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by Sarah Nemeth and Jessica Wilson C rime — or the prevention of it — is at the forefront of many minds in Hyattsville given recent shootings. But it’s more than just fight- ing crime that one council person is encouraging, it’s strengthening community. Councilwoman Paula Perry (Ward 4) said she has gotten a sense of re- newed interest from her constituents, based on the shootings. “I would love nothing more,” she said when asked how she would feel if a Neighborhood Watch group in her area might come together again after the last one in Ward 4 fizzled around 2000. Vol. 5 No. 5 Hyattsville’s Community Newspaper May 2008 Hyattsville Life & Times PO Box 132 Hyattsville, MD 20781 PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID Permit # 43 Easton, MD 21601 Center Pullout Section: The May 14, 2008, Issue of The Hyattsville Reporter Blocking out crime Citizen organizations keep watchful eye by Sarah Nemeth M anuel Zelaya expected to come home to his family — including two daugh- ters, 8 and 2 — after attending a soccer game on March 26. After weeks, he would still not be home. Zelaya, 28, was one of four Hyatts- ville residents who were shot after a robbery on Manorwood Drive. According to his brother, Julio, the neighborhood is not safe for walking anymore. “I go to bed late and can hear people fighting, drinking…,” he said through a Spanish translator. “I used to walk to El Compadre [store on Hamilton Street] but a lot of peo- ple don’t do that anymore because they are afraid to go out because they don’t think it’s safe. ey know there’s [unsafe] people around.” e shooting left two dead and two others wounded, Hyattsville Police Chief Douglas Holland said. According to the Prince George’s County Police Department — which handles homicides that occur with- in the City of Hyattsville — Nelson Ruben Turcios, 22, of Manorwood Drive and Salvador Enrique Vasquez, 30, of 35th Avenue were shot and killed after they were robbed by three African-American men. Police reports state that at 8:30 p.m., Turcios and Vasquez, along with two other people, were pre- paring to leave for an outing when they were robbed on Manorwood Drive. One of the assailants then shot all four men. e suspects fled in a dark sedan, headed the wrong way down the one-way street, reports state. Zelaya was hospitalized at Wash- ington Hospital in serious condi- tion. e other victim, who was not identified by county police, was treated at a hospital and released. According to Holland, the crime was not a drive-by shooting and there is no indication that it was gang related. e city held two public safety meetings within two weeks of the murders. “It was just a brutal, senseless, hor- rible crime in our neighborhood,” said Mayor William Gardiner. e March homicides marked three so far this year in Hyattsville. A shooting at the Towers at Univer- sity Town Center in February left a man dead. e case was solved. “What we’re experiencing this year is unusual for us,” Holland said at one of the safety meetings, held at St. Matthew’s Church in Ward 4. According to the county’s state’s attorney Glenn Ivey, anyone arrest- ed within the county for gun pos- session as a first offense does not necessarily serve jail time. “at’s one of the reasons I think you’ve got so many people carrying guns,” he said at the meeting. But gun violence is not the only form of crimes against persons wor- Staying safe SAFETY continued on page 13 WHAT’S HAPPENING in your area of the city? Tell us what you’d like to see in future issues of HL&T. Contact Sarah at 240.354.4832 WATCH continued on page 12 H YATTSVILLE ' S S ECRET P ARK See story on page 5 P ARADE H ITS H IGH N OTES See story on page 3 B IKE S HOP O PENS D OORS See story on page 10 Get crime alerts on your computer Hyattsville's Safe City Alert System provides 24/7 member access to important alerts for local public safety issues. Infor- mation is provided by choice of the member as e-mail or text message (text messaging rates apply). A link to the Safe City Alert System is available online at www.hyattsville.org and www. hyattsvillepolice.org. When you visit the Safe City link simply choose the 'Join Now' link. You can join as a Resident Partner or a Business/Organi- zation Partner. Fill out the form online and begin receiving notices when they are broadcast. e site also provides a place to submit crime tips/leads online.

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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

00

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Hyattsville Life & TimesPO Box 132Hyattsville, MD 20781

PRSRT STDU.S. POSTAGE

PAIDPermit # 43Easton, MD

21601

Ce

nt

er

Pu

ll

ou

t S

ec

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

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at

240.

354.

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WATC

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page

12

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page

3

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ory o

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crim

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erts

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our c

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ter

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ttsv

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lert

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m p

rovi

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mem

ber

acce

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port

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ts f

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l pub

lic

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for-

mat

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or t

ext

mes

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(te

xt m

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gin

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appl

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A li

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Saf

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av

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at

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w.h

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le.o

rg a

nd

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w.

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ille

poli

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Wh

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Cit

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ices

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e si

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vide

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plac

e to

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mit

cr

ime

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/lea

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nlin

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of

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hat

we

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that

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ry o

ther

not

able

cit

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tow

n h

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ooks

tore

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hav

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d/or

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arn

es &

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ie h

as t

wo;

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ver

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ing

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on

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on

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nad

a. T

o m

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etti

ng

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g ch

ain

boo

ksto

re i

s li

ke a

to

wn

get

tin

g in

door

plu

mbi

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a B

arn

es &

Nob

le,

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ien

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rom

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Moi

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wa

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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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imes

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ubm

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ts

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ley

Hen

ders

on

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Hou

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Kap

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h Tu

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risto

pher

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rie

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thew

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nigh

t T

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unt

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are

dist

ribut

ed m

onth

ly b

y U

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ail t

o ev

ery

addr

ess

in

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Add

ition

al c

opie

s ar

e di

strib

uted

to li

brar

ies,

sele

cted

bus

ines

ses,

com

mun

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ente

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hurc

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wsp

aper

chr

onic

ling

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life

and

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es o

f Hya

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ille

THE

PUBL

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ION

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for

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cles

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n th

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sue

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rida

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ss, a

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Was

hin

g-

ton

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t se

ek e

ven

mor

e po

wer

, th

e pu

blic

sh

ould

bew

are.

Th

is a

dmo-

nit

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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

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Fri

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hip

Arm

s, H

MS

st

uden

ts m

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hist

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by V

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Kriz

Hyatt

svil

le

Mid

dle

S

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oo

l pu

pils

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men

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ly

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Tra

inor

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ativ

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riti

ng

teac

her

at

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MS

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as

for

seve

ral

year

s w

ante

d to

con

duct

suc

h a

pro

ject

aft

er h

eari

ng s

ome

resi

dent

s te

ll th

eir

stor

ies

at h

er m

oth

ers’

reti

rem

ent

faci

lity.

“I

t’s i

mpo

rtan

t to

fos

ter

com

mun

icat

ion

bet

wee

n t

he

diff

eren

t ge

ner

atio

ns,

” sh

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.

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leen

Ais

tis,

Hya

ttsv

ille

’s vo

lun

teer

coo

rdin

ator

sup

port

ed t

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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

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ven

th-

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th-g

rade

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firs

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onth

ly b

irth

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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

w r

esid

ents

for

a w

riti

ng

proj

ect

that

wou

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esul

t in

wri

tin

g bi

ogra

phic

al p

rose

or

poet

ry.

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gh s

ome

pupi

ls w

ere

unsu

re o

f w

hat

to

expe

ct, T

rain

or s

aid

they

qui

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

ey w

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

S pu

pils

spe

nt ti

me

last

mon

th w

ith

resi

dent

s of

Fri

ends

hip

Arm

s A

part

men

ts,

inte

rvie

win

g th

em a

nd c

olle

ctin

g st

orie

s fo

r a s

choo

l pro

ject

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Dei

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ark,

just

off

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tree

t, is

one

of

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ttsv

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ighb

orho

od

play

grou

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The

par

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cent

ly d

raw

n bi

tter

swee

t at

tent

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from

re

side

nts

and

city

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like.

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w

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opm

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d lu

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pen

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day-

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day f

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ran

o fo

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arts

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stri

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area

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fé. A

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look

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ran

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elec

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tow

nh

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th

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con

vert

to

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draf

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sin

ess

plan

an

d pu

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ased

th

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oper

ty

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sl

ept

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nig

ht

the

day

befo

re t

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tow

nh

ouse

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ent

on s

ale

in o

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to

secu

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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

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aft

er

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ran

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old

thei

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rst

fam

ily

rest

aura

nt

– A

nda

luci

a in

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kvil

le

– in

200

7.

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e de

sign

of

the

café

see

med

to

be

prog

ress

ing

on s

ched

ule

unti

l

the

day

the

Ser

ran

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losi

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r th

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oper

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cras

hed

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plea

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mor

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sea

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free

liv

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usic

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back

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hou

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oun

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NC

RE

AS

E

Th

e C

ity

Co

un

cil

of

the

Cit

y o

f H

yat

tsv

ille

, M

ary

lan

d p

rop

ose

s to

in

crea

se r

eal

pro

per

ty t

axes

.

1. F

or

the

tax y

ear

beg

innin

g J

uly

1, 2008, th

e es

tim

ated

rea

l pro

per

ty

asse

ssab

le b

ase

wil

l in

crea

se b

y 1

4.0

% o

r fr

om

$1,2

72,9

59,3

62 t

o

$1,4

51,2

41,6

61.

2. I

f th

e C

ity o

f H

yat

tsvil

le m

ainta

ins

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

,12

3,1

78

of

new

rea

l p

rop

erty

tax

rev

enu

es.

3. I

n o

rder

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

.63

per

$1

00

of

asse

ssm

ent.

T

his

tax

ra

te i

s 1

3.9

% h

igh

er t

han

th

e co

nst

ant

yie

ld t

ax r

ate

and

wil

l g

ener

ate

$1

,12

3,1

78

in

ad

dit

ion

al p

rop

erty

tax

rev

enu

es.

A p

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

.m.,

on

Ma

y 2

7,

20

08

in

th

e C

ou

nci

l R

oo

m o

n

the

3rd

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

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in t

he

4318 G

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tin S

t.

Phas

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R

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RF

P an

d th

e fi

rm’s

pro

posa

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sponse

dat

ed

Apri

l 11,

2008,

and to

au

thori

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e C

ity A

dm

inis

trat

or

to en

ter

into

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fir

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ct t

o t

he

Cit

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orn

ey’s

re

vie

w

and

appro

val

of

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contr

act

do

cum

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ne

SU

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Y O

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S P

AS

SE

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nu

ed o

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ext

pa

ge

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tsvill

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&Tim

es |

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2008

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HR

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ay 20

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:00 p

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of

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7

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M

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9

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tivi

ties

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clud

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bark

rub

bin

gs a

nd

leaf

pre

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r M

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ribu

nda

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new

to

the

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d an

d w

ant

to

grow

an

or

gan

ic

gard

en.

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soil

tes

t an

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tire

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rd is

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cla

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nto

var

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soi

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endm

ents

th

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afgr

o/co

mpr

o de

live

red

in

bulk

wit

h a

dep

th o

f 3-

6 in

ches

for

a

gard

en. Th

e

best

pri

ce I

hav

e co

me

to i

s $3

7 a

cubi

c ya

rd,

incl

udin

g de

liver

y. A

ny

oth

er i

deas

? I

am n

ot

afra

id o

f a

litt

le w

ork.

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t of

Cla

y

Dea

r C

lay,

Wel

com

e to

th

e ch

alle

nge

s of

ga

rden

ing

in

this

ar

ea.

You

r co

urag

eous

att

itud

e as

sure

s th

at y

ou

wil

l not

suff

er

defe

at o

f cl

ay.

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wil

l in

deed

ta

ke

“a

litt

le

wor

k” t

o m

ake

your

soi

l fri

able

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n

eed

to a

dd a

lot

of

gree

nsa

nd

and

orga

nic

mat

ter

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you

nee

d to

dig

it

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mor

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eply

th

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ou p

ropo

se.

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inch

es is

th

e ab

solu

te m

inim

um

and

that

on

ly

for

shal

low

-roo

ted

plan

ts.

To

give

an

ext

rem

e ex

ampl

e, t

o gr

ow d

eep-

root

ed p

lan

ts l

ike

rose

s yo

u n

eed

to d

ig a

t le

ast

thre

e fe

et

dow

n a

nd

mos

tly

fi ll

it w

ith

com

post

an

d so

il

con

diti

oner

s,

rem

ovin

g m

ost

of t

he

clay

. Th

e

inst

ruct

ion

s ac

com

pan

yin

g pa

ckag

ed

rose

s su

gges

t di

ggin

g on

ly t

wo

feet

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n.

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succ

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ul

gard

ener

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th

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a

smal

l bu

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orou

ghly

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rep

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area

to

gard

en,

and

exte

nd

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ach

ye

ar.

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t de

velo

p co

mpo

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iles

co

mpo

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of le

aves

, gra

ss c

lipp

ings

an

d

such

n

on-o

ffen

sive

ki

tch

en

was

te a

s co

ffee

g

rou

nd

s. A

s yo

u

pro

b-

ably

hav

en’t

deve

lope

d m

uch

of

a co

mpo

st p

ile

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you

mig

ht

chec

k w

ith

var

ious

mun

icip

alit

ies

for

leaf

m

ould

giv

eaw

ays.

Wh

ile y

ou c

an

take

as

muc

h a

s yo

u li

ke, t

her

e is

no

hom

e de

live

ry.

You

wou

ld n

eed

to

brin

g yo

ur o

wn

bag

s as

wel

l.In

Apr

il t

he

Hya

ttsv

ille

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-ti

cult

ural

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ocie

ty

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nua

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his

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lon

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pai

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ovel

ace.

Bot

h

thes

e bu

sine

sses

exp

ect

to o

pen

thei

r do

ors

in M

ay.

Clo

ser

to t

he

EY

A

live

-wor

k sp

aces

at

4423

Lon

gfel

low

St.

, th

e fr

esh

M

edit

erra

nea

n/L

atin

in

flu-

ence

d C

afe

Azu

l h

as n

ow o

pene

d it

s do

ors

for

busi

ness

. D

own

the

bloc

k, a

t 56

06 B

alti

mor

e A

ve.,

the

Boo

k N

ook

Boo

ksto

re

con

tin

ues

to b

uild

up

a cl

ient

ele

unde

r fo

rmer

ch

ildre

n’s

libra

rian

Ang

elis

a H

awes

. O

ther

rec

entl

y op

ened

sto

res

on

our

U.S

. R

oute

1

segm

ent

incl

ude

Cel

ina’s

In

tern

atio

nal

Mar

ket

and

Alb

erta

’s S

econ

d H

and

Tre

asur

es. T

he

CD

C h

as a

lso

rece

ntly

bee

n ac

tive

as-

sist

ing

the

TE

SST

pro

pert

y’s

owne

r in

ten

anti

ng t

he b

uild

ing.

A

nd

fi

nal

ly

EY

A

wil

l be

gin

br

eaki

ng

grou

nd

on

co

mm

erci

al

reta

il u

nit

s al

ong

the

east

sid

e of

U

.S. R

oute

1 b

oth

nor

th a

nd

sout

h

of J

effe

rson

Str

eet

in A

ugus

t. B

us-

boys

& P

oets

an

d T

ara

Th

ai w

ill b

e th

e fe

atur

ed r

esta

uran

t an

chor

s fo

r th

e co

rner

loca

tion

s at

th

e Je

ffer

son

S

tree

t in

ters

ecti

on.

To

beco

me

a m

embe

r or

lea

rn

mor

e ab

out

the

Hya

ttsv

ille

CD

C,

just

vis

it w

ww

.hyc

dc.o

rg.

The

CD

C w

ill u

pdat

e an

d ex

pand

th

e M

arke

t an

d R

esta

uran

t F

easi

bili-

ty S

tudy

in t

he c

omin

g m

onth

s.

A no

te o

n de

velo

pmen

ts in

the

Rout

e 1

area

by A

shby

Hen

ders

on

L ast

spri

ng,

Hya

ttsv

ille

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.

Wat

chin

g ou

t for

eac

h ot

her

Coun

cilw

oman

Pau

la P

erry

COM

MEN

TARY

Gan

g ta

sk f

orce

pro

posa

l cou

ld t

ake

offi

cers

fro

m c

oun

ty m

unic

ipal

itie

s

Hom

o Ha

bilis

Con

stru

ctio

n LL

C*Re

mod

elin

gTw

o m

illion

year

s of

exp

erien

ce w

rapp

ed u

p in

one

small

com

pany

!

Pete

r J. O

’Day

Com

mun

ity in

act

ion

HP

D f

orm

s n

ew t

ask

forc

e

'An

y H

yatt

svil

leci

tize

n w

ho h

asa

con

cern

can

con

tact

CA

T

abou

t it.

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arte

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her

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dew

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e to

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car

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d a

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day

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ter

wen

t to

th

e po

lice

sta

tion

to

seek

cla

ri-

fica

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ctur

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ot t

aken

at

th

e ti

me

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tick

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rele

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der

thos

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inte

nd

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cita

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foun

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e A

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oun

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rol

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th

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tor-

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Uni

vers

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team

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the

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al

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atio

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lleg

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mpe

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n M

inne

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moc

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stud

ents

pos

e as

at

torn

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argu

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case

bef

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nel

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judg

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iver

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ylan

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eat

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team

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m

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hin

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th

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nal

rou

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year

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peti

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fift

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e th

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over

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sity

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hon

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oks

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ard

to s

tart

ing

law

sch

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arva

rd

in t

he

fall.

by V

icki

Kriz

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Hya

ttsv

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pare

nt,

Joh

n

Aqu

ilino

wan

ted

to d

o h

is p

art

for

his

com

mun

ity’

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n.

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h

sch

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ior

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tin

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rec

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at

the

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lun

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wor

k an

d or

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izat

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lun

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data

base

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id

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dn

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illi

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ex

ecut

ive

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ctor

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the

cen

ter.

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ttsv

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V

olun

teer

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oord

i-n

ator

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leen

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tis

nom

inat

ed t

he

Hya

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re

side

nts

fo

r re

cogn

i-ti

on.

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di

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as

pret

ty

spec

tacu

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e sa

id.

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o re

ceiv

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nie

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sun

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aw

ard

give

n t

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rve

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r co

mm

unit

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ith

out

draw

ing

atte

nti

on t

o th

emse

lves

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quil

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ogn

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w

ork

wit

h F

rien

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hic

h h

e h

elpe

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t ac

cess

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loca

l fo

od b

anks

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ova,

w

ho

rece

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th

e ce

nte

r's

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war

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ppro

ach

ed

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tis

last

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l in

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sug

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r a

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mpl

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re

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rin

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Cat

hol

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igh

Sch

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sug-

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end

tim

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ith

Fri

end-

ship

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rms

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den

ts,

part

icul

arly

th

e m

en w

ho

ofte

n d

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ts

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ches

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ner

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mit

men

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be

top

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onti

nua

lly

im-

pro

vin

g up

on a

n a

lrea

dy

outs

tan

din

g re

cord

of

con

cern

an

d cr

edib

ilit

y.T

he

HP

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wh

ich

has

, 40

sw

orn

pos

itio

ns

and

12 c

ivil

ian

pos

i-ti

ons

auth

oriz

ed, a

lso

boas

ts a

com

pute

rize

d R

ecor

ds a

nd C

omm

unic

a-ti

ons

Cen

ter,

a P

atro

l Div

isio

n, a

Cri

min

al I

nves

tiga

tion

Sec

tion

, a K

-9

Uni

t, B

icyc

le P

atro

ls, C

rim

e P

reve

ntio

n P

rogr

ams

and

a T

acti

cal T

eam

.In

lat

e M

arch

, fo

ur r

esid

ents

wer

e sh

ot d

urin

g a

robb

ery

on

Man

orw

ood

Dri

ve.

Tw

o of

th

em w

ere

fata

lly

wou

nde

d. A

wom

an

was

sex

uall

y as

saul

ted

just

a f

ew d

ays

befo

re t

he

hom

icid

es o

ccur

red.

In

mid

-Feb

ruar

y, a

How

ard

Un

iver

sity

stu

den

t al

lege

dly

sh

ot a

nd

kille

d a

man

at

the

Tow

ers

at U

niv

ersi

ty T

own

Cen

ter.

Alt

hou

gh P

rin

ce G

eorg

e’s

Cou

nty

pol

ice

han

dle

hom

icid

e in

ves-

tiga

tion

s th

at o

ccur

in

Hya

ttsv

ille

, ou

r po

lice

dep

artm

ent

show

ed a

va

lian

t at

titu

de t

hro

ugh

its

spe

edy

arri

val

to a

nd

init

ial

han

dli

ng

of

the

crim

e sc

enes

.A

ddin

g to

its

cre

dit,

the

HP

D h

eld

two

com

mun

ity

safe

ty m

eet-

ings

wit

hin

tw

o w

eeks

of

the

Mar

ch 2

6 sh

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.

Sev

eral

mem

bers

of

the

HP

D h

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.

Off

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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