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A Hyattsville teen won the $20,000 first prize in an art competition sponsored by a Silver Spring apartment community.
Kyle Bancroft, 19, won the competition by submitting original art for Enclave Silver Spring's permanent art collection. There were over 200 entries and the winners were announced March 26. There were also awards for elementary, middle and high school students. Bancroft is a freshman in college and won the overall top prize.
Northwestern Evening
High School honor roll
Northwestern Evening High School has released its honor roll list for the second quarter. Students making the honor roll are: Stefanie Adams, Barbarinde Ajibade , Jordan Akins, Mario Alarcon-Galvan, Marcus Allen, Sierra Anderson, Mary Ann Tran, Sange Aweke, Michael Barahona, Aaron Barbosa-Torres, Raymond Bautista-Bonilla, Jonnie Benitez, Jessica Bergren, Davion Best, Jeffrey Bowie, Eli Bregman, Krystal Brown, Monique Burton, Vanessa Caby, Janey Canales, Javaris Cannon, Joel Castillo, Gabriela Castro, Danny Chen, Stephanie Cheumagua, Jennifer Cisneros, Carla Colindres, Ivis Coella Munguia, Patrick Convey, Byron Creighton, Jamar Cunningham, Kendra Denby, Angela Docteur, Eliazer Escobar-Romero, William Fitzgerald, David Flores, Mark Frazier, Tapria Glover, David Goodson, Jazmine Gray, Jennifer Guillen, Sergio Gutierrez, Yesenia Guzman-Castillo, Osman Guzman Del-Cid, Miriam Herrera-Lopez, Erika Hope, Tynika Jackson, Jerome Jenkins, Jr., Ronald Johnson, Alexis King, Joshua Kirlew, Michelle Lumoy, Johnny Luna-Chavez, Ingrid Marenco, Billy Marquez, Roxana Marquina Osorta, Larry Marshall, Jr., Ivan Martinez-Gomez, Helvin Mayen Caballero, Lucero Mendez, Jorge Mendoza, Shonella Mensah, Karla Morataya, Marquis Morris, Gregory Muynila, Emily Newman, Anthony Notice, David Nguyen, Linda Ogide, Imani Onley, Simone Ovbiagele, Kevin Paredes, Lionel Perea, Joshua Phillips, Zoe Pitts, Cheynne Ragland, Jose Ramirez, Rasheeda Robinson, Rayburn Rockliffe, Maria Rodas-Gonzalez, Rasheeda Salmon, Kevin Sargeant, Artura Saunders, Devoncia Savoy, Nicole Suser, Gary Sweatt, III, Theresa Tamba, Ashley Taylor, Carlos Torres, Christian Villeda, Jason Weber, Robert White, Tresha White, Iris Yesenia Cruz, Ahmed Yousif and Dominique Zanguim-Ndouagni.
Dine to support
family crisis center
Franklin's Restaurant in Hyattsville is hosting a fundraiser Monday to support the Prince George's County Family Crisis Center. Diners who mention the fundraiser will be able to donate 20 percent of the proceeds from their meals to the Brentwood-based crisis center, which helps victims of domestic violence. Franklin's is located at 5121 Baltimore Ave. in Hyattsville.
Hyattsville Middle students make notable achievements
Hyattsville Middle School seventh-grader Cristeen Anyanwu won the first-place award in the original poetry/spoken word category in the annual History Youth Oratorical and Arts Contest. The Feb. 28 contest was sponsored by the Xi Zeta Omega chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
Eighth-grader Caleb Cook was selected as a Ben Carson Scholar for 2009. Cook had at least a 3.75 grade point average and showed a commitment to his community in order to be named a scholar. He received $1,000 for his college savings fund, a medal, certificate and trophy. He will be honored at the Carson Scholars Fund 13th annual award banquet April 26 in Baltimore. The organization named a total of 3,900 fourth through 11th-graders as scholars.
Northwestern alum
graduates basic training
Jonathan P. Hamm, a 2008 graduate from Northwestern High School, graduated basic military training at the Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
Hamm is the son of Hyattsville resident Norma Hamm and the grandson of Hyattsville resident Mary Stevenson.
Hamm spent six weeks training in the Air Force mission and organization, drill marches, physical fitness, rifle marksmanship, field training exercises and human relations.
Brentwood workshop
on vegetable gardening
A free workshop, "12 Simple Steps to Starting a Vegetable Garden," will show attendees how to grow fresh and organic food. The workshop will take place in Brentwood's Town Hall at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The workshop is part of the Grow It Eat It campaign, a joint venture between the Maryland Master Gardner program and the Garden Information Center. The goal is to help Marylanders learn how to start and maintain successful food gardens. Town Hall is at 4300 39th Place. RSVP at beatrickett@gmail.com
Northwestern banquet
to honor deceased coach
Northwestern High School's spring basketball banquet will honor former coach Gerald Moore, who died in December.
The Gerald Moore Memorial Spring Banquet will be held at the end of the 2009 basketball season at 6:30 p.m. April 16 at the Prince George's Ballroom, located at 2411 Pinebrook Ave. in Landover.
To purchase a ticket, call Gwendolyn Alexander at 301-204-1172 or Rhonda Tabron at 202-210-0009.
St. Jerome's to host
area fish fry
The Knights of Columbus chapter at St. Jerome's is holding a fish fry from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday to benefit the St. Jerome's School. The meal of fish and chips, macaroni and cheese and coleslaw costs $7 per person, with free coffee served. Homemade brownies, bread pudding, pumpkin rolls and gourmet cupcakes will be available for purchase. To order ahead or carryout orders, call 301-219-4493 by Friday afternoon. The event will be in the school cafeteria at 5205 43rd Ave. in Hyattsville.
Riverdale Park calls for artists
The Riverdale Park Arts Council is looking for artists and artisans within the community for its second annual Riverdale Park ArtsFest.
The council is accepting applications from artists and artisans who want to reserve space to exhibit their original work. The application fee for all artists is $20 by April 15 and $30 by April 25. Visit www.rpartscouncil.org for an application.
The event is from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 3 at the Riverdale Park Town Center at 4650 Queensbury Road in Riverdale Park. It will feature demonstrations, live entertainment, food and children's workshops.
Riverdale Park
Farmers Market kicks off
The Riverdale Park Farmers Market will begin its 12th year on April 9. The market runs from 3 to 7 p.m. on Thursdays until Nov. 19 and is held in the town center at the corner of Rhode Island Avenue and Queensbury Road.
This year's market will also feature new and returning vendors like Calvert County-based Chesapeake Greenhouse, which sells hydroponic lettuce, and Harrisonville, Penn.-based J-Wen Diary selling grass-fed milk products. Glenn Burnie-based Chesapeake Gardens, a new vendor, sells soups and sauces made from local produce, and Aspers, Penn.-based Three Springs Fruit Farm will sell berries and produce starting in June.
Area egg hunts set
to begin this weekend
Area children will have a surplus of Easter Eggs to find this year, with four major egg hunts taking place before Easter on April 12.
On Saturday, the College Park Youth and Family Services is holding its egg hunt from 10 a.m. to noon. The event, located at 4912 Nantucket Road will also feature three legged relays, arts and crafts, face painting and a pie-eating contest.
For more information, call 301-345-4425.
The Vansville Community Center is also holding an egg hunt from 11 a.m. to noon on Saturday.
The event will also feature arts and crafts and refreshments.
The center is located at 6813 Ammendale Road. For more information, call 301-937-6621.
The American Legion Post 217 in College Park is holding an egg hunt at 1 p.m. on Sunday at the Post Hall, located at 9218 Baltimore Ave.
The event is for children up to the age of nine and will also features games, crafts, prizes and lunch. For more information, call 301-441-2783.
The Beltsville Community Center will be holding an Easter Egg hunt from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 11.
The community center is located at 3900 Sellman Road. Contact the center at 301-937-6613.
Free legal advice available
at Landover church
The Prince George's County branch of the NAACP will provide free legal advice to residents from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Landover's First Baptist Church of Highland Park at 6801 Sheriff Road. Lawyers from the J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association will be on hand to discuss wills and estates, foreclosures, family and domestic law, criminal and juvenile justice and more. A panel discussion, "How to Protect Your Property" will take place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Refreshments will be served. Call Yvonne Hefley, NAACP Legal Redress Committee chairwoman at 301-883-4941 or Theresa Mitchell Dudley, NAACP publicity and public relations committee chairwoman, at 301-237-2822.
Community college hosts second paper shredding day
Prince George's Community College is hosting a community shred day to help residents protect their identities by shredding personal papers from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday in Parking Lot B at 301 Largo Road in Largo.
Residents can drive to the college and drop off a maximum of five boxes of papers to be shredded for free. Visitors should enter the college's campus from the Prince Place entrance, located off Campus Way South. They must drive through — walking personal materials onto the campus isn't allowed. No business or commercial material will be accepted. Cars must be in line by 11 a.m. Call 301-322-0858.