June 2012 Hyattsville Life & Times

LIVING IN THE PAST A look at women’s lives in 1812 Maryland at Riversdale, including making cosmetics and sewing by hand. PAGE 7

New season, new address for farmer’s market

by Susie Currie

Did you miss out on getting a plot in the Hyatt Park Community Garden? Just across the street, in the parking lot of 3505 Hamilton Street, you’ll find what Southern Maryland farmer Peggy Campanella calls “the next best thing.”

If you time it right, that is. The Hyattsville Farmers Market, featuring produce from Prince George’s and neighboring counties, opened on the grounds of the former BB&T building on June 12. It will continue to operate on Tuesdays from 2 to 6 p.m. through October in this new location, two blocks east of its former digs at the Queens Chapel Town Center.

It’s the second move for the market, which opened more than 20 years ago in the parking lot of The Mall at Prince Georges. In 2005, to make room for building The Olive Garden and Outback Steakhouse, it moved to the parking area behind Queens Chapel Town Center, where it remained through last season.

But this year, when it was time to renew the lease, “we were not

SCHOOLS ROUNDUP

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Tackling the parking problem

by Paula Minaert

Soon, city residents and visitors will find it easier to park when they go to Elevation Burger, Wet Your Palettes or any of the other newer businesses that line Route 1.

The lack of adequate parking in that area has led to many complaints from both shoppers and business owners ever since the resurgence of that commercial district. The problem has only intensified with last month’s

opening of Spice 6 Indian restaurant.

In response, the city has recently initiated two plans that will almost double the number of parking places nearby.

“We’re re-entering the street parking business on Route 1,” said Jim Chandler, director of community and economic development.

Flashing road signs along the busy thoroughfare alerted drivers to one of the coming changes: on-street parking during off-peak hours. (Peak hours are weekdays from 6 to 9

a.m. and 4 to 7 p.m.)

Already available south of Gallatin Street, it will extend to include the stretch between Gallatin and Madison streets sometime this month, according to city notices. This plan will add 61 on-street parking spaces to the 46 already there.

However, the added parking will also mean that drivers will have only one lane in each diPARKING continued on page 13

Anatomy of an arrest

City officer nails trail assault suspect

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PLAY B ALL! CATIE CURRIE Coach Chris McManes talks Nicholas Pale through his swing at a recent T-ball game. McManes, who is retiring this year, has helped dozens of players over the years as he built the HMB program into what may be the regionʼs finest. SEE STORY, P. 14.

Here’s the good news: A man is in custody as a suspect in at least two of the six assaults and rapes that took place on and near the Northwest Branch Hiker-Biker Trail earlier this year. Arrested last month, Edwin Rivas, 24, was ordered held without bail for the January 28 and February 23 attacks.

Here’s more good news: Our own Hyattsville Police Department was instrumental in identifying Rivas.

Hyattsville Chief of Police Douglas Holland said, “I am proud of our officers for their dogged, good old-fashioned police work that led to the arrest of the suspect. This was definitely the result of teamwork between our patrol officers and investigators, and our continuous communications and partnerships with our surrounding police ARREST continued on page 10

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Mutiny on the Council

by Susie Currie

“Just imagine if we can become the next [Las] Vegas or Atlantic City in terms of venue and host the next [boxer Floyd] Mayweather fight at National Harbor.”

— County Councilmember Will Campos, on casinos (Gazette, 3/12/12) If you, too, are eagerly awaiting the prospect of high-stakes sparring coming to Prince George’s County, come on down to city hall any Monday night that the Hyattsville City Council is in session.

The current council, with three new members and a new mayor, has just wrapped up its first year.

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They are in a well-deserved recess until July 16, having checked off several items on an ambitious todo list: authorizing speed cameras, approving a redistricting plan, hiring a human resources director, appointing acting directors for executive-level positions, and passing a five-year plan to improve city buildings and streets, to name a few.

But at what price?

When you put 11 personalities in a room together at least once a week and charge them with making decisions for the rest of us, some disagreements are inevitable.

With this group, though, some observers — and even some of the elected officials themselves — think that too often, disagreement turns into dysfunction.

Mayor Marc Tartaro tends to downplay the drama. “Two years ago there was open warfare” during the annual budget process, he recalled recently.

Still, this council’s meetings have regularly included accusations ranging from rudeness to deceit to preferential treatment of one ward over another. The topic of some councilmembers’ less-than-stellar attendance record (and its negative impact on morale) is a recurring theme. Arguments over parliamentary procedure frequently erupt, with Timothy Hunt (Ward 3) and Candace Hollingsworth (Ward 1) citing Robert’s Rules of

Order when Tartaro pointedly refuses to recognize them. Interruptions are common.

The week after one especially acrimonious meeting, longtime resident David Marshall told the council they “were acting like a bunch of kindergarteners” before they began their next meeting.

Marshall has been attending and speaking at Hyattsville City Council meetings for 26 years; he’s witnessed all sorts of dynamics.

“I’ve seen a lot of them not get along before,” he told me recently.

“But this is the angriest council I’ve ever seen. OK, you don’t like somebody: That doesn’t mean you get to step on his neck at every meeting.”

Longtime councilmember Paula Perry and former mayor Bill Gardiner, for example, were at odds for years, dating at least from the time they both represented Ward 4.

“It’s no secret that Bill and I didn’t get along,” said Perry. “But we never brought the meeting to a halt because of it.”

She was referring to the Meeting That Wasn’t, which will likely go down in Hyattsville history as the first to be canceled because legislators couldn’t agree on an agenda.

(That’s not to be confused with the Meeting That (Almost) Everyone Missed on August 1, another quasi-historical event, which was cancelled after failing to muster a quorum.)

A meeting can’t begin until its agenda passes unanimously, so any adjustments a member wants are usually made as a matter of course.

But that didn’t happen on March 19. Hunt asked that a homeowner’s variance request be moved from the consent agenda to the action agenda, so it could be discussed before vote. Tartaro refused, wanting to pull the agenda item instead.

That led to recesses and calls to the city attorney.

Finally, the mayor adjourned the non-meeting and everyone went home.

“We have a problem,” said Shani Warner (Ward 2), when the subject came up at another meeting, “and I think everyone on this council recognizes it.”

What isn’t clear is how to solve it. On February 27, increasingly public discord prompted Perry to offer a motion for a team-building council retreat, complete with a proposal from a local vendor.

“I dislike retreats probably more than anyone, because I’ve been to so many,” said Perry, who has represented Ward 4 since 1999. “But this is one that I personally will make sure, if at all possible, takes us in the direction we need to go in. … As some residents have said, we look totally dysfunctional. ” Ruth Ann Frazier (Ward 5), who with 15 years of service is the longest-serving member, agreed. “The way we’re communicating and the respect we have for each other is at a very low point,” she said.

But other members wanted to see more specifics about the scope of

the retreat, as well as bids from at least two other contractors. The proposal was sent back to staff without a vote.

The budget process for fiscal year 2013 began soon afterwards, and the number of weekly meetings doubled to fast-track the process.

Tempers frayed further; even the normally mild-mannered Council President Matthew McKnight (Ward 3) said at one point, “I’m tired of spending every night of the week here tabling things for no apparent reason.”

Other sticking points included Tartaro’s introducing the budget as emergency legislation – so it could be introduced and voted on at the same meeting, something the charter forbids as a rule. Much discussion about this tactic ensued, with a beleaguered-looking mayor asking at one point, “Are we debating the content of the budget, or the procedure?”

When the procedure serves as a reminder of the old saying about how the law resembles sausage, maybe things are a little too transparent. On the other hand, as Prince George’s County residents know all too well, spending too much time in proverbial smokefilled rooms does not tend to foster altruism.

Surely there’s a happy medium somewhere. And here’s hoping that our city council finds it on their return.

Otherwise, perhaps they should add one more job posting to Human Resources Director Chris Vermillion’s lengthy list: referee.

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2013 budget finally passes

by Karen Riley

Repeated delays, unavailable documents, last-minute dollar estimates and a significant clerical mistake marked this year’s budget cycle for the city of Hyattsville.

What’s more, residents who watched the proceedings were treated to so much verbal sparring that it often seemed more like an overhyped reality show than a deliberative body “There’s too much bickering that goes on,” said Councilmember Paula Perry (Ward 4). “A lot of it isn’t necessary.”

The budget cycle began in January and was scheduled to end on April 23. But it wasn’t until May 21 that the council finally approved the $28.3 million fiscal year 2013 budget, which features $14 million in general operating expenses and $9.1 million in

“A lot was being done with a skeleton staff ... resulting in getting product out later than we want.”

— David Hiles councilmember, Ward 2

is adopted in modules, beginning with employee benefits, and then each module is combined into a final omnibus budget where numbers might vary slightly. This is done because decisions on certain fixed expenses like employee benefits can affect how much money is left for discretionary expenditures, like capital improvements. Yet it can be a frustrating process for the council.

“All of the pieces didn’t fit” until April 23, when the capital budget was available, complained Hunt, and yet “all of a sudden it was hurry up and pass the budget.” Even then, estimates weren’t available on the University Hills street improvement project, which was important to his constituency. Given these factors, he chose to abstain.

This year’s spate of delayed and incomplete budget documents was the result of the city’s staffing woes, including the lack of a full-time city administrator, according to Councilmember David Hiles (Ward 2). “A lot was being done with a skeleton staff … resulting in getting product out later than we want.”

A key staff vacancy was the primary reason for the snafu over the police department’s budget that stalled council action late in the budget cycle. As Tartaro explained, the police department lost the staffer who ordinarily prepared the budget so the task went to a less experienced staffer.

As a result, the omnibus budget contained a different alignment of police officers per rank than the police budget approved in April.

Both Police Chief Doug Holland and the Hyattsville Fraternal Order of Police protested. Tartaro ultimately resolved the issue with Holland after explaining that the staffer had mischaracterized certain police positions.

Police staffing was one reason why Frazier ultimately decided not to vote for the budget. “I had so many questions,” she said.

Underlying the short-term issues addressed during the 2013 budget cycle are starker realities. The city has managed to stay afloat due to ongoing investments and annexations but it is grappling with some big financial issues, like rising insurance costs and the specter of an unfunded mandate from retiree health benefits.

In this budget, spending will outstrip revenue by $1.4 million. The city will collect $20.8 million in revenue and $5.9 million in proceeds from bonds and leases. The difference will be paid for out of the city’s savings fund.

Tartaro says the city is undergoing the growing pains that come when a city moves from being a small to a medium-sized city. “A decade ago

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It passed with six votes. Perry and Ruth Ann Frazier (Ward 5) voted against it, and Timothy Hunt (Ward 3) abstained. Nicole Hinds Mofor (Ward 5) was absent, continuing what amounts to a medical leave of absence due to recent hospitalizations.

So what happened?

The budget presented to the council is called the mayor’s budget, but council members naturally want to have a say in how money is allocated because that is a key factor in driving city policy. This year, they also had to evaluate how staff is allocated, as Mayor Marc Tartaro decided to include three department reorganizations in the budget.

Among the changes: Moving responsibility for code and parking violations from the police department to a new Department of Community and Economic Development. The council had previously discussed that proposal without resolution so Tartaro decided to “set the table and put it into the budget,” in a bid to make the council address the issue.

Perry objected to the reorganization, which was a key reason for her vote against the final budget.

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Dear Readers, This month we present a repeat of a past column because the topic is so timely. In June 2010 I was shown a rose bush with “witch’s broom� sprouts. This is a sign of a deadly wind-borne virus that can wipe out every rose bush in the region. Now another instance has popped up in our neighborhood and others within a few miles. Please see below for what to look for and what to do.

Dear Miss Floribunda, Enclosed you will find a sprig from my favorite shrub rose. It is weird looking, with twisted leaves and sprouts whirling out of other sprouts. Last year the same thing happened but it flowered. Nonetheless, I think something is the matter. Could this be a result of it being planted too close to a white hawthorn? I really love both of them and don’t want to lose either. What do you think?

Perplexed [street name withheld] Dear Perplexed, I too was perplexed, having never seen anything even remotely like this except a condition called “witch’s broom� that sometimes appears on trees. It seemed to require a disease expert, so I took it to my Cousin Moribunda.

She took one look, and said, “This is serious. This is rose rosette disease, blown in from the west.

It’s deadly and it’s contagious. Tell her to leave the hawthorn alone but dig up the rose bush and burn it. If the city doesn’t allow that, she should bag it and throw it in the trash.�

A rose-lover myself, I asked if there weren’t some way to cut back the diseased part and save the bush, but

Moribunda told me not to be sentimental: “Remember those old movies, Old Yeller and The Yearling?

Like them, this plant has become dangerous and it’s got to go!�

Next I took it to my friend in the American Rose Society, Citizen Cane, and then to an expert at the National Arboretum, Racine Greenfrond. They agreed with Moribunda, but gave me more information.

Rose Rosette Disease (RRD) is a virus carried by a microscopic wingless mite (eriophyte). It was introduced into the western United States by the USDA in the 1930s to control invasive multiflora roses, but because it’s wind-borne it came east with tornadoes. It was not supposed to affect any other rose, but obviously it has sometimes in epidemic proportions.  The experts confirm that your rose bush will not live more than a few more years, though it will flower.

The mite carries a vector that, once established, is fatal. The fact that it lingers makes it a menace to every rose bush in your neighborhood, so speedy removal is imperative. Once you dig up the diseased rose bush, carefully removing any pieces of root, you must not plant another rose in its place for two years.

Citizen Cane regrets to say there is no organic control, and the only miticide that works is Avid. Avid is for prevention only there is no cure.

He urges you to spray all your other roses with Avid. I’m sincerely sorry, but Moribunda is right. I am withholding the name of your street so rose growers won’t come looking for you with torches and pitchforks.

The Hyattsville Horticultural Society will next meet at 10 a.m. on July 21 at the home of Jeff and Marsha Moulton, 6122 42nd Avenue.

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Grocery store outsmarts itself

by Hugh Turley

CHRIS CURRIE Mildred Carroll, who has lived in her Hyattsville home since 1959, celebrated her 92nd birthday on May 24 in the Gold Room at St. Jerome Church. Many of her 14 children still live in the area; sons Tommy (at left, in blue) and Chris (in yellow) each have homes on her street. Also pictured are Kathy Johnson, one of 28 Carroll grandchildren, and Fr. James Stack, pastor of St. Jerome.

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Volunteerism has a proper place in society. But it’s not the checkout line in the grocery store.

At many branches, Giant Food has reduced employees’ hours, compelling shoppers in a hurry to use self-service cashier aisles. For some time now, customers have been able to shop at our local Giant, on EastWest Highway, without greeting and interacting with the nice employees who work there.

“Welcome to Giant. If you have a bonus card, please scan it now; otherwise, begin scanning,” the disembodied voice says cheerfully at checkout. If a bar code is unreadable or a label falls off your fruit, the voice can say, “Please remove all items from the belt. Help is on the way.”

Only then will you have to speak to an actual person. But when employees and customers interact less, they exchange fewer smiles and pleasantries.

Everyone becomes less human.

Also, scanning – and often bagging – one’s own groceries can be a time-consuming and frustrating experience.

So why would customers choose to work as cashiers?

Sometimes the slow self-service is the only alternative to even slower service when Giant does not provide enough paid professional cashiers.

This enforced volunteerism exploits both customers and workers. Customers may not realize that by using self-service, they encourage the corporation to further cut staff hours. One staff member who did not wish to be named told me that employees with seniority, in particular, have seen a change in their schedules.

It should not be surprising that a company that would take advantage of customers by herding them into unpaid labor as cashiers would also cut the hours of its loyal employees. When I tried to contact the public affairs office of Giant Food to get their view on self-service, I got a recording. I left messages, but they were not returned.

I never spoke to a person.

The Hyattsville City Council should consider legislation to prevent the exploitation of citizens and employees. If shoppers work as cashiers, they should be paid by the talking machine according to the amount of time it takes them to check out. The machine can dispense change, so it could easily pay people for their labor – or at least offer store credit.

If the lack of human contact dehumanizes a trip to the supermarket, too much contact dehumanizes a trip in an airplane.

It is time to end the post-9/11 hysteria that has government agents looking under everyone’s clothes.

The pointlessness of airport screening is illustrated in a recent syndicated column by Paul Craig Roberts, a former Wall Street Journal editor and Treasury Department official. According to Roberts, if terrorists actually wanted to target airplane passengers, they would coordinate simultaneous bombs in several large airports, placing them “in the middle of the mass of humanity waiting to clear airport security.”

“This would be real terror,” he writes. “Moreover, it would present TSA with an insolvable problem: How can people be screened before they are screened?”

Ending totalitarian searches of travelers would not only restore every citizen’s right to privacy, but also free Transportation Security Administration guards to do something more productive — like checking out groceries.

People under the age of 40 may not remember that gas-station employees once pumped gas, washed windshields and checked oil levels for their customers.

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Charcoal for the teeth:

Women’s lives in 1812

by Kimberly Schmidt

“We’ll start preparing for the evening meal at 2:45, with plans to eat at 5:30,” announced Ann Wass, organizer of “The 1812 Woman of Riversdale” workshop.

Held on a May weekend at the Riversdale House Museum, the event was a 19th-century immersion complete with a sleepover in the historic mansion.

I looked around. There were eight women. Some were dressed in period clothing with long, beautifully tailored hand-sewn dresses. The dresses were covered with aprons, indications of a woman prepared for work. The aprons were pinned with straight pins to blouses and tied tightly around the waist. Their heads were topped with little frilly caps that looked like something out of a movie based on a Charles Dickens novel.

Was it possible it would take over two hours for eight women to prepare a dinner typical of 1812? In a word, yes. One of the women left the workshop on hand sewing early to start the fire for dinner — not too long after the noon meal.

The menu was long but each dish involved relatively simple preparation: fish fried in a castiron skillet, braised mushrooms, salad with herbs fresh from the garden, steamed asparagus with toast, almond custard and hickory nut cake.

I come from hardy Mennonite stock and am no stranger to the

time it takes to prepare vegetables from the garden and heat my house with wood. But I was in for a shock. In this hands-on workshop, I discovered that cooking and baking in an open hearth using methods from 200 years ago was time-consuming indeed.

Thanks to Rosalie Steir Calvert (1795-1821) — the “Mistress of Riversdale,” as her 1991 biography is titled — we know quite a bit about women in 1812. Mrs. Calvert wrote extensively to her father in Belgium and in so doing chronicled her concerns and day-to-day decisions. Houses of the early 19th century were not centers of consumption, as they are today. Then, household production was critical to the eco-

CASSI HAYDEN/M-NCPPC Left: Katherine Spivey, portraying Rosalie Stier Calvert, trims a hat.

Right: Foodways historian Joyce White turns out a cake in the openhearth kitchen. Women who came for a weekend at Riversdale got a taste of these skills and others.

ing; sewing, darning, weaving and knitting; and the gardening of vegetables, fruit and flowers. This list

The message from the women of 1812?

Modern women’s lives are in some respects far easier. ... However, we also do not work in groups sharing the burdens of work. We do not sit together and spend evenings knitting and sewing, talking and visiting. Neighboring, community, and reciprocity are the casualties of a faster-paced life. doesn’t include child care, games and entertainments such as singing and music-making, of which women of Rosalie’s station would also be knowledgeable.

The work was often tedious.

Harriet Wynne wrote in 1805, “Of all the miserable dull days

nomic success and health of the family.

Women of the era were expected to be “Jacquelines-of-all trades,” versed in best practices in the field (although wealthier women were unlikely to work in the fields); small animal husbandry and butcher-

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In the Calvert household, it was up to Rosalie to make sure the children were educated properly.

She and her husband George had eight children, five of whom reached adulthood, and she homeschooled them when governesses were in short supply.

Women were also versed in the healing arts — although, considering this recipe for enamel-stripping toothpaste, their knowledge was limited: “Honey mixed with pure pulverized charcoal is said to be excellent to cleanse the teeth, and make them white,” advises The American Frugal Housewife, published in 1833.

Ladies made their own cosmetics. During an era when the fashion motto was “Lilies

and Roses” — i.e., lily-white skin with rosy cheeks and lips — lead was a popular “whitener.” By-products of the sperm whale’s intestinal tract were used in perfumes. Katie Cannon, whose business, Ageless Artifice, produces cosmetics using recipes from the time, notes that she has been unable to find recipes for darker-skinned women, no doubt a result of the era, 50 years before the Civil War. The message from the women of 1812? Modern women’s lives are in some respects far easier. We do not have to endure the heavy labor and tedium that often typified tasks of the 19th-century. We do not die in childbirth, as earlier generations often did.

However, we also do not work in groups sharing the burdens of work. We do not sit together and spend evenings knitting and sewing, talking and visiting.

Neighboring, community, and reciprocity are the casualties of a faster-paced life. When’s the last time you borrowed a cup of flour or sugar?

I left the workshop having learned much about women’s work and musing not only on what we’ve gained as women but also on what we’ve lost.

Kimberly Schmidt is a board member of the Hyattsville Preservation Association. This is her last Legend & Lore column, as she leaves us to concentrate more fully on a book project.

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Q: What can a penny buy these days?

A: Your ad, in full color, delivered by U.S. Mail to a Hyattsville-area household (and with change to spare!)

Contact 301-531-5234 or advertising@hyattsvillelife.com

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

June 14

Meet your state and county elected officials at the District 2 Town Hall Meeting, where County Councilmember Will Campos will present his 2012 legislative agenda. 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Northwestern High School, 7000 Adelphi Road.

June 15 to 17

The DMV International Film Festival, now in its third year, will screen 25 films from around the world, including Tin Man, from a Dublin filmmaker, and Chocolate City, which documents the gentrification of Washington, D.C.’s Ward 8.

Screenings, held on Friday and Sunday, require a $10 day pass.

For details, visit dmviff.tumblr. com. On Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., casting director Winsome Sinclair will lead an acting workshop. Preregistration is required; call 202.413.9408.

All events are at Brentwood Arts Exchange, 3901 Rhode Island Avenue. 301.277.2863.

June 16

Pitch in and help keep the Anacostia and Waterfront areas free of debris at Anacostia River Clean-ups. Reservations re-

quired and all ages are welcome.

Free. 9:30 a.m. to noon. Bladensburg Waterfront Park, 4601 Annapolis Road, Bladensburg.

301.779.0371.

ety of music styles, from gypsy-folk to Mississippi blues to electronic chamber pop. Free. Noon to 8 p.m.

113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Old Greenbelt. 301.474.5642.

Longtime Riverdale Park landmark Dumm’s Corner Market has been reborn as Town Center Market, in a building triple the size of (and just steps from) the original location. Today’s grand opening will feature beer and wine tastings, a moon bounce, live entertainment and more during operating hours of 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. 4705 Queensbury Road, Riverdale Park. 301.277.9271.

June 24

June 17

Treat your father, father-in-law, grandfather or other special gentleman to a Father’s Day Tour at historic Riversdale, which includes a free guided tour of the house. One free tour with each paid admission; $3 ($2 for seniors, $1 for students).

12:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Riversdale House Museum, 4811 Riverdale Road, Riverdale Park.

301.864.0420.

June 23

The New Deal Cafe Crazy Quilt Music Festival will feature a vari-

Learn how to turn your fresh summer produce into jam at Seasonal Selections: In a Jam. Using produce from the garden and orchard, the Riversdale Kitchen Guild selections are inspired by the traditional seasonal cycles of a 19th century farm. Free. Noon to 3:30 p.m. 4811 Riverdale Road, Riverdale Park. 301.864.0420.

Take in the summer sunset over the water while watching Arts on the Waterfront featuring the Kukuwa African Dance Company, who will perform their signature African dance and drums. Free. 6 to 7:30 p.m. Bladensburg Waterfront Park, 4601 Annapolis Road, Bladensburg.

301.779.0371.

June 25

The final program of the Hyattsville Film Series showcases work from three local filmmakers: Howard Brown, who will screen part of his docudrama series, “Dark City”; Falani Spiv-

TRASH SCHEDULE CHANGES Monday, July 2 No Yard Waste Collection, City-wide

SAVE THE DATE! National Night Out Against Crime is Tuesday, August 7

Wednesday, July 4 City Administrative Offices Closed; No Trash Collection, City-wide

* If your trash is normally collected on Wednesdays, you will not receive service on Wednesday, July 4. Instead, your trash will be picked up two days earlier, on Monday July 2.

Monday, September 3 No Yard Waste Collection, City-wide

Hyattsville City Police Department hosts the City’s Night Out at Magruder Park, 40th & Hamilton Streets

More details coming soon!

Questions? Please call the Department of Public Works at 301/985-5032.

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ey, whose work chronicles the African diaspora, and Najma Nuriddin, founder of Nsoroma Films. 7 to 9 p.m. Hyattsville Library, 6530 Adelphi Road.

301.985.4690.

June 27

Bring a blanket or lawn chair to enjoy the talents of local jazz musicians at Jazz on the Lawn.

You can bring your own picnic or buy dinner from the Calvert House. Rain date will be the next day. Free. 7 to 8 p.m. Riversdale House Museum, 4811 Riverdale Road, Riverdale Park.

301.864.0420.

June 28

Play 6-on-6 soccer under the lights at one of the best turf fields around at Safe Summer DropIn Soccer. Free. Thursdays until August 9. Priority play given for ages 12 to 17 from 8 to 10 p.m. and ages 18 to 24 from 10 p.m. to midnight. Heurich Turf Field, 6001 Nicholson Street and Ager Road, 301.446.6800.

June 29

Northwestern High School students join South African chorus

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Imilonji Kantu in a concert of African Freedom Songs. This concert will help raise tour funds for the NWHS Choir’s 2013 visit to South Africa, where they have been invited to sing. Tickets start at $10. 7 p.m. Mount Carmel Baptist Church, 901 Third Street NW, Washington, D.C. Contact 202.842.3411 or www.themcbc. org.

July 4

Greenbelt will host its Independence Day Celebration with entertainment beginning at 4 p.m., including a 5:45 p.m. performance by the Greenbelt Concert Band. Fireworks will follow around 9 p.m. Free. Buddy Attick Park, 555 Crescent Road, Greenbelt. 301.397.2200.

Who needs to go all the way downtown for fireworks? The University of Maryland will again host a family-friendly evening complete with live music, food and, of course, pyrotechnics. A Fabulous Hubcaps concert starts at 7 p.m.; fireworks, around 9 p.m. Rain date: July 5. Free. Campus Parking Lot 1 (just off Campus Drive) College Park. 301.864.8877.

July 6

First Fridays: A Local Arts Exploration includes artist talks, local studio visits and more. The event combines a reception, presentations and the opportunity to meet other local artists and see their work. Light hors d’oeuvres and wine served. Free. 5:30 to 7 p.m. Zinn Room, Busboys and Poets, 5331 Baltimore Avenue.

301.779.2787.

Ongoing Interested in cultivating your inner farmer? Go for a Farm Tour of ECO City Farms and see what types of urban farming are being used in your area. Free. Saturdays.

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. 4913 Crittenden Street, Edmonston.

Come to the waterfront every Sunday through August 12th for a variety of music and entertainment at the 2012 Summer Concert Series: Arts on the Waterfront. Free. 4601 Annapolis Road, Bladensburg.

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Park Farmer’s Market is open for the season, with a variety of local vegetables and fruits, honey, baked goods, meat, jams, flowers and more. Free. Thursdays, 3 to 7 p.m. Riverdale Park, 301.332.6258.

Parents and preschoolers are invited to Rise + Rhyme, an interactive morning of storytelling and performance. $5 suggested donation. Mondays, 9:30 to 11 a.m. Zinn Room, Busboys & Poets, 5331 Baltimore Avenue.

The Hyattsville Farmer’s Market is open through October, featuring the bounty of Southern Maryland. Free. Tuesdays, 2 to 6 p.m. 3505 Hamilton Street — ­ a new location. 301.985.5000.

Every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month, the Peter Pan Club for preschoolers includes storytime and hands-on craft activities. Free with museum admission of $4 for adults ($2 for children). 10:30 a.m. College Park Aviation Museum, 1985 Cpl. Frank Scott Drive, College Park. 301.864.6029.

Continuing through the summer are 45-minute Anacostia River Boat Tours, held Tuesdays through Fridays at noon and weekends at 5 p.m. All ages are welcome to join a park naturalist on a pontoon boat to search for birds and other wildlife. Free; registration required for groups of 12 or more. Bladensburg Waterfront Park, 4601 Annapolis Road, Bladensburg. 301.779.0371.

Grab the binoculars for a guided birdwatching hike along the Luther Goldman Birding Trail, part of the 38-acre Lake Artemesia.

Sponsored by the Prince George’s Audubon Society, the walk is for beginners and experts alike and bird checklists will be available.

Free. Held on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month from 6 to 7:30 p.m. through August 6.

Starts from the parking lot at Berwyn Road and Ballew Avenue in Berwyn Heights. 301.459.3375 or www.pgaudubon.org.

Browse clothing, housewares and more at reasonable prices at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church calendar continued on page 10

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Summer Yard Waste/Trash Date Changes

If your household is served by the Department of Public Works, there are several important schedule changes to note for the next few weeks. Should you have any questions, please call 301/985-5032.

This information is also available online at www.hyattsville.org, on the City’s cable channel (71 Comcast, 12 Verizon), and in all recent editions of the Hyattsville Reporter.

FOURTH OF JULY

‘Skeeter season The Maryland Department of Agriculture, through the Mosquito Control Program, performs all mosquito control activities in the state.

The City participates in the Mosquito Control Program, which begins in mid-June and continues into early September. State Mosquito Control personnel conduct adult mosquito surveillance and, if certain state-mandated thresholds are met, conduct spraying operations.

For 2012, adult mosquito surveillance and possible spraying will be on Tuesday nights.

To report a problem area in your neighborhood, please call the City’s Department of Public Works at 301/985-5032 or visit our website: http://www.hyattsville.org/mosquitos. We will pass on the required information to the state MDA. Please report the following when you call: • Your address • Time of day when mosquitoes are the worst • Any area of stagnant water in the vicinity The reported areas are relayed to the Mosquito Control Section on a weekly basis.

You may request an exemption from adult mosquito control services by completing an application. Call 301/985-5032 for an application, or print one here: http://www.hyattsville.org/mosquitos. A program descriptions and details on the insecticides used are also available on the website.

Spraying for adult mosquitoes is based strictly on results from standardized surveillance methods and occurs in the early morning or late evening hours. The night spraying for adult populations is ineffective against the aggressive Asian tiger mosquito. The majority of complaints about mosquitoes received by the City are about the Asian tiger mosquito.

To control this pest there must be an orga-

nized community clean up effort. The Asian tiger mosquito is a very aggressive day-biting mosquito that has become a serious pest in Hyattsville. It is a black mosquito with white on the legs and a white strip down the middle of its head and back. It is very aggressive and will bite whenever people or animals are available, but it is also skittish and hard to swat.

Often, you will not feel it biting and it tends to stay near the ground (you may get bitten on the legs only). This mosquito lays its eggs in containers or holes in trees. It is closely tied to human habitation and any container in your yard that will hold even a small amount of water for a week or more can breed the tiger mosquito. Check your yard for water holding containers such as: • Tires • Wading pools not in use • Buckets, barrels or cans • Wheelbarrows, canoes or boats • Tarps where water can puddle • Flowerpots or saucers under pots • Birdbaths Either empty or rinse these containers out weekly. Don’t forget rain gutters - these can breed large numbers of mosquitoes if not cleaned so that they flow and drain. The State’s mosquito control program cannot adequately control this species due to its habits. It breeds in containers in peoples’ yards which the State cannot treat and nighttime spray operations are not very effective for the tiger mosquito because it rests in sheltered areas which the spray will not reach.

Visit the following website for additional information about this pest: http://www. mda.state.md.us/plants-pests/mosquito_ control/_asian_tiger_mosquito_md.php or call Mosquito Control at 410-841-5870.

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There will be no yard waste collection on Monday July 2nd. Trash collection and yard waste collection will resume its normal schedule the following week.

ATTENTION: WEDNESDAY TRASH PICK-UP DATE CHANGE

If you’re a regular at a school year Parent & Child Program, good news! A mini version of the program will be held Wednesdays at the City Municipal Building beginning later this summer. Watch the next newsletter for details, or visit http://www.hyattsville.org/pcprogram.

ON-STREET PARKING COMING TO BALTIMORE AVENUE/ROUTE 1 Parking is coming to the Route One/Baltimore Avenue corri-

Wednesday, June 20

Hyattsville Environmental Committee Meeting 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Monday, July 2

No Yard Waste collection due to July 4th Holiday If your ordinary collection day is Wednesday, your trash will be collected two days earlier, on Monday, July 2.

Monday, July 16 Council Meeting 8:00 to 10:00 PM

Tuesday, July 17

Planning Committee Meeting 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

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PARENT & CHILD PROGRAM – SUMMER SESSIONS

Planning Committee Meeting 7:00 - 8:00 PM

Outback Steakhouse Summer Jam Featuring Atomic Swing Club 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Questions? Call 301/985-5032.

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Tuesday, June 19

Friday, July 13

No yard waste will be collected Monday, September 3. Normal collection will resume the following week.

July 13 - The Atomic Swing Club brings their unique blend of jazz, lounge, blues, rockabilly and big band August 10 - N2N returns to the Summer Jam stage to perform classic R&B, Soul and Funk September 14 - Just Us featuring our own Sgt. Chris Purvis will close this year’s Summer Jam Series with some good time Rock ‘n Roll.

JUNE 2012

Fourth of July holiday City Administrative offices closed. No Yard Waste or Trash Collection, City-wide. City Summer Camp is closed.

LABOR DAY

Who says Friday the Thirteenth is unlucky? If it is an Outback Steakhouse Summer Jam night, that just can’t possibly be true.

Held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the second Friday of the month from May 11 through September 14, this event includes delicious food (burgers, chicken and hot dogs) provided and prepared by Outback Steakhouse of Hyattsville, a beer and wine garden, musical entertainment, the ever-popular moon bounce, and Mandy the Clown and her very talented face painter.

The Summer Jam Series is held at the Municipal Building at 4310 Gallatin Street - rain or shine! In the event of inclement weather, the Jam moves into the multi-purpose room. Attendance at Summer Jam is free and open to everyone. There is a charge for food and beverages.

The schedule is as follows:

CALENDAR

Wednesday, July 4

The 4th of July is on a Wednesday this year.

For this week, if your normal trash day is Wednesday, your trash will be picked up on MONDAY, July 2nd.

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Wednesday, July 18

Hyattsville Environmental Committee Meeting 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM @ 4310 Gallatin Street dor during off-peak hours beginning in June. New spaces will be created between Madison Street and the Route One Alternate Bridge. The City requested the changes from the State Highway Administration to help accommodate the growing retail and restaurant developments in the area.

Visit http://www.hyattsville.org/parking to view a map, and please use caution!

ELEVATION BURGER VERTIGO CHALLENGE WINNERS On Tuesday, May 22, teams from the Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Department, Hyattsville City Police Department, and Hyattsville Department of Public Works competed in Elevation Burger’s Vertigo Challenge to benefit Special Olympics of Prince George’s County. Congrats to the Hy attsville City Police Department – officers Khoury, Nemser, and Parrish took home the trophy! Elevation Burger donated over $850 in proceeds from the event to Special Olympics of Prince George’s County during the June 4 City Council Meeting. Our thanks to Elevation Burger’s David and Kathi Wallis, and restaurant manager Monica Estrella, for their support!

WORLD ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS DAY IS JUNE 15 Join the Maryland State Attorney’s office along with several other area organizations to learn about elder abuse and how to prevent it. Enjoy Bingo games, free hearing tests, and tons more.

Where: The Mall at Prince George’s (Center Court in front of Macy’s) When: Friday, June 15, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Be sure to stop by the City of Hyattsville’s table!

Families, caregivers and seniors: Do you have any age-related questions or concerns? Please call Hyattsville’s Senior Ser-

vices Coordinator, Emily Stowers at 301/985-5058, or email estowers@hyattsville.org.

THIRD ANNUAL MULTICULTURAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR SET FOR SEPTEMBER Save the date for the Third Annual Hyattsville Community Multicultural Health and Wellness Fair, scheduled for Saturday, September 15, 2012 from 10 AM to 4 PM at First United Methodist Church of Hyattsville, 6201 Belcrest Road. A free community-wide event of screenings, demonstrations, education and training, and information dissemination. Questions? Contact Mary Carter-Williams, Ph.D. at carterwilli@ theisgrp.com or 301/927-6113.

PEDESTRIAN ALERT: JEFFERSON & 43RD AVENUE CROSSWALK CLOSED In preparation for the replacement of the Hyattsville Elementary School retaining wall, as well as other playground improvements, the crosswalk at Jefferson & 43rd will be blocked for twelve weeks. Lane closures will occur periodically. Watch our website for updates.

REDISTRICTING PLAN ADOPTED; FIND DETAILS ONLINE The City adopted a redistricting plan earlier this month. Find details here: http://www.hyattsville.org/redistricting.

CITY BUDGET DETAILS AVAILABLE ONLINE The City is expected adopted a budget in May. Residents can view documents online at http://www.hyattsville.org/ budget.

Unless otherwise noted, all events take place at the City Municipal Building, 4310 Gallatin Street.

VETERAN SERVICES Looking for counseling, assistance with veterans’ benefits, or other information? The Prince George’s County Vet Center services County residents who have served their country. Services are provided at no charge to the veteran. For more information, visit www.vetcenter.va.gov, or call the Prince George’s County Vet Center, located at 7905 Malcolm Rd., Suite 101, Clinton, MD 21735, at 301/856-7173.

NIXLE The City is now using Nixle to send public safety alerts and information via both email and text message. This system replaces the SafeCity website previously in use. Many of our neighboring jurisdictions also use Nixle to send out information. Please note that Nixle won’t report on every incident – typically alerts are sent when the HCPD needs to alert the public to a potentially dangerous situation, or when we are asking for your help solving a crime. In other cases, Nixle messages relate to road closures, power outages, etc.

If you have a nixle.com account, there is no need to create a new one. Simply log in and add the City of Hyattsville to your wire. New to Nixle? Register at www.nixle.com or enroll using the widget online at http://www.hyattsville.org/stayinformed.

FIND US ON FACEBOOK Are you on Facebook? You can now keep up with City events and happenings at www.facebook.com/cityofhyattsville. When you see Vainglorious, the silver metal bird sculpture at Centennial Park, you’ll know you’re in the right place. He is kind enough to serve as the City’s wall photo.

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Thrift Shop, Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 4512 College Avenue, College Park. 301.864.8880.

This isn’t your toddler’s Sit & Spin. At A Tangled Skein yarn shop, the name refers to fourthFriday gatherings where dropspindle and spinning-wheel users can work on individual projects, guided by spinning expert Anne O’Connor. Free. 7 to 9 p.m. And if you need more chances to unwind, come to the twice weekly Sit & Stitch sessions: Wednesdays, 7 to 9 p.m., and Thursdays, 1 to 3 p.m.

They’re open to knitters and crocheters of any experience level.

Free. 5200 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 101. 301.779.3399.

The Hyattsville library offers a variety of storytimes. Space is limited; free tickets available at the Children’s Desk. Ages 9-23 months with caregiver: Mondays, 10:15 a.m. Ages 2-3: Mondays, 11 a.m. and Tuesdays, 10:15 a.m. Ages 3-5: Tuesdays, 11 a.m.

Ages 3-6: Wednesdays, 7 p.m. English-Spanish Storytime for ages 3-6: Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. 6530 Adelphi Road. 301.985.4690.

Community Calendar is compiled

by Susie Currie and Scarlett Salem.

It’s a select listing of events happening in and around Hyattsville from the 15th of the issue month to the 15th of the following month. To submit an item for consideration, please e-mail susie@hyattsvillelife. com or mail to P.O. Box 132, Hyattsville, MD 20781. Deadline for July submissions is June 23.

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agencies.”

Sgt. Chris Purvis, police department spokesperson, said it all began when a city officer went out on a call that had nothing to do with the attacks.

“It was a roommate dispute.

And when Officer Kirk Pile went out on it, something stuck out about one of the roommates. He saw the [composite sketches] in his mind and something clicked.”

The department had passed out sketches of three suspects to all its officers, so the case was in everyone’s mind, Purvis said. Pile took a photograph of the man and gave it to the city’s investiga-

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The Hyattsville police, in whose jurisdiction the February assault happened, had been working together with the other forces investigating the attacks: the Park Police, Mount Rainier Police and Prince George’s County Police.

Purvis said, “We spent a lot of time on the trails, in both visible and non-visible roles. We looked at people and talked to people.

All the police forces did; it was a stepped-up effort on everyone’s part.”

The next part of the saga also happened in Hyattsville. A victim in one of the attacks saw her assailant on Hamilton Street and notified police.

“City police went down and recovered video footage from a store where the victim had been,” said Purvis. The man was gone by then.

Hyattsville Detectives Scott Ratty and Zach Nemser looked at the footage, checked it against the photo taken by Pile and decided it was the same person. So, because of Officer Pile’s making a connection with one of the men he encountered on that unrelated call, they now had a name.

“We had a lead. The case was building now,” said Purvis. The department put out a warrant for Rivas’s arrest.

The detectives put together a series of photographs of possible suspects that included Rivas.

When they showed the photos to the woman who had called police, she identified Rivas as her attacker.

All this information was also sent to the other police departments investigating the incidents. Rivas then was identified by the victim in the January attack, which was in Mt. Rainier.

“Then the woman saw him a second time,” said Purvis. “She called county police because it was a county case. Our guys overheard the call on the scanner and knew we had a warrant out for him. We bolted down there and grabbed him.”

“A lot of time and effort went into this,” said Purvis. “Everyone wanted this case closed.”

The case isn’t completely closed, though. Captain Stanley Johnson of the Park Police said they are still working the case for the other assaults that happened on the trail. Based on the composites, he said, they think they’re looking for two more people.

“We’ve continued contact with the victims and looked at potential suspects but no one’s been charged. There is nothing to indicate that Rivas was involved in the cases we’re investigating.”

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Taking notes

What’s happening at local schools

by Susie Currie

valerie russell Hyattsville Elementary School recently marked its 95th birthday as well as the end of the school year. At a party on June 2, principal Jeanne Washburn, who is retiring, shared the stage with rising second-grader Ellis Hollingsworth (top). The program included a performance by the outgoing second-grade class (above).

This time next year, builders should be close to finishing a new elementary school at 3120 Nicholson Street, near Nicholas Orem Middle School. Scheduled to open in August 2013, it will serve local students as part of the Prince George’s County Public School system. A PGCPS spokesperson said that public hearings on boundaries should begin this fall.

The new slate of PGCPS principals is expected to come before the Board of Education at two meetings this month.

One of them is likely to be assigned to Hyattsville Elementary School, as Principal Jeanne Washburn retires after eight years. Though some staff cuts are inevitable since the school lost its Title 1 status – and, with it, $200,000 for the coming school year – it looks like the bilingual parent liaison position, which many parents considered crucial, is safe. To avoid other staffing snafus, PTA officers urge parents to register new children early,

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HES celebrated its 95th birthday with a June 2 party for students and alumni. A belated gift from the county should be ready to greet students in August: A new fence and retaining wall that will feature inset panels for mosaics, to be completed in future student-artist collaborations.

To stave off declining enrollment, a nationwide trend among parochial schools, Concordia Lutheran School began the year with a new principal. But Jeff Burkee, who brought 25 years of experience in similar schools to the job, knew he faced long odds.

“People are shopping for schools differently today,” he told the HL&T soon after he accepted the job last summer. Now, they have one less option: After more than 60 years, Concordia has closed. A decommissioning of the campus is planned for September 16.

Two years ago, the newly rebranded St. Jerome Academy reversed its own trend of sinking enrollment by switching to a classical curriculum, the first of its kind in the nation. Since then, the program has spread to schools throughout the country and continues to draw media attention, including a mention this month in a Wall Street Journal article. One thing that hasn’t changed, though, is the Coach Brown Memorial Basketball Camp. Now in its 25th year of serving elementary-school students, it returns to the school gym August 6 to 10.

Most schools empty during the summer months. But St. Mark the Evangelist is already seeing more activity than it has since 2010, when students moved three miles away to the campus of St. Camillus to form St. Francis International School. A basketball camp, for students in kindergarten through 7th grade, runs through June 22. Then a day camp program, co-sponsored by Camp Fire USA, offers three two-week sessions beginning June 25. That’s when morning summer school starts, too, with private tutoring and High School Placement Test preparation available for an extra charge.

As part of a countywide shift, both Nicholas Orem and Hyattsville middle schools will see a longer day for the upcom-

ing school year. All public middle schools will run from 9 a.m. to 4:20 p.m. Both schools sent students to various competitions this year. HMS narrowly missed tying the record for most wins in the 25th Annual Prince George’s County Science Bowl, defeated by the thinnest of margins (5 points) in the semifinals. Nicholas Orem had a strong showing in its first year at the Maryland SeaPerch Regionals, where 16 students pitted their remotecontrolled underwater robots those from other county middleschoolers.

At DeMatha Catholic High School, capital improvements continued this year with the installation of solar panels and the opening of a new science wing. Several of the 196 new graduates have scholarships in hand as well as diplomas, including Hyattsville native Ciaran Cain, one of only two National Merit Scholars in Prince George’s County. The sports program continued to shine as the soccer team won a national title, the wrestling team landed its 25th WCAC title in 27 years, the new track coach also landed a WCAC title, and the school hosted its first nationally televised event: a basketball game with archrival Gonzaga on ESPN2.

Nearly a quarter of Prince George’s County Public Schools had new principals this year, including Northwestern High School. Edgar Batenga seems to have gotten high marks all around; employees there named him Staff Person of the Year, and both students and teachers have noted “a calmer atmosphere,” according to PTSA officer Christine Cestello Hinojosa. The music program continued its winning streak this year at state and regional competitions, as four bands all scored ratings of “superior” or “excellent” while capturing first or second place in the contests. The school also took second place in Washington-Arlington Catholic Forensic League Metro Championships, earning them a spot in the national tournament. Coached by Curt Somers, the team placed in the top 100 in the nation. A group of 21 honors students will have a few more stamps on their passports when they return in the fall; this month, they will spend 10 days in China as part of the school’s International Studies Program.

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Residential parking But some councilmembers are concerned that expanding and emphasizing paid parking near retail areas will impede monitoring neighborhood violations.

Paula Perry, Ward 4 councilmember, has often spoken at council meetings about the difficulties people have finding parking near their homes.

“In my neighborhood we have too many cars and not enough spaces in front of homes to park them all,” she said in an interview.

“These neighborhoods were built when people owned one car.

They weren’t built for the number of cars people have now.”

Tartaro said that limited residential parking is a problem across the city. He said he wants to see a city-wide parking policy, which would start with a pilot program in a single neighborhood. A survey there would determine how much parking is available, and could be used to develop a policy for both resident and guest parking.

“It would be a uniform policy across the city, though it may be implemented differently in different neighborhoods,” he said.

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The city also will redevelop three vacant and underutilized parking lots it owns close to Route 1, on Farragut, Jefferson and Hamilton streets. This work, set to begin this month, will bring an additional 121 spaces

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Overall, the plans will increase the city’s parking places on and near Route 1 from 189 to 371.

As with the current parking on Route 1, drivers will have to pay: the on-street parking will have meters and the lot parking will have boxes to accept payment.

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The batter from the BeltsvilleAdelphi Boys and Girls Club grounded the ball to Hyattsville pitcher Evan Cantelas, who fielded it cleanly and threw the runner out at first. The HyattsvilleMt. Rainier-Brentwood Boys and Girls Club (HMB) T-ball team had retired the side without giving up a run, and Coach Chris McManes quickly corralled his players into line and led them in a cheer of “Good game, Beltsville!” before sending them out for the customary post-game congratulations of the other players.

“We don’t keep score,” said McManes, now in his eighth year of coaching the HMB Tigers. “It’s designed to help children learn the game and be good sports.”

Although runs aren’t counted, spectators can see that HMB’s team usually plays better. When Michael Hanby, whose son

played for rival St. Jerome’s, noticed “how well Chris’ kids were learning the game,” he signed with McManes.

“He runs one of the best practices I’ve seen at any kids’ level,” said Hanby. “We figured, if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em, though it felt a little like we were selling our souls to go play for the Yankees.”

One of McManes’ own three children has been on his team every year but one. Now, his youngest, Tyler, is playing his last year of eligibility. And McManes (pronounced “McMains”) is hanging up his cleats.

During his tenure, first as an assistant coach, then head coach, he has built up the team from struggling for survival to what some regard as the premier program in the region. He recruited so many new players to the game that last year, for the first time in five years, HMB fielded two teams. This year, with a to-

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This page: Coach Chris McManes started playing baseball for HMB when he was a few years older than the kids he teaches. Here, Evan Cantelas is ready to catch and George Currie practices his swing.

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tal of 28 children on two teams, McManes relies on head coach Michael Adams and assistant coaches Branden Hall, Chris Davidson and Chris Currie.

Since McManes started coaching, the local T-ball league has expanded from four teams to 10 and changed some of its rules to make the game more like baseball. When he started, players could remain on base even if tagged out. That, he says, changed for two reasons: to teach players that they have to run their hardest to stay in the game, and to reward the defense. The next step was to allow runners to take more than one base on a hit.

McManes, who grew up in the area, is no stranger to HMB. In fact, the first time he played baseball was on an HMB team.

He later played for the PG Select Blue Sox, which is the Boys and Girls Clubs’ version of an All-Star team, and then at North-

western High School.

“Baseball is a great game, and Tball teaches basic fundamentals,” said McManes. “I would like to see every child try it for one year.”

He also thinks it is a great game to coach. Even though it is sometimes stressful trying to get to games on time from his publicrelations job in Washington, D.C., he says, the fun of coaching keeps him going.

His favorite part is the little oneon-one chat he has with each player while warming them up before their time at bat. He says he loves to see them play and tells the team that the better they play, the more fun they will have.

What’s next for Coach McManes? With his son and several of his other players graduating to baseball — and also being students at St. Jerome Academy — McManes wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up wearing a coach’s uniform again next year, but for

crosstown rival St. Jerome, which didn’t have a coach this year.

Catie Currie, 13, played on Coach McManes’ first T-ball team. This is her first article for the HL&T.

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invited back,” says Campanella, the market’s organizer and coowner of Harris Orchard, one of several vendors there. In addition to peaches, berries, apples and other fruit, the orchard stand includes a cookbook-swap table for shoppers. Other farm stands sell corn, tomatoes, herbs, and other just-picked produce.

“We were happy to have them,” said Queens Chapel Town Center co-owner Michael Hollins.

“But there was too much competition for the existing tenants. A number of the tenants had issues with the items being sold.”

Hollins declined to identify which of the market’s offerings – all from Southern Maryland – were problematic.

When Campanella spoke with city staff about other pos-

sible locations, she said, “they found a place for us within a week. They really wanted us to stay. Every city wants a farmer’s market.”

And now, more and more cities have them. Maryland has used some of its $4 billion share of the 1998 national tobacco settlement to encourage farmers to convert nearly all land used for tobacco – once the mainstay of the state’s agriculture economy – to other crops.

The money also funded “So. Maryland, So Good,” a campaign run by the Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission to promote farming in St. Mary’s, Charles, Calvert, Anne Arundel and Prince George’s counties.

The Hyattsville market, one of the oldest in the state, is restricted to farmers from that area.

“So you’re keeping it very local,” said Campanella.

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