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Page 1: Hyattsville Life & Times May 2008 Issue

by Sa

rah

Nem

eth

and

Jess

ica W

ilson

Crim

e —

or

the

prev

enti

on o

f it

— is

at

the

fore

fron

t of

man

y m

inds

in

Hya

ttsv

ille

giv

en r

ecen

t sh

ooti

ngs

. But

it’s

mor

e th

an j

ust

fi gh

t-in

g cr

ime

that

on

e co

unci

l per

son

is e

nco

urag

ing,

it’s

stre

ngt

hen

ing

com

mun

ity.

C

oun

cilw

oman

Pau

la P

erry

(W

ard

4) s

aid

she

has

got

ten

a s

ense

of

re-

new

ed in

tere

st f

rom

her

con

stit

uen

ts, b

ased

on

th

e sh

ooti

ngs

.“I

wou

ld lo

ve n

oth

ing

mor

e,” s

he

said

wh

en a

sked

how

sh

e w

ould

fee

l if

a N

eigh

borh

ood

Wat

ch g

roup

in h

er a

rea

mig

ht

com

e to

geth

er a

gain

aft

er

the

last

on

e in

War

d 4

fi zz

led

arou

nd

2000

.

Vo

l. 5

No

. 5

Hya

tt

sv

ill

e’s

Co

mm

un

ity

Ne

ws

pa

pe

r

Ma

y 2

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tio

n: T

he

Ma

y 1

4, 2

00

8, I

ss

ue

of

Th

e H

yat

ts

vil

le

Re

po

rt

er

Bloc

king

out c

rime

Cit

izen

org

aniz

atio

ns k

eep

wat

chfu

l eye

by Sa

rah

Nem

eth

Man

uel

Zel

aya

expe

cted

to

co

me

hom

e to

his

fam

ily

— i

ncl

udin

g tw

o da

ugh

-te

rs,

8 an

d 2

— a

fter

att

endi

ng

a so

ccer

gam

e on

Mar

ch 2

6.

Aft

er w

eek

s, h

e w

ou

ld s

till

no

t b

e h

om

e.

Zel

aya,

28,

was

on

e of

four

Hya

tts-

ville

res

iden

ts w

ho

wer

e sh

ot a

fter

a

robb

ery

on M

anor

woo

d D

rive

. A

ccor

din

g to

his

bro

ther

, Ju

lio,

th

e n

eigh

borh

ood

is n

ot s

afe

for

wal

kin

g an

ymor

e.

“I g

o to

bed

lat

e an

d ca

n h

ear

peop

le fi

ghti

ng,

dri

nki

ng…

,” h

e sa

id

thro

ugh

a S

pan

ish

tran

slat

or. “

I us

ed

to w

alk

to E

l C

ompa

dre

[sto

re o

n

Ham

ilton

Str

eet]

but

a l

ot o

f pe

o-pl

e do

n’t

do t

hat

an

ymor

e be

caus

e th

ey a

re a

frai

d to

go

out

beca

use

they

don

’t th

ink

it’s

safe

. Th

ey k

now

th

ere’

s [u

nsa

fe]

peop

le a

roun

d.”

Th

e sh

ooti

ng

left

tw

o de

ad a

nd

two

oth

ers

wou

nde

d,

Hya

ttsv

ille

P

olic

e C

hie

f D

ougl

as H

olla

nd

said

. A

ccor

din

g to

th

e P

rin

ce G

eorg

e’s

Cou

nty

Pol

ice

Dep

artm

ent —

wh

ich

h

and

les

hom

icid

es t

hat

occ

ur w

ith

-in

th

e C

ity

of H

yatt

svill

e —

Nel

son

Rub

en T

urci

os,

22,

of

Man

orw

ood

Dri

ve a

nd S

alva

dor E

nriq

ue V

asqu

ez,

30,

of 3

5th

Ave

nue

wer

e sh

ot a

nd

kille

d af

ter

they

w

ere

robb

ed

by

thre

e A

fric

an-A

mer

ican

men

. P

olic

e re

port

s st

ate

that

at

8:30

p.m

., T

urci

os

and

Vas

quez

, al

ong

wit

h t

wo

oth

er p

eopl

e, w

ere

pre-

pari

ng

to l

eave

for

an

out

ing

wh

en

they

wer

e ro

bbed

on

Man

orw

ood

Dri

ve.

On

e of

th

e as

sail

ants

th

en

shot

all

four

men

. Th

e su

spec

ts fl

ed

in a

dar

k se

dan

, hea

ded

the

wro

ng

way

do

wn

th

e on

e-w

ay

stre

et,

repo

rts

stat

e.

Zel

aya

was

hos

pita

lize

d at

Was

h-

ingt

on H

ospi

tal

in s

erio

us c

ondi

-ti

on.

Th

e ot

her

vi

ctim

, w

ho

was

n

ot i

den

tifi

ed b

y co

unty

pol

ice,

was

tr

eate

d at

a h

ospi

tal a

nd

rele

ased

.A

ccor

ding

to

Hol

land

, th

e cr

ime

was

not

a d

rive

-by

shoo

tin

g an

d th

ere

is n

o in

dica

tion

th

at i

t w

as

gan

g re

late

d.Th

e

city

hel

d tw

o pu

blic

saf

ety

mee

tin

gs w

ith

in t

wo

wee

ks o

f th

e m

urde

rs.

“It w

as ju

st a

bru

tal,

sens

eles

s, h

or-

ribl

e cr

ime

in o

ur n

eigh

borh

ood,

” sa

id M

ayor

Will

iam

Gar

dine

r.Th

e

Mar

ch

hom

icid

es

mar

ked

thre

e so

far

th

is y

ear

in H

yatt

svil

le.

A s

hoo

tin

g at

the

Tow

ers

at U

niv

er-

sity

Tow

n C

ente

r in

Feb

ruar

y le

ft a

m

an d

ead.

Th

e ca

se w

as s

olve

d.“W

hat

w

e’re

ex

peri

enci

ng

this

ye

ar i

s un

usua

l for

us,

” H

olla

nd s

aid

at o

ne o

f th

e sa

fety

mee

ting

s, h

eld

at

St.

Mat

thew

’s C

hur

ch in

War

d 4.

Acc

ordi

ng

to t

he

coun

ty’s

stat

e’s

atto

rney

Gle

nn

Ive

y, a

nyo

ne

arre

st-

ed w

ith

in t

he

coun

ty f

or g

un p

os-

sess

ion

as

a fi

rst

off e

nse

doe

s n

ot

nec

essa

rily

ser

ve ja

il t

ime.

“Th

at’s

one

of t

he

reas

ons

I th

ink

you’

ve g

ot s

o m

any

peop

le c

arry

ing

gun

s,” h

e sa

id a

t th

e m

eeti

ng.

But

gun

vio

len

ce i

s n

ot t

he

only

fo

rm o

f cri

mes

aga

inst

per

son

s w

or-

Stay

ing

safe SA

FETY

con

tinue

d on p

age 1

3

WHA

T’S

HAPP

ENIN

Gin

your

are

a of

the

city

?

Tell

us w

hat

you’

d lik

e to

see

in fu

ture

issu

es o

fHL

&T.

Cont

act S

arah

at

240.

354.

4832

WATC

H co

ntinu

ed on

page

12

H

YATT

SVIL

LE'S

SE

CRET

PAR

KSe

e st

ory o

n pa

ge 5

PA

RADE

HIT

S

HIG

H N

OTES

See

stor

y on

page

3

B

IKE S

HO

P

OPE

NS D

OO

RSSe

e st

ory o

n pa

ge 1

0

Get

crim

e al

erts

on y

our c

ompu

ter

Hya

ttsv

ille

's S

afe

Cit

y A

lert

S

yste

m p

rovi

des

24/7

mem

ber

acce

ss t

o im

port

ant

aler

ts f

or

loca

l pub

lic

safe

ty is

sues

. In

for-

mat

ion

is p

rovi

ded

by c

hoi

ce o

f th

e m

embe

r as

e-m

ail

or t

ext

mes

sage

(te

xt m

essa

gin

g ra

tes

appl

y).

A li

nk

to t

he

Saf

e C

ity

Ale

rt

Sys

tem

is

av

aila

ble

onli

ne

at

ww

w.h

yatt

svil

le.o

rg a

nd

ww

w.

hya

ttsv

ille

poli

ce.o

rg.

Wh

en

you

visi

t th

e S

afe

Cit

y li

nk

sim

ply

choo

se t

he

'Joi

n N

ow'

lin

k. Y

ou c

an jo

in a

s a

Res

iden

t P

artn

er o

r a

Bus

ines

s/O

rgan

i-za

tion

Par

tner

.F

ill

out

the

form

on

lin

e an

d be

gin

rec

eivi

ng

not

ices

wh

en

they

are

bro

adca

st.

Th

e si

te

also

pro

vide

s a

plac

e to

sub

mit

cr

ime

tips

/lea

ds o

nlin

e.

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As w

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ave

thre

ecl

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s pr

epar

ing

thei

r w

onde

rful

Hya

ttsvi

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A ca

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resi

dent

sLoo

kin

g ar

oun

d ou

r fa

ir c

ity,

on

e ca

n f

eel

prid

e in

th

e de

velo

p-m

ents

in r

ecen

t ye

ars.

Th

e ci

ty h

as c

han

ged

from

a q

uain

t, pl

eas-

ant

com

mun

ity

to a

vib

ran

t, qu

ain

t, pl

easa

nt

city

. It

use

d to

be

that

Lee

’s R

esta

uran

t w

as t

he

epic

urea

n c

ente

r of

H

yatt

svil

le, b

ut n

ow w

e h

ave

Fra

nkl

in’s,

Out

back

Ste

ak H

ouse

an

d A

capu

lco

Spi

rit.

In a

ddit

ion

, th

ere

is a

ple

thor

a of

new

res

taur

ants

th

at h

ave

rece

ntl

y op

ened

at

the

Mal

l at

Pri

nce

Geo

rge’

s (I

nev

er

thou

ght

I’d e

ver

get

the

chan

ce t

o us

e th

e w

ord

“ple

thor

a”).

We

even

hav

e an

eth

nic

are

a on

Ham

ilto

n S

tree

t th

at a

dds

cer-

tain

pan

ach

e to

our

cit

y. T

her

e ar

e al

so p

aved

str

eets

wh

ich

we

didn

’t h

ave

for

quit

e a

wh

ile.

In

sh

ort,

the

city

has

com

e a

lon

g w

ay, b

aby.

Th

is p

rogr

ess

was

val

idat

ed w

hen

we

got

a M

cDon

ald

’s in

side

th

e M

all a

t P

rin

ce G

eorg

e’s

(We

can’

t ta

ke c

redi

t fo

r th

e M

cDon

ald

’s at

Eas

t-W

est

Hig

hw

ay a

nd

U.S

. R

oute

1 b

ecau

se i

t’s i

n R

iver

dale

P

ark)

. Eve

ry t

own

in

th

e U

nit

ed S

tate

s th

at i

s m

ore

than

jus

t a

post

of

fice

has

a M

cDon

ald

’s. A

fter

get

tin

g a

McD

onal

d’s

and

all

the

new

con

stru

ctio

n a

nd

the

infl

ux o

f n

ew b

usin

esse

s, I

th

ough

t th

at

Hya

ttsv

ille

was

fin

ally

on

th

e bi

g m

ap.

Th

en I

rea

lize

d (H

orro

rs!)

th

at w

e re

ally

are

n’t.

W

hat

we

don’

t h

ave

that

eve

ry o

ther

not

able

cit

y or

tow

n h

as is

a

big

chai

n b

ooks

tore

. T

hey

eit

her

hav

e a

Bor

ders

an

d/or

a B

arn

es &

N

oble

. Bow

ie h

as t

wo;

Sil

ver

Spr

ing

has

on

e; R

ockv

ille

has

on

e; b

ut

Hya

ttsv

ille

has

nad

a. T

o m

e, g

etti

ng

a bi

g ch

ain

boo

ksto

re i

s li

ke a

to

wn

get

tin

g in

door

plu

mbi

ng.

If

you

don’

t h

ave

a B

arn

es &

Nob

le,

then

wh

at c

an y

ou r

eall

y sa

y ab

out

your

tow

n?

I

rece

ntl

y m

et w

ith

som

e fr

ien

ds f

rom

Des

Moi

nes

, Io

wa

and

they

wer

e te

llin

g m

e h

ow m

uch

th

ey e

njo

yed

goin

g do

wn

to

the

loca

l B

orde

rs, d

rin

kin

g co

ffee

an

d br

owsi

ng

thro

ugh

th

e N

ew Y

ork

Tim

es

best

sel

ler

list

. Fol

ks, w

e’re

tal

kin

g ab

out

Des

Moi

nes

, Iow

a. T

hey

just

go

t el

ectr

icit

y. T

hey

hav

e a

big

chai

n b

ooks

tore

an

d w

e do

n’t.

It’s

hig

h t

ime

we

bega

n a

gra

ss-r

oots

mov

emen

t to

get

a B

or-

ders

or

Bar

nes

& N

oble

boo

ksto

re h

ere

in H

yatt

svil

le.

I kn

ow t

hat

sh

ortl

y af

ter

we

got

stre

et l

igh

ts i

n t

he

city

, w

e h

ad a

Bre

nta

no’

s at

th

e M

all

at P

rin

ce G

eorg

e’s,

wh

ich

eve

ntu

ally

fol

ded.

I d

on’t

thin

k th

at a

nyo

ne

can

hol

d th

e m

all

expe

rien

ce a

gain

st t

he

city

. Bre

nta

no’

s h

ad n

umer

ous

book

stor

es a

nd

they

eve

ntu

ally

wen

t in

to b

ankr

uptc

y.

I w

ould

lik

e to

th

ink

that

Bre

nta

no’

s h

ad a

n i

dea

wh

ose

tim

e h

ad

not

yet

com

e.

Can

you

imag

ine

wh

at a

boo

n a

big

boo

ksto

re w

ould

be?

Th

ron

gs

of p

eopl

e w

ould

com

e to

our

cit

y fr

om B

lade

nsb

urg,

Ch

ever

ly, R

iver

-da

le P

ark

and

even

Un

iver

sity

Par

k. W

e co

uld

hav

e a

publ

ic p

arki

ng

lot

wit

h 2

0-m

inut

e m

eter

s.Ju

st t

hin

k of

all

the

reve

nue

th

at c

ould

be

gen

erat

ed f

rom

par

kin

g ti

cket

s. (

Just

kid

din

g!)

Th

e de

arth

(a

not

her

25

-cen

t w

ord)

of

ba

rs

and

tave

rns

in

Hya

ttsv

ille

may

ref

lect

th

e at

titu

de o

f ou

r re

side

nts

abo

ut h

ow t

hey

w

ould

lik

e to

spe

nd

thei

r le

isur

e h

ours

. H

owev

er,

wit

h a

big

-tim

e bo

okst

ore

and

the

atte

nda

nt

coff

ee

shop

, w

e co

uld

hav

e an

opt

ion

to

Sta

rbuc

ks.

It m

igh

t ev

en b

ecom

e th

e so

cial

eve

nt

of t

he

wee

ken

d to

go

dow

n t

o th

e bo

okst

ore

and

read

a

few

pag

es o

f W

ar a

nd

Pea

ce a

nd

hav

e a

latt

e.S

o le

t’s a

ll e-

mai

l Bor

ders

or

Bar

nes

& N

oble

an

d le

t th

em k

now

h

ow m

uch

we

wan

t th

em.

Rem

embe

r, a

city

wit

hou

t a

Bor

ders

is

Bor

derl

ess.

(H

uh?)

Resi

lienc

e of

Hya

ttsvil

lians

prov

ides

spiri

t for

dam

p da

yby

Ash

by H

ende

rson

Hyatt

svil

le’s

122n

d A

nn

ual

Hya

ttsv

ille

Par

ade

hit

th

e h

igh

not

es t

his

yea

r, as

ban

ds a

nd

shou

ts b

last

ed o

nto

H

amilt

on S

tree

t de

spit

e th

e gr

ay,

the

cold

an

d th

e in

sist

ent

driz

zle

of r

ain

. A

fter

a s

pell

of t

ensi

on i

n t

he

earl

y h

ours

as

perf

orm

-er

s w

aite

d at

Hya

ttsv

ille

Mid

dle

Sch

ool,

para

de p

lan

ner

s de

cide

d to

go

on w

ith

th

e sh

ow.

Th

e aw

nin

g in

fro

nt

of t

he

sch

ool

fille

d qu

ickl

y w

ith

m

ore

dogs

aro

und

than

you

cou

ld t

hro

w a

sti

ck f

or. P

eopl

e ar

rive

d by

th

e bu

s lo

ad —

th

ere

just

did

not

see

m t

o be

an

y tu

rnin

g ba

ck. I

n t

he

nic

k of

tim

e, t

he

rain

sto

pped

. “I

am

rea

lly

plea

sed

wit

h t

he

turn

out

from

bot

h t

he

part

icip

ants

an

d th

e cr

owd,

des

pite

th

e w

eath

er,”

said

Ch

eri

Eve

rhar

t, of

th

e ci

ty’s

Dep

artm

ent

of R

ecre

atio

n a

nd

the

Art

s. “

We

only

had

a f

ew p

arti

cipa

nts

th

at w

ere

not

abl

e to

at

ten

d bu

t ov

eral

l w

e ar

e ve

ry p

leas

ed.”

By

the

tim

e th

e pa

rade

mad

e it

to

the

gran

dsta

nd

it

was

sta

ndi

ng

room

on

ly. C

hil

dren

flo

cked

to

the

trea

ts a

s ci

ty a

nd

stat

e of

fici

als

kept

th

e ca

ndy

fly

ing

wh

ile

they

w

alke

d an

d ro

de i

n c

ars

to M

agru

der

Par

k. M

ayor

Wil

liam

G

ardi

ner

an

d pa

rade

Gra

nd

Mar

shal

l G

rego

ry K

ith

cart

, of

Hya

ttsv

ille

’s O

utba

ck S

teak

Hou

se, l

ead

the

proc

essi

on.

Pos

t pa

rade

fes

tivi

ties

incl

uded

loca

l art

ists

, mus

ic e

nter

tain

-m

ent

by N

orth

wes

tern

Hig

h S

choo

l and

The

Kel

ly B

ell B

and.

Th

is w

as t

he

best

par

ade

in y

ears

,” s

aid

Joan

ne

Moo

d,

dire

ctor

of

the

Hya

ttsv

ille

DR

A.

Hya

ttsv

ille

’s 1

22

nd

An

nu

al P

arad

e o

ffer

ed

an e

clec

tic

gro

up

of

per

-

form

ers,

in

clu

din

g t

he

"big

bra

ins"

at

far

rig

ht.

Fo

ur-

leg

ged

fri

end

s fr

om

the

Gre

enb

elt

Do

g T

rain

-

ing

Mar

chin

g D

rill

Tea

m

sho

w t

hei

r st

uff

, rig

ht.

Ab

ove

, ch

ild

ren

get

in

to

cost

um

e w

ith

fac

e p

ain

t-

ing

bef

ore

th

e p

arad

e. A

t

top

, stu

den

ts f

rom

a l

oca

l

mar

chin

g b

and

dis

pla

y

thei

r co

lors

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ribut

ed m

onth

ly b

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ail t

o ev

ery

addr

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in

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ition

al c

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s ar

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strib

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brar

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sele

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bus

ines

ses,

com

mun

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ente

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hurc

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he N

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A c

omm

unit

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wsp

aper

chr

onic

ling

the

life

and

tim

es o

f Hya

ttsv

ille

THE

PUBL

ICAT

ION

DEA

DLI

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for

arti

cles

and

lett

ers i

n th

e Ju

ne is

sue

is F

rida

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Pre

ss, a

nd

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Was

hin

g-

ton

Pos

t se

ek e

ven

mor

e po

wer

, th

e pu

blic

sh

ould

bew

are.

Th

is a

dmo-

nit

ion

br

ings

to

m

ind

a

rece

nt

full-

page

adv

erti

sem

ent

in t

he

Pos

t by

th

e N

ewsp

aper

Ass

ocia

tion

of

Am

eric

a in

su

ppor

t of

pr

opos

ed

fede

ral l

egis

lati

on t

o fu

rth

er p

rote

ct

thei

r jo

urn

alis

ts.

Th

e ad

cl

aim

ed

that

“…

Th

e pr

ess

is u

nde

r fi

re f

rom

pro

secu

tors

an

d ci

vil

liti

gan

ts c

hil

lin

g th

e fr

ee

flow

of

info

rmat

ion

to

the

Am

eri-

can

pu

blic

.” R

ecen

t li

tiga

tion

, in

fa

ct, s

how

s th

at w

hat

is r

eall

y un

der

fire

is

the

abil

ity

of j

ourn

alis

ts t

o re

lay

hur

tful

lie

s to

th

e pu

blic

fro

m

anon

ymou

s so

urce

s.In

200

6, W

en H

o L

ee,

a sc

i-en

tist

th

e m

edia

on

ce

iden

tifi

ed

as

a su

spec

ted

spy,

w

as

awar

ded

over

$1.

6 m

illi

on f

rom

th

e go

vern

-m

ent

and

five

med

ia o

rgan

izat

ion

s,

incl

udin

g T

he W

ashi

ngt

on P

ost,

as

a se

ttle

men

t fo

r th

eir

viol

atio

n o

f h

is p

riva

cy. A

lth

ough

th

ey h

ad n

ot

been

sue

d by

Lee

, as

rep

orte

d in

th

e P

ost

on J

une

3, 2

003,

th

e co

m-

pan

ies

con

trib

uted

to

th

e se

ttle

-m

ent

for

fear

th

at t

he

cour

ts w

ould

fo

rce

them

to

reve

al t

he

sour

ces

of

thei

r da

mag

ing

leak

s. T

he

prop

osed

le

gisl

atio

n w

ould

rid

th

em o

f su

ch

wor

ries

.M

ore

rece

ntl

y, t

her

e is

th

e ca

se

of

form

er

bio-

defe

nse

re

sear

cher

S

teve

n H

atfi

ll an

d th

e W

ash

ingt

on,

D.C

. an

thra

x at

tack

s. R

epor

ter T

oni

Loc

y w

rote

in

US

A T

oday

on

May

29

, 200

3, “

FB

I of

fici

als

beli

eve

they

ca

n’t

risk

th

e em

barr

assm

ent

of lo

s-in

g tr

ack

of H

atfi

ll, e

ven

for

a f

ew

hou

rs,

and

then

bei

ng

con

fron

ted

wit

h m

ore

anth

rax

atta

cks.

To

date

, not

on

e bi

t of

evi

den

ce

has

bee

n p

rodu

ced

that

Hat

fill

was

in

an

y w

ay c

onn

ecte

d to

the

anth

rax

mur

ders

, an

d h

e, q

uite

un

ders

tan

d-ab

ly, h

as s

ough

t ju

stic

e by

bri

ngi

ng

suit

, jus

t as

Lee

did

.T

his

spr

ing

U.S

. Dis

tric

t Ju

dge

Reg

gie

B.

Wal

ton

h

eld

Loc

y in

co

nte

mpt

of

cour

t an

d fi

ned

her

fo

r re

fusi

ng

to a

nsw

er h

is q

uest

ion

s ab

out

her

sou

rces

. A

maz

ing

as i

t m

ay s

eem

, it

is L

ocy’

s si

tuat

ion

th

at

has

pr

ompt

ed

the

Sen

ate

to

fast

tr

ack

legi

slat

ion

th

at i

t h

as d

isin

-ge

nuo

usly

nam

ed, “

Th

e F

ree

Flo

w

of I

nfo

rmat

ion

Act

.”W

ith

a t

ruly

fre

e fl

ow o

f in

for-

mat

ion

, th

e n

ames

of p

ubli

c of

fici

als

wh

o w

ould

rui

n a

n i

nn

ocen

t m

an’s

repu

tati

on w

ith

lea

ks o

f fa

lseh

oods

w

ould

pr

oper

ly

be

reve

aled

. T

he

shie

ld l

aw p

rom

oted

by

Loc

y’s

big-

med

ia

supp

orte

rs

(If

you

Goo

gle

Ton

i Loc

y an

d sh

ield

law

, her

bro

ad

supp

ort

by c

orpo

rate

med

ia is

cle

ar)

ther

efor

e, r

epre

sen

ts j

ust

the

oppo

-si

te o

f it

s n

ame.

Un

der

the

prop

osed

law

, a ju

dge

wou

ld n

ot b

e ab

le t

o or

der

a re

port

-er

to

re

veal

so

urce

s,

even

w

hen

it

is

mal

icio

us a

nd

fals

e in

form

a-ti

on t

hat

th

e so

urce

s h

ave

prov

ided

. M

ere

priv

ate

citi

zen

s, o

n t

he

oth

er

han

d, w

ould

con

tin

ue t

o be

wit

hou

t su

ch

prot

ecti

on.

Th

e bi

g m

edia

co

mpa

nie

s’ co

nce

rn f

or t

he

righ

ts o

f th

e ge

ner

al p

ubli

c ri

ng

part

icul

arly

h

ollo

w i

n t

his

in

stan

ce.

In

addi

tion

to

da

mag

ing

one

ind

ivid

ual

’s

rep

uta

tion

, L

ocy’

s tr

ansm

itti

ng

of f

alse

hoo

ds w

orke

d ag

ain

st t

he

publ

ic in

tere

st in

an

oth

-er

way

as

wel

l. It

ser

ved

to d

irec

t

the

publ

ic a

way

fro

m t

he

true

per

-pe

trat

ors

of

the

anth

rax

atta

cks,

w

hoe

ver

that

mig

ht

hav

e be

en.

On

e h

as

to

won

der

if

Loc

y m

igh

t n

ot

hav

e be

en

crea

tin

g a

sim

ilar

dist

ract

ion

wh

en s

he

repo

rt-

ed

a fa

lseh

ood

in

anot

her

h

igh

-pr

ofil

e ca

se.

In

1995

, ac

cord

ing

to A

ssis

tan

t U

.S.

Att

orn

ey M

igue

l R

odri

guez

, w

ho

was

in

ch

arge

of

the

case

at

the

tim

e, h

er r

epor

t-in

g fo

r h

er p

revi

ous

empl

oyer

, T

he

Was

hin

gton

Pos

t, m

ay h

ave

unde

r-m

ined

th

e gr

and

jury

in

vest

igat

ion

in

to

the

deat

h

of

depu

ty

Wh

ite

Hou

se c

oun

sel

Vin

cen

t W

. F

oste

r. H

e st

ron

gly

susp

ecte

d th

at t

hat

was

it

s ex

pres

s pu

rpos

e.“T

hey

re

ad

the

Pos

t. W

hen

I

used

to

go i

nto

th

e gr

and

jury

, I’d

see

th

em r

eadi

ng

the

Pos

t an

d th

e (N

ew Y

ork)

Tim

es,”

Rod

rigu

ez

told

th

e la

te R

eed

Irvi

ne,

ch

airm

an

of A

ccur

acy

in M

edia

in

a t

aped

ph

one

con

vers

atio

n.

“If

I w

alk

into

th

e gr

and

jury

on

th

e sa

me

day

that

so

me

Pos

t ar

ticl

e sa

id

that

[K

enn

eth

] S

tarr

h

as r

each

ed a

n op

posi

te c

oncl

usio

n

from

wh

at I

am

doi

ng, w

her

e is

th

at

pers

on

gett

ing

that

in

form

atio

n?

Why

are

th

ey t

imin

g it

so

perf

ectl

y to

und

erm

ine

wh

at I

am

doi

ng?”

At

that

ti

me,

a

Was

hin

gton

Pos

t ar

ticl

e co

-wri

tten

by

T

oni

Loc

y re

peat

ed t

he

stat

emen

t fr

om

offi

cial

s th

at

a re

volv

er

foun

d in

F

oste

r’s h

and

was

“ow

ned

by

his

fam

ily.

Rod

rigu

ez

wou

ld

tell

Ir

vin

e th

at,

(See

th

e tr

ansc

ript

of

Rod

rigu

ez’s

tap

e re

cord

ed

com

-m

ents

at

the

Acc

urac

y in

Med

ia

Web

sit

e: h

ttp:

//w

ww

.aim

.org

/spe

-ci

al-r

epor

t/d

eath

-of-

vin

ce-f

oste

r-pa

rt-3

) on

th

e co

ntr

ary,

“T

her

e is

n

o ev

iden

ce t

hat

th

at g

un w

as e

ver

foun

d to

hav

e ev

er b

een

par

t of

th

e fa

mil

y.”

Fru

stra

ted

by

the

med

ia,

and

by o

ppos

itio

n h

e m

et w

ith

in t

he

Off

ice

of

Ind

epen

den

t C

oun

sel,

Rod

rigu

ez r

esig

ned

.T

he

fram

ers

of t

he

Con

stit

u-ti

on w

rote

th

e F

irst

Am

endm

ent

as

the

firs

t of

man

y re

stri

ctio

ns

upon

a

pote

nti

ally

des

poti

c go

vern

men

t. S

urel

y, t

hey

did

not

in

ten

d to

cre

-at

e a

favo

red

clas

s of

cit

izen

s ba

sed

upon

th

e pr

ofes

sion

th

ey p

ract

ice.

E

ven

les

s di

d th

e fo

undi

ng

fath

ers

envi

sion

th

at t

he

Fir

st A

men

dmen

t w

ould

be

used

as

a co

ver

to p

rote

ct

mem

bers

of

this

fav

ored

pro

fess

ion

w

hen

som

e of

th

em m

igh

t m

ali-

ciou

sly,

an

d ye

s, d

espo

tica

lly,

spr

ead

gove

rnm

ent

fals

ehoo

ds a

bout

in

di-

vidu

al c

itiz

ens.

As

I h

ave

seen

in

exa

mpl

e af

ter

exam

ple,

it’s

a f

ears

ome

pow

er t

hat

th

ey w

ield

wh

en t

he

gove

rnm

ent

and

the

pres

s ga

ng

up o

n t

he

citi

-ze

nry

. Th

e sh

ield

law

is d

esig

ned

to

rem

ove

one

of t

he

last

rem

ain

ing

chec

ks

agai

nst

it

. S

mal

l w

onde

r, th

en, t

hat

th

e bi

g m

edia

are

wor

k-in

g so

har

d to

get

th

is l

aw p

asse

d.

Polic

esp

otlig

ht

Hyat

tsvil

le’s

‘sec

ret’

park

by Je

ssic

a Wils

on

A grav

el

pat

h

off

of

Oli

ver

Str

eet

lead

s to

a h

idde

n a

rea,

a

quie

t sp

ace

wit

h

a la

rge

pavi

lion

of

picn

ic t

able

s. T

her

e is

so

me

play

grou

nd

equi

pmen

t, an

d a

can

opy

of t

rees

wh

iski

ng

one

away

fr

om n

oise

an

d tr

affi

c.S

urro

unde

d by

n

eigh

borh

ood

hom

es, D

eitz

Par

k is

blo

cked

fro

m

publ

ic

view

, m

akin

g it

s is

olat

ion

a

nic

e pl

ace

to w

atch

nat

ure,

but

so

me

say,

als

o an

att

ract

ive

plac

e fo

r il

lici

t ac

tivi

ty.

“It

seem

s w

e ar

e th

e on

ly o

nes

h

ere,

but

if

mor

e pe

ople

wer

e h

ere

it m

igh

t pu

sh o

ut t

he

not

-so

good

th

ings

th

at

go

on

her

e,”

resi

den

t L

ara

Oer

ter

said

.B

arba

ra R

unio

n,

wh

ose

hou

se

back

s up

to

the

park

, h

as b

een

a

lon

gtim

e ad

voca

te

for

the

spac

e an

d sa

id s

he

calls

pol

ice

wh

enev

er

she

sees

som

eth

ing

goin

g on

in

th

e pa

rk t

hat

is

susp

icio

us.

“If

I se

e it

, I’m

goi

ng t

o re

port

it,”

she

said

. “I’m

goi

ng t

o ke

ep d

oing

it

unti

l the

re a

re n

o m

ore

unde

sira

bles

.”R

unio

n,

wh

o h

as l

ived

in

her

h

ome

nea

r th

e pa

rk

for

over

20

ye

ars,

be

gan

h

er

crus

ade

for

the

park

yea

rs a

go a

fter

sh

e sa

w k

ids

play

ing

bare

foot

in

th

e pa

rk s

ur-

roun

ded

by b

roke

n g

lass

. A

t th

at

tim

e th

e pa

rk w

as n

egle

cted

an

d m

ain

ly

used

by

pe

ople

en

gagi

ng

in d

rugs

, al

coh

ol a

nd

even

sex

ual

acti

vity

, sh

e sa

id.

R

oden

ts

hav

e be

en a

pro

blem

too

wh

en t

rash

is

not

pro

perl

y di

spos

ed o

f.

At

a pu

blic

mee

tin

g ab

out

the

park

on

May

3,

oth

ers

not

ed t

hat

ke

epin

g th

e pa

rk c

lean

an

d sa

fe i

s a

vici

ous

cycl

e.

Som

e pa

ren

ts a

re

afra

id t

o co

me

to t

he

park

due

to

brok

en g

lass

or

oth

er c

once

rns.

But

, th

ey a

dmit

, if

pare

nts

an

d ch

ildr

en

are

not

usi

ng

the

park

, it

leav

es a

n

unm

onit

ored

sp

ace

for

oth

ers

to

part

ake

in n

egat

ive

acti

vity

.R

ecen

tly,

th

ings

hav

e se

emed

to

impr

ove,

due

to

nei

ghbo

rs’ d

ilig

ent-

ly

not

ifyi

ng

auth

orit

ies

wh

enev

er

som

eth

ing

seem

s am

iss.

E

ileen

N

iver

a,

plan

ner/

coor

di-

nato

r w

ith

th

e M

aryl

and-

Nat

iona

l C

apit

al P

ark

and

Pla

nnin

g C

om-

mis

sion

, was

at

the

mee

ting

to

show

re

side

nts

plan

s fo

r im

prov

ing

the

park

’s eq

uipm

ent.

Sh

e sa

id t

he

suc-

cess

in d

rivi

ng a

way

dru

gs a

nd o

ther

un

desi

rabl

e ac

tivi

ties

is li

nked

to

the

neig

hbo

rs’ r

epor

ts.

Sh

e en

cour

aged

re

side

nts

to k

eep

it u

p.L

t. G

ary

Bla

kes,

of

the

Hya

tts-

ville

Pol

ice

Dep

artm

ent,

said

com

-m

unit

y co

llabo

rati

on

is

key.

T

he

forc

e h

as

wh

at’s

calle

d an

“a

rea

chec

k li

st”

of c

erta

in s

pots

in

th

e ci

ty t

hat

mus

t be

ch

ecke

d on

dur

-in

g ea

ch e

ven

ing

or la

te n

igh

t sh

ift.

He

was

n

ot

imm

edia

tely

su

re

if

Dei

tz P

ark

is o

n t

he

list

, but

agr

eed

to m

ake

sure

th

at i

t is

.B

lake

s al

so n

oted

that

the

new

ly

form

ed C

omm

unit

y A

ctio

n T

eam

mon

itor

s ca

lls f

or s

ervi

ce a

nd

if a

n

area

rec

eive

s lo

ts o

f ca

lls,

the

team

w

ill

depl

oy a

ddit

ion

al r

esou

rces

to

targ

et p

robl

ems.

“L

atel

y w

e h

aven

’t se

en a

ny n

ega-

tive

act

ivit

y,” r

esid

ent J

ulia

Mar

kham

sa

id a

s a

resu

lt o

f po

lice

resp

onse

a

few

mon

ths

ago.

Mar

kham

’s h

ome

also

bac

ks u

p to

th

e pa

rk.

Th

e pr

oble

m i

s n

ot j

ust

neg

a-ti

ve a

ctiv

ity,

but

par

k us

e, p

arti

cu-

larl

y la

rge

grou

ps t

hat

“mon

opol

ize”

th

e pa

rk f

or e

ven

ts a

nd

hol

iday

s,

Run

ion

sai

d.“D

o so

met

hin

g to

lim

it h

uge

grou

ps c

omin

g in

to t

he

park

an

d di

stur

bin

g qu

alit

y of

lif

e,”

she

said

. C

ity

Cou

nci

l P

resi

den

t K

rist

a A

tteb

erry

sug

gest

ed p

osti

ng

a si

gn

lim

itin

g th

e n

umbe

r of

peo

ple

in

larg

e gr

oups

to

give

pol

ice

som

e-th

ing

to r

efer

to

as a

pol

icy.

“It’s

not

a p

erm

itte

d pa

rk,”

she

said

. “O

ne

of t

he

reas

ons

we

hav

en’t

[mad

e it

] is

bec

ause

th

ere

are

no

bath

room

s an

d n

o pa

rkin

g.”

But

wit

h th

ose

conc

erns

asi

de, t

he

park

is

gett

ing

a fa

celif

t th

at m

igh

t at

trac

t mor

e pe

ople

to u

se it

as

a pa

rk.

“Th

e m

ore

we

can

en

cour

age

appr

opri

ate

park

use

, th

e m

ore

we

can

d

isco

urag

e [t

he]

n

egat

ive,

” A

tteb

erry

sai

d.

Niv

era

said

gen

eral

ly $

80,0

00

is p

ut a

side

for

im

prov

emen

ts t

o pa

rks

such

as

this

. T

he

fun

ds a

re

used

fo

r p

layg

roun

d

equi

pmen

t an

d

mai

nte

nan

ce

to

the

gaze

bo

if n

eede

d. P

lan

s fo

r th

e pa

rk a

lso

incl

ude

keep

ing

and

util

izin

g th

e op

en g

reen

spa

ce.

Pla

ns

for

Dei

tz

Par

k im

prov

e-m

ents

mos

t lik

ely

will

not

beg

in u

nti

l Ju

ly

2009

, as

pa

rt

of

the

Pri

nce

G

eorg

e’s

Cou

nty

’s 20

10 fi

sca

l ye

ar,

Niv

era

said

.

Cor

rect

ion

An

ar

ticl

e in

th

e A

pril

issu

e in

corr

ectl

y id

enti

fi ed

th

e ci

ty’s

hei

ght

regu

lati

ons

for

gras

s.

A

new

or

din

ance

re

quir

es

that

gr

ass

be

no

hig

her

th

an 1

0 in

ches

, ex

cept

in

spe

cifi

c si

tuat

ion

s.

New

smak

ers:

M

edia

hyp

ele

ads

to h

yste

ria

I hav

e ju

st re

ad y

our o

pini

on a

rtic

le

on P

age

2 [o

f th

e M

arch

edi

tion

] an

d I

hav

e to

agr

ee w

ith

you

on

on

e th

ing:

Th

e w

hol

e sh

ooti

ng t

hin

g so

unds

h

orri

ble.

One

th

ing

that

I

thin

k yo

u fa

il to

rea

lize

is t

hat

th

e m

ajor

rea

son

ther

e ap

pear

s to

be

so

muc

h g

un v

iole

nce

is (

one

reas

on

that

you

are

par

t of

in a

sm

alle

r sc

ale

way

) th

e m

edia

.N

ow I

am

not

an

ti-m

edia

, n

ot

by a

lon

g sh

ot,

but

that

is

one

of

the

reas

ons

wh

y w

e se

em

to

be

over

wh

elm

ed b

y al

l of

th

is. W

hat

m

any

peop

le f

ail

to r

eali

ze i

s th

at

stuf

f li

ke t

his

has

bee

n g

oin

g on

for

ye

ars,

dec

ades

an

d ev

en c

entu

ries

bu

t w

e di

dn’t

hea

r it

as

muc

h a

s w

e do

now

bec

ause

th

e m

edia

net

wor

k w

as n

ot w

hat

it

is n

ow.

Not

to

soun

d li

ke a

n o

ld m

an

beca

use

I’m

not

. I

just

hit

30

two

mon

ths

ago.

B

ut

if

you

wer

e to

lo

ok

back

at

w

hen

A

mer

ica

was

yo

ung,

th

e W

ild

Wes

t w

as a

pre

tty

roug

h p

lace

. Com

pare

th

e n

umbe

rs

and

you

mig

ht

fin

d so

me

stri

k-in

g si

mil

arit

ies.

Gra

nte

d th

ey d

on’t

bear

an

y re

leva

nce

in

tod

ay’s

wor

ld

but

if t

her

e w

as a

med

ia n

etw

ork

like

we

hav

e n

ow,

I’m

pre

tty

sure

th

ere

wou

ld b

e m

any

an a

rtic

le l

ike

your

s w

ritt

en.

Wh

at I

hav

e n

otic

ed i

s th

at t

he

med

ia t

ends

to

mag

nif

y si

tuat

ion

s.

May

be i

t’s t

o in

stil

l fe

ar o

r ju

st t

o ge

t yo

u to

bu

y th

ings

th

at

thei

r sp

onso

rs s

ell.

You

see

a s

egm

ent

on

a su

per

viru

s an

d th

en a

com

mer

cial

fo

r an

tiba

cter

ial

Pal

mol

ive.

Peo

ple

run

ris

ks j

ust

by t

akin

g a

show

er,

but

you

do i

t an

yway

bec

ause

it’s

so

met

hin

g th

at

you

nee

d to

do

. N

ow,

as y

ou p

ut i

t in

th

e en

d of

yo

ur a

rtic

le, “

How

sic

k is

th

at?”

If

it’s

goi

ng

to h

appe

n t

hen

it’s

go

ing

to h

appe

n —

som

e th

ings

in

li

fe

can’

t be

av

oide

d. Y

ou

may

do

dge

a bu

llet

just

to

turn

aro

und

to g

et h

it b

y a

bus.

Som

etim

es i

t’s

just

th

e w

ay t

hin

gs g

o.

I do

n’t

wan

t th

is

lett

er

to

in

any

way

be

in

sult

ing

but

just

to

in

form

th

at t

hin

gs a

re n

ot a

s ba

d as

th

ey s

eem

to

be. S

omet

imes

it’s

be

st

to

look

at

th

em

wit

hou

t a

mag

nif

ier

and

just

as

they

are

. Th

e w

orld

is

the

way

it

is a

nd

we

mus

t ev

olve

wit

h i

t, n

ot f

ear

it. C

han

ge

is s

omet

hin

g th

at w

ill

not

hap

pen

fo

r a

wh

ile

and

wil

l ta

ke s

o lo

ng

that

it

m

ay

seem

im

poss

ible

, so

ad

din

g m

ore

fear

doe

sn’t

hel

p in

a

syst

em t

hat

is

fille

d w

ith

rev

olv-

ing

door

s. A

nd,

as

lon

g as

we

hav

e pe

ople

wh

o th

ink

that

ch

ange

can

oc

cur

wit

hou

t d

rast

ic

mea

sure

s [t

hey

] n

eed

to

le

ave

thei

r fa

iry

tale

w

orld

an

d en

ter

real

ity.

Ev-

eryo

ne

nee

ds t

o be

hel

d ac

coun

t-ab

le f

or t

hei

r ac

tion

s, a

nd,

in

my

opin

ion

, re

gard

less

of

age,

rac

e or

upbr

ingi

ng.

Wro

ng

is

wro

ng

and

excu

ses

are

chea

p, r

esul

ts a

ren’

t. T

o ge

t re

sult

s h

ard

chan

ges

nee

d to

h

appe

n. T

o m

ake

an

omel

et

you

hav

e to

bre

ak s

ome

eggs

bec

ause

th

e w

ellb

ein

g of

th

e m

any

out-

wei

gh t

hos

e of

th

e fe

w. I

am

a b

ig

beli

ever

in

mak

ing

exam

ples

.R

anda

ll G

rav

es

Hug

h's

New

s

by H

ugh

Turle

y

COM

MEN

TARY

AN

D O

PIN

ION

ON

HIS

TORY

& P

OLI

TICS

Wri

te t

o us

Th

e H

yatt

svill

e L

ife

&

Tim

es

wou

ld

like

to

hear

fr

om

you.

S

end

your

th

ough

ts

and

opin

ions

ou

r w

ay

by

e-m

ailin

g S

arah

at

h

ya

ttsv

ille

life

an

dti

me

s@gm

ail.c

om

or

by

wri

ting

to

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ox 1

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yatt

svill

e, M

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ters

m

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and

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num

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w

ill

not

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publ

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th

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llow

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dite

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ends

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MS

st

uden

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ake

hist

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by V

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svil

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dle

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ch

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pils

are

lear

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as

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seve

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ante

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suc

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eari

ng s

ome

resi

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ll th

eir

stor

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at h

er m

oth

ers’

reti

rem

ent

faci

lity.

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mpo

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mun

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bet

wee

n t

he

diff

eren

t ge

ner

atio

ns,

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e sa

id,

addi

ng

that

som

e of

her

pup

ils

do n

ot h

ave

sign

ific

ant

con

tact

wit

h t

he

elde

rly

and

that

th

is p

roje

ct p

rovi

ded

a un

ique

opp

ortu

nit

y.

Col

leen

Ais

tis,

Hya

ttsv

ille

’s vo

lun

teer

coo

rdin

ator

sup

port

ed t

he

proj

ect

so t

hat

a l

ong-

term

con

nec

tion

cou

ld b

e m

ade

betw

een

th

e pu

pils

an

d re

side

nts

. “T

his

is

buil

din

g a

brid

ge b

etw

een

th

e st

uden

ts a

nd

the

resi

-de

nts

,” sh

e sa

id.

Abo

ut 2

0 of

Tra

inor

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ven

th-

and

eigh

th-g

rade

pup

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firs

t vi

s-it

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ip A

rms

in M

arch

dur

ing

the

faci

lity

’s m

onth

ly b

irth

-da

y pa

rty,

wit

h t

he

goal

th

at p

upil

s co

uld

be i

ntr

oduc

ed t

o re

side

nts

in

a c

omfo

rtab

le e

nvi

ron

men

t. O

n t

he

pupi

ls’ s

econ

d vi

sit,

they

bro

ugh

t th

eir

pape

r an

d pe

ns

to

inte

rvie

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esid

ents

for

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ng

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t in

wri

tin

g bi

ogra

phic

al p

rose

or

poet

ry.

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ome

pupi

ls w

ere

unsu

re o

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hat

to

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ct, T

rain

or s

aid

they

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ckly

bec

ame

exci

ted

abou

t ta

lk-

ing

wit

h t

he

Fri

ends

hip

Arm

s re

side

nts

. “I

t w

as k

ind

of l

ike

mag

ic,”

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inor

sai

d. “

Th

ey h

eard

th

ings

ab

out

the

past

fir

st h

and,

not

fro

m a

boo

k.”

Cur

ren

tly,

th

e pu

pils

are

wor

kin

g to

com

plet

e th

eir

proj

ects

. Th

ey

wil

l de

cora

te t

hem

an

d pr

esen

t th

em t

o th

e re

side

nts

th

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orke

d w

ith

at

Fri

ends

hip

Arm

s in

a f

utur

e vi

sit

to t

he

faci

lity

. “I

th

ink

it’s

been

a p

rett

y go

od c

ombi

nat

ion

,” sa

id D

anie

l R

ich

-ar

dson

, vo

lun

teer

coo

rdin

ator

for

Fri

ends

hip

Arm

s. “

Th

e re

side

nts

en

joy

the

ener

gy.”

HM

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pils

spe

nt ti

me

last

mon

th w

ith

resi

dent

s of

Fri

ends

hip

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s A

part

men

ts,

inte

rvie

win

g th

em a

nd c

olle

ctin

g st

orie

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r a s

choo

l pro

ject

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Dei

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of

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ighb

orho

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The

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ly d

raw

n bi

tter

swee

t at

tent

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from

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side

nts

and

city

off

icia

ls a

like.

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; S

har

on E

dwar

ds (

War

d

Com

mun

ityAn

noun

cem

ents

1);

and

Rac

hel

Mag

nus

on (

War

d 2)

. Je

ssic

a W

ilso

n

(War

d 3)

w

as

new

ly a

ppoi

nte

d to

th

e ta

sk f

orce

.T

he

task

forc

e sp

ent t

ime

wor

k-in

g on

Hya

ttsv

ille

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ew l

ogo

and

slog

an, “

A W

orld

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hin

Wal

kin

g D

ista

nce

,” an

d h

as n

ot m

et r

ecen

tly

due

to

th

e op

enin

gs

the

abov

e ap

poin

tmen

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ill.

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y a n

ight

out

in

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town

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niv

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ter,

loca

ted

at t

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corn

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way

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off

eri

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nes

days

at

the

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wee

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tail

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ent g

ath

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at O

ne

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pen

den

ce P

laza

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th

e cl

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ouse

ter

race

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e

even

ts r

un

from

4:3

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p.m

., W

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esda

ys u

nti

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ay 2

1. F

or m

ore

info

rmat

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cal

l 30

1.77

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cil n

ames

Cha

ndle

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liai

son

to A

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Th

e H

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ity

Cou

nci

l, on

A

pril

7, a

ppoi

nte

d Ja

mes

Ch

and

ler,

Com

mun

ity D

evel

opm

ent M

anag

er,

to b

e th

e ci

ty’s

repr

esen

tati

ve t

o th

e A

nac

osti

a T

rails

Her

itag

e A

rea.

Café

Azu

l now

ope

n at

EY

A’s A

rts D

istri

ctO

n

Apr

il

26

sist

er-b

roth

er

duo

Mon

ica

and

Jose

ph

Ser

ran

o op

ened

Caf

é A

zul

on U

.S. R

oute

1

in H

yatt

svil

le’s

arts

dis

tric

t.Th

e

cafe

wil

l ser

ve b

reak

fast

an

d lu

nch

an

d w

ill

be o

pen

Mon

day-

Fri

day f

rom

7 a.

m.-

7 p.

m.,

Sat

urda

ys

from

9 a

.m.-

6 p.

m.

and

Sun

days

fr

om

noo

n-5

p.

m.

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rt

from

se

rvin

g go

urm

et M

ayor

ga c

off e

e at

th

e es

pres

so b

ar a

nd

fres

h t

ropi

cal

smoo

thie

s,

Caf

é A

zul

wil

l al

so

serv

e M

edit

erra

nea

n s

alad

s, g

rille

d pa

nin

i, fr

esh

gaz

pach

o, h

omem

ade

empa

nad

as a

nd

asso

rted

sw

eets

an

d pa

stri

es.

In 2

006,

Mon

ica

Ser

ran

o fo

und

the

arts

di

stri

ct

and

thou

ght

the

area

wou

ld s

erve

as

a pr

ime

loca

tion

fo

r th

e ca

fé. A

fter

look

ing

at s

ever

al

loca

tion

s, t

he

Ser

ran

os s

elec

ted

the

tow

nh

ouse

th

ey w

ould

con

vert

to

Caf

é A

zul,

draf

ted

a bu

sin

ess

plan

an

d pu

rch

ased

th

e pr

oper

ty

afte

r Jo

seph

sl

ept

over

nig

ht

the

day

befo

re t

he

tow

nh

ouse

s w

ent

on s

ale

in o

rder

to

secu

re t

he

prop

erty

. At

that

po

int,

the

Ser

ran

os

bega

n

to d

esig

n t

he

new

caf

é, a

pro

cess

w

hic

h o

nly

pic

ked

up s

peed

aft

er

the

Ser

ran

os s

old

thei

r fi

rst

fam

ily

rest

aura

nt

– A

nda

luci

a in

Roc

kvil

le

– in

200

7.

Th

e de

sign

of

the

café

see

med

to

be

prog

ress

ing

on s

ched

ule

unti

l

the

day

the

Ser

ran

os’ c

losi

ng

date

fo

r th

e pr

oper

ty’s

purc

has

e, w

hen

a

car

– in

a f

reak

acc

iden

t –

cras

hed

in

to

the

side

of

th

e to

wn

hou

se,

thus

del

ayin

g co

nst

ruct

ion

an

d th

e ev

entu

al

open

ing

of

the

café

fo

r an

oth

er t

hre

e m

onth

s.Th

e

Ser

rano

s ar

e co

nfi d

ent

that

ar

ea

resi

dent

s an

d st

uden

ts

will

em

brac

e th

e ca

fé.

For

m

ore

info

rmat

ion

on

Caf

é A

zul,

plea

se

visi

t it

s w

ebsi

te a

t w

ww

.caf

eazu

l.biz

.

Sum

mer

time

fun

Hya

ttsv

ille

’s D

epar

tmen

t of

R

ecre

atio

n a

nd

the

Art

s h

as s

ched

-ul

ed f

our

mor

e S

umm

er J

ams

for

this

sea

son

. Th

e n

igh

ts i

ncl

ude

free

liv

e m

usic

, an

d fo

od f

rom

Out

back

S

teak

hou

se.

A w

ine

and

beer

ten

t is

av

aila

ble

alon

g w

ith

ch

ildr

en’s

acti

viti

es.

Man

dy

the

Clo

wn

w

ill

ente

rtai

n y

oun

g H

yatt

svil

lian

s.

Th

e fu

n

goes

on

fr

om

6:30

-8:

30 p

.m. a

t th

e H

yatt

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unic

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Sum

mer

Jam

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uly

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Free

coun

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ass a

t sen

ior c

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a ca

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of

the

Mon

days

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off

in

step

w

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T

om W

orle

y’s

Cou

ntr

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ce

Cla

ss. T

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clas

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age

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abov

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:30-

11:3

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pir

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life

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ye,

th

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scal

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se

a-fa

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sco

undr

els

and

thie

ves.

Th

ere

wil

l be

mus

ic, f

ood

ven

dors

, a c

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st,

and

a tr

easu

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e D

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unit

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ing

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in

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A t

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of

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stud

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offi

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gra

duat

ed a

s co

unty

pol

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offi

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pol

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offi

cers

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ll gr

adua

tin

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fice

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atis

fact

oril

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mpl

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th

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quir

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Ju

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7,

2008,

from

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un

til

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A

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ng t

o p

arti

cipat

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this

pro

gra

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ill

be

requir

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how

pro

of

of

iden

tifi

cati

on,

such

as

a dri

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den

tifi

cati

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tax, w

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cable

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f P

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Pla

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wil

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rve

as t

he

coll

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on l

oca

tion.

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ents

wil

l be

able

to

dro

p o

ff a

tota

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eight

item

s per

house

hold

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cludin

g:

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pute

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onit

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Th

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to

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and

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tab

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th

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Pro

per

ty T

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(see

det

ails

at

left

).

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Publi

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be

hel

d a

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unic

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thir

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Ch

amb

ers.

P

ub

lic

com

men

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d p

arti

cipat

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coura

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hea

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ill

be

bro

adca

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liv

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n

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Com

cast

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C

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nel

7

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addit

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info

rmat

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conta

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ity C

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Doug B

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at

30

1-9

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by

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OF

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Co

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of

the

Cit

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rop

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s to

in

crea

se r

eal

pro

per

ty t

axes

.

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or

the

tax y

ear

beg

innin

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uly

1, 2008, th

e es

tim

ated

rea

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per

ty

asse

ssab

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ase

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crea

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y 1

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f th

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ity o

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ainta

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the

curr

ent

tax r

ate

of

$0.6

3 p

er

$1

00

of

asse

ssm

ent,

rea

l p

rop

erty

tax

rev

enu

es w

ill

incr

ease

by

14

.0 %

re

sult

ing

in

$1

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3,1

78

of

new

rea

l p

rop

erty

tax

rev

enu

es.

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n o

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to

fu

lly

off

set

the

effe

ct o

f in

crea

sin

g a

sses

smen

ts, th

e re

al

pro

per

ty t

ax r

ate

sho

uld

be

red

uce

d t

o $

0.5

53

, th

e co

nst

ant

yie

ld t

ax

rate

.

4. T

he

Cit

y i

s co

nsi

der

ing n

ot

reduci

ng i

ts r

eal

pro

per

ty t

ax r

ate

eno

ug

h t

o f

ull

y o

ffse

t in

crea

sin

g a

sses

smen

ts. T

he

Cit

y p

rop

ose

s to

ad

op

t a

real

pro

per

ty t

ax r

ate

of

$0

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per

$1

00

of

asse

ssm

ent.

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tax

ra

te i

s 1

3.9

% h

igh

er t

han

th

e co

nst

ant

yie

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ax r

ate

and

wil

l g

ener

ate

$1

,12

3,1

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in

ad

dit

ion

al p

rop

erty

tax

rev

enu

es.

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ub

lic

hea

rin

g o

n t

he

pro

po

sed

rea

l p

rop

erty

ta

x r

ate

in

crea

se

wil

l b

e h

eld

at

7:0

0 p

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on

Ma

y 2

7,

20

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in

th

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ou

nci

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flo

or

of

the

Cit

y M

un

icip

al B

uil

din

g l

oca

ted

at

43

10

Gal

lati

n

Str

eet,

Hyat

tsvil

le, M

aryla

nd 2

0781.

Th

e h

eari

ng

is

op

en t

o t

he

pu

bli

c, a

nd

pu

bli

c te

stim

on

y i

s en

cou

rag

ed.

Per

son

s w

ith

qu

esti

on

s re

gar

din

g t

his

hea

rin

g m

ay c

all

30

1-9

85

-50

00

fo

r fu

rth

er i

nfo

rmat

ion

. IMP

OR

TA

NT

NO

TIC

E:

HO

LID

AY

HO

US

EH

OL

D S

OL

ID W

AS

TE

AN

D B

UL

K T

RA

SH

CO

LL

EC

TIO

N S

CH

ED

UL

E C

HA

NG

E

WE

EK

OF

MA

Y 2

6,

20

08

Cit

y A

dm

inis

trat

ive

Off

ices

are

CL

OS

ED

on

Monday

, M

ay 2

6,

2008,

in

obse

rvan

ce o

f th

e M

emori

al D

ay h

oli

day

.

Hou

seh

old

Soli

d W

ast

e/B

ulk

Tra

sh C

oll

ecti

on

:

D

uri

ng t

his

wee

k,

the

Monday

house

hold

soli

d w

aste

coll

ecti

on w

ill

be

mad

e on T

ues

day

and t

he

Tues

day

house

hold

soli

d w

aste

co

llec

tio

n

wil

l be

mad

e on W

ednes

day

.

T

he

Thurs

day

and F

riday

coll

ecti

ons

wil

l re

mai

n u

nch

anged

.

Ther

e w

ill

be

no

whit

e good,

tire

or

yar

d

was

te

coll

ecti

on

on

W

edn

esd

ay, M

ay 2

8,

20

08

.

Blu

e C

art

Coll

ecti

on

(re

cycl

ab

les)

:

P

rince

Geo

rge’

s C

ounty

advis

es t

hat

they

are

sch

edule

d t

o m

ake

the

regula

r T

hurs

day

and F

riday

rec

ycl

ing c

oll

ecti

ons

duri

ng t

his

wee

k.

Un

iver

sity

Hil

ls A

rea

:

Pri

nce

G

eorg

e’s

County

ad

vis

es

that

H

yat

tsvil

le

resi

den

ts

in

the

Univ

ersi

ty H

ills

are

a w

ill

rece

ive

thei

r re

gula

rly

sch

edule

d s

oli

d w

aste

an

d r

ecy

clin

g c

oll

ecti

ons

duri

ng t

his

wee

k.

Ther

e w

ill

be

no

whit

e good,

tire

or

yar

d

was

te

coll

ecti

on

on

Wed

nes

day

, M

ay 2

8, 2008.

Page 6: Hyattsville Life & Times May 2008 Issue

Hyat

tsvill

e Life

&Tim

es |

May

2008

Page

HR

2Hy

attsv

ille L

ife&T

imes

| M

ay 20

08Pa

ge H

R3

Th

e H

yatt

svill

e R

epo

rter

May

14,

200

8

CIT

Y C

LE

RK

DO

UG

BA

RB

ER

NA

ME

D C

LE

RK

OF

TH

E Y

EA

R

BY

MA

RY

LA

ND

MU

NIC

IPA

L C

LE

RK

S A

SS

OC

IAT

ION

On

Mar

ch

20,

200

8,

the

Mar

yla

nd

M

un

icip

al

Cle

rks

Ass

oci

atio

n

(MM

CA

) an

nounce

d t

hat

it

had

sel

ecte

d H

yat

tsvil

le C

ity C

lerk

Doug

Bar

ber

as

the

20

08

Mu

nic

ipal

Cle

rk o

f th

e Y

ear.

T

he

awar

d w

ill

be

pre

sen

ted

to

him

in

Ju

ne

at t

he

Mar

yla

nd

Mu

nic

ipal

Lea

gu

e’s

An

nu

al

Conven

tion.

Th

e C

lerk

of

the

Yea

r A

war

d r

eco

gn

izes

ou

tsta

nd

ing

ach

iev

emen

ts b

y

Mar

yla

nd’s

Mu

nic

ipal

Cle

rks

in t

he

foll

ow

ing

cri

teri

a:

extr

aord

inar

y

indiv

idual

jo

b

per

form

ance

, m

emb

er

of

the

MM

CA

fo

r at

le

ast

two

yea

rs,

bri

ngs

inno

vat

ive

idea

s to

th

e A

ssoci

atio

n,

dem

onst

rate

d

com

mit

men

t to

p

rofe

ssio

nal

d

evel

op

men

t,

and

d

emo

nst

rate

d

com

mit

men

t to

com

mu

nit

y i

nv

olv

emen

t an

d p

osi

tive

on-t

he-

job a

ttit

ude.

Th

e C

ity

of

Hy

atts

vil

le s

ub

mit

ted

Do

ug

fo

r th

is h

on

or

bec

ause

of

his

o

uts

tan

din

g

exam

ple

s o

f se

rvic

e th

at

is

dir

ectl

y

and

co

nsi

sten

tly

del

iver

ed t

o t

he

resi

den

ts i

n t

he

Cit

y.

Hy

atts

vil

le M

ayo

r B

ill

Gar

din

er

stat

ed,

“I a

m s

o p

leas

ed t

hat

Doug’s

com

mit

men

t to

his

pro

fess

ion a

nd

his

ac

com

pli

shm

ents

ar

e re

cog

niz

ed.

D

ou

g

has

h

igh

st

and

ards

of

per

form

ance

an

d a

n e

ager

nes

s to

fu

rth

er d

evel

op

his

skil

ls a

nd

co

ntr

ibu

te

to t

he

Cit

y.

The

Cit

y C

ounci

l an

d h

is c

oll

eagues

on s

taff

hig

hly

reg

ard

his

work

.”

Do

ug

w

as sp

ecif

ical

ly n

om

inat

ed an

d re

cog

niz

ed b

y th

e C

ity

fo

r h

is

resp

on

sib

ilit

ies

in:

Wo

rk w

ith

th

e B

oa

rd o

f E

lect

ion

Su

per

vis

ors

- D

oug i

s re

sponsi

ble

fo

r co

ord

inat

ing

an

d

mee

tin

g

sch

edu

les

for

even

ts,

mee

tin

gs

and

pro

gra

ms

wh

ich

occ

ur

rela

tiv

e to

th

e C

ity

of

Hy

atts

vil

le a

nd

mu

nic

ipal

o

rgan

izat

ion

s, s

tate

wid

e o

rgan

izat

ion

s an

d a

ll l

ayer

s o

f el

ecte

d o

ffic

ials

.

His

k

een

at

ten

tio

n to

det

ail

ensu

res

that

el

ecti

on

s h

eld

in

H

yat

tsvil

le

op

erat

e sm

oo

thly

an

d r

emai

n i

n c

om

pli

ance

wit

h a

ll r

equ

irem

ents

.

Ou

tsta

nd

ing

Ser

vic

e to

th

e C

om

mu

nit

y -

In t

he

fall

of

2006,

a st

aff

mem

ber

bec

ame

ill

and w

as u

nab

le t

o r

epo

rt t

o t

he

off

ice

for

sev

eral

m

on

ths.

D

ou

g w

illi

ng

ly a

ssu

med

mu

ch o

f th

e re

spo

nsi

bil

itie

s o

f th

at

po

siti

on

.

Vo

lun

teer

S

erv

ice

- D

ou

g

is

an

acti

ve

volu

nte

er

on

man

y

Cit

y

com

mit

tees

an

d a

t m

any

Cit

y a

nd

co

mm

un

ity

sp

on

sore

d e

ven

ts.

Ser

vic

e in

th

is ca

pac

ity

is

o

uts

ide

the

real

m o

f h

is d

uti

es.

H

is p

arti

cip

atio

n

dir

ectl

y b

enef

its

resi

den

ts o

f th

e C

ity b

y p

rovid

ing h

is f

rien

dly

att

itude

and p

erso

nal

fac

e to

th

e m

un

icip

al e

mp

loy

ee.

Du

rin

g h

is t

ime

as C

ity

Cle

rk,

Do

ug

has

bee

n r

esp

on

sib

le f

or

ov

erse

ein

g

munic

ipal

el

ecti

ons

and

in

terf

acin

g

wit

h

stat

e,

county

an

d

munic

ipal

off

icia

ls

as

the

dai

ly

poin

t of

conta

ct

wit

h

Cit

y

resi

den

ts.

H

e al

so

ensu

res

the

accu

rate

an

d t

imel

y r

elea

se o

f ag

end

as a

nd

min

ute

s fo

r C

ity

Counci

l M

eeti

ngs,

m

anag

es

Cit

y

Co

un

cil

mee

tings,

as

sure

s co

mm

unic

atio

ns

links

are

addre

ssed

in

a

tim

ely

fash

ion

bet

wee

n

resi

den

ts,

Cit

y

staf

f an

d

May

or

and

C

ou

nci

l,

assu

res

com

munit

y

ann

ou

nce

men

ts a

re d

istr

ibu

ted

in

a t

imel

y m

ann

er a

nd

sch

edu

les

pu

bli

c pre

senta

tions.

Cit

y A

dm

inis

trat

or

Mu

rph

y n

ote

d i

n h

is n

om

inat

ion

fo

rm,

“Mr.

Bar

ber

tr

uly

dem

on

stra

tes

his

co

mm

itm

ent

to r

esid

ents

of

ou

r C

ity

wit

h h

is l

on

g

work

hours

and a

tten

tion t

o d

etai

l.

He

exem

pli

fies

our

com

munit

y’s

h

igh

est

val

ues

. H

is i

nno

vat

ive

appro

ach

to

ser

vic

e in

his

po

siti

on a

s H

yat

tsv

ille

Cit

y C

lerk

is

wo

rth

y a

nd

th

e b

est

exam

ple

of

wh

at a

Cle

rk o

f th

e Y

ear

is a

ll a

bo

ut.

Doug,

who h

as b

een

act

ive

wit

h t

he

MM

CA

sin

ce 2

002,

said

of

his

se

lect

ion

, “I

t fe

els

go

od to

b

e re

cog

niz

ed b

y m

y p

eers

.” D

ou

g w

as

rece

ntl

y e

lect

ed a

s V

ice-

Pre

sid

ent

of

the

org

aniz

atio

n a

nd w

ill

assu

me

tho

se r

esp

on

sib

ilit

ies

in J

uly

. H

e is

als

o t

he

co-c

hai

r o

f th

e co

mm

itte

e th

at

is

ho

stin

g

the

asso

ciat

ion’s

R

egio

n

II

Co

nfe

ren

ce

in

20

09

an

d

rece

ntl

y

com

ple

ted

th

e th

ree-

tier

p

rog

ram

to

b

eco

me

a C

erti

fied

M

unic

ipal

C

lerk

th

rou

gh

th

e V

irg

inia

M

unic

ipal

C

lerk

In

stit

ute

C

erti

fica

tio

n P

rog

ram

, a

pro

gra

m r

eco

gn

ized

by

th

e M

MC

A.

Do

ug

has

ser

ved

as

the

Hy

atts

vil

le C

ity

Cle

rk s

ince

Jan

uar

y 2

, 2

00

2.

He

beg

an w

ork

ing

fo

r th

e C

ity

in

19

88

, in

th

e S

um

mer

Wo

rkfo

rce

Pro

gra

m.

H

e co

nti

nued

ser

vin

g i

n v

ario

us

par

t-ti

me

po

siti

on

s af

ter

that

pro

gra

m

ended

, in

cludin

g R

ecre

atio

n C

oo

rdin

ato

r an

d T

een

Clu

b C

oo

rdin

ato

r.

In

Jun

e 1

99

3,

he

was

a

tem

po

rary

ad

min

istr

ativ

e em

plo

yee

, b

ut

qu

ick

ly

join

ed t

he

Cit

y f

ull

-tim

e in

Mar

ch 1

99

4 i

n t

he

Ad

min

istr

atio

n O

ffic

e.

Alt

ho

ug

h h

e co

nti

nu

ed w

ith

th

e C

ity

on

a p

art-

tim

e b

asis

, D

ou

g l

eft

his

fu

ll-t

ime

po

siti

on

in

19

97

. I

n J

anu

ary

20

02

, h

e in

terv

iew

ed f

or

and

was

h

ired

as

the

Cit

y C

lerk

. D

ou

g l

ives

in

Bo

wie

, M

ary

lan

d,

wit

h h

is w

ife

Vo

nd

a an

d t

hei

r d

aug

hte

r C

hlo

e.

The

MM

CA

is

a

nonpro

fit

org

aniz

atio

n

esta

bli

shed

at

th

e M

aryla

nd

Mu

nic

ipal

Lea

gu

e’s

ann

ual

co

nv

enti

on

in

Ju

ne

19

76

by

Mu

nic

ipal

Cle

rks

wh

o r

eco

gn

ized

th

e n

eed

fo

r a

pro

fess

ion

al a

sso

ciat

ion

in

th

e S

tate

of

Mar

yla

nd. T

he

MM

CA

ele

cts

a C

lerk

of

the

Yea

r an

nu

ally

.

DO

YO

U C

OM

PO

ST

?

If y

ou

hav

e ev

er t

ho

ug

ht

abo

ut

com

po

stin

g,

no

w m

ay b

e a

go

od

tim

e to

st

art!

Wh

y c

om

po

st?

Com

post

can

save

you

mo

ney

:

Red

uce

s tr

ash

Pro

vid

es f

ree

soil

am

end

men

t R

etai

ns

soil

mois

ture

- s

ave

on

wat

er b

ills

Co

mp

ost

ing

ca

n i

mp

rov

e o

ur

env

iro

nm

ent:

Turn

s w

aste

into

a v

alu

able

res

ou

rce

Sav

es l

imit

ed l

and

fill

sp

ace

Rec

ycl

es n

utr

ients

bac

k i

nto

th

e so

il

Cal

l 301-9

85-5

032 t

o r

eques

t a

free

co

mp

ost

bin

.

Fro

m t

he

Ma

ryla

nd

Dep

art

men

t o

f th

e E

nvir

on

men

t:

Co

mp

ost

:R

edu

ce,

reu

se,

and

re

cycl

e b

y-p

rod

uct

s fr

om

y

ou

r y

ard

o

r gar

den

by c

om

post

ing a

nd

tu

rn t

his

was

te i

nto

bla

ck g

old

. L

eav

es,

gra

ss,

pru

nin

gs

and

rem

ain

s o

f g

ard

en p

lants

all

mak

e ex

cell

ent

com

po

st.

If y

ou h

ave

a co

mpost

ing

tip

yo

u w

ou

ld l

ike

to s

har

e w

ith

Hy

atts

vil

le

resi

den

ts,

sen

d i

t to

kro

bin

son

@h

yat

tsv

ille

.org

or

call

30

1-9

85

-50

31

. W

e w

ould

love

to p

ubli

sh y

ou

r ti

p h

ere

and

po

st i

t o

n t

he

Cit

y w

ebsi

te.

CIT

Y O

F H

YA

TT

SV

ILL

E P

OL

ICE

DE

PA

RT

ME

NT

S

AF

E C

ITY

AL

ER

T S

YS

TE

M

Wh

at

is t

he H

yatt

svil

le S

afe

Cit

y A

lert

Sy

ste

m?

Th

e S

afe

Cit

y A

lert

Sy

stem

pro

vid

es 2

4/7

mem

ber

acc

ess

to i

mp

ort

ant

aler

ts

for

loca

l p

ub

lic

safe

ty

issu

es

that

co

uld

af

fect

th

eir

ho

me,

n

eig

hb

orh

oo

d,

bu

sin

ess

or

faci

lity

. I

nfo

rmat

ion

is

pro

vid

ed b

y c

ho

ice

of

the

mem

ber

as

emai

l o

r te

xt

mes

sag

e (t

ext

mes

sag

ing

rat

es a

pp

ly).

T

he

syst

em w

ill

pro

vid

e p

ubli

c sa

fety

in

form

atio

n i

n f

ou

r sp

ecif

ic c

ateg

ori

es:

Cri

me

Ale

rt

Em

erg

ency

No

tifi

cati

on

Wea

ther

Ale

rt C

om

mu

nit

y N

oti

ce

Ho

w c

an

yo

u j

oin

? It

’s e

asy

- y

ou

can

jo

in r

igh

t fr

om

yo

ur

com

pu

ter!

A l

ink t

o t

he

Saf

e C

ity A

lert

Sy

stem

is

avai

lab

le a

t w

ww

.hy

atts

vil

le.o

rgan

d w

ww

.hy

atts

vil

lep

oli

ce.o

rg.

Wh

en y

ou v

isit

the

Saf

e C

ity s

ite

sim

ply

ch

oo

se t

he

‘Jo

in N

ow

’ li

nk

. Y

ou

can

jo

in a

s a

Res

iden

t P

artn

er o

r a

Bu

sin

ess/

Org

aniz

atio

n P

artn

er.

Fil

l o

ut

the

form

on

lin

e an

d y

ou

wil

l b

egin

re

ceiv

ing

n

oti

ces

wh

en

they

ar

e b

road

cast

.

Fo

r ad

dit

ion

al

info

rmat

ion

on

th

e S

afe

Cit

y A

lert

Sy

stem

cal

l K

aren

Ro

bin

son

at

30

1-

985-5

031 o

r S

har

on H

amp

ton

at

30

1-9

85

-50

62

.

Th

e H

yatt

svill

e R

epo

rter

May

14,

200

8

SU

MM

AR

Y O

F M

OT

ION

S P

AS

SE

D A

T T

HE

CO

UN

CIL

ME

ET

ING

OF

AP

RIL

7,

2008

Moti

on

#53-0

4-0

8 -

Sch

edu

le A

dd

itio

nal

Cou

nci

l M

eeti

ng f

or

the

FY

09

Bu

dget

as

note

d i

n t

he

FY

09 B

ud

get

Sch

edu

le:

To s

ched

ule

the

foll

ow

ing

mee

tings,

as

they

wer

e in

cluded

in t

he

FY

09 B

udget

Mee

ting S

ched

ule

: M

onday

, A

pri

l 28,

2008

- S

pec

ial

Counci

l M

eeti

ng:

Adm

inis

trat

ion

, F

inan

ce,

Leg

isla

tive

and O

ther

budget

s to

be

dis

cuss

ed;

Wed

nes

day

, A

pri

l 30,

2008

- S

pec

ial

Counci

l M

eeti

ng:

Poli

ce

Dep

artm

ent

and

Code

Enfo

rcem

ent

budget

s to

be

dis

cuss

ed;

Tues

day

, M

ay 2

7,

2008 -

Spec

ial

Counci

l M

eeti

ng:

May

or

and C

ounci

l to

set

Rea

l P

roper

ty T

ax R

ate

for

FY

09

. -

Att

eber

ry/P

att

erso

n

Moti

on

#54-0

4-0

8 -

Ap

poin

tmen

t as

Cit

y o

f H

yatt

svil

le R

epre

sen

tati

ve

to

AT

HA

: T

o

appro

ve

the

appoin

tmen

t of

Jim

C

han

dle

r,

Com

munit

y

Dev

elopm

ent

Man

ager

, as

the

Cit

y’s

rep

rese

nta

tive

to t

he

Anac

ost

ia T

rail

s H

erit

age

Are

a (A

TH

A).

- A

tteb

erry

/Pa

tter

son

Moti

on

#55-0

4-0

8 -

SH

A R

ecre

ati

on

al

Tra

ils

Gra

nt

- T

roll

ey T

rain

Hik

er B

iker

Tra

il:

To a

ccep

t, a

ppro

pri

ate

and a

uth

ori

ze t

he

expen

dit

ure

of

$30,0

00

awar

ded

to

th

e C

ity

by

th

e M

ary

land

Sta

te

Hig

hw

ay

Adm

inis

trat

ion

(SH

A)

Rec

reat

ional

T

rail

s G

rant

Pro

gra

m

in

acco

rdan

ce

wit

h t

he

term

s of

the

MO

U,

subje

ct t

o t

he

revie

w a

nd a

ppro

val

of

the

May

or

and C

ity

Counci

l. -

Att

eber

ry/P

att

erso

n

Moti

on

#52-0

3-0

8 -

Rev

isio

ns

to C

hap

ter

65 S

ub

-Sec

tion

65-2

5 a

nd

65-

26 of

the

Hyatt

svil

le C

ity C

od

e (A

ccu

mu

lati

on

of

deb

ris;

ob

noxio

us

gro

wth

of

gra

ss a

nd

wee

ds)

Hyatt

svil

le O

rdin

an

ce 2

008-0

5:

To a

dopt

Hy

atts

vil

le

Ord

inan

ce

2008-0

5,

an

ord

inan

ce

wher

eby

th

e C

ity

C

ounci

l am

ends

and c

lari

fies

the

condit

ions

const

ituti

ng o

bnoxio

us

gro

wth

of

gra

ss

and w

eeds

and p

rovid

es c

onsi

der

atio

n o

f fa

ctors

that

per

mit

exce

pti

ons

in

cert

ain

ci

rcu

mst

ance

s fo

r ar

eas

acti

vel

y

mai

nta

ined

fo

r u

ses

oth

er

than

la

wns.

(S

econd R

eadin

g).

- H

ind

s/M

atu

lef

Moti

on

#57-0

4-0

8 E

stab

lish

ing a

Posi

tion

an

d P

osi

tion

Des

crip

tion

for

a

Volu

nte

er C

oord

inato

r: T

o a

ppro

ve

the

Posi

tion D

escr

ipti

on f

or

Volu

nte

er

Coord

inat

or

and t

he

clas

sifi

cati

on a

t G

rade

109.

- P

att

erso

n/M

atu

lef

Moti

on

#59-0

4-0

8 -

Cod

e E

nfo

rcem

ent

Com

mit

tee

an

d M

ark

etin

g T

ask

Forc

e A

pp

oin

tmen

ts:

To

appro

ve

the

May

or’

s ap

poin

tmen

t of

the

foll

ow

ing

resi

den

ts

to

the

resp

ecti

ve

task

fo

rce/

com

mit

tees

.

The

appoin

tmen

ts w

ill

be

effe

ctiv

e A

pri

l 15,

2008,

and w

ill

term

inat

e Ja

nuar

y

31,

2010:

Code

Enfo

rcem

ent

Co

mm

itte

e: E

liza

bet

h P

ayer

(W

ard 3

); a

nd

M

arket

ing

Tas

k

Forc

e (n

ew

appoin

tmen

ts

and

re-a

ppoin

tmen

ts):

C

elia

B

rick

erd,

(War

d

2

re-a

ppoin

tmen

t);

Jess

ica

Wil

son,

(War

d

3

new

ap

poin

tmen

t);

Chri

s M

cMan

es,

(War

d

2

re-a

ppoin

tmen

t);

Ale

x

Mil

ler,

(W

ard 3

re-

appoin

tmen

t);

Aiy

shen

Pad

illa

, (W

ard 2

re-

appoin

tmen

t);

Pat

Y

ink

ey,

(War

d

2

re-a

pp

oin

tmen

t);

Mig

uel

C

orr

igan

, (W

ard

1

re

-ap

poin

tmen

t);

Gre

g T

indal

e, (W

ard 2 re

-appoin

tmen

t);

Shar

on E

dw

ards,

(W

ard 1

re-

appoin

tmen

t);

Rac

hel

Mag

nuso

n,

(War

d 2

re-

appoin

tmen

t).

-

Tie

rney

/Matu

lef

Mo

tio

n # 60-0

4-0

8 -

Per

son

nel

M

an

ua

l U

pd

ate

: T

o r

eques

t th

is i

ssue

(pro

moti

onal

pro

cess

) be

refe

rred

to t

he

Hy

atts

vil

le P

erso

nnel

Com

mit

tee

for

revie

w a

nd c

om

men

t. -

Tie

rney

/Per

ry

SU

MM

AR

Y O

F M

OT

ION

S P

AS

SE

D A

T T

HE

SP

EC

IAL

CO

UN

CIL

ME

ET

ING

OF

AP

RIL

14,

2008

Mo

tio

n #

67

-04

-08

- S

ched

ule

Pu

bli

c H

eari

ng

to

dis

cuss

an

d e

sta

bli

sh t

he

Rea

l P

rop

erty

T

ax R

ate

fo

r F

isca

l Y

ear

2009:

To

sch

edu

le a

Pu

bli

c H

eari

ng f

or

Tues

day

, M

ay 2

7,

2008,

at 7

:00 p

.m., t

o d

iscu

ss a

nd e

stab

lish

th

e re

al p

roper

ty t

ax r

ate

for

FY

09. -

Att

eber

ry/P

erry

Moti

on

#68-0

4-0

8 -

Sch

edu

le P

ub

lic

Hea

rin

g t

o d

iscu

ss t

he

pro

pose

d

Fis

cal

Yea

r 2009 C

ap

ital

an

d O

per

ati

ng B

ud

get

: T

o s

ched

ule

a P

ubli

c H

eari

ng f

or

Tues

day

, M

ay 2

7,

2008,

at 7

:30 p

.m.

to d

iscu

ss t

he

pro

pose

d

FY

09 O

per

atin

g a

nd C

apit

al B

udget

. -

Att

eber

ry/P

erry

Moti

on

#61-0

4-0

8 -

Pro

clam

ati

on

for

Nati

on

al

Volu

nte

er W

eek

(A

pri

l

27

, 2

00

8 t

hro

ug

h M

ay

3,

20

08

): T

o d

ecla

re A

pri

l 2

7,

20

08

- M

ay 3

, 2

00

8,

as

Nat

ional

V

olu

nte

er

Wee

k

in

the

Cit

y

of

Hy

atts

vil

le

and

to

pas

s a

pro

clam

atio

n i

n s

upport

of

this

nat

ional

rec

ognit

ion. -A

tteb

erry

/Per

ry

Moti

on

#62-0

4-0

8 P

rocl

am

ati

on

for

Nati

on

al

Cle

rks

Wee

k (

May 4

, 2008

thro

ugh

M

ay 10,

2008):

T

o d

ecla

re M

ay 4

, 2008 -

May

10,

2008,

as

Munic

ipal

Cle

rks

Wee

k i

n t

he

Cit

y o

f H

yat

tsvil

le a

nd t

o p

ass

a pro

clam

atio

n

in s

upport

of

this

nat

ional

rec

ognit

ion. -

Att

eber

ry/P

erry

Moti

on

#63-0

4-0

8 -

Pro

clam

ati

on

for

Nati

on

al

Poli

ce W

eek

(M

ay 1

1,

2008 t

hro

ugh

May 1

7,

2008):

To

dec

lare

May

11

, 2

00

8 -

May

17

, 2

00

8,

as

Poli

ce W

eek a

nd M

ay 1

5,

2008,

as P

eace

Off

icer

s’ M

emori

al D

ay i

n t

he

Cit

y o

f H

yat

tsvil

le a

nd t

o p

ass

a pro

clam

atio

n i

n s

upport

of

this

nat

ional

re

cognit

ion.-

Att

eber

ry/P

erry

Moti

on

#64-0

4-0

8

- P

rocl

am

ati

on

fo

r N

ati

on

al

Pu

bli

c W

ork

s W

eek

(Ma

y 1

8,

200

8 t

hro

ug

h M

ay

24

, 200

8):

To

dec

lare

May

18

, 2

00

8 -

May

24,

2008,

as P

ubli

c W

ork

s W

eek i

n t

he

Cit

y o

f H

yat

tsvil

le a

nd t

o p

ass

a pro

clam

atio

n i

n s

upport

of

this

nat

ional

rec

ognit

ion. -

Att

eber

ry/P

erry

Moti

on

#65-0

4-0

8 -

Au

thori

zati

on

to P

urc

hase

300 T

ote

r M

ob

ile

Tra

sh

Coll

ecti

on

Cart

s: T

o a

uth

ori

ze t

he

Cit

y A

dm

inis

trat

or,

in c

onsu

ltat

ion w

ith

the

Dir

ecto

r of

the

Dep

artm

ent

of

Publi

c W

ork

s an

d t

he

Cit

y T

reas

ure

r, t

o

purc

has

e 300 T

ote

r m

obil

e tr

ash c

oll

ecti

on c

arts

, u

tili

zing t

he

pre

sent

Tote

r C

orp

. co

ntr

act

term

s, c

ondit

ions

and p

rici

ng,

for

the

purp

ose

of

pro

vid

ing

tras

h c

oll

ecti

on c

arts

to t

he

area

know

n a

s U

niv

ersi

ty H

ills

, in

anti

cipat

ion

of

pro

vid

ing C

ity-s

taff

ed t

rash

coll

ecti

on s

ervic

es o

n,

or

short

ly a

fter

, Ju

ly

1, 2008, th

e am

ount

not

exce

ed $

14,0

00. -

Per

ry/T

art

aro

Moti

on

# 6

9-0

4-0

8 -

Sch

edu

le o

f C

lose

d S

essi

on

for

Mon

day,

Ap

ril

21,

20

08

:T

o s

ched

ule

a C

lose

d S

essi

on f

or

Mo

nd

ay,

Ap

ril

21

, 2

00

8 a

t th

e co

ncl

usi

on

of

the

Counci

l M

eeti

ng

to

dis

cuss

a

per

sonnel

m

atte

r.

-

Tie

rney

/Per

ry

SU

MM

AR

Y O

F M

OT

ION

S P

AS

SE

D A

T T

HE

CO

UN

CIL

ME

ET

ING

OF

AP

RIL

21,

2008

Moti

on

#71-0

4-0

8 -

Pro

clam

ati

on

fo

r N

ati

on

al

Arb

or

Day (A

pri

l 25,

20

08

):T

o d

ecla

re A

pri

l 25,

2008,

as N

atio

nal

Arb

or

Day

in t

he

Cit

y o

f H

yat

tsvil

le

and

to

pas

s a

pro

clam

atio

n

in

support

of

this

nat

ional

re

cognit

ion.-

Att

eber

ry/P

att

erso

n

Moti

on

#72-0

4-0

8 -

Lea

se P

urc

hase

Fin

an

cin

g C

on

tract

for

New

Tra

sh

Tru

ck:

To,

subje

ct t

o t

he

Cit

y A

ttorn

ey’s

rev

iew

and a

ppro

val

of

the

final

le

ase

docu

men

ts,

auth

ori

ze

the

Cit

y

Adm

inis

trat

or

to

ente

r in

to

a le

ase/

purc

has

e co

ntr

act

wit

h

Gover

nm

ent

Veh

icle

L

easi

ng

Com

pan

y

of

Pen

rose

, C

O f

or

the

leas

e/purc

has

e fu

ndin

g f

or

the

new

tra

sh c

om

pac

tor

truck

bei

ng a

cquir

ed b

y t

he

Dep

artm

ent

of

Publi

c W

ork

s.

The

purc

has

e pri

ce o

f $160,2

48.3

8 i

s bei

ng f

inan

ced o

ver

a t

erm

of

thre

e (3

) y

ears

, at

an

effe

ctiv

e an

nual

inte

rest

rat

e of

thre

e p

oin

t ei

ght

per

cent

(3.8

0%

) w

ith a

tw

o

hundre

d a

nd f

ifty

doll

ar (

$250.0

0)

docu

men

t fe

e pay

able

at

the

ince

pti

on o

f th

e le

ase

term

and t

wel

ve

(12)

pay

men

ts o

f fo

urt

een t

housa

nd,

fift

y t

hre

e doll

ars

and

15

cents

($

14,0

53.1

5),

due

quar

terl

y,

in

advan

ce,

for

tota

l fi

nan

cing c

ost

s of

eight

thousa

nd s

ix h

undre

d t

hre

e doll

ars

and f

ort

y-t

wo

cen

ts (

$8

,603

.42

).-

Att

eber

ry/P

att

erso

n

Moti

on

#74-0

4-0

8 -

Sel

ecti

on

of

Pro

posa

l fo

r P

hase

d R

oof

Rep

lace

men

t

at

4318 G

all

ati

n S

tree

t: T

o a

ppro

ve

the

reco

mm

ended

const

ruct

ion f

irm

, B

obli

ts E

nte

rpri

ses,

to p

rovid

e se

rvic

es a

s outl

ined

in t

he

4318 G

alla

tin S

t.

Phas

ed R

oofs

R

epla

cem

ent

RF

P an

d th

e fi

rm’s

pro

posa

l re

sponse

dat

ed

Apri

l 11,

2008,

and to

au

thori

ze th

e C

ity A

dm

inis

trat

or

to en

ter

into

a

contr

act

wit

h t

he

sele

cted

fir

m f

or

thes

e se

rvic

es a

s sp

ecif

ied,

subje

ct t

o t

he

Cit

y

Att

orn

ey’s

re

vie

w

and

appro

val

of

the

contr

act

do

cum

ents

. -

Fra

zier

/Liz

an

ne

SU

MM

AR

Y O

F M

OT

ION

S P

AS

SE

D A

T T

HE

SP

EC

IAL

CO

UN

CIL

ME

ET

ING

OF

AP

RIL

28,

2008

Moti

on

#70-0

1-0

8 -

Moti

on

to C

lose

th

e M

eeti

ng o

f A

pri

l 28,

2008:

To

clo

se t

he

mee

tin

g o

f A

pri

l 2

8,

20

08

to

dis

cuss

a p

erso

nn

el m

atte

r an

d

a le

gal

mat

ter.

- A

tteb

erry

/Per

ry

- co

nti

nu

ed o

n n

ext

pa

ge

-

Page 7: Hyattsville Life & Times May 2008 Issue

Hyat

tsvill

e Life

&Tim

es |

May

2008

Page

HR

4Hy

attsv

ille L

ife&T

imes

| M

ay 20

08Pa

ge 9

Th

e H

yatt

svill

e R

epo

rter

May

14,

200

8

CA

LE

ND

AR

OF

AC

TIV

ITIE

S

MA

Y 2

00

8

(ca

len

da

r su

bje

ct t

o c

ha

ng

e)

May

15

Hy

atts

vil

le C

ode

Enfo

rcem

ent

Advis

ory

Com

mit

tee

Mee

ting,

7:0

0 p

.m.

May

18

His

tori

c H

yat

tsvil

le H

ouse

Tour,

1:0

0 p

.m. -

5:0

0 p

.m. (d

etai

ls a

t w

ww

.pre

serv

ehy

atts

vil

le.o

rg)

May

19

Cit

y C

ounci

l M

eeti

ng, 8:0

0 p

.m.

Bu

dget

In

form

ati

on

: M

ayor

and C

ounci

l to

dis

cuss

FY

09 B

udget

d

uri

ng

mee

tin

g

May

20

Join

t M

arket

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us

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skill

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th

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r M

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ribu

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bulk

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dep

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ches

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e

best

pri

ce I

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e co

me

to i

s $3

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cubi

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liver

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er i

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id o

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litt

le w

ork.

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t of

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r C

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e to

th

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he

new

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lon

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l ca

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mute

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pai

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fitt

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ery

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busi

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ilit

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loca

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pec

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volv

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man

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late

d

even

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sville

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ner

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ten

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dn

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ycle

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ew

shop

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sto

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ly

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tern

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intr

oduc

ed it

s fi

rst

com

mu-

nit

y ya

rd s

ale

wit

h s

ucce

ss. R

espo

nse

for

th

is y

ear’s

ev

ent

was

pro

mis

ing

at f

irst

wit

h o

ver

50 r

esid

ents

on

th

e ci

ty’s

sign

up li

st.

But

th

e w

eath

er h

ad o

ther

in

ten

tion

s.

Ser

ious

sto

rms

wer

e an

nou

nce

d fo

r A

pril

5 —

th

e da

te o

f th

e sa

le —

an

d m

any

loca

l eve

nts

wer

e ca

nce

led

or p

ostp

oned

. Th

e ci

ty s

et u

p a

rain

dat

e of

Apr

il 1

2 an

d ca

lled

the

Apr

il 5

sal

e of

f of

fici

ally

. How

ever

, th

ose

wh

o si

gned

up

wer

e pe

rmit

ted

to r

un o

n t

he fi

fth

as

wel

l as

th

e ra

in d

ate.

Foo

led

agai

n!

Apr

il 5

tur

ned

out

to

be a

bea

utif

ul

day

for

a ya

rd

sale

, bu

t on

ly

a fe

w

sell

ers

set

up

in

fear

th

at t

he

stor

ms

wou

ld a

rriv

e as

pr

omis

ed.

Lin

da G

ur-

ecka

s w

as

very

ex

cite

d

abou

t th

e sa

le s

he

was

h

oldi

ng

in

her

ga

rage

.“I

was

hop

-in

g it

wou

ld b

e a

bon

us

two-

for-

on

e ya

rd

sale

,”

she

said

. “W

e h

ad a

few

pe

ople

st

op

by

on t

he

firs

t S

at-

urda

y, b

ut n

o on

e sh

owed

up

the

seco

nd

Sat

urda

y.

Th

ere

seem

ed t

o be

a b

it o

f co

nfu

sion

an

d a

few

peo

ple

requ

este

d m

aps,

” sh

e sa

id. “

Nex

t sa

le I

th

ink

we

shou

ld

hav

e m

aps

avai

labl

e at

som

e of

th

e sa

les

and

may

be

set

it u

p m

ore

like

a w

alki

ng

tour

map

so

peop

le c

an

easi

ly g

et f

rom

sal

e to

sal

e. E

ven

th

ough

it

was

not

a

grea

t su

cces

s fo

r m

e th

is y

ear,

I am

loo

kin

g fo

rwar

d to

th

e n

ext

one.

”Je

nn

y W

righ

t an

d h

er 1

8-m

onth

-old

son

Rod

dy,

from

Riv

erda

le,

mad

e th

e ro

unds

to

a fe

w y

ard

sale

s th

e fi

rst

wee

ken

d.“W

e w

ere

not

rea

lly

out

to s

hop

, ju

st b

row

se a

nd

visi

t so

me

frie

nds

an

d n

eigh

bors

,” W

righ

t sa

id. “

I th

ink

that

it

is a

lso

a gr

eat

casu

al w

ay t

o ge

t to

mee

t m

ore

of o

ur n

eigh

bors

. It

is

in

tere

stin

g w

hat

yo

u ca

n

fi n

d in

com

mon

w

ith

so

meo

ne

just

by

the

item

s at

th

eir

yard

sal

e an

d,

from

th

ere,

h

ow

easi

ly

a co

nve

rsat

ion

ca

n

begi

n.”

Phot

o, a

t lef

t:

Lind

a G

urec

kas,

of

43r

d A

venu

e,

take

s a

quic

k in

vent

ory

of

her s

tock

for

Hya

ttsv

ille'

s ci

ty-w

ide

yard

sa

le la

st m

onth

.

Wea

ther

det

ers s

ome

selle

rs,

resi

dent

s stil

l sho

w

Page 9: Hyattsville Life & Times May 2008 Issue

Hyat

tsvill

e Life

&Tim

es |

May

2008

Page

12

Hyat

tsvill

e Life

&Tim

es |

May

2008

Page

13

Wat

ch c

onti

nue

d fr

om p

age

1 “I

rea

lly

wou

ld l

ike

to s

ee m

y w

ard

com

e to

geth

er,”

she

said

. “I

f an

yth

ing

you

get

out

and

get

to k

now

th

e pe

ople

an

d th

e w

ard

bett

er -

a b

ig p

lus

for

ev-

eryo

ne.

”N

eigh

borh

ood

Wat

ch

grou

ps

are

a pr

oven

cr

ime-

prev

enti

on

met

hod

but

wit

h on

ly o

ne o

pera

tion

al w

atch

gro

up in

th

e ci

ty, l

ocal

int

eres

t in

the

res

iden

t-fa

-ci

litat

ed p

rogr

am s

eem

s to

be

lack

ing.

N

eigh

borh

ood

Wat

ch, a

lso

calle

d B

lock

Wat

ch, i

s a

nat

ion

al p

ro-

gram

th

at a

ims

to d

eter

cri

me

and

to r

aise

cit

izen

aw

aren

ess.

Res

i-de

nts

wor

k w

ith

law

-en

forc

emen

t offi

ci

als

to o

rgan

ize

a pr

ogra

m a

p-pr

opri

ate

for

thei

r n

eigh

borh

ood.

"[It

’s] a

not

her

set

of

eyes

out

th

ere,

" sa

id H

yatt

svil

le P

olic

e S

gt.

Mar

k R

oski

of

the

prog

ram

. M

embe

rs m

aint

ain

a vi

sibl

e pr

esen

ce th

at a

ims

to d

eter

cri

min

als.

Th

e or

gani

zed

grou

ps w

ork

to c

reat

e a

grea

ter s

ense

of c

omm

unit

y, w

hich

can

he

lp t

o re

mov

e th

e fe

ar t

hat

typi

cally

acc

ompa

nies

cri

min

al a

ctiv

ity.

“[A

] gr

oup

of c

itiz

ens

wh

o ag

ree

to l

ook

out

for

each

oth

er a

nd

to k

eep

in c

onta

ct w

ith

th

e po

lice

,” sa

id S

gt.

Gre

g P

hil

lips

, H

PD

sp

okes

man

, at

a p

ubli

c sa

fety

mee

tin

g ea

rlie

r in

Mar

ch.

“You

can

w

atch

out

th

e w

indo

w w

hil

e yo

u’re

was

hin

g yo

ur d

ish

es.”

A N

eigh

borh

ood

Wat

ch g

roup

can

cov

er a

lar

ge a

rea

or j

ust

a si

ngl

e bl

ock.

Th

e co

st t

o ru

n a

pro

gram

is

low

an

d th

e ti

me

com

mit

-m

ent

lim

ited

. Hya

ttsv

ille

pol

ice

wil

l pro

vide

tra

inin

g an

d gu

idan

ce t

o n

eigh

bors

wh

o ar

e re

ady

to p

rote

ct t

hei

r h

omes

an

d ta

ke b

ack

thei

r st

reet

s.T

o st

art

a N

eigh

borh

ood

Wat

ch p

rogr

am i

n y

our

com

mun

ity,

cal

l R

oski

at

301.

985.

5081

or

visi

t w

ww

.hya

ttsv

ille

.org

.

To

p t

o b

ott

om

de

lux

e c

lea

nin

gB

on

de

d a

nd

in

sure

d"G

ree

n",

safe

cle

an

ing

pro

du

cts

Cre

dit

ca

rds

an

d c

he

ck

s a

cce

pte

d

Call U

pper

Crus

t M

aids

For

Supe

rior

Ser

vice

ww

w.u

pp

erc

rust

ma

ids.

com

CA

LL

TO

DA

Y!

(3

01

) 3

22

-71

12

ryin

g H

yatt

svil

le r

esid

ents

.Jo

seph

Ow

en is

a v

isua

lly im

pair

ed

resi

dent

wh

o h

as b

een

the

vict

im o

f cr

ime

of a

noth

er s

ort

— b

ully

ing.

“[R

ecen

tly]

I l

eft

Gia

nt

and

had

tw

o bo

ys t

hro

w b

ottl

es a

t m

e,”

he

said

, ad

din

g th

at h

e h

as a

lso

been

vi

ctim

ized

in

th

is m

ann

er a

t C

VS,

w

her

e h

e n

orm

ally

fee

ls c

omfo

rt-

able

sh

oppi

ng

beca

use

of a

pol

ice

pres

ence

. “I

don

’t go

ont

o H

amilt

on [

Str

eet]

to

Ald

i’s t

o sh

op d

urin

g th

e da

ys

beca

use

I ge

t [h

aras

sed]

,” h

e sa

id.

“We’

re v

ery

vuln

erab

le …

But

I d

on’t

wan

t to

be

a vi

ctim

of

a cr

ime.

Mak

ing

a cha

nge

Th

e va

st m

ajor

ity

of c

rim

es i

n

Hya

ttsv

ille

re

late

to

sh

opli

ftin

g,

acco

rdin

g to

wee

kly

poli

ce r

epor

ts.

Th

e po

lice

dep

artm

ent

is w

orki

ng

on w

ays

to c

urb

that

tre

nd

thro

ugh

in

itia

tive

s li

ke S

afe

Cit

ies,

a p

ro-

gram

th

at a

wak

ens

loca

l co

mm

er-

cial

are

as t

o th

e po

ssib

ilit

y of

cri

me

thro

ugh

, em

erge

ncy

cal

l bo

xes

for

com

mer

cial

are

as a

nd

a W

eb-b

ased

cr

ime

aler

t sy

stem

. It

coul

d in

clud

e cl

osed

-cir

cuit

TV

, em

erge

ncy

ca

ll bo

xes,

an

e-m

ail

aler

t sy

stem

, an

d re

d li

ght

and

spee

d ca

mer

as.

An

d th

ough

th

e ci

ty

has

in

-cr

ease

d sp

endi

ng

to

targ

et

crim

e an

d to

boo

st t

he

poli

ce f

orce

ove

r th

e pa

st s

ever

al y

ears

, som

e sa

y th

e eff

ort

s ar

e n

ot e

nou

gh.

“It’s

not

out

th

ere

on t

he

stre

et

that

th

e sh

ooti

ngs

, th

e ba

d cr

imes

, ar

e n

ot h

appe

nin

g up

at

Tar

get

and

Old

Nav

y, e

tc.,

they

’re h

appe

nin

g

on t

he

stre

ets,

” sai

d C

oun

cilw

oman

R

uth

An

n F

razi

er (

War

d 5)

.“I

t is

tru

ly f

righ

ten

ing

to t

hin

k th

at I

can

go

up t

o T

arge

t an

d I’

m

hap

py

beca

use

I kn

ow

that

th

e sh

opli

fter

s ar

e be

ing

hau

led

away

bu

t I

can’

t go

to

a M

etro

sta

tion

an

d n

ot b

e af

raid

of

ther

e be

ing

a sh

ooti

ng,

or

on

a

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d st

reet

an

d n

ot b

e af

raid

of

ther

e be

ing

a sh

ooti

ng,

or

a pa

ren

t ca

n’t

sen

d th

eir

chil

d to

sch

ool a

nd

thin

k th

at t

he

chil

d is

not

goi

ng

to c

ome

back

hom

e th

at e

ven

ing.

Th

ose

are

real

cri

mes

… F

orge

t th

e sh

opli

ft-

ing.

Th

ose

are

crim

es t

hat

insu

ran

ce

wil

l co

ver,

but

not

th

e de

ath

of

an

indi

vidu

al,”

Fra

zier

sai

d.D

avid

Mar

shal

l li

ves

only

a f

ew

stre

ets

from

wh

ere

the

shoo

tin

gs

occu

rred

.“I

t’s

gett

ing

a bi

t ri

dicu

lous

,” h

e sa

id.

“My

prop

erty

va

lues

ar

e pl

umm

etin

g ev

ery

tim

e th

ese

sto-

ries

[ab

out

crim

e] c

ome

out

… M

y sa

fety

is

com

prom

ised

and

so

is m

y fa

mily

’s. Y

ou c

an’t

wal

k th

roug

h t

he

city

wit

h a

bul

let

proo

f ve

st a

nd a

n

arm

ored

car

.”G

ardi

ner

said

th

e ci

ty

is

wor

k-in

g w

ith

Pep

co

to

repa

ir

light

ing

thro

ugho

ut t

he c

ity

and

he i

s as

king

fo

r fu

ndin

g fo

r E

mer

genc

y C

all B

ox-

es in

the

upc

omin

g 20

08 b

udge

t.

Lyin

g do

rman

tL

ike

law

en

forc

emen

t fo

rces

in

m

any

oth

er s

imil

arly

siz

ed m

unic

i-pa

liti

es,

the

HP

D d

oes

not

hav

e a

squa

d sp

ecifi

cal

ly d

edic

ated

to

solv

-in

g co

ld c

ases

. A

ccor

din

g to

Ch

ief

Dou

glas

Hol

lan

d, t

his

is

due

to a

la

ck o

f re

sour

ces.

Alt

hou

gh t

he

coun

ty p

olic

e de

-pa

rtm

ent i

nves

tiga

tes h

omic

ides

that

ta

ke p

lace

in H

yatt

svill

e, w

hen

one

is

solv

ed, t

he

coun

ty t

hen

not

ifi e

s lo

cal

polic

e, s

aid

Cpl

. Clin

ton

Cop

elan

d,

coun

ty p

olic

e sp

okes

man

. Th

e

coun

ty h

ad a

col

d ca

se t

eam

, bu

t it

dis

ban

ded

abou

t fi

ve y

ears

ag

o du

e to

a la

ck o

f re

sour

ces

in t

he

coun

ty, C

opel

and

said

.S

ince

Hya

ttsv

ille’

s h

omic

ide

case

s

— a

nd t

hos

e of

oth

er m

unic

ipal

itie

s —

are

han

dle

d at

th

e co

unty

lev

el,

open

mur

der

case

s ar

e as

sign

ed t

o in

divi

dual

offi

cer

s an

d ar

e w

orke

d un

til t

hey

are

sol

ved,

Cop

elan

d sa

id.

“[W

e] w

ant

a di

ff er

ent

set

of e

yes

to lo

ok a

t th

e ca

ses,

” he

said

..“

Me

as a

n o

ffi c

er, I

’ll b

e h

ones

t, I

get

frus

trat

ed w

ith

th

e h

omic

ide

rate

,” h

e sa

id,

addi

ng

that

w

hil

e so

me

oth

er

type

s of

cr

ime

hav

e be

en r

educ

ed, t

he

hom

icid

e ra

te i

n

the

coun

ty h

as n

ot.

Acc

ordi

ng

to w

eekl

y cr

ime

re-

port

s pr

ovid

ed o

n t

he

city

’s W

eb-

site

by

the

HP

D,

ther

e h

ave

been

10

h

omic

ides

in

H

yatt

svil

le

over

th

e pa

st fi

ve

year

s. Th

at

num

ber

in-

clud

es t

he

Man

orw

ood

shoo

tin

gsTh

er

e ha

ve

also

be

en

seve

ral

at-

tem

pted

hom

icid

es a

nd o

ther

maj

or

crim

es,

incl

udin

g th

ree

inci

dent

s in

S

epte

mbe

r —

Oct

ober

200

6 w

here

dr

iver

s w

ere

shot

in

thei

r ca

rs b

y oc

-cu

pant

s of

oth

er c

ars.

Non

e of

the

vic-

tim

s di

ed a

s a

resu

lt of

thei

r in

juri

es.

Th

ere

wer

e fo

ur r

epor

ted

sexu

al

assa

ults

/ ra

pes

duri

ng

the

tim

e fr

ame

repo

rted

on

. Th

ere

wer

e fi

ve

repo

rted

sta

bbin

gs.

Safe

ty c

onti

nue

d fr

om p

age

1

by La

uren

Gar

dner

T he

grow

th a

nd

deve

lopm

ent

of

com

mer

cial

are

as in

Hya

ttsv

ille

h

ave

incr

ease

d th

e w

orkl

oad

of

the

city

’s po

lice

dep

artm

ent,

allo

w-

ing

for

less

pre

ven

tati

ve w

ork

and

mor

e re

spon

sive

req

uire

men

ts.

“We’

ve b

ecom

e m

ore

of a

rea

c-ti

onar

y p

olic

e d

epar

tmen

t,”

said

H

yatt

svil

le

Pol

ice

Ch

ief

Dou

glas

H

olla

nd,

add

ing

that

he’

d li

ke t

o se

e h

is f

orce

bec

ome

mor

e ac

tive

in

pr

even

tin

g th

e cr

ime

they

are

now

h

avin

g to

res

pon

d to

.T

he

Com

mun

ity

Act

ion

Tea

m

was

Hol

lan

d’s

answ

er t

o th

is p

rob-

lem

. Th

e te

am,

wh

ich

was

for

med

at

th

e be

gin

nin

g of

Mar

ch,

take

s of

fice

rs o

ut o

f ro

utin

e pa

trol

squ

ads

and

focu

ses

them

on

a p

arti

cula

r

area

of

the

city

, Hol

lan

d sa

id.

Th

e te

am c

an f

ocus

on

a r

ange

of

pro

blem

s. F

or e

xam

ple,

if

ther

e is

a s

pike

of

robb

erie

s in

a s

peci

fic

area

of

the

city

, or

if t

her

e is

a h

ouse

on

a

bloc

k th

at

caus

es

prob

lem

s fo

r n

eigh

bors

, th

e te

am c

an h

elp

reso

lve

com

mun

ity

con

cern

s ab

out

thos

e is

sues

, he

said

. T

he

poin

t of

th

e te

am

is

to

“bri

ng

us b

ack

mor

e to

th

e n

eigh

-bo

rhoo

d le

vel,”

Hol

lan

d sa

id.

Th

e te

am, a

lso

know

n a

s C

AT

, is

st

ill

in

its

infa

ncy

st

ages

, sa

id

CA

T s

uper

viso

r S

gt. S

uzie

Joh

nso

n.

Th

e te

am

incl

udes

Jo

hn

son

an

d th

ree

offi

cers

. An

oth

er o

f th

e te

am’s

resp

onsi

bili

ties

is

to

w

ork

clos

ely

wit

h N

eigh

borh

ood

Wat

ch g

roup

s an

d si

mil

ar c

omm

unit

y or

gan

iza-

tion

s to

com

e up

wit

h s

olut

ion

s to

is

sues

bro

ugh

t to

th

e te

ams’

atte

n-

tion

, Hol

lan

d sa

id.

An

y H

yatt

svil

le c

itiz

en w

ho

has

a

con

cern

can

con

tact

CA

T a

bout

it

, Jo

hn

son

sa

id,

addi

ng

that

th

e te

am w

ill

then

go

out

and

eval

uate

th

e si

tuat

ion

. T

he

team

re

cen

tly

han

dle

d a

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d is

sue

wit

h

park

ing,

Jo

hn

son

sa

id.

Th

e te

am

hel

d a

com

mun

ity

mee

tin

g w

ith

n

eigh

bors

on

th

at p

arti

cula

r st

reet

to

com

e to

an

agr

eem

ent.

Mem

bers

of

th

e co

mm

unit

y h

ave

sen

t Jo

hn

son

se

vera

l ca

ses

to c

onsi

der

for

her

tea

m,

she

said

. O

ne

she

rece

ived

Tue

sday

con

cern

s a

spee

din

g is

sue

on U

.S.

Rou

te 1

n

ear

the

Pri

nce

Geo

rge’

s C

oun

ty

cour

thou

se

som

eth

ing

that

is

co

nce

rnin

g lo

cal

mer

chan

ts.

“We’

re j

ust

tryi

ng

to f

ind

way

s to

be

proa

ctiv

e as

opp

osed

to

bein

g re

acti

ve

[to

crim

es

in

the

city

],”

Joh

nso

n s

aid.

Hya

ttsv

ille

res

iden

ts c

an e

-mai

l co

nce

rns

to t

he

Com

mun

ity

Act

ion

T

eam

at

sjoh

nso

n@

hya

ttsv

ille

.org

.

Sgt.

Suzi

e Jo

hnso

n, su

perv

isor

of H

yatt

svill

e's C

omm

unit

y A

ctio

n Te

am,

inpu

ts d

ata

into

a c

ompu

ter a

t her

offi

ce la

st m

onth

.

by Sa

rah

Nem

eth

Coun

ty

Cou

nci

lman

W

ill

Cam

pos

(D-D

ist.

2)

has

so

me

idea

s fo

r cr

acki

ng

dow

n

on

gan

g-re

late

d cr

ime

in

Pri

nce

Geo

rge’

s C

oun

ty, a

nd

thos

e id

eas

incl

ude

hav

ing

mun

icip

alit

ies

— in

clud

ing

Hya

ttsv

ille

— c

ontr

ib-

ute

a po

lice

off

icer

to

a pr

opos

ed b

i-co

unty

tas

k fo

rce.

“Yea

h y

ou m

ay b

e ta

kin

g on

e …

aw

ay, b

ut y

ou’re

get

tin

g 10

mor

e to

ta

ke c

are

of t

his

spe

cifi

c si

tuat

ion

,” C

ampo

s sa

id.

In h

is d

istr

ict,

mos

t of t

he

gan

g-re

late

d cr

ime

take

s pl

ace

wit

hin

on

e-qu

arte

r m

ile f

rom

th

e W

ash

-in

gton

, D

.C.

bord

er,

Cam

pos

said

.

Th

is t

ren

d is

lik

ely

due

to t

he

larg

e am

oun

t of

apa

rtm

ents

an

d tr

ansi

-ti

on h

ousi

ng

in t

his

are

a, h

e sa

id.

Th

e D

istr

ict

has

se

en

maj

or

crac

kdow

ns

on g

ang

acti

vity

ove

r th

e pa

st

seve

ral

year

s an

d th

ose

invo

lved

in t

he

gan

gs o

ften

rel

ocat

e to

Pri

nce

Geo

rge’

s C

oun

ty,

Cam

-po

s sa

id.

“It’s

ob

viou

s th

at

we

hav

e a

[cri

me]

pro

blem

,” h

e sa

id. “

I th

ink

[pol

itic

s is

] an

iss

ue. I

th

ink

peop

le

don’

t w

ant

that

im

age

but

som

e-ti

mes

you

hav

e to

bit

e th

e bu

llet.

”P

arts

of

Cam

pos’s

dis

tric

t su

ch

as

Lan

gley

P

ark

attr

act

a lo

t of

at

ten

tion

be

caus

e of

th

e am

oun

t of

cri

me

that

hap

pen

s th

ere.

But

C

ampo

s, w

ho

grew

up

in t

he

coun

-ty

, is

not

wor

ried

abo

ut a

ppea

ran

ces.

In

stea

d, h

e is

loo

kin

g fo

r so

luti

on,

incl

udin

g th

ings

like

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d m

edic

al c

lin

ics

and

oth

er t

ypes

of

soci

al s

ervi

ces.

“I t

hin

k gr

owin

g up

in

an

are

a w

her

e th

ere

is a

gan

g pr

oble

m …

I

am n

ot a

ll of

th

e su

dden

goi

ng

to b

e in

off

ice

and

say

thes

e th

ings

do

n’t

mat

ter

anym

ore,

” h

e sa

id.

Th

e co

unty

pol

ice

depa

rtm

ent

now

has

a g

ang

unit

of

eigh

t peo

ple.

Mon

tgom

ery

Cou

nty

has

13.

“S

ince

we

are

abou

t th

e sa

me

size

as

Mon

tgom

ery

Cou

nty

I th

ink

we

shou

ld s

tart

th

ere,

” Cam

pos

said

of

how

man

y of

fice

rs s

hou

ld c

om-

pris

e th

e P

rin

ce G

eorg

e’s

forc

e.In

a r

ecen

t re

port

to

the

Cou

n-

ty

Cou

nci

l, C

amp

os

sugg

este

d fo

rmin

g a

unio

n

betw

een

m

ajor

m

unic

ipal

itie

s w

ith

po

lice

fo

rces

an

d w

ith

th

e po

lice

dep

artm

ents

of

Mon

tgom

ery

and

Pri

nce

Geo

rge’

s co

unti

es.

Cam

pos

was

un

able

to

prov

ide

stat

isti

cs

on

gan

g cr

imes

in

th

e co

unty

, an

d de

clin

ed t

o co

mm

ent

on t

he

reco

rd a

s to

wh

y.

How

ever

, th

e ga

ng

situ

atio

n

has

“ei

ther

in

crea

sed

or s

taye

d th

e sa

me

as

wh

en

[th

e co

unty

] fi

rst

brou

ght

atte

nti

on t

o it

,” ac

cord

ing

to h

is r

epor

t.H

is

reco

mm

enda

tion

s in

clud

e w

orki

ng

wit

h f

eder

al a

gen

cies

, an

d to

hav

e a

sepa

rate

tea

m t

o cr

unch

th

e n

umbe

rs.

Th

e co

unti

es w

ould

h

ave

sepa

rate

dir

ecto

rs w

ho

wou

ld

answ

er t

o ei

ther

cou

nty

’s ex

ecut

ive.

C

ampo

s’ re

port

als

o en

cour

ages

th

e su

ppor

t of

pr

even

tion

an

d in

ter-

ven

tion

pro

gram

s.

by Je

ssic

a Wils

on

T hou

gh m

y bl

ock

does

n’t h

ave

an

“off

icia

l” N

eigh

borh

ood

Wat

ch

grou

p, I

fee

l ju

st a

s sa

fe, i

f n

ot

safe

r, th

an a

ny

bloc

k th

at d

oes.

W

hen

my

hus

ban

d B

ryan

t an

d I

mov

ed t

o H

yatt

svil

le 3

yea

rs a

go

we

wan

ted

a pl

ace

wh

ere

we

coul

d ge

t to

kn

ow p

eopl

e —

not

jus

t to

w

ave,

bu

t to

st

op

and

say

hel

lo,

ask

abou

t w

ork,

th

e ki

ds o

r fa

mil

y.

We

wer

e lu

cky

to f

ind

it. B

ut g

iven

th

e st

ate

of t

he

wor

ld,

som

etim

es

nei

ghbo

rs

do

hav

e to

w

atch

ou

t fo

r on

e an

oth

er b

eyon

d ju

st s

ay-

ing

“hi”

. L

ivin

g on

a s

tree

t w

her

e th

at

goes

w

ith

out

ques

tion

is

al

l th

e pr

oper

ty v

alue

I n

eed.

We

get

to

know

fam

ilia

r ca

rs a

nd

smil

e w

hen

w

e kn

ow

a fa

vori

te

out

of

tow

n

rela

tive

is

vi

siti

ng

nex

t do

or.

So

wh

en

a re

cen

t in

cid

ent

on

our

stre

et r

aise

d qu

esti

ons

wit

h u

nfa

-m

ilia

r ve

hic

les

appe

arin

g in

gre

at

num

bers

an

d at

odd

hou

rs a

roun

d a

hou

se w

ith

res

iden

ts w

ho

wer

e re

l-at

ivel

y un

know

n,

it s

econ

d n

atur

e th

at

folk

s w

ould

ca

ll an

d re

port

th

at “

som

eth

ing

was

n’t

righ

t.”

On

e da

y, a

nei

ghbo

r of

min

e ca

lled

m

e sa

yin

g sh

e sp

oke

to

Hya

ttsv

ille

pol

ice

abou

t th

is a

ctiv

-it

y an

d th

at t

hey

wer

e lo

okin

g in

to

it.

But

th

ey t

old

her

to

keep

th

e ca

lls a

nd

emai

ls c

omin

g, i

t do

esn’

t h

urt.

Wh

en

I ar

rive

d h

ome

that

n

igh

t an

d co

uld

bare

ly d

rive

dow

n

my

stre

et

- du

e to

so

me

unru

ly

traf

fic

and

an o

bvio

us g

ath

erin

g at

11

p.m

. on

a T

uesd

ay n

igh

t -

I di

d ju

st t

hat

. W

ith

in m

inut

es,

ther

e w

as a

res

pon

se.

Wh

at i

s m

ore,

a

few

nig

hts

lat

er,

a bi

gger

res

pon

se

show

ed u

p. C

redi

t fo

r th

e su

cces

s-fu

l el

imin

atio

n o

f th

e pr

oble

m i

s du

e to

Hya

ttsv

ille

’s po

lice

bu

t th

ey

in t

urn

cre

dite

d th

e re

side

nts

of

our

bloc

k fo

r ke

epin

g th

em i

nfo

rmed

. A

s w

e al

l kn

ow,

thou

gh t

hei

r pr

esen

ce i

s gr

eat,

it i

s im

poss

ible

fo

r th

em t

o be

on

eve

ry b

lock

at

ever

y m

omen

t. T

hey

rel

y on

an

d w

elco

me

our

wat

chfu

l eye

s, a

nd

I’m

su

re t

her

e ar

e m

ore

out

ther

e th

an I

am a

war

e of

, cal

lin

g an

d e-

mai

lin

g to

ale

rt t

he

HP

D.T

his

act

ion

wen

t on

wit

hou

t an

y “f

orm

al”

orga

niz

a-ti

on, j

ust

the

occa

sion

al n

eigh

borl

y ti

p fr

om t

ime

to t

ime.

I am

in

spir

ed

by

peop

le

like

B

arba

ra R

unio

n, w

ho

take

to

hea

rt

som

eth

ing

wit

hin

our

com

mun

ity

and

figh

t fo

r it

, n

o m

atte

r w

hat

. I

am i

nsp

ired

by

the

nei

ghbo

rs o

n

my

stre

et w

ho

wat

er y

our

law

n d

ur-

ing

a dr

y w

eek

wh

ile

you’

re a

way

, or

do a

fri

end

ly c

hec

k in

to

mak

e su

re

the

han

dy m

an e

nte

rin

g yo

ur h

ouse

w

hen

yo

u ar

en’t

hom

e is

in

deed

su

ppos

ed t

o be

th

ere.

For

mal

ized

N

eigh

borh

ood

Wat

ch g

roup

s do

all

of t

hes

e th

ings

as

wel

l. B

ut w

hat

I

fin

d m

ost

ende

arin

g is

, th

ough

tur

n

out

mig

ht

be l

ow a

t a

com

mun

ity

mee

tin

g h

ere

and

ther

e, w

hen

you

as

k pe

ople

, th

ey d

o ca

re. O

ther

wis

e,

they

wou

ldn’

t li

ve h

ere.

T

hes

e co

mp

lim

ents

, I

mus

t n

ote,

ex

ten

d be

yon

d H

yatt

svil

le’s

bord

ers.

A

cros

s th

e st

reet

, m

y n

eigh

bors

ar

e p

art

of

Riv

erd

ale

Par

k. B

ut s

ince

th

ey l

ook

out

onto

m

y h

ouse

an

d

I to

th

eirs

, th

is

“nei

ghbo

rhoo

d w

atch

” do

esn’

t se

e ci

ty l

ines

. It

only

see

s fr

ien

ds.

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chin

g ou

t for

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h ot

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oman

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s

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hil

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ts (

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ce d

utif

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beg

rudg

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lin

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e ar

e in

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er,

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en

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ing

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ets

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ed

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re d

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ire

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esi-

den

ts w

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park

th

eir

cars

as

they

h

ave

alw

ays

don

e.

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ne

rece

nt

mor

nin

g, U

niv

ersi

ty H

ills

res

iden

t A

lexa

ndr

a C

arte

r aw

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to

fin

d ti

cket

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car

an

d th

e ca

r of

her

gu

est

for

“par

kin

g on

th

e gr

ass

or

side

wal

k.”

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arte

r w

as c

onfu

sed

as t

her

e is

n

o si

dew

alk

on h

er s

tree

t an

d h

er

car

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pear

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n t

he

gras

s. H

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igh

t ti

res

wer

e on

th

e ge

ntl

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opin

g cu

rb s

o as

to

be c

los-

est

to t

he

side

of

her

nar

row

str

eet

as p

ossi

ble.

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e to

ok a

pic

ture

of

her

car

an

d a

few

day

s la

ter

wen

t to

th

e po

lice

sta

tion

to

seek

cla

ri-

fica

tion

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ince

th

e pi

ctur

e w

as n

ot t

aken

at

th

e ti

me

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tick

et w

as i

ssue

d,

it

was

ir

rele

van

t as

ev

iden

ce

but

the

offi

cers

at

the

desk

pas

sed

it

arou

nd

and,

ac

cord

ing

to

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ter,

each

det

erm

ined

th

at h

e w

ould

not

is

sue

a ti

cket

un

der

thos

e ci

rcum

-st

ance

s. B

oth

Car

ter

and

her

fri

end

inte

nd

to

chal

len

ge

the

cita

tion

s in

cou

rt.

Acc

ordi

ng

to H

yatt

svil

le P

olic

e C

hie

f D

ougl

as H

olla

nd,

th

e of

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r w

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wro

te t

he

cita

tion

sta

ted

that

th

e ve

hic

le in

que

stio

n w

as p

arti

ally

on

th

e gr

ass

and

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sin

ce h

e w

as

not

at

the

scen

e w

hen

th

e ti

cket

w

as i

ssue

d, h

e co

uld

not

det

erm

ine

its

vali

dity

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ases

lik

e th

ese

are

wh

y w

e

hav

e ju

dges

an

d di

stri

ct c

ourt

s to

m

ake

fin

al d

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sed

on t

he

evid

ence

th

at is

pre

sen

ted

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hem

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olla

nd

stat

ed i

n a

n e

-mai

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her

e h

ave

been

oth

er in

stan

ces

wh

ere

resi

den

ts h

ave

park

ed a

s th

ey

hav

e be

en a

ccus

tom

ed t

o an

d h

ave

foun

d ti

cket

s on

th

eir

veh

icle

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t se

ems

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rtun

ate

that

see

min

gly

min

or

and

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imes

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in

frac

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eed

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fin

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arn

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ut,

on t

he

oth

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iver

sity

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ills

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ts a

re g

rate

ful

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atte

nti

on t

o th

e n

eigh

borh

ood

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wis

e gi

ven

by

the

city

pol

ice.

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t th

e A

pril

mee

tin

g of

th

e U

niv

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tr

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ts

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ok

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nta

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of

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free

ste

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ay c

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he

poli

ce.

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nce

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oun

ty C

oun

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l C

ampo

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t. 2)

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den

ts w

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nd-

ed th

e m

eeti

ng

abou

t im

prov

emen

ts

com

ing

to th

e n

eigh

borh

ood.

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ents

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clud

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foun

tain

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r th

e D

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d a

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th

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unty

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e of

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tan

ford

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tree

t.

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th

at

new

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pos

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th

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port

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th

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unty

in

com

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atio

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tax

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l be

br

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t to

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d th

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inc

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oper

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ques

tion

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abou

t th

is,

Cam

pos

stat

ed t

hat

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is

mis

take

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nex

t da

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d ap

olog

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fo

r an

y co

nfus

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caus

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grat

ulat

ions

are

in

orde

r fo

r U

nive

rsit

y H

ills

resi

dent

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ily F

et-

ter

for

her

rol

e as

th

e cl

osin

g at

tor-

ney

on t

he

Uni

vers

ity

of M

aryl

and

team

in

the

Am

eric

an M

ock

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al

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ocia

tion

’s n

atio

nal

co

lleg

iate

co

mpe

titi

on i

n M

inne

apol

is.

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moc

k tr

ial,

stud

ents

pos

e as

at

torn

eys

and

argu

e a

case

bef

ore

a pa

nel

of

judg

es. T

he

Un

iver

sity

of

Mar

ylan

d te

am b

eat

the

team

fro

m

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rge

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hin

gton

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iver

sity

in

th

e fi

nal

rou

nd

to w

in t

he

year

ly

com

peti

tion

for

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fift

h t

ime,

mor

e th

an a

ny

oth

er s

choo

l.T

his

spr

ing,

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ter

wil

l be

grad

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tin

g su

mm

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m

laud

e w

ith

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degr

ee i

n G

over

nm

ent

and

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itic

s fr

om t

he

Un

iver

sity

of

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ylan

d’s

hon

ors

prog

ram

an

d lo

oks

forw

ard

to s

tart

ing

law

sch

ool

at H

arva

rd

in t

he

fall.

by V

icki

Kriz

As a

Hya

ttsv

ille

pare

nt,

Joh

n

Aqu

ilino

wan

ted

to d

o h

is p

art

for

his

com

mun

ity’

s ch

ildre

n.

Hig

h

sch

ool

sen

ior

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tin

o R

osan

ova

nee

ded

to

co

mp

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unit

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er

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eith

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expe

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n

eed

ed,

thei

r vo

lun

teer

wor

k to

be

rew

arde

d w

ith

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y ki

nd

of r

ecog

nit

ion

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-ev

er b

oth

rec

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d h

onor

s on

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il 18

at

the

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nce

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olun

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divi

dual

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ekin

g vo

lun

teer

wor

k an

d or

gan

izat

ion

s se

ekin

g vo

lun

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ers.

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has

450

age

nci

es a

nd

2,00

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regi

ster

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in

its

data

base

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id

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esa

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dn

er-W

illi

ams,

ex

ecut

ive

dire

ctor

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the

cen

ter.

Hya

ttsv

ille

V

olun

teer

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oord

i-n

ator

Col

leen

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tis

nom

inat

ed t

he

Hya

ttsv

ille

re

side

nts

fo

r re

cogn

i-ti

on.

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at

they

di

d w

as

pret

ty

spec

tacu

lar,

” sh

e sa

id.

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ilin

o re

ceiv

ed

the

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nie

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ees

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sun

g H

ero

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ard

, an

aw

ard

give

n t

o ci

tize

ns

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o se

rve

thei

r co

mm

unit

y w

ith

out

draw

ing

atte

nti

on t

o th

emse

lves

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quil

ino

was

rec

ogn

ized

for

his

w

ork

wit

h F

rien

dsh

ip A

rms

reti

re-

men

t co

mm

unit

y, w

hic

h h

e h

elpe

d ge

t ac

cess

to

loca

l fo

od b

anks

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osan

ova,

w

ho

rece

ived

th

e ce

nte

r's

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th A

war

d, a

ppro

ach

ed

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tis

last

fal

l in

nee

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sug

ges-

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r a

serv

ice

proj

ect

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d co

mpl

ete

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ill 4

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ity

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rs

befo

re

his

sp

rin

g gr

adua

tion

fro

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ha

Cat

hol

ic H

igh

Sch

ool.

Ais

tis

sug-

gest

ed h

e sp

end

tim

e w

ith

Fri

end-

ship

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rms

resi

den

ts,

part

icul

arly

th

e m

en w

ho

ofte

n d

id n

ot s

ocia

l-iz

e ou

tsid

e th

eir

room

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bega

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o en

gage

res

iden

ts

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rs,

ches

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min

oes.

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also

hel

ped

resi

den

ts e

stab

lish

pok

er g

ames

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got

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t ou

t of

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osan

o-va

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ner

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his

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mit

men

t to

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sid

ents

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volv

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sa

id D

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l R

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son

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teer

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ship

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acti

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lat

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arch

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ur r

esid

ents

wer

e sh

ot d

urin

g a

robb

ery

on

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orw

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ve.

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o of

th

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ere

fata

lly

wou

nde

d. A

wom

an

was

sex

uall

y as

saul

ted

just

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ew d

ays

befo

re t

he

hom

icid

es o

ccur

red.

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mid

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ruar

y, a

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ard

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iver

sity

stu

den

t al

lege

dly

sh

ot a

nd

kille

d a

man

at

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niv

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ty T

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ter.

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hou

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rin

ce G

eorg

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nty

pol

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dle

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icid

e in

ves-

tiga

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at o

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titu

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hro

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its

spe

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val

to a

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init

ial

han

dli

ng

of

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crim

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enes

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ddin

g to

its

cre

dit,

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HP

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eld

two

com

mun

ity

safe

ty m

eet-

ings

wit

hin

tw

o w

eeks

of

the

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ch 2

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ooti

ngs

, wor

kin

g to

alla

y re

side

nts

fea

rs a

nd

calm

com

mun

ity

unre

st o

ver

the

mat

ter.

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eral

mem

bers

of

the

HP

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elpe

d re

side

nts

unde

rsta

nd w

hat

occu

rred

and

how

the

loca

l pol

ice

juri

sdic

tion

s w

ere

purs

uing

the

cri

me.

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icer

s an

d C

hie

f D

ougl

as H

olla

nd

pati

entl

y of

fere

d in

tera

ctiv

e pr

esen

tati

ons

on p

erso

nal

saf

ety

and

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d w

atch

pro

gram

s,

and

can

did

ly o

ffer

ed i

nfo

rmat

ion

abo

ut t

he

city

’s cr

ime

stat

isti

cs f

or

the

past

few

yea

rs.

Th

ere’

s be

en t

alk

of t

he

HP

D b

ein

g st

retc

hed

th

in d

ue t

o th

e ci

ty’s

expa

nsi

on

thro

ugh

th

e an

nex

atio

ns

of

the

Mal

l at

P

rin

ce

Geo

rge’

s an

d th

e U

niv

ersi

ty H

ills

sub

divi

sion

. Sti

ll, I

kn

ow t

he

cops

ar

e ou

t th

ere

– I

hea

r th

em e

very

nig

ht

zoom

ing

past

my

bedr

oom

w

indo

w f

acin

g H

amilt

on S

tree

t. T

he

cars

fly

dow

n t

he

one-

way

st

reet

, th

e si

ren

s sc

reec

h a

nd

the

ligh

ts b

laze

. Sur

e, t

he

noi

se w

akes

m

e up

. S

ure,

it

mak

es a

ll th

e n

eigh

borh

ood

hou

nds

how

l. A

nd

yes,

h

eari

ng

this

typ

e of

noi

se o

n a

dai

ly b

asis

(an

d of

ten

sev

eral

tim

es

dail

y) m

akes

me

wor

ry a

bout

th

e am

oun

t of

cri

me

in o

ur f

air

city

.B

ut i

t al

so m

akes

me

feel

saf

e. I

kn

ow t

hat

a s

turd

y, a

ccre

dite

d po

lice

for

ce i

s ou

t th

ere

wor

kin

g to

en

sure

th

at m

y st

reet

s ar

e sa

fe.

An

d so

th

e si

ren

s, l

igh

ts a

nd

spee

din

g po

lice

car

s h

ave

beco

me

a ca

lmin

g fo

rce.

Edito

r's

Opi

nion

by

Sara

h Ne

met

h

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May

2008

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