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Prince George's County residents are encouraged to share their ideas for the future of the county at a series of forums scheduled for November and December.
"Envision Prince George's" is a new initiative launched by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission with support from AmericaSpeaks, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit that encourages civic participation, and the county's Planning and Parks and Recreation departments.
Attendees will break out into small groups to discuss everything from transportation and health care to historic preservation and economic development.
Forums are scheduled for Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Clarion Hotel in Oxon Hill; and Dec. 3 at 6:30 p.m. at the Prince George's Ballroom in Landover.
A special event for young people is scheduled for 10 a.m. Dec. 5 at the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center in College Park. A countywide forum is planned for March.
The events are all free to attend, but residents interested in participating are encouraged to register online at www.envisionprincegeorges.org or call the Planning Department at 301-952-3594.
Election coming
up in Springdale
The Ardmore Springdale Civic Association will elect new officers Dec. 4. The association is looking for residents interested in becoming an officer.
Call 301-974-1279.
Thomas Johnson Middle celebrates student readers
On Nov. 16, Thomas Johnson Middle School in Lanham honored students who excelled during the first quarter at the school's Jaguar awards program.
As part of the school's 25-book campaign, students were asked to read 25 books that are at least 125 pages by the end of the school year in June. Honor students must read books that are at least 150 pages.
Seventh-graders Betty Flomo and Rene Peart have each read 26 books since Aug. 24; eighth-grader Ayesha Asif has read 30 books thus far.
Seventh-graders Alyssa Logan, Chizitere Odidika and Charlene Dennah and eighth-grader Derick Wald received the "Reading Achievement Award" for reading 12 books since school started in August.
Nearly 360 other students received awards: student of the month, which recognizes students for attendance, character, discipline and academic achievement; principal's hall of fame, which honors students with a 4.0 grade point average and excellent classroom behavior; the principal's award, which recognizes students who earn a 4.0 GPA in all classes; jaguar scholar, for students who earn an "A" or "B" in all classes and have satisfactory classroom behavior; honor roll for students with at least a 3.0 GPA; and perfect attendance.
Have a virtual ball at
Landover youth conference
The Patriots Technology Training Center, a Seat Pleasant-based math and technology youth group, will hold a Video Gaming Conference from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 12 at Landover's Kenmoor Middle School at 2500 Kenmoor Drive. Call Thurman Jones, PTTC president, at 301-925-9350 for more information.
Free energy audits, energy class information available
The Seat Pleasant Community Development Corporation will hold a community meeting on home energy audits and renewable energy classes from 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 5 at the Seat Pleasant Activity Center at 5720 Addison Road. The audits are free to residents, and the classes are first-come, first-serve for residents who want to learn "green" energy technology for future employment. Refreshments will be served.
Call 301-324-2470.
Computer giant offering free training to county residents
More than 1,000 vouchers are now available to Prince George's County residents for free Microsoft training because the state has partnered with Microsoft Corporation to provide free technology training to displaced workers.
Vouchers are distributed through the county's One-Stop Career Centers at 1100 Mercantile Lane, Suite 100 in Largo, and 312 Marshall Ave., Suite 504, in Laurel to county residents on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Courses range from basic technology literacy to intermediate-level technology skills for Microsoft Windows, Office online training, Microsoft Business Certification exams and advanced technical and professional level online training.
Call the Prince George's County One-Stop Career Center 301-618-8425 or visit www.dllr.state.md.us and click on the "Microsoft Elevate America" button.
Women's financial literary symposium planned
Prince George's Community College and the Maryland Commission for Women are hosting the "Women's Symposium on Financial Literacy" from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 5 in Largo Student Center at Prince George's Community College at 301 Largo Road in Largo.
The symposium will address the statewide foreclosure crisis facing women today and discuss ways to strengthen women's knowledge and self-confidence in this economy.
Speakers include Chief Justice Robert Bell, State Comptroller Peter Franchot and Sarah Bloom Raskin, Maryland's commissioner of financial regulation.
The Maryland Commission for Women works to create an initiative that empowers women to become architects of change in their own lives and the lives of others.
For information on the symposium, visit www.dhr.state.md.us/
mcw/mwhf.php.
Largo school hosting juried student art league exhibition
Prince George's Community College is displaying the fall 2009 Juried Student Art League Exhibition from now through noon Dec. 10 in the Marlboro Gallery at 301 Largo Road in Largo.
Student artists will display their newest works and judges will choose the award-winning pieces from the participating artists. The gallery will be closed today and Friday.
The public is invited to a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 3.
Many works are for sale.
County landfill beginning
new operating hours
Effective Wednesday, the new hours of operation at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill at 11611 White House Road in Upper Marlboro are from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and closed on Sundays.
The new hours for the landfill's Household Hazardous Waste and Electronics Recycling Acceptance sites are from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and closed on Sundays.
The landfill is open for residents to dispose of their trash, free of charge. Residential vehicles permitted to enter the landfill include cars, station wagons, sedans, sport utility vehicles, XUVs, passenger vans, trailers no larger than 5 feet by 9 feet and pickup trucks having a gross vehicle weight of less than 10,000 pounds.
The hours of operation remain the same at the Brown Station Road Convenience Center at 3501 Brown Station Road in Upper Marlboro. The center is open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and closed on Sundays.
For information, call the Prince George's County Department of Environmental Resource's Waste Management Group at 301-952-7625.
Lanham science center
hosting energy night
The Howard B. Owens Science Center is hosting "Revved Up With Energy" from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 4 at the center at 9601 Greenbelt Road in Lanham.
"Revved Up With Energy" will focus on questions about energy.
Everyone is welcome to attend the free open house.
For information, call 301-918-8750 or visit www1.pgcps.org/howardbowens.
County providing
H1N1 vaccinations
Prince George's County is providing H1N1 shots to all school children at their schools and to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention priority groups from 9 a.m. to noon every Thursday at the Cheverly Health Clinic at 3003 Hospital Drive in Cheverly. The program began Oct. 27 and will continue until further notice.
Priority groups include pregnant women, people who live with or care for infants under 6 months, health care and emergency medical services personnel, all people ages 6 months through 24 years, and people age 25 to 64 with medical conditions that put them at higher risk for influenza-related complications.
For information, visit www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/
Government/AgencyIndex/Health/
flu-vaccination-info.asp.
H1N1 vaccines are also being administered from 9 a.m. to noon Dec. 3 and 10 at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex at 8001 Sheriff Road in Landover in the town hall meeting room.
At least 1,000 will be administered each day at the four clinics to people ages 6 months to 24 years, health care workers and pregnant women. The shots are free, and no proof of residency is required.
For information, call 301-583-2400.
Landover school announces honor roll students
The following seventh-graders at Landover's Kenmoor Middle School made the first-quarter honor roll:
Ana Villa Abarca, Nakia Abram, Oluwaferanmi Adebayo, Oluwatobi Aderotoye, Charlene Agaruwa, Asah Agha, Michel Aka, Olubunmi Aladejana, Ephraim Alfa, Camille Allen, Uchenna Amazu, Cherry Ashu, Davon Atkins, Daniel Awang, Almas Ayaz, Justice Baker-McMorris, Kwabena Bamfo, Marjorie Barrios, Janiya Bell, Vasche' Benjamin, Sandra Benyella, Mark Bickerstaff, Khalil Bilal, Jean Blas Martinez, Justin Boston, Andrea Bravo, Skye Brett, Kori Brown, Parris Brown, Cora Buck, Mayama Bukaka, Lewis Burrell V, Deanna-Nicol Busog, Caroline Campbell, Laura Castillo, Kasey Chan, William Chapman Takiya Chase, Jacquelyn Chin Christian Coates, Tarteasha Colbert, Joshua Comia, Kamyar Dastani, Leila Dawson, Melvin De Leon Reyes, Aroun Deen-Gassama, Sheetal Dhanapal, Mathilda Diadhiou, Christian Dixon, Simone Drake, Mikeya Dunnigan, Michelle Duong, Franklin Dupre, Nature Duran-Smith, Ivie Ebhojiaye, Mensa Eggleston, Cora Enoch, Ngozi Ewenike, Chinemeh Eyiba, Charles Fahey, Carolyn Felton, Danielle Forehand, Dorian Frazier, Langston Frazier, Devon Gaskin, Afnan Gimie, Julia Gollin, Aikea Gordon, Brittany Green, Donnesha Green, Emodi Griffin, Sara Guerreri, Devin Gunyon, Constance Hackett, Patricia Hairston, Alicia Harris, Kareem Hart, Shakayla Haynes, Anisha Hosadurga, Andrew Hung, Jose Maldonado Ingles, Nematou Jawara, Momodu Koroma, Dajana'e Johnson, Hayli Johnson, Jamar Johnson, Janae Johnson, Calvin Jones, Dejuan Jones, Lakisha Jones, Tyll Jones, Travon Joseph, Takyta Knight, Harin Kodali, Mahmoud Lamptey, Estefany Lazo Rodriguez, Danno Lemu, Melissa Lima, Iyanna Lindsey, Yajaira Lozada, Maria Luna, Jelani Lyda, Chiamaka Maduka, Isaiah Martinez, Maurice Martinez, Arebreyen McNeil, Trebreyen McNeil, Tatiana Metts, Stephanie Michaca-Herrera, Christian Mickens, Teauna Mitchell, Diamond Montgomery, Angela Moorer, Briani Morris, Wilfred Essombe Mpacko, Eileen-Queen Nkwain, Kevin Obamogie, Sylvester Okoro, Tracy Okoroh, Onyinye Okudoh, Olaedo Onuh, Courtney Page, Lenisha Page, Tiffany Phan, Jonathan Plane, Angelita Pollard, Douglas Posley, Daniel Ramos, Summer Reid, Briana Relland, Kelora Robinson-Savoy, Damon Rodwell, Fallon Ross, Shweta Roy, Dimitrios Russell, Edgar Saavedra, William Sanchez Velasquez, Marlon Shelton, Brooklyn Sheppard, Chanell Singletary, Alante Smith, Nyasia Smith, Grant Sowels, Marquise Swinton, Omar Tapia, Milton Taylor, Prince Tchokouani, Hassan Thomas, Abirami Thyagarajan, Kendra Tyler, India Travers, Uchechukwu Unaegbu, Andrea Valladares, Jamal Walker, Anitras White, Danielle White, Terkia White, Tyrell White and Devante Woodley.
The following Kenmoor eighth graders made the first quarter honor roll: Aaquil Abdullah, Tamara Adams, Banks Agaruwa, Rhamat Alhassan, Joyce Amihere, Marly Arevalo De La Cruz, Philipe Ayres, Ajah Bailey, Gloria Barrientos-Sanchez, Victor Baules, Fatoumata Boiro, Fatima Bonilla-Romero, Adolfo Borjas, Tania Bravo, Jasmine Braxton, Alyssa Brown, Kaytlin Brown, Zakiyyah Brown, Johlani Bryant, Joshua Burke, Xena Burwell, Mynika Butler, Rony Calderon-Pineda, Meng Chen, Tramel Clark, Jennifer Clune, Rachel Clune, Walter Commins, Clarissa Corey-Bey, Gary Cullen, Lorena Del Cid Velis, Muctar Diaoune, Ronni Downing, Tasha Easter, Amarachi Ekekwe, Andre Eken, Damani Eubanks, Tania Evans, Nya Ferguson, Caitlyn Gilliam, Lena Gillis, David Gist, Taji Harris, Selena Healey, Jennifer Hill, Adrienne Holliday, Nadine Hudson, Jasmin Hurley, Quentin Hutchins, Anish Jain, Amritha Jayanti, Courtney Jones, Ahmed Kamil, Zainab Kargbo, Mary Karikari, Joseph Kim, Brandon King, Darrien King, Andrea Kouadio, Christopher Koya, Olukayode Laniyonu, Stephen Leslie, Byron Lewis, Moise Linda, Mariarodith Luzon, Chinonso Maduforo, Cherisse Mathis, Gosnel McDermott, Ashley McNeill, Aaman Mengis, Claire Moore, Triston Mosley, Niaja Myles, Carl Nebafu, Dasia Newton, Therese Nkeng, Nikki Norris, Obinna Obike, Chimdiya Onwukwe, Andrea Penado-Dominquez, Maya Privott, Asia Quick, Vishnutheja Rachakonda, Ariana Ramirez, Amber Reese, Tricia Restum, William Reyes-Perez, Imani Ricks, Lorena Rivera-Rubio, Jaemi Rowe, Diana Sarnor, Alexander Scott, Hope Sellin, Vanhmathy Senthilkumar, Rachel Somoye, Matthew Spooner, Cecilia Staggers, Eric Thomas, Maxwell Thomas, Jalen Thompson, Quan Tran, Ana Vigil Vasquez, Alanna Walton, Malcolm Washington, Kadija White, Sashane Williams, Claire Wilson, Norae Woodard and Alexander Yu.