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HyattsvilleDecember 2012Hyattsville’s Community NewspaperVol. 9 No. 12

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DELEGATE continued on page 10

PROFILE IN COURTESY“Post O� ce Pam” retires after 31 years. PAGE 3

NEWS BRIEFS$350,000 from state may pave the way to more parking. PAGE 6

STEP IT UPThe Small Town Energy Program (STEP) promises to cut your energy bills. PAGE 7

SCHOOLS continued on page 12

by Rosanna Landis Weaver

� e opening of Hya� sville’s new elementary school has been de-layed until 2014, but some el-ementary school students may start the next academic year at a new school under a plan that would shi� sixth-graders to Hy-a� sville Middle School.

� e news came at the Prince George’s County Public Schools forum on “Boundary, Grade & Program Improvements” held at Nicholas Orem Middle School on December 4.

Studies suggest that a three-year transition between elementary and high school serves students be� er and allows for more aca-demic opportunities. � e county has been focused on such a move “as opportunities allow,” accord-ing to Johndel Jones-Brown, Di-rector of Public Accounting and School Boundaries.

Hya� sville Middle School is one of � ve county schools that may include sixth graders next year. Under the current plan, sixth graders from Hya� sville El-ementary and Riverdale Elemen-tary would a� end HMS begin-ning next school year.

During the meeting, school of-� cials also shared the news that the elementary school under construc-

Sixth graders may start at Hya� sville Middle in 2013

by Susie Currie

On December 4, Gov. Martin O’Malley appointed Hya� sville resident Alonzo Washington to the Maryland State Legislature. Washington, chief of sta� for County Councilman Will Cam-pos, will be sworn in on Decem-ber 19 to serve the last two years of former delegate Justin Ross’ (D-22) term.

Washington serves on the Prince George’s County Demo-cratic Central Commi� ee – the very body responsible for, among other things, � lling seats unex-pectedly vacated by Democratic o� ceholders. When a seat be-comes empty, as Ross’ did with his November 9 resignation, the commi� ee has 30 days to choose a successor and forward the name to the governor.

“State law is very clear on this ma� er: We don’t have special elections for [midterm vacan-cies] in the General Assembly,” said Ma� Verghese, a spokesman for the Maryland Democratic Party.

Instead, the 24-member commit-tee holds a public vote. During a packed hearing at the Hya� sville Municipal Building on November 15, Washington easily beat four other contenders for the seat.

His victory was also a win for Ross, who supported his nomi-nation, and a political blow to the other members of the delega-tion. Sen. Paul Pinsky and del-egates Anne Healey and Tawa-nna Gaines had all supported Cheverly resident Kisha Brown, director of legislation and re-search for the Maryland A� or-ney General’s o� ce.

At 29, Washington is just three

by Bill Holland

If you lived in Hya� sville in 1992, and you had something to celebrate – like say, the Redskins winning Super Bowl XXVI or a young Arkan-sas governor winning the presidential election – your options for where to spend the evening were, to say the least, limited.

� at was when new Hya� sville resident Mike Franklin entered the picture. And Route 1 has never been the same.

� e atmosphere for the store’s 20th anniver-sary on November 24 was celebratory indeed. Well-wishers crowded both the restaurant and store, where everything was 20 percent o� . A great opportunity, as one shopper noted, “to stock up on stocking stu� ers.”

Franklin’s employees o� ered samples of cham-pagne and hot chocolate, and encouraged shop-pers to take advantage of the sale to buy some-thing for the prominently displayed Toys for Tots box.

It all began in 1991, soon a� er Mike and Deb-bie Franklin moved to Hya� sville. At the time, he was a veteran toy salesman, with dreams of opening his own business. He envisioned a deli and a shop that would sell not only top-shelf toys, but funky gi� s.

He wasn’t a likely candidate to make a go of it. Instead of an MBA, he had a liberal arts degree from St. John’s College in Annapolis. He had all the business chops of a student who’d studied

Washington chosen to replace Ross

FRANKLINS continued on page 13

SHANI WARNERIn 1992, Mike Franklin opened Franklinʼs General Store, with toys and gag gifts in the front and a deli in the back. The business has come a long way in 20 years.

FRANKLINS TURNS

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by Paula Minaert

My husband and I moved to Hy-a� sville in 1979. We went to St. Jerome’s for church and to the Safeway on Hamilton Street for groceries. (At that time, it was located at the corner of Queens Chapel Road.)

We were part of a group of friends who moved here around that time. Over the years, we at-tended each other’s weddings and watched each other’s chil-dren. I � rmly believe that we all raised our children together; I know we couldn’t have raised our three without their help.

Gradually, our world expanded beyond our circle of friends. Our

children a� ended Hya� sville Elementary, St. Jerome’s, De-Matha, Seton. � ey joined the Scouts and the Prince George’s Pool swim team. We met more and more people. My husband played the organ for St. Jerome’s and I got very involved in the parish.

Why am I recounting this his-tory? Because we are moving to New Hampshire and this is my last column. We’re starting a new chapter in our lives. We’re excited about it, and it feels like the right thing to do, but at the same time it will be wrench-ing to leave. We’ve made good friends here.

I will remember many things

about Hya� sville. � ese are only a few.

I will remember our previous next-door neighbor, a man who went hunting regularly in Penn-sylvania with his two beagles. He was retired military and kept a watchful eye on the whole block.

I will remember the various loose dogs I brought home and returned to their owners. One dog I returned three times.

I will remember that our daugh-ter saved people’s lives three times, all before the age of 21. She and a friend were about 10 when they noticed a li� le boy face-down in the water at PG Pool and realized he was in trou-ble. � ey told a grown-up and

North from Hya� sville he was rescued. As a teenager, she pulled a child to safety out of a collapsing moon bounce at Magruder Park. And � nally, she put out a � re at our house. She was coming home late one night and noticed the mulch smoking next to the porch and ran for the � re extinguisher. A guest had tossed a cigare� e into the mulch, not knowing that newspapers were underneath.

I will remember that one of our sons was in a band in high school that practiced in a friend’s garage on Emerson Street. One night the city police showed up to tell them to turn down the volume. � en the o� cer who warned them mentioned that he played in a band, too. � e boys invited him to jam with them, and he did. (� ey didn’t remember his name.) Only in Hya� sville.

I discovered later, when I be-gan working for the HL&T, that the officer was Sgt. Chris Purvis (and he plays a mean guitar). He was one of many people I met as I covered city council meetings, public hear-ings, football games, neighbor-hood news. It was fascinating to see how the city government functions and, even more, to learn about the different facets of life here in Hyattsville.

I am grateful I had the opportu-nity to do that, and to work with people who care as much about Hya� sville as I do. With this is-sue, Rosanna Landis Weaver joins the sta� , and I give her my best wishes.

� is is a great town. I will be making new memories up north, but I won’t forget all the ones I made here.

by Rev. Todd Thomason

’Tis the season to be jolly, or so the carol goes. In reality, though, December o� en winds up being the season to � y into a tizzy, as my mother would say. Fa la la la la, la la la AAUGH!

� ere are lights to put up and lists to check o� and presents to wrap and schedules to coordi-nate and endless details (among other things) to debate. Will we have ham or turkey – or both – for Christmas dinner? Will we spend the day with your parents, my parents – or neither? Do we start playing Christmas music before � anksgiving or a� er – and will the Mannheim Steam-roller be allowed? Do we say “Merry Christmas!” or “Happy Holidays!” – and whom will we o� end regardless of what we de-cide?

In my house, some of the big-gest � ghts I’ve had to referee have been rows between my twin 4-year-old daughters over who gets to play with which pieces of their nativity set. I’ve probably put Baby Jesus in time-out more this past week than Mary ever did, merely to ensure his survival.

Many of these seasonal squab-bles come down to ma� ers of personal taste and nothing more.

But others are symptomatic of the deeper divisions that exist within our society. As the recent national election revealed, we the people of these United States remain rather divided in our ideologies and priorities beneath the star of Christmas. A month a� er the electoral dust has se� led, partisan niceties are already beginning to fade and well-worn ba� le lines are receiving fresh coats of paint.

As a Christian, and especially a pastor, the frantic, fractured state of things in our lives and in our nation grieves me. But the story of Christmas is the very thing that gives me hope. Whether you see this story as foundational to your faith, as I do, or a mere fanciful tale on par with Santa Claus, I pray it will speak hope to you as well.

� e story of Jesus’ birth, at its core, is a story of unity in the face of deep division. Indeed, Jesus was born into a world as divided as ours, if not more so. � e Ro-man Empire of the early � rst cen-tury was a volatile blend of citi-zens and non-citizens, rich and poor, Jews and Gentiles, slaves and free persons. Probably no surprise, then, that it frequently erupted in war and revolt. Beth-lehem, in the West Bank, occu-pies a swath of land that has been

seized, traded, and manipulated by rival Middle Eastern powers for millennia.

Yet, in that time and in that place, we read of a special child of royal lineage, born not in a palace but in a stable, and surrounded by a retinue of lowly shepherds and heavenly angels – a birth foretold by the prophets of Israel that also a� racts the a� ention of pagan priests from Persia. Heaven and earth, rich and poor, humans and animals are all brought together on that silent, holy night.

I � nd it a blessed coincidence that purple is both the liturgical color of Advent, the holy sea-son of preparation leading up to Christmas, and the true color of the electoral map, as Mark New-man of the University of Michi-gan has demonstrated. (See

www.bit.ly/Tz1Rd5.)We shouldn’t be surprised, re-

ally. As human beings, our basic wants, needs, and desires are es-sentially the same: health, pros-perity, safety and opportunity for ourselves and those whom we love. Our di� erences arise primarily out of disparate opin-ions about how to achieve those wants, needs and desires. But Christmas is a reminder that we are not necessarily as divided as we appear – and we certainly do not have to be.

My daughters reminded me of this recently. A� er one of their nativity-set tantrums resulted in the set being put in time-out, they sat down and decided to draw a nativity set of their own. � ey each drew part of it on pieces of paper and then put it all together. When it was complete, they had Mary, Joseph, some shepherds, four sheep, three kings, an as-sortment of camels, a donkey, an angel – and a � amingo – all gath-ered to celebrate the baby Jesus.

In the words of Jesus, “It is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.” Merry Christ-mas. And Happy Holidays!

Rev. Todd � omason is the pastor of First Baptist Church of Hya� sville.

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COURTESY TODD THOMASONNativity art from the authorʼs 4-year-old daughters.


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The year was 1981. Ronald Rea-gan was the new President of the United States. Sandra Day O’Connor was the first wom-an nominated to the Supreme Court. On the radio, the number-one song was Kool & the Gang singing that we should join their “Celebration.” And Pam Davis-Daniels walked into the historic brick post office at 4325 Gallatin Street for her first day of work.

She stayed for 31 years. She re-tired on November 30 – much to the chagrin of her many regu-lar customers. To them, Davis-Daniels has been a helping hand, a confidante and a post-office pal for decades. She is the last of the veteran crew to go, folks that so many Hyattsville residents got to know over so many years, such as recent retirees Linda Parker, Laura Woodland and Ajchariya Nubangchang (known to cus-tomers as “Indra”).

With the United States Postal Service (USPS) losing mon-ey, employees have seen their numbers decrease due to bud-get cuts. Those who remain find themselves with heavier workloads. Pam, as her custom-ers and coworkers call her, has surely worked her way through hundreds of thousands of letters

and packages; more recently, she has also helmed the post office’s passport office, which has grown steadily busier with the influx of immigrant neighbors.

Her departure took longtime resident and business owner Anna Frankle by surprise. “I can’t imag-ine Pam not being there,” she said. “I know just how valuable she was to me over so many years on a professional level. Also … you knew that she also cared about you personally, not as just another cus-tomer walking in the door.”

On November 28, Bob and Sarah Harper led a self-described “geriatric flash mob” of a half-dozen regular customers in a sur-prise send-off for the departee. They appeared at the post office with balloons and first-class cup-cakes from the nearby Shortcake Bakery.

Davis-Daniels’ low-key disposi-tion and whimsical personality – a winning combination – are the reasons she has so many friends in town, says Kay Foster, her col-league behind the counter.

“She’s always even-tempered and she has a wonderful sense of humor. That comes in handy,” says Foster, who has worked alongside her for 4 ½ years in the still-elegant 1935 Colonial Re-vival brick post office.

Built as a public works project

under FDR’s New Deal, it fea-tures murals by Eugene Kingman depicting the agricultural heri-tage of Prince George’s County. The building, across from City Hall, was awarded a place on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

And on her last day, Mayor Marc Tartaro surprised Pam with her own award: a proclamation of official thanks from the com-munity for her years of dedica-tion and service to thousands of residents. After her lunch break, he delivered the proclamation, which had been framed with a folded U.S. flag that had flown over City Hall.

“I got the keys to the city!” she joked later, with one of her last customers.

Tartaro said he has always been charmed by “her Mona Lisa smile.” She’s so likeable, he add-ed, “that you feel you have to buy the stamps she’s suggested before you leave.”

Davis-Daniels, who is mar-ried with a daughter and a stepdaughter, says she plans to move back to Georgia, near her family home outside Waynes-boro. She hints she might get into online sales because of the large trove of antiques, col-lectibles and ephemera she has gathered over the years.

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BILL HOLLANDA fixture at the Hyattsville Post Office for decades, Pam Davis-Daniels retired on November 30. Mayor Marc Tartaro presented her with a flag and official proclamation of thanks on her last day.


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I’m � om the Midwest and so read with surprise your advice to do in autumn what is usually done in spring where I come � om. What about pruning and fertilization? How do gardeners prepare for win-ter here, if they do?

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Dear Not in Kansas Anymore,

I’ll address fertilization � rst: Not only is it inadvisable, it’s illegal. While some people will put lime on their lawns at this time, use of fertilizer in Maryland is forbidden from November 15 to March 1, or whenever the ground is frozen.

� e Fertilizer Use Act of 2011 was signed into law on May 19, 2011, by Governor Martin O’Malley as a means of reducing the amount of lawn chemicals washing into the Chesapeake Bay. � e Chesapeake

Bay Commission determined that about 14 percent of the nitrogen and 8 percent of the phosphorus entering the Chesapeake Bay can be traced back to urban and sub-urban runo� sources, primarily from lawn fertilizers. And so, al-

though restrictions on the use of fertilizer by farmers had been in place since 2001, there are now restrictions on its use by home gardeners and, of course, golf courses and cemeteries.

Even if it were legal to fertilize, it would be a bad idea because it would prevent needed dormancy. While our winters can’t compare in severity with those you remember, even our mildest winters are cold enough to harm plants pu� ing out new growth. And sometimes, as in the winter of 2009-2010, we get an unusual amount of snow and tem-peratures drop below 20 degrees Fahrenheit. So wait till March to wake your shrubs from their win-ter’s nap with a jolt of nitrogen.

Many Hya� sville gardeners put their raked leaves in compost bins; others mow them and use them as mulch. � ose with water gardens net them and remove the leaves so their acidity won’t harm pond life.

Some perennials, such as asters and other plants susceptible to mildew, should be trimmed back. Plants that bear seeds for birds or have hollow stalks that shelter bees are best le� alone. It’s high time to dig up dahlias before the ground freezes hard. While local rosarians don’t hack back rose bushes to the degree neces-sary in sub-zero climates, we do prune the bushes to about 2 ½ feet high. � is is to keep them from being lashed about by Janu-

ary winds, which could result in serious root damage.

Because there are rumors of heavy snow again this winter, it would not hurt to prune ever-greens of overhanging branches. Best of all, you can use those fra-grant branches to decorate your home for Christmas.

To meet some gardening wizards and share some holiday munchies, please come to the next meeting of the Hya� sville Horticulture Society on Saturday, December 15, at 10 a.m. at the home of Herb and Vic-toria Hille, 4101 Gallatin Street. In the meantime, please send gar-dening questions to � [email protected].

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Black Friday gets all the press: the overnight campouts, the overeager bargain hunters, the advertising budgets. For the past few years another tradition has been growing: Small Business Saturday.

In 2010 American Express be-gan an annual promotion that al-lows qualifying small businesses to apply, and o� ers card mem-bers a $25 rebate if they spend over $25 at a participating store on the Saturday a� er � anks-giving. But the promotion has expanded beyond that, and busi-ness was booming for local stores at this year’s event.

Dozens of Hya� sville stores participated in the November 24 program, including over 30 in the Mall at Prince Georges.

“We’ve been slammed,” says Bar-bara Robey at A Tangled Skein, in downtown Hya� sville. � is year’s event coincided with the store’s annual birthday sale, drawing ea-ger kni� ers who were counting down the days to the holiday.

“You have to think ahead when you’re doing a kni� ing project,” notes Robey.

“No be� er day to do this than Small Business Saturday,” said customer Sharon Doughty as she checked out. � e Bowie shopper was making a day of it in Hya� s-ville; in addition to browsing local shops (including Franklins, whose 20th anniversary celebration was also Saturday, see cover story), she’d enjoyed lunch at Busboys & Poets.

Business was also brisk at � e Big Bad Woof, which participated for

the � rst time this year. “It’s hard to compete against the blowouts” of Black Friday, notes owner Pen-nye Jones-Napier. “� is started as an opportunity with American Express to express the sentiment that small business is what makes up the fabric of community. We’re pleased to tangibly participate in that process.”

� is was also the � rst year for Carolina Kitchen Bar & Grill, in

University Town Center. Oper-ating partner Cathy Nelson says they will “absolutely” be partici-pating again next year.

“Typically, right a� er � anks-giving is pre� y slow,” she said. “� e numbers are de� nitely bet-ter than last year.”

In 2009, a year before the American Express campaign, Community Forkli� introduced “Green Friday” as an alternative holiday shopping experience. � e store specializes in low-cost building materials and vintage home improvement supplies — or, as Marketing and Outreach Director Ruthie Mundell notes, “not your typical big-box-stand-in-line-for-plastic-junk-import-ed-from- China [inventory].”

� e idea has expanded into a

three-day event, complete with free hot cider, sale prices, a DJ and hands-on workshops, in-cluding one on decoupaging pic-ture frames.

Mundell reports that the store was swamped both on Friday and Saturday. “It caught us by surprise. It’s never been this busy.”

Weekend workshops will con-tinue throughout the month, along with a gi� fair featuring the work of 27 artisans. ( Just don’t bring your American Express card — it’s no good here.)

� e holiday shopping season has been particularly important to Community Forkli� , because in its � rst years business fell dramatically over the colder months, whether because the large unheated ware-house was too chilly for customers or because the do-it-yourselfers and small contractors who make

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� e post-� anksgiving shopping weekend “sup-ports artists and keeps bringing customers in the door,” and the revenue bump in November and December helps carry the store through the rest of the winter months.

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by Susie Currie

At a ceremony at Busboys & Po-ets on November 30, Lt. Gover-nor Anthony Brown announced that Hyattsville would receive a $350,000 Community Legacy Grant. It’s among the largest awards the state bestowed to fund 58 projects across the state. Hyattsville’s share will be used to demolish two auto shops at the east end of Hamilton Street near the railroad tracks in order to expand parking in the area. Customers are already finding a parking shortage at the Shoppes at Arts District Hyattsville; when the hundreds more multi-family units now under construction are occupied, it’s likely to get worse.

Congratulations to Hyattsville resident Laura Reams, who began her job as city clerk on Decem-ber 10. The post has been vacant since April 30, when longtime city staffer Doug Barber left to be-come Rockville’s city clerk. Filling director-level positions is the next priority, says Mayor Marc Tartaro.

A city administrator is likely to be the next major hire, followed by a director of public works.

We know you’re out there, civil servants. As part of the Atlas Intersections Festival, to be held in February at D.C.’s Atlas Perform-ing Arts Center, the local theater group Active Cultures is putting together .govaculture, 15 original short plays about life as a federal employee. By “short,” they mean 60 seconds, and by “plays,” they mean, really, anything that can fit in that time slot: song, dance, skit, etc. Got an idea? Contact [email protected].

The Sonny Frazier Toy Drive is underway. Boxes for new, un-wrapped toys are set up in the lobby of the city building, the Magruder Park building, Bestway, Lawson’s Pharmacy, and the Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Department. You can donate through December 14. For more information, call City Councilmember Ruth Ann Frazier (Ward 5) at 301.779.5428.

Brian K. SlacKMayor Marc Tartaro looks on as Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Raymond Skinner announces a $350,000 Community Legacy Grant during a November 30 ceremony at Busboys & Poets.

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Surf’s Up!Parent and Child Dance Party

Saturday, February 23, 2013City Municipal Building, 4310 Gallatin Street

Catch a wave! Kid-friendly music and refreshmentsTickets: $5.00 per guestChildren must be accompanied by an adult throughout the eveningReservations required - 301/985/5021 or www.hyattsville.com/surfsup

by Peggy Dee

Congratulations to the Ager Road United Methodist Church on the occasion of its 70th anni-versary!

On June 26, 1942, a group of 69 people met on a porch in the Brookside Manor neighbor-hood of Green Meadows to hold Sunday services. The Reverend Edgar W. Beckett of the First Methodist Church of Hyattsville on Belcrest Road presided. He continued through the summer, preaching in various homes.

That fall, a small construc-tion office at the corner of Ager and Riggs roads was donated to the group by Mr. Sidney Lust and consecrated as its first offi-cial meeting place. Mr. Chester Craig, a local preacher, was ap-pointed pastor in charge. The Ager Road Methodist Church was born.

With further growth and devel-opment, the church bought an-other plot on Ager Road in 1944 and built a small cinderblock

chapel there. The church is still there today.

By 1948, the young church had a membership of 171, making it necessary to expand again. The west wing was completed in 1950.

Fern Duvall of Lancer Place moved to Hyattsville in 1953 and purchased a post-war home. She remembers well meeting Rev. Osborne, pastor of the church, when he came to her house. The entire neighborhood was full of young families, and Rev. Os-borne made a point of visiting all of them in an effort to build his congregation.

Mary Hupp, who now resides in Illinois, has happy memories dating back to 1954, when she taught Kindergarten Sunday School. She had 60 to 70 four- and five-year olds each Sunday. At Christmas and Easter she had 85. Now those four- and five-year olds have grandchil-dren.

The membership had grown to over 600 people by 1955 and a

new sanctuary was consecrated in 1959. Fern’s two young sons, Owen and Randy, sang in the children’s choir, which was known as the “cherub choir.” She hand-stitched the white cottas (collars) that topped off the children’s choir robes. Be-ing a part of the committee that catered the church’s wedding re-ceptions was Fern’s delight. The cream puffs that she made for them were a great favorite. And the church’s annual Thanks-giving dinner, which was held the week before Thanksgiving, was popular even among non-church members.

Due to declining enrollment and many families leaving the area, the church shares a pastor with Grace United Methodist Church of Takoma Park. The Rev. Paul W. Johnson was named to the dual position in April 2011.

We wish the church many more anniversaries and salute them for their contributions to our com-munity over these last 70 years.

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IN OTHER NEWS...

DEC. 2012 — JAN. 2013

CALENDAR

Wednesday, December 12Claus Applause Contest Judging, City-wide, 6:00 to 8:00 PM

Monday, December 17City Council Meeting, 8:00 to 10:00 PM

Tuesday, January 1Holiday – New Year’s DaySee trash collection schedule changes, below

Monday, January 7City Council Meeting, 8:00 to 10:00 PM

Friday, January 11Senior Fitness Fridays: Ageless Grace Exercise Class, 12:00 to 1:00 PMMagruder Park Recreation Center

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

CLAUS APPLAUSE HOLIDAY DECORATING CONTESTOn Wednesday, December 12, the City’s judges will be out on the town, looking for the best and the brightest holiday deco-rations on local homes. Judges circulate between 6 and 8 PM. Award recipients will be noti� ed the week of December 17, and awards will be presented on Monday, January 7, 2013, at the � rst City Council Meeting of the new year. Check www.hyattsville.org/applause for a list of winning addresses a� er December 17.

SNOW ORDINANCECity Council recently made changes to the City’s snow shoveling ordinance. In the event of a blizzard, the City may extend the time al-lowed for clearing sidewalks. Look for details in the January edition of the Reporter.

TRASH SCHEDULE CHANGES FOR HOLIDAY 2012If your household is served by the Department of Public Works, there are several important schedule changes to note this winter.

Christmas: No Yard Waste will be collected on Monday, De-cember 24. If your trash is normally picked up on Tuesday, it will be collected on Monday, December 24.

New Year: No yard waste will be collected on Monday, De-cember 31. If your trash is normally picked up on Tuesday, it will be collected on Monday, December 31.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: No yard waste will be collected on Monday, January 21.

Presidents Day: No yard waste will be collected on Monday, February 18.

SHADE TREE BOARD SEEKS MEMBERS� e City of Hyattsville’s Charter and Code calls for the estab-lishment of a nine-member Shade Tree Board. � e Board is a very active group, reviewing applications for non-emergency removal of trees, working with the City arborist on plans to plant new trees, and is an important part of the City’s planning to enhance the City’s urban tree canopy. While several resi-dents have stepped forward, a few vacancies remain. If you are interested in serving, please contact Acting City Administrator

Elaine Stookey at 301/985-5000 or [email protected].

AGELESS GRACE EXERCISE PROGRAM COMES TO MAGRUDER PARKAnnouncing Senior Fitness Fridays! Ageless Grace is a � t-ness and wellness program that consists of 21 simple exercises designed to improve healthy longevity. � e exercises are de-signed to be performed in a seated chair and almost anyone

can do them, regardless of most physical conditions. Class meets Fridays, January 11 through March 22 at the

Magruder Park Recreation Building, 3911 Ham-ilton Street. � e cost is only $2.00 per session!

Please note that we had initially announced the time as 9:00 to 10:00 AM. We are now shi� ing the class to the a� ernoon, from 12:00

to 1:00 PM.

Please register by January 7, 2013, by contacting Emily Stowers, Senior Ser-

vices Coordinator at 301/985-5058 or [email protected]

LEAF VACCUUMING Leaf collection in the City of Hyattsville started on Monday, November 5 and is scheduled to continue mid-January 2013. We also do not collect leaves during the weeks of Christmas and New Year’s. Not sure which day we’re coming to your street? Visit www.hyattsville.org/leaves or call 301/985-5032.

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY RECYCLING UPDATESPrince George’s County does not collect recycling on Christmas Day. Recycling collection will resume on the next regularly scheduled collection day. � ey do col-lect recycling on New Year’s Day. Questions? Visit http://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/ or call 301/952-7630.

MISSED MONDAY’S MEETING? CATCH THE REBROADCAST� e City’s cable station is now rebroadcasting City Council Meetings at a variety of times. Tune in on Monday at 10 AM; Tuesdays and � ursdays at 6 AM, 3 PM, and 10 PM; Wednes-days and Fridays at 7 AM and 9 PM; or Saturdays and Sundays at 12 NOON. We will broadcast the most recent Council Meeting. � e City’s

AGES Holiday Social takes place � ursday, Dec. 20Seniors, caregivers, friends & family are welcome to join us for our very � rst Senior Holiday Social! Part of the Aging Gracefully Education Series, our holiday festivities will include refreshments, cheerful music, door prizes, a holiday photo booth, and a special activity. � e event takes place on � ursday, December 20 at 5:30 PM at the City Municipal Building, 4310 Gallatin Street. Free and open to the public. Hope to see you there!

2012 marks another successful year for volunteer engagement in the City of Hyattsville. Volunteers come from local schools and corporate groups, through international exchange programs, and from university and commu-nity service organizations, as well as individuals seeking service opportuni-ties in their community.

Counted amongst our community partners are Greater DC Cares, the University of Maryland College Park Scholars, Catholic University, How-ard University, the National Urban League, Potomac Job Corps, City Year, the Department of Navy, Cultural Vistas, Anacostia Watershed Society, the Ocean Conservancy, National Public Lands Day, and M-NCPPC.

Among the many volunteers celebrated Monday night were:

Ms. Jackie Stewart, O� ce VolunteerMs. Mary Banks, Friendship Arms Wii Bowling League CoordinatorMs. Jackie Johnson, Friendship Arms Yard Sale Coordinator Ms. Grace Papagianis, � e Friendship Arms Community Fellowship for Se-

nior and Disabled Citizens of HyattsvilleMs. Dorothy Wilson, � e Friendship Arms Community Fellowship for Senior

and Disabled Citizens of Hyattsville Ms. Yongjoo Park, Cultural Vistas Korea WESTMs. Joohee Jung, Cultural Vistas Korea WESTMs. Belleh Asaha, Liberty’s PromiseMr. Muhammed Ann, Liberty’s PromiseMr. Emmanuel Etta, Liberty’s PromiseMr. Stephen Cole, Liberty’s PromiseMs. Kanika Sharma, Liberty’s PromiseMs. Lensa Temesgen, Liberty’s PromiseMs. Jemila Hussen, Liberty’s PromiseMr. Immanuel Eta, Liberty’s PromiseMr. Walid Yacoubou, Liberty’s PromiseMrs. Ruth Ann Frazier, President’s Volunteer Service Award, Lifetime Achieve-

ment Award for 4,000 hours of serviceMs. Jan Townshend, City of Hyattsville Volunteer Service Award, Neighbor-

hood Design Center

Our sincerest thanks and appreciation goes to all Hyattsville volunteers. Interested in getting involved? Contact Colleen Aistis at 301/985-5057 or [email protected].

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Volunteers honored in December

MORE SAVE THE DATES� e Parent & Child Dance is scheduled for Saturday, February 23. It’s a fun night out for parents and little ones! Dancing, light refresh-ments and more. From princess costumes to play clothes, all are welcome. � e theme will be revealed in the January edition of the newsletter! � e Great Magruder Egg Hunt and Pancake Breakfast returns on Saturday, March 23. Uncle Pete will be back to entertain the crowds, and the high school art programs at Northwestern and DeMatha are already working on the 2013 souvenir eggs.

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

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

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

Almost 50 of your Hyattsville neigh-bors are already preparing to keep their homes warm and their energy bills low this winter through the Small Town Energy Program (STEP). Let STEP do the same for your home!

STEP covers $300 of the $400 cost of your home energy evaluation report. If you decide to make any of the report’s recommended improvements, STEP then helps you get up to 60% of the costs back through rebates. STEP Energy Coach Suzanne Parmet helps you every step of the way, making the whole process easy.

To learn more about STEP or to attend a STEP house party at the home of a Hyattsville neighbor, contact Suzanne at [email protected], call 240-695-3991, or visit the STEP web site at http://www.smalltownenergy.org.

Small Town Energy Program Working in Hyattsville

channel is 71 on Comcast and 12 on Verizon. Questions? Comments? Please talk to Jonathan Alexander, the City’s cable coordinator, at [email protected] or 301/985-5028.

THINKING SPRING� e 127th City of Hyattsville Anniversary Parade will take place on Sat-urday, April 13. It’s not too soon to think about marching! We welcome community groups of all types, from neighborhood watches to school clubs and beyond. A little bit of creative and some decent walking shoes are all that is required! Watch for more information a� er January 1st, or contact Cheri Everhart at 301/985-5021 or [email protected].

CHRISTMAS TREE COLLECTIONRemember that Christmas trees are collected as Yard Waste by the De-partment of Public Works during any Monday pick-up. � ere is no pick-up on Monday, December 31 or Monday, January 21. Simply de-trim your tree and place it curbside. No bag or trimming is required. Trees are

processed by Prince George’s County and re-used as mulch.

VETERAN SERVICESLooking for counseling, assistance with veterans’ benefits, or oth-

er information? The Prince George’s County Vet Center services County residents who have served their country.

Services are provided at no charge to the veteran. For more information, visit www.vetcenter.va.gov, or call

the Prince George’s County Vet Center, located at 7905 Malcolm Rd., Suite 101, Clinton, MD 21735, at 301/856-7173.

SENIOR SERVICESFamilies, caregivers and seniors: Do you have any

age-related questions or concerns? Please call Hy-attsville’s Senior Services Coordinator, Emily Stow-ers at 301/985-5058, or email [email protected].


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by Megan Kowalski

A new, federally funded program promises local residents lower energy bills and more comfort-able homes.

The Small Town Energy Pro-gram – STEP, for short – is a $1.42 million, three-year grant funded through the Better Build-ings Neighborhood Program of the U.S. Department of Energy. The program provides financial incentives for people to evaluate and improve their homes’ energy efficiency, as well as resources to facilitate the experience.

STEP was implemented in Uni-versity Park in January 2011 and expanded into Hyattsville and neighboring communities this past summer.

After signing up, the first step for homeowners is a home- energy evaluation, done by one of five STEP-approved contrac-tors. That service usually costs $400, says program director Chuck Wilson, but participants pay $100.

The evaluation results in a com-prehensive report listing ways to conserve energy, how much an upgrade would cost, and how much it would save. Wilson says that on average, participants see their utility bills drop by 15 to 20 percent.

If the homeowners decide to follow through with the up-grades – and about 2/3 do – STEP Energy Coach Suzanne Parmet will help them deter-mine the scope.

“The key job for the energy coach is to work with the home-owner to make sure they un-derstand the report, answer any questions and work with them to understand what the most cost-effective thing is to do,” said Wilson.

Suggested fixes might include

insulating attics, crawl spaces and overhangs or air sealing all the cracks and drafty places.

“Most homes have the equiv-alent of a 2-foot-by-2-foot window if you add up all the cracks,” said Wilson. He added that replacing windows and doors is “almost always the last thing because it is the most ex-pensive. Most people think this is where their problem is, but generally that is not the case.”

One of the biggest benefits to participants is the rebate on up-grades. Wilson says that on aver-age, homeowners can expect a 50 percent rebate, although the rebates have been as high as 65 percent.

Hyattsville resident Paul Steinkoenig said he paid $1,400 for about $4,300 of work that was recommended after the energy audit. He praised the af-fordability and ease of the up-grades.

“It’s a nice improvement on our home for a good deal,” he said. “It’s been amazing how easily and quickly the pieces have come to-gether.”

Often, new customers come through word-of-mouth re-views from neighbors. That’s how Hyattsville resident Rob-ert DeKeyser found out about the program.

DeKeyser, who recently com-pleted the energy audit, says that he thinks the most positive aspect of STEP is the simplic-ity that the program offers busy homeowners.

“It helps you negotiate the whole process because these things can be fairly complicated,” he said.

For Hyattsville Environment Committee Chair Jim Groves, “the key point here is the pro-gram is run through a grant, so nobody’s out to make a buck. It’s something that is actually being done for the good of ev-eryone, and there’s not enough of that going on in the world today.”

The strength of small communi-ty to make a major impact in the national energy crisis is vital to the success of STEP, and Wilson says that the leaders in the com-munity, as well as the residents, have been instrumental.

“The [Hyattsville City] Council really showed leadership on this and made it easy for the program to be implemented,” he said. “The senior staff has been very cooperative. We couldn’t do it without them.”

For more information on the STEP program, visit www.smalltownenergy.org or call 240.695.3991.

Federal funds help locals trim energy bills

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301-699-5552Hours: M-F: 9:30 - 6:00Saturday: 9:00 - 5:00

We would like to thank all of our loyal customers for their support over the years. We will be closing

our doors by the end of this month. Please come by to take advantage of our storewide liquidation, with savings

up to 70 percent on selected items.

Wishing you and your family a Very Merry Christmas and

a Happy New Year

‘TIS THE SEASON?

rosanna landis weaverAn inflated Santa rests on a hammock on Nicholson Street, apparently enjoying the unseasonably warm December.

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December 15 Browse locally made, blown-glass art or make your own or-nament at the DC Glassworks Holiday Studio Sale and Open House. Free. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. DC Glassworks, 5346 46th Av-enue. 301.927.8271.

December 15 to 22The National Capital Trackers model-railroad club returns to the College Park Aviation Mu-seum with its Holiday Trains and Planes exhibit. See it dur-ing regular museum hours of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $4, with discounts for children and seniors. College Park Aviation Museum, 1985 Cpl. Frank Scott Drive, College Park. 301.864.6029.

December 16 At this month’s drop-in art pro-gram, for ages 3 to 8, the theme is Holiday Paper Printing. Free. 2 to 4 p.m. Old Parish House, 4711 Knox Road, College Park. 301.927.3013.

Looking for a break from tradi-tional Christmas performances? Check out A Winter Aerial Showing, which features perfor-mances by students of Arachne Aerial Arts as well as regional aerial artists. $12; $7 for ages 12 and under. 4 p.m. Joe’s Move-ment Emporium, 3309 Bun-ker Hill Road, Mount Rainier. 301.699.1819.

December 19

The Washington Suburban Sani-tary Commission (WSSC) will hold a public meeting on sewer improvements in Environmen-

tally Sensitive Areas (ESAs) in Beaverdam Basin. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Glenarden/Theresa Banks Complex, 8615 McLain Avenue, Glenarden. Contact [email protected].

December 27 & 28Director Charley Grau and Coach Joe Sego lead the 5th an-nual Jaguar Holiday Basketball Mini-Camp, for ages 7 to 14. The camp will focus on the fun-damentals of shooting, passing, dribbling and defensive skills. All skill levels are welcome. $60. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. St. Jerome Acad-emy, 5205 43rd Ave. To register, visit www.jaguarbasketballcamp.com or call 301.776.1063.

December 28Close out the year by step-ping back in time at a candlelit 1812 Winter Evening, with period music, children’s ac-tivities, seasonal decorations and self-guided tours of the historic mansion, where cos-tumed interpreters represent-ing the Calvert family and vis-iting military troops will greet guests. $5; free for ages 12 and under. 6 to 9 p.m. Riversdale House Museum, 4811 River-

dale Road, Riverdale Park. 301.864.0420.

January 5Escape winter and enter a night of virtual reality as the Xtreme Teens/Pre-teens host a Wii Video Game Night. Ages 10 to 17. Free. 7 to 10 p.m. Berwyn Heights Community Center, 6200 Pontiac Street, Berwyn Heights. 301.345.2808.

January 12Dress up in your black-tie best at the Twelfth Night Ball, a Regen-cy-style ball at the Riversdale man-sion complete with dance lessons and live period music. Space is limited; registration required. $35. 7:30 p.m. 4811 Riverdale Rd., Riverdale Park. 301.864.0420 or www.history.pgparks.com.

Through December 28Find out Where Aviation Meets Art at an exhibit of astropho-tography artwork at the College Park Aviation Museum. During a month-long series of work-shops at the museum, local art-ists learned how to control an online robotic telescope and

take their own astronomy im-ages of the universe. The result-ing images, captions and poems are on display during regular museum hours of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $4, with discounts for chil-dren and seniors. College Park Aviation Museum, 1985 Cpl. Frank Scott Drive, College Park. 301.864.6029.

Through January 2Watkins Regional Park is host-ing its 26th Annual Winter Festival of Lights, the popular holiday display featuring over a million twinkling lights. Please bring a canned good to donate. Admission per car or van is $5 for a single visit or $10 for a three-visit pass. Daily, from 5 to 9:30 p.m. until January 2. Wat-kins Regional Park. 301 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro. 301.699.2456.

OngoingNew this year at Community Forklift is a month-long gift fair, with 27 artisans sell-ing items on consignment at the store. Browse fiber art, handmade walking sticks and more during regular business hours: Tuesday, noon to 6 p.m.; Wednesday through Fri-day, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sat-urday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The shop is also hosting a free afternoon series of art-ist demonstrations and craft workshops on most weekends in December. For schedule information, visit www.com-munityforklift.com. 4671 Tan-glewood Drive, Edmonston. 301.985.5180.

Local couple Milton and Lin-da McGehee have distributed thousands of care packages to wounded soldiers over the years and still deliver regularly to the local veteran’s hospital. They welcome donations of new items,including dispos-able cameras, toiletries, puzzle books, playing cards, DVDs, and, especially, new towels and washcloths. Call 301.559.0864 to donate or volunteer.

Through March, naturalists will lead a guided hike around Lake Artemesia and the Luther Gold-man Birding Trail on the first and third Thursdays of the month. Lake Artemesia, 8200 55th Av-enue, Berwyn Heights. Free. 3 to 4:30 p.m. 301.627.7755.

This isn’t your toddler’s Sit & Spin. At A Tangled Skein yarn shop, the name refers to fourth-Friday gatherings where drop-spindle and spinning-wheel users can work on individual projects, guided by spinning expert Anne O’Connor. Free. 7 to 9 p.m. And if you need more chances to un-wind, come to the twice weekly Sit & Stitch sessions: Wednes-days, 7 to 9 p.m., and Thursdays, 1 to 3 p.m. They’re open to knit-ters and crocheters of any experi-ence level. Free. 5200 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 101. 301.779.3399.

Community Calendar is compiled by Susie Currie and Scarlett Salem. It’s a select listing of events happening in and around Hyattsville from the 15th of the issue month to the 15th of the following month. To submit an item for consideration, please e-mail [email protected] or mail to P.O. Box 132, Hyattsville, MD 20781. Deadline for January sub-missions is December 23.

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

Public Works Trash Collection Changes

Fall & Winter Schedule for 2012If your household is served by the Department of Public Works, there are several important schedule changes to note for the next few weeks. Questions? Please call 301/985-5032.

CHRISTMASNo Yard Waste will be collected on Monday, December 24. If your trash is normally picked up on Tuesday, it will be collected on Mon-day, December 24.

NEW YEARNo yard waste will be collected on Monday, December 31. If your trash is

normally picked up on Tuesday, it will be collected on Monday, December 31.

TRASH CHANGES

years older than Ross was when he was elected 10 years ago. But his path to the marble-halled Maryland State House differs greatly from that of Ross, whom he considers a mentor.

Washington was born in Northeast D.C., the oldest of six children raised by a single mother who moved the grow-ing family to Prince George’s County when he was about 5. With an 8th-grade education, she strung together a series of part-time jobs that often weren’t enough to make ends meet.

“We bounced around a lot,” Washington, 29, said in an in-terview. “We were always get-ting evicted.”

He spent most of his elemen-tary-school years in Capitol Heights. But it was while at-tending Laurel High School that Washington met the first of many mentors: Joseph Fish-er, who started the First Gener-ation College Bound program to help low-income students achieve a college degree.

“He went door-to-door in our public-housing project in Laurel,” recalled Washington. After joining the program, he became the first in his family to finish high school. He went on to graduate from the Uni-

versity of Maryland in 2007 with a degree in criminal justice.

A year later, he joined Campos’ staff as community outreach director. He was promoted to chief of staff in 2010, the year he was elected to the PGCDCC. He plans to continue as a mem-ber of the committee.

He will leave his day job, though. Asked what he’s proud-est of in his time there, he points to helping bring Street-

sense, the developer of the Shoppes at Arts District Hy-attsville, on board for a smaller

project in Mount Rainier, and securing funding for a new Hy-attsville library and volunteer fire department.

As a state delegate, he says, his top priorities will be bringing FBI offices to Prince George’s County and supporting Met-ro’s Purple Line project.

“We need to ensure that the Purple Line is well-funded be-cause it’s going to impact our district heavily,” he said.

Delegates, who earn $43,500 a year, meet for 90 days in An-napolis. They act on more than more than 2,300 bills, includ-ing the state budget.

The 2013 session begins Janu-ary 9, and for Washington, that day can’t come soon enough.

“I’m a hard worker,” he said, “and ready to get to work.”

DELEGATE continued from page 1

bill jenneMr. Washington Goes to Annapolis: Alonzo Washington will replace Justin Ross as state delegate on December 19.

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John T. Flynn was a contemporary of the noted “Sage of Baltimore,” H.L. Mencken. In 1882, Flynn was born to a devout Catholic family in Bladensburg and educated in the lo-cal public school. He likely a� ended mass at St. Jerome’s parish in Hya� s-ville a� er it was founded in 1884.

Like Mencken, Flynn made his name as a newspaper journalist. As a student at Georgetown Univer-sity Law School, he worked part-time as a reporter for the Washing-ton Times (no relation to today’s newspaper). A� er graduation he never practiced law but instead made his living as a writer.

Flynn worked at several newspa-pers in California before returning east to work at the New Haven Reg-ister and eventually the New York Globe. His years at the Globe shaped the direction of his writing. He began to study � nance and eco-nomics and as the real-estate editor he uncovered schemes between in-dividuals, organizations and govern-ment o� cials to cheat the public.

� roughout his career, he took a stand against corrupt o� cials, cor-porate fraud and crooked bankers. Eventually he took on the federal government and President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

In the early 1930s, he had sup-

ported the president. But he later opposed FDR’s economic policies, comparing them to Benito Mus-solini’s. Flynn’s articles appeared in leading publications including the New Republic, Harper’s Maga-zine and Collier’s Weekly. He ex-pounded on his political views in books like Gra� in Business, Coun-try Squire in the White House (this book placed him on the White House enemies list), � e Roosevelt Myth, � e Truth about Pearl Har-bor, Betrayal at Yalta, and � e Lat-timore Story.

H.L. Mencken praised Flynn’s biography of John D. Rockefeller, God’s Gold, calling it “an excellent book.”

Mencken, too, was a Democrat who opposed FDR’s New Deal. Both men opposed Roosevelt’s foreign policy, with Flynn accusing the president of using deception to maneuver the U.S. into war with Japan and Germany. Flynn consis-tently opposed militarism and an economic model based on defense spending and endless wars.

“We are always moving forward with high mission, a destiny im-posed by the deity to regenerate our victims while incidentally cap-turing their markets, to civilize sav-age and senile and paranoidal peo-ples while blundering accidentally into their oil wells or metal mines,”

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Bladensburg’s Mencken sayists and philosophers to invent the necessary reasons and gild the infamy with righteousness.”

One might think the former lib-eral and critic of FDR would be championed by the political right. But his views drew ire from both ends of the political spectrum: his opposition to American milita-rism kept his articles from being published in William F. Buckley’s

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The presentation did, however, include a map that highlighted the approximate area covered by students who live within walking distance. Jones-Brown noted that

given the population density near the school, it was possible that the school could be filled with those students, but ”that’s not a discus-sion we’re having right now.”

That discussion is scheduled to begin next fall, with hearings associated with the naming, the boundaries and the consider-ation about whether this school should include a TAG (Talented and Gifted) program. Bound-ary decisions are unlikely to be settled before spring 2014.

“This school will be what we make it as a community,” noted interim superintendent Dr. Al-vin Crawley, “We want to build this with you.”

Crawley and other PGCPS representatives urged parents to email comments and questions to [email protected].

Following two additional public forums in December, the school system plans to incorporate input and move to the next component of the timeline: plan refinement and public hearings. While the lo-cations of these hearings have not been determined, they are sched-uled for January 22 to 24.

The Boundary, Grade & Program Improvements presentation is available online at www1.pgcps.org/pasb under “Information on Boundary Changes.”

rosanna landis weaverAlthough it broke ground in May, the new Hyattsville Elementary School won’t open until the 2014 academic year.

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He shrugs, marveling at his prog-ress: “From Aristotle to toys, then toys to a restaurant and a brewery.”

It took 20 years to put together, but he pulled it off.

In a first step, Franklin bought the ages-old Hyattsville Hard-ware Co. from its equally aging owners. The store, first opened in 1910, was a period piece with creaking wood floors, tin ceilings, sliding wooden ladders on cast-ers that reached to ceiling-high wooden drawers full of nuts, bolts and heaven-only-knows. Franklin was enamored by its down-home, retro quality. After months-long negotiations, he bought it in 1991.

After extensive restoration, the first iteration of Franklin’s opened 20 years ago on December 3, 1992, as a soup-and-sandwiches deli and toy/gifts store. He recalls he had six employees. In the first of many canny business moves, he hired Leni Lewis as manager. She is still the manager, and has added wine merchant to her title. “Actually,” she says with a grin, “on the cur-rent menu’s staff listing, I’ve been promoted to “Retail Goddess’. ”

The first iteration of Franklin’s was an immediate hit, but a mini-hit.

So after 12 years of okay success in that mode, Franklin, by then the father of two daughters, had bigger plans: to build a two-story family restaurant and bar with food that would now be called New Ameri-can Casual – somewhere between sports-bar grub and hauté cuisine. A place where singles and young couples from Hyattsville and the surrounding neighborhoods might want to congregate. Oh, did we mention he also envisioned a craft brewery onsite?

But first he had to build another building. For architectural guid-ance, he eventually turned to a young Hyattsville architect with a now-familiar name: Marc Tartaro. (That’s Mayor Tartaro to you.)

Both of them liked the idea of a clean, modern space, with the brick wall of the old building serv-ing to balance full windows on the other three sides. The main din-ing area would be downstairs; the brewery, bar and other dining ta-bles would be on the second floor.

Tartaro drew up the plans pro bono. Another local architect, Mark Ferguson, stepped in as construction manager. Local art-ists Barbara Bancroft and Greta Mosher, who are still neighbors on Crittenden Street, suggested the interior color scheme.

Franklin would change the place from a deli to a full-menu restau-rant. He would turn the original deli “side” into a gift shop “gen-eral store,” with, oh, let’s just look around now: fine wine, imported beers, candies, gift cards, toys, rub-ber chickens, hot sauces and funny

magnet signs for the refrigerator. Then there was the brewery. “I

couldn’t afford to buy new equip-ment,” he admits. That would have cost about $200,000.

So he traveled to his hometown of Cleveland and placed a win-ning auction bid on the hardware of a failed brew pub for about one-fourth the cost.

“It all arrived in trucks,” Frank-lin recalled.

To build the restaurant, he had to re-mortgage his properties to bor-row the money necessary. Even today, there is a momentary look that crosses his face that might reflect how he felt at the time, an “Am I barking mad?” look.

Well, he wasn’t. The building got built, the brewery got installed, and Franklin endured what must have been a kazillion meetings with city, county and state author-ities. The newly named Franklins Restaurant, Brewery and General Store opened in February of 2002. It was an immediate success. This time, a bigger success.

The exterior of the new building was mod-rad for Hyattsville, even today: vertical metal sheathing, “which was way less expensive than brick,” he said. The Franklin’s verti-cal neon sign, you might have no-ticed, is enclosed in an exclamation mark. (That was his wife’s idea.)

Inside, there was an open feel-ing, with exposed ductwork and lighting.

He tried music briefly, but music groups, even at moderate volume, were too much. (Full disclosure: My band, Rent’s Due, had a CD release party there in 2002. Al-though the “upstairs” audience enjoyed the two sets, some fusion jazz – with added congas! – ap-parently wasn’t what the down-stairs family crowd had in mind.)

Downstairs and upstairs there’s a capacity of 110 customers each. He now has 40 full-time and 20 part-time employees for both the restaurant and adjacent gift shop. It is a busy place.

The chef de cuisine, Mark Heck-rotte, has been on board six years. His menu is seasonal; many of his providers are local. Says regular diner Mac Cridlin, “He’s achieved a balance between offering family-style food, like burgers and salads, and [more exotic things], like hanger steaks or finding ways to sneak duck on the menu.”

The on-tap craft beers offered by Franklin’s are now well-known throughout the Washington met-ro area. Twisted Turtle Pale Ale and Rubber Chicken Red have entered the local beer drinkers’ lexicon. Brewmaster Mike Roy came to Franklin’s with 10 years experience, and is now well into his second year at Franklin’s. There are currently 11 regular and special offerings, including an autumnal Pumpkin Pie Stout.

Franklin said he has begun to “export” his own brands of beer to three well-respected brew

pubs downtown: Meridian Pint, in Columbia Heights; Boundary Stone, in the trendy Bloomingdale neighborhood; and Granville Moore’s, on the H Street corridor.

“And there’s more to come, more on the way,” he adds. For one thing, “we’ve begun the enlargement of the retail store.

We’ll expand into the old Han-ley’s Jewelry Store next door.”

As for future plans? “I’m not sure. I’m still thinking,”

he says with a grin. Perhaps classically educated

Mike Franklin, who was willing to open a restaurant in an old hardware store, at a time when

today’s Route 1 development would have been impossible to imagine, personifies the say-ing on a magnet for sale at his store now. It’s a quote by Mark Twain: “To succeed in life you need two things: ignorance and confidence.”

All of Hyattsville is grateful.

FRANKLINS continued from page 1

bill jenneOn December 3, Mike Franklin marked 20 years in business. His two-story restaurant and brewery evolved from humble beginnings as a smaller first-floor combined deli and gift shop.


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