Celebrating the Old Greenbelt Theatre's Birthday on May 6
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Inside Stories GREENBELT Sally Davies Art Magazine Box News ReviewAn Independent Newspaper Wins, p.16 Dedication, p.16 VOL. 81, No. 24 15 Crescent Rd., Suite 100, Greenbelt, MD 20770-1887 May 10, 2018 Two-hour Road Closure A section of Ridge Road between Crescent Road and Ivy Lane will be closed on Tuesday, May 15, from 7 to 9 p.m. in order to conduct a Citizen’s Police Academy exercise. This portion of Ridge is north of Crescent, in front of both the Police Station and Animal Shelter, and ends at Ivy Lane. To access Lakeside North Apartments from Crescent Road take Lastner Lane to Ivy Lane. City Council Opposes P3 State Highway Widening Proposition by Matthew Arbach In order to address the ar- cies to pursue other congestion ea’s impending traffic build-up, relief approaches. We can collec- a proposition, dubbed the P3 tively work towards developing a Program, is under consideration plan that will relieve traffic con- by the State of Maryland that gestion on our highways while could result in the widening of minimizing impacts to the natural sections of I-270, I-495 and the and built environment.” HIGGINS PEGGY BY PHOTO Baltimore-Washington Parkway Jordan cited studies that in- Bidders peruse their selections. Judy Bell, News Review member, (see map on page 13). This could dicated that highway expansion and Susan Harris may have a standoff on this one. have negative effects on daily projects ultimately do not relieve What Goes On life in Greenbelt and on nearby congestion. Such projects encour- Monday, May 14 National Park Service properties. age more driving, longer trips 8 p.m., City Council Meeting, Luncheon Launches Editor’s Both the Greenbelt City Council and increase suburban sprawl Municipal Building and the Four Cities Coalition, leading to environmental damage, Tuesday, May 15 New Role, Initiates Archive which includes Greenbelt, College stressed highway management 7:30 p.m., Budget Workses- by Cathie Meetre Park, Berwyn Heights and New and a general drain on taxpayer sion, Community Services Carrollton, have issued statements money and time. and Economic Development, It was the best of times. No merrily at the pointed jokes and to the Office of the Governor According to their website Municipal Building caveats, Mr. Dickens. allusions. stating their opposition to the (http://495-270-p3.com), the State Wednesday, May 16 On Sunday, May 6, the Green- After lunch and entertainment, proposal. In the letter from coun- of Maryland has initiated a Man- 7:30 p.m., Budget Workses- belt Marriott echoed to the sound friend and long-time colleague cil, Mayor Emmett Jordan stated aged Lanes Study to examine sion on Green Ridge House, at of celebration as about 100 Sandy Lange introduced William- the wish to “allow an opportunity Green Ridge House for the state transportation agen- See HIGHWAY, page 13 guests gathered to applaud Mary son, describing how Williamson Lou Williamson’s transition to was initially cool to the idea of emerita status and the launching such an event but was easily of the Greenbelt Archive Project. reeled in by the inducement of Since Williamson is merely making it about the Greenbelt swapping hats and remains a sig- Archive Project. Williamson was nificant factor in the paper, there greeted as she took the podium was no downside – no parting of by a standing ovation. the ways to regret. Just a joyful She told some tales of her view of an unparalleled contribu- time as editor. There was, for tion to this community. As Jim example, the time that the copy, Giese, also a long-time News on its way to the printer in Hy- Review staffer and city manager, attsville, fell off the back of the put it in his welcoming speech, motorcycle (long before the inter- “Mary Lou has served as editor net) and was lost. The paper had longer than all 39 prior editors to be rapidly recreated in time for combined.” the issue to hit the streets. A key element of the program She also described how she was a delightful set of musical got roped into the paper in the vignettes, produced for the occa- first place. From such small sion by Chris Cherry and Stefan acorns do great oak trees grow. Brodd, ably supported by Aidan Virginia Beauchamp (who, unfor- Larkin and Amanda Ferguson. tunately too frail to attend, was All revolved around newspapers represented at the celebration by and included one song written daughter Edith) saw while pass- PHOTO BY MICHAEL STEWART BY PHOTO by Cherry for an earlier Creative ing by her new neighbor’s win- Children who participated in the Let's Make a Movie! project saw their movie premiere on May 6. Kids Camp production. The au- dow that she had lots of books. dience hung on every note of Seeking the text of a poem, she the performance, cheering and Celebrating The Old Greenbelt clapping each song and laughing See LUNCHEON, page 10 Thank You All Theatre’s Birthday on May 6 Sunday’s Retirement Luncheon at the Marriott was marvelous. by Amy Hansen With the items for the silent auction decorating the walls, the fun time-line and old pictures with the program at each place at the 10 Old Greenbelt Theatre cel- Cherry, coordinator of the city’s With much applause, the au- tables (not to mention the festivity of the table settings) and the ebrated its third birthday on Sun- 80th anniversary celebration. dience shifted to a more light- wonderful smiling friends greeting each other, the room was one day, May 6 by looking to the The show was designed as a hearted mode: The premiere of big happy family ready for a grand party. And grand it was. past and then to the future. radio play. Since the actors would an experimental movie made by The entertainment was delightful and in tune with the event, the The first performance of the have been in the darkness of a 17 children who attended a work- speeches weren’t too long (except maybe mine) and the cost was evening was the play Danger, a mine, the cast stayed behind the shop called Let’s Make a Movie! almost reasonable, so thankfully the food was good. drama set in a Welsh coalmine screen and the audience stared at The workshop was funded with Hearts and flowers for everyone who planned the affair, those after a cave-in. The play, origi- a large 80-year-old radio for the a grant from the Greenbelt Com- who donated and/or bought items in the auction and everyone who nally commissioned by the Brit- 20-minute production. Only when munity Foundation. came. ish Broadcasting Corporation, had the cast came out for a curtain Children, ages 6 to 12, Thank you. been performed in Greenbelt on call was the danger, and the sus- Mary Lou Williamson May 6, 1938, according to Chris penseful drama, truly over. See THEATRE, page 6 Editor Emerita Page 2 GREENBELT NEWS REVIEW Thursday, May 10, 2018 Letters to the Editor Drop Us a Line! Electronically, that is. Best Value for Solar started they were high. We lost editor@greenbelt The Greenbelt Homes Inc. that opportunity; let’s not lose the (GHI) co-op is considering instal- whole kit and caboodle. I respect newsreview.com lation of photovoltaic (PV) panels the amount of experience and on the administration building. wisdom that our current board As a former solar advisor (sales- members offer us. I trust they are person) for a major company, I’d aware of the big picture and be- like to share information that I lieve if they felt the co-op could learned affecting anyone consider- not handle this project in addition ing a PV system. The option for to the other critical projects of a power purchasing agreement concern, then it would not have (PPA) prohibits the option for gotten this far. The earth is in battery storage. What this means a state of emergency. Let us do is this popular low/no cost way whatever we can as soon as we to begin using solar energy has can to help create a New Deal a hidden cost – you are robbed for survival, and save money to of the opportunity to be energy boot. I’ve heard decisions are self-sufficient. While your panels made based on love or fear – let and system generate energy right us choose love. on your property, unless you have Sue Stern batteries to save some, you are without power if electricity from Defending Maglev the grid goes out. With increas- ingly severe weather from our In Japan and China current stage of climate change, SCMaglev naysayers denounce it seems to me that having back- both the Shanghai, China, maglev up power (or at least the option and the Japanese maglev; our B-W corridor maglev will be to install this in the future) is a "Cards . are nice, but what I would really like to do is to modeled after the latter. Some significant benefit of investing in Movies since 1938 put my feet up." a solar system. Once committed state the Japanese maglev is flawed, behind schedule, over Old Greenbelt Theatre to a long-term PPA, you forfeit 129 Centerway News Review, May 8, 2017. We updated the caption. this option. If all you want is to budget and under-utilized; there- fore, development and construc- 301-329-2034 reduce power costs and green- www.greenbelttheatre.org house emissions, and you have a tion of the maglev here could lack of cash, then PPA is much parallel the same logistical and Members always $6.50! Letters Policy better than nothing.