Administration will held a hearing especially players of color, leave col- according to a study by the MD “The Day After Tomorrow,” and House is proposing? at the University of Miami in Florida lege without an NBA contract and Transportation Authority and the “2012” returns again to big-budget – one of the focal points of election without another crucial ingredient for State Highway Administration mayhem involving the destruction -- Bill Kemp, problems during the 2012 election. success: a college degree. (SHA). of national monuments. Seattle WA Community, Page A3 Opinion, Page A4 Business, Page A5 Out on the Town, Page A6 Features, Page A7 A2 — July 11 — July 17, 2013 — The Prince George’s Post Towns and NEIGHBORS In and Around Morningside-Skyline Neighborhood Events by Mary McHale 301 735 3451 Morningside's Kenny Carnes, The Memorial Book of the Washington Archdiocese, has Former Prince George’s County Council Member champion wheelchair racer, Seymour Funeral Home has announced annual clergy re- dies at 56 dozens of tributes to Kenny and appointments, which usually Joann T. Bell Passes Kenny Carnes was only 18 many are by friends from happens in June. Three of these Statement from District 6 done at any time, early regis- current certifications in when he became a paraplegic on Morningside days: Rita Johnson, changes involve our local parish- Council Member Derrick tration provides an opportuni- C a r d i o p u l m o n a r y April 14, 1974, while motocross Debra Ann Rosa, Lee Thomas, es: Leon Davis on the passing of ty for families to learn more Resuscitation and First Aid; racing.